Foc Quiz interview questions

The IBM-1401 computer is used in

1. Business field
2. Scientific field
3. Scientific &business field
4. All the above

Which of the following is NOT associated with Computers?

1. Screen
2. Mouse
3. Bit
4. Pencil

A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations and other computers is a(n) ______

1. Server
2. Laptop
3. Minicomputer
4. Supercomputer

Personal computer is

1. MC
2. PC
3. YC
4. SC

A computer used at supermarkets, departmental stores and restaurant etc is called ____ terminal.

1. Smart
2. Calculating
3. Intelligent
4. POS

The term used to define all input and output devices in a computer system is _____

1. Hardware
2. Shared resources
3. Monitor
4. Software

When did Intel introduce 32-bit 386DX CPU for the first time?

1. 1983
2. 1985
3. 1988
4. 1989

What is the name of the British gentleman who was the first to put forward in 1952 the idea for the integrated circuit?

1. John Bardeen
2. William Shockley
3. G.W. Dummer
4. Jack S. Kill by

If a user needs information instantly available to the CPU, It should be stored

1. In RAM
2. In the CPU
3. On a CD
4. In secondary storage

Whenever we have to give space between the two words while typing on PC we have to press a key known as ____

1. Space Bar
2. Backspace
3. Shift
4. Control

For seeing the output, you use ___

1. Scanner
2. Keyboard
3. Mouse
4. Monitor

The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called

1. Magnetic disk
2. Hard disk
3. Registers
4. Semiconductor memory

A ____ is a device that not only provides surge protection, but also furnishes your computer with battery backup power during a power outage.

1. Battery strip
2. USB
3. UPS
4. Surge strip

For viewing video CDs, you would use

1. Windows Movie Player
2. Windows Video Player
3. Windows Media Player
4. CD Player

Which of the following refers to too much electricity and may cause a voltage surge?

1. Virus
2. Anomaly
3. Shock
4. Spike

____ are capable of converting data into a form which can be recognized by computer.

1. Output
2. Input devices
3. Memory
4. None

Which of the following are not likely to be found on

1. LCD clocks
2. ROM chips
3. Microprocessor chips
4. RAM chips

LISP is suitable for _____ operations.

1. Arithmetic
2. Numeric
3. Character
4. Both a and b

BASIC is _____ language.

1. Calculating device
2. A procedural
3. An object oriented
4. Both a and b

A micro processor chip used in a PC system

1. almost always operates on by-bits of data at a time
2. is the only chip cound in most pc models
3. performs the arithmetic -logic and control functions
4. none of the above

World Wide Web

1. a collection of world wide information
2. a collection of linked information residing on computers connected by the Internet
3. world wide connection for computers
4. is another name for internet

BASIC stands for

1. Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Cell
2. Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
3. Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Intention Code
4. Beginners All Purpose Simple Instruction Code

To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is

1. shift-clicking
2. dropping
3. right-clicking
4. dragging

An error in computer data is called

1. Storage devices
2. CPU
3. Chip
4. Bug

Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft sectored disk

1. Address
2. Index
3. Label
4. Location

Which is a device that changes information into digital form?

1. Light pen
2. Modem
3. Mouse
4. Digitizer

_____ is a group of instruction that directs a computer?

1. Logic
2. Data
3. Program
4. Information

_____ invented the microprocessor.

1. Joseph jacquard
2. Herman H Goldstein
3. Marcian E Hoff
4. Jonathn Smith

Control unit of a digital computer is often called as the

1. System center
2. Input center
3. Logical center
4. Nervous center

The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except

1. Monitor
2. RAM
3. Modem
4. Microprocessor