Multiple-choice questions: for each question, select
the option that provides the BEST answer.
Note: no calculators or other automatic computing devices will be
allowed in the midterm.
1.
Which
of the following are examples of memory that can be written to (changed by the
user of the computer)
a.
RAM
b.
ROM
c.
EPROM
d.
(a)
And (b)
e.
(a)
And (c)
Answer: e
2.
What
is the most commonly used type of computer?
a. Supercomputers
b. Mainframes
c. Personal computers
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
Answer: c
3.
A
megabyte is equal to approximately equal to how many bytes?
a. One thousand bytes
b. One million bytes
c. One billion bytes
d. One trillion bytes
e. None of the above
Answer:
b
4.
The
term RISC is associated with what type of computer hardware?
a. Processors
b. Hard drives
c. Memory
d. Input
e. Output
Answer:
a
5.
Which
of the following hardware are examples of input devices?
a. Keyboard
b. Monitor
c. Joystick
d. Printer
e. (a) And (c)
Answer:
e
6.
Which
of the following statements are true?
a. A web browser is a type of
hardware.
b. A hard drive is a form of
volatile memory.
c. Given the same screen size,
an LCD monitor will tend to cost less than a CRT monitor.
d. The computer BIOS is a kind
of memory.
e. None of the above statements
are true.
Answer:
d
7.
Which
of the following storage devices can be written to multiple times (i.e.,
information can be erased).
a. A hard drive.
b. A floppy disk.
c. A CD-ROM
d. (a) And (b)
e. (a) And (c)
Answer:
d
8.
Which
of the following are examples of application software.
a. Windows 95
b. Windows 2000
c. Netscape
d. Unix
e. All of the above are
examples of application programs.
Answer: c
9.
Windows
2000 is:
a. A GUI-based operating system
b. A single-user operating
system
c. A multi-user operating
system
d. (a) & (b)
e. (a) & (c)
Answer:
e
10. Which of the following
statements can be used to describe all operating systems.
a. They act as an intermediary
between the user and the hardware.
b. They help to manage the
resources of the computer.
c. They protect the work of one
user from the work of other users of the same computer.
d. (a) And (b)
e. All of the above statements
can be used to describe operating systems.
Answer:
d
11. When a computer is first
turned on which of the following actions occurs first.
a. The operating system is
loaded from RAM to the hard drive.
b. The operating system is
loaded from the hard drive to RAM.
c. The start-up instructions
are copied from the BIOS to the processor.
d. The processor executes the
start-up instructions.
e. The operating system
interprets the input from the user.
Answer:
c
12. What are potential
techniques that can be employed to get to a particular web page?
a. Type in the web address.
b. Click on a link that leads
to the web page.
c. Select the web page from
your bookmarks or favourites list.
d. (a) and (b)
e. All of the above techniques
can potentially be used to reach a web page.
Answer:
e
13. What is the result of the
following logical AND operation (where T = True, F = False).
|
|
T |
F |
T |
F |
T |
T |
|
AND |
T |
T |
F |
T |
F |
F |
a. T T T T T
b. F F F F F
c. T F F F F
d. T F T F T
e. F F F F T
Answer:
c
14. What is the binary
equivalent of the octal number 123?
a. 123
b. 100100011
c. 1010011
d. 1011010
e. 011010001
Answer:
c
15. What is the hexadecimal
equivalent of the binary number 110101111?
a. 10F
b. 1AF
c. D71
d. 657
e. 110101111
Answer:
b
16. What is the decimal
equivalent of the binary number 10101011.110?
a. 255.75
b. 171.25
c. 171.5
d. 171.75
e. None of the above are
correct
Answer:
d
17. What is sum of the following
octal numbers?
135
+25
a. 110
b. 152
c. 160
d. 162
e. None of the above.
Answer:
d
18. Which of the following is
the 1’s complement equivalent of the unsigned binary number –101011
a. 010100
b. –010100
c. 010101
d. 011011
e. None of the above.
Answer:
a
19. Which one of the following
computing devices was often used to calculate artillery trajectories in 17th
century Europe?
a. The abacus
b. The sector
c. The quadrant
d. Napier’s bones
e. Pascal’s calculating
machines
Answer:
b
20. Which inventor modified the
basic design of Pascal’s calculating machine to allow multiplications to be
performed?
a. John Napier
b. Blaise Pascal
c. Alan Turing
d. James Tam
e. None of the above
Answer:
e
21. What was the first
machine(s) that could perform calculations automatically?
a. The Stretch
b. The ENIAC
c. The Zuse computers (Z1, Z2,
Z3, Z4)
d. The EDSAC
e. The Enigma machines.
Answer:
c
22. Which computer did Clifford
Berry help to develop?
a. The Stretch
b. The ENIAC
c. The Amiga
d. The ABC
e. The Bell Complex Number
Calculator.
Answer:
d
23. What was the first computer
that could handle multiple terminals?
a. The Bell Complex Number
Calculator
b. The ENIAC
c. The Harvard Mark I
d. LEO
e. The Pentium-based computers
Answer:
a