Computer Knowledge Quiz 2017 – Set 1

1. For
checking spelling one uses

(A)
dictionary disk
(B) index disk
(C) directory
(D) directory disk
(E) none of these

2. The term
DBMS is referred to

(A) Data
Base Management System
(B) The software used for the management, maintenance and retrieval of data
stored in database
(C) only A
(D) both A and B
(E) none of these

3. The
speed at which data is transferred from the main memory to another medium on
which data are recorded is referred as

(A) data
transfer rate
(B) bit
(C) byte
(D) buds
(E) none of these

4. The time
period during which a computer is malfunctioning or not operating correctly due
to machine failures is referred as

(A) Downtime

(B) uptime
(C) runtime
(D) both A and B
(E) none of these

5.
Automatic execution of high priority computer programs that have been designed
to preempt the use of computer resources is referred to as

(A)
foreground processing
(B) background processing
(C) black processing
(D) white processing
(E) none of these

6.
Digitizer is an input device

(A) used to
convert graphic and pictorial data into binary inputs for a digital computer
(B) used for debugging
(C) used to convert graphic and pictorial data into analog inputs for a digital
computer
(D) both A and B
(E) none of these

7. Emulator
is a program that

(A) permits
one computer to execute the machine language instructions of another computer
of a different make
(B)permits one computer to execute the machine language instructions of another
computer of same make
(C) which is not broken down into smaller units
(D) both A and B
(E) none of these

8. EDP is
referred to

(A)
Electronic Data Processing
(B) Data processing through equipment that is predominantly electronic such as
digital computer
(C) Both A and B
(D) similar to manual data processing
(E) none of these

9. EBCDIC
is

(A) 6-bit
coding system
(B) 7-bit coding system
(C) 8-bit coding system
(D) 9-bit coding system
(E) none of these

10. The
checking operation performed on input is called as

(A) Validation
of data
(B) vilification of data
(C) verification of data
(D) both A and B
(E) none of these