Processing System - computer awareness questions
These questions on Processing System are useful during various competitive examinations such as Bank PO, Bank, Clerk, SSC, Railway, LIC AAO etc and entrances MBA, BBA, BBS, MCA, BCA, hotel management etc.Q1. __________________is not used as main memory system.
1. Magnetic tape
2. Magnetic core
3. Semiconductor
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. What is the high speed storage element which is normally present in the ALU of computer called?
1. Semiconductor memory
2. Hard disk
3. Magnetic disk
4. Registers
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ3. What is grouping and processing all of a firm’s transactions at one time called?
1. An online system
2. A real time system
3. Batch processing
4. A database management system
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A real time system
Q4. What does part number, part description and number of parts ordered belong to?
1. Output
2. Input
3. Feedback
4. Control
View Answer / Hide Answer Q5. Which term is associated with the comparisons of processing speeds of different computer system?
1. MPG
2. MIPS
3. CPS
4. None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. CPU is mainly responsible for
1. Calculations
2. Processing the data
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. What is the use of control unit of a microprocessor?
1. To accept input data from keyboard
2. To perform arithmetic and logic functions
3. To store data in memory
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: To perform arithmetic and logic functions
Q8. What do you mean by the term “gigabyte”?
1. 1000 megabytes
2. 1024 kilobytes
3. 1024 megabytes
4. 1024 bytes
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ9. With the help of microprocessor what can be made?
1. Calculators
2. Computers
3. Digital systems
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. In the CPU of a computer, the logical unit is mainly responsible for
1. Control flow of information
2. Comparing numbers
3. Producing result
4. Mathematical operation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Comparing numbers
Q11. What do you mean by the simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors?
1. Time sharing
2. Multiprocessing
3. Multiprogramming
4. Multitasking
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. When is the job processed by the computer?
1. During execution time
2. During delay time
3. During real time
4. During down time
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: During execution time
Q13. Which of the following statement is valid?
1. 1MB = 2048 bytes
2. 1KB = 1024 bytes
3. 1KB = 1000 bytes
4. 1MB = 1024 bytes
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. CPU is made up of two main components, and they are
1. Registers and main memory
2. Control unit and registers
3. ALU and bus
4. Control unit and ALU
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Control unit and ALU
Q15. What affects the processor speed?
1. System clock rate
2. Booting rate
3. System memory rate
4. System run rate
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: System clock rate
Q16. A bit is the measuring unit of the width of a processor’s data path. Commonly used data path is of
1. 24 bits
2. 32 bits
3. 8 bits
4. 16 bits
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. How is the instructions and memory address represented?
1. By parity bit
2. By character code
3. By binary codes
4. By binary words
View Answer / Hide Answer Q18. The electrical conducting lines with which different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit that are linked together is called
1. Wires
2. Connectors
3. Conductors
4. Buses
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ19. What is the combination with which central processing unit is made?
1. Arithmetic logic and control unit
2. Control and storage
3. Control and output unit
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Arithmetic logic and control unit
Q20. The machine cycle is usually controlled by
1. The mathematical unit
2. The logical unit
3. The control unit
4. The memory unit
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ21. Which of the following is included in the machine cycle?
1. Fetch
2. Decode
3. Execute
4. None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: None of the above
Q22. RISC technology is used by the processor
1. Power PC
2. 6320
3. 486 dx
4. None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ23. To which command the ALU of computer responds?
1. Command coming from external memory
2. Command coming from control section
3. Command coming from cache memory
4. Command coming from primary memory
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Command coming from control section
Q24. The command of a computer is mainly executed by
1. Arithmetic and logical unit
2. Control unit
3. Memory unit
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Arithmetic and logical unit
