Basic Computer Organization - Multiple Choice Questions

Basic Computer Organization Multiple Choice Questions

 1. Which unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user into a computer understandable format.

A. Memory Unit 

B. Arithmetic & Logic Unit 

C. Input Unit 

D. Output Unit 

Answer = Input Unit


2. The only language which the computer understands is ______________. 

A. Assembly Language 

B. Binary Language 

C. BASIC. 

D. C Language 

Answer = Binary Language


3. The smallest unit of data in computer is ________________. 

A. Byte 

B. Nibble 

C. Bit 

D. KB. 

Answer = Bit


4.  One nibble is equivalent to how many bits.

A. 2. 

B. 4. 

C. 8. 

D. 1. 

Answer = 4


5. Which of the following describes the correct format of an input instruction.

A. IN 82. 

B. INPUT 82. 

C. INP 82. 

D. 82 INP. 

Answer = IN 82


6. The input machine which originated in the United States around 1880s is a ___________. 

A. Mouse 

B. Joystick 

C. Keyboard 

D. Bar Code Reader 

Answer = Keyboard


7. What does the COMPUTER stand for.

A. Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research 

B. Commonly Occupied Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research 

C. Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Environmental Research 

D. Commonly Oriented Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research 

Answer = Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research


8. 1 yottabyte = ______________. 

A. 1024 TB. 

B. 1024 EB. 

C. 1024 ZB. 

D. 1024 PB. 

Answer = 1024 ZB


9. Which of the following is not a function of the Input Unit.

A. It reads instructions and data from the outside world 

B. It converts the data into computer acceptable format 

C. It makes the data into user understandable format 

D. It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further processing 

Answer = It makes the data into user understandable format


10. Components that provide internal storage to the CPU are ______. 

A. Registers 

B. Program Counters 

C. Controllers 

D. Internal chips 

Answer = Registers


11. Saving data and instructions to make them readily available is the job of __________. 

A. Storage Unit 

B. Cache Unit 

C. Input Unit 

D. Output Unit 

Answer = Storage Unit


12. The two basic types of memory in a computer are ________. 

A. Primary and major 

B. Primary and Secondary 

C. Minor and Major 

D. Main and virtual 

Answer = Primary and Secondary


13.  Which of the following is used to hold running program instructions.

A. Primary Storage 

B. Virtual Storage 

C. Internal Storage 

D. Minor Devices 

Answer = Primary Storage


14. Which of the following is non-volatile storage.

A. Backup 

B. Secondary 

C. Primary 

D. Cache 

Answer = Secondary


15. Which of the following is used in main memory.

A. SRAM. 

B. DRAM. 

C. PRAM. 

D. DDR. 

Answer = DRAM


16. Which of the following are types of ROMs.

A. SROM & DROM. 

B. PROM & EPROM. 

C. Only one type there is no further classification 

D. PROM & EROM. 

Answer = PROM & EPROM


17. RAID stands for __________. 

A. Redundant array of independent disks 

B. Redundant array of individual disks 

C. Reusable Array of independent disks 

D. Reusable array of individual disks 

Answer = Redundant array of independent disks


18. A non-erasable disk that stores digitized audio information is _____. 

A. CD. 

B. CD-ROM. 

C. DVD-R. 

D. DVD-RW. 

Answer = CD


19. The first practical form of Random Access Memory was the __________. 

A. SSEM. 

B. Cathode Ray Tube 

C. William’s Tube 

D. Thomas’s Tube 

Answer = William’s Tube


20. The ‘heart’ of the processor which performs many different operations _____________. 

A. Arithmetic and logic unit 

B. Motherboard 

C. Control Unit 

D. Memory 

Answer = Arithmetic and logic unit


21. ALU is the place where the actual executions of instructions take place during the processing operation. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


22.  The sign magnitude representation of -1 is __________. 

A. 1. 

B. 1110. 

C. 1000. 

D. 1001. 

Answer = 1001


23. IEEE stands for ___________. 

A. Instantaneous Electrical Engineering 

B. Institute of Emerging Electrical Engineers 

C. Institute of Emerging Electronic Engineers 

D. Institute of Electrical and electronics engineers 

Answer = Institute of Electrical and electronics engineers


24. The ALU gives the output of the operations and the output is stored in the ________. 

A. Memory Devices 

B. Registers 

C. Flags 

D. Output Unit 

Answer = Registers


25. The process of division on memory spaces is called   ______________. 

A. Paging 

B. Segmentation 

C. Bifurcation 

D. Dynamic Division 

Answer = Segmentation


26. Number of bits in ALU is _________. 

A. 4. 

B. 8. 

C. 16. 

D. 2. 

Answer = 16


27. Which flag indicates the number of 1 bit that results from an operation.

A. Zero 

B. Parity 

C. Auxiliary 

D. Carry 

Answer = Parity


28. The bitwise complement of 0 is ___________. 

A. 1. 

B. 10000000. 

C. 11111111. 

D. 11111110. 

Answer = 11111111


29. The process of producing useful information for the user is called ___________. 

A. Controlling 

B. Outputting 

C. Inputting 

D. Processing 

Answer = Outputting


30. VDU stands for  __________. 

A. Virtual Display Unit 

B. Visual Display Unit 

C. Virtual Detection Unit 

D. Visual Detection Unit 

Answer = Visual Display Unit


31.  What does SVGA stand for.

A. Standard Visual Graphics Array 

B. Super Visual Graphics Array 

C. Standard Video Graphics Array 

D. Super Video Graphics Array 

Answer = Super Video Graphics Array


32. The devices that used to give single or multiple colored images and drawings are ____________. 

A. Monitors 

B. Printers 

C. Plotters 

D. VDUs 

Answer = Plotters


33. A special ret originated from some device to the CPU to acquire some of its time is called ___________. 

A. Disturbance 

B. Attenuation 

C. Interrupt 

D. Noise 

Answer = Interrupt


34. Line Printers that print one line at a time are _________. 

A. Laser Printers 

B. Inkjet Printers 

C. Drum Printers 

D. Chain Printers 

Answer = Drum Printers


35. A ___________________ monitor looks like a television and are normally used with non-portable computer systems 

A. CRT. 

B. LCD. 

C. LED. 

D. Flat Panel Monitors 

Answer = CRT


36. Which of the following is not a function of the Output Unit.

A. It produces results that can be easily understood by the user 

B. It accepts the results produced by the computer 

C. It supplies the data and instructions to the outside world 

D. It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further processing 

Answer = It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further processing


37. PCI stands for _________. 

A. Peripheral Component Interconnect 

B. Partial Component Interconnect 

C. Peripheral Component Interaction 

D. Partial Component Interaction 

Answer = Peripheral Component Interconnect


38. ____________ is the raw material used as input and __________ is the processed data obtained as output of data processing. 

A. Data, Instructions 

B. Instructions, Program 

C. Data, Program 

D. Program, Code 

Answer = Data, Instructions


39. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer.

A. Diligence 

B. I.Q.

C. Accuracy 

D. Versatility 

Answer = I.Q.


40.  The part of a processor which contains hardware necessary to perform all the operations required by a computer:. 

A. Data path 

B. Controller 

C. Registers 

D. Cache 

Answer = Data path


41. What does MAR stand for.

A. Main Address Register 

B. Memory Access Register 

C. Main Accessible Register 

D. Memory Address Register 

Answer = Memory Address Register


42. If the control signals are generated by combinational logic, then they are generated by a type of _______________ controlled unit. 

A. Micro programmed 

B. Software 

C. Logic 

D. Hardwired 

Answer = Hardwired


43. Which is the simplest method of implementing hardwired control unit.

A. State Table Method 

B. Delay Element Method 

C. Sequence Counter Method 

D. Using Circuits 

Answer = State Table Method


44. A set of microinstructions for a single machine instruction is called ___________. 

A. Program 

B. Command 

C. Micro program 

D. Micro command 

Answer = Micro program


45. Micro-program consists of a set of microinstructions which are strings of 0s and 1s 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


46.  A decoder is required in case of a ______________. 

A. Vertical Microinstruction 

B. Horizontal Microinstruction 

C. Multilevel Microinstruction 

D. All types of microinstructions 

Answer = Vertical Microinstruction

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