Quiz  /  Computer Hardware Bank PO MCQ Questions With Answers

  • 1. 
    Out of the given input devices in the following list, which option gives those devices which are direct entry input devices?

  • Optical scanner
  • Mouse and digitizer
  • Light pen
  • All of the above
  • None of these

  • 2. 
    Arithmetic Logic Unit and control sections have special purpose locations called----

  • Register
  • RAM
  • BIOS
  • I/O
  • ROM

  • 3. 
    A circuit with about 100 transistors fabricated on a single chip is called

  • MCR
  • MSI
  • MIS
  • RJE
  • None of these

  • 4. 
    The computer-related storage device(s) are non-volatile storage devices?

  • Memory Card
  • Solid State Drive
  • Hard Disk
  • Usb Drive
  • All of the above

  • 5. 
    What are the components “which can not be touched by the users” known as?

  • Hardware
  • A device
  • A peripheral
  • An application
  • None of these

  • 6. 
    A byte can be represented in the range of 0 to _____

  • 2
  • 255
  • 256
  • 1024
  • 1025

  • 7. 
    Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a holding area for data instructions and information ? ( Processed data waiting to be output to secondary storage)

  • Program
  • Mouse
  • Internet
  • Memory
  • Modem

  • 8. 
    In addition to repeatability, what is the other unit/parameter used for measuring plotter quality?

  • Buffer size
  • Resolution
  • Vertical dimension
  • Intelligence
  • None of these

  • 9. 
    If the system shows a series “100 POST error”, the problem is related to which component?

  • Hard drive
  • Ram or Rom
  • System board
  • Video adapter
  • None of these

  • 10. 
    Which of the following device can be used to store large amounts of data?

  • CDROM
  • CDRAM
  • FLOPPY DISK
  • ZIP DISK
  • HARD DISK

  • 11. 
    What is the other name used for plastic material floppy disk?

  • Hard disks
  • High-density disks
  • Diskettes
  • Templates
  • None of these

  • 12. 
    After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:

  • data
  • output
  • input
  • the process
  • None of these

  • 13. 
    The ____________, also called the brain of the computer is responsible for processing data.

  • motherboard
  • memory
  • RAM
  • central processing unit (CPU)
  • None of the above

  • 14. 
    Which of the following is not used as a storage device?

  • Hard disk drives
  • Printers
  • Floppy disk drives
  • CD drives
  • None of these

  • 15. 
    What kind of printers are Inkjet printers and laser printers?

  • Nonimpact
  • Impact
  • Dot-matrix
  • Thermal
  • None of these

  • 16. 
    The main circuit – board of the system unit is the –

  • Computer program
  • Control unit
  • Motherboard
  • RAM
  • None of these

  • 17. 
    A ____________ is an output device that creates tangible hard copies.

  • monitor
  • printer
  • scanner
  • CRT
  • None of the above

  • 18. 
    Which of the following is the latest device which uses optical storage techniques for data storage?

  • Digital paper
  • Magneto-optical disk
  • WORM disk
  • CD-ROM disk
  • None of these

  • 19. 
    How many pins are there in SIMMs currently in market?

  • 9 or 32
  • 30 or 70
  • 28 or 72
  • 30 or 72
  • None of these

  • 20. 
    When a computer prints a report, this output is called

  • Program
  • Soft copy
  • Hard copy
  • Printing
  • None of these

  • 21. 
    Which of the following becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing?

  • Active tab
  • Active Window
  • Insertion Point
  • Mouse Pointer
  • None of the above

  • 22. 
    Which unit transforms the input into the output?

  • Peripherals
  • Memory
  • Storage
  • The Input-Output unit
  • The CPU

  • 23. 
    A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into-

  • Cluster
  • Sectors
  • Vectors
  • Heads
  • None of these

  • 24. 
    Microprocessors are used to make several types of electronic devices these days. Which of the following uses microprocessors?

  • Computers
  • Digital system
  • Smartphones
  • All of above
  • None of these

  • 25. 
    Which two keys are used in combination with other keys in order to command the computer to perform special instructions?

  • Control, Alt
  • Function, toggle
  • Delete, insert
  • Caps Lock, Num Lock
  • None of these

  • 26. 
    Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ____________ printers.

  • non-impact
  • impact
  • dot-matrix
  • thermal
  • None of the above

  • 27. 
    Which type of access can be related to magnetic medium for data storage?

  • Direct access
  • Sequential access
  • Indirect access
  • 1 & 2
  • All of the above

  • 28. 
    The higher the resolution of a monitor, the ______________?

  • Larger the pixels
  • Less clear the screen is
  • Further apart the pixels
  • Closer the pixels
  • None of these

  • 29. 
    Peripheral devices such as printers and plotters are considered to be what among the following?

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Data
  • Information
  • None of these

  • 30. 
    What is the technical term used for the data which is going in the computer?

  • Output
  • Algorithm
  • Input
  • Calculators
  • Flowchart
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