Hardware 1
Hardware 1
Hardware 1
Any physical components of a computer system that we can see and touch is
(a) Software
(b) Peripheral device
(c) hardware
(d) CPU
Answer: (c)
2. The system unit that contains the most vital part of the personal computer is called
(a) CPU
(b) BIOS chip
(c) Motherboard
(d) Monitor
Answer: (c), a motherboard is the main printed circuit board that is also known as main board or
system board.
3. A motherboard consists of
(a) CPU
(b) RAM and BIOS chip
(c) Expansion slots
(d) Heat sink/fan
(e) All of the above
Answer: (e)
(a) Motherboard
(b) RAM
(c) CPU
(d) BIOS chip
Answer: (c), CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the most important component of the computer system.
It is a complex integrated circuit consisting of millions of electronics parts. It is also known as a
microprocessor or simply processor.
5. Which of the following is primarily responsible for converting input (data) into meaningful output
(information)?
(a) RAM
(b) CPU
(c) Storage device
(d) Input and Output device
Answer: (b), Central Processing Unit is primarily responsible for receiving data from input devices,
processing the data into information, and transferring the information to memory and output
devices.
Answer: (d), CPU in a computer consists of the control unit, arithmetic logic unit, and memory unit.
ALU and CU together are known as CPU.
7. Which of the following component of CPU performs arithmetic operations such as addition,
subtraction, division, and multiplication and logic operations such as AND, OR, and NOT?
(a) CU
(b) ALU
(c) Both a and b
(d) Register
Answer: (b)
8. Which of the following component of CPU controls input/output devices, generate control signals
to the other components of the computer such as read and write signals, and performs the execution
of instruction?
(a) ALU
(b) Accumulator
(c) Control Unit
(d) Both a and c
Answer: (c), the function of Control Unit is to coordinate all its functions.
9. Which among the following is the fastest memory in a computer that holds information?
(a) Register
(b) Cache
(c) Main memory
(d) RAM
Answer: (a), Information is moved from memory to registers and then pass the information to the
ALU for performing logic and arithmetic operations.
Answer: (d)
11. Which of the following are the predominant manufacturers for desktop and laptop processors?
(a) Intel
(b) AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
(c) Motorola
(d) Both a and b
Answer: (d)
12. Which of the following is temporary storage used to hold data that is used for arithmetic and
logical operations and storing its results?
(a) ALU
(b) PC (Program counter)
(c) Accumulator
(d) IR (Instruction Register)
13. Which of the following is a permanent storage location within the CPU used to hold a binary
value temporarily for manipulation, and/or for simple calculations?
Answer: (c)
14. Data moves in and out of the CPU through embedded wires called
(a) Bus
(b) Electronic wires
(c) Lines
(d) Cables
Answer: (a), Bus is the communication line between CPU, memory, and peripheral devices. It is
commonly used for transferring data between the CPU and computer peripherals, CPU and memory,
and different points within the CPU.
Answer: (d)
16. Which bus is used to carry data to and from the memory?
Answer: (b)
17. Which register holds the address of the current instruction being executed?
(a) Instruction register
(b) Memory data register (MDR)
(c) Stack register
(d) Program counter
Answer: (d)
18. Which register holds the actual instruction being executed currently by the computer?
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
20. Which register shows the results of arithmetic and logical operations such as carry, overflow,
negative?
Answer: (b)
21. Which of the following register holds a data value that is being stored to or retrieved from the
memory location?
(a) PSW
(b) Main memory
(c) Memory data register
(d) Cache register
Answer: (c), Memory data register, sometimes known as the memory buffer register.
22. A device that allows entering data and instruction into a computer system is called
(a) interaction
(b) terminal
(c) communication
(d) input
Answer: (d)
23. Computer gets the input with the help of
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
25. Which device is mostly used to enter data or information in a computer system?
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
(a) Shift
(b) Ctrl
(c) Alt
(d) All the above
Answer: (d)
29. Which keys are also known as toggle keys?
Answer: (a)
(a) Spacebar
(b) Tab
(c) Shift
(d) None
Answer: (b), Tab key is used to move the cursor over to the right to a pre-set point.
(a) Windows
(b) Alt
(c) Ctrl + Alt
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
32. Which key is used to erase data from the computer’s memory and characters on the screen?
(a) Backspace
(b) Delete
(c) Shift + Alt
(d) Both a and b
Answer: (b)
(a) 1970
(b) 1985
(c) 1968
(d) 1975
Answer: (a)
(a) Address
(b) Data
(c) Control
(d) External
Answer: (d)
35. Which of the following is not an integral part of the computer system?
(a) CPU
(b) Mouse
(c) Monitor
(d) UPS
Answer: (d)
36. Which of the following device provides surge protection and battery backup power during a
power outage?
Answer: (c)
37. Which of the following is a temporary storage location attached to CPU for input and output
operations?
Answer: (c)
38. Which of the following is used to measure the speed of the CPU (processor)?
Answer: (d), Clock speed is the speed of the CPU at which the processor executes instructions.
39. A uniform interval of CPU time allocated for performing a task is called
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
41. Which of the following statement is not correct about DMA?
(a) DMA is much faster and more efficient than a CPU processor to perform I/O in the computer
system.
(b) DMA sends data from memory to an I/O device directly, without using CPU in the computer.
(c) DMA takes a lot of time to transfer data from memory to I/O.
(d) Without DMA, CPU reads the block of data from memory and writes it to an I/O device in the
computer.
Answer: (c)
(a) Motherboard
(b) Microprocessor
(c) CU
(d) ALU
Answer: (b)
Answer: (d)
44. Which of the following unit helps to establish the communication between memory and ALU in
the computer?
(a) CMU
(b) CCU
(c) CPU
(d) None
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
(a) registers
(b) microchips
(c) transistors
(d) semiconductors
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
50. Which memory is used for storing data and program instructions currently being executed by
CPU?
Answer: (c)
Answer: (e)
52. The read and write operations in the computer is carried out through
Answer: (c)
53. Which of the following key should be pressed to move to the beginning of a line of text?
(a) Page up
(b) Shift
(c) Home
(d) Enter
Answer: (c)
(a) Esc
(b) Shift
(c) Windows
(d) Shortcut
Answer: (c)
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Pointing device
(d) Both a and c
Answer: (d)
56. Which button is known as a middle button used as the third mouse button?
Answer: (c)
Answer: (b)
58. Which input device moves in all directions, controls the movement of the cursor, and continues
moving in the previously pointing direction?
(a) Mouse
(b) Trackball
(c) Joystick
(d) Both a and c
Answer: (c)
59. Which of the following input device is a handheld electro-optical pointing device that is used for
making drawings, graphics, and for menu selection?
Answer: (a), Light pen contains a photocell in a small tube that senses the light from the screen when
it becomes closer to the screen and produces a pulse.
Answer: (b), OMR stands for optical mark reader that uses a beam of light reflected on the paper to
capture the presence and absence of data.
61. Which of the following input device is used for marking attendance of employees/students in
organizations/institutions and security purposes?
(a) OCR
(b) Webcam
(c) Biometric sensor
(d) Both a and c
Answer: (c)
62. Which input device is widely used for acquiring textual data from images?
(a) MICR
(b) OCR
(c) Scanner
(d) Sensor
Answer: (d)
64. What is the full form of MICR?
Answer: (d)
65. Which input device is used in banks for processing cheques to recognize the magnetic encoding
numbers printed at the bottom of a cheque?
(a) OCR
(b) MICR
(c) OMR
(d) All of these
Answer: (b)
66. Which of the following is/are the type of smart card reader?
Answer: (c)
67. Which input device is used to recognize the physical or behavioral traits of the individual?
Answer: (d)
68. Which of the following optical input device converts data and images on paper into digital form?
(a) Printer
(b) Scanner
(c) Projector
(d) Scanner
Answer: (d), Scanner device uses light as an input source to convert an image into an electronic form
that can be stored on the computer. It scans both pictures and texts.
(a) Monitor
(b) Scanner
(c) Projector
(d) Webcam
Answer: (d)
70. What kind of device is a digital camera?
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) I/O
(d) None
Answer: (a)
(a) Webcam
(b) Projector
(c) Monitor
(d) None
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
76. What is the full form of LED?
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Storage
(d) All
Answer: (b)
(a) DPI
(b) PPI
(c) LPM
(d) All
80. Which of the following device is/are both input and output devices?
(a) Plotter
(b) Modems
(c) Touch screen
(d) Headsets
(e) All, except plotter
Answer: (e)
81. Which of the following device uses a pen, pencil, marker, or other writing tools for creating vector
graphics?
(a) Speaker
(b) Plotter
(c) Electrostatic printer
(d) Projector
Answer: (b), Plotter is a kind of output device like a printer that produces images on paper. It is
mainly used to make large drawings or images such as construction plans, AUTOCAD, CAD/CAM, etc.
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Both input and output
(d) Input/Output Port
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c)
84. Which port is used to connect audio and video multimedia devices like video camera?
Answer: (d)
85. Which of the following port has slow speed data transmission?
Answer: (b)
(a) Firewire
(b) Serial Port
(c) Parallel Port
(d) Both a and b
Answer: (c)
87. Which port is used to connect Hard drive and new DVD drive in the computer system?
Answer: (c)
88. Which of the following software can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by a
computer?
Answer: (b)
89. External devices such as keyboards, modems, printers, and projectors are known as
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
91. The data transfer from the central processing unit to peripheral devices of computer is achieved
through
(a) interfaces
(b) buffer memory
(c) modems
(d) I/O ports
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)