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ESOFT METRO COLLEGE

DITEC
HOMAGAMA BRANCH

Diploma in Information Technology

Unit-01 Test

2 hour

Student Name:-

Instructions

1. Answer all questions.

2. Remember to put your name into the paper.

1) Mark the correct Answer/Answers.

1. What is a computer?
a. Analytical machine b. Calculator c. Electronic device
d. Data Processing machine e. All the above

2. The -------------------- is a collection of programs or applications, which contains the

instructions that makes the computer work
a. Firmware b Hardware c. Software d. Liveware

3. Select the group which consist of input devices

a. Mike, Printer, Scanner b. Printer, Plotter, Keyboard
c. Mouse, Keyboard, Mike d. Mouse, Monitor, Speaker

4. Select the group which consist of output devices

a. Mike, Printer, Scanner b. Printer, Monitor, Speaker
c. Mouse, Keyboard, Mike d. Mouse, Keyboard, Speaker

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 5. Which of these answers defining the "FIRMWARE"?
a. Monitor DVD b. RAM, ROM
c. Monitor, CDROM d. IT manager, Network administrator

6. Mainframe computers are the computers

a. Most powerful, high speed, low failure in operating system
b. Very cheap and portable
c. Used mostly in graphical section
d. Small in size and cheap

7. The ------------ used to load the software when you need to run them
a. ROM b. RAM c. Firmware d. Software
e. Hardware f. None of the above

8. 240MHz is similar to
a. 24GHz b. 2.4GHz c. 240 000 KHz d. 24 000KHz

9. The hardware device that works as input device as well as output device is
a. Monitor b. Printer c. Scanner d. Modem

10. The ------------contains some programs written by the computer manufacturer, which can
only be read but not written. These programs are called ----------------.
The terms which can be filled for the blanks in order
a. RAM, Firmware b. ROM, Hardware c. ROM, Firmware
d. Hardware, Firmware e. None of the above

11. Tracker ball is an

a. Input device b. Output device c. Application software
b. System software

12. CPU consists of

a. Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), Control Unit (CU), Register, Cache memory
b. ROM, RAM, Control unit, Cache Memory
c. DVD, ALU, CD Rom
d. None of the above

13. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) used in which device

a. Tracker ball b. Joy stick c. Flat screen monitor d. Modem

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 14. --------------------converts digital signal to analog signal (data into sound) & analog
signals to digital signals (sounds back into data)
a. Modem b. Printer c. Scanner d. Touch Pads

15. Select the group which consists of the examples for System Software
a. Operating Systems, Compiler / Interpreters, Utility Software
b. Operating Systems, Ms-Office, VB
c. Operating System, AutoCAD, VB
d. Windows, Photoshop, Ms-Paint

16. Which is an application software?

a. Program compiler b. DOS c. WIN 98 d. MS Access

17. Apple computer are using ----------------------------------Operating system

a. Mac / Mackintosh b. Windows 2000 c. Windows XP d. All above

18. Working with employees who are at branches, or at home or in the field electronically is
a. B2E b. B2B c. B2C d. None of the above

19. CU stands for

a. Control Unit b. Central Unit c. Computer Unit
d. Computer Utilities

20. ALU stands for

a. Automatic Logical Unit b. Arithmetic, Logic Unit
c. Application Logical Unit d. Application Logical Utilities

21. The group which consists of storage devices only

a. Printer, Hard Disk, Floppy Disk b. Compact Disk, Zip Disk, Hard Disk
c. Key Board, DVD, VCD d. Modem, Jaz Disk, Zip Disk

22. What are the main elements consists of Computer Systems

a. Software, Hardware, Firmware, Liveware
b. Software, Hardware, Liveware
c. Teamware, Hardware, software, Liveware
d. Fireware, Hardware, Firmware, Liveware

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 23. What is Hardware?
a. All logical parts of the computer
b. All removable parts of the computer
c. All physical parts of the computer
d. All logical & physical parts of the computer

24. Ms-Word is
a. System Software b. Application Software c. Custom made Software
d. None of the above

25. Firmware stored in,

a. RAM b. Hard Disk c. CD – ROM d. ROM

26. VDU stands for

a. Visual Data Unit b. Visual Display Unit
c. Visual Description Unit d. Visual Description Utilities

27. Select examples for Liveware (Choose three)

a. Software Engineers b. Network Administrators
c. IT Managers d. Sportsmen

28. Which of the following produce high quality printout at a high speed
a. Bubble jet Printer b. Laser Printer c. Dot matrix Printer
d. Inkjet Printer

29. IBM invented the PC,

a. 1990 b. 1881 c. 1991 d. 1981

30. Computer memory measured by, (Choose two)

a. Kilo Meters b. Kilo Bytes c. Bit d. Bits per second

31. The basic operations performed by a computer are

a. Arithmetic operation
b. Logical operation
c. Storage and retrieval
d. All the above

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 32. What is the main difference between a mainframe and a super computer?

a. Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers

b. Super computers are much smaller than mainframe computers

c. Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as possible while

mainframe uses its power to execute as many programs concurrently

d. Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as possible while

mainframe uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible.

33. The brain of any computer system is

a. ALU
b. Memory
c. CPU
d. Control unit

34. The two kinds of main memory are:

a. Primary and secondary

b. Random and sequential
c. ROM and RAM
d. All of above

35. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is

a. 1.40 MB
b. 1.44 GB
c. 1.40 GB
d. 1.44 MB

36. VGA is,

a. Video Graphics Array

b. Visual Graphics Array
c. Volatile Graphics Array
d. Video Graphics Adapter

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1. What is a computer?

2. What are the parts of the computer system?

3. Explain the term Hardware & gave 2 examples?

4. Explain the term Software & gave 2 examples?

5. Explain the term live ware & gave 2 examples?

6. Explain the term Firmware & gave 2 examples?

7. Explain Classification of computers?

8. Explain the block diagram of the computer?

9. What are the typically components of a CPU?

10. What are the two kinds of computer memory in used?

11. What are the two types of primary memory in used?

12. Explain what the input device is & gave 2 examples of input devices?

13. What are the two types of mouse?

14. How many keys in the standard keyboard?

15. Explain what the output device is & gave 2 examples of Output devices?

16. What are the two types of monitors?

17. What are the two types of printers?

18. Gave 2 examples of Impact printers?

19. Gave 3 examples of non-impact printers?

20. What are the most used secondary storage devices?

21. What are the 2 types of hard disks?

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