Objective Questions
All objective questions for COM 101
Questions (1018)
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| 901 |
53. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of good software?
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| 902 |
54. What does system software primarily do?
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| 903 |
55. What differentiates system software from application software?
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| 904 |
56. Which of the following is NOT a function of an operating system?
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| 905 |
57. Which type of OS is used in systems requiring immediate response to inputs?
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| 906 |
58. What is the role of a kernel in an operating system?
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| 907 |
60. Disk defragmenters are used to:
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| 908 |
61. Which tool monitors CPU and memory usage?
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| 909 |
62. What distinguishes a compiler from an interpreter?
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| 910 |
63. What is the function of an assembler?
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| 911 |
64. Which of the following is an example of system software?
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| 912 |
65. Word processors like Microsoft Word are classified as:
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| 913 |
66. What is a bespoke or tailor-made software?
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| 914 |
67. Which software type would best support large spreadsheets and data analysis?
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| 915 |
68. What is the main function of antivirus software?
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| 916 |
69. In a multi-processing OS, the system can:
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| 917 |
70. Which of the following is NOT typically considered application software?
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| 918 |
71. What role does the User Interface play in an operating system?
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| 919 |
72. What is the primary use of backup software?
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| 920 |
73. Which classification includes applications like hotel reservation systems o…
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| 921 |
74. What makes high-level languages different from low-level languages?
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| 922 |
75. Which type of software is essential for a computer to boot and function at …
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| 923 |
76. Which of the following best describes the role of the Control Unit (CU) in …
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| 924 |
77. What distinguishes ROM from RAM in a typical computer system?
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| 925 |
78. Which memory type is used to temporarily store data for CPU access and is l…
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| 926 |
79. What does the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) NOT perform?
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| 927 |
80. The motherboard typically houses all the following EXCEPT:
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| 928 |
81. The memory unit classified as ‘semipermanent’ and used to store BIOS is:
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| 929 |
82. The term ‘liveware’ in a computer system refers to:
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| 930 |
83. Which of the following input devices is best suited for free-hand drawing?
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| 931 |
84. Which type of memory is essential for bootstrapping a system during startup?
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| 932 |
86. Which is NOT considered secondary storage?
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| 933 |
87. Which output device is best suited for producing hard copy text documents?
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| 934 |
88. What distinguishes magnetic storage media from optical storage media?
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| 935 |
89. Which device interprets binary data and executes arithmetic operations?
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| 936 |
90. The bootstrap loader is stored in:
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| 937 |
91. Which of the following correctly matches storage types to their properties?
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| 938 |
92. Which memory type is used as a high-speed intermediary between the CPU and …
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| 939 |
93. Which input device includes a scroll wheel and pointer control?
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| 940 |
94. Which describes the configuration and physical design of hardware in a comp…
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| 941 |
95. A storage medium where data is retained even when power is off is called:
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| 942 |
96. Which component manages the sequence and order of operations in a CPU?
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| 943 |
97. Which storage device is read-only and uses pits and lands to store data?
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| 944 |
98. In computer hardware, a ‘card’ refers to:
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| 945 |
If you are given a word of size n bits, the range of 2's complement of binary n…
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| 946 |
Binary numbers are used majorly for programming what device?
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| 947 |
When you save a file, it is permanently saved on the...
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| 948 |
A typically connects personal computers within a very limited geographical area…
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| 949 |
In real time operating system
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| 950 |
Which of the following is used as input device for the computer?
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| 951 |
Which of the following operator is applied to an operand in an asynchronous met…
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| 952 |
A computer program can best be defined as
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| 953 |
An algorithm represented in the form of a programming language is known as
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| 954 |
Which of the following is not a peripheral unit
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| 955 |
The following are types of operating systems except
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| 956 |
The ALU performs all but not one of the following
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| 957 |
________ is a type of diagram that represents an algorithm or process, showing …
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| 958 |
Select three input devices of a computer
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| 959 |
CD-ROM stands for
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| 960 |
Computer Environment includes the following except
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| 961 |
The subtraction using 1's complement of 110 - 100 will give the result ______
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| 962 |
Which of the following Collection class of VB.NET represents ordered collection…
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| 963 |
A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for
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| 964 |
Which of the following software applications would be the most appropriate for …
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| 965 |
Special storage memory used by the control unit is called
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| 966 |
Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?
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| 967 |
The execution of two or more programs by a single CPU is known as
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| 968 |
In HTML, the tags that tell the browser how to display the page is
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| 969 |
The participating computers in a network are referred to as:
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| 970 |
Which of the following is true about the compiler?
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| 971 |
What is a computer network?
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| 972 |
A combination of --- bits is called a byte:
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| 973 |
The rectangle shape in the flow chart diagram is used for what?
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| 974 |
Computers process data under the control of sets of instructions termed as
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| 975 |
What piece of hardware is usually at the centre of a star network?
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| 976 |
Data communication system within a building or campus is
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| 977 |
______ supervises the execution of instructions
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| 978 |
The language made up of binary coded instructions
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| 979 |
If the ASCII codes for letters T and O are 084 and 079 respectively, what is th…
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| 980 |
The means by which the user communicates with the computer is known as
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| 981 |
Which of the following is a valid Visual Basic conditional state
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| 982 |
Which of the following option is the correct representation of the following st…
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| 983 |
When you open the visual studio environment, what do you select to develop a ca…
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| 984 |
Printed circuits, diodes and transistors first appeared in the:
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| 985 |
______ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch
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| 986 |
The analytical engine was powered by ______
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| 987 |
VGA is
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| 988 |
On which aspect are the analog computers better than digital computers?
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| 989 |
Which one of the following software applications would be the most appropriate …
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| 990 |
Which of the following is a valid Visual Basic conditional statement?
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| 991 |
The CancelButton is a property that belongs to ___ object.
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| 992 |
The following are true about machine codes and assembly languages.
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| 993 |
Consider the code inside this bracket: (For i = 0 to 7 step 2 Print "blast off"…
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| 994 |
In Visual Basic, which of the following is a valid name for a variable?
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| 995 |
The technology on which the fourth generation of computers were built is___
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| 996 |
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about RAM?
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| 997 |
What are instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it?
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| 998 |
Hotel reservations, bank ATMs, traffic control systems, and radar systems are e…
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| 999 |
Find the sum of decimal numbers 60 and 55 in binary coded decimal format
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| 1000 |
What was the processor speed of the third generation of computers?
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