Computer Systems

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. When the computer is working on given instructions, it is called a . b . c . d . output storage processing input 5. In modern personal computers, the CPU speed is measured in a . b . c . d . nanoseconds milliseconds MHz GHz . c kilo bytes . d giga hertz .

2. Which of the following is NOT a function of the control unit? a . b . c . d . Read instructions Interpret instructions Direct operations Execute instructions

6. ENIAC was the first: a . b . c . d . Electromechanical computer Electronic computer Computer with integrated circuits Microcomputer

3. The unit of storage used to represent a character is a . b . c . d . bit byte word kilobyte

4. In modern computers, the CPU speed is measured in a kilo hertz . b giga bytes

7. Which is not an example of a peripheral device? a . b . c . d . Keyboard Mouse Floppy disk Speakers a . b . c . d . Fetch instructions from memory Decode instructions Process instructions Fetch data for required instructions

12. Complex scientific research is usually done using: 8. A program is a: a . b . c . d . Hardware device Memory device Set of instructions Register a . b . c . d . Microcomputers Supercomputers Minicomputers Mainframe computers

9. Which device is not found in the CPU? a . b . c . d . ALU Control Unit Instruction register Printer

10. The ALU processes data and stores it in: a . b . c . d . A diskette Main Memory The instruction register The program counter

11. Which one of the following is not a function of the control unit?

13. The main component that formed the basis for second generation computers was: a . b . c . d . Vacuum tubes Registers Integrated circuits Transistors 17. Which of the following units performs mathematical calculations? a . b . c . d . Control Fetch Arithmetic and Logic Central Processing

14. Third generation computers were used during the period: a . b . c . d . 1933-1945 1945-1956 1956-1963 1964-1970 18. Which of the following is TRUE of a stand-alone computer?

15. Which generation of computers used ultra large scale integration (ULSI)? a . b . c . d . First generation Second generation Third generation Fourth generation

16. Which of the following sequence of instructions does the Control Unit perform? a . b . c . d . Decodes, executes and fetches Fetches, decodes and executes Executes, decodes and fetches Fetches, executes and decodes

a . b . c . d .

Organises data among computers Allows users to obtain data from a central computer Receives data from one computer Enables two or more computers to communicate

Computer Systems Answer Section

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