Computer Hardware MCQs.

1. RAM' stands for

A. Random Access Memory

B. Read Access Memory
C. Read Arithmetic Memory
D. Random Arithmetic Memory

2. CPU stands for

A. Control processing unit

B. Central processing unit
C. Common processing unit
D. Central pipeline unit

3. Keyboard and mouse are

A. DC devices
B. analogue devices
C. truth table devices
D. input devices

4. Silicon piece with a system circuit on it is termed as

A. chip
B. circuit
C. logical gate
D. circuit network

5. Actual equipment of computer system that can be touched are

A. hardware
B. software
C. applications
D. bugs
6. Secondary storage memory is basically

A. volatile memory
B. non volatile memory
C. backup memory
D. impact memory

7. When power is switched OFF, it will lost its data, such type of
memory is classified as

A. volatile storage
B. non volatile storage
C. impact storage
D. non impact storage

8. Type of memory which is used to read data but not to write on it is

classified as

A. random only memory

B. read access memory
C. read only memory
D. random access memory

9. Access store from which data can be read and can be written on it is
classified as

A. read only memory

B. random access memory
C. random only memory
D. read access memory

10. Circuit consisting of different electronic components and connections

are called

A. integrated circuits
B. interrelated circuits
C. inverting circuits
D. reversing circuits
11. Devices that accepts data from outside the computer and transfer into
the CPU are called

A. input devices
B. digital devices
C. analogue devices
D. truth table peripheralsswer

12. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consists of

A. control unit
B. arithmetic and logic unit
C. main store
D. all of above

13. Devices which are used to receive data from central processing unit are
classified as

A. output/input devices
B. digital devices
C. signaled devices
D. output devices

14. Input and Output devices such as monitors and keyboards are classified
as

A. arithmetic units
B. control unit devices
C. peripheral devices
D. main store devices

15. Two type of memories 'RAM' and 'ROM' are part of

A. backup memory
B. main memory
C. shorter memory
D. long-term memory
16. USB stands for

A. Universal Serial Bus

B. United Serial Bus
C. Uniform Serial Bus
D. Universal Sequence Bus

17. This card allows your computer to be connected to a network of

other computers.

A. Video card
B. Network Card(NIC card)
C. Sound card
D. None of above

18. IDE stands for

A. Integrated Device Electroincs

B. Integrated Drive Electronics
C. Internal Device Electroincs
D. None of above

19. BIOS stands for

A. Basic Integrated Output Service

B. Basic Input Output Service
C. Basic Input Output System
D. None of above

20. From where can the boot option be selected?

A. Advanced BIOS Features

B. Advanced Chipset Features
C. CPU Soft menu
D. Power management Setup
 21. What is POST?

A. post operative self test

B. PC operating system test
C. power-on self test
D. personal overall starter test

22. A hard disk is divided into tracks, which are further subdivided into

A. clusters
B. sectors
C. vectors
D. heads

23. Computer mouse get its name because

A. it squeaks when moved

B. it's cable looks like a tail
C. it has ears
D. it has eyes

24. Motherboard form factor uses 120 pin connector

A. ATX
B. AT
C. BABY AT
D. Male Chassis

25. Serial ports are connected to

A. external modem
B. internal modem
C. motherboard
D. printer
26. Transformation between the parallel and serial ports is done with the
help of

A. flip flops
B. logic circuits
C. shift registers
D. peripherals

27. Components used to increase the flexibility of the serial ports is

A. wire used for port is changed

B. ports are made to allow different clock signals for input
and output
C. the drives are modified
D. connect the new cables

28. If central processing unit is programmed to send output to analogue

device then the converter must be of type

A. digital to analogue
B. analogue to digital
C. analogue double buffering
D. digital double buffering

29. Resistance is measured in?

A. Volts
B. Amps
C. Watts
D. Ohms

30. What is full form of SMPS ?

A. Switch Mode Power Supply

B. Simple Mode Power Supply
C. Storage Mode Power Supply
D. Storage Mode Power Shortage
31. Which among following is odd ?

A. CD/DVD
B. Floopy Disks
C. SD Disk
D. BIOS

32. WWW stands for ?

A. World Whole Web

B. Wide World Web
C. Web World Wide
D. World Wide Web

33. Where is RAM located ?

A. Expansion Board
B. External Drive
C. Mother Board
D. All of above

34. Where are saved files stored in computer ?

A. RAM
B. Hard disk
C. Cache
D. Any of above

35. Which operations are performed by RAM ?

A. Read
B. Write
C. Read and Write
D. Depends on computer

36. Which among following is secondary storage device ?

A. Hard Disk
 B. RAM
C. Diode
D. Semi Conductor

37. Which program is run by BIOS to check hardware components are

working properly while computer is turned ON ?

A. DMOS
B. POST
C. CMOS
D. RIP

38. Random Access Memory (RAM) is which storage of device ?

A. Primay
B. Secondary
C. Teriary
D. Off line

39. MPG is a file extension of which type of files?

A. Audio
B. Image
C. Video
D. Flash

40. Which component of computer is also considered as it Heart?

A. Monitor
B. Keyboard
C. Scanner
D. Microprocessor

41. What is used to make computer chips?

A. Copper
 B. Steel
C. Silicon
D. Iron

42. BIOS is used for?

A. Updating system information on network

B. Loading operating system
C. It helps in routing
D. It take inputs from keywords and other devices

43. Which is odd one?

A. Inkjet Printers
B. CRT
C. Laser Printers
D. Dot Matrix Printers

44. One byte is equal to how many bits?

A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 12 bits
D. 16 bits

45. New technology named 'LED' is abbreviation of

A. light-emitting diodes
B. liquid emitting displays
C. less emitting diodes
D. low emission displays

46. In computer programming, type of failure which occurs because of

input device that will not read data correctly is classified as

A. input error
B. output error
C. read error
 D. write error

47. Types of network includes

A. WAN
B. LAN
C. BAN
D. both a and b

48. What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?

A. regular backups
B. periodically defrag it
C. run chkdsk at least once a week
D. run scandisk at least once a week

49. Teletypewriter terminal is an example of

A. input devices
B. output devices
C. input/output devices
D. storage devices

50. Devices that accepts data from outside the computer and transfer into
the CPU are called

A. input devices
B. digital devices
C. analogue devices
D. truth table peripherals

51. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consists of

A. control unit
B. arithmetic and logic unit
C. main store
D. all of above
52. Place where large amounts of data are stored outside the central
processing unit is called

A. backing store
B. peripherals
C. control unit
D. AL unit

53. Devices that are under the control of the computer and are directly
connected to computer peripherals are termed as

A. off-line devices
B. on-line devices
C. IN gate device
D. IF gate device

54. If any instruction consists of any arithmetic operation, the data is

transferred to

A. quantitative unit
B. qualitative unit
C. arithmetic and logical unit
D. central processing unit

55. The 'main store' of the CPU is also called

A. main memory
B. temporary memory
C. immediate access store
D. both A and C

56. Two type of memories 'RAM' and 'ROM' are part of

A. backup memory
B. main memory
C. shorter memory
 D. long-term memory

57. Magnetic tape unit and magnetic disc unit are classic example of

A. storage devices
B. backing storage devices
C. on-line devices
D. off-line devices

58. Devices used to read to and write from central processing unit are
classified as

A. analogue circuit devices

B. AND gate devices
C. OR gate devices
D. backing storage devices

59. Guided media provides a conduit from one device to another, includes

A. twisted pair cable

B. fiber optic cable
C. coaxial cable
D. All of the above

60. The twisted pair cable in which metal casing improves the penetration
of noise or crosstalk is called

A. insulated twisted pair cable

B. Shielded twisted pair cable
C. Unshielded twisted pair cable
D. Both A & B

61. Shielded Screen Twisted pair decreases crosstalk effect and increases
the data rate upto

A. 100Mbps
B. 125Mbps
C. 200Mbps
 D. 600Mbps

62. The joystick is a ____________ stick that moves the graphic cursor in
the direction the stick is moved.

A.Parallel

B.Horizontal

C.Straight

D.Vertical

63. Which device of computer operation dispenses with the use of the
keyboard?

A.Joystick

B.Light pen

C.Mouse

D.Touch

64. The device primarily used to provide hardcopy is the

A.CRT

B.Computer Console

C.Printer

D.Card Reader

65. Which input device is used to read magnetic stripes?

A: Stripe reader

B: Bar code reader

 C: Magnetic stripe reader

D: All the above

66. Which device use infrared signal to operate or control other device
remotely?

A: Remote control

B: Sensor

C: Mouse

D: Touchpad

67. Which of the following is not an output device?

A.Plotter

B.Printer

C.Scanner

D.Monitor

68 . Computer word size is a multiple of

A. 16 bits

B. 4 bits

C. 1024 bits

D. 10 bits

69. All of following are non-volatile memory except

 A. ROM

B. PROM

C. flash memory

D. RAM

70. The two kinds of main memory are:

A) Primary and secondary

B) Random and sequential

C) ROM and RAM

D) All of above

71. Bootstrap loader is always stored in-

A) Cache

B) ROM
C) RAM

D) Disk

72. What is output device?

A: It allow data to be output from a computer

B; It allow to print data

C: It allow to store data

 D: Both (A) and (C)

73. Missing slot covers on a computer can cause?

A. over heat

B. power surges

C. incomplete path for ESD

D. None of the above

74. The main circuit board in the system unit is also called the:

A. Busboard

B. Daughterboard

C. Chipboard

D. Motherboard

75. Boards that are used to connecadditional devices to the motherboard

are called

A. Bay cards

B. Port cards

C. Expansion cards

D. Bus cards

76. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into:
 A. clusters

B. sectors

C. vectors

D. heads

77. Output device of a computer which is used by applications that include

drawing graphics, making maps, plotting civil engineering drawings and

machine components is

A. printer

B. display device

C. plotter.

D. Monitor

78. Movement and selection of pen in computer flatbed plotter is

controlled by.

A. microprocessor

B. CPU

C. software

D. operating system
79. Computer chain printer consist of a chain of

A. lines

B. words

C. characters

D. pages

80. In computer, LPT stands for

A. line printer

B. laser printer

C. Low Print Typewriter

D. Line Per Text

80. What could cause a fixed disk error?

A. No-CD installed

B. Bad RAM

C. Slow processor

D. Incorrect CMOS settings

81. A parity error usually indicates a problem with:

 A. memory

B. hard drive

C. hard drive controller

D. I/O controller

82. Which provides the fastest data access time?

A. RAM

B. ROM

C. CD-ROM

D. Hard disk

83. Which of the following components is read-only?

A. DRAM

B. hard disk

C. RAM

D. ROM

84. DVD-RW can hold ______ times more data than a full size CD-R.

A. Two
 B. Five

C. Seven

D. Ten

85. In a computer, expansion cards are inserted into

A. slots of CPU

B. peripheral devices

C. hard disk of CPU

D. back of monitor

86. A port of computer may be connected to

A. expansion card

B. CPU

C. mother board

D. both A and C

87. External devices that are connected to a computer system are known as

A. expansion cards

B. peripheral devices
 C. buses

D. slots

88. "Ctrl + O" keys are used by user to

A. extract a file

B. open option

C. edit a file

D. open a file

89. We use keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + S" to

A. save current file

B. start file

C. play

D. stop

90. Switching to previous window from current window can be done by

shortcut keys which are

A. Alt + Shift + Tab

B. home key
 C. Alt + left arrow

D. Ctrl + Shift + Tab

91. To run/execute selected command, key used is

A. Ctrl key

B. Alt key

C. Enter key

D. Shift key

92. Dot matrix and band printers are type of

A. laser printer

B. impact printer

C. ink jet printer

D. thermal printer

93. In a laser printer, image to paper is transffered by

A. roller

B. toner

C. drum
 D. laser

94. For a home user that has casual printing needs, most important

specification of a printer is

A. cost of use

B. resolution

C. speed

D. paper size

95. Semiconductor memory device in which stored data will remain

permanently stored as long as power is supplied is

A. dynamic memory device

B. storage device

C. flash device

D. static memory device

96. In computer terminology, OCR stands for

A. Optical Character Reader

B. Optical Card Reader

 C. Office Cash Receiver

D. Online Computer Retrieva

97. Device which may also called screen or monitor, is

A. printer

B. scanner

C. hard disk

D. display

98. Digital camera is

A. input device

B. output device

C. software

D. storage

99. To enable the computer for reading the disk, disk is inserted in

A. memory

B. CPU

C. ALU
 D. disk drive

100. HHD stands for

A. high disk drive

B. hard digital disk

C. high digital drive

D. hard disk drive