basics of hardware & software Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1 [SBI Clerk, 2012]

The cost of a given amount of computing power has _______ dramatically with the progress of computer technology.

a) stayed the same

b) changed proportionally with the economy

c) increased

d) fluctuated

e) decreased

Question : 2

A type of core store that has a lower access time than the de-vices used for working store in the same processor is known as

a) Core memory

b) Address register

c) Fast core

d) Buffer

e) None of these

Question : 3

Access time is

a) seek time

b) seek time + latency time

c) seek time - latency time

d) latency time

e) None of these

Question : 4

What are the individual dots which make up a picture on the monitor screen called?

a) Coloured spots

b) All of the above

c) Pixies

d) Pixels

e) None of these

Question : 5 [SSC, CHSL, 2012]

The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called:

a) pits

b) clusters

c) tracks

d) lands