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

Question : 31

Data is generally coded in 8-bit units, such a unit is also called

a) k

b) byte

c) field

d) Word

e) None of these

Question : 32

The contents of these chips are lost when the computer is switched off?

a) RAM chips

b) ROM chips

c) DRAM chips

d) All of the above

e) None of these

Question : 33

Which of the following would cause quickest access

a) direct access from a magnetic tape

b) direct access from a cassette tape

c) direct access from a floppy disk

d) direct access from a hard disk

e) None of these

Question : 34

Execution of two or more programs by a single CPU is known as:

a) Multiprocessing

b) Time sharing

c) Multiprogramming

d) None of these

e) All of these

Question : 35

A common topology to any network is _ __ topology

a) Star

b) Bus

c) Tree

d) Ring

e) None of these