software concepts Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

The simultaneous execution of two or more instructions is called

a) sequential access

b) reduced instruction set computing

c) multiprocessing

d) disk mirroring

e) None of these

Question : 2 [IBPS PO, 2012]

___________ software creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating system, applications, files, and data.

a) Operating system

b) Backup software

c) Utility programs

d) Driver imaging

e) None of these

Question : 3

Which of the following is not true about a compiler?

a) Translate instruction of a high level language into machine language

b) Translates entire source program into machine language program

c) It is involved in program’s execution

d) Is a translating program

e) Is useful to run program

Question : 4 [SBI Clerk, 2012]

By firmware we understand _______

a) physical equipment used in a computer system

b) a set of instructions that causes a computer to perform one or more tasks.

c) the people involved in the computing process.

d) a set of programs that is pre-installed into the read only memory of a computer during the time of manufacturing

e) None of these

Question : 5 [SBI Clerk, 2009]

The ––– tells the computer how to use its components

a) utility

b) network

c) application program

d) operating system

e) None of these