IT &computer MCQ section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Fortran is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Its name is a contraction of FORmula TRANslation. It aims to provide a way to tell computers to calculate complicated mathematical expressions, with more ease than assembly language.

Answer: (c)

The floppy disk were produced with a capacity of 720 KB, followed by what became the most common format, 1.44 MB. All disks had a rectangular hole which, if obstructed, write-enabled the disk. 1.44 MB disks had another hole which identified them as being of that capacity.

Answer: (c)

Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what IT always needs: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software.

Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real-time over the Internet, extends IT’s existing capabilities.

Answer: (a)

FORMAT is an MS-DOS external command.

Answer: (d)

A computer virus is a computer programme that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term “virus” is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability.

Malware includes computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, most rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware and other malicious or unwanted software, including true viruses.

Answer: (b)

In computer storage, direct access is the ability to obtain data from a storage device by going directly to where it is physically located on the device rather than by having to sequentially look for the data at one physical location after another.

Direct access is also called random access because it allows equally easy and fast access to any randomly selected destination.