Computer Networking #9 -Questions and Answers

1-Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?
A. The clock speed of the microprocessor
B. The revolutions per minute of the printer disk
C. The primary storage capacity of the processor
D. The built-in instruction set available to the microprocessor
E. None of the above

2- Condensing output data to exhibit specific information is
A. Calculating
B. Recording
C. Merging
D. Summarising
E. None of the above

3- Which of the following terms applies to communication between separate computer systems?
A. Computer literacy
B. Power supply
C. Applications software
D. Connectivity
E. None of the above

4-Output hardware is often categorized according to whether it:
A. is expensive
B. requires a large amount of electricity to work
C. produces hardcopy or softcopy
D. can fit on a desktop
E. None of the above

5- Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
A. control bus
B. control unit
C. parity unit
D. semiconductor
E. None of the above

6- The original ASCII code used _____ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 4

7- Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
A. nonvolatile
B. permanent
C. control unit
D. temporary
E. None of the above

8-The computer industry uses prefixes of Greek origin to measure large amounts of data. Which term describes 1024 bytes.
A. Kilobyte
B. Megabyte
C. Gigabyte
D. Terabyte
E. None of the above

9- Which kind of storage device can be carried around?
A. Floppy disk
B. Hard disk
C. System cabinet
D. Hard disk drive
E. Floppy disk drive

10-One nibble is equal to
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 6 bits
D. 16 bits
E. None of the above