Hardware MCQ Questions Answers

1. Each hard disk is divided into pie-shaped groups of ____.

2. Devices with a separate system unit and a relatively large footprint are called _____ computers.

3. A(n) ______ engineer develops ai-based machines and programs.

4. A user's forearms should extend ____ to a keyboard.

5. Cpu clock speed is the _______________ at a predetermined rate.

6. Just as vehicles travel on a highway, bits travel on a(n) ______.

7. A computer's hardware and ____________ specify its platform.

8. An external hard disk _______.

9. To apply the fitt principles to eating habits we use __________.

10. A printer's ____ determines how many pages a printer is able to churn out.

11. Peripherals such as the scanner pictured here are considered _____ devices.

12. A _____ is a computer with the ability to perform trillions of calculations per second.

13. Most hardware devices that malfunction today are ____.

14. While working inside the computer, you should clip a ____________ bracelet to the computer case.

15. A main difference between the tablet and the smartphone is the ________.

16. When digital storage is classified as non-volatile, it means that ________.

17. The input/output unit manages data and instructions entering and leaving the ____________.

18. ____ transfer printers use a ribbon that contains wax-based ink.

19. Usb drives can store up to ____ of data

20. The front _____________ connectors lead from the front of the computer case to the motherboard.

21. Many display devices are _____ monitors.

22. One of the most potent environmental carcinogens is ______

23. Large retail stores use _____ terminals to track purchases and inventory.

24. A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.

25. ____ refers to the number of bits that a microprocessor can manipulate at one time.

26. Pata hard disk drives require a five-pin ______ power cable for proper connectivity.

27. ____ uses a number of hard drives to store information across multiple drive units.

28. The character d is the literal-type character for the ____ data type.

29. The ________ may be used to write information to a file.

30. The ________ may be used to read information from a file.

31. _______ is any data or instructions that are used by a computer.

32. The maximum length for a usb cable attached to 12mbps or 480mbps device is ______ meter(s).

33. Unlike disk storage most ram is ____

34. A ____ is the smallest colorable area on a display device.

35. Memory is ___ and has no moving parts.

36. Hardware components that cannot operate together in the same pc are called ____.

37. External hard drives today typically connect to a computer via a usb or ____ port.

38. Each of these is a basic type of a touch screen, except ________.

39. A(n) ________ chart is also known as a structured chart.

40. A(n) ______ demands payment to stop an attack.

41. A high-end graphics card is sometimes called a ____ card.

42. ____ means saving data in computer memory and retrieval is accessing data from memory.

43. What is the name of the viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications?

44. What is the virus that spread in computer?

45. The difference between a virus and a self-replicating program which is like a virus is that rather than creating copies of itself on only one system it propagate through computer network. What is the self replicating program called?

46. What is anti-virus?

47. What is the first boot sector virus?

48. What kind of attempts is made by individuals to obtain confidential information from a person by falsifying their identity?

49. What is “Trend Micro”?

50. How does a Le-Hard virus come into existence?

51. The virus that spread in application software is called as:

52. What is the name of first computer virus?

53. When does the time bomb occur?

54. Delayed payload of some viruses is also called as:

55. “Low cost per bit stored” is the characteristic of:

56. The non volatile storage device is:

57. Which of the following is the storage device for multimedia?

58. As storage media the advantages of CD-ROM is:

59. For what type of data the magnetic tapes can be used as good storage media?

60. What is the main directory of a disk called?

61. What is a zip drive?

62. The type of device which is 3 ½ inch floppy drive is nothing but:

63. The storage devices such as hard disks and CD ROM drives can be connected inside personal computers using the standard interface such as:

64. It is a magnetic storage device:

65. To enable the computer to read the disk, it is inserted in:

66. In ____________ storage device the access time is effectively independent of the location of data.

67. The acronym for the reusable optical storage is:

68. How do the hard disks record information?

69. The storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data is:

70. In laser printer technology, what happens during the conditioning stage?

71. Your customer tells you the print quality of their dot matrix printer is light then dark. Which of the following could cause the problem.

72. What beep codes could indicate a system board or power supply failure?

73. Most PCs give a single beep on bootup to indicate they are ok hardware wise. You boot your PC and don't get a beep. What should you check first?

74. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into:

75. Missing slot covers on a computer can cause?

76. How To view any currently running Terminate Stay Resident (TSR's) programs you could type:

77. With respect to a network interface card, the term 10/100 refers to

78. ESD would cause the most damage to which component?

79. When installing PCI NICS you can check the IRQ availability by looking at

80. Suppose that you have a the maintenance package identifies several possible field replaceable units (FRUs) that will resolve the problem. What should you do after turning the power off?

81. The terms "red book", "yellow book", and "orange book" refer to:

82. From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?

83. A wrist grounding strap contains which of the following:

84. The size of commonly used floppy disk is

85. Which of the following is not an advantage of magnetic disk storage?

86. A light sensitive device that converts drawing, printed text or other images into digital form is

87. Which network protocol is used to send e-mail?

88. The memory sizes in mainframe computers and advanced technology micro computer are expressed as

89. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is:

90. The 'IC' chip, used in computers, is made of

91. Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Inkjet and Laser are all types of which computer peripherals?

92. An error is also known as:

93. Which of the following memory is volatile

94. In order to tell Excel that we are entering a formula in cell, we must begin with an operator such as

95. AVI(Audio Video Interleave) format was developed by?

96. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?

97. Microsoft Word is an example of