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  1. What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?

  2. A.
    Tracks
    B.
    Cylinders
    C.
    Sectors
    D.
    Segments
    E.
    None of the above

  3. A one-bit signal that indicates the start of data transmission by an asynchronous device is

  4. A.
    Parity bit
    B.
    Status bit
    C.
    Zero bit
    D.
    Start bit
    E.
    None of the above

  5. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

  6. A.
    PC
    B.
    Memory Address Registers
    C.
    General purpose registers
    D.
    Flags
    E.
    None of the above

  7. An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as

  8. A.
    SSI
    B.
    MSI
    C.
    DPS
    D.
    RJE
    E.
    None of the above

  9. Instructions and memory addresses are represented by

  10. A.
    character codes
    B.
    binary codes
    C.
    binary word
    D.
    parity bit
    E.
    None of the above

  11. Which type of computers use the 8 bit code called EBCDIC?

  12. A.
    Minicomputers
    B.
    Microcomputers
    C.
    Mainframe computers
    D.
    Supercomputers
    E.
    None of the above

  13. Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77?

  14. A.
    First
    B.
    Second
    C.
    Third
    D.
    Forth
    E.
    None of the above

  15. First CAD system called AutoCAD for the PCs was announced in the year 1982. Can you tell who announced it?

  16. A.
    Intel Corpn.
    B.
    Rolta India Ltd.
    C.
    Autodesk Inc
    D.
    AT & T Corp.
    E.
    None of the above

  17. Main storage is also called

  18. A.
    Accumulator
    B.
    Control unit
    C.
    Register unit
    D.
    memory
    E.
    None of the above

  19. Which printer is very commonly used for desk-top publishing?

  20. A.
    Laser printer
    B.
    Ink-jet printer
    C.
    Daisy wheel printer
    D.
    Dot-matrix printer
    E.
    None of the above