DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER HARDWARE

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Online Examination Detail:

Duration- 120 minutes.

Number of Questions- 60. (Multiple Choice Questions).

10 Questions from each module, each carry 10 marks.

Maximum Marks- 600, Passing Marks- 40%.

There is no negative marking.

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1. Which of the following retains the information it’s storing when the power to the system is turned off?

A. CPU

B. ROM

C. DRAM

D. DIMM

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2. What should you do if your computer is running slowly and responding slowly to commands?

A. Upgrade the CPU

B. Reinstall the operating system

C. Close unnecessary programs and processes

D. Replace the motherboard

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3. For real time operating systems, interrupt latency should be ____________

A. Zero

B. Minimal

C. Maximum

D. Dependent on the scheduling

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4. The priority of a process will ______________ if the scheduler assigns it a static priority.

A. Depends on the operating system

B. Change

C. Remain unchanged

D. None of the mentioned

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5. The various cards in a PC requires _______ voltage to function

A. AC

B. DC

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6. Storage and memory differ with respect to which of the following characteristics?

A. Price

B. Reliability

C. Speed

D. All of these

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7. What are the characteristics of Host based IDS?

A. Logs are analysed to detect tails of intrusion

B. The host operating system logs in the audit information

C. Logs includes logins, file opens, and program executions

D. All of the mentioned

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8. Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be __________?

A. Data

B. Software

C. Hardware

D. Information

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9. Winchester drive is also called:

A. Hard Disk Drive

B. Floppy Disk Drive

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10. Acronym of HDD?

A. Hard Disk Drive

B. Hard Drive Disk

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11. Which of the following will you require to hear music on your computer?

A. Video Card

B. Tape Recorder

C. Mouse

D. Sound Card

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12. What does FDISK do?

A. performs low-level formatting of the hard drive

B. fixes bad sectors on the hard drive

C. recovers lost clusters on the hard drive

D. creates partitions on the hard drive

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13. A byte is equivalent to…?

A. 8 bits

B. 10 bits

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14. Which Component of pc maintains data and time

A. CMOS RAM

B. vRAM

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15. Which IRQ does LPT1 commonly use?

A. 1

B. 4

C. 5

D. 7

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16. If your computer is making unusual noises, what component might be failing?

A. Keyboard

B. Monitor

C. Hard drive

D. CPU

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17. The _______ program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system.

A. Bootstrap

B. Main

C. Bootloader

D. Rom

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18. LCD monitor is also known as___________

A. TFT

B. CRT

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19. How many bytes a sector of hard disk holds?

A. 512 Bytes

B. 1024 Bytes

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20. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?

A. Keyboard

B. Disk

C. ALU

D. Mouse

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21. The other name of a motherboard is?

A. System Device

B. Computer Board

C. Central Board

D. System Board

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22. Which is the best hard disk seek time?

A. 3ms

B. 5ms

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23. Fragmentation of data on computer hard disk causes it to work faster than before?

A. True

B. False

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24. What is the name of the printed circuit board?

A. RAM

B. Motherboard

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25. Acronym of FDD?

A. Floppy Drive Disk

B. Floppy Disk Drive

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26. To be bootable a DOS partition must be:

A. active

B. copied

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27. TO write, erase, rewrite data on a CD RAM what type of CD ROM you should use?

A. CD-RW

B. CD R

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28. What are the characteristics of stack-based IDS?

A. It is programmed to interpret a certain series of packets

B. It models the normal usage of the network as a noise characterization

C. They are integrated closely with the TCP/IP stack and watch packets

D. The host operating system logs in the audit information

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29. What is the first step you should take when troubleshooting a computer problem?

A. Restart the computer

B. Disconnect all peripherals

C. Call technical support

D. Check for error messages

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30. When troubleshooting network connectivity issues, what should you check first?

A. Keyboard and mouse

B. Monitor settings

C. Internet Service Provider (ISP) status

D. Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection

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31. How much data will a high density (HD) floppy disk hold?

A. 124 KB

B. 640 KB

C. 1.44 MB

D. 2.88MB

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32. IRQ 1 is commonly assigned to:

A. it’s usually open

B. system timer

C. real time clock

D. keyboard

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33. What is the name of the spec for the holes in a monitor’s aperture grill?

A. dot pitch

B. space holes

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34. If your computer is not powering on at all, what is a common component to check first?

A. Monitor

B. Power supply

C. Keyboard

D. Hard drive

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35. A device that is connected to the motherboard is ________ ?

A. Called an external device

B. Called an adjunct device

C. Called a peripheral device

D. Must connect using ribbon cable

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36. Which of the following package allows individuals to use personal computers for storing and retrieving their personal information?

A. Personal assistance package

B. Graphics package

C. Spreadsheet package

D. Animation package

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37. Which one of the following is a real time operating system?

A. Windows CE

B. RTLinux

C. RTLinux

D. All of the mentioned

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38. How many pins does a SIMM have?

A. 50

B. 64

C. 30 or 72

D. 168

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39. A program written using binary codes is called:

A. Software language

B. Machine Language

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40. When installing __________, the user must copy and usually decompress program files from a CD-ROM or other medium to the hard disk?

A. Programming software

B. System hardware

C. Application hardware

D. Applications software

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41. A computer’s type, processor, and operating system define its?

A. Brand

B. Size

C. Platform

D. Speed

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42. What is the name of the card that controls read, write head and motor in the hard disk

A. Network Card

B. Disc Controller Card

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43. In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ formatting which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system.

A. Destroyed blocks, partitioning

B. Bad blocks, low level formatting

C. Destroyed blocks, high level formatting

D. Bad blocks, partitioning

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44. Which of the following can access the server?

A. Web Client

B. User

C. Web Browser

D. Web Server

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45. Hard real time operating system has ______________ jitter than a soft real time operating system.

A. Equal

B. More

C. Less

D. None of the mentioned

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46. Which of the following are the input devices that enable direct data entry into a computer system from source documents?

A. System Access devices

B. Data acquiring devices

C. Data retrieving devices

D. Data Scanning devices

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47. When a computer is switched on, the booting process performs?

A. Integrity Test

B. Power-On-Self-Test

C. Correct Functioning Test

D. Reliability Test

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48. The hardware device commonly referred to as the “brain” of the computer is the _________?

A. RAM chip

B. Data input

C. CPU

D. Secondary storage

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49. Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot?

A. ISA

B. PCI

C. AGP

D. ATX

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50. What type of hard disk formatting creates FAT (File Allocation Table) ?

A. High Level

B. Low Level

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51. SMPS stands for:

A. Switch Mode Power Supply

B. Simple Mode Power Supply

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52. Which of the following is known as the language made up of binary-coded instructions?

A. High level

B. BASIC

C. C

D. Machine

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53. Is the data in a RAM stored on a permanent or temporary basis

A. Temporary

B. Permanent

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54. Which of the following is the device used for converting maps, pictures, and drawings into digital form for storage in computers?

A. Image Scanner

B. Digitizer

C. MICR

D. Scanner

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55. The CPU, also called the __________ when talking about PCs, does the vast majority of the processing for a computer?

A. Macroprocessor

B. RAM

C. Memory system

D. Microprocessor

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56. What kind of connectors are used to connect a PC power supply to a hard drive?

A. AT

B. molex

C. mini- molex

D. P9

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57. How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive?

A. it has a twist in it

B. it has a red line along one edge

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58. The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the?

A. Motherboard

B. System unit

C. Peripheral

D. Input device

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59. Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive?

A. IDE

B. FDD

C. SCSI

D. EIDE

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60. Data stored in a ROM cannot be changed by user of a computer?

A. True

B. false

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