CBSE Class 6 Computer Science Computer Hardware MCQs

Question. What is a backup ?
a) Restoring the information backup
b) An exact copy of a system’s information
c) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure
d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. A device for changing the connection on a connector to a different configuration is ?
a) a converter
b) a component
c) an attachment
d) an adapter

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following devices translate data and programs that humans can understand into a form that the computer can process ?
a) Display
b) Input
c) Output
d) None of these

Answer : D

Question. Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be ?
a) hardware
b) software
c) data
d) information

Answer : A

Question. 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

Answer : C

Question. The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the ?
a) motherboard
b) system unit
c) peripheral
d) input device

Answer : B

Question. 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

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is hardware and not software ?
a) Excel
b) Printer driver
c) Power Point
d) CPU

Answer : D

Question. Tangible, physical computer equipment that can be seen and touched is called _______ ?
a) hardware
b) software
c) storage
d) input/output

Answer : A

Question. Devices that make up a computer system that you can see or touch ?
a) menu
b) print
c) software
d) hardware

Answer : D

Question. A computer’s hard disk is __________ ?
a) an arithmetic and logical unit
b) computer software
c) operating system
d) computer hardware

Answer : D

Question. Fax machines and imaging systems are examples of ?
a) bar-code readers
b) imaging systems
c) scanning devices
d) pen-based systems

Answer : B

Question. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a ?
a) workstation
b) CPU
c) magnetic disk
d) integrated circuit

Answer : D

Question. What resides on the motherboard and connects the CPU to other components on the motherboard ?
a) Input Unit
b) System Bus
c) ALU
d) Primary Memory

Answer : B

Question. The clock rate of a processor is measured in ?
a) milliseconds
b) microhertz
c) megabytes or gigabytes
d) megahertz or gigahertz

Answer : D

Question. A directory within a directory is called a __________ ?
a) Mini Directory
b) Junior Directory
c) Part Directory
d) Sub Directory

Answer : D

Question. The processor is a __________ chip plugged onto the motherboard in a computer system ?
a) LSI
b) VLSI
c) ULSI
d) XLSI

Answer : C

Question. Restarting a computer that is already on is referred to as ?
a) shut down
b) cold booting
c) warm booting
d) logging off

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a holding area for data instructions and information? (processed data waiting to be output to secondary storage) ?
a) program
b) mouse
c) Internet
d) memory

Answer : D

Question. If a processor has a word size of 32 bits, compared to a processor with a word size of 16 bits, it can process __________ at a time. ?
a) thrice as much
b) twice as much
c) a fourth as much
d) the same amount

Answer : B

Question. A computer’s type, processor, and operating system define its ?
a) brand
b) size
c) platform
d) speed

Answer : D

Question. The general term “peripheral equipment” is used for _________ ?
a) any device that is attached to a computer system
b) large-scale computer systems
c) a program collection
d) other office equipment not associated with a desktop computer

Answer : A

Question. The cost of a given amount of computing power has _______ dramatically with the progress of computer technology ?
a) stayed the same
b) changed proportionally with the economy
c) increased
d) decreased

Answer : D

Question. If a new device is attached to a computer, such as a printer or scanner, its __________ must be installed before the device can be used ?
a) buffer
b) driver
c) pager
d) server

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following is not an example of a hardware ?
a) Word
b) Printer
c) Monitor
d) Mouse

Answer : A

Question. The other name of a motherboard is ?
a) System Device
b) Computer Board
c) Central Board
d) System Board

Answer : D

Question. What Video Card is Best Suited for 3D Games?
a) ATI 3D Charger
b) nVidia GeForce 256 DDR
c) ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
d) 3DFX VooDoo 5
e) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Ethernet uses
a) Ring topology
b) Bus topology
c) Mesh topology
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. What platform does the AMD K6 3+ Processor Belong to?
a) Sockets
b) Socket7
c) Slot A
d) Slotl
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected by
a) Twisted pair lines
b) Coaxial cables
c) All of the above
d) None of these
e) Communications satellites

Answer : E

Question. What platform can the VIA/Cyri III Processor Be used in jut c the following?
a) Slot 1
b) Socket A
c) Slot A
d) Socket 7
e) None of these

Answer : A

Question. If an 8-bit integer has a maximum of 256 possible values, what is the highest possible value of a 16 bit integer?
a) 512
b) 257
c) 65536
d) 65535
e) None of these

Answer : D

Question. What does BASIC stand for?
a) Basically, it's just your basic computer language, so they named it BASIC.
b) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
c) Binary Analysis System Interpretation Commandset
d) Byte Arranging Software for Improved Coding
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. The access method used for magnetic tape is_____
a) Direct
b) Random
c) All of the above
d)Sequential
e) None of these

Answer : D

Question. Actual execution of instructions in a computer takes place in ,
a) Control Unit
b) ALU
c) Storage unit
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : A

Question. The difference between memory and storage is that the memory is ___ and storage is ____
a) Slow, fast
b) Temporary, permanent
c) Permanent, temporary
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. How many pins on a standard DDR RAM Dimm?
a) 64
b) 256
c) 168
d) 184 '
e) None of these

Answer : D

Question. Which of the Following holds the ROM, CPU, RAM and expansion cards "
a) Hard disk
b) Floppy disk
c) All of the above
d) Mother board
e) None of these

Answer : D

Question. If a computer is constantly rebooting itself, what is most commonly the problem?
a) Insufficient Power-Supply Unit
b) Bad Sectors on Hard Drive
c) Processor Overheating
d) Defective/Bad Memory
e) None of these

Answer : E

Question. Which of the following devices can be used to directly input printed text
a) MICR
b) OMR
c) OCR
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : A

Question. A floppy disk contains
a) Circular tracks only
b) Both circular tracks and sectors
c) Sectors only
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. A KB represents____bytes
a) 8
b) 1,000,000,000
c) 1,000,000
d) 1,000
e) None of these

Answer : D

Question. How many Bytes in a Megabyte (MB)?
a) 1,000,000
b) 1,024,000
c) 1,048,576
d) 1,000,024
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. CD-ROM is a
a) Semiconductor memory
b) None of these
c) Magnetic memory
d) All of the above
e) Memory register

Answer : E

Question. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device
a) Magnetic tape
b) PROM
c) Floppy disk
d) None of these
e) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Operating system is
a) A collection of software routines
b) A collection of input-output devices
c) A collection of hardware components
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Operating system
a) Provides a layered, user-friendly interface .
b) Link a program with the subroutines it references
c) Enables a programmer to draw a flowchart
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Execution of two or more programs by a single CPU is known as:
a) Multiprocessing
b) Time sharing
c) Multiprogramming
d) None of these
e) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Imagine that a user has a WORD document open at a workstation and that workstation is unexpectedly disconnected from the school network and from the Internet.
Where should the user BEST save her work?
a) USB key
b) P drive
c) None of these
d) S drive
e) H drive

Answer : E

Question. How did the SHIFT key get it's name?
a) From the Latin word for large, Shiftius, which v as the first language ever used on acomouter.
b) Because it shifts the ASC11 table by a value of 32.
c) It was a carry-over from typewriters which had both upper and lower case letters on each print head and used a mechanical shifting of the print head to differentiate.
d) <font color=red>(Bad pun alert!)</font color=red> Because the Capitol is full of shifty characters.
e) None of these

Answer : C