Basic Computer Fundamentals Questions and Answers

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Understanding Basic Computer Fundamentals questions with answers is crucial for building a strong IT foundation. Whether preparing for SSC, TCS, Infosys, or campus placements, these programming questions and answers cover hardware, software, memory, operating systems, and networking basics. This topic enhances your technical literacy and prepares you for computer-awareness and IT aptitude sections in various exams. Each question comes with detailed explanations to strengthen conceptual understanding and practical application. Mastering these fundamentals ensures better performance in both academic and job-oriented assessments.

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Basic Computer Fundamentals

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221. A prescribed set of well - defined rules or processes for the solution of a problem in a series of steps is _________

  • Flowchart
  • Program
  • Algorithm
  • None of these
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222. Temporary storage used to compensate for a difference in th espeed of data flow is _________

  • Main memory
  • Buffer
  • Burean
  • Accumulator
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223. A path linking hardware or telecommunication units down which data dn control signals can be transmitted is ________

  • Chaining
  • Network
  • Channel
  • None of these
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224. The complex of interconnected hardware which makes up a computer system is ________

  • Compiler
  • Configuration
  • Compaction
  • Channel
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225. __________ is a basic technique, using activity networks, for planning and controlling the time schedule for projects

  • CPA
  • CPM
  • CPU
  • CP/M
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226. The tracks on a disk which can be accused without repositioning the R/W heads is ________

  • Surface
  • Cylinder
  • Cluster
  • None of these
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227. A magnetic storage device on which data is stored on a cylinderical drum, subdivided into tracks is called ________

  • Punched card
  • Magnetic disk
  • Magnetic tape
  • Drum
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228. A computer assisted method for the recording and analysing of existing or hypothetical systems is _________

  • Data link
  • Data flow
  • Data capture
  • Data processing
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229. Sending data from one place to another, by physical or electronic means is ______

  • database
  • data preparation
  • data transmission
  • distributed processing
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230. The process of communicating with a file from a terminal is ________

  • interactive
  • interrogation
  • heuristic
  • none of these
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