1000+ Computer Basic Knowledge Questions and Answers - 1

Question: 1

The ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple program at the same time is called

(A) multipaging

(B) multiprogramming

(C) multiprocessing

(D) multitasking

Question: 2

A linker

(A) is not needed with a good compiler

(B) must be run after the loader

(C) is not necessary with variable partitions

(D) creates a load module

Question: 3

A compiler for a high level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machines is called

(A) multipass compiler

(B) cross compiler

(C) one pass compiler

(D) optimising compiler

Question: 4

Which of the following is not a system tool?

(A) skin disk

(B) backup

(C) drive space

(D) scandisk

Question: 5

_____ is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program.

(A) system environment

(B) operating system

(C) operating environment

(D) all of these