Top 10,000+ Computer Knowledge/Awareness Quiz - 2

Question: 6

What is the software used to drive microprocessor-based systems?

(A) Firmware

(B) Assembly language

(C) Micro language

(D) Machine language

Question: 7

Thick, rigid metal platters that are capable of storing and retrieving information at a high rate of speed are known as

(A) Solid-State storage device

(B) Hard disk

(C) Optical disk

(D) Output device

Question: 8

The life span of a CD-ROM is

(A) Almost unlimited

(B) Approximately  two years

(C) Approximately five years

(D) Approximately twenty-five years

Question: 9

The signal which shows that a computer is waiting for a command from the user is

(A) Event

(B) Interrupt

(C) Prompt

(D) Time slice

Question: 10

What was the first network that planted the seeds of internet?

(A) APARANET

(B) ARPANET

(C) PARANET

(D) RAPANET