Unit 1 - Computer Organization

NAME: (IN Capital Letters Only)

Computer is an electronic device and works on electronic signals. In computer systems on and off signals denote ________ respectively.

• a. 1 and 0
• b. 2 and 9
• c. 3 and 8
• d. 4 and 6

Computers understand only ___________ language.

• a. Human Language
• b. Binary Language
• c. English Language
• d. None of the above

_________ helps to convert high level languages to binary languages.

• a. Translator
• b. Reader
• c. Converter
• d. None of the above

The data and/or instructions given by the user to the machine are termed as Input and the result generated by the machine after processing the data is the __________.

• a. Process
• b. Output
• c. Input
• d. None of the above

Advantage/Characteristics of a computer system.

• a. Diligence
• b. Versatility
• c. Accuracy
• d. All of the above

IPO Cycle stands for ___________.

• a. Input Process Output
• b. Individual Person Outcome
• c. Internal Process Outcome
• d. None of the above

PROM Stands for ___________.

• a. Programmable Read Only Memory
• b. Program Read Only Memory
• c. Prolog Read Only Memory
• d. None of the above

__________ is a chip-based computer component that makes retrieving data from the computer’s memory more efficient.

• a. Random Access Memory
• b. Read Only Memory
• c. Cache Memory
• d. None of the above

____________ retrieves the data from the storage unit and performs the arithmetic calculations and/or comparisons on them and the processed data is then sent back to the storage.

• a. Control Unit
• b. Arithmetic Logic Unit
• c. Memory Unit
• d. None of the above