Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous - Study Mode

[#701] Identity the advantages that Micro Channel Architecture offers over ISA.
Correct Answer

Automatic System Configuration

Explanation

Solution: Identity the advantages that Micro Channel Architecture offers over ISA. Automatic System Configuration, Less Interference, Multiple device handling (the system allows expansion boards to take complete of the bus for certain operations), Greater data transfer rates. And all of the above in ISA.

[#702] Computer scientists are exploring the possibility of culturing bacteria to create living chips which have digital electronic properties. What are these chips called?
Correct Answer

(B) biochips

Explanation

Solution: Computer scientists are exploring the possibility of culturing bacteria to create living chips which have digital electronic properties. The chips called in biochips. A biochip is much like a computer chip but instead of performing a multitude of mathematical operations per second, it performs biological reactions such as decoding genes and finding contaminations in a few seconds.

[#703] What is the name of the storage device which is used to compensate for the difference in rates of flow of data from one device to another?
Correct Answer

(C) Buffer

Explanation

Solution: A buffer is a storage device used to compensate for a difference in rate of data flow, or time of occurrence of events, when transmitting data from one device to another.

[#704] In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
Correct Answer

(C) Both sequentially an parallely

Explanation

Solution: In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed both sequentially an parallely. In computer science, an instruction is a single operation of a processor defined by the processor instruction set.

[#705] Program execution time would be minimum if the programs are written in
Correct Answer

(A) Machine Language

Explanation

Solution: Execution in computer and software engineering is the process by which a computer or virtual machine reads and acts on the instructions of a computer program. Execution involves repeatedly following a 'fetch – decode – execute' cycle for each instruction.