Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous - Study Mode
[#351] Which storage device cannot be erased?
Correct Answer
(C) A CD-ROM
Explanation
Solution: A CD-ROM, is a pre-pressed optical compact disc which contains data. The name is an acronym which stands for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory. Computers can read CD-ROMs, but cannot write to CD-ROMs which are not writable or erasable.
[#352] Which of the following languages is more suited to a structured program?
Correct Answer
(D) PASCAL
Explanation
Solution: PASCAL languages is more suited to a structured program. Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, which Niklaus Wirth designed in 1968–69 and published in 1970, as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. It is named in honor of the French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal.
[#353] A computer assisted method for the recording and analyzing of existing or hypothetical systems is
Correct Answer
(B) Data flow
Explanation
Solution: A computer assisted method for the recording and analyzing of existing or hypothetical systems is Data flow
[#354] The brain of any computer system is
Correct Answer
(C) CPU
Explanation
Solution: The brain of any computer system is CPU. CPU : A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
[#355] What difference does the 5 th generation computer have from other generation computers?
Correct Answer
(A) Technological advancement
Explanation
Solution: The term "fifth generation" was intended to convey the system as being advanced. Whereas previous computer generations had focused on increasing the number of logic elements in a single CPU, the fifth generation, it was widely believed at the time, would instead turn to massive numbers of CPUs for added performance.