vlsi interview question-objective type-05
70. The capacity of a 3.5” Zip disk is around (a) 5 Mb (b) 10 Mb (c) 40 Mb (d) 100 Mb
71. When accessing a disk the amount of data transferred is (a) one track (b) one sector
(block) (c) one cylinder (d) 1 byte
72. A hard disk spins at x revolutions per minute where x is (a) 300 – 900 (b) 30 – 90 (c)
3000 – 9000 (d) 100,000
73. The largest delay in accessing data on disk is due to (a) seek time (b) rotation time (c)
data transfer time (d) none of the previous
74. CD-ROM capacity is around (a) 100 Mb (b) 650 Mb (c) 1 Gb (d) 4 Gb
75. The capacity of a DVD is around (a) 100 Mb (b) 650 Mb (c) 1.4 Gb (d) 4.7 Gb
76. The capacity of DAT is (a) 100 Mb (b) 650 Mb (c) 1 Gb (d) several gigabytes
77. A smart card (a) is a form of ATM card (b) has more storage capacity than an ATM
card (c) is an access card for a security system (d) contains a microprocessor
78. The resolution of a VGA screen is (a) 1024 x 768 (b) 512 x 512 (c) 640 x 480 (d) 800
x 600
79. Laser printers usually print at (a) 200 dpi (b) 360 dpi (c) 600 dpi (d) 10,000 dpi
80. High print quality requires from (a) 600 dpi (b) 300 dpi (c) 1000 dpi (d)100,000 dpi5
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81. Laptop computers use (a) CRT displays (b) LCD displays (c) SSGA displays (d) none
of the previous
82. QWERTY is used with reference to (a) screen layout (b) mouse button layout (c)
keyboard layout (d) word processing software
83. A “killer application” is (a) software that is hard to debug ! (b) a form of computer
virus (c) a really popular application program (d) none of the previous
84. WYSIWYG is used with reference to (a) screen layout (b) mouse button layout (c)
keyboard layout (d) screen images that resemble printed documents
85. A GUI is (a) hardware (b) language interpreter (c) software interface (d) an operating
system
86. Multiprogramming refers to (a) having several programs in RAM at the same time (b)
multitasking (c) writing programs in multiple languages (d) none of the previous
87. Multitasking refers to (a) having several programs in RAM at the same time (b) the
ability to run 2 or more programs concurrently (c) writing programs in multiple languages
(d) none of the previous
88. Multiprogramming is a prerequisite for (a) multitasking (b) an operating system (c) to
run more than one program at the same time (d) none of the above
89. Timesharing is the same as (a) multitasking (b) multiprogramming (c) multiuser (d)
none of the previous
90. Virtual memory is (a) related to virtual reality (b) a form of ROM (c) a form of RAM
(d) none of the previous