CLASS TEST #1 MM-10

Subject – Introduction to Computing Time- 50 Min.

Question #1- What are the essential components of a computer? Draw a schematic block diagram of a
computer showing its essential components. Briefly describe each of them. 2 Marks

Question #2- Why are subtraction using 2's complements used in modern computer? What are the
difficulties with binary subtraction ?
Using 2's complement add (-14) and (-9) 2 Marks

Question #3- Which of the following number system is not a positional number system
(a) Binary (b)Decimal (c)Hexadecimal (d) Roman Number system

Question #4- A number system uses digit 0,1,2,3 and 4 to represent any number in the number system,
then radix/base of the number system is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

Question #5- What is the largest number that can be counted using non fractional binary number with n
bits
(a) 2n+1 (b) 2n-1 (c) 2n +1 (d) 2n – 1

Question #6- What is the result of adding together the three binary numbers 101, 110, 1011 ?
(a) 10110 (b) 11010 (c) 11001 (d) 11110

Question #7- Which of the following is the binary form of (30)10 ?

(a) 10111 (b) 10101 (c) 11011 (d) 11110

Question #8- What does a system bus do?

(a) Carries out instruction
(b) Stores data instruction
(c) Allows user to communicate with computer
(d) Connects various components within computer

Question #9- Pick the odd one out

(a) Hard disk drive
(b) Windows
(c) Program
(d) Operating system

Question #10- A group of 8 bits is called

(a) Octave
(b) Byte
(c) Nibble
(d) None of these
Question #11- The number of bits that a computer can process at a time is called the
(a) Word length
(b) Speed
(c) Accuracy
(d) diligence