CLASS: XI

CHAPTER 1: COMPUTER SYSTEM OVERVIEW WORKSHEET-I

1. A computer, along with additional hardware and software, together is called a

___________.
a. Device System b. Computer System
c. Electronic System d. None of the above
2. The CPU is the electronic circuitry of a computer that carries out the actual
processing and is usually referred to as the ___________ of the computer.
a. Heart b. Brain c. Head d. None of the above
3. Physically, a CPU can be placed on one or more microchips called
____________.
a. integrated circuits (IC) b. Capacitor
c. Transistor d. None of the above
4. The CPU is given instructions and data through programs. The CPU then
fetches the program and data from the memory and performs _______________
as per the given instructions and stores the result back to memory.
a. Logical Operation b. Arithmetic Operation
c. Arithmetic and Logic operations d. None of the above
5. While processing, the CPU stores the data as well as instructions in its local
memory called __________.
a. Registers b. Gate c. Catch d. None of the above
6. CPU is also known as _____________.
a. Microprocessor b. Gate c. Catch d. None of the above
7. _____________ controls sequential instruction execution, interprets instructions
and guides data flow through the computer’s memory.
a. Control Unit b. Arithmetic Logical Unit
c. Memory Unit d. None of the above

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8. The devices through which control signals are sent to a computer are termed as
__________.
a. Output Device b. Input Device c. Process d. None of the above
9. Data entered through the input device is temporarily stored in the __________
of the computer system.
a. Read only memory b. Random Access Memory
c. Secondary Memory d. None of the above
10. The device that receives data from a computer system for display, physical
production, etc., is called _________.
a. Output Device b. Input Device c. Process d. None of the above
11. _________ printer used to build physical replica of digital 3D design (It is used
to create prototypes).
a. LaserJet b. Inkjet c. Dot-Matrix d. 3D-Printer
12. __________ is a silicon chip which contains an entire electronic circuit on a
very small area and helps to reduce the size of the computer.
a. Vacuum Tubes b. Integrated Circuit c. Transistor d. None of the above
13. ____________ architecture having a central processing unit, memory to store
data and program, input and output devices and communication channels to send
or receive the output data.
a. Von Neumann Architecture b. Blaize Pascal Architecture
c. Herman Hollerith Architecture d. Charles Babbage Architecture
14. The binary digits 0 and 1, which are the basic units of memory, are called
__________.
a. Bytes b. Nibble c. Bite d. None of the above
15. The 4-bit word is called a _________.
a. Bytes b. Nibble c. Bite d. None of the above
16. 1KB = ___________.
a. 1024 Bytes b. 1024 KB c. 1024 MB d. None of the above
17. 1 TB = _________.
a. 1024 KB b. 1024 MB c. 1024 GB d. None of the above
18. __________ is a volatile memory.
a. RAM b. ROM c. CPU d. None of the above

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19. RAM stands for ___________.
a. Random Applicable Memory b. Random Access Memory
c. Random Acceptable Memory d. None of the above
20. RAM and ROM is usually referred to as __________.
a. Secondary Memory b. Main Memory
c. Primary Memory d. Both b) and c)
21. To speed up the operations of the CPU, a very high speed memory is placed
between the CPU and the primary memory known as ___________.
a. Secondary Memory b. Primary Memory
c. Cache Memory d. Main Memory
22. Examples of secondary memory devices include ____________.
a. Hard Disk b. Compact Disk c. Pen Drive d. All of the above
23. Data is transferred between different components of a computer system using
physical wires called _________.
a. Data Bus b. Cache Memory
c. Secondary Memory d. Primary Memory
24. Which one of the following is a member of System Bus.
a. Data Bus b. Address Bus
c. Control Bus d. All of the above
25. Which of the following computers considers as data ____________.
a. Picture b. Songs & Video c. Document d. All of the above
26. The software that provides the basic functionality to operate a computer by
interacting directly with its constituent hardware is termed as ___________.
a. System Software b. Programming tools
c. Application Software d. None of the above
27. An ___________ is the most basic system software, without which other
software cannot work.
a. System Software b. Programming tools
c. Application Software d. Operating System

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28. Software used for maintenance and configuration of the computer system is
called ___________.
a. System Software b. Programming tools
c. System Utilities d. Operating System
29. The ___________ acts as an interface between the device and the operating
system.
a. Device Driver b. Programming tools
c. System Utilities d. Operating System
30. In computers it is very difficult for a human being to write instructions in the
form of __________.
a. High level language b. Low level language
c. 1s and 0s d. All of the above
31. ____________ are machine dependent languages and include machine
language and assembly language.
a. Low level language b. High level language
c. 4th Generation language d. None of the above
32. Machine language uses _________ to write instructions which are directly
understood and executed by the computer.
a. High level language b. Low level language
c. 1s and 0s d. All of the above
33. A __________ is needed to convert a program written in assembly or high level
language to machine language.
a. Language Reader b. Language Translator
c. Language Coder d. None of the above
34. The program code written in assembly or high-level language is called
__________.
a. Program code b. Source code c. Text code d. None of the above
35. Example of translator in computer system.
a. Assembler b. Compiler c. Interpreter d. All of the above

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36. The translator used to convert the code written in assembly language to
machine language is called ________.
a. Assembler b. Compiler c. Interpreter d. All of the above
37. __________ translator takes one line, converts it into executable code if the
line is syntactically correct, and then it repeats these steps for all lines in the
source code.
a. Assembler b. Compiler c. Interpreter d. All of the above
38. The application software developed for generic applications, to cater to a
bigger audience in general are called __________.
a. Customized Software b. General Purpose Software
c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
39. Examples of general purpose software are __________.
a. LibreOffice b. GIMP c. Mozilla or Chrome d. All of the above
40. These are custom or tailor-made application software, that are developed to
meet the requirements of a specific organization or an individual is known as
_________.
a. General Purpose Software b. Customized Software
c. Digital Software d. None of the above
41. Examples of customized software are ____________.
a. School Management Software b. Accounting Software
c. User-defined Software d. All of the above
42. The developers of some application software provide their source code as well
as the software freely to the public, with an aim to develop and improve further
with each other’s help this type of software is known as _________.
a. Free Software b. Open Source Software
c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
43. Some of the software is freely available for use but source code may not be
available, such software is called _________.
a. Open-Source Software b. Freeware Software
c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
44. An __________ can be considered to be a resource manager which manages all
the resources of a computer.
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a. Operating System b. Application Program c. Open-Source d. All of the
above
45. The primary objectives of an operating system are __________.
a. Two-fold b. Interface to the user c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
46. ____________ is often less interactive and usually allows a user to run a single
program at a time.
a. Command-based Interface b. Graphical User Interface
c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
47. Example of command-based interface operating system.
a. Ms-Dos b. Unix c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
48. ____________run programs or give instructions to the computer in the form
of icons, menus and other visual options.
a. Command-based Interface b. Graphical User Interface
c. Both a) and b) d. None of the above
49. Example of graphical user-interface.
a. Windows Operating System b. Ubuntu Operating System
c. Macintosh Operating System d. All of the above
50. _________ interface allows users to interact with the system simply using the
touch input.
a. Command-based Interface b. Graphical User Interface
c. Touch-based Interface d. None of the above