List of top Computer Awareness Questions

Permanent instructions that the computer use when it is turned ON and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in:
What is the full form of PROM?
Which of the following is not an example of system software?
Which of the following acts as a buffer between the CPU and the main memory?
The storage device used to compensate for the difference in rates of flow of data from one device to another is termed as:
Which media has the ability to have data/information stored (written) on them by users more than once?
The term Bit is short for:
Which of the following is the correct reason to use an operating system?
Which of the following is an operating system?
Which one of the following is not an operating system?
Which among the following is not a mobile operating system?
A kind of system software, which is responsible for loading and relocating of the executable program in the main memory is:
The term ‘gigabyte’ refers to:

Which of the following is an octal number equal to decimal number \((896)_{10}\)?

The most widely used code that represents each character as a unique 8-bit code is:
What is the name of the storage device that compensates the difference in rates of flow of data from one device to another?
A bulb in the staircase has two switches, one switch is at the ground floor and the other one is at the first floor. The bulb can be turned ON and also can be turned OFF by any of the switches irrespective of the state of the other switch. The logic of the switching of the bulb resembles:
The maximum and minimum value represented in signed 16 bit 2's complement representations are
Which of the following is true about Von Neumann architecture?

Equivalent of the decimal number \( (25.375)_{10} \) in binary form

Suppose we have a 10-bit computer that uses 10-bit 2's complement representation. The number representation of -35 is
What is a potential problem of 1's complement representation of numbers?
How many 32K × 1 RAM chips are needed to provide a memory capacity of 256 K?

Consider the circuit shown below and find the minimum number of NAND gates required to design it. 

Consider the following minterm expression for \( F \): \[ F(P, Q, R, S) = \Sigma(0, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15) \] \(\text{The minterms 2, 7, 8, and 13 are don't care terms. The minimal sum of products form for F is}\)