51. A deadlock happens when
Answer: A. two or more processes wait for resources held by each other
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52. The scheduling algorithm that gives CPU time in fixed time slices in cyclic order is
Answer: B. Round Robin
53. The memory management technique that divides memory into fixed-sized blocks is
Answer: D. paging
54. The most common directory structure is
Answer: C. tree-structured
55. Which file system is used by Windows NT and later versions?
Answer: B. NTFS
56. Computer software is
Answer: A. a collection of programs, data and instructions that tell a computer what to do
57. The main types of software are system, application, programming and
Answer: C. driver software
58. Which type of software manages hardware and system resources?
Answer: D. System software
59. Printer drivers are examples of
Answer: A. driver software
60. Driver software acts as a bridge between
Answer: B. the operating system and hardware devices
61. Visual Studio and Eclipse are examples of
Answer: D. programming software
62. Which of the following is an offline application?
Answer: A. VLC Media Player
63. Microsoft Access and MySQL are examples of
Answer: C. database management systems
64. An application patch is a piece of software designed to
Answer: B. update, fix or improve an existing program
65. Installing and running software on servers within an organisation's own premises is called
Answer: D. on-premises hosting
66. An entire physical server used exclusively by one organisation is called
Answer: C. dedicated hosting
67. Cloud hosting is highly
Answer: B. scalable and flexible with pay-as-you-go pricing
68. Which component of programming software translates high-level code into machine code?
Answer: A. Compiler
69. IDE stands for
Answer: C. Integrated Development Environment
70. An IDE combines a text editor, a debugger and a
Answer: D. compiler
71. A debugger allows programmers to
Answer: A. run code step by step and inspect variables
72. Which tool provides coding, debugging and compiling in one place?
Answer: B. IDE
73. Which component of system software controls input and output operations?
Answer: D. Device driver
74. Which software helps programmers store and manage code versions?
Answer: C. Code repository
75. Which system software manages data transfer between RAM and storage devices?
Answer: A. Operating system
76. Which is an example of an offline computing platform?
Answer: B. Installed IDE
About Computer Science Class 10 Unit 1 MCQs (Federal Board)
These 76 Computer Science MCQs cover Class 10 Unit 1: Computer Systems of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II (Class 10) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. The questions are split over 2 pages of 50. Download the Computer Systems MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.