Quiznetik
Informatics and History | Set 1
1. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A. analytical engine
B. arithmetic machine
C. donald knuth
D. all of above
Correct : A. analytical engine
2. Which of the following is not a category of computer based on size?
A. mainframe computer
B. micro computer
C. mini computer
D. digital computer
Correct : D. digital computer
3. Which of the following is a fixed disk?
A. hard disks
B. flash disk
C. compact disk
D. dvds
Correct : A. hard disks
4. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from
A. latin language
B. greek language
C. sanskrit language
D. ancient egypt
Correct : A. latin language
5. Which is a valid statement
A. 1 kb = 1024 bytes
B. 1 mb = 1024 bytes
C. 1 kb = 1000 bytes
D. 1 mb = 1000 bytes
Correct : A. 1 kb = 1024 bytes
6. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A. joseph marie jacquard
B. john mauchly
C. blaise pascal
D. howard aiken
Correct : C. blaise pascal
7. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A. compactness
B. potential capacity
C. durability
D. cost effectiveness
Correct : B. potential capacity
8. Cursor is a ____
A. pixel
B. thin blinking line
C. pointing device
D. none of these
Correct : B. thin blinking line
9. The abbreviation PDF Stands for
A. printable document file
B. portable document file
C. printable document format
D. portable document format
Correct : D. portable document format
10. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
A. floppy disks
B. cd-roms
C. hard disks
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
11. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
A. american stable code for international interchange
B. american standard case for institutional interchange
C. american standard code for information interchange
D. american standard code for interchange information
Correct : C. american standard code for information interchange
12. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
A. 680 kb
B. 680 bytes
C. 680 mb
D. 680 gb
Correct : C. 680 mb
13. All modern computers operate on
A. information
B. floppies
C. data
D. word
Correct : C. data
14. Dot-matrix is a type of
A. tape
B. printer
C. disk
D. bus
Correct : B. printer
15. Which is not consisted in a processor
A. alu
B. cu
C. memory
D. registers
Correct : C. memory
16. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________
A. vacuum tube
B. discrete components
C. ic
D. bio chips
Correct : C. ic
17. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
A. control unit and registers
B. registers and main memory
C. control unit and alu
D. alu and bus
Correct : C. control unit and alu
18. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
A. hewlett-packard 1984
B. epson, 1981
C. laplink traveling software in1982
D. tandy model-2000, 1985
Correct : B. epson, 1981
19. Which of the following is an input device?
A. scanner
B. speaker
C. monitor
D. projector
Correct : A. scanner
20. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A. claude shannon
B. konrardzues
C. george stibits
D. howard h. aiken
Correct : C. george stibits
21. WAN is a most used abbreviation in networking, what is its full form?
A. wap area network
B. wide area network
C. wide array of network
D. wireless access network
Correct : B. wide area network
22. In which language is source program written?
A. english
B. symbolic
C. high level
D. temporary
Correct : C. high level
23. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
A. video graphics array
B. visual graphics array
C. volatile graphics array
D. video graphics adapter
Correct : A. video graphics array
24. A song being played on computer speaker is
A. hard output
B. soft output
C. both hard and soft output
D. neither hard nor soft output
Correct : B. soft output
25. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A. additional terminals
B. advance technology
C. applied technology
D. advanced terminology
Correct : B. advance technology
26. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
A. intel
B. motorola
C. both of above
D. none of above
Correct : B. motorola
27. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
A. use of natural language
B. artificial intelligence
C. bio-chips
D. all of above
Correct : D. all of above
28. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his
A. difference engine
B. analytic engine
C. binary system in analytic engine
D. his concept of input, mill, output and storage
Correct : A. difference engine
29. A computer with CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A. super computer
B. minicomputer
C. micro computer
D. macro computer
Correct : A. super computer
30. When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is most expensive?
A. mainframe computer
B. mini computers
C. micro computers
D. super computers
Correct : D. super computers
31. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
A. keyboard
B. mouse
C. joystick
D. track ball
Correct : B. mouse
32. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
Correct : D. fourth
33. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
A. arithmetic and logic unit
B. control unit
C. both of above
D. none of above
Correct : A. arithmetic and logic unit
34. The operating speed of third generation computer was
A. milliseconds
B. microseconds
C. nanoseconds
D. picoseconds
Correct : C. nanoseconds
35. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
A. semiconductor memories
B. magnetic disks
C. magnetic tapes
D. compact disks
Correct : A. semiconductor memories
36. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A. analog computer
B. digital computer
C. hybrid computer
D. mainframe computer
Correct : C. hybrid computer
37. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
A. intel 308
B. intel 33
C. intel 4004
D. motorola 639
Correct : C. intel 4004
38. CD-ROM stands for
A. compactable read only memory
B. compact data read only memory
C. compact disk read only memory
D. compactable disk read only memory
Correct : C. compact disk read only memory
39. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A. ibm pcs
B. apple/macintosh pcs
C. ibm compatibles
D. both a & c
Correct : D. both a & c
40. URL stands for ……
A. uniform resource locator
B. unique resource locator
C. uniform range locator
D. unique range locator
Correct : A. uniform resource locator
41. The expansion of HTTP is.......
A. hypertext transfer programme
B. hypertest transfer programme
C. hypertest transfer protocol
D. hypertext transfer protocol
Correct : D. hypertext transfer protocol
42. which of the following is the extension of HTML file?
A. html
B. htm
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : A. html
43. Expand WI-Fi.....
A. wireless-flow
B. wireless-fidelity
C. wide-fidelity
D. all of these
Correct : B. wireless-fidelity
44. Which of the following is a search engine?
A. alta vista
B. google
C. both aand c
D. none of these
Correct : C. both aand c
45. Expansion of SMS
A. short message services
B. short medium service
C. small message service
D. small media service
Correct : A. short message services
46. IC chips used in computers are usually made of
A. lead
B. silicon
C. chromium
D. gold
Correct : B. silicon
47. Which of the following is not an example of Operating System?
A. windows 98
B. fox-pro
C. microsoft office
D. linux
Correct : B. fox-pro
48. Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?
A. param
B. super 301
C. compaq presario
D. cray ymp
Correct : A. param
49. ALU is
A. array logic unit
B. arithmetic logic unit
C. application logic unit
D. none of above
Correct : B. arithmetic logic unit
50. Find the odd term out
A. internet
B. linux
C. unix
D. windows
Correct : A. internet
51. What do you use to create a chart?
A. pie wizard
B. excel wizard
C. data wizard
D. chart wizard
Correct : D. chart wizard
52. What is the full form of www?
A. world wide word
B. world wide web
C. word widening works
D. words wide spiderman web
Correct : B. world wide web
53. Which of the following commands is given to reboot the computer?
A. ctrl + alt + del
B. ctrl + alt + tab
C. ctrl + shift + del
D. ctrl + alt + shift
Correct : A. ctrl + alt + del
54. UNIVAC is
A. unvalued automatic computer
B. universal array computer
C. unique automatic computer
D. universal automatic computer
Correct : D. universal automatic computer
55. To move to the bottom of a document, press …
A. auto summarize
B. home key
C. ctrl key + end key
D. end key
Correct : C. ctrl key + end key
56. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
A. lan
B. dsl
C. wan
D. brnet
Correct : A. lan
57. By default, your documents print in – mode.
A. landscape
B. portrait
C. page setup
D. print view
Correct : B. portrait
58. Select the odd one out.
A. scanner
B. monitor
C. mouse
D. joystick
Correct : B. monitor
59. What happens when you press Ctrl + V key?
A. a capital v letter is typed into your document at the cursor point
B. the selected item is pasted from the clipboard
C. the selected item is removed from the clipboard
D. the selected drawing objects are distributed vertically on the page
Correct : B. the selected item is pasted from the clipboard
60. ATM means
A. any time marketing
B. any time money
C. any time machine
D. automatic teller machine
Correct : D. automatic teller machine
61. M.S Power Point is a
A. presentation software
B. spread sheet
C. programming language
D. word document
Correct : A. presentation software
62. The term PC means
A. private computer
B. personal computer
C. professional computer
D. personal calculator
Correct : B. personal computer
63. Silicon Valley of India is located in
A. dehradun
B. bangalore
C. hyderabad
D. srinagar
Correct : B. bangalore
64. A dot-matrix printer
A. is an input-output device
B. is an output device only
C. is an input device only
D. none of these
Correct : B. is an output device only
65. MS-DOS is the name of a/an
A. application software
B. hardware
C. system software
D. none of these
Correct : C. system software
66. The retrieval of information from the computer is defined as
A. collection of data
B. data retrieval operations
C. output
D. data output collection
Correct : C. output
67. Which one of the following is not a computer language?
A. basic
B. cobol
C. lotus
D. fortran
Correct : C. lotus
68. The brain of a computer is
A. cpu
B. cd
C. floppy disc
D. megabyte
Correct : A. cpu
69. The computer size was very large in
A. third generation
B. fourth generation
C. second generation
D. first generation
Correct : D. first generation
70. VIRUS stands for
A. very important resource under search
B. virtual information resource under seize
C. verify interchange result until source
D. very important record user searched
Correct : B. virtual information resource under seize
71. What is the full form of CRT?
A. current ray tube
B. cathode ray tube
C. current ray technology
D. cathode ray technology
Correct : B. cathode ray tube
72. Transistors are associated with which computer system?
A. first generation
B. fifth generation
C. second generation
D. none of these
Correct : C. second generation
73. First generation computer systems used
A. transistors
B. vacuum tubes
C. magnetic cores
D. silicon chips
Correct : B. vacuum tubes
74. Computers can be classified in which of the following hierarchical orders?
A. pc, large, super micro, super computer
B. super micro, pc, large, super computer
C. pc, super micro, large, super computer
D. large, super micro, super computer, pc
Correct : C. pc, super micro, large, super computer
75. Which is/are the main provisions of Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000?
A. finalisation of contracts through electronic media.
B. legal recognition to digital signatures and documents.
C. making hacking with computer system an office.
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
76. A computer programmer
A. enters data into computer
B. repairs a computer
C. changes flow chart into instructions
D. writes programs
Correct : D. writes programs
77. The term bugs refers to
A. encoding of data
B. transmission of data
C. errors in a computer program
D. decoding of data
Correct : C. errors in a computer program
78. Register is a
A. set of capacitors used to register input instructions in a digital computer
B. set of paper tapes and cards put in a file
C. temporary storage unit within the cpu having dedicated or general purpose use
D. part of the auxiliary memory
Correct : C. temporary storage unit within the cpu having dedicated or general purpose use
79. The abbreviation ‘OS’ usually means?
A. order of significance
B. open software
C. operating system
D. optical sensor
Correct : C. operating system
80. The operating system is the most common type of …………
A. client software
B. application software
C. utility software
D. system software
Correct : D. system software
81. ‘.MOV’ extension refers usually to what kind of file?
A. image file
B. animation/movie file
C. audio file
D. ms office document
Correct : B. animation/movie file
82. Carpel Tunnel Syndrome is an example for
A. hyper tension
B. cardiac problem
C. repetitive strain injury
D. mental decease
Correct : C. repetitive strain injury
83. _______ allow(s) users to interactively send instructions (such as printing and closing a window) to a computer using graphical icons.
A. commands
B. gui
C. printer
D. keyboard
Correct : B. gui
84. Which one is best suited for use with paper of large size and for complex drawings in Computer Aided Design?
A. dot-matrix printer
B. laser printer
C. plotter
D. ink-jet printer
Correct : C. plotter
85. Which of the following is not an output device?
A. monitor
B. touch-screen
C. printer
D. plotter
Correct : B. touch-screen
86. Which generation of computer was developed from microchips?
A. second generation
B. third generation
C. fourth generation
D. first generation
Correct : C. fourth generation
87. Which generation of computer was developed using integrated circuits?
A. second generation
B. third generation
C. fourth generation
D. first generation
Correct : B. third generation
88. The greatest exponent of Free Software Movement is ----
A. richard stallman
B. eric stocks
C. bill gates
D. raymond
Correct : A. richard stallman
89. JSTOR means
A. journal store
B. journal stores
C. journal storage
D. a blog on journalism
Correct : C. journal storage
90. Linux is an Operating System initially conceived by
A. richard stallman
B. linus torvalds
C. eric raimonds
D. bill gates
Correct : B. linus torvalds
91. An “Hacktivist”is a ___
A. politically motivated hacker
B. denial of service attacker
C. a proponent of napster
D. a person who is sending unsolicited emails
Correct : A. politically motivated hacker
92. Which of the following crimes targets a computer?
A. denial of service
B. money laundering
C. theft of services
D. intellectual property violations
Correct : A. denial of service
93. Internet’s initial development was supported by
A. arpanet
B. bill rogers
C. bill gates
D. microsoft
Correct : A. arpanet
94. World Wide Web was invented by
A. bill gates
B. arpanet
C. tim berners-lee
D. bill rogers
Correct : C. tim berners-lee
95. Spamming is the act of
A. sending unsolicited messages
B. blocking a website
C. internet time theft
D. talking a person through the cyberspace
Correct : A. sending unsolicited messages
96. Which of the following is an example of a political cybercrime?
A. cyber stalking
B. spamming
C. cyber terrorism
D. phishing
Correct : C. cyber terrorism
97. Before the invention of the…............. there wasn't email.
A. IPR
B. Delphi
C. WIPO
D. Internet
Correct : D. Internet
98. Many people in the business world communicate solely with………
A. Email
B. WIPO
C. ISDN
D. Sundial
Correct : A. Email
99. …………..is essential in our society in order to grow and move towards the future.
A. Technology
B. Delphi
C. Olduvai
D. IPR
Correct : A. Technology
100. The invention of the ……………has brought economic and social change to the world.
A. Computer
B. WIPO
C. Ceramics
D. IPR
Correct : A. Computer