Correct : C. a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
7. Which of the following controls the process of interaction between the user and the operating
system?
Correct : A. user interface
8. The first computers were programmed using
Correct : B. machine language
9. ..........is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information
between computing devices.
Correct : A. network
10. Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called
Correct : B. passwords
11. Which of the following statements is true ?
Correct : A. minicomputer works faster than microcomputer
12. You organize files by storing them in
Correct : B. folders
13. What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer
Network?
Correct : A. printers
14. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
Correct : B. modem
15. What is a light pen?
Correct : B. optical input device
16. UNIVAC is
Correct : A. universal automatic computer
17. CD-ROM stands for
Correct : D. compact disk read only memory
18. ALU is
Correct : A. arithmetic logic unit
19. VGA is
Correct : A. video graphics array
20. IBM 1401 is
Correct : B. second generation computer
21. MSI stands for
Correct : A. medium scale integrated circuits
22. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
Correct : D. 1.44 mb
23. WAN stands for
Correct : B. wide area network
24. MICR stands for
Correct : A. magnetic ink character reader
25. EBCDIC stands for
Correct : A. extended binary coded decimal interchange code
26. Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
Correct : D. arithmetic & logic unit
27. CAD stands for
Correct : A. computer aided design
28. Junk e-mail is also called
Correct : A. spam
29. Hackers
Correct : B. break into other people's computers
30. What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system?
Correct : C. microcomputer
31. A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the
Correct : C. operating system
32. The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called
Correct : B. line spacing
33. Example of non-numeric data is
Correct : A. employee address
34. What is embedded system?
Correct : D. the computer and software system that control the machine
35. First page of Website is termed as-
Correct : A. homepage
36. . ..................... Is the appearance of typed characters?
Correct : B. format
37. When a file is saved for the first time
Correct : B. it must be given a name to identify it
38. Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use
of corporate
Correct : D. wan
39. Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them?
Correct : A. main memory
40. . ............... represents raw facts, where-as................. is data made meaningful.
Correct : B. data, information
41. What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
Correct : B. data in rom is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
42. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
Correct : C. diagnostic software
43. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?
Correct : D. assembly languages
44. Which of the following is not anti- viruses’ software?
Correct : C. oracle
45. What does DMA stand for?
Correct : B. direct memory access
46. Which of the following is a storage device?
Correct : D. all of the above
47. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
Correct : B. 1614
48. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data?
Correct : C. 680 mb
49. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
Correct : D. managers
50. What is a light pen?
Correct : B. optical input device
51. BCD is
Correct : A. binary coded decimal
52. ASCII stands for
Correct : C. american standard code for information interchange
53. Which of the following is first generation of computer?
Correct : A. edsac
54. Chief component of first generation computer was
Correct : B. vacuum tubes and valves
55. FORTRAN is
Correct : C. formula translation
56. EEPROM stands for
Correct : C. electronic erasable programmable read only memory
57. Second Generation computers were developed during
Correct : B. 1956 to 1965
58. The computer size was very large in
Correct : A. first generation
59. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers
Correct : D. fourth generation
60. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
Correct : A. ocr
61. The output quality of a printer is measured by
Correct : B. dot per sq. inch
62. In analogue computer
Correct : B. input is never converted to digital form
63. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
Correct : C. both sequentially and parallel
64. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?
Correct : C. j. presper eckert and john w mauchly
65. Who invented the high level language “C”?
Correct : A. dennis m. ritchie
66. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to
Correct : C. peopleware
67. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
Correct : D. 1991
68. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
Correct : D. computer
69. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
Correct : D. glitch
70. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not
Correct : C. infallible
71. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires
operator attention?
Correct : B. reverse video
72. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
common name for such boards?
Correct : B. motherboard
73. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components
are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?
Correct : A. motherboard
74. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Correct : B. which is assigned one and only one task
75. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
Correct : D. modem
76. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
Correct : C. compiler
77. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language
is called a/an
Correct : A. interpreter
78. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
Correct : D. sensor
79. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
Correct : B. bug
80. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction
novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is
Correct : D. worm
81. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has
Correct : B. flip-flop
82. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
Correct : A. spam
83. DOS stands for
Correct : A. disk operating system
84. Who is the chief of Microsoft
Correct : B. bill gates
85. Which of the following are input devices?
Correct : D. any of these
86. Examples of output devices are
Correct : D. all of these
87. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer
Correct : B. central processing unit
88. IBM stands for
Correct : C. international business machines
89. ............ translates and executes program at run time line by line
Correct : B. interpreter
90. is an OOP principle
Correct : C. inheritance
91. COBOL is widely used in application s
Correct : A. commercial
92. RAM stands for
Correct : D. random access memory
93. 1 Byte =?
Correct : A. 8 bits
94. SMPS stands for
Correct : A. switched mode power supply
95. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as
Correct : A. modem
96. VDU is also called
Correct : C. both 1 & 2
97. BIOS stands for
Correct : A. basic input output system
98. Father of “C‘ programming language
Correct : A. dennis ritchie
99. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred
to as computer.........
Correct : A. programs
100. An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is..........