2. On a PC, how much memory is available to application software?
Correct : C. 640 KB
3. In a computer _____ is capable to store single binary bit.
Correct : B. Flip flop
4. What does DMA stand for?
Correct : B. Direct Memory Access
5. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
Correct : C. Both of above
6. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
Correct : A. System Software
7. One computer that is not considered a portable is
Correct : A. Minicomputer
8. Which of the following is not an electronic computer?
Correct : B. ABC
9. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
Correct : B. Reverse video
10. Which is the largest computer?
Correct : A. Mainframe Computer
11. Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?
Correct : B. Bytes
12. The personal computer industry was started by
Correct : A. IBM
13. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Correct : B. Which is assigned one and only one task
14. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?
Correct : D. Assembly Languages
15. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?
Correct : C. They produced heat and often burned out
16. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
Correct : C. General purpose register
17. Which is not a computer of first generation?
Correct : D. IBM 1401
18. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as
Correct : B. Flags
19. Who invented vacuum tubes?
Correct : C. Lee de Forest
20. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is
Correct : B. Multiprogramming
21. Who suggested Stored Program Concept
Correct : C. John Neumann
22. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
Correct : C. Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
23. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in
Correct : C. Third generation
24. UNIVAC is
Correct : A. Universal Automatic Computer
25. Which is the highest form?
Correct : C. Knowledge
26. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?
Correct : D. Jacquard
27. What is an interpreter?
Correct : B. An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed
28. Which is a semi conductor memory?
Correct : D. Both a & b
29. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables.
Correct : C. 4 pair
30. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?
Correct : D. 5 ½?
31. The earliest calculating devices are
Correct : A. Abacus
32. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
Correct : B. 8 bits
33. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?
Correct : B. ABC
34. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package
Correct : B. Memory
35. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?
Correct : B. Output unit
36. The full form of ALU is
Correct : A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
37. What produces useful information out of data?
Correct : B. Processing
38. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?
Correct : A. Pascaline
39. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
Correct : B. Accuracy
40. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
Correct : A. Binary
41. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer?
Correct : B. Reliability
42. A paper printout of a document is known as
Correct : B. Hardcopy output
43. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?
Correct : C. ICs
44. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
Correct : D. All of above
45. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
Correct : C. ALU
46. ABC is a
Correct : A. Special purpose computer
47. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
Correct : A. ASCII
48. When was the X window system born?
Correct : A. 1984
49. What is the first stage in software development?
Correct : C. System Analysis
50. Which of the following is valid statement?
Correct : A. Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
51. The Second Generation Computer was based on ________.
Correct : C. Transistor
52. EBCDIC stands for
Correct : A. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
53. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to
Correct : C. Peopleware
54. IBM System/360 is
Correct : A. Mainframe Computer
55. A system is
Correct : A. an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
56. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
Correct : A. Cobol
57. The translator program used in assembly language is called
Correct : C. Assembler
58. EEPROM stands for
Correct : A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
59. Regarding data, computers are very good at
Correct : D. All of above
60. Bit map terminal
Correct : D. all of above
61. First generation computers used _________ for memory
Correct : C. magnetic drum
62. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
Correct : B. RAM
63. EPROM can be used for
Correct : C. Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
64. ENIAC uses
Correct : A. Decimal Numbering System
65. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
Correct : C. MIPS
66. which of the following is problem oriented language?
Correct : A. High level language
67. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
Correct : C. 4 byte
68. The term GIGO is related to
Correct : A. Accuracy
69. Web cam is an
Correct : A. input unit device
70. Bit stands for
Correct : A. Binary digits
71. Access time is
Correct : A. seek time + latency time
72. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?
Correct : D. Microprocessor
73. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
Correct : B. CD-ROM
74. Symbolic logic was discovered by
Correct : A. George Boole
75. Which of the following is not valid statement?
Correct : B. Hard is used to mean something tangible
76. Digital devices are
Correct : A. Digital Clock
77. Primary memory stores
Correct : D. All of these
78. After copying the content how many times can you paste?
Correct : D. Many
79. WAN stands for
Correct : B. Wide Area Network
80. An error in computer data is called
Correct : B. Bug
81. The instructions for starting the computer are house on
Correct : C. Read only memory chip
82. 1 nibble equals to
Correct : C. 4 bits
83. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as
Correct : A. paper tapes
84. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
Correct : D. Either of the above
85. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?
Correct : C. IBM
86. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in to calculate census data.
Correct : B. IBM 1401
87. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
Correct : C. Both of above
88. Which of the following is the largest unit?
Correct : D. database file
89. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names
Correct : D. Lee de Forest
90. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
Correct : B. It provides only sequential access to stored data
91. A disadvantage of the laser printer is
Correct : D. None of the above
92. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
Correct : A. ASCII
93. Which access method is used to access cassette tape?
Correct : B. Sequential
94. A Compiler is ____
Correct : C. a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language
95. Which unit holds data temporarily?
Correct : D. Primary Memory Unit
96. The computer size was very large in
Correct : A. First Generation
97. A name or number used to identify storage location devices?
Correct : C. An address
98. Which of the following is not computer language?