1. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
Correct : D. UNIVAC
2. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
Correct : C. Latin language
3. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
Correct : D. All of above
4. Which of the following is first generation computer?
Correct : A. EDSAC
5. A hard copy would be prepared on a
Correct : D. All of the above
6. The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics of computers?
Correct : C. Accuracy
7. Which of the following programming language were used in first generation computers?
Correct : A. Machine language
8. To locate a data item for storage is
Correct : D. Fetch
9. Who used punched cards practically for the first time in the history of computers?
Correct : B. Dr. Herman Hollerith
10. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
Correct : A. Magnetic metallic oxide
11. Which of the following term means to reckon?
Correct : A. putare
12. An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is
Correct : B. Terminal
13. Which of the following is first generation of computer
Correct : A. EDSAC
14. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
Correct : C. An address
15. Computer professionals working in a computer centre are
Correct : D. Humanware
16. The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was
Correct : C. ENIAC
17. The contents of information are stored in
Correct : A. Memory data register
18. Which of the following is correct full form of BCD?
Correct : A. Binary Coded Decimal
19. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?
Correct : C. DeskPro-386
20. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set of variables is termed as
Correct : A. data
21. Main storage is also called
Correct : D. Memory
22. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?
Correct : D. All of the alcove
23. For what Antikyathera was used?
Correct : C. For calculating astronomical positions
24. Memory unit is one part of
Correct : D. Central Processing Unit
25. Microprocessors can be used to make
Correct : D. All of the above
26. Which statement is valid about computer program?
Correct : A. High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute
27. By programmable machine we mean
Correct : A. computers
28. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
Correct : B. Disk
29. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured
Correct : C. PROM
30. One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for?
Correct : D. Compact Disk Read Only Memory
31. Identify the true statement
Correct : D. All of above
32. FORTRAN is
Correct : C. Formula Translation
33. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as
Correct : C. Firmware
34. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?
Correct : B. Dynamic RAM
35. What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?
Correct : D. Assembler
36. Serial access memories are useful in applications where
Correct : D. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form
37. In ________ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?
Correct : A. Full-duplex
38. Who invented Slide Rules?
Correct : B. William Oughtred
39. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is
Correct : A. An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers
40. Memory is made up of
Correct : C. Large number of cells
41. Which of the following is the most powerful computers?
Correct : D. Super Computers
42. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?
Correct : C. Laser printer
43. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as
Correct : B. Bus
44. Which term is used to describe RAM?
Correct : D. All of the above
45. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?
Correct : B. 1975
46. Assembly language started to be used from
Correct : B. second generation computers
47. Which technology is more reliable?
Correct : C. Electronic
48. Which of the following is not an XT microprocessor?
Correct : D. None of above
49. Hard disk is coated in both side with
Correct : A. Magnetic metallic oxide
50. ASCII stands for
Correct : C. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
51. Raw facts and figures about any particular topic are
Correct : C. data
52. A computer can solve more than one kind of problem. This is related to which of the following characteristics?
Correct : C. Versatility
53. From which generation computers the printers were used?
Correct : B. second
54. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
Correct : A. 32
55. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands electronic components per chip
Correct : C. LSI
56. An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is
Correct : C. Spreadsheet
57. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
Correct : C. 1855
58. What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
Correct : A. AX3/33
59. In analog computer
Correct : B. Input is never converted to digital form
60. Which of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
Correct : D. EDSAC
61. When was the company named IBM?
Correct : B. 1924
62. Which of the following storage device can store the largest amount of data?
Correct : A. Hard Disks
63. Who invented Mark I?
Correct : A. Howard Aikin
64. ALU is
Correct : A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
65. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an
Correct : C. Compiler
66. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
Correct : D. 1991
67. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT act like
Correct : C. a router
68. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
Correct : A. More expensive
69. Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
Correct : B. Registers
70. The octal equivalence of 111010 is
Correct : B. 72
71. Excessive parallel processing is related to
Correct : C. Fifth Generation
72. Second generation computers were developed during
Correct : B. 1956 to 1965
73. What do you call a single point on a computer screen?
Correct : C. Pixel
74. Mostly which of the following device is used to carry user files?
Correct : A. Floppy Disk
75. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?
Correct : B. ABC
76. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?
Correct : C. Formula Translation
77. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?
Correct : B. DRAM
78. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
Correct : A. Data
79. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
Correct : B. Voice response unit
80. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?
Correct : D. All of the above
81. Which of the following is not purely output device?
Correct : A. Screen
82. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?
Correct : D. Leibniz
83. The first Macintosh computer was from
Correct : D. Fourth generation
84. Which of the following is not a form of data?
Correct : D. none of above
85. Which is not a computer classification?
Correct : B. maxframe
86. The control unit of a microprocessor
Correct : D. None of above
87. Which of the following is internal memory?
Correct : C. RAM
88. Which operation is not performed by computer
Correct : D. Understanding
89. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
Correct : C. Diskettes
90. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as
Correct : D. Magnetic bubble memory
91. A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as
Correct : C. Program
92. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and
Correct : B. Resolution
93. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called
Correct : B. Symbolic code
94. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
Correct : A. Machine language
95. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
Correct : B. Accuracy
96. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
Correct : B. Power PC
97. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?
Correct : A. Tabulating Machine
98. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory
Correct : B. 20
99. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of
Correct : B. Control and communication
100. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?
Correct : B. Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result