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(a)Setofcapacitorsusedtoregisterinputinstructionsinadigitalcomputer (b)Setofpapertapesandcardsputinafile (c)TemporarystorageunitwithintheCPUhavingdedicatedorgeneralpurposeuse (d)partoftheauxiliarymemory (e)devicetoconvertcurrentsignalintovoltagesignal Ans(c) 2.Errorsincomputerresultscouldbedueto (a)encodingofdata(b)transmissionofdata (c)manipulationofdata(d)alloftheabove (e)noneofabove Ans(d) 3.Terminalisa (a)deviceusedtogivesupplytoacomputer (b)Pointatwhichdatamayleaveorenterthecomputer (c)endingpointinaprogram (d)pointwherewiresareinterconnected (e)aninput/outputdevice Ans(b) 4.Acomputerprogrammer (a)entersdataintocomputer (b)writesprograms (c)changesflowchartintoinstructions (d)providessolutionstocomplexproblems

 (e)doestotalplanningandthinkingforacomputer Ans(e) 5.Pickupwrongdefinition (a)OfflineisasystemperipheralequipmentnotcontrolledbyCPU (b)OnlineissysteminwhichperipheralequipmentisindirectcontactwithCPU (c)PeripheralsarehardwareunderthecontrolofCPU,likepunchedcardreaders,tapes,drums,disk, outputdevices (d)PL/IistheacronymPeripheralListing/Index (e)Programorroutineisasetsequenceofinstructionsgiventocomputerforproblemsolving Ans(d) 6.WhenaCD(CompactDiscusedinaudioandVideosystem)isseeninsunlight,rainbowlikecolours areseen.Thiscanbeexplainedonthebasisofphenomenonof (a)reflectionanddiffraction (b)reflectionandtransmission (c)diffractionandtransmission (d)refraction,diffractionandtransmission (e)noneofthese Ans(d)Internetisaninternetworkingofinformationfromonepartofthenetworktoanyother providedtheinformationispackedaccordingtocertainconventions 7.Forreproducingsound,aCD(CompactDisc)audioplayerusesa (a)quartzcrystal (b)titaniumneedle (c)laserbeam (d)bariumtitaniumceramic (e)noneofthese Ans(c)LASERstandsforLightAmplificationbyStimulatedEmissionofRadiation

 8.ThememoryofacomputeriscommonlyexpressedintermsofKilobytesorMegabytes.Abyteis madeupof (a)eightdecimaldigits(b)eightbinarydigits (c)twobinarydigits(d)twodecimaldigits(e)noneofthese Ans(b)Abyteconsistsof8bits8binarydigits 9.Whichofthefollowingcircuitisusedasa'Memorydevice'incomputers? (a)Rectifier(b)FlipFlop(c)Comparator(d)Attenuator(e)noneofthese Ans(b)Flipflopreferstoanelectroniccomponentwhichcanadoptoneoftwopossiblestates0or1.It actsasanelectronicswitchwhichgetschangeditsstatewheninputsignalsarereceived 10.Whichis/arethemainprovisionsofInformationTechnology(IT)Act,2000? (a)Legalrecognitiontodigitalsignaturesanddocuments. (b)Finalisationofcontractsthroughelectronicmedia. (c)Makinghackingwithcomputersystemanoffice. (d)Alloftheabove Ans(d) 11.ConsiderthefollowingstatementsaboutInternetfacility: I.Itservesasthelargestonelineinformationsystem. II.ItprovidesthemostdependableandlatestmodeforsendingEmail. III.RecurringexpenditureoncommunicationEmailisveryhigh. IV.Itisoftenmisusedandhastriggeredcybercrimes. Whichofthesestatementsarecorrect? (a)I,IIandIV(b)IandIV(c)II,IIIandIV(d)IIandIII Ans(a) 12.Thecomputerdeviceprimarilyusedtoprovidehardcopyisthe (a)CRT(b)LinePrinter(c)ComputerConsole(d)CardReader Ans(b)

 13.Theunitofhardware,whichanoperatorusestomonitorcomputerprocessing,isthe (a)CardReader(b)CPU(c)LinePrinter(d)Console Ans(d) 14.Computerscanbeclassifiedinwhichofthefollowinghierarchicalorders? (a)PC,Large,SuperMicro,SuperComputer (b)SuperMicro,PC,Large,SuperComputer (c)PC,SuperMicro,Large,SuperComputer (d)Large,SuperMicro,SuperComputer,PC Ans(c) 15.Whichoneofthefollowingisastoredprogrammachine? (a)Microprocessor(b)Calculator (c)Analogcomputer(d)Microcomputer Ans(d) 16.Firstgenerationcomputersystemsused (a)Transistors(b)Vacuumtubes (c)Magneticcores(d)Siliconchips Ans(b) 17.Transistorsareassociatedwithwhichcomputersystem? (a)Firstgeneration(b)Fifthgeneration (c)Secondgeneration(d)Noneofthese Ans(c) 18.CharlesBabbageinvented (a)ENIAC(b)Differenceengine(c)Electroniccomputer(d)Punchedcard Ans(b) 19.Whowrotethebook'ComputerLiberationandDreamMachine',thefirstbookonpersonal computers?

 (a)JohnMcCarthy(b)TedNelson(c)NiklausWirth(d)KarlCapek Ans(b) 20.Whowastheinventorofmechanicalcalculatorforaddingnumbers? (a)CharlesBabbage(b)Peano(c)Newton(d)Pascal Ans(D) 21.Themostwidelyusedcommercialprogrammingcomputerlanguageis (a)BASIC(b)COBOL(c)FORTRAN(d)PASCAL Ans(b)CobolisabbreviatedtermforCommonBusinessOrientedLanguage.Itishighlevelprogramme languagedesignedtoassistthetaskofprogramsbyenablingthemtowriteprogrammeinmoresimple manner 22.Thebrainofacomputeris (a)CPU(b)CD(c)Floppydisc(d)Megabyte Ans(A)CPUisabbreviatedtermforCentralProcessingUnit.Itistheprincipaloperatingpartofa computer 23.Foxpro'is (a)amedicine(b)adisease(c)acomputerlanguage(d)ananimal Ans(C) 24.Incomputerlanguage,onekilobyteequals (a)1000bytes(b)1024bytes(c)100bytes(d)8bytes Ans(b)Thememoryofacomputeriscommonlyexpressedintermsofkilobytes 25.Whichoneofthefollowingisnotaprogramminglanguageofacomputer? (a)BASIC(b)FORTRAN(c)LASER(d)PASCAL Ans(c) 26.Whichofthefollowingpackagesisusedforcompositioninprintingpress? (a)Lotus(b)dBase(c)PageMaker(d)WordPerfect Ans(c) 27.Whichoneofthefollowingisnotacomputerlanguage?

 (a)BASIC(b)COBOL(c)LOTUS(d)FORTRAN Ans(d) 28.Theindividualwithintheoperationsgroupwhoordinarilyusesavarietyofkeyboarddevices,isthe (a)DataClerk(b)KeypunchOperator (c)DataEntryClerk(d)ComputerOperator Ans(c) 29.Anadvantageofadistributedwordprocessingnetworkis (a)increasednumberofreportshandled (b)lessdelayininterofficecommunications (c)greatercorporatecontroloveroutputs (d)Allofthese Ans(b) 30.Theretrievalofinformationfromthecomputerisdefinedas (a)collectionofdata(b)dataretrievaloperations (c)output(d)dataoutputcollection Ans(c) 31.Whichofthefollowingtermscouldbeusedtodescribetheconcurrentprocessingofcomputer programsviaCRTs,ononecomputersystem? (a)Timesharing(b)Onlineprocessing (c)Interactiveprocessing(d)Allofthese Ans(d) 32.Thedailyprocessingofcorrectionstocustomeraccountsbestexemplifiestheprocessingmodeof (a)batchprocessing(b)realtimeprocessing (c)timesharing(d)offlineprocessing Ans(a) 33.Acharacteristicofcardsystemis

 (a)slownessinprocessingdata (b)usingcardsasrecordsoftransactions (c)needingalargerdatastaff (d)Allofthese Ans(d) 34.Whichofthefollowingfloppysizesexists? (a)5.25inches(b)4.75inches(c)6inches(d)8inches Ans(a) 35.MSDOSisthenameofa/an (a)Applicationsoftware(b)Hardware (c)Systemsoftware(d)Noneofthese Ans(c) 36.Aperipheraldeviceusedinawordprocessingsystemis (a)Floppydisk(b)Magneticcardreader (c)CRT(d)Allofthese Ans(d) 37.Atermusedinterchangeablywithdisketteis (a)Diskcartridge(b)Diskpack (c)Floppydisk(d)Packettedisk Ans(c) 38.AnI/Odevicewhichprovidesphotographicoutputsforprintinggalleys,isthe (a)Cameraprinter(b)Automatictypesetter (c)Radixprinter(d)Allofthese Ans(d) 39.Whichoneofthefollowingafile?

 (a)Floppydisk(b)Magneticdrum(c)magnetictape(d)Noneofthese Ans(d) 40.Adecimalequivalentofmsecondis (a)0.000001sec(b)1000000sec(c)0.001sec(d)1000sec Ans(a) 41.AcharacteristicoftheASCIIcodeis (a)itslimitationtoamaximumof96characterconfiguration (b)itsuseofthezonecodes1010,1011and1100 (c)itsindependencefromHollerithcode (d)Allofthese Ans(c) 42.Atemporarystoragearea,attachedtotheCPU,forI/Ooperations,isa (a)Channel(b)Buffer(c)Register(d)Core Ans(b) 43.Thecomputercodeforinterchangeofinformationbetweenterminalsis (a)ASCII(b)BCD(c)BCDIC(d)Hollerith Ans(a) 44.ROMiscomposedof (a)Magneticcores(b)Microprocessors (c)Photoelectriccells(d)Floppydisks Ans(b) 45.Whichofthefollowingistrue? (a)Plottersarenotavailableformicrocomputersystems (b)Microcomputerarenotprogrammedlikeconventionalcomputers (c)Minicomputersaretaskoriented

 (d)ThecontentsofROMareeasilychanged Ans(c) 46.Magneticdiskamediumknownas (a)Serialaccess(b)Directaccess(c)Sequentialaccess(d)Sequentialandrotationalaccess Ans(b) 47.Adotmatrixprinter (a)isaninputoutputdevice(b)isanoutputdeviceonly (c)isaninputdeviceonly(d)Noneofthese Ans(b) 48.Anoctalnumber237isequaltothebinarynumber (a)010011111(b)010111011 (c)011101101(d)011000001 Ans(c) 49.Atermassociatedwiththecomparisonofprocessingspeedis (a)FFTS(b)MPG(c)MIPS(d)CPS Ans(c) 50.Themaximumsizeofamemoryaddressedby12bitsis (a)1Kbytes(b)16Kbytes(c)32Kbytes(d)4Kbytes Ans(d)