Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Question1

Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions
Questions 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends

on
1. UNIVAC is
A) tracks per inch of surface
8-D
A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) bits per inch of tracks
1-A
B) Universal Array Computer
C) disk pack in disk surface
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) All of above
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
9. The two kinds of main memory are:
2. The basic operations performed by a
A) Primary and secondary
computer are
9-C
B) Random and sequential
A) Arithmetic operation
2-D
C) ROM and RAM
B) Logical operation
D) All of above
C) Storage and relative
D) All the above 10. A storage area used to store data to a
compensate for the difference in speed at
3. The two major types of computer chips are
which the different units can handle data is
10-B
A) External memory chip
A) Memory
3-D
B) Primary memory chip
B) Buffer
C) Microprocessor chip
C) Accumulator
D) Both b and c
D) Address
4. Microprocessors as switching devices are
11. Computer is free from tiresome and
for which generation computers
boardoom. We call it
A) First Generation
4-D
11-C
A) Accuracy
B) Second Generation
B) Reliability
C) Third Generation
C) Diligence
D) Fourth Generation
D) Versatility
5. What is the main difference between a
12. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to
mainframe and a super computer?
which generation of computers?
A) Super computer is much larger than
12-C
A) First generation
mainframe computers
B) Second generation
B) Super computers are much smaller than
C) Third generation
mainframe computers
D) Fourth generation
C) Supercomputers are focused to execute few
5-C
programs as fast as possible while mainframe 13. CD-ROM is a

uses its power to execute as many programs A) Semiconductor memory
13-D
concurrently B) Memory register
D) Supercomputers are focused to execute as C) Magnetic memory
many programs as possible while mainframe D) None of above
uses its power to execute few programs as fast
14. A hybrid computer
as possible.
A) Resembles digital computer
14-C
6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character B) Resembles analogue computer
coding systems. What does EBCDIC stand for? C) Resembles both a digital and analogue
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal computer
Interchange Code D) None of the above
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange
6-A
15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit

Code
code called EBCDIC?
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange
15-C
A) Minicomputers
Code
B) Microcomputers
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange
C) Mainframe computers
Code
D) Super computer
7. The brain of any computer system is
16. The ALU of a computer responds to the
A) ALU
commands coming from
7-C
B) Memory
16-B
A) Primary memory
C) CPU
B) Control section
D) Control unit
C) External memory
D) Cache memory
17. Chief component of first generation 25. Which of the following was a special
computer was purpose computer?
25-A
17-B
A) Transistors A) ABC
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves B) ENIAC
C) Integrated Circuits C) EDVAC
D) None of above D) All of the above
18. To produce high quality graphics 26. What was the computer invented by
(hardcopy) in color, you would want to use Attanasoff and Clifford?
26-B
a/n A) Mark I
18-B
A) RGB monitor B) ABC
B) Plotter C) Z3
C) Ink-jet printer D) None of above
D) Laser printer
27. Which of the following storage devices
19. What are the stages in the compilation can store maximum amount of data?
27-B
process? A) Floppy Disk
A) Feasibility study, system design and testing B) Hard Disk
B) Implementation and documentation 19-C C) Compact Disk
C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code D) Magneto Optic Disk
generation
28. Which computer was considered the first
D) None of the above
electronic computer until 1973 when court
20. Which of the following IC was used in invalidated the patent?
28-A
third generation of computers? A) ENIAC
20-D
A) SSI B) MARK I
B) MSI C) Z3
C) LSI D) ABC
D) Both a and b
29. A physical connection between the
21. The main electronic component used in microprocessor memory and other parts of
first generation computers was the microcomputer is known as
29-B
21-B
A) Transistors A) Path
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves B) Address bus
C) Integrated Circuits C) Route
D) None of above D) All of the above
22. A dumb terminal has 30. High density double sided floppy disks
A) an embedded microprocessor could store _____ of data
22-D
30-D
B) extensive memory A) 1.40 MB
C) independent processing capability B) 1.44 GB
D) a keyboard and screen C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB
23. One millisecond is
A) 1 second 31. A high quality CAD system uses the
23-C
B) 10th of a seconds following for printing drawing and graphs

31-B
C) 1000th of a seconds A) Dot matrix printer

D) 10000th of a seconds B) Digital plotter
C) Line printer
24. The output quality of a printer is
D) All of the above
measured by
24-B
A) Dot per sq. inch 32. Which of the following is not an input
B) Dot per inch device?
32-D
C) Dots printed per unit time A) OCR

D) All of the above B) Optical scanners
C) Voice recognition device
D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
33. The accuracy of the floating-point 41. Which of the following produces the best
numbers representable in two 16-bit words of quality graphics reproduction?
41-C
a computer is approximately A) Laser printer
33-B
A) 16 digits B) Ink jet printer
B) 6 digits C) Plotter
C) 9 digits D) Dot matrix printer
D) All of above
42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is
34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the A) XT computer
42-B
device drivers, memory, expansion slots and B) AT comptuers
active components are mounted on a single C) PS/2 computer
34-A
board. What is the name of the board? D) None of above
A) Motherboard
43. An application suitable for sequential
B) Daughterboard
processing is
C) Bredboard
43-C
A) Processing of grades
D) Fatherboard
B) Payroll processing
35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device C) Both a and b
drives, memory expansion slots and active D) All of above
components are mounted on a single board.
44. Which of the following is not processing?
35-A
What is the name of this board?

A) arranging
44-D
A) Motherboard
B) manipulating
B) Breadboard
C) calculating
C) Daughter board
D) gathering
D) Grandmother board
45. The digital computer was developed
36. Magnetic disks are the most popular
primarily in
medium for
45-C
A) USSR
36-D
A) Direct access
B) Japan
B) Sequential access
C) USA
C) Both of above
D) UK
D) None of above
46. Software in computer
37. A technique used by codes to convert an
A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware
analog signal into a digital bit stream is
machine
46-A
known as
37-A
B) Increase the speed of central processing

A) Pulse code modulation
unit
B) Pulse stretcher
C) Both of above
C) Query processing
D) None of above
D) Queue management
47. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier
38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is
known by different name which was changes
more correct?
in 1924. What was that name?
47-B
38-C
A) It is an output device
A) Tabulator Machine Co.
B) It is an input device
B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
C) It is a peripheral device
C) The Tabulator Ltd.
D) It is hardware item
D) International Computer Ltd.
39. A modern electronic computer is a
48. Before a disk drive can access any sector
machine that is meant for
record, a computer program has to provide
A) Doing quick mathematical calculations
39-B
the record’s disk address. What information

B) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting
48-D
does this address specify?

of data
A) Track number
C) Electronic data processing
B) Sector number
D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately
C) Surface number
40. When was vacuum tube invented? D) All of above
A) 1900
40-B
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1880
49. The arranging of data in a logical 57. Which is used for manufacturing chips?
sequence is called A) Bus
57-C
49-A
A) Sorting B) Control unit
B) Classifying C) Semiconductors
C) Reproducing D) A and b only
D) Summarizing
58. The value of each bead in heaven is
50. What is the responsibility of the logical A) 1
58-C
unit in the CPU of a computer? B) 3
C) 5
A) To produce result
50-B
D) 7
B) To compare numbers
59. The first computer introduced in Nepal
C) To control flow of information was
59-B
D) To do math’s works A) IBM 1400
B) IBM 1401
51. Abacus was the first C) IBM 1402
A) electronic computer D) IBM1402
B) mechanical computer 51-D
C) electronic calculator 60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which
D) mechanical calculator of the following language?
60-B
A) Machine language
52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to B) Assembly language
specify address in a RAM, the number of C) High level language
addresses will be D) None of above
52-B
A) 216
B) 65,536 61. Instruction in computer languages
C) 64K consists of
61-C
D) Any of the above A) OPCODE
B) OPERAND
53. Instructions and memory address are C) Both of above
represented by D) None of above
53-B
A) Character code
B) Binary codes 62. Which generation of computer is still
C) Binary word under development
62-B
D) Parity bit A) Fourth Generation
B) Fifth Generation
54. The terminal device that functions as a C) Sixth Generation
cash register, computer terminal, and OCR D) Seventh Generation
reader is the:
54-D
A) Data collection terminal 63. A register organized to allow to move left

B) OCR register terminal or right operations is called a ____ 63-D
C) Video Display terminal A) Counter
D) POS terminal B) Loader
C) Adder
55. A set of flip flops integrated together is D) Shift register
called ____
64. Which was the most popular first
55-C
A) Counter
B) Adder generation computer?
64-A
C) Register A) IBM 1650

D) None of the above B) IBM 360
C) IBM 1130
56. People often call ______ as the brain of D) IBM 2700
computer system
65. Which is considered a direct entry input
56-C
A) Control Unit
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit device?
65-D
C) Central Processing Unit A) Optical scanner

D) Storage Unit B) Mouse and digitizer
C) Light pen
D) All of the above
66. A set of information that defines the 75. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?
status of resources allocated to a process is A) Because they can amplify the weak signals
66-D
A) Process control and make them strong
75-B
B) ALU B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of
C) Register Unit current
D) Process description C) Both of above
D) None of above
67. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of
______ rods. 76. John Napier invented Logarithm in
67-C
A) 5 A) 1614
76-A
B) 9 B) 1617
C) 11 C) 1620
D) 13 D) None of above
68. BCD is 77. An integrated circuit is
A) Binary Coded Decimal A) A complicated circuit
77-D
68-A
B) Bit Coded Decimal B) An integrating device
C) Binary Coded Digit C) Much costlier than a single transistor
D) Bit Coded Digit D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
69. When was the world’s first laptop 78. What type of control pins are needed in a
computer introduced in the market and by microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus,
whom? in order to prevent two devices from trying to
69-B
78-C
A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980 use it at the same time?
B) Epson, 1981 A) Bus control
C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982 B) Interrupts
D) Tandy Model-200, 1985 C) Bus arbitration
D) Status
70. From which generation operating systems
were developed? 79. Where as a computer mouse moves over
70-C
A) First the table surface, the trackball is
79-A
B) Second A) Stationary
C) Third B) Difficult to move
D) Fourth C) Dragged
D) Moved in small steps
71. The first firm to mass-market a
microcomputer as a personal computer was 80. Which of the following is used as a
71-C
A) IBM primary storage device?
80-A
B) Super UNIVAC A) Magnetic drum
C) Radio Shaks B) Hard Disks
D) Data General Corporation C) Floppy
D) All of above
72. How many address lines are needed to
address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 81. Multi user systems provided cost savings
memory chip? for small business because they use a single
72-B
A) 10 processing unit to link several

81-C
B) 11 A) Personal computers
C) 8 B) Workstations
D) 12 C) Dumb terminals
D) Mainframes
73. Properly arranged data is called
A) Field 82. What are the three decisions making
73-C
B) Words operations performed by the ALU of a

C) Information computer?
82-D
D) File A) Grater than

B) Less than
74. A computer consists of
C) Equal to
A) A central processing unit
74-D
D) All of the above

B) A memory
C) Input and output unit
D) All of the above
83. The word processing task associated with 91. What is required when more than one
changing the appearance of a document is person uses a central computer at the same
83-C
A) Editing time?
91-D
B) Writing A) Light pen
C) Formatting B) Mouse
D) All of above C) Digitizer
D) Terminal
84. Nepal brought a computer for census of
2028 BS. This computer was of 92. Which of the following is the first
84-B
A) first generation computer to use Stored Program Concept?
92-C
B) second generation A) UNIVAC
C) third generation B) ENIAC
D) fourth generation C) EDSAC
D) None of above
85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
A) Know the memory capacity 93. The term gigabyte refers to
85-D
B) Identify the base of a number system A) 1024 bytes
93-C
C) Direct the output to a printer B) 1024 kilobytes
D) Specify the problem completely and clearly C) 1024 megabytes
D) 1024 gigabyte
86. Which statement is valid about computer
program? 94. in which year was UK’s premier computing
86-D
A) It is understood by a computer event called ?The which computer? started?
94-A
B) It is understood by programmer A) 1980
C) It is understood user B) 1985
D) Both a & b C) 1986
D) 1987
87. The difference between memory and
storage is that memory is _____ and storage 95. Once you load the suitable program and
is __ provide required data, computer does not
87-A
A) Temporary, permanent need human intervention. This feature is
95-D
B) Permanent, temporary known as
C) Slow, fast A) Accuracy
D) All of above B) Reliability
C) Versatility
88. When was Pascaline invented?
D) Automatic
A) 1617
88-C
B) 1620 96. What is a brand?

C) 1642 A) The name of companies that made
D) 1837 computers
89. Which of the following statement is valid?
B) The name of product a company gives to 96-B
identify its product in market
A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer
C) A name of class to indicate all similar
B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous
89-D
products from different companies

English poet
D) All of above
C) ADA is a programming language developed
by US Defense 97. Machine language is
D) All of above A) Machine dependent
97-D
B) Difficult to program
90. A compiler is a translating program which
C) Error prone
A) Translates instruction of a high level
D) All of above
language into machine language
90-D
B) Translates entire source program into 98. A byte consists of

machine language program A) One bit
98-C
C) It is not involved in program’s execution B) Four bits

D) All of above C) Eight bits
D) Sixteen bits
99. Modern Computers are very reliable but 107. What is a compiler?
they are not A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as
99-C
A) Fast the program is run
B) Powerful B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher
107-B
C) Infallible level program code into machine code in one
D) Cheap step
C) A compiler is a general purpose language
100. What is the date when Babbage
providing very efficient execution
conceived Analytical engine
100-B
A) 1642
B) 1837 108. _______ computers are also called
C) 1880 personal computers
108-C
D) 1850 A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
101. What was the expected feature of fifth
C) Micro Computers
generation computers when Japan started
D) Super Computers
FGCS?
101-B
A) Operating Systems 109. Which of the following is not input unit
B) Paralled Processing device?
109-C
C) ULSI A) scanner
D) None of above B) camera
C) plotter
102. Which of the following memory medium
D) digitizer
is not used as main memory system?
102-C
A) Magnetic core 110. Identify the correct statement

B) Semiconductor A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
110-C
C) Magnetic tape B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design
D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape C) IBM used CISC CPU design
D) None of above is true
103. The storage subsystem in a
microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ 111. Which of the following statement is
media with varying capacities false?
103-B
A) Memory or video A) Mechanical analog computers have existed

B) Magnetic or optical for thousands of years
111-C
C) Optical or memory B) There are mechanical analog computers and
D) Video or magnetic electronic analog computers.
C) All electronic computers are digital
104. Programs designed to perform specific
computers
tasks is known as
D) All of above are false
104-B
A) system software
B) application software 112. Which of the following require large
C) utility programs computers memory?
112-D
D) operating system A) Imaging

B) Graphics
105. Computer operators
C) Voice
A) writes computer programs for specific
D) All of Above
problems
105-B
B) operate the device which input and output 113. Which of the following is machine
data from the computer independence program?
113-A
C) normally require a college degree in A) High level language

computer science B) Low level language
D) all of the above C) Assembly language
D) Machine language
106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses
software? 114. When was the first electro-mechanical
106-C
A) NAV computer developed?

114-C
B) F-Prot A) 1880
C) Oracle B) 1990
D) McAfee C) 1944
D) None of above
115. The first machine to successfully perform 124. IBM 1401 is

a long series of arithmetic and logical A) First Generation Computer
124-B
operations was: B) Second Generation Computer
115-B
A) ENIAC C) Third Generation Computer
B) Mark-I D) Fourth Generation Computer
C) Analytic Engine
125. Most of the first generation computers
D) UNIVAC-1
were
125-A
116. Which one is the largest space? A) Special purpose computers
A) kilobyte B) General purpose computers
116-B
B) petabyte C) Both of above
C) terrabyte D) None of above
D) gigabyte
126. Floppy disks typically in diameter
117. FORTRAN programming language is A) 3
126-D
more suitable for ____ B) 5.25
117-C
A) Business Applications C) 8
B) Marketing Applications D) All of above
C) Scientific Applications
127. The output quality of a printer is
measured by
127-B
118. The brain of any computer system is A) Dot per inch
A) Control Unit B) Dot per sq. inch
118-C
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) Dots printed per unit time

C) Central Processing Unit D) All of above
D) Storage Unit
128. On a PC, how much memory is available
119. Analog computer works on the supply of to application software?
128-C
A) Continuous electrical pulses A) 1024 KB
119-A
B) Electrical pulses but not continuous B) 760 KB

C) Magnetic strength C) 640 KB
D) None of the above D) 560 KB
120. An error in software or hardware is 129. In a computer _____ is capable to store
called a bug. What is the alternative single binary bit.
129-B
computer jargon for it? A) Capacitor
120-D
A) Leech B) Flip flop

B) Squid C) Register
C) Slug D) Inductor
D) Glitch
130. What does DMA stand for?
121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __ A) Distinct Memory Access 130-B
A) Compact size; speed readability B) Direct Memory Access
121-A
B) Compact size, speed C) Direct Module Access

C) Readability; speed D) Direct Memory Allocation
D) Low cost; readability
131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of A) Jack Kilby
131-C
________. B) Robert Noyce

122-A
A) Basic Input Output System C) Both of above

B) Best Input Output System D) None of above
C) Basic Input Output Symbol
132. Operating system, editors, and
D) Base Input Output System
debuggers comes under?
132-A
123. Which printer is very commonly used for A) System Software

desktop publishing? B) Application Software
123-A
A) Laser printer C) Utilities

B) Inkjet printer D) None of the above
C) Daisywheel printer
D) Dot matrix printer
133. One computer that is not considered a 142. Registers, which are partially visible to
portable is users and used to hold conditional, are known
133-A
A) Minicomputer as
142-D
B) Laptop computer A) PC
C) Notebook computer B) Memory address registers
D) All of above C) General purpose register
D) Flags
134. Which of the following is not an
electronic computer? 143. Which is not a comptuer of first
134-B
A) ENIAC generation?
143-D
B) ABC A) ENIAC
C) UNIVAC B) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC C) IBM 360
D) IBM 1401
135. What is the name of the display feature
that highlights are of the screen which 144. Registers which are partially visible to
requires operator attention? users and used to hold conditional codes (bits
135-B
A) Pixel set by the CPU hardware as the result of
144-B
B) Reverse video operations), are known as
C) Touch screen A) PC
D) Cursor B) Flags
C) Memory Address Registers
136. Which is the largest computer?
D) General Purpose Registers
A) Mainframe Computer
136-A
B) Mini Computers 145. Who invented vacuum tubes?

C) Micro Computers A) John Bardeen
145-C
D) Super Computers B) William Shockley
C) Lee de Forest
137. Which of the following are the best units
D) All of above
of data on an external storage device?
137-B
A) Bits 146. An approach that permits the computer

B) Bytes to work on several programs instead of one is
146-B
C) Hertz A) On-line thesaurus
D) Clock cycles B) Multiprogramming
C) Over lapped processing
138. The personal computer industry was
D) Outline processor
started by
138-A
A) IBM 147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept

B) Apple A) John Mauchley
147-C
C) Compaq B) J.P. Eckert
D) HCL C) John Neumann
D) Joseph Jacquard
139. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
A) Which is used by one person only 148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists
139-B
B) Which is assigned one and only one task of

C) Which uses one kind of software A) Input, output and processing
D) Which is meant for application software B) Control unit, primary storage, and
148-C
secondary storage
140. Which programming languages are
C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and
classified as low level languages?
primary storage
140-D
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN

D) Control unit, processing, and primary
B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
storage
C) Knowledge based Systems
D) Assembly Languages 149. The notable features like keyboards,
monitors, GUI were developed in
141. What was the main disadvantage of
149-C
A) First generation
vacuum tubes?
B) Second generation
141-C
A) They were larger in size

C) Third generation
B) They consumed a lot of electricity
D) Fourth generation
C) They produced heat and often burned out
D) The operation cost was high
150. UNIVAC is 159. What was the first computer to perform

A) Universal Automatic Computer all calculation using electronics rather than
150-A
B) Universal Array Computer wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?
159-B
C) Unique Automatic Computer A) Mark I
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer B) ABC
C) Z3
151. Which is the highest form?
D) None of above
A) Data
151-C
B) Information 160. A directly accessible appointment
C) Knowledge calendar is feature of a __ resident package
160-B
D) All of above A) CPU
B) Memory
152. Who is credited with the idea of using
C) Buffer
punch cards to control patterns in a waving
D) ALU
machine?
152-D
A) Pascal 161. Which unit converts computer data into
B) Hollerith human readable form?
161-B
C) Babbage A) Input unit
D) Jacquard B) Output unit
C) ALU
153. What is an interpreter?
D) Control Unit
A) An interpreter does the conversion line by
line as the program is run 162. The full form of ALU is
153-B
B) An interpreter is the representation of the A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
162-A
system being designed B) Array Logic Unit
C) An interpreter is a general purpose C) Application Logic Unit
language providing very efficient execution D) None of above
163. What produces useful information out of
154. Which is a semi conductor memory? data?
163-B
A) Dynamic A) Computer
154-D
B) Static B) Processing
C) Bubble C) Programming
D) Both a & b D) none of above
155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. 164. Which of the following device was not
A) 2 pair invented by Babbage?
155-C
164-A
B) 3 pair A) Pascaline
C) 4 pair B) Difference Engine
D) 5 pair C) Analytical Engine
D) None of above
156. Which of the following is not a valid size
of a Floppy Disk? 165. A digital computer did not score over an
156-D
A) 8? analog computer in terms of

165-B
B) 5 ¼? A) Speed
C) 3 ½? B) Accuracy
D) 5 ½? C) Reliability
D) Cost
157. The earliest calculating devices are
A) Abacus 166. Which number system is usually followed
157-A
B) Clock in a typical 32-bit computer?

166-A
C) Difference Engine A) Binary

D) None of these B) Decimal
C) Hexadecimal
158. Word length of a Personal Computer is
D) Octal
___
158-B
A) 4 bits
B) 8 bits
C) 16 bits
D) 64 bits
167. A computer has very low failure rate 175. What is the first stage in software
because it uses electronic components. It development?
175-C
produces very consistent results. This is A) Specification and design
highlighted by which of the feature of B) Testing
167-B
computer? C) System Analysis
A) Accuracy D) Maintenance
B) Reliability
176. Which of the following is valid
C) Versatility
statement?
D) Automatic
A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
168. A paper printout of a document is known B) The data that is processed is called a
176-A
as program
168-B
A) Softcopy output C) The data which is not yet processed is
B) Hardcopy output information
C) Permanent Output D) Information is processed by computer to
D) All of above generate data.
169. Which electronic component was made 177. The Second Generation Computer was
out of semiconductor material? 169-C based on ________.
177-C
A) Vacuum tubes A) Vacuum Tube
B) Transistors B) Silicon Chips
C) Ics C) Transistor
D) All of above D) Bio Chips
170. The act of retrieving existing data from 178. EBCDIC stands for
memory is called A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal
170-D
A) Read-out Interchange Code

B) Read from B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange
178-A
C) Read Code
D) All of above C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange
Code
171. Which part of the computer is used for
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange
calculating and comparing?
Code
171-C
A) Disk unit
B) Control unit 179. Personnel who design, program,
C) ALU operates and maintains computer equipment
D) Modem refers to
179-C
A) Console-operator
172. ABC is a
B) Programmer
A) Special purpose computer
172-A
C) Peopleware
B) General purpose computer
D) System Analyst
C) All Purpose Computer
D) None of above 180. IBM System/360 is
180-A
173. The computer code for the interchange

B) Mini Computers
of information between terminals is
C) Micro Computers
173-A
A) ASCII
D) None of above
B) BCD
C) EBCDIC 181. A system is
D) All of above A) an integration of different units so as to
181-A
achieve an objective
174. When was the X window system born?
B) input unit
A) 1984
174-A
C) input and output unit

B) 1989
D) input, output and storage units
C) 1988
D) 1990 182. Which of the following programming
language started from second generation?
182-A
A) COBOl
B) BASIC
C) C
D) LISP
183. The translator program used in assembly 191. A term associated with the comparison
language is called of processing speeds of different computer
183-C
A) Compiler system is:
191-C
B) Interpreter A) EFTS
C) Assembler B) MPG
D) Translator C) MIPS
D) CPS
184. EEPROM stands for
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read 192. which of the following is problem
Only Memory oriented language?
184-A
192-A
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only A) High level language
Memory B) Machine language
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read C) Assembly language
Only Memory D) Low level language
193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word
185. Regarding data, computers are very length equal to
193-C
good at A) 2 byte
A) store 185-D B) 32 byte
B) Processing C) 4 byte
C) retrieve D) 8 byte
D) All of above
194. The term GIGO is related to
186. Bit map terminal A) Accuracy
194-A
A) support display containing multiple window B) Reliability
186-D
B) require considerable amount of video RAM C) Versatility

C) requires tremendous amount of copying D) Automatic
and hence low performance
195. Web cam is an
D) all of above
A) input unit device
195-A
187. First generation computers used B) output unit device
_________ for memory C) processing device
187-C
A) vacuum tubes D) Input and Output device

B) silicon chips
196. Bit stands for
C) magnetic drum
A) Binary digits
196-A
D) RAM
B) bit of system
188. Which of the following memories allows C) a part of byte
simultaneous read and write operations? D) All of above
188-B
A) ROM
197. Access time is
B) RAM
A) seek time + latency time 197-A
C) EPROM
B) seek time
D) None of above
C) seek time ? latency time
189. EPROM can be used for D) latency time
A) Erasing the contents of ROM
198. Which device can understand difference
189-C
B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM

between data & programs?
C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of
198-D
A) Input device
ROM
B) Output device
D) Duplicating ROM
C) Memory
190. ENIAC uses D) Microprocessor
A) Decimal Numbering System
190-A
199. Which of the following is a read only

B) Octal Numbering System
memory storage device?
C) Binary Numbering System
199-B
A) Floppy Disk
D) Hexadecial Numbering System
B) CD-ROM
C) Hard Disk
D) None of these
200. Symbolic logic was discovered by 209. Perforated paper used as input of output
A) George Boole media is known as
200-A
209-A
B) Herman Hollerith A) paper tapes
C) Van Neumann B) magnetic tape
D) Basic Pascal C) punched papers tape
D) card punch
201. Which of the following is not valid
statement? 210. The secondary storage devices can only
A) Hard is referred to mean something store data but they cannot perform
201-B
210-D
temporary A) Arithmetic Operation
B) Hard is used to mean something tangible B) Logic operation
C) Soft is used to mean something permanent C) Fetch operations
D) Soft is used to mean something tangible D) Either of the above
202. Digital devices are 211. Which American computer company is
A) Digital Clock called Big Blue?
202-A
211-C
B) Automobile speed meter A) Microsoft
C) Clock with a dial and two hands B) Compaq Corp
D) All of them C) IBM
D) Tandy Svenson
203. Primary memory stores
A) Data alone 212. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was
203-D
B) Programs alone brought in to calculate census data.
212-B
C) Results alone A) IBM 1400
D) All of these B) IBM 1401
C) ICL 2950
204. After copying the content how many
D) None of above
times can you paste?
204-D
A) 1 213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

B) 16 A) John v. Atanasoff
213-C
C) 32 B) Clifford Berry
D) Many C) Both of above
D) None of above
205. WAN stands for
A) Wap Area Network 214. Which of the following is the largest
205-B
B) Wide Area Network unit?
214-D
C) Wide Array Net A) data
D) Wireless Area Network B) field
C) record
206. An error in computer data is called
D) database file
A) Chip
206-B
B) Bug 215. Find out who is not the inventor of

C) CPU transistors among following names
215-D
D) Storage device A) John Burdeen

B) William Shockley
207. The instructions for starting the
C) Walter Brattain
computer are house on
D) Lee de Forest
207-C
A) Random access memory

B) CD-Rom 216. Which of the following is not true for a
C) Read only memory chip magnetic disk?
D) All of above A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
216-B
B) It provides only sequential access to stored

208. 1 nibble equals to
data
A) 1 bits
208-C
C) Users can easily update records by writing

B) 2 bits
over the old data
C) 4 bits
D) All of above
D) 8 bits
217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is 225. Reading data is performed in magnetic
A) It is quieter than an impact printer disk by
217-D
225-A
B) It is very slow A) Read/write leads
C) The output is of a lower quality B) Sectors
D) None of the above C) Track
D) Lower surface
218. The most commonly used standard data
code to represent alphabetical, numerical and 226. IBM 7000 digital computer
punctuation characters used in electronic A) Belongs to second generation
226-D
218-A
data processing system is called B) Uses VLSI
A) ASCII C) Employs semiconductor memory
B) EBCDIC D) Has modular constructions
C) BCD
227. Which of the following is not electro-
D) All of above
mechanical computer?
227-D
219. Which access method is used to access A) Mark I
cassette tape? B) ABC
219-B
A) Direct C) Zuse
B) Sequential D) UNIVAC
C) Both of the above
228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
A) Greek language
228-C
220. A Compiler is ____ B) Sanskrit language
A) a combination of computer hardware C) Latin language
B) a program which translates from one high- D) German language
220-C
level language to another

229. Which statement is valid about magnetic
C) a program which translates from one high-
tape?
level to a machine level language
229-D
A) It is a plastic ribbon
D) None of these
B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
221. Which unit holds data temporarily? C) It can be erased and reused
A) Input unit D) All of above
221-D
B) Secondary storage unit

230. Which of the following is first generation
C) Output Unit
computer?
D) Primary Memory Unit
230-A
A) EDSAC
222. The computer size was very large in B) IBM 1401
A) First Generation C) CDC 1604
222-A
B) Second Generation D) ICL 2950

C) Third Generation
231. A hard copy would be prepared on a
D) Fourth Generation
A) Line printer 231-D
223. A name or number used to identify B) Dot matrix Printer
storage location devices? C) Typewriter terminal
223-C
A) A byte D) All of the above

B) A record
232. The term GIGO is related to which
C) An address
characteristics of computers?
D) All of above
232-C
A) Speed
224. Which of the following is not computer B) Automatic
language? C) Accuracy
224-B
A) High level language D) Reliability

B) Medium level language
233. Which of the following programming
C) Low level language
language were used in first generation
D) All of the above
computers?
233-A
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) Both of above
D) None of above
234. To locate a data item for storage is 243. The contents of information are stored in
A) Field A) Memory data register
234-D
243-A
B) Feed B) Memory address register
C) Database C) Memory arithmetic registers
D) Fetch D) Memory access register
235. Who used punched cards practically for 244. Which of the following is correct full
the first time in the history of computers? form of BCD?
244-A
235-B
A) Charles Babbage A) Binary Coded Decimal
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith B) Bit Coded Decimal
C) Howard Aikin C) Binary Coded Digit
D) Joseph Jacquard D) Bit Coded Digit
236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with 245. Which was the world’s first
A) Magnetic metallic oxide microcomputer that used Intel 80386
236-A
B) Optical metallic oxide microprocessor chip?
245-C
C) Carbon layer A) IBM PS/2
D) All of the above B) HP-9830
C) DeskPro-386
237. Which of the following term means to
D) IBM-360
reckon?
237-A
A) putare 246. The qualitative or quantitative attribute

B) com of a variable or set of variables is termed as
246-A
C) computa A) data
D) computar B) information
C) both of above
238. An input /output device at which data
D) none of above
enters or leaves a computer system is
238-B
A) Keyboard 247. Main storage is also called

B) Terminal A) Accumulator
247-D
C) Printer B) Control Unit
D) Plotter C) Register Unit
D) Memory
239. Which of the following is first generation
of computer 248. Which of the following are (is)
239-A
A) EDSAC considered to be video component?
248-D
B) IBM-1401 A) Resolution
C) CDC-1604 B) Color depth
D) ICL-2900 C) Refresh rate
D) All of the alcove
240. A name or number used to identify a
storage location is called 249. For what Antikyathera was used?
240-C
A) A byte A) For counting

249-C
B) A record B) For Calculating tax collection

C) An address C) For calculating astronomical positions
D) All of above D) For calculating firing weapons
241. Computer professionals working in a 250. Memory unit is one part of
computer centre are A) Input device
250-D
241-D
A) Software B) Control unit

B) Firmware C) Output device
C) Hardware D) Central Processing Unit
D) Humanware
251. Microprocessors can be used to make
242. The first general purpose electronic A) Computer
251-D
computer in the world was B) Digital systems

242-C
A) UNIVAC C) Calculators
B) EDVAC D) All of the above
C) ENIAC
D) All of above
252. Which statement is valid about computer 260. Which of the following memories must
program? be refreshed many times per second?
260-B
A) High level languages must be converted into A) Static RAM
machine language to execute B) Dynamic RAM
252-A
B) High level langage programs are more C) EPROM
efficient and faster to execute D) ROM
C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high
261. What do you call the translator which
level language program than in low level
takes assembly language program as input &
programs
produce machine language code as output?
261-D
D) All of above
A) Compiler
253. By programmable machine we mean B) Interpreter
A) computers C) Debugger
253-D
B) modern television D) Assembler
C) washing machines
262. Serial access memories are useful in
D) anything that can be set to perform
applications where
different taks with suitable programs
A) Data consists of numbers
262-D
254. Which of the following is a secondary B) Short access time is required
memory device? C) Each stored word is processed differently
254-B
A) Keyboard D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in

B) Disk serial form
C) ALU
263. In ________ mode, the communication
D) All of the above
channel is used in both directions at the same
255. The memory which is programmed at the time?
263-A
time it is manufactured A) Full-duplex
255-C
A) ROM B) Simplex
B) RAM C) Half-duplex
C) PROM D) None of the above
D) EPROM
264. Who invented Slide Rules?
256. One of the popular mass storage device A) John Napier
264-B
is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for? B) William Oughtred
256-D
A) Compactable Read Only Memory C) Gottfried Leibnitz

B) Compact Data Read Only Memory D) Blaise Pascal
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
265. The proper definition of a modern digital
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
computer is
257. Identify the true statement A) An electronic automated machine that can
A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can solve problems involving words and numbers 265-A
suffer from GIGO B) A more sophistic and modified electronic
B) Computers are reliable because they use pocket calculator
257-D
electronic component which have very low C) Any machine that can perform
failure rate mathematical operations
C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer D) A machine that works on binary code
from boredom
266. Memory is made up of
D) All of above
A) Set of wires
266-C
258. FORTRAN is B) Set of circuits

A) File Translation C) Large number of cells
258-C
B) Format Translation D) All of these

C) Formula Translation
267. Which of the following is the most
D) Floppy Translation
powerful computers?
267-D
259. The programs which are as permanent as A) Mainframe Computer

hardware and stored in ROM is known as B) Mini Computers
259-C
A) Hardware C) Micro Computers

B) Software D) Super Computers
C) Firmware
D) ROM ware
268. Which of the printers used in conjunction 276. ASCII stands for
with computers uses dry ink powder? A) American Stable Code for International
268-C
A) Daisy wheel printer Interchange
B) Line printer B) American Standard Case for Institutional
276-C
C) Laser printer Interchange
D) Thermal printer C) American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
269. What is the path from which data flow in
D) American Standard Code for Interchange
a computer system is knon as
Information
269-B
A) Car
B) Bus 277. Raw facts and figures about any
C) Truck particular topic are
277-C
D) Road A) Information
B) facts
270. Which term is used to describe RAM?
C) data
A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
270-D
D) none of above
B) Static RAM (SRAM)
C) Video RAM (VRAM) 278. A computer can solve more than one
D) All of the above kind of problem. This is related to which of
the following characteristics?
278-C
271. In which year was chip used inside the
A) Accuracy
computer for the first time?
B) Reliability
271-B
A) 1964
C) Versatility
B) 1975
D) Automatic
C) 1999
D) 1944 279. From which generation computers the
printers were used?
272. Assembly language started to be used
279-B
A) first
from
B) second
272-B
A) first generation computers

C) third
B) second generation computers
D) fourth
C) third generation computers
D) fourth generation computers 280. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
A) 32
280-A
273. Which technology is more reliable?
B) 116
A) Mechanical
C) 58
273-C
B) Electro-Mechanical
D) 76
C) Electronic
D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of 281. Following IC chip integrates 100
above are reliable thousands electronic components per chip
274. Which of the following is not an XT
A) SSI 281-C
B) MSI
microprocessor?
C) LSI
274-D
A) 8006
D) VLSI
B) 8086
C) 8088 282. An application program that helps the
D) None of above user to change any number and immediately
see the result of that change is
282-C
275. Hard disk is coated in both side with

A) Desktop publishing program
A) Magnetic metallic oxide
275-A
B) Database
B) Optical metallic oxide
C) Spreadsheet
C) Carbon layer
D) All of above
D) All of the above
283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a
machine called the Analytical Engine which he
showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year
283-C
was it exhibition?
A) 1820
B) 1860
C) 1855
D) 1870
284. What is the name of the new color 293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT
laptop computer which is powered by a 386 ack like
293-C
processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson? A) an amplifier
284-A
A) AX3/33 B) a switch
B) NEC-20 C) a router
C) Magnum 2000 D) None of above
D) HCL-3000
294. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks
285. In analog computer are
294-A
A) Input is first converted to digital form A) More expensive
285-B
B) Input is never converted to digital form B) More portable
C) Output is displayed in digital form C) Less rigid
D) All of the above D) Slowly accessed
286. Which of the following computer is not 295. Which of the following is the most
invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly? quickly accessible storage?
286-D
295-B
A) ENIAC A) RAM
B) EDVAC B) Registers
C) UNIVAC C) Disks
D) EDSAC D) Pen Drive
287. When was the company named IBM? 296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is
A) 1914 A) 81
287-B
296-B
B) 1924 B) 72
C) 1975 C) 71
D) None of above D) None of above
288. Which of the following storage device 297. Excessive parallel processing is related to
can store the largest amount of data? A) First generation
297-C
288-A
A) Hard Disks B) Fourth generation

B) Flash Disks C) Fifth Generation
C) Blu-Ray Disks D) Third generation
D) DVDs
298. second generation computers were
289. Who invented Mark I? developed during
298-B
A) Howard Aikin A) 1949 to 1955
289-A
B) J. P. Eckert B) 1956 to 1965

C) John Mauchley C) 1965 to 1970
D) John v. Atanasoff D) 1970 to 1990
290. ALU is 299. What do you call a single point on a
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit computer screen?
290-A
299-C
B) Array Logic Unit A) Cell
C) Application Logic Unit B) Element
D) None of above C) Pixel
D) Bit
291. A computer program that converts an
entire program into machine language at one 300. Mostly which of the following device is
time is called a/an used to carry user files?
291-C
300-A
A) Interpreter A) Floppy Disk

B) CPU B) Hard Disk
C) Compiler C) RAM
D) Simulator D) CDROM
292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple
Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
292-D
A) 1978
B) 1984
C) 1990
D) 1991
301. Which of the following computer 309. The first Macintosh computer was from
implemented binary numbers, perform A) First generation
309-D
calculations using electronics and B) Second generation
implemented separate computation and C) Third generation
301-B
memory for the first time? D) Fourth generation
A) Mark I
310. Which of the following is not a form of
B) ABC
data?
C) Z3
310-D
A) numbers and characters
D) None of above
B) images
302. FORTRAN is a programming language. C) sound
What does FORTRAN stand for? D) none of above
302-C
A) File Translation
311. Which is not a computer classification?
B) Format Translation
A) mainframe
311-B
C) Formula Translation
B) maxframe
D) Floppy Translation
C) mini
303. Which of the following memories needs D) notebook
refreshing?
312. The control unit of a microprocessor
303-B
A) SRAM
A) Stores data in the memory
312-D
B) DRAM
B) Accepts input data from keyboard
C) ROM
C) Performs arithmetic/logic function
D) All of above
D) None of above
304. Can you tell what passes into and out
313. Which of the following is internal
from the computer via its ports?
memory?
304-A
A) Data
313-C
A) Disks
B) Bytes
B) Pen Drives
C) Graphics
C) RAM
D) Pictures
D) CDs
305. An output device that uses words or
314. Which operation is not performed by
messages recorded on a magnetic medium to
computer
produce audio response is
314-D
305-B
A) Inputting
A) Magnetic tape
B) Processing
B) Voice response unit
C) Controlling
C) Voice recognition unit
D) Understanding
D) Voice band
315. Floppy disks which are made from
306. Which of the items below are considered
flexible plastic material are also called?
removable storage media? 315-C
A) Hard disks
306-D
A) Removable hard disk cartridges

B) High-density disks
B) (Magneto-optical) disk
C) Diskettes
C) Flexible disks cartridges
D) Templates
D) All of the above
316. The magnetic storage chip used to
307. Which of the following is not purely
provide non-volatile direct access storage of
output device?
data and that have no moving parts are
307-A
A) Screen
316-D
known as
B) Printer
A) Magnetic core memory
C) Speaker
B) Magnetic tape memory
D) Plotter
C) Magnetic disk memory
308. Who developed a mechanical device in D) Magnetic bubble memory
the 17th century that could add, subtract,
multiple, divide and find square roots?
308-D
A) Napier
B) Babbage
C) Pascal
D) Leibniz
317. A collection of related instructions 325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the
organized for a common purpose is referred science of
325-B
to as A) Genetics
317-C
A) File B) Control and communication
B) Database C) Molecular biology
C) Program D) Biochemistry
D) None of above
326. Why ABC is considered electro-
318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of mechanical computer?
repeatability and A) Because it was invented before electronic
318-B
A) Buffer size computers were developed
326-B
B) Resolution B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to
C) Vertical dimensions rotate and move to produce result
D) Intelligence C) Because they use the flow of electrons in
different component
319. Computer instructions written with the
D) None of above
use of English words instead of binary
machine code is called 327. Binary circuit elements have
A) Mnemonics 319-B A) One stable state
327-B
B) Symbolic code B) Two stable state
C) Gray codes C) Three stable state
D) Opcode D) None of above
320. Which language is directly understood by 328. Which of the following is used for
the computer without translation program? manufacturing chips?
328-D
320-A
A) Machine language A) Control bus

B) Assembly language B) Control unit
C) High level language C) Parity unit
D) None of above D) Semiconductor
321. On which aspect the analog computers 329. Which of the following is not a micro
are better than digital? computer?
329-D
321-B
A) Speed A) Laptop PCs

B) Accuracy B) Tablet PCs
C) Reliability C) Desktop PCs
D) Automatic D) None of above
322. Which of the following processors use 330. The value of each bead in earth is
RISC technology? A) 1
330-A
322-B
A) 486dx B) 3
B) Power PC C) 5
C) 486sx D) 7
D) 6340
331. When did John Napier develop
323. Which of the following machine was not logarithm?
331-B
invented by Charles Babbage? A) 1416

323-A
A) Tabulating Machine B) 1614

B) Analytical Engine C) 1641
C) Difference Engine D) 1804
D) Both C and D
332. Which of the following terms is the most
324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in closely related to main memory?
332-D
its internal memory A) Non volatile

324-B
A) 100 B) Permanent
B) 20 C) Control unit
C) 80 D) Temporary
D) 40
333. Which was the world’s first 341. Signals can be analog or digital and a
minicomputer and when was it introduced? computer that processes the both type of
333-A
A) PDP-I, 1958 signals is known as
341-C
B) IBM System/36, 1960 A) Analog computer
C) PDP-II, 1961 B) Digital Computer
D) VAX 11/780, 1962 C) Hybrid Computer
D) Mainframe Computer
334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or
terminals usually under the control of one 342. High level language is also called
master is A) Problem oriented language
334-D
342-D
A) Cylinder B) Business oriented language
B) Surface C) Mathematically oriented language
C) Track D) All of the above
D) Cluster
343. Human beings are referred to as
335. The word length of a computer is Homosapinens, which device is called Silico
measured in Sapiens?
343-D
335-D
A) Bytes A) Monitor
B) Millimeters B) Hardware
C) Meters C) Robot
D) Bits D) Computer
336. What type of memory is not directly 344. Which of the following file organization
addressable by the CPU and requires special is most efficient for a file with a high degree
softw3are called EMS (expanded memory of file activity?
344-A
336-B
specification)? A) Sequential
A) Extended B) ISAM
B) Expanded C) VSAM
C) Base D) B-Tree Index
D) Conventional
345. Which of the following is associated with
337. Which unit holds data permanently? error detector?
345-C
A) Input unit A) Odd parity bit
337-B
B) Secondary storage unit B) Even parity bit

C) Output Unit C) Both of the above
D) Primary Memory Unit D) None of above
338. Before a disk can be used to store data. 346. Magnetic tape can serve as
It must be_______ A) Secondary storage media
346-A
338-A
A) Formatted B) Output media

B) Reformatted C) Input media
C) Addressed D) All of the above
347. Which company is the biggest player in
339. Computer system comprises of major the microprocessor industry?
347-C
units A) Motorola
A) input unit, output unit, control unit B) IBM
339-C
B) input unit, output unit, control unit and C) Intel

storage D) AMD
C) input unit, output unit, central processing
348. The first digital computer built with IC
unit and storage unit
chips was known as
D) input, output and storage units
348-C
A) IBM 7090
340. The first general purpose electronic B) Apple ? 1
digital computer in the world was C) IBM System / 360
340-C
A) UNIVAC D) VAX-10
B) EDVAC
C) ENIAC
D) All of above
349. EBCDIC can code up to how many 357. The metal disks, which are permanently
different characters? housed in, sealed and contamination free
349-A
A) 256 containers are called
357-C
B) 16 A) Hard disks
C) 32 B) Floppy disk
D) 64 C) Winchester disk
D) Flexible disk
350. MICR stands for
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader 358. A computer program that converts an
350-A
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader entire program into machine language is
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader called a/an
358-C
D) None A) Interpreter
B) Simulator
351. Number crunchier is the informal name
C) Compiler
for
D) Commander
351-b
A) Mini computer
B) Super computer 359. Intel corporation produces chips for
C) Microcomputer which computers?
359-A
D) Mainframe computer A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
352. RATS stand for
C) Both of above
A) Regression Analysis Time Series
352-A
D) None of above
B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
C) Real Analysis Series 360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel
D) All of above corporation was called
360-C
A) 8008
353. Which technology is used in Compact
B) 8080
disks?
C) 4004
353-D
A) Mechanical
D) 8800
B) Electrical
C) Electro Magnetic 361. Which of the following is not a class of
D) Laser computers based on size?
361-D
A) Mainframe Computers
354. Different components of the
B) Mini Computers
motherboard of a PC unit are linked together
C) Micro Computers
by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines.
D) Super Computers
354-B
What are these lines called?

A) Conductors 362. Who invented EDSAC?
B) Buses A) John v. Neumann
362-C
C) Connectors B) J.p. Eckert and John Mauchley
D) Consecutive C) Maurice Wilkes
D) Howard Aiken
355. Which is the first electronic digital
computer? 363. EEPROM stands for
355-D
A) ENIAC A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read

B) MARK I Only Memory
C) Z3 B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read
363-A
D) ABC Only Memory

C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
356. Which of the following is a storage
Memory
device?
D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
356-D
A) Tape
Memory
B) Hard Disk
C) Floppy Disk 364. Which of the following is a class of
D) All of the above computers based on model?
364-D
A) Digital Computer
B) Hybrid Computers
C) Analog Computers
D) AT Computers
365. What are the computers called that 373. CD-ROM stands for
performs calculations and comparisons A) Compactable Read Only Memory
373-D
usually in the binary numbering system? B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
365-B
A) Analog Computers C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
B) Digital Computers D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
C) Hybrid Computers
374. Which unit converts user data into
D) None of above
machine readable form?
374-A
366. ASCII stands for A) Input unit
A) American Standard Code for Information B) Output unit
Interchange C) ALU
B) American Scientific Code for International D) Control Unit
366-A
Interchange
375. Which unit is known as nerve center of
C) American Standard Code for Intelligence
computer?
Interchange
375-B
A) ALU
D) American Scientific Code for Information
B) CU
Interchange
C) Memory
367. The data recording format in most of the D) Registers
modern magnetic tape is
376. What does the disk drive of a computer
367-D
A) 7-bit ASCII
do?
B) 7-bit EBCDIC
A) Rotate the disk
376-D
C) 8-bit ASCII
B) Read the disk
D) 8-bit EBCDIC
C) Load a program from the disk into the
368. Why ABC computer is called so? memory
A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and D) Both b and c
Berry
377. Access time is
B) Because it was thought to be the first
368-A
A) seek time + latency time
377-A
computer so named with first alphabets of
B) seek time
English
C) seek time
C) Both of above are the reason to name the
D) latency time
computer ABC
D) None of above are true 378. Who invented the microprocessor?
A) Marcian E Huff
378-A
369. Who designed the first electronics
B) Herman H Goldstein
computer ? ENIAC/
C) Joseph Jacquard
369-C
A) Von Neumann
D) All of above
B) Joseph M Jacquard
C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly 379. MICR stands for
D) All of above A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader 379-A
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
370. Central Processing Unit is combination of
C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
A) Control and storage
370-D

B) Control and output unit
C) Arithmetic logic and input unit 380. The Width of a processor’s data path is
D) Arithmetic logic and control unit measured in bits. Which of the following are
common data paths?
380-A
371. IBM 1401 computer was

A) 8 bits
371-A
B) 12 bits
B) Mini Computers
C) 16 bits
C) Micro Computers
D) 32 bits
D) None of above
381. MSI is the abbreviation of
372. Time during which a job is processed by
A) Medium Scale Integrated
381-A
the computer is
B) Medium System Integrated
372-C
A) Delay times
C) Medium Scale Intelligent
B) Real time
D) Medium System Intelligent
C) Execution time
D) Down time
382. IMB launched its first personal computer 390. Which of the following is not true?
called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, A) Transistors are much smaller
390-C
disk drives from Tandon, operating system B) Transistors produce low heat
from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and C) Transistors were less reliable
382-D
the application software from everywhere. D) Transistors were used in radios and other
Can you name the country which contributed electronic devices
A) India
391. A characteristic of card systems is:
B) China
A) Slowness in processing data
391-D
C) Germany
B) Using cards as records of transactions
D) Taiwan
C) Needing a larger DP staff
383. Which statement is valid about D) All of the above
interpreter?
392. The full form of EEPROM is
383-A
A) It translates one instruction at a time
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
B) Object code is saved for future use
Only Memory
C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary
392-A
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) All of above
Memory
384. Easily reloctable language is C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read
A) Machine language Only Memory
384-B
B) Assembly language D) None of the above

C) High level language
393. The original ASCII code used__bits of
D) Medium level language
each byte, reserving that last bit for error
385. Which of the following memories needs checking
393-C
refresh? A) 5
385-B
A) SRAM B) 6
B) DRAM C) 7
C) ROM D) 8
D) All of above
394. A computer programmer
386. Through which device the main A) Does all the thinking for a computer
394-A
components of the computer communicate B) Can enter input data quickly
with each other? C) Can operate all types of computer
386-B
A) Keyboard equipments
B) System Bus D) Can draw only flowchart
C) Monitor
395. Fifth generation computer is also known
D) Memory
as
395-A
387. What type of device is computer A) Knowledge information processing system
keyboard? B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
387-D
A) Memory C) Both of above

B) Output D) None of above
C) Storage
396. The commonly used standard data code
D) Input
to represent alphabetical, numerical and
388. Which is the limitation of high level punctuation characters used in electronic
396-D
language? data processing system is called

388-A
A) Lower efficiency A) ASCII

B) Machine dependence B) EBCDIC
C) machine level coding C) BCD
D) None of above D) All of above
389. An example of a digital device can be 397. Which of the following have low failure
A) Digital clock rate?
389-A
397-B
B) Automobile speed meter A) mechanical devices

C) Clock with a dial and two hands B) electronic devices
D) All of the above C) electro-mechanical devices
D) None of above
398. Which of the following memories need 407. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of
refresh? today’s TRS-80 computers?
407-D
398-B
A) SRAM A) Z-8000
B) DRAM B) Motorola 6809
C) ROM C) Z-8808
D) All of the above D) Z-80
399. A typical personal computer used for 408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
business purposes would have__ of RAM. A) Hard Disks
408-A
399-D
A) 4 KB B) Flash Disks
B) 16 K C) Blu-Ray Disks
C) 64 K D) DVDs
D) 256 K
409. Which of the following professions has
400. The ALU of a computer normally contains not been affected by personal computers?
409-D
a number of high speed storage element A) Medical
called B) Clerical and law
400-B
A) Semiconductor memory C) Accounting
B) Registers D) None of the above
C) Hard disks
410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a
D) Magnetic disk
word from
410-A
401. Which was the computer conceived by A) Latin language
Babbage? B) Greek Language
401-A
A) Analytical Engine C) Sanskrit language

B) Arithmetic Machine D) Ancient Egypt
C) Donald Kunth
411. In latest generation computers, the
D) All of above
instructions are executed
411-C
402. The processing speed of first generation A) Parallel only
computers was B) Sequentially only
402-A
A) milliseconds C) Both sequentially and parallel

B) microseconds D) All of above
C) nanoseconds
412. Which of the following memory medium
D) picoseconds
is not used as main memory system?
412-C
403. Model 5100 was ______ in 1957. A) Magnetic core
A) The first PC built by IBM B) Semiconductor
403-A
B) The first PC built by Apple C) Magnetic tape

C) The first PC built by Motorola D) Both a and b
D) The first PC built by Intel
413. An online backing storage system
404. VGA is capable of storing larger quantities of data is
413-C
A) Video Graphics Array A) CPU

404-A
B) Visual Graphics Array B) Memory

C) Volatile Graphics Array C) Mass storage
D) Video Graphics Adapter D) Secondary storage
405. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form 414. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that
of forms characters with magnetically-charged
405-A
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader ink sprayed dots is called

414-B
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader A) Laser printer

C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader B) Ink-jet printer
D) None C) Drum printer
D) Chan printer
406. Which of the following is not a class
based on size?
406-D
B) Micro Computer
C) Mini Computer
D) Digital Computer
415. Which of the following does not affect 423. Which of the following are the cheapest
the resolution of a video display image? memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
415-D
423-C
A) Bandwidth A) Semiconductor memories
B) Raster scan rage B) Magnetic Disks
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution C) Compact Disks
D) Screen size D) Magnetic Tapes
416. Which of the following printing devices 424. MIS is designed to provide information
an output composed of a series of data? needed for effective decision making by?
416-D
424-D
A) Wire matrix printer A) Consumers
B) Band printer B) Workers
C) Wang image printer C) Foremen
D) Both a and c D) Managers
417. Which of the following is an example of 425. Which is valid statement
fifth generation computer? A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
425-A
417-A
A) PIM/m B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
B) ICL 2950 C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
C) IBM 1401 D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes
D) None of above
426. Latency time is
418. Magnetic disks are the most popular A) Time to spin the needed data under head
426-A
medium for B) Time to spin the needed data under track
418-C
A) Direct access C) Time to spin data under sector

B) Sequential access D) All of above
C) Both of above
427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
D) None of above
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
427-C
419. Which of the following is not a third B) John Mauchly
generation computer? C) Blaise Pascal
419-B
A) IBM 360 D) Howard Aiken

B) IBM 1401
428. The most important advantage of a
C) PDP-8
video disk is
D) HP2115
428-B
A) Compactness
420. The number of records contained within B) Potential capacity
a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by C) Durability
the D) Cost effectiveness
420-C
A) Block definition
429. Which of the following generation
B) Record contain clause
computers had expensive operation cost?
C) Blocking factor 429-A
A) First
D) Record per block
B) Second
421. Mark I is also known as C) Third
A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator D) Fourth
421-D
B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller

430. An IBM system/38 represents the
C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
computer class of:
D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
430-A
A) Small-scale computer
422. Which of the following registers is B) Medium-scale computer
loaded with the contents of the memory C) Large-scale computer
location pointed by the PC? D) Super computer
422-C
A) Memory address registers

431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
B) Memory data registers
A) Petal printer
431-B
C) Instruction register
B) Golf ball printer
D) Program counter
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer
432. Cursor is a ____ 440. Which of the following required large

A) Pixel computer memory?
432-B
440-D
B) Thin blinking line A) Imaging
C) Pointing device B) Graphics
D) None of these C) Voice
D) All of above
433. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk 441. Which was the computer conceived by
433-D
B) Tape Babbage?
441-A
C) Network Drive A) Analytical engine
D) All of the above B) Arithmetic machine
C) Donald Knuth
434. Which of the following printers are you
D) All of above
sure will not to use if your objective is to print
on multi carbon forms? 442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
434-C
A) Daisy wheel A) heaven
442-C
B) Dot matrix B) sky
C) Laser C) earth
D) Thimble D) floor
435. Which of the following items are 443. All modern computer operate on
examples of storage devices? A) Information
443-C
435-D
A) Floppy / hard disks B) Floppies

B) CD-ROMs C) Data
C) Tape devices D) Word
D) All of the above
444. The
436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular A) Analog Computers
444-C
character coding systems. What does ASCII B) Digital Computers
stand for? C) Hybrid Computers
A) American Stable Code for International D) Mainframe Computers
Interchange
436-C
445. Offline device is

B) American Standard Case for Institutional
A) A device which is not connected to CPU
445-A
Interchange
B) A device which is connected to CPU
C) American Standard Code for Information
C) A direct access storage device
Interchange
D) An I/O device
D) American Standard Code for Interchange
Information 446. What is the latest write-once optical
storage media?
437. Which computers are used as servers for
446-D
A) Digital paper
any medium sized organizations?
B) Magneto-optical disk
437-B
C) WORM disk
B) Mini Computers
D) CD-ROM disk
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers 447. Which of the following programming
language started from second generation?
438. Slide Rules was invented in
447-D
A) LISP
A) 1614
438-C
B) C
B) 1617
C) QBASIC
C) 1620
D) FORTRAN
D) None of above
448. Which one of the following input device
439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up
is user-programmable?
to __________data?
448-D
A) Dumb terminal
439-C
A) 680 KB
B) Smart terminal
B) 680 Bytes
C) VDT
C) 680 MB
D) Intelligent terminal
D) 680 GB
449. Floppy disks typically in diameter 458. What is the name of the computer
A) 3? terminal which gives paper printout?
449-D
458-C
B) 5.25? A) Display screen
C) 8? B) Soft copy terminal
D) All of above C) Hard copy terminal
D) Plotter
450. Current SIMMs have either __ or __
connectors (pins) 459. Programs are executed on the basis of a
450-D
A) 9 or 32 priority number in a
459-B
B) 30 or 70 A) Batch processing system
C) 28 or 72 B) Multiprogramming
D) 30 or 72 C) Time sharing
D) None of these
451. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape 460. When was Apple Macintosh II
451-B
B) Printer microcomputer introduced in the market?
460-C
C) Disk A) 1964
D) Bus B) 1970
C) 1983
452. Which is not consisted in a processor
D) 1986
A) ALU
452-C
B) CU 461. When was the world’s first laptop

C) Memory computer introduced in the market and by
D) Registers whom?
461-B
A) Hewlett-Packard
453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in
B) Epson, 1981
Nepal. It belonged to
C) Laplink traveling software In1982
453-B
A) First Generation
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generatio 462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier
D) Frouth Generation known by different name which was changed
in 1924. What was that name?
462-A
454. The Third Generation Computer was
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
made with ________.
B) The Tabulator Ltd.
454-C
A) Vacuum Tube
C) International Computer Ltd.
B) Discrete Components
D) None of above
C) IC
D) Bio Chips 463. The personnel who deals with the
computer and its management put together
455. Which of the following are the two main
are called
463-B
components of the CPU?
A) Software
455-C
A) Control Unit and Registers

B) Human ware
B) Registers and Main Memory
C) Firmware
C) Control unit and ALU
D) Hardware
D) ALU and bus
464. Which of the following is input device?
456. Fifth generation computer is also known
A) scanner
464-A
as
B) speaker
456-A
A) Knowledge information processing system

C) monitor
B) Very large scale integration
D) projector
C) Both of above
D) None of above 465. Which of the following is true?
A) Fields are composed of bytes
465-D
457. Second Generation computers were

B) Records are composed of fields
developed during
C) Fields are composed of characters
457-B
A) 1949 to 1955
D) All of above
B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990
466. Who built the world’s first electronic 474. Apple company used chips from ______
calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs for its computers
474-B
and batteries? A) Intel
466-C
A) Claude Shannon B) Motorola
B) Konrard Zues C) Both of above
C) George Stibits D) None of above
D) Howard H. Aiken
475. Which of the following is a feature of
467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in fifth generation computers?
475-D
Newtorking, what is its full form? A) Use of natural language
467-B
A) WAP Area Network B) artificial intelligence
B) Wide Area Network C) bio-chips
C) Wide Array of Network D) All of above
D) Wireless Access Network
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal
468. In which language is source program Society for his
written? A) Difference Engine
476-A
468-C
A) English B) Analytic Engine
B) Symbolic C) Binary System in Analytic Engine
C) High level D) His concept of input, mill, output and
D) Temporary storage
469. Which of the following is correct 477. A computer which CPU speed around 100
acronym of VGA? million instruction per second and with the
469-A
A) Video Graphics Array word length of around 64 bits is known as
477-A
B) Visual Graphics Array A) Super computer
C) Volatile Graphics Array B) Mini computer
D) Video Graphics Adapter C) Micro computer
D) Macro computer
470. A song being played on comptuer
speaker is 478. When we look at the cost, which of the
470-B
A) hard output following computer is most expensive?
478-D
B) soft output A) Mainframe Computer
C) both hard and soft output B) Mini Computers
D) neither hard nor soft output C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT
stand for 479. Which of the following will happen when
471-B
A) Additional Terminals data is entered into a memory location?

B) Advance technology A) It will add to the content of the location
C) Applied technology B) It will change the address of the memory 479-C
D) Advanced terminology location
C) It will erase the previous content
472. Size of the primary memory of a PC
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some
ranges between
data at the location
472-C
A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB 480. Which device is used as the standard
C) 256KB & 640KB pointing device in a Graphical User
D) None of these Environment?
480-B
A) Keyboard
473. What is the number of read-write heads
B) Mouse
in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
C) Joystick
473-A
A) 9
D) Track ball
B) 16
C) 18 481. Mini computers and micro computers are
D) 27 from which generation of computers?
481-D
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
482. Pick the one that is used for logical 490. A computer Program that translates one
operations or comparisons such as less than program instruction at a time into machine
equal to or greater than. language is called a/an
482-A
490-A
A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit A) Interpreter
B) Control Unit B) CPU
C) Both of above C) Compiler
D) None of above D) Simulator
483. The operating speed of third generation 491. Which of the following have the fastest
computer was access time?
491-A
483-C
A) Milliseconds A) Semiconductor Memories
B) Microseconds B) Magnetic Disks
C) Nanoseconds C) Magnetic Tapes
D) Picoseconds D) Compact Disks
484. Which of the following is true? 492. The first electronic general purpose
A) Mark I was 8 feet long digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly
484-D
B) Mark I was 2 feet long called ENIAC did not work on the stored
C) Mark I was 40 feet long program concept. How many numbers could it
492-B
D) None of above store in its internal memory?
A) 100
485. Charles Babbage is considered the father
B) 20
of modern computers because
C) 40
485-C
A) of his difference engine

D) 80
B) of his analytical engine
C) his concept of input, mill and output 493. The computer that process both analog
D) All of above and digital is called
493-C
A) Analog computer
486. Which of the following is used only for
B) Digital computer
data entry and storage, and never for
C) Hybrid computer
processing?
486-B
D) Mainframe computer
A) Mouse
B) Dumb terminal 494. What was the name of the first
C) Micro computer commercially available microprocessor chip?
494-C
D) Dedicated data entry system A) Intel 308
B) Intel 33
487. What was the first computer brought in
C) Intel 4004
Nepal?
D) Motorola 639
487-C
A) ICL/2950
B) ENIAC 495. Which of the following class of
C) IBM 1401 computers can process physical quantities
D) None of above such as speed?
495-A
A) Analog Computers
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape
B) Digital Computers
data entry system is
C) Hybrid Computers
A) A large percentage of editing can be
488-C
D) None of above
performed at the time of data entry
B) Key verification is easily performed 496. How many types of storage loops exists
C) The tape is reusable in magnetic bubble memory
496-D
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur. A) 8

B) 4
489. Basic is ________ language.
C) 16
A) a procedural
489-A
D) 2
B) an object oriented
C) both A and B 497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based
D) none of the above PC/AT?
497-B
A) 1982
B) 1984
C) 1985
D) 1989
507. Which is an item of storage medium in
498. The silicon chips used for data processing
the form of circular plate?
are called
507-A
A) Disk
498-C
A) RAM chips
B) CPU
B) ROM chips
C) Printer
C) Micro processors
D) ALU
D) PROM chips
508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
499. Which computers used operating A) Matrix printer
508-B
systems by Microsoft? B) Impact printer
499-D
A) IBM PCs C) Laser printer
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs D) Manual printer
C) IBM Compatibles 509. A number system that has eight different
D) Both A & C symbols to represent any quantity is known
500. One of the main feature that distinguish as
509-B
microprocessors from micro-computer is A) Binary
500-C
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors B) Octal
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors C) Decimal
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device D) Hexadecimal
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time 510. The two basic types of record access
501. Napier’s Bones were invented in methods are:
510-A
A) 1614 A) Sequential and random
501-B
B) 1617 B) Sequential and indexed

C) 1620 C) Direct and immediate
D) None of above D) Online and real time
502. One computer that is not considered a 511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with
portable computer is which generation?
511-C
A) First Generation
502-A
A) Minicomputer
B) A laptop computer B) Second Generation
C) Tablet PC C) Fifth Generation
D) All of the above D) Sixth Generation
503. Computers built before the First 512. One of a class of storage device devices
Generation of computers were: that can access storage locations in any order
is
503-B
A) Mechanical
512-B
B) Electro-mechanical A) DTE
C) Electrical B) DASD
D) None of these C) DDE
504. Which of the following is a way to access D) DDE
secondary memory? 513. The actual execution of instructions
happens in
504-A
A) Random access memory 513-A

B) Action method A) ALU
C) Transfer method B) CU
D) Density method C) Memory
505. What is System Analysis? D) None of above
A) The design of the screen the user will see 514. Floppy disks are available in
and use to enter or display data A) Single side single density
514-C
B) Single side double density

505-C
B) System analysis defines the format and type

of data the program will use C) Both of above
C) System Analysis involves creating formal D) None of above
model of the problem to be solved 515. Which of the following is not electro-
D) None of the above mechanical computer?
515-D
506. Which of the following devices have a A) Z3

limitation that we can only store information B) ABC
to it but cannot erase or modify it? C) mark I
506-D
A) Floppy Disk D) ENIAC

B) Hard Disk
C) Tape Drive
D) CDROM
516. Which of the following is a programming 525. A small or intelligent device is so called
language? because it contains within it a
525-D
516-B
A) Lotus A) Computer
B) Pascal B) Microcomputer
C) MS-Excel C) Programmable
D) Netscape D) Sensor
517. Which converts the user data into 526. Which of the following is not a primary
machine readable form? storage device?
526-D
517-A
A) input unit, outpu unit, control unit A) Magnetic tape
B) central processing unit B) Magnetic disk
C) output unit C) Optical disk
D) decoder unit D) All of above
518. In what respect human beings are 527. Who invented Analytical engine?
superior to computers? A) Blaise Pascal
527-C
518-B
A) Diligence B) George Bool
B) Intelligence C) Charles Babbage
C) Slavery D) Dr. Herman Hollerith
D) Reliability 528. CPU speed of a personal computer is
519. As compared to the secondary memory, A) 32 KIPS
528-B
the primary memory of a computer is B) 100 KIPS
519-C
A) Large C) 1 MIPS
B) Cheap D) None of these
C) Fast 529. Circular division of disks to store and
D) Slow retrieve data are known as
529-A
520. The language that the computer can A) tracks
understand and execute is called B) sectors
520-A
A) Machine language C) cycles

B) Application software D) rings
C) System program 530. Which statement is valid?
D) All of above A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
530-A
521. How was the generation of computer B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
classified? C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
521-A
A) by the device used in memory & processor D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes

B) by the speed of computer 531. The least significant bit of the binary
C) by the model of the computer number, which is equivalent to any odd
D) by the accuracy of computer decimal number, is:
531-A
522. Which of the following is not a feature of A) 0
first generation computers B) 1
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main C) 1 or 0
electronic component D) 3
522-C
B) They consumed lots of electricity and 532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that
produced excessive heat senses the movement by the change in its
C) They used machine language and assembly capacitance,
532-A
language to program the machine A) Capacitance keyboard

D) None of above B) Mechanical keyboard
523. CAD stands for C) Qwerty keyboard
A) Computer aided design D) Dvorak keyboard
523-A
B) Computer algorithm for design 533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
C) Computer application in design A) John Napier
533-C
D) All of the above B) William Oughtred

524. Which of the following memories has the C) Gottfried Leibnitz
shortest access times? D) Blaise Pascal
524-A
A) Cache memory
B) Magnetic bubble memory
C) Magnetic core memory
D) RAM
534. A term used to describe interconnected 543. For which of the following computers
computer configuration is can’t be used?
534-A
543-A
A) Multiprogramming A) gathering data
B) Modulation B) calculating data
C) Multiprocessing C) comparing data
D) Micro program sequence D) Arranging data
535. While inserting a diskette into the 544. Which of the following is called low level
diskette drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side languages?
544-C
should face A) Machine language
535-D
A) East B) Assembly language
B) North C) Both of the above
C) South D) None of above
D) Up 545. A factor which would strongly influence
536. Most of the inexpensive personal a business person to adopt a computer is its
545-D
computers do not have any disk or diskette A) Accuracy
drive. What is the name of such computes? B) Reliability
536-B
A) Home computers C) Speed
B) Diskless computers D) All of above
C) Dedicated computers 546. Who invented punched cards?
D) General purpose computers A) Charles Babbage
546-D
537. What is a light pen? B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
A) Mechanical Input device C) Howard Aikin
537-B
B) Optical input device D) Joseph Jacquard

C) Electronic input device 547. Each model of a computer has a unique
D) Optical output device A) Assembly of a computer
547-B
538. Which of the following class of B) Machine language
computers can not support multiple users C) High level language
simultaneously? D) All of the above
538-C
A) Mainframe Computer 548. Which of the following is not a primary

B) Mini Computers storage device?
548-D
C) Micro Computers A) Magnetic tape
D) All of them can support B) Magnetic disk
539. Which of the following is considered first C) Optical disk
computer in the world? D) All of the above
539-C
A) Z3 549. In a punched card system, data is

B) ABC processed by a
C) Mark I A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting
D) None of abobe machine
540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and 549-D
which standard is used for converting the billing machine
keystroke into the corresponding bits? C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
540-A
A) ANSI D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine

B) ASCII and sorter
C) EBCDIC 550. Which device is required for the Internet
D) ISO connection?
550-B
541. In order to play and hear sound on a A) Joystick

computer, one needs: B) Modem
541-A
A) a sound card and speakers C) CD Drive

B) a microphone D) NIC Card
C) all of them required 551. A set of rods where numbers were carved
D) none of them required and used for multiplication and division aids is
542. Which of the following devices can be known as
551-B
sued to directly image printed text? A) Pascaline

542-A
A) OCR B) Napier’s Bones

B) OMR C) Stepped Reckoner
C) MICR D) Slide Rule
D) All of above
552. Seek time is 562. The system unit of a personal computer
A) time to position the head over proper track typically contains all of the following except:
562-D
552-A
B) time to position the head over proper sector A) Microprocessor
C) time to position the head over proper B) Disk controller
cylinder C) Serial interface
D) none of above D) Modem
553. Tape speed is measured in 563. Which of the following is related to fifth
A) Feet per second generation computers?
553-B
563-A
B) Inch per second A) Knowledge information processing system
C) Meter per second B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
D) Centimeter per second C) Both of above
554. Punched cards were first introduced by D) Only b
A) Powers 564. The process of starting a or restarting a
554-D
B) Pascal computer system by loading instructions from
C) Jacquard a secondary storage device into the computer
564-B
D) Herman Hollerith is called
555. Which computer support co-processors? A) Duping
A) XT computer 555-B B) Booting
B) AT comptuers C) Padding
C) None of these D) CPS
D) Both of these 565. MSI stands for
556. A floppy disk contains A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
565-A
A) Circular tracks only B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
556-C
B) Sectors only C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit

C) Both circular tracks and sectors D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
D) None of the above 566. A Pixel is _________
557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is A) A computer program that draws picture
566-C
A) 1.40 MB B) A picture stored in secondary memory
557-D
B) 1.44 GB C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture

C) 1.40 GB D) None of these
D) 1.44 MB 567. A/n _____ Device is any device that
558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was provides information, which is sent to the CPU
567-A
long ignored because A) Input
A) He made the computers secretly B) Output
558-C
B) his computers were very complicated and it C) CPU

took time for the people to recognize its D) Memory
power 568. What was the nick name of the computer
C) of political reasons. He was German. used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-
D) All of the above bomb project? 568-C
559. Any method for controlling access to or A) ENIAC
use of memory is known B) EDSAC
559-B
A) Memory map C) MANIAC

B) Memory protection D) UNIVAC
C) Memory management 569. Which is the type of memory for
D) Memory instruction information that does not change on your
560. In what respect computers are superior computer?
569-B
to human beings? A) RAM

560-A
A) Diligence B) ROM
B) Intelligence C) ERAM
C) Both of above D) RW / RAM
D) None of above 570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which
561. Com in Latin is generation?
570-D
A) intensifying prefix A) First

561-A
B) intensifying suffix B) Second

C) a term that means to reckon C) Third
D) None of above D) Fourth
571. Which of the following is the largest 580. Which of the following code used in
manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives? present day computing was developed by IBM
571-B
A) IBM Corporation?
580-D
B) Seagate A) ASCII
C) Microsoft B) Hollerith Code
D) 3M C) Baudot Code
572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started D) EBCDIC Code
from 581. When was the transistors invented?
572-D
A) First generation A) 1948
581-A
B) Second generation B) 1938
C) Third generation C) 1958
D) Fourth generation D) 1968
573. Which characteristic of computer 582. In the third Generation of computers
distinguishes it from electronic calculators? A) Distributed data processing first became
573-C
A) Accuracy popular
582-D
B) Storage B) An operating system was first developed
C) Versatility C) High level procedural language were first
D) Automatic used
574. Which of the following registers is used D) Online real time systems first become
to keep track of address of the memory popular
location where the next instruction is located? 583. Most important advantage of an IC is its
574-D
A) Memory address register A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
583-B
B) Memory data register B) Extremely high reliability
C) Instruction register C) Reduced cost
D) Program counter D) Lower power consumption
575. Which of the following is not the 584. Which of the following magazines covers
classification of computers based on only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
584-B
application? A) Byte
575-A
A) Electronic Computers B) PC Magazine

B) Analog Computers C) Personal Computing
C) Digital Computers D) Interface Age
D) Hybrid Computers 585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer.
576. Which of the following is not a type of What is its full form?
585-A
Software A) Universal Automatic Computer
576-D
A) System Software B) Universal Array Computer

B) Application Software C) Unique Automatic Computer
C) Utility Software D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
D) Entertainment Software 586. Which of the following is required when
577. Who invented the high level language C? more than one person uses a central
A) Dennis M. Ritchie computer at the same time?
577-A
586-A
B) Niklaus Writh A) Terminal

C) Seymour Papert B) Light pen
D) Donald Kunth C) Digitizer
578. What do you call the programs that are D) Mouse
used to find out possible faults and their 587. Which of the following is not an output
causes? device?
578-C
587-D
A) Operating system extensions A) Portable Projector

B) Cookies B) Printer
C) Diagnostic software C) Flat Screen
D) Boot diskettes D) Touch Screen
579. Which computer memory is used for 588. Personal computers used a number of
storing programs and data currently being chips mounted on a main circuit board. What
processed by the CPU? is the common name for such boards?
579-B
588-B
A) Mass memory A) Daughterboard

B) Internal memory B) Motherboard
C) Non-volatile memory C) Father board
D) PROM D) Childboard

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Questions 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends

programs as fast as possible while mainframe 13. CD-ROM is a

15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit

B) 10th of a seconds following for printing drawing and graphs

C) 1000th of a seconds A) Dot matrix printer

C) Dots printed per unit time A) OCR

What is the name of this board?

B) Increase the speed of central processing

the record’s disk address. What information

does this address specify?

A) Data collection terminal 63. A register organized to allow to move left

C) Register A) IBM 1650

C) Central Processing Unit A) Optical scanner

A) First the table surface, the trackball is

A) IBM primary storage device?

A) 10 processing unit to link several

B) Words operations performed by the ALU of a

D) File A) Grater than

D) All of the above

A) It is understood by a computer event called ?The which computer? started?

A) Temporary, permanent need human intervention. This feature is

B) 1620 96. What is a brand?

products from different companies

B) Translates entire source program into 98. A byte consists of

C) It is not involved in program’s execution B) Four bits

A) Magnetic core 110. Identify the correct statement

A) Memory or video A) Mechanical analog computers have existed

D) operating system A) Imaging

C) normally require a college degree in A) High level language

A) NAV computer developed?

115. The first machine to successfully perform 124. IBM 1401 is

B) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) Dots printed per unit time

B) Electrical pulses but not continuous B) 760 KB

A) Leech B) Flip flop

B) Compact size, speed C) Direct Module Access

________. B) Robert Noyce

A) Basic Input Output System C) Both of above

123. Which printer is very commonly used for A) System Software

A) Laser printer C) Utilities

B) Mini Computers 145. Who invented vacuum tubes?

A) Bits 146. An approach that permits the computer

A) IBM 147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept

B) Which is assigned one and only one task of

A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN

A) They were larger in size

150. UNIVAC is 159. What was the first computer to perform

B) An interpreter is the representation of the A) Arithmetic Logic Unit

A) 8? analog computer in terms of

B) Clock in a typical 32-bit computer?

C) Difference Engine A) Binary

A) Read-out Interchange Code

173. The computer code for the interchange

C) input and output unit

B) require considerable amount of video RAM C) Versatility

A) vacuum tubes D) Input and Output device

B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM

199. Which of the following is a read only

B) Programs alone brought in to calculate census data.

A) 1 213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

B) Wide Area Network unit?

B) Bug 215. Find out who is not the inventor of

D) Storage device A) John Burdeen