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Which one of the following was the first computer that had used the stored program
concept introduced b Jhon Neuman ?
a. UNIVAC
b. EDSAC
c. ENIAC
d. EDVAC
2. Which of the following had played a key role in the development of logarithms?
a. Napier
b. Blaise Pascal
c. J.M. Jacquard
d. Charles Babbage
3. Which of the following units performs the arithmetical and logical operations on the
stored numbers ?
a. Control Unit
b. Arithmetic Logic Unit
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
4. Who developed the analytical engine ?
a. Gottfired Wilhem Von Leibziz
b. Charles Babbage
c. Herman Hollerith
d. Joseph Marie Jacquard
5. What does the CPU stand for?
a. Central Protection Unit
b. Central Power Unit
c. Central Progressive Unit
d. None of these
6. Which of the following techniques is the best suited for bank cheques?
a. OCR
b. OMR
c. MICR
d. All of these above
7. Where does a computer add and compare data ?
a. Hard disk
b. Floppy disk
c. CPU chip
d. Memory chip
8. What do the processors of all computers, whether micro, mini or mainframe must
have?
a. ALU
b. Primary storage
c. Control unit
d. All of the above
9. Which of the following is a part of the central Processing Unit?
a. Printer
b. Keyboard
 c. Mouse
d. Arithmetic Logic Unit
10. The term `memory` applies to which one of the following?
a. Logic
b. Storage
c. Control
d. Input device
11. Which is not true for primary storage?
a. Information must be transferred to primary storage
b. It is relatively more expensive
c. It allows very fast access to data
d. It is not a part of the CPU
12. What does the Central processing unit consist of?
a. Input, output and processing
b. Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
c. Control unit, arithmetic-logic, and primary storage
d. Control unit, processing, and primary storage
13. Which of the following is an example of nonvolatile memory?
a. ROM
b. VLSI
c. LSI
d. RAM
14. What are the two kinds of main memory?
a. RAM and ROM
b. Primary and secondary
c. Floppy disk and hard disk
d. Direct and sequential
15. Why RAM is used as short memory?
a. It is volatile
b. It is very expensive
c. It has small capacity
d. It is programmable
16. What is the name of the silicon chip used for data processing?
a. RAM chip
b. ROM chips
c. Microprocessor
d. PROM chip
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