Computer Fundamental MCQ Bank

Computer Fundamentals
First Generation
UNIVAC is
Second Generation
Universal Automatic Computer
Third Generation
Universal Array Computer
Fourth Generation
Unique Automatic Computer
What is the main difference between a

mainframe and a super computer?
Unvalued Automatic Computer
Super computer is much larger than mainframe

The basic operations performed by a computers
computer are
Super computers are much smaller than

Arithmetic operation mainframe computers
Logical operation Supercomputers are focused to execute few

programs as fast as possible while mainframe
uses its power to execute as many programs
concurrently
Storage and relative
Supercomputers are focused to execute as many

programs as possible while mainframe uses its
All the above
power to execute few programs as fast as
possible.
The two major types of computer chips are
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character

coding systems. What does EBCDIC stand for?
External memory chip
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange

Code
Primary memory chip
Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code

Microprocessor chip
Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code

Both b and c
Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

Microprocessors as switching devices are for
which generation computers
The brain of any computer system is

ALU Accumulator
Memory Address
CPU Computer is free from tiresome and

boardroom. We call it
Control unit
Accuracy
Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on

Reliability
tracks per inch of surface

Diligence
bits per inch of tracks

Versatility
disk pack in disk surface

Integrated Circuits (ICs) are related to which
generation of computers?
All of above
First generation
The two kinds of main memory are:
Second generation
Primary and secondary
Third generation
Random and sequential
Fourth generation
ROM and RAM
CD-ROM is a
All of above
Semiconductor memory
A storage area used to store data to a

compensate for the difference in speed at
which the different units can handle data is Memory register
Memory Magnetic memory
Buffer None of above

A hybrid computer Vacuum Tubes and Valves
Resembles digital computer Integrated Circuits
Resembles analogue computer None of above
Resembles both a digital and analogue computer To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy)
in color, you would want to use a/n
None of the above

RGB monitor
Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code

called EBCDIC? Plotter
Minicomputers Ink-jet printer
Microcomputers Laser printer
Mainframe computers What are the stages in the compilation

process?
Feasibility study, system design and testing

Super computer
Implementation and documentation

The ALU of a computer responds to the
commands coming from
Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code

generation
Primary memory
None of the above

Control section
Which of the following IC was used in third

External memory generation of computers?
Cache memory SSI
Chief component of first generation computer MSI

was
LSI
Transistors
Both a and b an embedded microprocessor
The main electronic component used in first extensive memory

generation computers was
independent processing capability

Transistors
a keyboard and screen

Vacuum Tubes and Valves
One millisecond is
Integrated Circuits
1 second
None of above
10th of a seconds
1000th of a seconds
A dumb terminal has
10000th of a seconds
4
Floppy Disk
The output quality of a printer is measured by
Hard Disk
Dot per sq. inch
Compact Disk
Dot per inch
Magneto Optic Disk
Dots printed per unit time
Which computer was considered the first

electronic computer until 1973 when court
All of the above invalidated the patent?
Which of the following was a special purpose ENIAC

computer?
MARK I
ABC
Z3
ENIAC
ABC
EDVAC
A physical connection between the

All of the above microprocessor memory and other parts of
the microcomputer is known as
What was the computer invented by

Attanasoff and Clifford? Path
Mark I Address bus
ABC Route
Z3 All of the above
None of above High density double sided floppy disks could

store _____ of data
Which of the following storage devices can

store maximum amount of data? 1.40 MB
1.44 GB All of above
1.40 GB In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device

drivers, memory, expansion slots and active
components are mounted on a single board.
What is the name of the board?
1.44 MB
Motherboard
A high quality CAD system uses the following
for printing drawing and graphs
Daughterboard
Dot matrix printer
Bredboard
Digital plotter
Fatherboard
Line printer
In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives,

memory expansion slots and active
All of the above components are mounted on a single board.
What is the name of this board?
Which of the following is not an input device?

Motherboard
OCR
Breadboard
Optical scanners
Daughter board
Voice recognition device

Grandmother board
COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

Magnetic disks are the most popular medium
for
The accuracy of the floating-point numbers

representable in two 16-bit words of a
computer is approximately Direct access
16 digits Sequential access
6 digits Both of above
9 digits None of above

A technique used by codes to convert an
analog signal into a digital bit stream is
known as 1906
Pulse code modulation

1910
Pulse stretcher
1880
Query processing
Which of the following produces the best
quality graphics reproduction?
Queue management
Laser printer
Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more

correct? Ink jet printer
It is an output device
Plotter
It is an input device
Dot matrix printer
It is a peripheral device
Computers with 80286 microprocessor is
It is hardware item XT computer
A modern electronic computer is a machine AT computers

that is meant for
PS/2 computer
Doing quick mathematical calculations
None of above
Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data
An application suitable for sequential

Electronic data processing
processing is
Performing repetitive tasks accurately Processing of grades
When was vacuum tube invented? Payroll processing
1900
Both a and b
All of above Japan
Which of the following is not processing? USA
arranging UK
manipulating Software in computer
calculating Enhances the capabilities of the hardware

machine
gathering
Increase the speed of central processing unit
The digital computer was developed primarily

in Both of above
USSR None of above
5
Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier To do math’s works
known by different name which was changes
in 1924. What was that name?
Tabulator Machine Co.

Abacus was the first
electronic computer
Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
mechanical computer
The Tabulator Ltd. electronic calculator
International Computer Ltd.
mechanical calculator
Before a disk drive can access any sector

record, a computer program has to provide
the record’s disk address. What information If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify
does this address specify? address in a RAM, the number of addresses
will be
Track number
216
Sector number
65,536
Surface number
64K
All of above
Any of the above
The arranging of data in a logical sequence is

called Instructions and memory address are
represented by
Sorting
Character code
Binary codes
Classifying
Binary word
Reproducing
Summarizing
Parity bit
What is the responsibility of the logical unit

in the CPU of a computer? The terminal device that functions as a cash
register, computer terminal, and OCR reader
is the:
To produce result Data collection terminal
To compare numbers
OCR register terminal
To control flow of information

Video Display terminal IBM 1400
POS terminal
IBM 1401
A set of flip flops integrated together is called

____
IBM 1402
Counter
Adder
IBM1402
Register
None of the above Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of

the following language?
People often call ______ as the brain of

computer system Machine language
Control Unit
Assembly language
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit High level language
Storage Unit None of above
Which is used for manufacturing chips? Instruction in computer languages consists of
Bus
OPCODE
Control unit
Semiconductors
OPERAND
A and b only
Both of above
The value of each bead in heaven is

None of above
1
3
Which generation of computer is still under
development
7 Fourth Generation
The first computer introduced in Nepal was Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation A set of information that defines the status of
resources allocated to a process is
Seventh Generation
Process control
A register organized to allow to move left or

right operations is called a ____ ALU
Counter Register Unit
Loader Process description
Adder Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of ______

rods.
Shift register
5
Which was the most popular first generation

computer? 9
IBM 650 11
IBM 360 13
IBM 1130 BCD is
IBM 2700 Binary Coded Decimal
Which is considered a direct entry input Bit Coded Decimal

device?
Binary Coded Digit

Optical scanner
Bit Coded Digit

Mouse and digitizer
When was the world’s first laptop computer

Light pen introduced in the market and by whom?
All of the above Hewlett-Packard, 1980

Epson, 1981
First
Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
Second
Tandy Model-200, 1985
Third
From which generation operating systems

were developed?
Fourth
6
The word processing task associated with
changing the appearance of a document is
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer
as a personal computer was
IBM Editing
Super UNIVAC Writing
Radio Shaks Formatting
Data General Corporation
All of above
All of the above
How many address lines are needed to

address each machine location in a 2048 x 4
memory chip? Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?
10 Because they can amplify the weak signals and

make them strong
11
Because they can stop or allow the flow of current
8
Both of above
12
None of above
Properly arranged data is called

John Napier invented Logarithm in
1614
Field
1617
Words
1620
Information
None of above
File
An integrated circuit is
A computer consists of
A complicated circuit
A central processing unit
An integrating device
A memory
Much costlier than a single transistor
Input and output unit

Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
What type of control pins are needed in a What are the three decisions making
microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, operations performed by the ALU of a
in order to prevent two devices from trying to computer?
use it at the same time?
Grater than
Bus control
Less than
Interrupts
Equal to
Bus arbitration
All of the above

Status
Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028

Where as a computer mouse moves over the BS. This computer was of
table surface, the trackball is
first generation
Stationary
second generation
Difficult to move
Dragged
third generation
Moved in small steps

fourth generation
Which of the following is used as a primary

storage device? Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
Magnetic drum
Know the memory capacity
Hard Disks
Identify the base of a number system
Floppy
All of above
Direct the output to a printer
Multi user systems provided cost savings for

small business because they use a single Specify the problem completely and clearly
processing unit to link several
Personal computers
Which statement is valid about computer
program?
Workstations
Dumb terminals It is understood by a computer
Mainframes It is understood by programmer

It is understood user A compiler is a translating program which
Both a & b Translates instruction of a high level language into

machine language
The difference between memory and storage

is that memory is _____ and storage is __ Translates entire source program into machine
language program
Temporary, permanent
It is not involved in program’s execution
Permanent, temporary
All of above
Slow, fast
What is required when more than one person
uses a central computer at the same time?
All of above
Light pen
When was Pascaline invented?
Mouse
1617
Digitizer
1620
Terminal
1642
Which of the following is the first computer to

use Stored Program Concept?
1837
UNIVAC
Which of the following statement is valid?
ENIAC
Lady Augusta is the first programmer
EDSAC
Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous English
poet
None of above
ADA is a programming language developed by US

Defense
The term gigabyte refers to
All of above
1024 bytes in which year was UK’s premier computing
event started?
1024 kilobytes
1980
1024 megabytes
1985
1024 gigabyte
1986
1987
7
Once you load the suitable program and One bit
provide required data, computer does not
need human intervention. This feature is
known as
Four bits
Accuracy
Eight bits
Reliability
Sixteen bits
Versatility
Modern Computers are very reliable but they
are not
Automatic
Fast
What is a brand?
Powerful
The name of companies that made computers
Infallible
The name of product a company gives to identify

its product in market
Cheap
A name of class to indicate all similar products

from different companies What is the date when Babbage conceived
Analytical engine
All of above
1642
Machine language is
1837
Machine dependent
1880
Difficult to program
1850
Error prone
What was the expected feature of fifth
generation computers when Japan started
FGCS?
All of above
Operating Systems
A byte consists of
utility programs
Parallel Processing
operating system
ULSI
Computer operators
None of above
writes computer programs for specific problems
Which of the following memory medium is not

used as main memory system?
operate the device which input and output data
from the computer
Magnetic core
normally require a college degree in computer

science
Semiconductor
all of the above

Magnetic tape
Which of the following is not anti-viruses

Both semiconductor and magnetic tape software?
The storage subsystem in a microcomputer NAV

consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying
capacities
F-Prot
Memory or video
Oracle
Magnetic or optical
McAfee
Optical or memory
What is a compiler?
Video or magnetic
A compiler does a conversion line by line as the

program is run
Programs designed to perform specific tasks
is known as
A compiler converts the whole of a higher level

program code into machine code in one step
system software
A compiler is a general purpose language providing

application software very efficient execution
None of the above Mechanical analog computers have existed for
thousands of years
_______ computers are also called personal

computers There are mechanical analog computers and
electronic analog computers.
Mainframe Computer
All electronic computers are digital computers
Mini Computers
All of above are false
Micro Computers
Which of the following require large
computers memory?
Super Computers
Imaging
Which of the following is not input unit

device?
Graphics
scanner
Voice
camera
All of Above
plotter
Which of the following is machine
independence program?
digitizer
High level language
Identify the correct statement
Low level language
IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
Assembly language
Macintosh used CISC CPU design
Machine language
IBM used CISC CPU design
When was the first electro-mechanical

computer developed?
None of above is true
1880
Which of the following statement is false?
1990
kilobyte
1944
petabyte
None of above
terabyte
The first machine to successfully perform a

long series of arithmetic and logical
operations was: gigabyte
ENIAC FORTRAN programming language is more

suitable for ____
Mark-I
Business Applications
Analytic Engine
Marketing Applications
UNIVAC-1
Scientific Applications
Which one is the largest space?

None of the above
8
Compact size; speed readability
The brain of any computer system is
Compact size, speed
Control Unit
Readability; speed
Low cost; readability
Central Processing Unit
The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________.
Storage Unit
Basic Input Output System
Analog computer works on the supply of
Best Input Output System
Continuous electrical pulses
Basic Input Output Symbol
Electrical pulses but not continuous
Base Input Output System
Magnetic strength
Which printer is very commonly used for

desktop publishing?
None of the above
Laser printer
An error in software or hardware is called a
bug. What is the alternative computer jargon
for it?
Inkjet printer
Leech
Daisywheel printer
Squid
Dot matrix printer
Slug
IBM 1401 is
Glitch
First Generation Computer
The advantage of COM are its __ and __

Second Generation Computer
Third Generation Computer
1024 KB
Fourth Generation Computer
760 KB
Most of the first generation computers were
640 KB
Special purpose computers
560 KB
General purpose computers
In a computer _____ is capable to store single

binary bit.
Both of above
Capacitor
None of above
Flip flop
Floppy disks typically in diameter
Register
3
Inductor
5.25
What does DMA stand for?

8
Distinct Memory Access

All of above
Direct Memory Access

The output quality of a printer is measured by
Direct Module Access

Dot per inch
Direct Memory Allocation

Dot per sq. inch
Who invented Integrated Circuits?

Dots printed per unit time
Jack Kilby
All of above
Robert Noyce
On a PC, how much memory is available to
application software?
Both of above What is the name of the display feature that
highlights are of the screen which requires
operator attention?
None of above
Pixel
Operating system, editors, and debuggers

comes under?
Reverse video
System Software
Touch screen
Application Software
Cursor
Utilities
Which is the largest computer?
None of the above

Mainframe Computer
One computer that is not considered a

portable is Mini Computers
Minicomputer Micro Computers
Laptop computer Super Computers
Notebook computer Which of the following are the best units of

data on an external storage device?
All of above
Bits
Which of the following is not an electronic

computer? Bytes
ENIAC Hertz
ABC Clock cycles
UNIVAC The personal computer industry was started

by
EDVAC
IBM
Apple Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
Compaq Prolog 2, Expert Systems
HCL Knowledge based Systems
What is meant by a dedicated computer? Assembly Languages
Which is used by one person only What was the main disadvantage of vacuum
tubes?
Which is assigned one and only one task

They were larger in size
Which uses one kind of software

They consumed a lot of electricity
Which is meant for application software

They produced heat and often burned out
Which programming languages are classified

as low level languages? The operation cost was high
9
Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to
hold conditional, are known as
Which is a semi conductor memory?
PC
Dynamic
Memory address registers
Static
General purpose register

Bubble
Flags
Both a & b
Which is not a computer of first generation?

RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables.
ENIAC
2 pair
UNIVAC
3 pair
IBM 360
4 pair
5 pair
IBM 1401
All of above
Registers which are partially visible to users

and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by
the CPU hardware as the result of operations), An approach that permits the computer to
are known as work on several programs instead of one is
PC On-line thesaurus
Flags Multiprogramming
Over lapped processing
Memory Address Registers
General Purpose Registers Outline processor
Who invented vacuum tubes? Who suggested Stored Program Concept
John Mauchley
J.P. Eckert
John Bardeen
William Shockley
John Neumann
Joseph Jacquard
Lee de Forest
The central processing unit (CPU) consists of Pascal
Input, output and processing Hollerith
Control unit, primary storage, and secondary Babbage

storage
Jacquard
Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary
storage
What is an interpreter?
Control unit, processing, and primary storage
An interpreter does the conversion line by line as

the program is run
The notable features like keyboards, monitors,
GUI were developed in An interpreter is the representation of the system
being designed
First generation
An interpreter is a general purpose language

Second generation providing very efficient execution
Third generation None of the above
Fourth generation
Which of the following is not a valid size of a

Floppy Disk?
UNIVAC is

8?
5 ¼?
Unique Automatic Computer

3 ½?
5 ½?
Unvalued Automatic Computer
The earliest calculating devices are

Which is the highest form?
Abacus
Data
Clock
Information
Difference Engine
Knowledge
None of these
All of above
Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
4 bits
Who is credited with the idea of using punch
cards to control patterns in a waving 8 bits
machine?
16 bits Arithmetic Logic Unit
64 bits Array Logic Unit
What was the first computer to perform all Application Logic Unit
calculation using electronics rather than
wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? None of above
Mark I
What produces useful information out of

data?
ABC
Z3
Computer
Processing
None of above
Programming
A directly accessible appointment calendar is
feature of a __ resident package none of above
CPU
Which of the following device was not

invented by Babbage?
Memory
Buffer
Pascaline
Difference Engine
ALU
Analytical Engine
Which unit converts computer data into
human readable form? None of above
Input unit A digital computer did not score over an

analog computer in terms of
Output unit
Speed
ALU
Accuracy
Control Unit
Reliability
The full form of ALU is
Cost
10
All of above
Which number system is usually followed in a

typical 32-bit computer?
The act of retrieving existing data from
Binary memory is called
Read-out
Decimal
Read from
Read
Hexadecimal
Octal
All of above
A computer has very low failure rate because

it uses electronic components. It produces
very consistent results. This is highlighted by Which part of the computer is used for
which of the feature of computer? calculating and comparing?
Accuracy
Disk unit
Reliability Control unit
Versatility
ALU
Automatic Modem
A paper printout of a document is known as ABC is a
Softcopy output Special purpose computer
General purpose computer
Hardcopy output
All Purpose Computer
Permanent Output
All of above None of above
Which electronic component was made out of The computer code for the interchange of
semiconductor material? information between terminals is
ASCII
Vacuum tubes
Transistors BCD
ICs EBCDIC
All of above
When was the X window system born?
1984
Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
1989
Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
1988
1990
Personnel who design, program, operates
and maintains computer equipment refers to
What is the first stage in software

development?
Console-operator
Specification and design
Programmer
Testing
System Analysis
Peopleware
Maintenance
System Analyst
Which of the following is valid statement?

IBM System/360 is
Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
Mainframe Computer
The data that is processed is called a program
The data which is not yet processed is information
Mini Computers
Information is processed by computer to generate

data.
Micro Computers
The Second Generation Computer was based

None of above
on ________.
Vacuum Tube
Silicon Chips A system is
Transistor an integration of different units so as to achieve

an objective
Bio Chips
input unit
EBCDIC stands for
input and output unit

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
input, output and storage units

Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
store
Which of the following programming

language started from second generation?
Processing
Cobol
retrieve
BASIC
All of above
C
Bit map terminal
LISP
support display containing multiple windows
The translator program used in assembly

language is called require considerable amount of video RAM
Compiler requires tremendous amount of copying and

hence low performance
Interpreter
all of above
Assembler
First generation computers used _________ for
memory
Translator
vacuum tubes
EEPROM stands for
silicon chips
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only

Memory
magnetic drum
Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

RAM
Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only

Memory Which of the following memories allows
simultaneous read and write operations?
None of the above

ROM
Regarding data, computers are very good at

RAM
EPROM
Reconstructing the contents of ROM
None of above
Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
EPROM can be used for
Duplicating ROM
Erasing the contents of ROM
11
ENIAC uses Reliability
Decimal Numbering System Versatility
Automatic
Octal Numbering System
Binary Numbering System Web cam is an
Hexadecimal Numbering System input unit device
output unit device
processing device
A term associated with the comparison of
processing speeds of different computer
system is:
EFTS Input and Output device
MPG
Bit stands for
MIPS Binary digits
CPS bit of system
which of the following is problem oriented a part of byte

language?
All of above
High level language
Access time is
Machine language
seek time + latency time
Assembly language
seek time
seek time ? latency time

Low level language
latency time
A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length
equal to
Which device can understand difference

between data & programs?
2 byte
Input device
32 byte
Output device
4 byte
Memory
8 byte
Microprocessor
The term GIGO is related to

Which of the following is a read only memory
storage device?
Accuracy
Floppy Disk
CD-ROM After copying the content how many times
can you paste?
Hard Disk
1
None of these
16
Symbolic logic was discovered by
George Boole
32
Herman Hollerith
Many
Van Neumann
Basic Pascal
WAN stands for
Which of the following is not valid statement?
Wap Area Network
Hard is referred to mean something temporary
Hard is used to mean something tangible Wide Area Network
Soft is used to mean something permanent
Wide Array Net
Soft is used to mean something tangible
Digital devices are Wireless Area Network
Digital Clock
Automobile speed meter

An error in computer data is called
Clock with a dial and two hands
Chip
All of them
Bug
Primary memory stores
CPU
Data alone
Storage device
Programs alone
The instructions for starting the computer

Results alone are house on
All of these Random access memory

CD-Rom Either of the above
Read only memory chip Which American computer company is called

Big Blue?
All of above
Microsoft
1 nibble equals to
Compaq Corp
1 bits
IBM
2 bits
Tandy Svenson
4 bits
It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in
to calculate census data.
8 bits
IBM 1400
Perforated paper used as input of output media

is known as
IBM 1401
paper tapes
ICL 2950
magnetic tape
None of above
punched papers tape

Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
card punch
John v. Atanasoff
The secondary storage devices can only store

data but they cannot perform Clifford Berry
Arithmetic Operation Both of above
Logic operation None of above
Fetch operations Which of the following is the largest unit?

data record
field database file
12
punctuation characters used in electronic
data processing system is called
Find out who is not the inventor of transistors
among following names
ASCII
John Burdeen
EBCDIC
William Shockley
BCD
Walter Brattain
All of above
Lee de Forest
Which access method is used to access

cassette tape?
Which of the following is not true for a
magnetic disk?
Direct
It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
Sequential
It provides only sequential access to stored data
Both of the above
Users can easily update records by writing over the

old data
None of the above
All of above
A Compiler is ____
A disadvantage of the laser printer is

a combination of computer hardware
It is quieter than an impact printer

a program which translates from one high-level
language to another
It is very slow
a program which translates from one high-level to

a machine level language
The output is of a lower quality
None of these
None of the above
Which unit holds data temporarily?

The most commonly used standard data code
to represent alphabetical, numerical and
Input unit Low level language
Secondary storage unit All of the above
Output Unit Reading data is performed in magnetic disk

by
Primary Memory Unit

Read/write leads
The computer size was very large in

Sectors
First Generation
Track
Second Generation
Lower surface
Third Generation
IBM 7000 digital computer
Fourth Generation
Belongs to second generation
A name or number used to identify storage

location devices? Uses VLSI
A byte Employs semiconductor memory
A record Has modular constructions
An address Which of the following is not electro-

mechanical computer?
All of above
Mark I
Which of the following is not computer

language? ABC
High level language Zuse
Medium level language UNIVAC

The term ‘computer’ is derived from Dot matrix Printer
Greek language Typewriter terminal
Sanskrit language All of the above
Latin language The term GIGO is relate to which

characteristics of computers?
German language
Speed
Which statement is valid about magnetic

tape? Automatic
It is a plastic ribbon Accuracy
It is coated on both sides with iron oxide Reliability
It can be erased and reused Which of the following programming

language were used in first generation
computers?
All of above
Machine language
Which of the following is first generation

computer?
Assembly language
EDSAC
Both of above
IBM 1401
None of above
CDC 1604
To locate a data item for storage is
ICL 2950
Field
A hard copy would be prepared on a

Feed
Line printer
Database
Fetch
Which of the following term means to reckon?
Who used punched cards practically for the

first time in the history of computers?
putare
Charles Babbage
com
Dr. Herman Hollerith

computa
Howard Aikin
computar
Joseph Jacquard
An input /output device at which data enters
or leaves a computer system is
Hard disk is coated in both sides with
Keyboard
Magnetic metallic oxide
Terminal
Optical metallic oxide
Printer
Carbon layer
Plotter
All of the above
13
239. Which of the following is first generation of computer 251. Microprocessors can be used to make
A) EDSAC A) Computer
B) IBM-1401 B) Digital systems
C) CDC-1604 C) Calculators
D) ICL-2900 D) All of the above
UNIVAC
A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
EDVAC
A byte
ENIAC
A record
All of above
An address
The contents of information are stored in
All of above
Memory data register
Computer professionals working in a computer centre are
Memory address register
Software
Memory arithmetic registers
Firmware
Memory access register
Hardware
Which of the following is correct full form of BCD?
Humanware
Binary Coded Decimal
The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was
Bit Coded Decimal

Memory
Binary Coded Digit
Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?
Bit Coded Digit
Resolution
Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel
Color depth
80386 microprocessor chip?
Refresh rate
IBM PS/2
All of the alcove
HP-9830
For what Antikyathera was used?
DeskPro-386
For counting
IBM-360
For Calculating tax collection
The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set of

variables is termed as
For calculating astronomical positions
data
For calculating firing weapons
information
Memory unit is one part of
both of above
Input device
none of above
Control unit
Main storage is also called

Output device
Accumulator
Central Processing Unit
Control Unit
Which statement is valid about computer program?
Register Unit
High level languages must be converted into machine language to
execute
High level language programs are more efficient and faster to execute EPROM
It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does CD
in low level programs ROM stand for?
All of above Compactable Read Only Memory
By programmable machine we mean Compact Data Read Only Memory
computers Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
modern television Compact Disk Read Only Memory
washing machines Identify the true statement
anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer from GIGO
programs
Computers are reliable because they use electronic component which

Which of the following is a secondary memory device? have very low failure rate
Keyboard Computer is never tired and does not suffer from boredom
Disk All of above
ALU FORTRAN is
All of the above File Translation
The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured Format Translation
ROM Formula Translation
RAM Floppy Translation
PROM The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in

ROM is known as
Hardware EPROM
Software ROM
Firmware What do you call the translator which takes assembly language
program as input & produce machine language code as output?
ROM ware
Compiler
Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times

per second? Interpreter
Static RAM Debugger
Dynamic RAM Assembler
14
Serial access memories are useful in An electronic automated machine that can solve
applications where problems involving words and numbers
Data consists of numbers A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket

calculator
Short access time is required

Any machine that can perform mathematical
operations
Each stored word is processed differently
A machine that works on binary code
Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial

form
Memory is made up of
In ________ mode, the communication channel

is used in both directions at the same time? Set of wires
Full-duplex Set of circuits
Simplex Large number of cells
Half-duplex All of these
None of the above Which of the following is the most powerful

computers?
Who invented Slide Rules?

Mainframe Computer
John Napier
Mini Computers
William Oughtred
Micro Computers
Gottfried Leibnitz
Super Computers
Blaise Pascal
Which of the printers used in conjunction
with computers uses dry ink powder?
The proper definition of a modern digital

computer is
Daisy wheel printer
Line printer 1944
Laser printer Assembly language started to be used from
Thermal printer first generation computers
What is the path from which data flow in a second generation computers
computer system is known as
third generation computers

Car
fourth generation computers

Bus
Which technology is more reliable?

Truck
Mechanical
Road
Electro-Mechanical
Which term is used to describe RAM?
Electronic
Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
For reliability it does not matter. So all of above

Static RAM (SRAM) are reliable
Video RAM (VRAM) Which of the following is not an XT

microprocessor?
8006
All of the above
8086
In which year was chip used inside the
8088
computer for the first time?
1964 None of above
Hard disk is coated in both side with

1975
Magnetic metallic oxide

1999
Optical metallic oxide

third
Carbon layer
All of the above fourth
ASCII stands for How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
American Stable Code for International 32

Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional

Interchange 116
58
American Standard Code for Information

Interchange
76
American Standard Code for Interchange

Information Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands
electronic components per chip
Raw facts and figures about any particular

topic are SSI
Information MSI
facts LSI
data VLSI
none of above An application program that helps the user to

change any number and immediately see the
result of that change is
A computer can solve more than one kind of

problem. This is related to which of the
following characteristics? Desktop publishing program
Accuracy Database
Reliability Spreadsheet
Versatility All of above
Automatic
In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a

machine called the Analytical Engine which
From which generation computers the he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which
printers were used? year was it exhibition?
first 1820
1860
second
1855
HCL-3000
1870
In analog computer
What is the name of the new color laptop Input is first converted to digital form
computer which is powered by a 386 processor
at 33 MHz and is built by Epson? Input is never converted to digital form
AX3/33
Output is displayed in digital form
NEC-20 All of the above
Magnum 2000
15
Howard Aikin
Which of the following computer is not

invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
J. P. Eckert
ENIAC
John Mauchley
EDVAC
John v. Atanasoff
UNIVAC
ALU is
EDSAC
When was the company named IBM?

Array Logic Unit
1914
Application Logic Unit
1924
None of above
1975
A computer program that converts an entire
program into machine language at one time
is called a/an
None of above
Interpreter
Which of the following storage device can
store the largest amount of data?
CPU
Hard Disks
Compiler
Flash Disks
Simulator
Blu-Ray Disks
When did arch rivals IBM and Apple

Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
DVDs
1978
Who invented Mark I?
1984
1990 The octal equivalence of 111010 is
1991 81
The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT act 72

like
71
an amplifier
None of above
a switch
Excessive parallel processing is related to

a router
First generation
None of above
Fourth generation
As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
Fifth Generation
More expensive
Third generation
More portable
Second generation computers were developed

Less rigid during
Slowly accessed 1949 to 1955
Which of the following is the most quickly 1956 to 1965

accessible storage?
1965 to 1970
RAM
1970 to 1990
Registers
What do you call a single point on a computer

Disks screen?
Pen Drive Cell

Element Formula Translation
Pixel Floppy Translation
Bit Which of the following memories needs

refreshing?
Mostly which of the following device is used to

carry user files? SRAM
Floppy Disk DRAM
Hard Disk ROM
RAM All of above
CDROM Can you tell what passes into and out from
the computer via its ports?
Which of the following computer

implemented binary numbers, perform Data
calculations using electronics and
implemented separate computation and
memory for the first time?
Bytes
Mark I
Graphics
ABC
Pictures
Z3
An output device that uses words or messages
recorded on a magnetic medium to produce
audio response is
None of above
Magnetic tape
FORTRAN is a programming language. What
does FORTRAN stand for?
Voice response unit
File Translation
Voice recognition unit
Format Translation
Voice band
Speaker
Which of the items below are considered

removable storage media?
Plotter
Removable hard disk cartridges
Who developed a mechanical

device in the
(Magneto-optical) disk
17th century that could add,

Flexible disks cartridges
subtract, multiple, divide and find
square roots?
All of the above
Napier
Which of the following is not purely output

device?
Babbage
Screen
Pascal
Printer
Leibniz
16
The first Macintosh computer was from Pen Drives
First generation
RAM
Second generation CDs
Third generation
Which operation is not performed by

computer
Fourth generation
Inputting
Processing
Which of the following is not a form of data?
Controlling
numbers and characters
images
Understanding
sound
Floppy disks which are made from flexible
none of above plastic material are also called?
Hard disks
Which is not a computer classification?
mainframe High-density disks
maxframe Diskettes
mini Templates
notebook The magnetic storage chip used to provide

non-volatile direct access storage of data and
that have no moving parts are known as
The control unit of a microprocessor Magnetic core memory
Stores data in the memory Magnetic tape memory
Accepts input data from keyboard Magnetic disk memory
Performs arithmetic/logic function
Magnetic bubble memory
None of above
A collection of related instructions organized

for a common purpose is referred to as
Which of the following is internal memory?
File
Disks
Database
Program
Reliability
None of above
Automatic
Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of

Which of the following processors use RISC
repeatability and
technology?
Buffer size
486dx
Resolution
Power PC
Vertical dimensions
Intelligence
486sx
Computer instructions written with the use of

English words instead of binary machine code 6340
is called
Mnemonics
Which of the following machine was not
invented by Charles Babbage?
Symbolic code
Gray codes Tabulating Machine
Opcode Analytical Engine
Which language is directly understood by the Difference Engine

computer without translation program?
Both C and D
Machine language
Assembly language
How many numbers could ENIAC store in its

internal memory
High level language
None of above
100
On which aspect the analog computers are

20
better than digital?
80
Speed
40
Accuracy
The subject of cybernetics deals with the Control unit
science of
Parity unit
Genetics
Semiconductor
Control and communication
Which of the following is not a micro

Molecular biology computer?
Laptop PCs
Biochemistry
Tablet PCs
Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical

computer?
Desktop PCs
Because it was invented before electronic

computers were developed None of above
Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate The value of each bead in earth is
and move to produce result
1
Because they use the flow of electrons in different
component
None of above
Binary circuit elements have
One stable state
When did John Napier develop logarithm?
Two stable state
1416
Three stable state
1614
None of above
1641
Which of the following is used for

manufacturing chips?
1804
Control bus
Permanent
Which of the following terms is the most

closely related to main memory?
Control unit
Non volatile
Temporary
17
Which was the world’s first minicomputer and Extended
when was it introduced?
Expanded
PDP-I, 1958
Base
IBM System/36, 1960
Conventional
PDP-II, 1961
Which unit holds data permanently?

VAX 11/780, 1962
Input unit
A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals
usually under the control of one master is
Secondary storage unit
Cylinder
Output Unit
Surface
Primary Memory Unit
Track
Before a disk can be used to store data. It

must be_______
Cluster
Formatted
The word length of a computer is measured in
Reformatted
Bytes
Addressed
Millimeters
None of the above

Meters
Computer system comprises of major units

Bits
input unit, output unit, control unit

What type of memory is not directly
addressable by the CPU and requires special
softw3are called EMS (expanded memory
specification)? input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
All of the above
input unit, output unit, central processing unit and

storage unit
Human beings are referred to as
Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico
Sapiens?
input, output and storage units
Monitor
The first general purpose electronic digital
computer in the world was
Hardware
UNIVAC
Robot
EDVAC
Computer
ENIAC
Which of the following file organization is

most efficient for a file with a high degree of
file activity?
All of above
Sequential
Signals can be analog or digital and a
computer that processes the both type of
signals is known as
ISAM
Analog computer
VSAM
Digital Computer
B-Tree Index
Hybrid Computer
Which of the following is associated with

error detector?
Mainframe Computer
Odd parity bit

High level language is also called
Even parity bit

Problem oriented language
Both of the above

Business oriented language
None of above
Mathematically oriented language
Magnetic tape can serve as

Secondary storage media 32
Output media 64
Input media MICR stands for
All of the above Magnetic Ink Character Reader
Which company is the biggest player in the Magnetic Ink Code Reader
microprocessor industry?
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader

Motorola
None
IBM
Number crunchier is the informal name for

Intel
Mini computer
AMD
Super computer
The first digital computer built with IC chips
was known as
Microcomputer
IBM 7090
Mainframe computer
Apple ? 1
RATS stand for
IBM System / 360
Regression Analysis Time Series
VAX-10
Regression Analysis Time Sharing
EBCDIC can code up to how many different

characters?
Real Analysis Series
256
All of above
16
Which technology is used in Compact disks? Buses
Mechanical Connectors
Electrical Consecutives
Electro Magnetic Which is the first electronic digital computer?
Laser ENIAC
Different components of the motherboard of a MARK I

PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel
electrical conducting lines. What are these
lines called?
Z3
Conductors
ABC
18
Which of the following is a storage device? The first microprocessor built by the Intel
corporation was called
Tape
8008
Hard Disk
8080
4004
Floppy Disk
All of the above

8800
The metal disks, which are permanently

housed in, sealed and contamination free Which of the following is not a class of
containers are called computers based on size?
Hard disks Mainframe Computers
Floppy disk Mini Computers
Winchester disk Micro Computers
Flexible disk Super Computers
A computer program that converts an entire Who invented EDSAC?

program into machine language is called a/an
John v. Neumann
J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley

Interpreter
Simulator
Maurice Wilkes
Howard Aiken
Compiler
EEPROM stands for

Commander
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory
Intel corporation produces chips for which

computers?
IBM PCs Memory
Apple/Macintosh PCs
Both of above
None of above Which of the following is a class of computers

based on model?
Digital Computer Why ABC computer is called so?
Hybrid Computers Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
Analog Computers
Because it was thought to be the first computer so

named with first alphabets of English
AT Computers
Both of above are the reason to name the

What are the computers called that performs computer ABC
calculations and comparisons usually in the
binary numbering system?
None of above are true
Analog Computers
Digital Computers
Who designed the first electronics computer ?
ENIAC/
Hybrid Computers
Von Neumann
None of above
Joseph M Jacquard
ASCII stands for

J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
Interchange
All of above
American Scientific Code for International

Interchange
American Standard Code for Intelligence Central Processing Unit is combination of

Interchange
Control and storage

American Scientific Code for Information
Interchange
Control and output unit
The data recording format in most of the

modern magnetic tape is
Arithmetic logic and input unit
7-bit ASCII
Arithmetic logic and control unit

7-bit EBCDIC
8-bit ASCII
IBM 1401 computer was
8-bit EBCDIC
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers Control Unit
Micro Computers Which unit is known as nerve center of

computer?
None of above
ALU
Time during which a job is processed by the

computer is CU
Delay times Memory
Real time Registers
Execution time What does the disk drive of a computer do?
Down time Rotate the disk
CD-ROM stands for Read the disk
Compactable Read Only Memory Load a program from the disk into the memory
Compact Data Read Only Memory Both b and c
Compactable Disk Read Only Memory Access time is
Compact Disk Read Only Memory seek time + latency time
Which unit converts user data into machine seek time

readable form?
seek time
Input unit
latency time
Output unit
Who invented the microprocessor?

ALU
Marcian E Huff MICR stands for
Herman H Goldstein Magnetic Ink Character Reader
Joseph Jacquard Magnetic Ink Code Reader
All of above Magnetic Ink Case Reader
None of the above
19
All of above
The Width of a processor’s data path is

measured in bits.
Easily reloctable language is
Which of the following are common data
paths? Machine language
8 bits
Assembly language
12 bits High level language
16 bits Medium level language
32 bits
Which of the following memories needs

refresh?
MSI is the abbreviation of
SRAM
DRAM
Medium Scale Integrated
Medium System Integrated

ROM
All of above
Medium Scale Intelligent
Medium System Intelligent

Through which device the main components
of the computer communicate with each
other?
IMB launched its first personal computer
Keyboard
called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel,
disk drives from Tandon, operating system
from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and
the application software from everywhere.
Can you name the country which contribute System Bus
Monitor
India
China Memory
Germany What type of device is computer keyboard?
Taiwan Memory
Which statement is valid about interpreter? Output
It translates one instruction at a time
Storage
Object code is saved for future use Input
Repeated interpretation is not necessary

Which is the limitation of high level
language?
Lower efficiency
Memory
Machine dependence
None of the above
machine level coding
None of above
The original ASCII code used__bits of each
byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
An example of a digital device can be
Digital clock 5
Automobile speed meter 6
Clock with a dial and two hands
All of the above
Which of the following is not true?
Transistors are much smaller A computer programmer
Transistors produce low heat Does all the thinking for a computer
Transistors were less reliable
Can enter input data quickly
Transistors were used in radios and other

electronic devices
Can operate all types of computer equipments
A characteristic of card systems is:
Slowness in processing data Can draw only flowchart
Using cards as records of transactions
Fifth generation computer is also known as
Needing a larger DP staff
All of the above Knowledge information processing system
The full form of EEPROM is Very large scale integration (VLSI)
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Both of above

Memory
None of above
4 KB
The commonly used standard data code to

represent alphabetical, numerical and
punctuation characters used in electronic 16 K
data processing system is called
64 K
ASCII
256 K
EBCDIC
The ALU of a computer normally contains a

BCD number of high speed storage element called
All of above Semiconductor memory
Which of the following have low failure rate? Registers
mechanical devices Hard disks
electronic devices Magnetic disk
electro-mechanical devices Which was the computer conceived by

Babbage?
None of above
Analytical Engine
Which of the following memories need

refresh? Arithmetic Machine
SRAM Donald Kunth
DRAM All of above
ROM The processing speed of first generation

computers was
All of the above

milliseconds
A typical personal computer used for

business purposes would have__ of RAM. microseconds
nanoseconds
The first PC built by Apple
picoseconds
The first PC built by Motorola
Model 5100 was ______ in 1957.
The first PC built by Intel
The first PC built by IBM
20
Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
VGA is
Video Graphics Array Hard Disks
Flash Disks
Visual Graphics Array
Volatile Graphics Array Blu-Ray Disks
DVDs
Video Graphics Adapter
Which of the following professions has not

been affected by personal computers?
A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of
Medical
Magnetic Ink Character Reader

Clerical and law
Magnetic Ink Code Reader
Accounting
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader

None of the above
None
The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word

Which of the following is not a class based on from
size?
Latin language
Mainframe Computer
Micro Computer
Greek Language
Mini Computer
Sanskrit language
Ancient Egypt
Digital Computer
In latest generation computers, the

Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s instructions are executed
TRS-80 computers?
Parallel only
Sequentially only
Z-8000
Both sequentially and parallel
Motorola 6809 All of above
Z-8808 Which of the following memory medium is not

used as main memory system?
Z-80
Magnetic core Band printer
Semiconductor Wang image printer
Magnetic tape Both a and c
Both a and b Which of the following is an example of fifth

generation computer?
PIM/m
An online backing storage system capable of
ICL 2950
storing larger quantities of data is
IBM 1401
CPU
Memory
None of above
Mass storage
Secondary storage Magnetic disks are the most popular medium

for
Direct access
A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms
characters with magnetically-charged ink
sprayed dots is called
Sequential access
Laser printer
Both of above
Ink-jet printer
None of above
Drum printer
Which of the following is not a third

Chan printer generation computer?
IBM 360
Which of the following does not affect the

resolution of a video display image?
IBM 1401
Bandwidth
PDP-8
Raster scan rage
HP2115
Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution

The number of records contained within a
Screen size block of data on magnetic tape is defined by
the
Block definition
Which of the following printing devices an
output composed of a series of data?
Wire matrix printer Record contain clause
Blocking factor
Record per block Consumers
Workers
Mark I is also known as
American Sequence Controlled Calculator Foremen
Managers
Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
American Sequence Controlled Computer Which is valid statement
1 KB = 1024 Bytes
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
1 MB = 1024 Bytes
1 KB = 1000 Bytes
Which of the following registers is loaded
with the contents of the memory location
pointed by the PC?
1 MB = 1000 Bytes
Memory address registers
Memory data registers Latency time is
Time to spin the needed data under head
Instruction register
Program counter Time to spin the needed data under track
Time to spin data under sector
Which of the following are the cheapest

memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
All of above
Semiconductor memories
Who built the first Mechanical Calculator

Magnetic Disks
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Compact Disks
John Mauchly
Magnetic Tapes
Blaise Pascal
Howard Aiken
MIS is designed to provide information
needed for effective decision making by?
21
Petal printer
The most important advantage of a video disk

is
Golf ball printer
Compactness
Laser printer
Potential capacity
Line printer
Durability
Cursor is a ____
Cost effectiveness
Pixel
Which of the following generation computers

had expensive operation cost? Thin blinking line
First Pointing device
Second None of these
Third Which device is used to backup the data?
Fourth Floppy Disk
An IBM system/38 represents the computer Tape

class of:
Network Drive
Small-scale computer
All of the above

Medium-scale computer
Which of the following printers are you sure

Large-scale computer will not to use if your objective is to print on
multi carbon forms?
Super computer
Daisy wheel
Another word for a daisy wheel printer

Dot matrix
Laser Super Computers
Thimble Slide Rules was invented in
Which of the following items are examples of 1614

storage devices?
1617
Floppy / hard disks
1620
CD-ROMs
None of above
Tape devices
A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to

All of the above __________data?
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character 680 KB

coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
680 Bytes
American Stable Code for International
Interchange
680 MB
American Standard Case for Institutional

Interchange
680 GB

Interchange Which of the following required large
computer memory?
American Standard Code for Interchange

Information Imaging
Which computers are used as servers for any Graphics

medium sized organizations?
Voice
Mainframe Computer
All of above
Mini Computers
Which was the computer conceived by

Micro Computers Babbage?
Hybrid Computers
Analytical engine
Mainframe Computers
Arithmetic machine
Offline device is
Donald Knuth
A device which is not connected to CPU
All of above
A device which is connected to CPU
The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A direct access storage device
heaven
An I/O device
sky
What is the latest write-once optical storage

media?
earth
Digital paper
floor
Magneto-optical disk
All modern computer operate on
WORM disk
Information
CD-ROM disk
Floppies
Which of the following programming

Data language started from second generation?
LISP
Word
C
The computer that can input analog signals
and return result in digital form
QBASIC
Analog Computers
FORTRAN
Digital Computers
Which one of the following input device is Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors
user-programmable? (pins)
Dumb terminal 9 or 32
Smart terminal 30 or 70
VDT 28 or 72
Intelligent terminal 30 or 72
Floppy disks typically in diameter Dot-matrix is a type of
3? Tape
5.25? Printer
8? Disk
All of above Bus
22
Which is not consisted in a processor Fifth generation computer is also known as
ALU Knowledge information processing system
CU Very large scale integration
Both of above
Memory
Registers None of above
IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Second Generation computers were
Nepal. It belonged to developed during
First Generation 1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
Second Generation
Third Generation 1965 to 1970
Froth Generation 1970 to 1990
The Third Generation Computer was made What is the name of the computer terminal
with ________. which gives paper printout?
Display screen
Vacuum Tube
Discrete Components Soft copy terminal
IC Hard copy terminal
Plotter
Bio Chips
Programs are executed on the basis of a

priority number in a
Which of the following are the two main
Batch processing system
components of the CPU?
Control Unit and Registers
Multiprogramming
Time sharing
Registers and Main Memory
None of these
Control unit and ALU
ALU and bus

When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer
introduced in the market?
scanner
1964
speaker
1970
monitor
1983
projector
1986
Which of the following is true?

When was the world’s first laptop computer
introduced in the market and by whom?
Hewlett-Packard
Fields are composed of bytes
Epson, 1981
Records are composed of fields
Laplink traveling software In1982

Fields are composed of characters
Tandy model-2000, 1985
All of above
Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier
known by different name which was changed
in 1924. What was that name?
Who built the world’s first electronic
Computer Tabulating Recording Co. calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs
and batteries?
The Tabulator Ltd.

Claude Shannon
International Computer Ltd.
Konrard Zues
None of above
George Stibits
The personnel who deals with the computer
and its management put together are called
Software
Howard H. Aiken
Human ware
WAN is a most used abbreviation in
Firmware Networking, what is its full form?
WAP Area Network

Hardware
Wide Area Network

Which of the following is input device?
In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand
for
Wide Array of Network
Additional Terminals
Wireless Access Network
Advance technology
In which language is source program written?
Applied technology
English
Advanced terminology
Symbolic
Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges

between
High level
2KB to 8KB
Temporary
64KB & 256KB

Which of the following is correct acronym of
VGA?
256KB & 640KB

Video Graphics Array
None of these
Visual Graphics Array
What is the number of read-write heads in

Volatile Graphics Array the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
9
Video Graphics Adapter
16
A song being played on computer speaker is
hard output 18
soft output 27
Apple company used chips from ______ for its

both hard and soft output
computers
neither hard nor soft output

Intel
Motorola Use of natural language
Both of above artificial intelligence
None of above bio-chips
Which of the following is a feature of fifth All of above

generation computers?
23
Which of the following will happen when data
is entered into a memory location?
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal
Society for his
It will add to the content of the location
Difference Engine
It will change the address of the memory location
Analytic Engine
It will erase the previous content
Binary System in Analytic Engine

It will not be fruitful if there is already some data
at the location
His concept of input, mill, output and

storage
Which device is used as the standard pointing
device in a Graphical User Environment?
A computer which CPU speed around 100

million instruction per second and with the
word length of around 64 bits is known as Keyboard
Super computer Mouse
Mini computer Joystick
Micro computer Track ball
Macro computer Mini computers and micro computers are

from which generation of computers?
When we look at the cost, which of the

following computer is most expensive? First
Mainframe Computer Second
Mini Computers Third
Micro Computers Fourth
Super Computers Pick the one that is used for logical operations
or comparisons such as less than equal to or
greater than.
Arithmetic and Logic Unit his concept of input, mill and output
Control Unit All of above
Both of above Which of the following is used only for data

entry and storage, and never for processing?
None of above
Mouse
The operating speed of third generation

computer was Dumb terminal
Milliseconds Micro computer
Microseconds Dedicated data entry system
Nanoseconds What was the first computer brought in

Nepal?
Picoseconds
ICL/2950
Which of the following is true?

ENIAC
Mark I was 8 feet long

IBM 1401

None of above

The primary advantage of key-to-tape data
entry system is
None of above
A large percentage of editing can be performed at

the time of data entry
Charles Babbage is considered the father of
modern computers because
Key verification is easily performed
of his difference engine
The tape is reusable
of his analytical engine

Keying errors can be detected as they occur. concept. How many numbers could it store in
its internal memory?
Basic is ________ language.

100
a procedural
20
an object oriented
40
both A and B
80
none of the above

The computer that process both analog and
digital is called
A computer Program that translates one

program instruction at a time into machine
language is called a/an Analog computer
Interpreter Digital computer
CPU Hybrid computer
Compiler Mainframe computer
Simulator What was the name of the first commercially

available microprocessor chip?
Which of the following have the fastest

access time? Intel 308
Semiconductor Memories Intel 33
Magnetic Disks Intel 4004
Magnetic Tapes Motorola 639
Compact Disks Which of the following class of computers can

process physical quantities such as speed?
The first electronic general purpose digital

computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called Analog Computers
ENIAC did not work on the stored program
16
Digital Computers
Hybrid Computers
When did IBM introduce the 20286 based

PC/AT?
None of above
1982
How many types of storage loops exists in
magnetic bubble memory
1984
1985
1989
24
One computer that is not considered a
portable computer is
The silicon chips used for data processing are
called
RAM chips Minicomputer
A laptop computer
ROM chips
Micro processors Tablet PC
All of the above
PROM chips
Computers built before the First Generation

of computers were:
Which computers used operating systems by
Mechanical
Microsoft?
Electro-mechanical
IBM PCs
Electrical
Apple/Macintosh PCs
None of these
IBM Compatibles
Which of the following is a way to access

Both A & C
secondary memory?
Random access memory
One of the main feature that distinguish Action method

microprocessors from micro-computer is
Words are usually large in microprocessors

Transfer method
Words are shorter in microprocessors

Density method
Microprocessor does not contain I/O device

What is System Analysis?
Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
The design of the screen the user will see and use
Napier’s Bones were invented in
to enter or display data
1614
System analysis defines the format and type of
data the program will use
1617
System Analysis involves creating formal model of

1620
the problem to be solved
None of above
None of the above

The two basic types of record access methods
are:
Which of the following devices have a limitation
that we can only store information to it but
cannot erase or modify it?
Sequential and random
Floppy Disk
Sequential and indexed

Hard Disk
Tape Drive
Direct and immediate
CDROM
Online and real time
Which is an item of storage medium in the

form of circular plate?
Artificial Intelligence is associated with which
generation?
Disk
First Generation
CPU
Second Generation
Printer
ALU
Fifth Generation
Daisy wheel printer is a type of
Matrix printer Sixth Generation
Impact printer One of a class of storage device devices that

can access storage locations in any order is
Laser printer
DTE
Manual printer
DASD
A number system that has eight different
symbols to represent any quantity is known
as
DDE
Binary
DDE
Octal
Decimal
The actual execution of instructions happens

in
Hexadecimal
ALU
CU Netscape
Memory Which converts the user data into machine

readable form?
None of above
input unit, output unit, control unit
Floppy disks are available in

central processing unit
Single side single density

output unit
Single side double density

decoder unit
Both of above
In what respect human beings are superior to
computers?
None of above
Diligence
Which of the following is not electro-

mechanical computer?
Intelligence
Z3
Slavery
ABC
Reliability
mark I
As compared to the secondary memory, the
primary memory of a computer is
ENIAC
Large
Which of the following is a programming

language?
Cheap
Lotus
Fast
Pascal
Slow
MS-Excel
The language that the computer can How was the generation of computer
understand and execute is called classified?
Machine language by the device used in memory & processor
Application software by the speed of computer
System program by the model of the computer
All of above by the accuracy of computer
25
Sensor
Which of the following is not a feature of first

generation computers
Which of the following is not a primary
They used vacuum tubes or valves as main storage device?
electronic component
Magnetic tape
They consumed lots of electricity and produced

excessive heat Magnetic disk
They used machine language and assembly Optical disk

language to program the machine
All of above
None of above
Who invented Analytical engine?
Blaise Pascal
CAD stands for

George Bool
Computer aided design
Charles Babbage
Computer algorithm for design
Computer application in design

Dr. Herman Hollerith
All of the above

CPU speed of a personal computer is
32 KIPS
Which of the following memories has the

shortest access times?
100 KIPS
1 MIPS
Cache memory
Magnetic bubble memory
None of these
Magnetic core memory
RAM Circular division of disks to store and retrieve

data are known as
A small or intelligent device is so called

because it contains within it a tracks
Computer sectors
Microcomputer cycles
Programmable rings
Which statement is valid?
1KB = 1024 bytes

Multiprogramming
1 MB=2048 bytes
Modulation
1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
Multiprocessing
1 KB = 1000 bytes
Micro program sequence
The least significant bit of the binary number,

which is equivalent to any odd decimal
number, is:
While inserting a diskette into the diskette
0 drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should
face
1
East
1 or 0
North
3
South
The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that
senses the movement by the change in its
capacitance,
Up
Capacitance keyboard
Most of the inexpensive personal computers
Mechanical keyboard do not have any disk or diskette drive. What
is the name of such computes?
Qwerty keyboard
Home computers
Dvorak keyboard
Diskless computers
The Stepped Reckoner was invented by

Dedicated computers
John Napier
General purpose computers

William Oughtred
Gottfried Leibnitz
What is a light pen?
Blaise Pascal
Mechanical Input device
A term used to describe interconnected

computer configuration is
Optical input device
ISO
Electronic input device
In order to play and hear sound on a

computer, one needs:
Optical output device
a sound card and speakers

Which of the following class of computers can
not support multiple users simultaneously?
a microphone
Mainframe Computer
all of them required
Mini Computers
none of them required
Micro Computers
Which of the following devices can be sued to

directly image printed text?
All of them can support
OCR
Which of the following is considered first
computer in the world?
OMR
Z3
MICR
ABC
All of above
Mark I
For which of the following computers can’t be

used?
None of above
gathering data
When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which
standard is used for converting the keystroke
into the corresponding bits?
calculating data
ANSI
comparing data
ASCII
Arranging data
EBCDIC
Which of the following is called low level Assembly language
languages?
Both of the above

Machine language
None of above
26
A factor which would strongly influence a Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing
business person to adopt a computer is its machine
Accuracy Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
Accounting machine, keypunch machine and

sorter
Reliability
Speed
Which device is required for the Internet
connection?
All of above Joystick
Modem
CD Drive
Who invented punched cards?
Charles Babbage
Dr. Herman Hollerith NIC Card
Howard Aikin A set of rods where numbers were carved and

used for multiplication and division aids is
Joseph Jacquard known as
Pascaline
Each model of a computer has a unique
Assembly of a computer Napier’s Bones
Stepped Reckoner
Machine language
High level language Slide Rule
All of the above Seek time is
time to position the head over proper track
time to position the head over proper sector

Which of the following is not a primary
storage device?
time to position the head over proper cylinder
Magnetic tape none of above
Magnetic disk
Tape speed is measured in
Optical disk Feet per second
All of the above
Inch per second
In a punched card system, data is processed Meter per second

by a
Centimeter per second
Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
his computers were very complicated and it took
time for the people to recognize its power
Punched cards were first introduced by
of political reasons. He was German.

Powers
Pascal
All of the above
Jacquard
Any method for controlling access to or use of

Herman Hollerith memory is known
Which computer support co-processors? Memory map
XT computer
AT computers
Memory protection
None of these
Memory management
Both of these
Memory instruction
A floppy disk contains
Circular tracks only

In what respect computers are superior to
human beings?
Sectors only
Both circular tracks and sectors Diligence
None of the above
Intelligence
The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
1.40 MB Both of above
1.44 GB
1.40 GB
None of above
1.44 MB
Com in Latin is
intensifying prefix
The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long

ignored because
intensifying suffix
He made the computers secretly
a term that means to reckon

None of above
Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
The system unit of a personal computer

typically contains all of the following except:
Medium System Integrated Circuits
Microprocessor
Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
Disk controller
Medium System Intelligent Circuit
Serial interface
A Pixel is _________
Modem
A computer program that draws picture
Which of the following is related to fifth

generation computers? A picture stored in secondary memory
Knowledge information processing system

The smallest resolvable part of a picture
Very large scale integration (VLSI)

None of these
Both of above
A/n _____ Device is any device that provides
information, which is sent to the CPU
Only b
Input
The process of starting a or restarting a

computer system by loading instructions Output
from a secondary storage device into the
computer memory is called
CPU
Duping
Memory
Booting
What was the nick name of the computer used

by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb
Padding
project?
CPS ENIAC
MSI stands for EDSAC

MANIAC UNIVAC
27
Which is the type of memory for Which computer memory is used for storing
information that does not change on your programs and data currently being
computer? processed by the CPU?
RAM Mass memory
ROM Internal memory
ERAM Non-volatile memory
RW / RAM PROM
LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which Which of the following code used in present
generation? day computing was developed by IBM
Corporation?
First
ASCII
Second Hollerith Code
Third Baudot Code
Fourth EBCDIC Code
Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of When was the transistors
Hard Disk Drives? invented?
IBM 1948
Seagate 1938
Microsoft 1958
3M 1968
In the third Generation of computers
Networking such as LAN, MAN

started from
First generation An operating system was first
developed
Second generation
High level procedural language were
first used
Third generation
Online real time systems first become

popular
Distributed data processing first
became popular
Fourth generation Most important advantage of an IC is its
Which characteristic of computer Easy replacement in case of circuit failure

distinguishes it from electronic calculators?
Extremely high reliability

Accuracy
Reduced cost
Storage
Lower power consumption

Versatility
Which of the following magazines covers only

Automatic the IBM PC and its compatibles?
Which of the following registers is used to Byte

keep track of address of the memory location
where the next instruction is located?
PC Magazine
Memory address register
Personal Computing
Memory data register
Interface Age
Instruction register
UNIVAC was a first generation computer.

What is its full form?
Program counter

Which of the following is not the
classification of computers based on
application?
Unique Automatic Computer Unvalued Automatic Computer
Hybrid Computers
Electronic
Computers
Which of the following is required when
more than one person uses a central
computer at the same time?
Analog
Computers
Terminal
Digital
Computers
Light pen
Digitizer
Which of the following is not a type of Mouse

Software
Which of the following is not an output

System Software device?
Application Software Scanner
Utility Software Printer
Entertainment Software Flat Screen
Who invented the high level language Touch Screen

C?
A) Dennis M. Ritchie
588. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a
B) Niklaus Writh
main circuit board. What is the common name for such
C) Seymour Papert
boards?
A) Daughterboard
D) Donald Kunth
B) Motherboard
578. What do you call the programs that are used to find out
C) Father board
D) Childboard
possible faults and their causes?

A) Operating system extensions
B) Cookies
C) Diagnostic software
D) Boot diskettes
28
Answ
ers
29
1-A
2-D
3-D
4-D
5-C
6-A
7-C
8-D
9-C
10-B
11-C
12-C
13-D
14-C
15-C
16-B
17-B
18-B
19-C
20-D
21-B
22-D
23-C
24-B
25-A
26-B
27-B
28-A
29-B
30-D
31-B
32-D
33-A
34-A
35-A
36-D
37-A
38-C
39-B
40-B
41-C
42-B
43-C
44-D
45-C
46-A
47-B
48-D
49-A
50-B
51-D
52-B
53-B
54-D
55-C
56-C
57-C
58-C
59-B
60-B
61-C
62-B
63-D
64-A
65-D
66-D
67-C
68-A
69-B
70-C
71-C
72-B
73-C
74-D
75-B
76-A
77-D
78-C
79-A
80-A
81-C
82-D
83-C
84-B
85-D
86-D
87-A
88-C
89-D
90-D
91-D
92-C
93-C
94-A
95-D
96-B
97-D
98-C
99-C
100-B
101-B
102-C
103-B
104-B
105-B
106-C
107-B
108-C
109-C
110-C
111-C
112-D
113-A
114-C
115-B
116-B
117-C
118-C
119-A
120-D
121-A
122-A
123-A
124-B
125-A
126-D
127-B
128-C
129-B
130-B
131-C
132-A
133-A
134-B
135-B
136-A
137-B
138-A
139-B
140-D
141-C
142-C
143-D
144-B
145-C
146-C
147-C
148-C
149-C
150-A
151-C
152-D
153-B
154-D
155-C
156-D
157-A
158-B
159-B
160-B
161-B
162-A
163-B
164-A
165-B
166-A
167-B
168-B
169-C
170-D
171-C
172-A
173-A
174-A
175-C
176-A
177-C
178-A
179-C
180-A
181-A
182-A
183-C
184-A
185-D
186-D
187-C
188-B
189-C
190-A
191-C
192-A
193-C
194-A
195-A
196-A
197-A
198-D
199-B
200-A
201-B
202-A
203-D
204-D
205-B
206-B
207-C
208-C
209-A
210-D
211-C
212-B
213-C
214-D
215-D
216-B
217-D
218-A
219-B
220-C
221-D
222-A
223-C
224-B
225-A
226-D
227-D
228-C
229-D
230-A
231-D
232-C
233-A
234-D
235-B
236-A
237-A
238-B
239-A
240-C
241-D
242-C
243-A
244-A
245-C
246-A
247-D
248-D
249-C
250-D
251-D
252-A
253-A
254-B
255-C
256-D
257-D
258-C
259-C
260-B
261-D
262-D
263-A
264-B
265-A
266-C
267-D
268-C
269-B
270-D
271-B
272-B
273-C
274-D
275-A
276-C
277-C
278-C
279-B
280-A
281-C
282-C
283-C
284-A
285-B
286-D
287-B
288-A
289-A
290-A
291-C
292-D
293-C
294-A
295-B
296-B
297-C
298-B
299-C
300-A
301-B
302-C
303-B
304-A
305-B
306-D
307-A
308-D
309-D
310-D
311-B
312-D
313-C
314-D
315-C
316-D
317-C
318-B
319-B
320-A
321-B
322-B
323-A
324-B
325-B
326-B
327-B
328-D
329-D
330-A
331-B
332-D
333-A
334-D
335-D
336-B
337-B
338-A
339-C
340-A
341-C
342-D
343-D
344-A
345-C
346-A
347-C
348-C
349-A
350-A
351-b
352-A
353-D
354-B
355-D
356-D
357-C
358-C
359-A
360-C
361-D
362-C
363-A
364-D
365-B
366-A
367-D
368-B
369-C
370-D
371-A
372-C
373-D
374-A
375-A
376-D
377-A
378-A
379-A
380-A
381-A
382-D
383-B
384-B
385-B
386-B
387-D
388-A
389-A
390-C
391-D
392-A
393-C
394-A
395-A
396-D
397-B
398-B
399-D
400-B
401-A
402-A
403-A
404-A
405-A
406-D
407-D
408-A
409-D
410-A
411-C
412-C
413-C
414-B
415-D
416-D
417-A
418-C
419-B
420-C
421-D
422-C
423-C
424-D
425-A
426-A
427-C
428-B
429-A
430-A
431-B
432-B
433-D
434-C
435-D
436-C
437-B
438-C
439-C
440-D
441-A
442-C
443-C
444-C
445-A
446-D
447-D
448-D
449-D
450-D
451-B
452-C
453-B
454-C
455-C
456-A
457-B
458-C
459-B
460-C
461-B
462-B
463-B
464-A
465-D
466-C
467-B
468-C
469-A
470-B
471-B
472-C
473-A
474-B
475-D
476-A
477-A
478-D
479-C
480-B
481-D
482-A
483-C
484-D
485-C
486-B
487-C
488-C
489-A
490-A
491-A
492-B
493-C
494-C
495-A
496-D
497-B
498-C
499-D
500-C
501-B
502-A
503-B
504-A
505-C
506-D
507-A
508-B
509-B
510-A
511-C
512-B
513-A
514-C
515-D
516-B
517-A
518-B
519-C
520-A
521-A
522-C
523-A
524-A
525-D
526-D
527-C
528-B
529-A
530-A
531-A
532-A
533-C
534-A
535-D
536-B
537-B
538-C
539-C
540-A
541-A
542-A
543-A
544-C
545-D
546-D
547-B
548-D
549-D
550-B
551-B
552-A
553-B
554-D
555-B
556-C
557-D
558-C
559-B
560-A
561-A
562-D
563-A
564-B
565-A
566-C
567-A
568-C
569-B
570-D
571-B
572-D
573-C
574-D
575-A
576-D
577-A
578-C
579-B
580-D
581-A
582-D
583-B
584-B
585-A
586-A
587-D
588-B
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Computer Fundamentals

Universal Automatic Computer

Universal Array Computer

Unique Automatic Computer

What is the main difference between a

Super computer is much larger than mainframe

Super computers are much smaller than

Logical operation Supercomputers are focused to execute few

Supercomputers are focused to execute as many

The two major types of computer chips are

ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character

External memory chip

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange

Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code

Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code

Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

The brain of any computer system is

CPU Computer is free from tiresome and

Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on

tracks per inch of surface

bits per inch of tracks

disk pack in disk surface

The two kinds of main memory are:

Primary and secondary

Random and sequential

ROM and RAM

A storage area used to store data to a

Memory Magnetic memory

Buffer None of above

Resembles digital computer Integrated Circuits

Resembles analogue computer None of above

None of the above

Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code

Minicomputers Ink-jet printer

Microcomputers Laser printer

Mainframe computers What are the stages in the compilation

Feasibility study, system design and testing

Implementation and documentation

Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code

None of the above

Which of the following IC was used in third

Cache memory SSI

Chief component of first generation computer MSI

The main electronic component used in first extensive memory

independent processing capability

a keyboard and screen

The output quality of a printer is measured by

Dot per sq. inch

Dot per inch

Magneto Optic Disk

Dots printed per unit time

Which computer was considered the first

Which of the following was a special purpose ENIAC

A physical connection between the

What was the computer invented by

Mark I Address bus

Z3 All of the above

None of above High density double sided floppy disks could

Which of the following storage devices can

1.40 GB In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device

Dot matrix printer

In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives,

Which of the following is not an input device?