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1. UNIVAC isa. Universal Automatic Computerb. Universal Array Computerc. Unique Automatic Computerd. Unvalued Automatic Computer2. CD-ROM stands fora. Compactable Read Only Memoryb. Compact Data Read Only Memoryc. Compactable Disk Read Only Memoryd. Compact Disk Read Only Memory3. ALU isa. Arithmetic Logic Unitb. Array Logic Unitc. Application Logic Unitd. None of above4. VGA isa. Video Graphics Arrayb. Visual Graphics Arrayc. Volatile Graphics Arrayd. Video Graphics Adapter5. IBM 1401 isa. First Generation Computerb. Second Generation Computerc. Third Generation Computerd. Fourth Generation Computer6. MSI stands fora. Medium Scale Integrated Circuitsb. Medium System Integrated Circuitsc. Medium Scale Intelligent Circuitd. Medium System Intelligent Circuit7. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk isa. 1.40 MBb. 1.44 GBc. 1.40 GBd. 1.44 MB8. The first computer introduced in Nepal wasa. IBM 1400b. IBM 1401c. IBM 1402d. IBM14029. WAN stands fora. Wap Area Networkb. Wide Area Networkc. Wide Array Netd. Wireless Area Network10. MICR stands fora. Magnetic Ink Character Readerb. Magnetic Ink Code Readerc. Magnetic Ink Cases Readerd. None

11. EBCDIC stands fora. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Codeb. Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Codec. Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Coded. Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code12. BCD isa. Binary Coded Decimalb. Bit Coded Decimalc. Binary Coded Digitd. Bit Coded Digit13. ASCII stands fora. American Stable Code for International Interchangeb. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchangec. American Standard Code for Information Interchanged. American Standard Code for Interchange Information 14. Which of the following is first generation of computera. EDSACb. IBM-1401c. CDC-1604d. ICL-290015. Chief component of first generation computer wasa. Transistorsb. Vacuum Tubes and Valvesc. Integrated Circuitsd. None of above16. FORTRAN isa. File Translationb. Format Translationc. Formula Translationd. Floppy Translation17. EEPROM stand fora. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memoryb. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memoryc. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memoryd. None of the above

18. Second Generation computers were developed duringa. 1949 to 1955b. 1956 to 1965c. 1965 to 1970d. 1970 to 199019. The computer size was very large in a. First Generationb. Second Generationc. Third Generationd. Fourth Generation20. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computersa. First Generationb. Second Generationc. Third Generationd. Fourth Generation21. Which generation of computer is still under developmenta. Fourth Generationb. Fifth Generationc. Sixth Generationd. Seventh Generation22. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?a. First Generationb. Second Generationc. Fifth Generationd. Sixth Generation23. Which operation is not performed by computera. Inputtingb. Processingc. Controllingd. Understanding24. Fifth generation computer is also known asa. Knowledge information processing systemb. Very large scale integration (VLSI)c. Both of aboved. None of above25. Central Processing Unit is combination of a. Control and storageb. Control and output unitc. Arithmetic logic and input unitd. Arithmetic logic and control unit26. The brain of any computer system isa. Control Unit

b. Arithmetic Logic Unitc. Central Processing Unitd. Storage Unit27. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.a. Arithmetic and Logic Unitb. Control Unitc. Both of aboved. None of above28. Analog computer works on the supply of a. Continuous electrical pulsesb. Electrical pulses but not continuousc. Magnetic strengthd. None of the above29. Digital devices area. Digital Clockb. Automobile speed meterc. Clock with a dial and two handsd. All of them30. The computer that process both analog and digital is calleda. Analog computerb. Digital computerc. Hybrid computerd. Mainframe computer31. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?a. It is a plastic ribbonb. It is coated on both sides with iron oxidec. It can be erased and reusedd. All of above32. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape isa. 7-bit ASCIIb. 7-bit EBCDICc. 8-bit ASCIId. 8-bit EBCDIC33. Which of the following is associated with error detector?a. Odd parity bitb. Even parity bitc. Both of the aboved. None of above34. Tape speed is measured ina. Feet per secondb. Inch per secondc. Meter per secondd. Centimeter per second

35. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium fora. Direct accessb. Sequential accessc. Both of aboved. None of above36. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends ona. tracks per inch of surfaceb. bits per inch of tracksc. disk pack in disk surfaced. All of above37. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk bya. Read/write leadsb. Sectorsc. Trackd. Lower surface38. Access time isa. seek time + latency timeb. seek timec. seek time – latency timed. latency time39. Seek time isa. time to position the head over proper trackb. time to position the head over proper sectorc. time to position the head over proper cylinderd. none of above40. Latency time isa. Time to spin the needed data under headb. Time to spin the needed data under trackc. Time to spin data under sectord. All of above41. Floppy disks are available ina. Single side single densityb. Single side double densityc. Both of aboved. None of above42. Floppy disks typically in diametera. 3”b. 5.25”c. 8”d. All of above43. Hard disk is coated in both side abovea. Magnetic metallic oxideb. Optical metallic oxidec. Carbon layer

d. All of the above44. Binary circuit elements havea. One stable stateb. Two stable statec. Three stable stated. None of above45. Which statement is valid?a. 1KB = 1024 bytesb. 1 MB=2048 bytesc. 1 MB = 1000 kilobytesd. 1 KB = 1000 bytes46. Which statement is valid about computer program?a. It is understood by a computerb. It is understood by programmerc. It is understood userd. Both of above47. Software in computera. Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machineb. Increase the speed of central processing unitc. Both of aboved. None of above48. Which of the following is not computer language?a. High level languageb. Medium level languagec. Low level languaged. All of the above49. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?a. Machine languageb. Assembly languagec. High level languaged. None of above50. Instruction in computer languages consists ofa. OPCODEb. OPERANDc. Both of aboved. None of above51. Machine language isa. Machine dependentb. Difficult to programc. Error proned. All of above

52. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language?a. Machine languageb. Assembly languagec. High level languaged. None of above53. The translator program used in assembly language is calleda. Compilerb. Interpreterc. Assemblerd. Translator54. Easily reloctable language isa. Machine languageb. Assembly languagec. High level languaged. Medium level language55. Which of the following is called low level languages?a. Machine languageb. Assembly languagec. Both of the aboved. None of above56. which of the following is problem oriented language?a. High level languageb. Machine languagec. Assembly languaged. Low level language57. A compiler is a translating program whicha. Translates instruction of a high level language into machine languageb. Translates entire source program into machine language programc. It is not involved in program’s executiond. All of above58. Which of the following is machine independence program?a. High level languageb. Low level languagec. Assembly languaged. Machine language59. Which statement is valid about interpreter?a. It translates one instruction at a timeb. Object code is saved for future usec. Repeated interpretation is not necessaryd. All of above60. Which is the limitation of high level language?

a. Lower efficiencyb. Machine dependencec. machine level codingd. None of above61. High level language is also calleda. Problem oriented languageb. Business oriented languagec. Mathematically oriented languaged. All of the above62. A computer programmera. Does all the thinking for a computerb. Can enter input data quicklyc. Can operate all types of computer equipmentsd. Can draw only flowchart63. CD-ROM is aa. Semiconductor memoryb. Memory registerc. Magnetic memoryd. None of above64. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?a. Magnetic tapeb. Magnetic diskc. Optical diskd. None of above65. A name or number used to identify storage location devices?a. A byteb. A recordc. An addressd. All of above66. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?a. Keyboardb. Diskc. ALUd. All of the above67. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is … and storage is …a. Temporary, permanentb. Permanent, temporaryc. Slow, fastd. All of above68. A floppy disk containsa. Circular tracks onlyb. Sectors onlyc. Both circular tracks and sectorsd. All of the above

69. The octal equivalent of 111010 isa. 81b. 72c. 71d. None of above70. The first electronic computer in the world wasa. UNIVACb. EDVACc. ENIACd. All of above71. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is calleda. ASCIIb. EBCDICc. BCDd. All of above72. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?a. Analytical Engineb. Arithmetic Machinec. Donald Kunthd. All of above73. Offline device isa. A device which is not connected to CPUb. A device which is connected to CPUc. A direct access storage deviced. An I/O device74. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?a. Memory address registersb. Memory data registersc. Instruction registerd. Program counter75. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?a. Memory address registerb. Memory data registerc. Instruction registerd. Program counter76. Microprocessors can be used to makea. Computersb. Digital systemsc. Calculators

d. All of above77. how many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?a. 10b. 11c. 8d. 1278. which American computer company is called Big Blue?a. Microsoftb. Compaq Corpc. IBMd. Tandy Svenson79. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?a. 1982b. 1984c. 1985d. 198980. When was the X window system born?a. 1984b. 1989c. 1988d. 199081. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?a. Tabulator Machine Co.b. Computer Tabulating Recording Co.c. The Tabulator Ltd.d. International Computer Ltd.82. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIA did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?a. 100b. 20c. 40d. 8083. The digital computer was developed primarily ina. USSRb. Japanc. USAd. UK

84. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science ofa. Geneticsb. Control and communicationc. Molecular biologyd. Biochemistry85. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?a. Pascalb. Hollerithc. Babbaged. Jacquard86. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?a. Home computersb. Diskless computersc. Dedicated computersd. General purpose computers87. Which of the following require large computers memory?a. Imagingb. Graphicsc. Voiced. All of Above88. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:a. EFTSb. MPGc. MIPSd. CPS89. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is calleda. Dupingb. Bootingc. Paddingd. CPS90. Who invented the microprocessor?a. Marcian E Huffb. Herman H Goldsteinc. Joseph Jacquardd. All of above91. One computer that is not considered a portable isa. Minicomputer

b. Laptop computerc. Notebook computerd. All of above92. the accuracy of the floating point numbers represent able in two 16bit words of a computer is approximatelya. 16 digitsb. 6 digitsc. 4 digitsd. All of above93. a dumb terminal hasa. an embedded microprocessorb. extensive memoryc. independent processing capabilityd. a keyboard and screen94. plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability anda. buffer sizeb. resolutionc. vertical dimensiond. intelligence95. bit map terminala. support display containing multiple windowb. require considerable amount of video RAMc. requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performanced. all of above96. how many symbols exist in Baudot code?a. 32b. 116c. 58d. 7697. Daisy wheel printer is a type ofa. Matrix printerb. Impact printerc. Laser printerd. Manual printer98. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by thea. Block definitionb. Record contain clausec. Blocking factord. Record per block

99. Serial access memories are useful in applications wherea. Data consists of numbersb. Short access time is requiredc. Each stored word is processed differentlyd. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form100. how many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memorya. 8b. 4c. 16d. 2101. which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?a. Static RAMb. Dynamic RAMc. EPROMd. ROM102. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactureda. ROMb. RAMc. PROMd. EPROM103. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?a. Magnetic coreb. Semiconductorc. Magnetic taped. Both semiconductor and magnetic tape104. The control unit of a microprocessora. Stores data in the memoryb. Accepts input data from keyboardc. Performs arithmetic/logic functiond. None of above105. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known asa. PCb. Flagsc. Memory Address Registersd. General Purpose Registers106. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is

a. Words are usually large in microprocessorsb. Words are shorter in microprocessorsc. Microprocessor does not contain I/O deviced. Exactly the same as the machine cycle time107. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?a. IBM PS/2b. HP-9830c. DeskPro-386d. IBM-360108. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?a. Hewlett-Packard, 1980b. Epson, 1981c. Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982d. Tandy Model-200, 1985109. The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was calleda. 8008b. 8080c. 4004d. 8800110. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?a. Claude Shannonb. Konrard Zuesc. George Stibitsd. Howard H. Aiken111. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtracts, multiply, divide and find square roots?a. Napierb. Babbagec. Pascald. Leibniz112. IBM 7000 digital computera. Belongs to second generationb. Uses VLSIc. Employs semiconductor memoryd. Has modular constructions

113. The proper definition of a modern digital computer isa. An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbersb. A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculatorc. Any machine that can perform mathematical operationsd. A machine that works on binary code114. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant fora. Doing quick mathematical calculationsb. Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of datac. Electronic data processingd. Performing repetitive tasks accurately115. An integrated circuit isa. A complicated circuitb. An integrating devicec. Much costlier than a single transistord. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip116. Most important advantage of an IC is itsa. Easy replacement in case of circuit failureb. Extremely high reliabilityc. Reduced costd. Lower power consumption117. In a punched card system, data is processed by aa. Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machineb. Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machinec. Sorter, posting machine, and billing machined. Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter118. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was;a. ENIACb. Mark Ic. Analytic engined. UNIVAC-I119. In the third generation of computers:a. Distributed data processing first became popularb. An operating system was first developed

c. High-level prcedu7ral languages were firs usedd. On-line, real time systems first became popular120. A characteristic of card systems is:a. Slowness in processing datab. Using cards as records of transactionsc. Needing a larger DP staffd. All of the above121. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:a. Small-scale computerb. Medium-scale computerc. Large-scale computerd. Super computer122. The first firm to mass- market a microcomputer as a personal computer wasa. IBMb. Sperry Univacc. Data General corporationd. Radio Shack123. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms ofa. Speedb. Accuracyc. Costd. Memory124. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?a. 1820b. 1860c. 1855d. 1870125. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?a. PDP-I, 1958b. IBM System/36, 1960c. PDP-II, 1961d. VAX 11/780, 1962126. Where was India’s first computer installed and when?a. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977b. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971c. Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., 1968d. Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955

127. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?a. Control unit and registersb. Registers and main memoryc. Control Unit and ALUd. ALU and bus128. Which of the following is true?a. Fields are composed of bytesb. Records are composed of fieldsc. Fields are composed of charactersd. All of above129. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?a. Sequentialb. ISAMc. VSAMd. B-Tree Index130. The two basic types of record-access methods area. Sequential and randomb. Sequential and indexedc. Direct and immediated. On-line and real time131. The advantage of COM are its … and …a. Compact size; speed readabilityb. Compact size, speedc. Readability; speedd. Low cost; readability132. A disadvantage of the laser printer is:a. It is quieter than an impact printerb. It is very slowc. The output is of a lower qualityd. None of above133. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?a. It is expensive relative to magnetic tapeb. It provides only sequential access to stored datac. Users can easily update records by writing over the old datad. All of above134. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system isa. A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entryb. Key verification is easily performedc. The tape is reusable

d. Keying errors can be detected as they occur.135. The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:a. Data collection terminalb. OCR register terminalc. Video Display terminald. POS terminal136. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?a. Bandwidthb. Raster scan ragec. Vertical and horizontal lines of resolutiond. Screen size137. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should facea. Eastb. Northc. Southd. Up138. in which year was UK’s premier computing event called “The which computer” started?a. 1980b. 1985c. 1986d. 1987139. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance,a. Capacitance keyboardb. Mechanical keyboardc. Qwerty keyboardd. Dvorak keyboard140. Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?a. Conductorsb. Busesc. Connectorsd. Connectively

141. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?a. Byteb. PC Magazinec. Personal Computingd. Interface Age142. Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computers?a. Medicalb. Clerical and lawc. Accountingd. None of the above143. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is calleda. Sortingb. Classifyingc. Reproducingd. Summarizing144. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?a. 1964b. 1970c. 1983d. 1986145. What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?a. AX3/33b. NEC-20c. Magnum 2000d. HCL-3000146. What does the disk drive of a computer do?a. Rotate the diskb. Read the diskc. Load a program from the disk into the memoryd. Both b and c147. The language that the computer can understand and execute is calleda. Machine languageb. Application softwarec. System programd. All of above148. An application suitable for sequential processing isa. Processing of grades

b. Payroll processingc. Both a and bd. All of above149. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document isa. Editingb. Writingc. Formattingd. All of above150. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?a. Magnetic drumb. Promc. Floppyd. All of above151. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?a. SRAMb. DRAMc. ROMd. All of above152. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?a. OCRb. OMRc. MICRd. All of above153. The output quality of a printer is measured bya. Dot per inchb. Dot per sq. inchc. Dots printed per unit timed. All of above154. In analog computera. Input is first converted to digital formb. Input is never converted to digital formc. Output is displayed in digital formd. All of above155. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executeda. Parallel onlyb. Sequentially onlyc. Both sequentially and paralleld. All of above156. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?a. Van-Neumannb. Joseph M. Jacquardc. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchlyd. All of above

157. Who invented the high level language c?a. Dennis M. Ritchieb. Niklaus Writhc. Seymour Papertd. Donald Kunth158. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers toa. Console-operatorb. Programmerc. Peoplewared. System Analyst159. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?a. 1978b. 1984c. 1990d. 1991160. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?a. Monitorb. Hardwarec. Robotd. Computer161. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?a. Leechb. Squidc. Slugd. Glitch162. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are nota. Fastb. Powerfulc. Infallibled. Cheap163. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?a. Pixelb. Reverse videoc. Touch screend. Cursor164. IMB launched its first personal computer 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 contributed the video display?a. Indiab. Chinac. Germanyd. Taiwan165. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?a. Daughter boardb. Motherboardc. Father boardd. Breadboard166. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?a. Motherboardb. Breadboardc. Daughter boardd. Grandmother board167. What is meant by a dedicated computer?a. Which is used by one person onlyb. Which is assigned one and only one taskc. Which uses one kind of softwared. Which is meant for application software168. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:a. Microprocessorb. Disk controllerc. Serial interfaced. Modem169. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/ana. Interpreterb. Simulatorc. Compilerd. Commander170. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/ana. Interpreterb. CPUc. Compilerd. Simulator

171. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it aa. Computerb. Microcomputerc. Programmabled. Sensor172. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming froma. Primary memoryb. Control sectionc. External memoryd. Cache memory173. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is calleda. Read-outb. Read fromc. Readd. All of above174. All modern computer operate ona. Informationb. Floppiesc. Datad. Word175. Instructions and memory address are represented bya. Character codeb. Binary codesc. Binary wordd. Parity bit176. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?a. ASCIIb. Hollerith Codec. Baudot Coded. EBCDIC Code177. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?a. Digital paperb. Magneto-optical diskc. WORM diskd. CD-ROM disk178. The most important advantage of a video disk isa. Compactnessb. Potential capacityc. Durabilityd. Cost effectiveness179. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?

a. 9b. 16c. 18d. 27180. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify?a. Track numberb. Sector numberc. Surface numberd. All of above181. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks area. More expensiveb. More portablec. Less rigidd. Slowly accessed182. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?a. Hard disksb. High-density disksc. Diskettesd. Templates183. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?a. It is an output deviceb. It is an input devicec. It is a peripheral deviced. It is hardware item184. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?a. Display screenb. Soft copy terminalc. Hard copy terminald. Plotter185. Dot-matrix is a type ofa. Tapee. Printerf. Diskg. Bus186. The two kinds of main memory are:a. Primary and secondaryb. Random and sequentialc. ROM and RAMd. All of above

187. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is calleda. Laser printerb. Ink-jet printerc. Drum printerd. Chan printer188. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?a. Laser printerb. Inkjet printerc. Daisywheel printerd. Dot matrix printer189. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response isb. Magnetic tapec. Voice response unitd. Voice recognition unite. Voice band190. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?a. It will add to the content of the locationb. It will change the address of the memory locationc. It will erase the previous contentd. It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location191. A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data isa. Memoryb. Bufferc. Accumulatord. Address192. To locate a data item for storage isa. Fieldb. Feedc. Databased. Fetch193. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known asa. system softwareb. application softwarec. utility programsd. operating system194. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known asa. paper tapes

b. magnetic tapec. punched papers taped. card punch195. Time during which a job is processed by the computer isa. Delay timesb. Real timec. Execution timed. Down time196. a computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known asa. Super computerb. Mini computerc. Micro computerd. Macro computer197. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one isa. On-line thesaurusb. Multiprogrammingc. Over lapped processingd. Outline processor198. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a … resident packagea. CPUb. Memoryc. Bufferd. ALU199. The term gigabyte refers toa. 1024 bytesb. 1024 kilobytesc. 1024 megabytesd. 1024 gigabyte200. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?a. 486dxb. Power PCc. 486sxd. 6340201. A/n …. Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPUa. Inputb. Outputc. CPUd. Memory

202. Current SIMMs have either … or … connectors (pins)a. 9 or 32b. 30 or 70c. 28 or 72d. 30 or 72203. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of … or … media with varying capacitiesa. Memory or videob. Magnetic or opticalc. Optical or memoryd. Video or magnetic204. Which of the following is not an input device?a. OCRb. Optical scannersc. Voice recognition deviced. COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)205. The central processing unit (CPU) consists ofa. Input, output and processingb. Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storagec. Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storaged. Control unit, processing, and primary storage206. EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?a. 256b. 16c. 32d. 64207. Which is considered a direct entry input device?a. Optical scannerb. Mouse and digitizerc. Light pend. All of the above208. Which is used for manufacturing chips?a. Busb. Control unitc. Semiconductorsd. A and b only209. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals isa. ASCIIb. BCD

c. EBCDICd. All of above210. A byte consists ofa. One bitb. Four bitsc. Eight bitsd. Sixteen bits211. A hybrid computera. Resembles digital computerb. Resembles analog computerc. Resembles both a digital and analog computerd. None of the above212. The silicon chips used for data processing are calleda. RAM chipsb. ROM chipsc. Micro processorsd. PROM chips213. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are calleda. Hard disksb. Floppy diskc. Winchester diskd. Flexible disk214. A computer consists ofa. A central processing unitb. A memoryc. Input and output unitd. All of the above215. An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change isa. Desktop publishing programb. Databasec. Spreadsheetd. All of above216. The instructions for starting the computer are house ona. Random access memoryb. CD-Romc. Read only memory chipd. All of above217. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element calleda. Semiconductor memoryb. Registersc. Hard disks

d. Magnetic disk218. a factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is itsa. Accuracyb. Reliabilityc. Speedd. All of above219. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known asa. Magnetic core memoryb. Magnetic tape memoryc. Magnetic disk memoryd. Magnetic bubble memory

220. CAD stands fora. Computer aided designb. Computer algorithm for designc. Computer application in designd. All of the above221. RATS stand fora. Regression Analysis Time Seriesb. Regression Analysis Time Sharingc. Real Analysis Seriesd. All of above222. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?a. 1964b. 1975c. 1999d. 1944223. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?a. Intel 308b. Intel 33c. Intel 4004d. Motorola 639224. When were the first minicomputer built?a. 1965b. 1962c. 1971d. 1966225. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known ase. IBM 7090f. Apple – 1g. IBM System / 360

h. VAX-10226. In which language is source program written?a. Englishb. Symbolicc. High leveld. Temporary227. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?a. Non volatileb. Permanentc. Control unitd. Temporary228. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?a. Control busb. Control unitc. Parity unitd. Semiconductor229. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?a. Terminalb. Light penc. Digitizerd. Mouse230. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?a. Mouseb. Dumb terminalc. Micro computerd. Dedicated data entry system231. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/na. RGB monitorb. Plotterc. Ink-jet printerd. Laser printer232. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?a. Daisy wheelb. Dot matrixc. Laserd. Thimble

233. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?a. Wire matrix printerb. Band printerc. Wang image printerd. Both a and c234. The personal computer industry was started bya. IBMb. Applec. Compaqd. HCL235. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand fora. Additional Terminalsb. Advance technologyc. Applied technologyd. Advanced terminology236. Magnetic tape can serve asa. Secondary storage mediab. Output mediac. Input mediad. All of the above237. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will bea. 216b. 65,536c. 64Kd. Any of the above238. The two major types of computer chips area. External memory chipb. Primary memory chipc. Microprocessor chipd. Both b and c239. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer isa. Largeb. Cheapc. Fastd. Slow240. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?a. Random access memoryb. Action methodc. Transfer methodd. Density method

241. Which was the most popular first generation computer?a. IBM 1650b. IBM 360c. IBM 1130d. IBM 2700242. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?a. To produce resultb. To compare numbersc. To control flow of informationd. To do math’s works243. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot performa. Arithmetic Operationb. Logic operationc. Fetch operationsd. Either of the above244. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink power?a. Daisy wheel printerb. Line printerc. Laser printerd. Thermal printer245. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?a. Laser printerb. Ink jet printerc. Plotterd. Dot matrix printer246. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?a. ROMb. RAMc. EPROMd. None of above247. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?a. Cache memoryb. Magnetic bubble memoryc. Magnetic core memoryd. RAM248. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal toa. 2 byteb. 32 bytec. 4 byted. 8 byte

249. An error in computer data is calleda. Chipb. Bugc. CPUd. Storage device250. A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process isa. Process controlb. ALUc. Register Unitd. Process description251. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is knowna. Memory mapb. Memory protectionc. Memory managementd. Memory instruction252. One millisecond isa. 1 secondb. 10th of a secondsc. 1000th of a secondsd. 10000th of a seconds253. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data isa. CPUb. Memoryc. Mass storaged. Secondary storage254. One of a class of storage device devices that can access storage locations in any order isa. DTEb. DASDc. DDEd. DDE255. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?a. Diskb. CPUc. Printerd. ALU256. Properly arranged data is calleda. Fieldb. Wordsc. Informationd. File257. Another word for a daisy wheel printera. Petal printer

b. Golf ball printerc. Laser printerd. Line printer258. A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration isa. Multiprogrammingb. Modulationc. Multiprocessingd. Micro program sequence259. An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a computer system isa. Keyboardb. Terminalc. Printerd. Plotter260. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the m9crocomputer is known asa. Pathb. Address busc. Routed. All of the above261. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master isa. Cylinderb. Surfacec. Trackd. Cluster262. Number crunch8ier is the informal name fora. Mini computerb. Super computerc. Microcomputerd. Mainframe computer263. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known asa. Pulse code modulationb. Pulse stretcherc. Query processingd. Queue management264. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are calleda. Softwareb. Human warec. Firmwared. Hardware

265. The brain of any computer system isa. ALUb. Memoryc. CPUd. Control unit266. Each model of a computer has a uniquea. Assembly of a computerb. Machine languagec. High level languaged. All of the above267. Computer professionals working in a computer centre area. Softwareb. Firmwarec. Hardwared. Humanware268. Which of the it5ems below are considered removable storage media?a. Removable hard disk cartridgesb. (Magneto-optical) diskc. Flexible disks cartridgesd. All of the above269. Which term is used to describe RAM?a. Dynamic RAM (DRAM)b. Static RAM (SRAM)c. Video RAM (VRAM)d. All of the above270. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?a. Resolutionb. Color depthc. Refresh rated. All of the alcove271. On a PC, how much memory is available to application software?a. 1024 KBb. 760 KBc. 640 KBd. 560 KB272. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?a. Floppy / hard disksb. CD-ROMsc. Tape devicesd. All of the above273. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths?a. 8 bits

b. 12 bitsc. 16 bitsd. 32 bits274. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?a. RAMb. ROMc. ERAMd. RW / RAM275. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded memory specification)?a. Extendedb. Expandedc. Based. Conventional276. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be…….a. Formattedb. Reformattedc. Addressedd. None of the above277. What type of device is computer keyboard?a. Memoryb. Outputc. Storaged. Input278. The original ASCII code used…bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checkinga. 5b. 6c. 7d. 8279. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?a. Motorolab. IBMc. Inteld. AMD280. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?a. Light penb. Mousec. Digitizerd. Terminal

281. A hard copy would be prepared on aa. Line printerb. Dot matrix Printerc. Typewriter terminald. All of the above282. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have… of RAM.a. 4 KBb. 16 Kc. 64 Kd. 256 K283. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphsa. Dot matrix printerb. Digital plotterc. Line printerd. All of the above284. Symbolic logic was discovered bya. George Booleb. Herman Hollerithc. Van Neumannd. Basic Pascal285. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?a. ENIACb. EDSACc. MANIACd. UNIVAC286. The word length of a computer is measured ina. Bytesb. Millimetersc. Metersd. Bits287. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link severala. Personal computersb. Workstationsc. Dumb terminalsd. Mainframes288. What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?a. Grater thanb. Less thanc. Equal to

d. All of the above289. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?a. Disk unitb. Control unitc. ALUd. Modem290. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?a. Datab. Bytesc. Graphicsd. Pictures291. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?a. Minicomputersb. Microcomputersc. Mainframe computersd. Super computer292. Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball isa. Stationaryb. Difficult to movec. Draggedd. Moved in small stems293. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?a. Dumb terminalb. Smart terminalc. VDTd. Intelligent terminal294. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?a. Mass memoryb. Internal memoryc. Non-volatile memoryd. PROM295. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is calleda. Mnemonicsb. Symbolic codec. Gray codesd. Opcode296. Computer operatorsa. writes computer programs for specific problemsb. operate the device which input and output data from the computer

c. normally require a college degree in computer scienced. all of the above297. A computer programmera. Dies all the thinking for a computeb. Can enter input data quicklyc. Can operate all types of computer equipmentd. Can draw only flowchart298. CD-ROMa. Is a `semiconductor memoryb. Memory registerc. Magnetic memoryd. None of the above299. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?a. Magnetic tapeb. Magnetic diskc. Optical diskd. None of the above300. A name or number used to identify a storage location is calleda. A byteb. A recordc. An addressd. All of above301. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?a. Keyboardb. Diskc. ALUd. All of the above302. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is …. and storage is …a. Temporary, permanentb. Permanent, temporaryc. Slow, fastd. All of above303. A floppy disk containsa. Circular tracks onlyb. Sectors onlyc. Both circular tracks and sectorsd. All of the above304. The octal equivalence of 111010 isa. 81b. 72c. 71d. None of above305. The first electronic computer in the world was

a. UNIVACb. EDVACc. ENIACd. All of above306. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is calleda. ASCIIb. EBCDICc. BCDd. All of above307. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?a. Analytical engineb. Arithmetic machinec. Donald Knuthd. All of above308. Offline device isa. A device which is not connected to CPUb. A device which is connected to CPUc. A direct access storage deviced. An I/O device309. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?a. Memory address registerb. Memory data registerc. Instruction registersd. Program counter310. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?a. Memory address registerb. Memory data registerc. Instruction registerd. Program counter311. Microprocessors can be used to makea. Computerb. Digital systemsc. Calculatorsd. All of the above312. How many address lines are needed to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?a. 10b. 11c. 8

d. 12313. Which American Computer Company is called big blue?a. Microsoftb. Compaq Corpc. IBMd. Tandy Sevenson314. When did IBM introduced the 80286 based PC/AT?a. 1982b. 1984c. 1985d. 1989315. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Motley and Accrete called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many number s could it store in its internal memory?a. 100b. 20c. 40d. 80316. The digital computer was developed primarily ina. USSRb. Japanc. USAd. UK317. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science ofa. Geneticsb. Control and communicationsc. Molecular biologyd. Biochemistry318. who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns of a weaving machine?a. Pascalb. Hollerithc. Babbaged. Jacquard319. Most of the inexpensive personal computer does not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?a. Home computersb. Diskless computersc. Dedicated computerd. General computer

320. Which of the following required large computer memory?a. Imagingb. Graphicsc. Voiced. All of above321. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:a. EFTSb. MPGc. MIPSd. CFPS322. The processes of starting or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the completer memory is calleda. Dupingb. Bootingc. Paddingd. All of above323. Who invented the microprocessor?a. Marcian E Huffb. Herman H Goldsteinc. Joseph Jacquardd. All of above324. One computer that is not considered a portable computer isa. Minicomputerb. A laptop computerc. Mini computerd. All of the above325. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximatelya. 16 digitsb. 6 digitsc. 9 digitsd. All of above326. A dumb terminal hasa. An embedded microprocessorb. Extensive memoryc. Independent processingd. A keyboard and screen327. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability anda. Buffer sizeb. Resolutionc. Vertical dimensionsd. Intelligence

328. Daisy wheel printer is a type ofa. Matrix primerb. Impact printerc. Laser printerd. Manual printer329. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by thea. Block definitionb. Record contain clausec. Blocking factord. Record per block factor330. Serial access memories are useful in applications wherea. Data consists of numbersb. Short access time is requiredc. Each stored word is processed differentlyd. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in a serial form331. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?a. Static RAMb. Dynamic RAMc. EPROMd. ROM332. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactureda. POMb. RAMc. PROMd. EPROM333. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?a. Magnetic coreb. Semiconductorc. Magnetic taped. Both a and b334. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known asa. PCb. Memory address registersc. General purpose registerd. Flags335. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computers isa. Words are usually larger in microprocessors

b. Words are shorter in microprocessorsc. Microprocessor does not contain I/O devicesd. Exactly the same as the machine cycle time336. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:a. 0b. 1c. 1 or 0d. 3337. What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?a. Bus controlb. Interruptsc. Bus arbitrationd. Status338. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?a. Hewlett-Packardb. Epson, 1981c. Laplink traveling software Inc. 1982d. Tandy model-2000, 1985339. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was calleda. 8008b. 8080c. 4004d. 8800340. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries/a. Claude Shannonb. Konrard Zuesc. George Stibitsd. Howard H. Aiken341. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?a. Napierb. Babbagec. Pascald. Leibniz

342. IBM 7000 digital computera. Belongs to second generationb. Uses VLSIc. Employs semi conductor memoryd. Has modular constructions343. An integrated circuit isa. A complicated circuitb. An integrating devicec. Much costlier than a single transistord. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip344. Most important advantage of an IC is itsa. Easy replacement in case of circuit failureb. Extremely high reliabilityc. Reduced costd. Low powers consumption345. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:a. ENIACb. Mark-Ic. Analytic Engined. UNIVAC-1346. In the third Generation of computersa. Distributed data processing first became popularb. An operating system was first developedc. High level procedural language were first usedd. Online real time systems first become popular347. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:a. Small scale computerb. Medium scale computerc. Large scale computerd. Super computer348. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer wasa. IBMb. Super UNIVACc. Radio Shaksd. Data General Corporation349. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms ofa. Speedb. Accuracyc. Reliabilityd. Cost

350. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the analytical engine, which he showed at the parts exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?a. 1820b. 1860c. 1855d. 1970351. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?a. PDP-I, 1958b. IBM System/36, 1960c. PDP-II, 1961d. VAX 11/780, 1962352. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?a. Control Unit and Registersb. Registers and Main Memoryc. Control unit and ALUd. ALU and bus353. The two basic types of record access methods are:a. Sequential and randomb. Sequential and indexedc. Direct and immediated. Online and real time354. A disadvantage of the laser printer isa. It is quieter than an impact printerb. It is very slowc. The output is of a lower qualityd. None of the above355. Different components n the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?a. Conductorsb. Busesc. Connectorsd. Consecutives356. The language that the computer can understand and execute is calleda. Machine languageb. Application softwarec. System programd. All of the above

357. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?a. Magnetic drumb. PROMc. Floppy diskd. All of these358. Which of the following memories needs refresh?a. SRAMb. DRAMc. ROMd. All of above359. Which of the following devices can be used to directly input printed text?a. OCRb. OMRc. MICRd. All of above360. The output quality of a printer is measured bya. Dot per cmb. Dots per inchc. Dots printed per unit timed. All of above361. In analog computera. Input is first converted to digital formb. Input is never converted to digital formc. Output is displayed in digital formd. All of the above362. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC/a. Von Neumannb. Joseph M Jacquardc. J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchlyd. All of above363. Modern computers are very reliable but they are nota. Fastb. Powerfulc. Infallibled. Cheap364. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s TRS-80 computers?a. Z-8000b. Motorola 6809c. Z-8808d. Z-80365. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

a. Daughterboardb. Motherboardc. Father boardd. Childboard366. 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?a. Motherboardb. Daughterboardc. Bredboardd. Fatherboard367. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ana. Interpreterb. CPUc. Compilerd. Simulator368. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/ana. Interpreterb. CPUc. Compilerd. Simulator