1. UNIVAC is 6.

ASCII and EBCDIC are the C) Third generation

A) Universal Automatic popular character coding D) Fourth generation
Computer systems. What does EBCDIC
13. CD-ROM is a
B) Universal Array Computer stand for?
A) Semiconductor memory
C) Unique Automatic A) Extended Binary Coded
B) Memory register
Computer Decimal Interchange Code
C) Magnetic memory
D) Unvalued Automatic B) Extended Bit Code
D) None of above
Computer Decimal Interchange Code
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal 14. A hybrid computer
2. The basic operations
Interchange Code A) Resembles digital
performed by a computer
D) Extended Binary Case computer
are
Decimal Interchange Code B) Resembles analogue
A) Arithmetic operation
computer
B) Logical operation 7. The brain of any computer
C) Resembles both a digital
C) Storage and relative system is
and analogue computer
D) All the above A) ALU
D) None of the above
B) Memory
3. The two major types of
C) CPU 15. Which type of computers
computer chips are
D) Control unit uses the 8-bit code called
A) External memory chip
EBCDIC?
B) Primary memory chip 8. Storage capacity of
A) Minicomputers
C) Microprocessor chip magnetic disk depends on
B) Microcomputers
D) Both b and c A) tracks per inch of surface
C) Mainframe computers
B) bits per inch of tracks
4. Microprocessors as D) Super computer
C) disk pack in disk surface
switching devices are for
D) All of above 16. The ALU of a computer
which generation computers
responds to the commands
A) First Generation 9. The two kinds of main
coming from
B) Second Generation memory are:
A) Primary memory
C) Third Generation A) Primary and secondary
B) Control section
D) Fourth Generation B) Random and sequential
C) External memory
C) ROM and RAM
5. What is the main D) Cache memory
D) All of above
difference between a
17. Chief component of first
mainframe and a super 10. A storage area used to
generation computer was
computer? store data to a compensate
A) Transistors
A) Super computer is much for the difference in speed at
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
larger than mainframe which the different units can
C) Integrated Circuits
computers handle data is
D) None of above
B) Super computers are A) Memory
much smaller than B) Buffer 18. To produce high quality
mainframe computers C) Accumulator graphics (hardcopy) in color,
C) Supercomputers are D) Address you would want to use a/n
focused to execute few A) RGB monitor
11. Computer is free from
programs as fast as possible B) Plotter
tiresome and boardoom. We
while mainframe uses its C) Ink-jet printer
call it
power to execute as many D) Laser printer
A) Accuracy
programs concurrently
B) Reliability 19. What are the stages in
D) Supercomputers are
C) Diligence the compilation process?
focused to execute as many
D) Versatility A) Feasibility study, system
programs as possible while
mainframe uses its power to design and testing
12. Integrated Circuits (Ics)
execute few programs as fast B) Implementation and
are related to which
as possible. documentation
generation of computers?
C) Lexical Analysis, syntax
A) First generation
analysis, and code
B) Second generation
generation C) EDVAC 32. Which of the following is
D) None of the above D) All of the above not an input device?
A) OCR
20. Which of the following IC 26. What was the computer
B) Optical scanners
was used in third generation invented by Attanasoff and
C) Voice recognition device
of computers? Clifford?
D) COM (Computer Output
A) SSI A) Mark I
to Microfilm)
B) MSI B) ABC
C) LSI C) Z3 33. The accuracy of the
D) Both a and b D) None of above floating-point numbers
representable in two 16-bit
These 100 MCQ questions 27. Which of the following
words of a computer is
from fundamentals of storage devices can store
approximately
computer is distributed maximum amount of data?
A) 16 digits
through mcqSets.com. A) Floppy Disk
B) 6 digits
Fundamentals of Computer is B) Hard Disk
C) 9 digits
one of the most weighted C) Compact Disk
D) All of above
topic on most of the D) Magneto Optic Disk
competitive computer jobs 34. In most of the IBM PCs,
28. Which computer was
exams. the CPU, the device drivers,
considered the first
memory, expansion slots
21. The main electronic electronic computer until
and active components are
component used in first 1973 when court invalidated
mounted on a single board.
generation computers was the patent?
What is the name of the
A) Transistors A) ENIAC
board?
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves B) MARK I
A) Motherboard
C) Integrated Circuits C) Z3
B) Daughterboard
D) None of above D) ABC
C) Bredboard
22. A dumb terminal has 29. A physical connection D) Fatherboard
A) an embedded between the microprocessor
35. In most IBM PCs, the
microprocessor memory and other parts of
CPU, the device drives,
B) extensive memory the microcomputer is known
memory expansion slots and
C) as
active components are
independent processing capa A) Path
mounted on a single board.
bility B) Address bus
What is the name of this
D) a keyboard and screen C) Route
board?
D) All of the above
23. One millisecond is A) Motherboard
A) 1 second 30. High density double B) Breadboard
B) 10th of a seconds sided floppy disks could C) Daughter board
C) 1000th of a seconds store _____ of data D) Grandmother board
D) 10000th of a seconds A) 1.40 MB
36. Magnetic disks are the
B) 1.44 GB
24. The output quality of a most popular medium for
C) 1.40 GB
printer is measured by A) Direct access
D) 1.44 MB
A) Dot per sq. inch B) Sequential access
B) Dot per inch 31. A high quality CAD C) Both of above
C) Dots printed per unit time system uses the following D) None of above
D) All of the above for printing drawing and
37. A technique used by
graphs
25. Which of the following codes to convert an analog
A) Dot matrix printer
was a special purpose signal into a digital bit
B) Digital plotter
computer? stream is known as
C) Line printer
A) ABC A) Pulse code modulation
D) All of the above
B) ENIAC B) Pulse stretcher
C) Query processing 45. The digital computer computer is distributed
D) Queue management was developed primarily in through mcqSets.com.
A) USSR Fundamentals of Computer is
38. Regarding a VDU, Which
B) Japan one of the most weighted
statement is more correct?
C) USA topic on most of the
A) It is an output device
D) UK competitive computer jobs
B) It is an input device
exams.
C) It is a peripheral device 46. Software in computer
D) It is hardware item A) Enhances the capabilities 51. Abacus was the first
of the hardware machine A) electronic computer
39. A modern electronic
B) Increase the speed of B) mechanical computer
computer is a machine that
central processing unit C) electronic calculator
is meant for
C) Both of above D) mechanical calculator
A) Doing quick
D) None of above
mathematical calculations 52. If in a computer, 16 bits
B) Input, storage, 47. Today’s computer giant are used to specify address
manipulation and outputting IBM was earlier known by in a RAM, the number of
of data different name which was addresses will be
C) Electronic data processing changes in 1924. What was A) 216
D) Performing repetitive that name? B) 65,536
tasks accurately A) Tabulator Machine Co. C) 64K
B) Computing Tabulating D) Any of the above
40. When was vacuum tube
Recording Co.
invented? 53. Instructions and memory
C) The Tabulator Ltd.
A) 1900 address are represented by
D) International Computer
B) 1906 A) Character code
Ltd.
C) 1910 B) Binary codes
D) 1880 48. Before a disk drive can C) Binary word
access any sector record, a D) Parity bit
41. Which of the following
computer program has to
produces the best quality 54. The terminal device that
provide the record’s disk
graphics reproduction? functions as a cash register,
address. What information
A) Laser printer computer terminal, and OCR
does this address specify?
B) Ink jet printer reader is the:
A) Track number
C) Plotter A) Data collection terminal
B) Sector number
D) Dot matrix printer B) OCR register terminal
C) Surface number
C) Video Display terminal
42. Computers with 80286 D) All of above
D) POS terminal
microprocessor is
49. The arranging of data in
A) XT computer 55. A set of flip flops
a logical sequence is called
B) AT comptuers integrated together is called
A) Sorting
C) PS/2 computer ____
B) Classifying
D) None of above A) Counter
C) Reproducing
B) Adder
43. An application suitable D) Summarizing
C) Register
for sequential processing is
50. What is the D) None of the above
A) Processing of grades
responsibility of the logical
B) Payroll processing 56. People often call ______
unit in the CPU of a
C) Both a and b as the brain of computer
computer?
D) All of above system
A) To produce result
A) Control Unit
44. Which of the following is B) To compare numbers
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
not processing? C) To control flow of
C) Central Processing Unit
A) arranging information
D) Storage Unit
B) manipulating D) To do math’s works
C) calculating 57. Which is used for
These 100 MCQ questions
D) gathering manufacturing chips?
from fundamentals of
A) Bus 65. Which is considered a 72. How many address lines
B) Control unit direct entry input device? are needed to address each
C) Semiconductors A) Optical scanner machine location in a 2048 x
D) A and b only B) Mouse and digitizer 4 memory chip?
C) Light pen A) 10
58. The value of each bead
D) All of the above B) 11
in heaven is
C) 8
A) 1 66. A set of information that
D) 12
B) 3 defines the status of
C) 5 resources allocated to a 73. Properly arranged data
D) 7 process is is called
A) Process control A) Field
59. The first computer
B) ALU B) Words
introduced in Nepal was
C) Register Unit C) Information
A) IBM 1400
D) Process description D) File
B) IBM 1401
C) IBM 1402 67. Each set of Napier’s 74. A computer consists of
D) IBM1402 bones consisted of ______ A) A central processing unit
rods. B) A memory
60. Mnemonic a memory
A) 5 C) Input and output unit
trick is used in which of the
B) 9 D) All of the above
following language?
C) 11
A) Machine language 75. Why are vacuum tubes
D) 13
B) Assembly language also called valves?
C) High level language 68. BCD is A) Because they can amplify
D) None of above A) Binary Coded Decimal the weak signals and make
B) Bit Coded Decimal them strong
61. Instruction in computer
C) Binary Coded Digit B) Because they can stop or
languages consists of
D) Bit Coded Digit allow the flow of current
A) OPCODE
C) Both of above
B) OPERAND 69. When was the world’s
D) None of above
C) Both of above first laptop computer
D) None of above introduced in the market 76. John Napier invented
and by whom? Logarithm in
62. Which generation of
A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980 A) 1614
computer is still under
B) Epson, 1981 B) 1617
development
C) Laplink Traveling Software C) 1620
A) Fourth Generation
Inc, 1982 D) None of above
B) Fifth Generation
D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
C) Sixth Generation 77. An integrated circuit is
D) Seventh Generation 70. From which generation A) A complicated circuit
operating systems were B) An integrating device
63. A register organized to
developed? C) Much costlier than a single
allow to move left or right
A) First transistor
operations is called a ____
B) Second D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon
A) Counter
C) Third chip
B) Loader
D) Fourth
C) Adder 78. What type of control
D) Shift register 71. The first firm to mass- pins are needed in a
market a microcomputer as microprocessor to regulate
64. Which was the most
a personal computer was traffic on the bus, in order to
popular first generation
A) IBM prevent two devices from
computer?
B) Super UNIVAC trying to use it at the same
A) IBM 1650
C) Radio Shaks time?
B) IBM 360
D) Data General Corporation A) Bus control
C) IBM 1130
B) Interrupts
D) IBM 2700
C) Bus arbitration 84. Nepal brought a 90. A compiler is a
D) Status computer for census of 2028 translating program which
BS. This computer was of A) Translates instruction of a
79. Where as a computer
A) first generation high level language into
mouse moves over the table
B) second generation machine language
surface, the trackball is
C) third generation B) Translates entire source
A) Stationary
D) fourth generation program into machine
B) Difficult to move
language program
C) Dragged 85. Algorithm and Flow
C) It is not involved in
D) Moved in small steps chart help us to
program’s execution
A) Know the memory
80. Which of the following is D) All of above
capacity
used as a primary storage
B) Identify the base of a 91. What is required when
device?
number system more than one person uses a
A) Magnetic drum
C) Direct the output to a central computer at the
B) Hard Disks
printer same time?
C) Floppy
D) Specify the problem A) Light pen
D) All of above
completely and clearly B) Mouse
These 100 MCQ questions C) Digitizer
86. Which statement is valid
from fundamentals of D) Terminal
about computer program?
computer is distributed
A) It is understood by a 92. Which of the following is
through mcqSets.com.
computer the first computer to use
Fundamentals of Computer is
B) It is understood by Stored Program Concept?
one of the most weighted
programmer A) UNIVAC
topic on most of the
C) It is understood user B) ENIAC
competitive computer jobs
D) Both a & b C) EDSAC
exams.
D) None of above
87. The difference between
81. Multi user systems
memory and storage is that 93. The term gigabyte refers
provided cost savings for
memory is _____ and to
small business because they
storage is __ A) 1024 bytes
use a single processing unit
A) Temporary, permanent B) 1024 kilobytes
to link several
B) Permanent, temporary C) 1024 megabytes
A) Personal computers
C) Slow, fast D) 1024 gigabyte
B) Workstations
D) All of above
C) Dumb terminals 94. in which year was UK’s
D) Mainframes 88. When was Pascaline premier computing event
invented? called ?The which
82. What are the three
A) 1617 computer? started?
decisions making operations
B) 1620 A) 1980
performed by the ALU of a
C) 1642 B) 1985
computer?
D) 1837 C) 1986
A) Grater than
D) 1987
B) Less than 89. Which of the following
C) Equal to statement is valid? 95. Once you load the
D) All of the above A) Lady Augusta is the first suitable program and
programmer provide required data,
83. The word processing task
B) Ada is the daughter of computer does not need
associated with changing
Lord Byron, a famous English human intervention. This
the appearance of a
poet feature is known as
document is
C) ADA is a programming A) Accuracy
A) Editing
language developed by US B) Reliability
B) Writing
Defense C) Versatility
C) Formatting
D) All of above D) Automatic
D) All of above
 96. What is a brand? B) Difficult to program A) Fast
A) The name of companies C) Error prone B) Powerful
that made computers D) All of above C) Infallible
B) The name of product a D) Cheap
98. A byte consists of
company gives to identify its
A) One bit 100. What is the date when
product in market
B) Four bits Babbage conceived
C) A name of class to indicate
C) Eight bits Analytical engine
all similar products from
D) Sixteen bits A) 1642
different companies
B) 1837
D) All of above 99. Modern Computers are
C) 1880
very reliable but they are
97. Machine language is D) 1850
not
A) Machine dependent

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-B 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. What was the expected C) Oracle are digital computers
feature of fifth generation D) McAfee D) All of above are false
computers when Japan
started FGCS?
A) Operating Systems 107. What is a compiler? 112. Which of the following
B) Paralled Processing A) A compiler does a require large computers
C) ULSI conversion line by line as the memory?
D) None of above program is run A) Imaging
B) A compiler converts the B) Graphics
whole of a higher level C) Voice
102. Which of the following program code into machine D) All of Above
memory medium is not used code in one step
as main memory system? C) A compiler is a general
A) Magnetic core purpose language providing 113. Which of the following
B) Semiconductor very efficient execution is machine independence
C) Magnetic tape D) None of the above program?
D) Both semiconductor and A) High level language
magnetic tape B) Low level language
108. _______ computers are C) Assembly language
also called personal D) Machine language
103. The storage subsystem computers
in a microcomputer consists A) Mainframe Computer
mainly of __ or __ media B) Mini Computers 114. When was the first
with varying capacities C) Micro Computers electro-mechanical
A) Memory or video D) Super Computers computer developed?
B) Magnetic or optical A) 1880
C) Optical or memory B) 1990
D) Video or magnetic 109. Which of the following C) 1944
is not input unit device? D) None of above
A) scanner
104. Programs designed to B) camera
perform specific tasks is C) plotter 115. The first machine to
known as D) digitizer successfully perform a long
A) system software series of arithmetic and
B) application software logical operations was:
C) utility programs 110. Identify the correct A) ENIAC
D) operating system statement B) Mark-I
A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU C) Analytic Engine
designs D) UNIVAC-1
105. Computer operators B) Macintosh used CISC CPU
A) writes computer programs design
for specific problems C) IBM used CISC CPU design 116. Which one is the largest
B) operate the device which D) None of above is true space?
input and output data from A) kilobyte
the computer B) petabyte
C) normally require a college 111. Which of the following C) terrabyte
degree in computer science statement is false? D) gigabyte
D) all of the above A) Mechanical analog
computers have existed for
thousands of years 117. FORTRAN programming
106. Which of the following B) There are mechanical language is more suitable
is not anti-viruses software? analog computers and for ____
A) NAV electronic analog computers. A) Business Applications
B) F-Prot C) All electronic computers B) Marketing Applications
C) Scientific Applications C) Daisywheel printer B) Flip flop
D) None of the above D) Dot matrix printer C) Register
D) Inductor

118. The brain of any 124. IBM 1401 is

computer system is A) First Generation 130. What does DMA stand
A) Control Unit Computer for?
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit B) Second Generation A) Distinct Memory Access
C) Central Processing Unit Computer B) Direct Memory Access
D) Storage Unit C) Third Generation C) Direct Module Access
Computer D) Direct Memory Allocation
D) Fourth Generation
119. Analog computer works Computer
on the supply of 131. Who invented
A) Continuous electrical Integrated Circuits?
pulses 125. Most of the first A) Jack Kilby
B) Electrical pulses but not generation computers were B) Robert Noyce
continuous A) Special purpose C) Both of above
C) Magnetic strength computers D) None of above
D) None of the above B) General purpose
computers
C) Both of above 132. Operating system,
120. An error in software or D) None of above editors, and debuggers
hardware is called a bug. comes under?
What is the alternative A) System Software
computer jargon for it? 126. Floppy disks typically in B) Application Software
A) Leech diameter C) Utilities
B) Squid A) 3 D) None of the above
C) Slug B) 5.25
D) Glitch C) 8
D) All of above 133. One computer that is
not considered a portable is
121. The advantage of COM A) Minicomputer
are its __ and __ 127. The output quality of a B) Laptop computer
A) Compact size; speed printer is measured by C) Notebook computer
readability A) Dot per inch D) All of above
B) Compact size, speed B) Dot per sq. inch
C) Readability; speed C) Dots printed per unit time
D) Low cost; readability D) All of above 134. Which of the following
is not an electronic
computer?
122. The BIOS is the 128. On a PC, how much A) ENIAC
abbreviation of ________. memory is available to B) ABC
A) Basic Input Output System application software? C) UNIVAC
B) Best Input Output System A) 1024 KB D) EDVAC
C) Basic Input Output Symbol B) 760 KB
D) Base Input Output System C) 640 KB
D) 560 KB 135. What is the name of
the display feature that
123. Which printer is very highlights are of the screen
commonly used for desktop 129. In a computer _____ is which requires operator
publishing? capable to store single attention?
A) Laser printer binary bit. A) Pixel
B) Inkjet printer A) Capacitor B) Reverse video
C) Touch screen B) They consumed a lot of C) Over lapped processing
D) Cursor electricity D) Outline processor
C) They produced heat and
often burned out
136. Which is the largest D) The operation cost was 147. Who suggested Stored
computer? high Program Concept
A) Mainframe Computer A) John Mauchley
B) Mini Computers B) J.P. Eckert
C) Micro Computers 142. Registers, which are C) John Neumann
D) Super Computers partially visible to users and D) Joseph Jacquard
used to hold conditional, are
known as
137. Which of the following A) PC 148. The
are the best units of data on B) Memory address registers central processing unit (CPU)
an external storage device? C) General purpose register consists of
A) Bits D) Flags A) Input, output
B) Bytes and processing
C) Hertz B) Control unit, primary
D) Clock cycles 143. Which is not a storage, and secondary
comptuer of first storage
generation? C) Control unit, arithmetic-
138. The personal computer A) ENIAC logic unit and primary
industry was started by B) UNIVAC storage
A) IBM C) IBM 360 D) Control unit, processing,
B) Apple D) IBM 1401 and primary storage
C) Compaq
D) HCL
144. Registers which are 149. The notable features
partially visible to users and like keyboards, monitors,
139. What is meant by a used to hold conditional GUI were developed in
dedicated computer? codes (bits set by the CPU A) First generation
A) Which is used by one hardware as the result of B) Second generation
person only operations), are known as C) Third generation
B) Which is assigned one and A) PC D) Fourth generation
only one task B) Flags
C) Which uses one kind of C) Memory Address Registers
software D) General Purpose Registers 150. UNIVAC is
D) Which is meant for A) Universal Automatic
application software Computer
145. Who invented vacuum B) Universal Array Computer
tubes? C) Unique Automatic
140. Which programming A) John Bardeen Computer
languages are classified as B) William Shockley D) Unvalued Automatic
low level languages? C) Lee de Forest Computer
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN D) All of above
151. Which is the highest
B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
form?
C) Knowledge based Systems
A) Data
D) Assembly Languages 146. An approach that
B) Information
permits the computer to
C) Knowledge
work on several programs
D) All of above
141. What was the main instead of one is
disadvantage of vacuum A) On-line thesaurus 152. Who is credited with
tubes? B) Multiprogramming the idea of using punch
A) They were larger in size cards to control patterns in a
waving machine? rather than wheels, A) Binary
A) Pascal ratchets, or mechanical B) Decimal
B) Hollerith switches? C) Hexadecimal
C) Babbage A) Mark I D) Octal
D) Jacquard B) ABC
167. A computer has very
C) Z3
153. What is an interpreter? low failure rate because it
D) None of above
A) An interpreter does the uses electronic components.
conversion line by line as the 160. A directly accessible It produces very consistent
program is run appointment calendar is results. This is highlighted by
B) An interpreter is the feature of a __ resident which of the feature of
representation of the system package computer?
being designed A) CPU A) Accuracy
C) An interpreter is a general B) Memory B) Reliability
purpose language providing C) Buffer C) Versatility
very efficient execution D) ALU D) Automatic
D) None of the above
161. Which unit converts 168. A paper printout of a
154. Which is a semi computer data into human document is known as
conductor memory? readable form? A) Softcopy output
A) Dynamic A) Input unit B) Hardcopy output
B) Static B) Output unit C) Permanent Output
C) Bubble C) ALU D) All of above
D) Both a & b D) Control Unit
169. Which electronic
155. RJ45 UTP cable has 162. The full form of ALU is component was made out of
________ Cables. A) Arithmetic Logic Unit semiconductor material?
A) 2 pair B) Array Logic Unit A) Vacuum tubes
B) 3 pair C) Application Logic Unit B) Transistors
C) 4 pair D) None of above C) Ics
D) 5 pair D) All of above
163. What produces useful
156. Which of the following information out of data? 170. The act of retrieving
is not a valid size of a Floppy A) Computer existing data from memory
Disk? B) Processing is called
A) 8? C) Programming A) Read-out
B) 5 ¼? D) none of above B) Read from
C) 3 ½? C) Read
164. Which of the following
D) 5 ½? D) All of above
device was not invented by
157. The earliest calculating Babbage? 171. Which part of the
devices are A) Pascaline computer is used for
A) Abacus B) Difference Engine calculating and comparing?
B) Clock C) Analytical Engine A) Disk unit
C) Difference Engine D) None of above B) Control unit
D) None of these C) ALU
165. A digital computer did
D) Modem
158. Word length of a not score over an analog
Personal Computer is ___ computer in terms of 172. ABC is a
A) 4 bits A) Speed A) Special purpose computer
B) 8 bits B) Accuracy B) General purpose
C) 16 bits C) Reliability computer
D) 64 bits D) Cost C) All Purpose Computer
D) None of above
159. What was the first 166. Which number system
computer to perform all is usually followed in a 173. The computer code for
calculation using electronics typical 32-bit computer? the interchange of
information between C) Peopleware B) require considerable
terminals is D) System Analyst amount of video RAM
A) ASCII C) requires tremendous
180. IBM System/360 is
B) BCD amount of copying and
A) Mainframe Computer
C) EBCDIC hence low performance
B) Mini Computers
D) All of above D) all of above
C) Micro Computers
174. When was the X D) None of above 187. First generation
window system born? computers used _________
181. A system is
A) 1984 for memory
A) an integration of different
B) 1989 A) vacuum tubes
units so as to achieve an
C) 1988 B) silicon chips
objective
D) 1990 C) magnetic drum
B) input unit
D) RAM
175. What is the first stage C) input and output unit
in software development? D) input, output and storage 188. Which of the following
A) Specification and design units memories allows
B) Testing simultaneous read and write
182. Which of the following
C) System Analysis operations?
programming language
D) Maintenance A) ROM
started from second
B) RAM
176. Which of the following generation?
C) EPROM
is valid statement? A) COBOl
D) None of above
A) Data in itself is useless B) BASIC
unless it is processed C) C 189. EPROM can be used for
B) The data that is processed D) LISP A) Erasing the contents of
is called a program ROM
183. The translator program
C) The data which is not yet B) Reconstructing the
used in assembly language
processed is information contents of ROM
is called
D) Information is processed C) Erasing and reconstructing
A) Compiler
by computer to generate the contents of ROM
B) Interpreter
data. D) Duplicating ROM
C) Assembler
177. The Second Generation D) Translator 190. ENIAC uses
Computer was based on A) Decimal Numbering
184. EEPROM stands for
________. System
A) Electrically Erasable
A) Vacuum Tube B) Octal Numbering System
Programmable Read Only
B) Silicon Chips C) Binary Numbering System
Memory
C) Transistor D) Hexadecial Numbering
B) Easily Erasable
D) Bio Chips System
Programmable Read Only
178. EBCDIC stands for Memory 191. A term associated with
A) Extended Binary Coded C) Electronic Erasable the comparison of
Decimal Interchange Code Programmable Read Only processing speeds of
B) Extended Bit Code Memory different computer system
Decimal Interchange Code D) None of the above is:
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal A) EFTS
185. Regarding data,
Interchange Code B) MPG
computers are very good at
D) Extended Binary Case C) MIPS
A) store
Decimal Interchange Code D) CPS
B) Processing
179. Personnel who design, C) retrieve 192. which of the following
program, operates and D) All of above is problem oriented
maintains computer language?
186. Bit map terminal
equipment refers to A) High level language
A) support display containing
A) Console-operator B) Machine language
multiple window
B) Programmer
C) Assembly language C) processing device C) Memory
D) Low level language D) Input and Output device D) Microprocessor

193. A 32 bit microprocessor 196. Bit stands for 199. Which of the following
has the word length equal to A) Binary digits is a read only memory
A) 2 byte B) bit of system storage device?
B) 32 byte C) a part of byte A) Floppy Disk
C) 4 byte D) All of above B) CD-ROM
D) 8 byte C) Hard Disk
197. Access time is
D) None of these
194. The term GIGO is A) seek time + latency time
related to B) seek time 200. Symbolic logic was
A) Accuracy C) seek time ? latency time discovered by
B) Reliability D) latency time A) George Boole
C) Versatility B) Herman Hollerith
198. Which device can
D) Automatic C) Van Neumann
understand difference
D) Basic Pascal
195. Web cam is an between data & programs?
A) input unit device A) Input device
B) output unit device B) Output device
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-B 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. Which of the following C) 4 bits 216. Which of the following
is not valid statement? D) 8 bits is not true for a magnetic
A) Hard is referred to mean disk?
209. Perforated paper used
something temporary A) It is expensive relative to
as input of output media is
B) Hard is used to mean magnetic tape
known as
something tangible B) It provides only sequential
A) paper tapes
C) Soft is used to mean access to stored data
B) magnetic tape
something permanent C) Users can easily update
C) punched papers tape
D) Soft is used to mean records by writing over the
D) card punch
something tangible old data
210. The secondary storage D) All of above
202. Digital devices are
devices can only store data
A) Digital Clock 217. A disadvantage of the
but they cannot perform
B) Automobile speed meter laser printer is
A) Arithmetic Operation
C) Clock with a dial and two A) It is quieter than an
B) Logic operation
hands impact printer
C) Fetch operations
D) All of them B) It is very slow
D) Either of the above
C) The output is of a lower
203. Primary memory stores
211. Which quality
A) Data alone
American computer compan D) None of the above
B) Programs alone
y is called Big Blue?
C) Results alone 218. The most commonly
A) Microsoft
D) All of these used standard data code to
B) Compaq Corp
represent alphabetical,
204. After copying the C) IBM
numerical and punctuation
content how many times can D) Tandy Svenson
characters used in electronic
you paste?
212. It was in 2028 BS the data processing system is
A) 1
_________ was brought in called
B) 16
to calculate census data. A) ASCII
C) 32
A) IBM 1400 B) EBCDIC
D) Many
B) IBM 1401 C) BCD
205. WAN stands for C) ICL 2950 D) All of above
A) Wap Area Network D) None of above
219. Which access method is
B) Wide Area Network
213. Who is the inventor of used to access cassette
C) Wide Array Net
ABC Computer? tape?
D) Wireless Area Network
A) John v. Atanasoff A) Direct
206. An error B) Clifford Berry B) Sequential
in computer data is called C) Both of above C) Both of the above
A) Chip D) None of above D) None of the above
B) Bug
214. Which of the following 220. A Compiler is ____
C) CPU
is the largest unit? A) a combination
D) Storage device
A) data of computer hardware
207. The instructions for B) field B) a program which
starting the computer are C) record translates from one high-
house on D) database file level language to another
A) Random access memory C) a program which
215. Find out who is not the translates from one high-
B) CD-Rom
inventor of transistors level to a machine level
C) Read only memory chip
among following names language
D) All of above
A) John Burdeen D) None of these
208. 1 nibble equals to B) William Shockley
A) 1 bits C) Walter Brattain 221. Which unit holds data
B) 2 bits D) Lee de Forest temporarily?
A) Input unit
B) Secondary storage unit 228. The term ‘computer’ is time in the history
C) Output Unit derived from of computers?
D) Primary Memory Unit A) Greek language A) Charles Babbage
B) Sanskrit language B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
222. The computer size was
C) Latin language C) Howard Aikin
very large in
D) German language D) Joseph Jacquard
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation 229. Which statement is 236. Hard disk is coated in
C) Third Generation valid about magnetic tape? both sides with
D) Fourth Generation A) It is a plastic ribbon A) Magnetic metallic oxide
B) It is coated on both sides B) Optical metallic oxide
223. A name or number used
with iron oxide C) Carbon layer
to identify storage location
C) It can be erased and D) All of the above
devices?
reused
A) A byte 237. Which of the following
D) All of above
B) A record term means to reckon?
C) An address 230. Which of the following A) putare
D) All of above is first generation computer? B) com
A) EDSAC C) computa
224. Which of the following
B) IBM 1401 D) computar
is not computer language?
C) CDC 1604
A) High level language 238. An input /output device
D) ICL 2950
B) Medium level language at which data enters or
C) Low level language 231. A hard copy would be leaves a computer system is
D) All of the above prepared on a A) Keyboard
A) Line printer B) Terminal
225. Reading data is
B) Dot matrix Printer C) Printer
performed in magnetic disk
C) Typewriter terminal D) Plotter
by
D) All of the above
A) Read/write leads 239. Which of the following
B) Sectors 232. The term GIGO is is first generation
C) Track related to which of computer
D) Lower surface characteristics A) EDSAC
of computers? B) IBM-1401
226. IBM 7000
A) Speed C) CDC-1604
digital computer
B) Automatic D) ICL-2900
A) Belongs to second
C) Accuracy
generation 240. A name or number used
D) Reliability
B) Uses VLSI to identify a storage
C) Employs semiconductor 233. Which of the following location is called
memory programming language A) A byte
D) Has modular were used in first B) A record
constructions generation computers? C) An address
A) Machine language D) All of above
Computer Fundamental Book
B) Assembly language
will be available to download 241. Computer professionals
C) Both of above
as PDF file soon. Please stay working in
D) None of above
tuned! a computer centre are
234. To locate a data item A) Software
227. Which of the following
for storage is B) Firmware
is not electro-
A) Field C) Hardware
mechanical computer?
B) Feed D) Humanware
A) Mark I
C) Database
B) ABC 242. The first general
D) Fetch
C) Zuse purpose
D) UNIVAC 235. Who used punched electronic computer in the
cards practically for the first world was
A) UNIVAC collection C) PROM
B) EDVAC C) For calculating D) EPROM
C) ENIAC astronomical positions
256. One of the popular
D) All of above D) For calculating firing
mass storage device is CD
weapons
243. The contents of ROM. What does CD ROM
information are stored in 250. Memory unit is one stand for?
A) Memory data register part of A) Compactable Read Only
B) Memory address register A) Input device Memory
C) Memory arithmetic B) Control unit B) Compact Data Read Only
registers C) Output device Memory
D) Memory access register D) Central Processing Unit C) Compactable Disk Read
Only Memory
244. Which of the following 251. Microprocessors can be
D) Compact Disk Read Only
is correct full form of BCD? used to make
Memory
A) Binary Coded Decimal A) Computer
B) Bit Coded Decimal B) Digital systems 257. Identify the true
C) Binary Coded Digit C) Calculators statement
D) Bit Coded Digit D) All of the above A) Computers are 100%
accurate but it can suffer
245. Which was the world’s 252. Which statement is
from GIGO
first microcomputer that valid
B) Computers are reliable
used Intel 80386 about computer program?
because they use electronic
microprocessor chip? A) High level languages must
component which have very
A) IBM PS/2 be converted into machine
low failure rate
B) HP-9830 language to execute
C) Computer is never tired
C) DeskPro-386 B) High level langage
and does not suffer from
D) IBM-360 programs are more efficient
boredom
and faster to execute
246. The qualitative or D) All of above
C) It is more difficult to
quantitative attribute of a
identify errors in high level 258. FORTRAN is
variable or set of variables is
language program than in A) File Translation
termed as
low level programs B) Format Translation
A) data
D) All of above C) Formula Translation
B) information
D) Floppy Translation
C) both of above 253. By programmable
D) none of above machine we mean 259. The programs which
A) computers are as permanent as
247. Main storage is also
B) modern television hardware and stored in
called
C) washing machines ROM is known as
A) Accumulator
D) anything that can be set A) Hardware
B) Control Unit
to perform different taks B) Software
C) Register Unit
with suitable programs C) Firmware
D) Memory
D) ROM ware
254. Which of the following
248. Which of the following
is a secondary memory 260. Which of the following
are (is) considered to
device? memories must be refreshed
be video component?
A) Keyboard many times per second?
A) Resolution
B) Disk A) Static RAM
B) Color depth
C) ALU B) Dynamic RAM
C) Refresh rate
D) All of the above C) EPROM
D) All of the alcove
D) ROM
255. The memory which is
249. For what Antikyathera
programmed at the time it is 261. What do you call the
was used?
manufactured translator which takes
A) For counting
A) ROM assembly language program
B) For Calculating tax
B) RAM as input & produce machine
language code as output? 267. Which of the following matter. So all of above are
A) Compiler is the most powerful reliable
B) Interpreter computers?
274. Which of the following
C) Debugger A) Mainframe Computer
is not an XT microprocessor?
D) Assembler B) Mini Computers
A) 8006
C) Micro Computers
262. Serial access memories B) 8086
D) Super Computers
are useful in applications C) 8088
where 268. Which of the printers D) None of above
A) Data consists of numbers used in conjunction with
275. Hard disk is coated in
B) Short access time is computers uses dry ink
both side with
required powder?
A) Magnetic metallic oxide
C) Each stored word is A) Daisy wheel printer
B) Optical metallic oxide
processed differently B) Line printer
C) Carbon layer
D) Data naturally needs to C) Laser printer
D) All of the above
flow in and out in serial form D) Thermal printer
276. ASCII stands for
263. In ________ mode, the 269. What is the path from
A) American Stable Code for
communication channel is which data flow in a
International Interchange
used in both directions at computer system is knon as
B) American Standard Case
the same time? A) Car
for Institutional Interchange
A) Full-duplex B) Bus
C) American Standard Code
B) Simplex C) Truck
for Information Interchange
C) Half-duplex D) Road
D) American Standard Code
D) None of the above
270. Which term is used to for Interchange Information
264. Who invented Slide describe RAM?
277. Raw facts and figures
Rules? A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
about any particular topic
A) John Napier B) Static RAM (SRAM)
are
B) William Oughtred C) Video RAM (VRAM)
A) Information
C) Gottfried Leibnitz D) All of the above
B) facts
D) Blaise Pascal
271. In which year was chip C) data
265. The proper definition of used inside the computer for D) none of above
a modern digital computer is the first time?
278. A computer can solve
A) An electronic automated A) 1964
more than one kind of
machine that can solve B) 1975
problem. This is related to
problems involving words C) 1999
which of the following
and numbers D) 1944
characteristics?
B) A more sophistic and
272. Assembly language A) Accuracy
modified electronic pocket
started to be used from B) Reliability
calculator
A) first generation computers C) Versatility
C) Any machine that can
B) second generation D) Automatic
perform mathematical
computers
operations 279. From which generation
C) third generation
D) A machine that works on computers the printers were
computers
binary code used?
D) fourth generation
A) first
These questions are suitable computers
B) second
for IC3 Computer
273. Which technology is C) third
Fundamentals too!
more reliable? D) fourth
266. Memory is made up of A) Mechanical
280. How many symbols
A) Set of wires B) Electro-Mechanical
exist in Baudot code?
B) Set of circuits C) Electronic
A) 32
C) Large number of cells D) For reliability it does not
B) 116
D) All of these
C) 58 Mauchly? 294. As compared to
D) 76 A) ENIAC diskettes, the hard disks are
B) EDVAC A) More expensive
281. Following IC chip
C) UNIVAC B) More portable
integrates 100 thousands
D) EDSAC C) Less rigid
electronic components per
D) Slowly accessed
chip 287. When was the company
A) SSI named IBM? 295. Which of the following
B) MSI A) 1914 is the most quickly
C) LSI B) 1924 accessible storage?
D) VLSI C) 1975 A) RAM
D) None of above B) Registers
282. An application program
C) Disks
that helps the user to 288. Which of the following
D) Pen Drive
change any number and storage device can store the
immediately see the result largest amount of data? 296. The octal equivalence
of that change is A) Hard Disks of 111010 is
A) Desktop publishing B) Flash Disks A) 81
program C) Blu-Ray Disks B) 72
B) Database D) DVDs C) 71
C) Spreadsheet D) None of above
289. Who invented Mark I?
D) All of above
A) Howard Aikin You can find Computer
283. In 1830, Charles B) J. P. Eckert Fundamentals Quiz under
Babbage designed a C) John Mauchley the Quiz menu that allows
machine called the D) John v. Atanasoff you to choose correct
Analytical Engine which he answers and find result once
290. ALU is
showed at the Paris you are done with all the
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
Exhibition. In which year questions.
B) Array Logic Unit
was it exhibition?
C) Application Logic Unit 297. Excessive parallel
A) 1820
D) None of above processing is related to
B) 1860
A) First generation
C) 1855 291. A computer program
B) Fourth generation
D) 1870 that converts an entire
C) Fifth Generation
program into machine
284. What is the name of D) Third generation
language at one time is
the new color laptop
called a/an 298. second generation
computer which is powered
A) Interpreter computers were developed
by a 386 processor at 33
B) CPU during
MHz and is built by Epson?
C) Compiler A) 1949 to 1955
A) AX3/33
D) Simulator B) 1956 to 1965
B) NEC-20
C) 1965 to 1970
C) Magnum 2000 292. When did arch rivals
D) 1970 to 1990
D) HCL-3000 IBM and Apple Computers
Inc. decide to join hands? 299. What do you call a
285. In analog computer
A) 1978 single point on a computer
A) Input is first converted to
B) 1984 screen?
digital form
C) 1990 A) Cell
B) Input is never converted
D) 1991 B) Element
to digital form
C) Pixel
C) Output is displayed in 293. The purpose of vacuum
D) Bit
digital form tube was to NOT ack like
D) All of the above A) an amplifier 300. Mostly which of the
B) a switch following device is used to
286. Which of the following
C) a router carry user files?
computer is not invented by
D) None of above A) Floppy Disk
J.P. Eckert and John
B) Hard Disk
C) RAM
D) CDROM

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-D 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. Which of the C) Flexible disks cartridges 314. Which operation is not
following computer impleme D) All of the above performed by computer
nted binary numbers, A) Inputting
307. Which of the following
perform calculations using B) Processing
is not purely output device?
electronics and implemented C) Controlling
A) Screen
separate computation and D) Understanding
B) Printer
memory for the first time?
C) Speaker 315. Floppy disks which are
A) Mark I
D) Plotter made from flexible plastic
B) ABC
material are also called?
C) Z3 308. Who developed a
A) Hard disks
D) None of above mechanical device in the
B) High-density disks
17th century that could add,
302. FORTRAN is a C) Diskettes
subtract, multiple, divide
programming language. D) Templates
and find square roots?
What does FORTRAN stand
A) Napier 316. The magnetic storage
for?
B) Babbage chip used to provide non-
A) File Translation
C) Pascal volatile direct access storage
B) Format Translation
D) Leibniz of data and that have no
C) Formula Translation
moving parts are known as
D) Floppy Translation 309. The first
A) Magnetic core memory
Macintosh computer was
303. Which of the following B) Magnetic tape memory
from
memories needs refreshing? C) Magnetic disk memory
A) First generation
A) SRAM D) Magnetic bubble memory
B) Second generation
B) DRAM
C) Third generation 317. A collection of related
C) ROM
D) Fourth generation instructions organized for a
D) All of above
common purpose is referred
310. Which of the following
304. Can you tell what to as
is not a form of data?
passes into and out from A) File
A) numbers and characters
the computer via its ports? B) Database
B) images
A) Data C) Program
C) sound
B) Bytes D) None of above
D) none of above
C) Graphics
318. Plotter accuracy is
D) Pictures 311. Which is not
measured in terms of
a computer classification?
Computer Fundamentals repeatability and
A) mainframe
Download will be available A) Buffer size
B) maxframe
under ‘Downloads’ menu. B) Resolution
C) mini
C) Vertical dimensions
305. An output device that D) notebook
D) Intelligence
uses words or messages
312. The control unit of a
recorded on a magnetic Visit MCQ Quiz menu
microprocessor
medium to produce audio for Computer Fundamentals
A) Stores data in the memory
response is Quiz
B) Accepts input data from
A) Magnetic tape
keyboard 319. Computer instructions
B) Voice response unit
C) Performs arithmetic/logic written with the use of
C) Voice recognition unit
function English words instead of
D) Voice band
D) None of above binary machine code is
306. Which of the items called
313. Which of the following
below are considered A) Mnemonics
is internal memory?
removable storage media? B) Symbolic code
A) Disks
A) Removable hard disk C) Gray codes
B) Pen Drives
cartridges D) Opcode
C) RAM
B) (Magneto-optical) disk
D) CDs
320. Which language is before electronic computers A) PDP-I, 1958
directly understood by were developed B) IBM System/36, 1960
the computer without B) Because there are wheels, C) PDP-II, 1961
translation program? drums, bars to rotate and D) VAX 11/780, 1962
A) Machine language move to produce result
334. A group of magnetic
B) Assembly language C) Because they use the flow
tapes, videos or terminals
C) High level language of electrons in different
usually under the control of
D) None of above component
one master is
D) None of above
321. On which aspect the A) Cylinder
analog computers are better 327. Binary circuit elements B) Surface
than digital? have C) Track
A) Speed A) One stable state D) Cluster
B) Accuracy B) Two stable state
335. The word length of
C) Reliability C) Three stable state
a computer is measured in
D) Automatic D) None of above
A) Bytes
322. Which of the following 328. Which of the following B) Millimeters
processors use RISC is used for manufacturing C) Meters
technology? chips? D) Bits
A) 486dx A) Control bus
336. What type of memory is
B) Power PC B) Control unit
not directly addressable by
C) 486sx C) Parity unit
the CPU and requires special
D) 6340 D) Semiconductor
softw3are called EMS
323. Which of the following 329. Which of the following (expanded memory
machine was not invented is not a micro computer? specification)?
by Charles Babbage? A) Laptop PCs A) Extended
A) Tabulating Machine B) Tablet PCs B) Expanded
B) Analytical Engine C) Desktop PCs C) Base
C) Difference Engine D) None of above D) Conventional
D) Both C and D
330. The value of each bead 337. Which unit holds data
Computer Fundamental in earth is permanently?
Exam Papers A) 1 A) Input unit
B) 3 B) Secondary storage unit
324. How many numbers
C) 5 C) Output Unit
could ENIAC store in its
D) 7 D) Primary Memory Unit
internal memory
A) 100 331. When did John Napier 338. Before a disk can be
B) 20 develop logarithm? used to store data. It must
C) 80 A) 1416 be_______
D) 40 B) 1614 A) Formatted
C) 1641 B) Reformatted
325. The subject of
D) 1804 C) Addressed
cybernetics deals with the
D) None of the above
science of 332. Which of the following
A) Genetics terms is the most closely 339. Computer system
B) Control and related to main memory? comprises of major units
communication A) Non volatile A) input unit, output unit,
C) Molecular biology B) Permanent control unit
D) Biochemistry C) Control unit B) input unit, output unit,
D) Temporary control unit and storage
326. Why ABC is considered
C) input unit, output unit,
electro- 333. Which was the world’s
central processing unit and
mechanical computer? first minicomputer and
storage unit
A) Because it was invented when was it introduced?
D) input, output and storage 346. Magnetic tape can C) Electro Magnetic
units serve as D) Laser
A) Secondary storage media
340. The first general 354. Different components
B) Output media
purpose electronic of the motherboard of a PC
C) Input media
digital computer in the unit are linked together by
D) All of the above
world was sets of parallel electrical
A) UNIVAC 347. Which company is the conducting lines. What are
B) EDVAC biggest player in the these lines called?
C) ENIAC microprocessor industry? A) Conductors
D) All of above A) Motorola B) Buses
B) IBM C) Connectors
341. Signals can be analog
C) Intel D) Consecutive
or digital and
D) AMD
a computer that processes 355. Which is the first
the both type of signals is 348. The first electronic digital computer?
known as digital computer built with A) ENIAC
A) Analog computer IC chips was known as B) MARK I
B) Digital Computer A) IBM 7090 C) Z3
C) Hybrid Computer B) Apple ? 1 D) ABC
D) Mainframe Computer C) IBM System / 360
356. Which of the following
D) VAX-10
342. High level language is is a storage device?
also called 349. EBCDIC can code up to A) Tape
A) Problem oriented how many different B) Hard Disk
language characters? C) Floppy Disk
B) Business oriented A) 256 D) All of the above
language B) 16
357. The metal disks, which
C) Mathematically oriented C) 32
are permanently housed in,
language D) 64
sealed and contamination
D) All of the above
350. MICR stands for free containers are called
343. Human beings are A) Magnetic Ink Character A) Hard disks
referred to as Reader B) Floppy disk
Homosapinens, which device B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Winchester disk
is called Silico Sapiens? C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader D) Flexible disk
A) Monitor D) None
358. A computer program
B) Hardware
351. Number crunchier is the that converts an entire
C) Robot
informal name for program into machine
D) Computer
A) Mini computer language is called a/an
344. Which of the following B) Super computer A) Interpreter
file organization is most C) Microcomputer B) Simulator
efficient for a file with a high D) Mainframe computer C) Compiler
degree of file activity? D) Commander
352. RATS stand for
A) Sequential
A) Regression Analysis Time 359. Intel corporation
B) ISAM
Series produces chips for which
C) VSAM
B) Regression Analysis Time computers?
D) B-Tree Index
Sharing A) IBM PCs
345. Which of the following C) Real Analysis Series B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
is associated with error D) All of above C) Both of above
detector? D) None of above
353. Which technology is
A) Odd parity bit
used in Compact disks? 360. The first microprocessor
B) Even parity bit
A) Mechanical built by the Intel corporation
C) Both of the above
B) Electrical was called
D) None of above
A) 8008 C) American Standard Code C) Execution time
B) 8080 for Intelligence Interchange D) Down time
C) 4004 D) American Scientific Code
373. CD-ROM stands for
D) 8800 for Information Interchange
A) Compactable Read Only
361. Which of the following 367. The data recording Memory
is not a class of computers format in most of the B) Compact Data Read Only
based on size? modern magnetic tape is Memory
A) Mainframe Computers A) 7-bit ASCII C) Compactable Disk Read
B) Mini Computers B) 7-bit EBCDIC Only Memory
C) Micro Computers C) 8-bit ASCII D) Compact Disk Read Only
D) Super Computers D) 8-bit EBCDIC Memory

362. Who invented EDSAC? 368. Why ABC computer is 374. Which unit converts
A) John v. Neumann called so? user data into machine
B) J.p. Eckert and John A) Because it was developed readable form?
Mauchley by Atanasoff and Berry A) Input unit
C) Maurice Wilkes B) Because it was thought to B) Output unit
D) Howard Aiken be the first computer so C) ALU
named with first alphabets of D) Control Unit
363. EEPROM stands for
English
A) Electrically Erasable 375. Which unit is known as
C) Both of above are the
Programmable Read Only nerve center of computer?
reason to name the
Memory A) ALU
computer ABC
B) Electronic Erasable B) CU
D) None of above are true
Programmable Read Only C) Memory
Memory 369. Who designed the first D) Registers
C) Easily Erasable electronics computer ?
376. What does the disk
Programmable Read Only ENIAC/
drive of a computer do?
Memory A) Von Neumann
A) Rotate the disk
D) Easily Erasable B) Joseph M Jacquard
B) Read the disk
Programmable Read Only C) J. P. Eckert and J. W.
C) Load a program from the
Memory Mauchly
disk into the memory
D) All of above
364. Which of the following D) Both b and c
is a class of computers based 370. Central Processing Unit
377. Access time is
on model? is combination of
A) seek time + latency time
A) Digital Computer A) Control and storage
B) seek time
B) Hybrid Computers B) Control and output unit
C) seek time
C) Analog Computers C) Arithmetic logic and input
D) latency time
D) AT Computers unit
D) Arithmetic logic and 378. Who invented the
365. What are the
control unit microprocessor?
computers called that
A) Marcian E Huff
performs calculations and 371. IBM 1401 computer
B) Herman H Goldstein
comparisons usually in the was
C) Joseph Jacquard
binary numbering system? A) Mainframe Computer
D) All of above
A) Analog Computers B) Mini Computers
B) Digital Computers C) Micro Computers 379. MICR stands for
C) Hybrid Computers D) None of above A) Magnetic Ink Character
D) None of above Reader
372. Time during which a job
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
366. ASCII stands for is processed by the
C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
A) American Standard Code computer is
D) None of the above
for Information Interchange A) Delay times
B) American Scientific Code B) Real time 380. The Width of a
for International Interchange processor’s data path is
measured in bits. Which of 386. Through which device B) Easily Erasable
the following are common the main components of the Programmable Read Only
data paths? computer communicate with Memory
A) 8 bits each other? C) Electronic Erasable
B) 12 bits A) Keyboard Programmable Read Only
C) 16 bits B) System Bus Memory
D) 32 bits C) Monitor D) None of the above
D) Memory
381. MSI is the abbreviation 393. The original ASCII code
of 387. What type of device is used__bits of each byte,
A) Medium Scale Integrated computer keyboard? reserving that last bit for
B) Medium System A) Memory error checking
Integrated B) Output A) 5
C) Medium Scale Intelligent C) Storage B) 6
D) Medium System D) Input C) 7
Intelligent D) 8
388. Which is the limitation
382. IMB launched its first of high level language? 394. A computer
personal computer called A) Lower efficiency programmer
IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips B) Machine dependence A) Does all the thinking for a
from Intel, disk drives from C) machine level coding computer
Tandon, operating system D) None of above B) Can enter input data
from Microsoft, the printer quickly
389. An example of a digital
from Epson and the C) Can operate all types of
device can be
application software from computer equipments
A) Digital clock
everywhere. Can you name D) Can draw only flowchart
B) Automobile speed meter
the country which
C) Clock with a dial and two 395. Fifth generation
contributed
hands computer is also known as
A) India
D) All of the above A) Knowledge information
B) China
processing system
C) Germany 390. Which of the following
B) Very large scale
D) Taiwan is not true?
integration (VLSI)
A) Transistors are much
383. Which statement is C) Both of above
smaller
valid about interpreter? D) None of above
B) Transistors produce low
A) It translates one
heat 396. The commonly used
instruction at a time
C) Transistors were less standard data code to
B) Object code is saved for
reliable represent alphabetical,
future use
D) Transistors were used in numerical and punctuation
C) Repeated interpretation is
radios and other electronic characters used in electronic
not necessary
devices data processing system is
D) All of above
called
391. A characteristic of card
384. Easily reloctable A) ASCII
systems is:
language is B) EBCDIC
A) Slowness in processing
A) Machine language C) BCD
data
B) Assembly language D) All of above
B) Using cards as records of
C) High level language
transactions 397. Which of the following
D) Medium level language
C) Needing a larger DP staff have low failure rate?
385. Which of the following D) All of the above A) mechanical devices
memories needs refresh? B) electronic devices
392. The full form of
A) SRAM C) electro-mechanical
EEPROM is
B) DRAM devices
A) Electrically Erasable
C) ROM D) None of above
Programmable Read Only
D) All of above
Memory
398. Which of the following 399. A typical personal 400. The ALU of a computer
memories need refresh? computer used for business normally contains a number
A) SRAM purposes would have__ of of high speed storage
B) DRAM RAM. element called
C) ROM A) 4 KB A) Semiconductor memory
D) All of the above B) 16 K B) Registers
C) 64 K C) Hard disks
D) 256 K D) Magnetic disk

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