Computer Fundamentals – 02

1. High level language is also called

a. Problem oriented language

b. Business oriented language

c. Mathematically oriented language

d. All of the above

 

2. A computer programmer

a. Does all the thinking for a computer

b. Can enter input data quickly

c. Can operate all types of computer equipments

d. Can draw only flowchart

 

3. CD-ROM is a

a. Semiconductor memory

b. Memory register

c. Magnetic memory

d. None of above

 

4. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?

a. Magnetic tape

b. Magnetic disk

c. Optical disk

d. None of above

5. A name or number used to identify a storage location devices?

a. A byte

b. A record

c. An address

d. All of above

 

6. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?

a. Keyboard

b. Disk

c. ALU

d. All of the above

 

7. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is … and storage is …

a. Temporary, permanent

b. Permanent, temporary

c. Slow, fast

d. All of above

 

8. A floppy disk contains

a. Circular tracks only

b. Sectors only

c. Both circular tracks and sectors

d. All of the above

 

9. The octal equivalent of 111010 is

a. 81

b. 72

c. 71

d. None of above

 

10. The first electronic computer in the world was

a. UNIVAC

b. EDVAC

c. ENIAC

d. All of above

 

11. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

a. Analytical Engine

b. Arithmetic Machine

c. Donald Kunth

d. All of above

 

12. Offline device is

a. A device which is not connected to CPU

b. A device which is connected to CPU

c. A direct access storage device

d. An I/O device

 

13. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?

a. Memory address registers

b. Memory data registers

c. Instruction register

d. Program counter

 

14. 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 register

b. Memory data register

c. Instruction register

d. Program counter

 

15. Microprocessors can be used to make

a. Computers

b. Digital systems

c. Calculators

d. All of above

 

16. how many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 8

d. 12

 

17. which American computer company is called Big Blue?

a. Microsoft

b. Compaq Corp

c. IBM

d. Tandy Svenson

 

18. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?

a. 1982

b. 1984

c. 1985

d. 1989

 

19. When was the X window system born?

a. 1984

b. 1989

c. 1988

d. 1990

 

20. 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.

 

21. 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. 100

b. 20

c. 40

d. 80

 

22. The digital computer was developed primarily in

a. USSR

b. Japan

c. USA

d. UK

 

23. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of

a. Genetics

b. Control and communication

c. Molecular biology

d. Biochemistry

 

24. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?

a. Pascal

b. Hollerith

c. Babbage

d. Jacquard

 

25. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?

a. Home computers

b. Diskless computers

c. Dedicated computers

d. General purpose computers

 

26. Which of the following require large computers memory?

a. Imaging

b. Graphics

c. Voice

d. All of Above

 

27. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:

a. EFTS

b. MPG

c. MIPS

d. CPS

 

28. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called

a. Duping

b. Booting

c. Padding

d. CPS

 

29. who invented the microprocessor?

a. Marcian E Huff

b. Herman H Goldstein

c. Joseph Jacquard

d. All of above

 

30. One computer that is not considered a portable is

a. Minicomputer

b. Laptop computer

c. Notebook computer

d. All of above

 

31. IBM 7000 digital computer

a. Belongs to second generation

b. Uses VLSI

c. Employs semiconductor memory

d. Has modular constructions

 

32. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is

a. An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers

b. A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator

c. Any machine that can perform mathematical operations

d. A machine that works on binary code

 

33. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for

a. Doing quick mathematical calculations

b. Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data

c. Electronic data processing

d. Performing repetitive tasks accurately

 

34. An integrated circuit is

a. A complicated circuit

b. An integrating device

c. Much costlier than a single transistor

d. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

 

35. Most important advantage of an IC is its

a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure

b. Extremely high reliability

c. Reduced cost

d. Lower power consumption

 

36. In a punched card system, data is processed by a

a. Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine

b. Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine

c. Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine

d. Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter

 

37. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was;

a. ENIAC

b. Mark I

c. Analytic engine

d. UNIVAC-I

 

38. In the third generation of computers:

a. Distributed data processing first became popular

b. An operating system was first developed

c. High-level prcedu7ral languages were firs used

d. On-line, real time systems first became popular

 

39. A characteristic of card systems is:

a. Slowness in processing data

b. Using cards as records of transactions

c. Needing a larger DP staff

d. All of the above

 

 

40. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:

a. Small-scale computer

b. Medium-scale computer

c. Large-scale computer

d. Super computer

 

41. The first firm to mass- market a microcomputer as a personal computer was

a. IBM

b. Sperry Univac

c. Data General corporation

d. Radio Shack

 

42. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of

a. Speed

b. Accuracy

c. Cost

d. Memory

 

43. 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. 1820

b. 1860

c. 1855

d. 1870

 

44. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

a. PDP-I, 1958

b. IBM System/36, 1960

c. PDP-II, 1961

d. VAX 11/780, 1962

 

45. Where was India’s first computer installed and when?

a. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977

b. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971

c. Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., 1968

d. Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955

 

46. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?

a. Control unit and registers

b. Registers and main memory

c. Control Unit and ALU

d. ALU and bus

 

47. Which of the following is true?

a. Fields are composed of bytes

b. Records are composed of fields

c. Fields are composed of characters

d. All of above

 

48. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?

a. Sequential

b. ISAM

c. VSAM

d. B-Tree Index

 

49. The two basic types of record-access methods are

a. Sequential and random

b. Sequential and indexed

c. Direct and immediate

d. On-line and real time

 

50. The advantage of COM are its … and …

a. Compact size; speed readability

b. Compact size, speed

c. Readability; speed

d. Low cost; readability

 

51. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?

a. OCR

b. OMR

c. MICR

d. All of above

 

52. The output quality of a printer is measured by

a. Dot per inch

b. Dot per sq. inch

c. Dots printed per unit time

d. All of above

 

53. In analog computer

a. Input is first converted to digital form

b. Input is never converted to digital form

c. Output is displayed in digital form

d. All of above

 

54. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

a. Parallel only

b. Sequentially only

c. Both sequentially and parallel

d. All of above

 

55. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?

a. Van-Neumann

b. Joseph M. Jacquard

c. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly

d. All of above

 

 

56. Who invented the high level language c?

a. Dennis M. Ritchie

b. Niklaus Writh

c. Seymour Papert

d. Donald Kunth

 

57. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to

a. Console-operator

b. Programmer

c. Peopleware

d. System Analyst

 

58. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?

a. 1978

b. 1984

c. 1990

d. 1991

 

59. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?

a. Monitor

b. Hardware

c. Robot

d. Computer

 

 

60. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

a. Leech

b. Squid

c. Slug

d. Glitch

 

61. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not

a. Fast

b. Powerful

c. Infallible

d. Cheap

 

62. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?

a. Pixel

b. Reverse video

c. Touch screen

d. Cursor

 

63. 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. India

b. China

c. Germany

d. Taiwan

 

64. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

a. Daughter board

b. Motherboard

c. Father board

d. Breadboard

 

65. 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. Motherboard

b. Breadboard

c. Daughter board

d. Grandmother board

 

66. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

a. Which is used by one person only

b. Which is assigned one and only one task

c. Which uses one kind of software

d. Which is meant for application software

 

67. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:

a. Microprocessor

b. Disk controller

c. Serial interface

d. Modem

 

68. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an

a. Interpreter

b. Simulator

c. Compiler

d. Commander

 

69. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an

a. Interpreter

b. CPU

c. Compiler

d. Simulator

 

70. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a

a. Computer

b. Microcomputer

c. Programmable

d. Sensor

 

71. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from

a. Primary memory

b. Control section

c. External memory

d. Cache memory

72. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called

a. Read-out

b. Read from

c. Read

d. All of above

 

73. All modern computer operate on

a. Information

b. Floppies

c. Data

d. Word

 

74. Instructions and memory address are represented by

a. Character code

b. Binary codes

c. Binary word

d. Parity bit

 

75. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?

a. ASCII

b. Hollerith Code

c. Baudot Code

d. EBCDIC Code

 

76. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?

a. Digital paper

b. Magneto-optical disk

c. WORM disk

d. CD-ROM disk

 

77. The most important advantage of a video disk is

a. Compactness

b. Potential capacity

c. Durability

d. Cost effectiveness

 

78. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?

a. 9

b. 16

c. 18

d. 27

 

79. 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 number

b. Sector number

c. Surface number

d. All of above

 

 

80. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are

a. More expensive

b. More portable

c. Less rigid

d. Slowly accessed

 

81. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?

a. Hard disks

b. High-density disks

c. Diskettes

d. Templates

 

82. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?

a. It is an output device

b. It is an input device

c. It is a peripheral device

d. It is hardware item

 

83. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?

a. Display screen

b. Soft copy terminal

c. Hard copy terminal

d. Plotter

 

 

 

84. Dot-matrix is a type of

a. Tape

e. Printer

f. Disk

g. Bus

 

85. The two kinds of main memory are:

a. Primary and secondary

b. Random and sequential

c. ROM and RAM

d. All of above

 

86. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called

a. Laser printer

b. Ink-jet printer

c. Drum printer

d. Chan printer

 

87. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?

a. Laser printer

b. Inkjet printer

c. Daisywheel printer

d. Dot matrix printer

 

88. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is

b. Magnetic tape

c. Voice response unit

d. Voice recognition unit

e. Voice band

 

89. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?

a. It will add to the content of the location

b. It will change the address of the memory location

c. It will erase the previous content

d. It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location

 

90. A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is

a. Memory

b. Buffer

c. Accumulator

d. Address

 

91. The silicon chips used for data processing are called

a. RAM chips

b. ROM chips

c. Micro processors

d. PROM chips

 

92. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called

a. Hard disks

b. Floppy disk

c. Winchester disk

d. Flexible disk

 

93. A computer consists of

a. A central processing unit

b. A memory

c. Input and output unit

d. All of the above

 

94. An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is

a. Desktop publishing program

b. Database

c. Spreadsheet

d. All of above

 

95. The instructions for starting the computer are house on

a. Random access memory

b. CD-Rom

c. Read only memory chip

d. All of above

 

96. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called

a. Semiconductor memory

b. Registers

c. Hard disks

d. Magnetic disk

 

97. a factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its

a. Accuracy

b. Reliability

c. Speed

d. All of above

 

98. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

a. Magnetic core memory

b. Magnetic tape memory

c. Magnetic disk memory

d. Magnetic bubble memory

 

99. CAD stands for

a. Computer aided design

b. Computer algorithm for design

c. Computer application in design

d. All of the above

 

100. RATS stand for

a. Regression Analysis Time Series

b. Regression Analysis Time Sharing

c. Real Analysis Series

d. All of above

Answers

1	d	11	a	21	b	31	c	41	c	51	a	61	c	71	b	81	c	91	d
2	a	12	a	22	c	32	d	42	b	52	b	62	b	72	d	82	c	92	c
3	d	13	c	23	b	33	b	43	c	53	b	63	d	73	c	83	c	93	d
4	d	14	d	24	d	34	d	44	a	54	c	64	b	74	b	84	b	94	c
5	c	15	d	25	a	35	b	45	d	55	c	65	a	75	d	85	c	95	c
6	b	16	b	26	d	36	d	46	c	56	a	66	b	76	d	86	b	96	b
7	a	17	c	27	c	37	b	47	d	57	c	67	d	77	b	87	a	97	d
8	c	18	b	28	b	38	d	48	a	58	d	68	c	78	a	88	b	98	d
9	b	19	a	29	a	39	d	49	a	59	d	69	a	79	d	89	c	99	a
10	c	20	a	30	a	40	a	50	b	60	d	70	d	80	a	90	b	100	a