Q.1

A circuit which can store information is known as

  • Integrated circuit
  • Chip
  • Memory cell
  • Gate
  • None of the above
Q.2

Super-computers

  • Are found at thousands of sites around the world
  • Can now fit on a single silicon chip
  • Are usually designed to process accounting applications
  • Are not fast enough for some applications
  • None of the above
Q.3

There are historical evidences to prove that abacus was first used in

  • India
  • Japan
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • None of the above
Q.4

A class of random access memory that requires periodic servicing in order for the contents to remain valid is

  • Static RAM
  • Dynamic RAM
  • PROM
  • EPROM
  • None of the above
Q.5

The methods used by COBOL to define that structure of a data item in terms of characters, digits, etc. is

  • Password
  • Pointer
  • Picture
  • Overlay
  • None of the above
Q.6

Which of the following transfers data contained on computer cards to the computer system.

  • Card sorter
  • Card reader
  • Magnetic disk
  • Magnetic tape
  • None of the above
Q.7

Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?

  • Magnetic tape
  • Magnetic disk
  • Optical disk
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.8

The imitation of one device or system by another is

  • Simulation
  • Emulation
  • Resilience
  • Compaction
  • None of the above
Q.9

A type of semiconductor memory that usually has small capacity but very fast access is

  • PROM
  • RAM
  • Scratchpad
  • ROM
  • None of the above
Q.10

What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?

  • Tracks
  • Cylinders
  • Sectors
  • Segments
  • None of the above
Q.11

Conversion of an octal number 208 to its binary number is

  • 100002
  • 101112
  • 101102
  • 111102
  • None of the above
Q.12

The minimum number of MOS transistors required to make a dynamic RAM cell is

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • None of the above
Q.13

Which major development led to the production of microcomputers?

  • Magnetic disks
  • Floppy disks
  • Logic gates
  • Integrated circuits
  • None of the above
Q.14

The original ASCII code used _____ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking.

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 4
Q.15

A system program which helps the execution of user programs is known as

  • System software
  • Application program
  • Batch operating system
  • Utilities
  • None of the above
Q.16

LISP was developed by

  • John Mc Carthy
  • Blaise Pascal
  • Dr. Hollerith
  • John Napier
  • None of the above
Q.17

Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77?

  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Forth
  • None of the above
Q.18

First CAD system called AutoCAD for the PCs was announced in the yearCan you tell who announced it?

  • Intel Corpn.
  • Rolta India Ltd.
  • Autodesk Inc
  • AT & T Corp.
  • None of the above
Q.19

IBM-PC is an example of

  • A main frame
  • Machine-in-built
  • Micro computer
  • Special purpose
  • None of the above
Q.20

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

  • It will add to the content of the location
  • It will change the address of the memory location
  • It will erase the previous content
  • It will not be fruitful if thjere is already some data at that location
  • None of the above
Q.21

A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as

  • Cluster
  • Surface
  • Cylinder
  • Panel
  • None of the above
Q.22

Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data.

  • Accumulator
  • Buffer
  • Memory
  • Latch
  • None of the above
Q.23

Which of the following are not likely to be found on a PC main circuit board

  • RAM chips
  • Microprocessor chips
  • ROM chips
  • LCD clocks
  • None of the above
Q.24

Which company produces processors for the Apple Macintosh?

  • IBM
  • Motorola
  • Intel
  • AMD
  • Cyrix
Q.25

The essential features of a number system are

  • Radix
  • Set of distinct counting digits
  • bits
  • Both (a) & (b)
  • None of the above
Q.26

A special type of device which uses an ordinary telephone with a computer is

  • Light pen
  • Mouse
  • Acoustic couple
  • Touch panel
  • None of the above
Q.27

The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?

  • 100
  • 20
  • 40
  • 80
  • None of the above
Q.28

Primary storage is _____ as compared to secondary storage.

  • Slow and inexpensive
  • Fast and inexpensive
  • Fast and expensive
  • Slow and expensive
  • None of the above
Q.29

Which input device is able to scan & interpret an entire page that is typed in a special font

  • Floppy disk
  • Page reader
  • Paper tape punch
  • Optical card readers
  • None of the above
Q.30

The difference between memory and storages is that memory is _____ and storage is _____

  • Temporary, permanent
  • Permanent, temporary
  • Slow, fast
  • AH of the above
  • None of the above
Q.31

A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational inis

  • LAN
  • Broadband network
  • Star network
  • Euronet
  • None of the above
Q.32

A device that prints one character at a ! time is kknown as

  • Laser printer
  • Line printer
  • Character printer
  • Dot-Matrix printer
  • None of the above
Q.33

A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is

  • Retrieving
  • Sorting
  • Balleting
  • Lock-out
  • None of the above
Q.34

Third generation computers

  • were the first to use built-in error detecting devices
  • used transistors instead of vacuum tubes
  • were the first to use neural network
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.35

A one-bit signal that indicates the start of data transmission by an asynchronous device is

  • Parity bit
  • Status bit
  • Zero bit
  • Start bit
  • None of the above
Q.36

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 as

  • PC
  • Memory Address Registers
  • General purpose registers
  • Flags
  • None of the above
Q.37

Which of the following is a system programming language for micro-computers in the Intel family.

  • LOGO
  • SNOBOL
  • PCM
  • PL/1
  • None of the above
Q.38

Which of the following can be output by a computer?

  • graphics
  • voice
  • text
  • computer-usable data or information
  • All of the above
Q.39

Conversion of an octal number 1428 to binary number is

  • 11000102
  • 1101102
  • 11000112
  • 11011012
  • None of the above
Q.40

Which of the following is used as "Input device" for the computer?

  • Printer
  • VDU
  • TV
  • Light pen
  • None of the above
Q.41

The first computer made available for commercial use was

  • Mark-I
  • ENIAC
  • EDSAC
  • UNIVAC
  • None of the above
Q.42

Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?

  • nonvolatile
  • permanent
  • control unit
  • temporary
  • None of the above
Q.43

Main storage is also called

  • Accumulator
  • Control unit
  • Register unit
  • memory
  • None of the above
Q.44

All inputs must be in ON position to have an output is known as

  • NOT gate
  • AND gate
  • OR gate
  • XOR gate
  • None of the above
Q.45

The intersection of a column and row in a spreadsheet is called a bon or

  • Key
  • Field
  • Cell
  • Menu
  • None of the above
Q.46

A digital device that processes data is known as

  • Data processor
  • Data entry
  • DBMS
  • Database
  • None of the above
Q.47

Offline device is

  • a device which is not connected to CPU
  • a device which is connected to CPU
  • a direct access storage device
  • an I/O device
  • None of the above
Q.48

A half byte is know is

  • Data
  • Bit
  • Half byte
  • Nibble
  • None of the above
Q.49

What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters?

  • DASI
  • ASSH
  • ASCII
  • BASCII
  • EPROM
Q.50

A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is _____

  • Data element
  • Elementary data item
  • Data entry
  • Database management
  • None of the above
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