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A) First Generation

1. UNIVAC is
B) Second Generation
A) Universal Automatic
Computer C) Third Generation

B) Universal Array Computer D) Fourth Generation

C) Unique Automatic Computer

D) Unvalued Automatic 5. What is the main difference


Computer between a mainframe and a
super computer?

A) Super computer is much


2. The basic operations larger than mainframe
performed by a computer computers
are
B) Super computers are
A) Arithmetic operation much smaller than
B) Logical operation mainframe computers C)
Supercomputers are
C) Storage and relative focused to execute few
D) All the above programs as fast as
possible while
mainframe uses its
3. The two major types of power to execute as
computer chips are many

A) External memory chip B) programs concurrently


Primary memory chip C)
D) Supercomputers are
Microprocessor chip D) Both
focused to execute as
b and c
many programs as possible
4. Microprocesso while mainframe uses its
rs as switching power to execute few
devices are for programs as fast as
which possible.
generation
computers
6. ASCII and B) bits per inch of tracks

EBCDIC are the C) disk pack in disk surface

popular D) All of above

character

coding 9. The two kinds of main


memory are:
systems. What
A) Primary and secondary B)
does EBCDIC Random and sequential C)
ROM and RAM
stand for?
D) All of above
A) Extended Binary Coded
Decimal Interchange Code

B) Extended Bit Code Decimal 10. A storage area used


Interchange Code
to store data to a
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal compensate for the
Interchange Code difference in speed at
D) Extended Binary Case which the different units
Decimal Interchange Code can handle data is

A) Memory
7. The brain of any computer B) Buffer
system is
C) Accumulator
A) ALU
D) Address
B) Memory

C) CPU
11. Computer is free from
D) Control unit tiresome and boardroom.
We call it

A) Accuracy B) Reliability C)
8. Storage capacity of Diligence D) Versatility
magnetic disk depends on

A) tracks per inch of surface


12. Integrated Circuits (ICs)
16. The ALU of a computer
are related to which
responds to the commands
generation of computers?
coming from
A) First generation
A) Primary memory
B) Second generation
B) Control section
C) Third generation
C) External memory
D) Fourth generation
D) Cache memory

13. CD-ROM is a
17. Chief component of first
A) Semiconductor memory generation computer was

B) Memory register C) Magnetic A) Transistors


memory D) None of above
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
14. A hybrid computer C) Integrated Circuits
A) Resembles digital computer D) None of above
B) Resembles analogue
computer
18. To produce high
C) Resembles both a digital and
analogue computer quality graphics
(hardcopy) in color, you
D) None of the above would want to use a/n
15. Which type of computers
uses the 8-bit code called A) RGB monitor
EBCDIC? B) Plotter

A) Minicomputers C) Ink-jet printer

B) Microcomputers D) Laser printer

C) Mainframe computers

D) Super computer 19. What are the stages in the


compilation process? B) extensive memory

A) Feasibility study, system C) independent processing


design and testing capability

B) Implementation and D) a keyboard and screen


documentation

C) Lexical Analysis, syntax


analysis, and code 23. One millisecond is
generation
A) 1 second
D) None of the above
B) 10th of a seconds

C) 1000th of a seconds
20. Which of the following IC
was used in third D) 10000th of a seconds
generation of computers?

A) SSI
24. The output quality of a
B) MSI C) LSI printer is measured by

D) Both a and b A) Dot per sq. inch

B) Dot per inch

21. The main C) Dots printed per unit time


electronic component D) All of the above
used in first generation
computers was 25. Which of the following
was a special purpose
A) Transistors computer?

B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves A) ABC

C) Integrated Circuits B) ENIAC C) EDVAC

D) None of above D) All of the above


22. A dumb terminal has 26. What was the computer
invented by Attanasoff
A) an embedded and Clifford?
microprocessor
A) Mark I B) ABC microcomputer is
known as
C) Z3
A) Path
D) None of above
B) Address bus

C) Route
27. Which of the
D) All of the above
following storage
devices can store
maximum amount of
30. High density
data?
double sided
A) Floppy Disk
floppy disks could
B) Hard Disk
store of data A)
C) Compact Disk
1.40 MB B) 1.44 GB
D) Magneto Optic Disk
C) 1.40 GB D) 1.44

MB
28. Which computer
was considered the
first electronic
31. A high quality CAD
computer until 1973
system uses the following
when court invalidated
for printing drawing and
the patent?
graphs
A) ENIAC B) MARK I C) Z3
A) Dot matrix printer
D) ABC
B) Digital plotter

C) Line printer
29. A physical
D) All of the above
connection between
the microprocessor
memory and other
32. Which of the following is
parts of the
not an input device?
A) OCR

B) Optical scanners

C) Voice recognition device


35. In most IBM PCs, the
D) COM (Computer Output to CPU, the device drives,
Microfilm) memory expansion slots
and active components
are mounted on a single
33. The accuracy of board. What is the name
the floating-point of this board?
numbers representable
in two 16- bit words of a A) Motherboard
computer is B) Breadboard
approximately
C) Daughter board
A) 16 digits B) 6 digits C) 9
digits D) Grandmother board

D) All of above 36. Magnetic disks are the


most popular medium for

34. In most of the A) Direct access


IBM PCs, the CPU, the B) Sequential access
device drivers,
memory, expansion C) Both of above
slots and active D) None of above
components are
mounted on a single
board. What is the 37. A technique used
name of the board? by codes to convert an
analog signal into a
A) Motherboard
digital bit stream is
B) Daughterboard known as

C) Bredboard A) Pulse code modulation

D) Fatherboard B) Pulse stretcher


C) Query processing w

D) Queue management a

38. Regarding a VDU, Which


statement is more
correct? v

A) It is an output device a

B) It is an input device c

C) It is a peripheral device u

D) It is hardware item u

39. A modern electronic


computer is a machine
t
that is meant for
u
A) Doing quick mathematical
calculations b
B) Input, storage, manipulation e
and outputting of data

C) Electronic data processing


i
D) Performing repetitive tasks
accurately n

v
40. W e
h n
e t
n e

d
? computers C) PS/2 computer D)
None of above

A
43. An application suitable for
) sequential processing is

A) Processing of grades
1 B) Payroll processing
9 C) Both a and b
0 D) All of above
0

1906 44. Which of the following is


not processing?
C) 1910
A) arranging
D) 1880
B) manipulating

C) calculating
41. Which of D) gathering
the following
produces the
best quality
45. The digital computer was
graphics developed primarily in
reproduction?
A) USSR B) Japan C) USA D)
A) Laser printer B) Ink jet UK
printer C) Plotter

D) Dot matrix printer


46. Software in computer

A) Enhances the capabilities of


42. Computers with 80286 the hardware machine
microprocessor is
B) Increase the speed of central
A) XT computer B) AT processing unit
C) Both of above C) Reproducing

D) None of above D) Summarizing

47. Today’s 50. What is the responsibility


computer giant IBM of the logical unit in the
was earlier known by CPU of a computer?
different name which A) To produce result
was changes in 1924.
What was that name? B) To compare numbers

A) Tabulator Machine Co. C) To control flow of


information
B) Computing Tabulating
Recording Co. C) The D) To do math’s works
Tabulator Ltd.

D) International Computer Ltd. 51. Abacus was the first A)


electronic computer B)
mechanical computer
48. Before a disk drive C) electronic calculator D)
can access any sector mechanical calculator
record, a computer
52. If in a computer,
program has to provide
16 bits are used to
the record’s disk address.
specify address in a
What information does
RAM, the number of
this address specify?
addresses will be
A) Track number
A) 216
B) Sector number C) Surface
B) 65,536
number D) All of above
49. The arranging of data in a C) 64K
logical sequence is called
D) Any of the above
A) Sorting 53. Instructions and memory
address are represented
B) Classifying
by
A) Character code B) Arithmetic Logic Unit

B) Binary codes C) Central Processing Unit

C) Binary word D) Storage Unit


57. Which is used for
D) Parity bit
manufacturing chips?

A) Bus
54. The terminal
B) Control unit
device that
functions as a cash C) Semiconductors
register, computer
D) A and b only
terminal, and OCR
reader is the:

A) Data collection terminal 58. The value of each bead in


heaven is
B) OCR register terminal C)
Video Display terminal D) A) 1
POS terminal
B) 3

C) 5
55. A set of flip flops
integrated together is D) 7
called

A) Counter

B) Adder
59. The first computer
C) Register introduced in Nepal was

D) None of the above A) IBM 1400

B) IBM 1401

56. People often call as C) IBM 1402


the brain of computer
D) IBM1402
system

A) Control Unit
60. Mnemonic a memory trick
is used in which of the
following language?
64. Which was the most
A) Machine language B) popular first generation
Assembly language C) High computer?
level language D)
A) IBM 650
None of above
B) IBM 360

C) IBM 1130
61. Instruction in computer
languages consists of D) IBM 2700

A) OPCODE B) OPERAND

C) Both of above 65. Which is considered a


direct entry input device?
D) None of above
A) Optical scanner

B) Mouse and digitizer


62. Which generation of
computer is still under C) Light pen
development
D) All of the above
A) Fourth Generation

B) Fifth Generation
66. A set of information
C) Sixth Generation that defines the status of
resources allocated to a
D) Seventh Generation
process is

A) Process control
63. A register organized
B) ALU
to allow to move left or
right operations is called C) Register Unit
a
D) Process description
A) Counter B) Loader C) Adder

D) Shift register
67. Each set of Napier’s bones
consisted of operating
rods.
systems were
developed?
A) 5
A) First
B) 9
B) Second
C) 11
C) Third
D) 13
D) Fourth

68. BCD is
A) Binary Coded Decimal 71. The first
firm to mass-
B) Bit Coded Decimal C) Binary market a
Coded Digit D) Bit Coded
microcomputer
Digit
as a personal
computer was
69. When was A) IBM
the world’s first B) Super UNIVAC C) Radio
Shaks
laptop computer
D) Data General Corporation
introduced in the
72. How many
market and by address lines are
needed to address
whom?
each machine
A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980 location in a 2048
x 4 memory chip?
B) Epson, 1981
A) 10
C) Laplink Traveling Software
Inc, 1982 B) 11
D) Tandy Model-200, 1985 C) 8

D) 12

70. From which generation


73. Properly arranged data is N
called
a
A) Field
p
B) Words
i
C) Information
e
D) File
r

74. A computer consists of A)


A central processing unit i
B) A memory
n
C) Input and output unit
v
D) All of the above
e

n
75. Why are vacuum tubes
t
also called valves?
e
A) Because they can amplify
the weak signals and make d
them strong

B) Because they can stop or


allow the flow of current L
C) Both of above o
D) None of above g
76. J
a
o
r
h
i
n
t

h
m microprocessor to
regulate traffic on the bus,
in order to prevent two
i devices from trying to use
it at the same time?
n
A) Bus control

B) Interrupts
A
C) Bus arbitration
)
D) Status

1
79. Where as a
6
computer mouse
1 moves over the
table surface, the
4
trackball is
B) 1617 A) Stationary
C) 1620 B) Difficult to move
D) None of above C) Dragged
77. An integrated circuit is D) Moved in small steps
A) A complicated circuit

B) An integrating device 80. Which of the following is


used as a primary storage
C) Much costlier than a single device?
transistor
A) Magnetic drum
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon
chip B) Hard Disks

C) Floppy
78. What type of control D) All of above
pins are needed in a
A) Editing
81. Multi user systems B) Writing
provided cost savings for
small business because C) Formatting
they use a single D) All of above
processing unit to link
several

A) Personal computers 84. Nepal brought a


computer for census of
B) Workstations 2028 BS. This computer
C) Dumb terminals was of

D) Mainframes A) first generation

B) second generation

82. What are the C) third generation


three decisions D) fourth generation
making operations
performed by the ALU 85. Algorithm and Flow chart
of a computer? help us to

A) Grater than A) Know the memory capacity

B) Less than B) Identify the base of a


number system
C) Equal to
Direct the output to a printer
D) All of the above
C) Specify the problem
completely and clearly

83. The word 86. Which statement is valid


about computer program?
processing task
associated with A) It is understood by a
changing the computer B) It is understood by
appearance of a programmer C) It is understood
document is user
D) Both a & b a

87. The i
difference
n
between memory
and storage is that e
memory is and
storage is
i
A) Temporary, permanent B)
Permanent, temporary C) Slow, n
fast
v
D) All of above
e

n
88. W
t
h
e
e
d
n
?

w
A
a
)
s

1
P
6
a
1
s
7
c
B) 1620
C) 1642 time?

D) 1837 A) Light pen

B) Mouse C) Digitizer D)
Terminal
89. Which of the following
statement is valid?

A) Lady Augusta is the first 92. Which


programmer
of the
B) Ada is the daughter
of Lord Byron, a following is
famous English poet the first
C) ADA is a
programming language computer to
developed by US use Stored
Defense D) All of
above Program

90. A compiler is a translating Concept?


program which
A) UNIVAC B) ENIAC
A) Translates instruction of a
high level language into C) EDSAC
machine language
D) None of above
B) Translates entire source
program into machine
language program
93. The term gigabyte refers
C) It is not involved in program’s to
execution
A) 1024 bytes
D) All of above
B) 1024 kilobytes

C) 1024 megabytes
91. What is required
D) 1024 gigabyte
when more than one
94. in which
person uses a central
computer at the same year was UK’s
premier similar
products from
computing
different
event companies

started? A) D) All of above

1980

B) 1985 97. Machine language is


A) Machine dependent B)
C) 1986
Difficult to program C)
D) 1987 Error prone

D) All of above

95. Once you load


the suitable program
98. A byte consists of
and provide required
One bit B) Four bits C) Eight
data, computer does bits
not need human
intervention. This D) Sixteen bits
feature is known as
99. Modern Computers are
A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) very reliable but they are
Versatility D) Automatic not

A) Fast

96. What is a brand? B) Powerful C) Infallible D)


Cheap
A) The name of companies that
made computers

B) The name of product a 100. What is the


company gives to identify its
date when
product in market
Babbage
C) A name of
class to conceived
indicate all
Analytical
engine A) 1642 varying

B) 1837 capacities

C) 1880 A) Memory or video

D) 1850 B) Magnetic or optical C)


Optical or memory D) Video
or magnetic
101. What was the
expected feature of
fifth generation 104. Programs designed to
perform specific tasks is
computers when Japan known as
started FGCS?
A) system software
A) Operating Systems B)
Parallel Processing C) ULSI B) application software

D) None of above C) utility programs

D) operating system

102. Which of the


following memory
105. Computer operators
medium is not used as
main memory system? A) writes computer programs
for specific problems
A) Magnetic core B)
Semiconductor C) Magnetic B) operate the device which
tape input and output data from
the computer
D) Both semiconductor and
magnetic tape C) normally require a college
103. The storage degree in computer science

subsystem in a D) all of the above

microcomputer

consists mainly

of ormedia with 106. Which of the following is


not anti-viruses software?
A) NAV D) digitizer

B) F-Prot C) Oracle D) McAfee


107. What is a compiler?
110. Identify the
A) A compiler does a conversion correct statement A)
line by line as the program is IBM PCs used RISC CPU
run designs B) Macintosh
B) A compiler used CISC CPU design
converts the whole C) IBM used CISC CPU
of a higher level design
program code into D) None of above is true
machine code in
one step

C) A compiler is a 111. Which of the following


statement is false?
general purpose
language providing A) Mechanical analog
very efficient computers have existed for
execution thousands of years

D) None of the above B) There are mechanical analog


computers and electronic
analog
computers.
108. computers are also
called personal C) All electronic computers are
computers digital computers
A) Mainframe Computer D) All of above are false
B) Mini Computers C) Micro 112. Which of the following
Computers D) Super require large computers
Computers memory?

A) Imaging B) Graphics C) Voice


109. Which of the following is D) All of Above
not input unit device?

A) scanner B) camera C) plotter


113. Which of the following is 116. Which one is the largest
machine independence space?
program?
A) kilobyte B) petabyte C)
A) High level language B) terabyte D) gigabyte
Low level language C)
Assembly language D)
Machine language 117. FORTRAN programming
language is more suitable
for
114. When was A) Business Applications
the first electro- B) Marketing Applications C)
Scientific Applications D)
mechanical None of the above
computer

developed? A) 118. The brain of any computer


1880 system is

B) 1990 A) Control Unit

C) 1944 B) Arithmetic Logic Unit

D) None of above C) Central Processing Unit

D) Storage Unit

115. The first machine


to successfully perform 119. Analog computer works on
a long series of the supply of
arithmetic and logical
A) Continuous electrical pulses
operations was:
B) Electrical pulses but not
A) ENIAC B) Mark-I continuous
C) Analytic Engine C) Magnetic strength
D) UNIVAC-1
D) None of the above
B) Inkjet printer
120. An error in software or C) Daisywheel printer
hardware is called a bug.
What is the D) Dot matrix printer
alternative computer jargon
for it?

A) Leech B) Squid C) Slug D) 124. IBM 1401 is


Glitch
A) First Generation Computer

B) Second Generation Computer


121. The advantage of COM are C) Third Generation Computer
its and
D) Fourth Generation Computer
A) Compact size; speed
readability 125. Most of the first
generation computers
B) Compact size, speed were

C) Readability; speed A) Special purpose


computers B) General
D) Low cost; readability
purpose computers C) Both
of above

122. The BIOS is the D) None of above


abbreviation of .

A) Basic Input Output


System B) Best Input 126. Floppy disks typically in
diameter
Output System C) Basic
Input Output Symbol D) A) 3
Base Input Output System
B) 5.25

C) 8
123. Which printer is very
commonly used for D) All of above
desktop publishing?

A) Laser printer
127. The output quality of a
printer is measured by
A) Dot per inch

B) Dot per sq. inch


131. Who invented Integrated
C) Dots printed per unit time Circuits?

D) All of above A) Jack Kilby

B) Robert Noyce C) Both of


above D) None of above
128. On a PC, how

much memory is
132. Operating system, editors,
available to and debuggers comes
under?
application
A) System Software
software? A) 1024
B) Application Software
KB B) 760 KB C) 640
C) Utilities
KB D) 560 KB
D) None of the above
129. In a computer is
capable to store single
binary bit.
133. One computer that is not
A) Capacitor B) Flip flop C) considered a portable is
Register D) Inductor
A) Minicomputer
B) Laptop computer

C) Notebook computer
130. What does DMA stand for? D) All of above
A) Distinct Memory
Access B) Direct
Memory Access C) 134. Which of the following is
not an electronic
Direct Module computer?
Access
A) ENIAC B) ABC
D) Direct Memory Allocation
C) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC 138. The personal computer
industry was started by

A) IBM
135. What is the
name of the display B) Apple
feature that C) Compaq
highlights are of the
screen which D) HCL
requires operator
attention?
139. What is meant by a
A) Pixel dedicated computer?
B) Reverse video C) Touch A) Which is used by one person
screen D) Cursor only

B) Which is assigned one and


only one task
136. Which is the largest
computer? C) Which uses one kind of
software
A) Mainframe Computer
D) Which is meant for
B) Mini Computers C) Micro application software
Computers D) Super
Computers

137. Which of the 140. Which programming


following are the languages are classified as
best units of data low level languages?
on an external A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN B)
storage device? Prolog 2, Expert Systems
A) Bits C) Knowledge based Systems
B) Bytes D) Assembly Languages
C) Hertz

D) Clock cycles
141. What was the main
disadvantage of vacuum
tubes? to hold
conditional
A) They were larger in size
codes (bits set
B) They consumed a lot of
by the CPU
electricity
hardware as the
C) They produced heat and result of
often burned out operations), are
D) The operation cost was high known as

A) PC

142. Registers, B) Flags


which are C) Memory Address Registers
partially visible to
users and used to D) General Purpose Registers
hold conditional, E) They consumed a lot of
are known as electricity

A) PC F) They produced heat and


often burned out
B) Memory address registers C)
General purpose register D) G) The operation cost was high
Flags

145. Registers,
143. Which is not a computer of which are
first generation? partially visible to
users and used to
A) ENIAC
hold conditional,
B) UNIVAC are known as

C) IBM 360 C) PC

D) IBM 1401 D) Memory address registers C)


General purpose register D)
144. Registers Flags
which are
partially visible
to users and used 146. Which is not a computer of
first generation? A) First generation

E) ENIAC B) Second generation

F) UNIVAC C) Third generation

G) IBM 360 D) Fourth generation

H) IBM 1401

147. Registers 149. UNIVAC is


which are
A) Universal Automatic
partially visible Computer
to users and used
to hold B) Universal Array Computer
conditional C) Unique Automatic Computer
codes (bits set
by the CPU D) Unvalued Automatic
hardware as the Computer
result of 150. Which is the highest form?
operations), are
known as A) Data

E) PC B) Information C) Knowledge D)
All of above
F) Flags

G) Memory Address Registers


151. Who is credited with
H) General Purpose Registers the idea of using punch
arithmetic-logic unit and cards to control patterns
primary storage D) Control in a waving machine?
unit, processing, and
A) Pascal
primary storage
B) Hollerith

C) Babbage
148. The notable features like
keyboards, monitors, GUI D) Jacquard
were developed in
152. What is an interpreter?
A) An interpreter 155. Which of the following is
not a valid size of a Floppy
does the Disk?
conversion line by A) 8?
line as the B) 5 ¼?
program is run C) 3 ½? D) 5 ½?
B) An interpreter is the
representation of the system
being designed 156. The earliest calculating
devices are
C) An interpreter is a
general purpose A) Abacus
language providing
B) Clock
very efficient
execution C) Difference Engine

D) None of the above D) None of these

157. Word length of a Personal


Computer is

A) 4 bits
153. Which is a semi conductor
memory? B) 8 bits

A) Dynamic C) 16 bits

B) Static D) 64 bits

C) Bubble

D) Both a & b 158. What was


the first
computer to
154. RJ45 UTP cable has perform all
Cables.
calculation
A) 2 pair B) 3 pair C) 4 pair D) 5 using
pair
electronics C) ALU
rather than
D) Control Unit
wheels, ratchets,
or mechanical
switches?
161. The full form of ALU is
A) Mark I
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) ABC C) Z3
B) Array Logic Unit
D) None of above
C) Application Logic Unit
159. A
D) None of above
directly

accessible
162. What produces useful
appointment information out of data?

calendar is A) Computer
B) Processing
feature of a
C) Programming
resident
D) none of above
package

A) CPU
163. Which of the following
B) Memory device was not invented by
Babbage?
C) Buffer
A) Pascaline
D) ALU
B) Difference Engine

C) Analytical Engine
160. Which unit converts
computer data into human D) None of above
readable form?

A) Input unit
164. A digital computer did not
B) Output unit score over an analog
computer in terms of A) Softcopy output

A) Speed B) Hardcopy output

B) Accuracy C) Permanent Output

C) Reliability D) All of above

D) Cost

168. Which electronic


component was made out
165. Which number system is of semiconductor
usually followed in a material?
typical 32-bit computer?
A) Vacuum tubes
A) Binary
B) Transistors
B) Decimal
C) ICs
C) Hexadecimal
D) All of above
D) Octal
166. A computer has
very low failure rate 169. The act of retrieving
because it uses existing data from memory
electronic is called
components. It
A) Read-out
produces very
consistent results. B) Read from
This is highlighted by
C) Read
which of the feature
D) All of above
of computer?

A) Accuracy
170. Which part of the
B) Reliability C) Versatility D) computer is used for
Automatic
calculating and comparing?

A) Disk unit
167. A paper printout of a B) Control unit
document is known as
C) ALU

D) Modem
174. What is the first stage in
software development?

171. ABC is a A) Specification and design

A) Special purpose computer B) Testing

B) General purpose computer C) System Analysis

C) All Purpose Computer D) Maintenance

D) None of above

175. Which of the following is


valid statement?
172. The computer
code for the A) Data in itself is useless
interchange of unless it is processed
information B) The data that is processed is
between terminals called a program
is
C) The data which is not yet
A) ASCII processed is information

B) BCD D) Information is processed by


computer to generate data.
C) EBCDIC

D) All of above
176. The Second Generation
Computer was based on

173. When was the X window A) Vacuum Tube B) Silicon


system born? Chips C) Transistor
1984
D) Bio Chips
B) 1989 177. EBCDIC stands for

C) 1988 A) Extended Binary Coded


Decimal Interchange Code
D) 1990
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal input, output and storage
Interchange Code units
181. Which of the
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal
Interchange Code following programming
language started from
D) Extended Binary Case second generation?
Decimal Interchange Code
A) Cobol B) BASIC C) C

D) LISP
178. Personnel who
design, program,
operates and
182. The translator program
maintains computer used in assembly language
equipment refers to is called

A) Console-operator A) Compiler

B) Programmer B) Interpreter C) Assembler D)


Translator
C) Peopleware

D) System Analyst
183. EEPROM stands for

A) Electrically Erasable
179. IBM System/360 is Programmable Read Only
Memory
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Easily Erasable
B) Mini Computers C) Micro
Programmable Read Only
Computers D) None of above
Memory

C) Electronic Erasable
180. A system is Programmable Read Only
Memory
A) an integration of different
units so as to achieve an D) None of the above
objective

B) input unit
184. Regarding data, computers
C) input and output unit are very good at
A) store D) None of above

B) Processing

C) retrieve 188. EPROM can be used for

D) All of above A) Erasing the contents of ROM


185. Bit map terminal
B) Reconstructing the contents
A) support display containing of ROM
multiple windows
C) Erasing and reconstructing
B) require considerable amount the contents of ROM D)
of video RAM Duplicating ROM
189. ENIAC uses
C) requires tremendous amount
of copying and hence low A) Decimal Numbering System
performance
B) Octal Numbering System
D) all of above
C) Binary Numbering System

D) Hexadecimal Numbering
186. First generation computers System
used for memory

A) vacuum tubes
190. A term
B) silicon chips associated with the
C) magnetic drum comparison of
processing speeds
D) RAM of different
computer system is:

187. Which of the A) EFTS


following memories B) MPG
allows simultaneous read
and write operations? C) MIPS D) CPS

A) ROM B) RAM

C) EPROM 191. which of the following is


problem oriented
language? 196. Access time is

A) High level language A) seek time + latency time

B) Machine language C) B) seek time


Assembly language D) Low
level language C) seek time ? latency time

D) latency time

192. A 32 bit microprocessor


has the word length equal
to 197. Which

A) 2 byte B) 32 byte C) 4 byte D) device can


8 byte
understand

difference
193. The term GIGO is related to
between
A) Accuracy
data &
B) Reliability C) Versatility D)
Automatic programs?

A) Input device

194. Web cam is an B) Output device

A) input unit device B) output C) Memory


unit device C) processing
device D) Microprocessor
198. Which of the following is a
D) Input and Output device read only memory storage
device?

A) Floppy Disk
195. Bit stands for A)
Binary digits B) bit of B) CD-ROM
system C) a part of byte
C) Hard Disk
D) All of above
D) None of these
C) Results alone
199. Symbolic logic was D) All of these
discovered by

A) George Boole
203. After copying the content
B) Herman Hollerith how many times can you
paste?
C) Van Neumann
A) 1
D) Basic Pascal
B) 16

C) 32
200. Which of the following is
not valid statement? D) Many
A) Hard is referred to mean
something temporary
204. WAN stands for
B) Hard is used to mean
something tangible A) Wap Area Network B) Wide
Area Network C) Wide Array
C) Soft is used to mean Net
something permanent
D) Wireless Area Network
D) Soft is used to mean
something tangible

201. Digital devices are 205. An error in computer data


is called
A) Digital Clock
A) Chip B) Bug C) CPU
B) Automobile speed meter
D) Storage device
C) Clock with a dial and two
hands 206. The instructions for
starting the computer are
D) All of them house on
202. Primary memory stores A) Random access memory
A) Data alone B) CD-Rom
B) Programs alone C) Read only memory chip
D) All of above D) Tandy Svenson

207. 1 nibble equals to 210. It was in 2028 BS the was brou

A) 1 bits B) 2 bits C) 4 bits D) 8 A) IBM 1400


bits
B) IBM 1401

C) ICL 2950
208. Perforated paper used as
input of output media is D) None of above
known as

A) paper tapes
211. Who is the inventor of ABC
B) magnetic tape Computer?

C) punched papers tape A) John v. Atanasoff

D) card punch B) Clifford Berry C) Both of


above D) None of above

209. The secondary


storage devices can 212. Which of the following is
the largest unit?
only store data but
they cannot perform A) data

A) Arithmetic Operation B) field

B) Logic operation C) record

C) Fetch operations D) database file


Either of the above 213. Find out who is not the
210.Which American computer inventor of transistors
among following names
company is called Big Blue?
A) John Burdeen
A) Microsoft
B) William Shockley C) Walter
B) Compaq Corp Brattain D) Lee de Forest
C) IBM
called
214. Which of the following is A) ASCII
not true for a magnetic
disk? B) EBCDIC C) BCD
A) It is expensive relative to D) All of above
magnetic tape
217. Which access method is
B) It provides only sequential used to access cassette
access to stored data tape?

C) Users can easily update A) Direct


records by writing over the
B) Sequential
old data
C) Both of the above
D) All of above
D) None of the above

215. A disadvantage of the laser


printer is 218. A Compiler is
A) It is quieter than an impact A) a combination of computer
printer hardware
B) It is very slow B) a program which translates
from one high-level language
C) The output is of a lower
to another
quality
C) a program which
D) None of the above
translates from one
high-level to a
machine level
216. The most commonly
language
used standard data code
to represent D) None of these
alphabetical, numerical
and punctuation
characters used in 219. Which unit holds data
electronic data temporarily?
processing system is
A) Input unit
B) Secondary storage unit

C) Output Unit 223. Reading data is performed


in magnetic disk by
D) Primary Memory Unit
A) Read/write leads

B) Sectors
220. The computer size was
very large in C) Track

A) First Generation D) Lower surface


B) Second Generation 224. IBM 7000 digital
computer A) Belongs to
C) Third Generation second generation B)
D) Fourth Generation Uses VLSI

C) Employs semiconductor
memory
221. A name or number used to
identify storage location D) Has modular constructions
devices?

A) A byte

B) A record
225. Which of the following is
C) An address not electro-mechanical
computer?
D) All of above
A) Mark I B) ABC

C) Zuse
222. Which of the following is
not computer language? D) UNIVAC

A) High level language

B) Medium level language 226. The term ‘computer’ is


derived from
C) Low level language
A) Greek language
D) All of the above
B) Sanskrit language
C) Latin language computers?

D) German language A) Speed

B) Automatic C) Accuracy D)
Reliability
227. Which statement is valid
about magnetic tape?

A) It is a plastic ribbon 231. Which of the


following
B) It is coated on both sides
with iron oxide programming
language were used
C) It can be erased and reused in first generation
computers?
D) All of above
228. Which of the following is A) Machine language B)
first generation computer? Assembly language C) Both of
above
A) EDSAC
D) None of above
B) IBM 1401
232. To locate a data item for
C) CDC 1604 storage is

D) ICL 2950 A) Field

B) Feed

229. A hard copy would be C) Database


prepared on a
D) Fetch
A) Line printer

B) Dot matrix Printer


233. Who used punched
C) Typewriter terminal cards practically for the
first time in the history of
D) All of the above
computers?

A) Charles Babbage
230. The term GIGO is relate to
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
which characteristics of
C) Howard Aikin computer

D) Joseph Jacquard A) EDSAC

B) IBM-1401

234. Hard disk is coated in both C) CDC-1604


sides with
D) ICL-2900
A) Magnetic metallic oxide

B) Optical metallic oxide


238. A name or number used to
C) Carbon layer identify a storage location
is called
D) All of the above
A) A byte

B) A record
235. Which of the following
term means to reckon? C) An address

A) putare D) All of above

B) com
C) computa
239. Computer professionals
D) computar working in a computer
centre are
Software B) Firmware C)
Hardware Humanware
236. An input /output
device at which data
enters or leaves a
240. The first general purpose
computer system is electronic computer in the
world was
A) Keyboard B) Terminal C)
Printer A) UNIVAC B) EDVAC C) ENIAC
D) Plotter D) All of above

237. Which of the following is 241. The contents of


first generation of
information are stored in 244. The qualitative or
quantitative attribute of a
A) Memory data register
variable or set of variables
B) Memory address register is termed as

C) Memory arithmetic registers A) data

D) Memory access register B) information

C) both of above

242. Which of the following is D) none of above


correct full form of BCD?

A) Binary Coded Decimal


245. Main storage is also called
B) Bit Coded Decimal C) Binary
Coded Digit D) Bit Coded A) Accumulator B) Control Unit
Digit C) Register Unit D) Memory

243. Which 246. Which of the following are


(is) considered to be video
was the component?

world’s first A) Resolution B) Color depth C)


Refresh rate
microcomput
D) All of the alcove
er that used

Intel 80386
247. For what Antikyathera was
microprocess used?
or chip? A) For counting
A) IBM PS/2 B) For Calculating tax collection
B) HP-9830 C) For calculating astronomical
positions
C) DeskPro-386
D) For calculating firing
D) IBM-360 weapons
level language program
than in low level
248. Memory unit is one part of programs
A) Input device D) All of above
B) Control unit

C) Output device 251. By programmable machine


we mean
D) Central Processing Unit
A) computers
B) modern television

C) washing machines
249. Microprocessors can be
used to make D) anything that
can be set to
A) Computer perform different
B) Digital systems tasks with
suitable
C) Calculators programs
D) All of the above

252. Which of the following is a


secondary memory device?
250. Which statement is valid
about computer program? A) Keyboard
A) High level B) Disk
languages must be
converted into C) ALU
machine language D) All of the above
to execute

B) High level language programs


are more efficient and faster 253. The memory which is
to execute programmed at the time it
is manufactured
C) It is more difficult to
identify errors in high A) ROM B) RAM C) PROM
D) EPROM D) All of above

254. One of the 256. FORTRAN is

popular mass A) File Translation

storage device is B) Format Translation C)


Formula Translation D)
CD ROM. What Floppy Translation
does CD ROM stand

for? 257. The programs


A) Compactable Read Only which are as
Memory permanent as
hardware and stored
B) Compact Data Read Only in ROM is known as
Memory
A) Hardware B) Software C)
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Firmware D) ROM ware
Memory

D) Compact Disk Read Only


Memory 258. Which of the
255. Identify the true following memories
statement must be refreshed many
A) Computers are 100% times per second?
accurate but it can suffer
from GIGO A) Static RAM

B) Computers are B) Dynamic RAM C) EPROM


reliable because they D) ROM
use electronic
component which have
very low failure rate 259. What do you
C) Computer is never tired and call the translator
does not suffer from which takes
boredom assembly language
program as input &
produce machine
language code as 262. Who invented Slide Rules?
output?
A) John Napier
A) Compiler
B) William Oughtred C)
B) Interpreter C) Debugger D)
Gottfried Leibnitz D) Blaise
Assembler
Pascal

260. Serial access memories are


263. The proper definition of a
useful in applications
modern digital computer is
where
A) An electronic automated
A) Data consists of numbers
machine that can solve
B) Short access time is required problems involving
words and numbers
C) Each stored word is
processed differently B) A more sophistic and
modified electronic pocket
D) Data naturally needs to flow calculator
in and out in serial form
C) Any machine that can
perform mathematical
operations
261. In
mode, the D) A machine that works on
communication binary code
channel is used
in both
directions at 264. Memory is made up of
the same time? A) Set of wires
A) Full-duplex B) Set of circuits
B) Simplex C) Large number of cells
C) Half-duplex D) All of these
D) None of the above
265. Which of the following is C) Video RAM (VRAM) D) All of
the most powerful the above
computers?

A) Mainframe Computer
269. In which year was
B) Mini Computers C) Micro
Computers D) Super chip used inside the
Computers
computer for the first

time? A) 1964
266. Which of the printers
B) 1975
used in conjunction with
computers uses dry ink C) 1999
powder?
D) 1944
A) Daisy wheel printer

B) Line printer
270. Assembly language started
C) Laser printer to be used from

D) Thermal printer A) first generation computers


267. What is the path B) second generation
from which data flow in a computers
computer system is
known as C) third generation computers

A) Car D) fourth generation computers


271. Which technology is more
B) Bus reliable?

C) Truck A) Mechanical

D) Road B) Electro-Mechanical

C) Electronic

268. Which term is used to D) For reliability it does not


describe RAM? matter. So all of above are
reliable
A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) B)
Static RAM (SRAM)
B) American Standard Case for
Institutional Interchange

C) American Standard Code for


272. Wh
Information Interchange
ich of
D) American Standard Code for
the Interchange Information

followin

g is not 275. Raw facts and figures


about any particular topic
an XT are

micropr A) Information

ocessor? B) facts

A) 8006 C) data

B) 8086 D) none of above

C) 8088

D) None of above 276. A computer can


solve more than one
kind of problem. This is
273. Hard disk is coated in both related to which of the
side with following
characteristics?
A) Magnetic metallic oxide
A) Accuracy
B) Optical metallic oxide
B) Reliability
C) Carbon layer
C) Versatility
D) All of the above
D) Automatic

274. ASCII stands for


277. From which generation
A) American Stable Code for
computers the printers
International Interchange
were used? C) Spreadsheet

A) first D) All of above

B) second

C) third 281. In 1830, Charles


Babbage designed a
D) fourth
machine called the
278. How many symbols exist in
Analytical Engine
Baudot code?
which he showed at
A) 32 the Paris Exhibition. In
which year was it
B) 116
exhibition?
C) 58
A) 1820
D) 76 1860

C) 1855
279. Following IC chip D) 1870
integrates 100
thousands electronic
components per chip 282. What is the name of
the new color laptop
A) SSI B) MSI
computer which is
C) LSI D) VLSI powered by a 386
processor at 33 MHz and
is built by Epson? A)
280. An application AX3/33
program that helps the
B) NEC-20
user to change any
number and immediately C) Magnum 2000
see the result of that
D) HCL-3000
change is

A) Desktop publishing program


283. In analog computer
B) Database
A) Input is first converted to e
digital form

B) Input is never converted to


digital form c

C) Output is displayed in digital o


form
m
D) All of the above
p

a
284. Which of the
n
following computer is
not invented by J.P. y
Eckert and John
Mauchly?
n
A) ENIAC B) EDVAC C) UNIVAC
D) EDSAC a

m
285. W e
h d
e

n I

B
w M
a ?
s

A
t )
h
1 A) Arithmetic Logic Unit

9 B) Array Logic Unit

1 C) Application Logic Unit

4 D) None of above
289. A computer
1924
program that converts
C) 1975 an entire program into
machine language at
D) None of above one time is called
a/an

286. Which of the A) Interpreter


following storage device
B) CPU
can store the largest
amount of data? C) Compiler

A) Hard Disks D) Simulator

B) Flash Disks

C) Blu-Ray Disks 290. When did arch


rivals IBM and Apple
D) DVDs Computers Inc.
decide to join hands?

287. Who invented Mark I? A) 1978

A) Howard Aikin B) 1984

B) J. P. Eckert C) 1990

C) John Mauchley D) 1991

D) John v. Atanasoff
291. The purpose of vacuum
tube was to NOT act like
288. ALU is
A) an amplifier
B) a switch A) First generation

C) a router B) Fourth generation C) Fifth


Generation D) Third
D) None of above generation

292. As compared to diskettes,


the hard disks are
) More expensive B) More 296. Seco
portable C) Less rigid
nd
D) Slowly accessed
generatio

n
293. Which of the following is
computer
the most quickly
accessible storage? s were
A) RAM develope
B) Registers d during
C) Disks A) 1949
D) Pen Drive to 1955

1956 to 1965
294. The octal equivalence of
111010 is C) 1965 to 1970

A) 81 D) 1970 to 1990

B) 72
297. What do you call a single
C) 71
point on a computer
D) None of above screen?

A) Cell

295. Excessive parallel B) Element


processing is related to
C) Pixel language. What

D) Bit does FORTRAN

stand for?

298. Mostly which of the A) File Translation


following device is used to
carry user files? B) Format Translation C)
Formula Translation D)
A) Floppy Disk Floppy Translation

B) Hard Disk

C) RAM 301. Which of the following


memories needs
D) CDROM refreshing?

A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM


299. Which of the D) All of above
following computer
implemented
binary numbers, 302. Can you tell what passes
perform into and out from the
calculations using computer via its ports?
electronics and A) Data
implemented
separate B) Bytes
computation and C) Graphics
memory for the
first time? D) Pictures

A) Mark I B) ABC

C) Z3 303. An output
device that uses
D) None of above words or
300. FORTRAN is messages
a programming recorded on a
magnetic
medium to l
produce audio
o
response is
p
A) Magnetic tape
e
B) Voice response unit
d
C) Voice recognition unit
a
D) Voice band
304. Which of the items below m
are considered removable
storage media? e

A) Removable hard disk c


cartridges
h
B) (Magneto-optical) disk C)
a
Flexible disks cartridges D)
All of the above n

i
305. Which of the following is c
not purely output device?
a
A) Screen B) Printer C) Speaker
D) Plotter l

d
306. W e
h v
o i
d c
e e
v i
e n
t d

h d

e ,

1 s

7 u

t b

h tr

c a

e c

n t,

t m

u u

r lt

y i

t p

h l

a e,

t d

c i

o v

u i

l d

d e

a a
n A) First generation

d B) Second generation

fi C) Third generation

n D) Fourth generation
308. Which of the following is
d
not a form of data?
s
A) numbers and characters
q
B) images
u
C) sound
a
D) none of above
r

e
309. Which is not a computer
r classification?

o A) mainframe

o B) maxframe

t C) mini

s D) notebook

A) Napier 310. The control unit of a


microprocessor
B) Babbage
A) Stores data in the memory
C) Pascal
B) Accepts input data from
D) Leibniz keyboard C) Performs
arithmetic/logic function
D) None of above
307. The first Macintosh
computer was from
311. Which of the following is B) Magnetic tape memory
internal memory?
C) Magnetic disk memory
A) Disks
D) Magnetic bubble memory
B) Pen Drives

C) RAM D) CDs
315. A collection of
312. Which operation is not
performed by computer related instructions
organized for a common
A) Inputting B) Processing C) purpose is referred to as
Controlling
A) File
D) Understanding
B) Database

C) Program
313. Floppy disks
D) None of above
which are made from
flexible plastic
material are also
316. Plotter accuracy is
called?
measured in terms of
A) Hard disks repeatability and

B) High-density disks A) Buffer size

C) Diskettes B) Resolution

D) Templates C) Vertical dimensions

D) Intelligence

314. The magnetic


storage chip used to 317. Computer
provide non-volatile instructions written with
direct access storage of the use of English words
data and that have no instead of binary machine
moving parts are known code is called
as
A) Mnemonics
A) Magnetic core memory
B) Symbolic code e

C) Gray codes r

D) Opcode

318. Which C
language is directly
understood by the
computer without C
translation
)
program?

A) Machine language
4
B) Assembly language
8
C) High level language
6
D) None of above
319. On which aspect the s
analog computers are
better than digital? x

A) Speed

B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) D
Automatic
)

320. Which of the following


6
processors use RISC
technology? 3
A) 486dx 4
B) P 0
o

w 321. Which of
the following

machine was 324. Why ABC is considered


electro-mechanical
not invented by computer?

Charles A) Because it was invented


before electronic computers
Babbage? were developed

A) Tabulating Machine B) Because there are


wheels, drums, bars to
B) Analytical Engine C)
Difference Engine D) Both C rotate and move to
and D produce result

C) Because they use the flow of


electrons in different
322. How many component

numbers could D) None of above

ENIAC store in its

internal memory 325. Binary circuit elements


have
A) 100
A) One stable state B) Two
B) 20
stable state C) Three stable
C) 80 state D) None of above

D) 40
326. Which of the following is
used for manufacturing
323. The subject of cybernetics chips?
deals with the science of
A) Genetics A) Control bus B) Control unit
C) Parity unit
B) Control and communication
D) Semiconductor
C) Molecular biology

D) Biochemistry
327. Which of the following is
not a micro computer? h

A) Laptop PCs n
B) Tablet PCs

C) Desktop PCs
N
D) None of above
a

p
328. The value of each bead in
i
earth is
e
A) 1
r
B) 3

C) 5
d
D) 7
e

v
329. W
e
h
l
e
o
n
p

d
l
i
o
d
g

a
J
r
o
i
t 331. Which was the world’s first
minicomputer and when
h was it
m introduced?

? A) PDP-I, 1958

B) IBM System/36, 1960

A C) PDP-II, 1961

) D) VAX 11/780, 1962

1 332. A group of
magnetic tapes,
4 videos or terminals
1 usually under the
control of one
6 master is
B) 1614 A) Cylinder B) Surface C) Track
C) 1641 D) Cluster
D) 1804

333. The word length of a


computer is measured in
330. Which of the
following terms is A) Bytes
the most closely
B) Millimeters
related to main
memory? C) Meters

A) Non volatile D) Bits

B) Permanent C) Control unit D)


Temporary
334. What type of
memory is not directly
addressable by the CPU
and requires special central processing unit and
softw3are called EMS storage unit
(expanded memory D) input, output and storage
specification)? units
A) Extended B) Expanded C)
Base
338. The first general purpose
D) Conventional electronic digital
335. Which unit holds data computer in the world was
permanently?
A) UNIVAC B) EDVAC C) ENIAC
A) Input unit
D) All of above
B) Secondary storage unit 339. Signals can be
C) Output Unit analog or digital and a
computer that
D) Primary Memory Unit processes the both
type of signals is
known as
336. Before a disk can be used
to store data. It must be A) Analog computer B) Digital
Computer C) Hybrid Computer
A) Formatted
D) Mainframe Computer
B) Reformatted

C) Addressed
340. High level language is also
D) None of the above called

A) Problem oriented language

337. Computer system B) Business oriented language


comprises of major units
C) Mathematically oriented
A) input unit, output unit, language
control unit
D) All of the above
B) input unit, output unit,
control unit and storage

C) input unit, output unit, 341. Human beings


are referred to as
Homosapinens,
which device is 344. Magnetic tape can serve as
called Sillico
Sapiens? A) Secondary storage media

A) Monitor B) Output media

B) Hardware C) Input media

C) Robot D) All of the above

D) Computer
345. Which company is the
biggest player in the
microprocessor industry?

342. Which of the A) Motorola


following file
B) IBM C) Intel D) AMD
organization is most
efficient for a file with a
high degree of file
346. The first digital computer
activity? built with IC chips was
known as
A) Sequential
A) IBM 7090
B) ISAM C) VSAM
B-Tree Index B) Apple ? 1

C) IBM System / 360


D) VAX-10
343. Which of the following is
associated with error
detector?
347. EBCDI
A) Odd parity bit
C can code
B) Even parity bit
up to how
C) Both of the above
many
D) None of above
different

characters? 351. Which technology is used


in Compact disks?
A) 256 A) Mechanical
B) 16 B) Electrical
C) 32 C) Electro Magnetic
D) 64 D) Laser

348. MICR stands for 352. Different


components of the
A) Magnetic Ink Character
Reader motherboard of a PC unit
are linked together by
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) sets of parallel electrical
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader D)
conducting lines. What
None
are these lines called?

A) Conductors
349. Number crunchier is the
informal name for B) Buses

A) Mini computer B) Super C) Connectors


computer C) Microcomputer
D) Consecutives
D) Mainframe computer

353. Which is the first


350. RATS stand for electronic digital
computer?
A) Regression Analysis
A) ENIAC B) MARK I C) Z3
Time Series B) Regression
Analysis Time Sharing C) D) ABC
Real Analysis Series

D) All of above
354. Which of the following is a
storage device?
A) Tape 357. Intel corporation produces
chips for which computers?
B) Hard Disk
A) IBM PCs
C) Floppy Disk
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
D) All of the above
355. The metal C) Both of above
disks, which are D) None of above
permanently
housed in, sealed
and 358. The first microprocessor
contamination built by the Intel
free containers corporation was called
are called ) 8008

A) Hard disks B) 8080

B) Floppy disk C) 4004

C) Winchester disk D) 8800

D) Flexible disk

359. Which of the following is


not a class of computers
356. A computer based on size?
program that converts
A) Mainframe Computers
an entire program into
machine language is B) Mini Computers C) Micro
called a/an Computers D) Super
Computers
A) Interpreter

B) Simulator
360. Who invented EDSAC?
C) Compiler
A) John v. Neumann
D) Commander
B) J.P. Eckert and John
Mauchley
C) Maurice Wilkes

D) Howard Aiken

361. EEPROM stands for

A) Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory

B) Electronic Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory

C) Easily Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory

D) Easily Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory

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