Computer Basics

Que.1.  The digital computer was developed primarily in
A:        USSR
B:        Japan
C:        USA
D:        UK
Right Answer : C
Que.2.  Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?
A:        Bandwidth
B:        Raster scan rage
C:        Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution
D:        Screen size
Right Answer : D
Que.3.  Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
A:        PC
B:        Memory address registers
C:        General purpose register
D:        Flags
Right Answer : C
Que.4.  In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical
Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition
A:        1820
B:        1860
C:        1855
D:        1870
Right Answer : C
Que.5.  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
Right Answer : C
Que.6.  The processes of starting or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the completer memory is called
A:        Duping
B:        Booting
C:        Padding
D:        All of above
Right Answer : B
Que.7.  An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
A:        Small-scale computer
B:        Medium-scale computer
C:        Large-scale computer
D:        Super computer
Right Answer : A
Que.8.  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
Right Answer : A
Que.9.  Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
A:        It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
B:        It provides only sequential access to stored data
C:        Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
D:        All of above
Right Answer : B
Que.10.  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
Right Answer : B
Que.11.  The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIA did not work on the stored program principle
A:        100
B:        20
C:        40
D:        80
Right Answer : B
Que.12.  One computer that is not considered a portable is
A:        Minicomputer
B:        Laptop computer
C:        Notebook computer
D:        All of above
Right Answer : A
Que.13.  IBM 7000 digital computer
A:        Belongs to second generation
B:        Uses VLSI
C:        Employs semiconductor memory
D:        Has modular constructions
Right Answer : C
Que.14.  Microprocessors can be used to make
A:        Computers
B:        Digital systems
C:        Calculators
D:        All of above
Right Answer : D
Que.15.  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
Right Answer : D
Que.17.  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
Right Answer : D
Que.18.  When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A:        1982
B:        1984
C:        1985
D:        1989
Right Answer : B
Que.18.  When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A:        1982
B:        1984
C:        1985
D:        1989
Right Answer : B
Que.19.  A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
A:        EFTS
B:        MPG
C:        MIPS
D:        CPS
Right Answer : C
Que.20.  A floppy disk contains
A:        Circular tracks only
B:        Sectors only
C:        Both circular tracks and sectors
D:        All of the above
Right Answer : C

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