General Computer Test - 109

 

1. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for multiplication and division aids is known as

A) Pascaline

B) Napier’s Bones

C) Stepped Reckoner

D) Slide Rule

 

2. Seek time is

A) time to position the head over proper track

B) time to position the head over proper sector

C) time to position the head over proper cylinder

D) none of above

 

3. Tape speed is measured in

A) Feet per second

B) Inch per second

C) Meter per second

D) Centimeter per second

 

4. Punched cards were first introduced by

A) Powers

B) Pascal

C) Jacquard

D) Herman Hollerith

 

5. Which computer support co-processors?

A) XT computer

B) AT computers

C) None of these

D) Both of these

6. A floppy disk contains

A) Circular tracks only

B) Sectors only

C) Both circular tracks and sectors

D) None of the above

 

7. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is

A) 1.40 MB

B) 1.44 GB

C) 1.40 GB

D) 1.44 MB

 

8. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because

A) He made the computers secretly

B) his computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power

C) of political reasons. He was German. D) All of the above

 

9. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known

A) Memory map

B) Memory protection

C) Memory management

D) Memory instruction

 

10. In what respect computers are superior to human beings?

A) Diligence

B) Intelligence

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

11. Com in Latin is

A) intensifying prefix

B) intensifying suffix

C) a term that means to reckon

D) None of above

 

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

A) Microprocessor

B) Disk controller

C) Serial interface

 D) Modem

 

13. Which of the following is related to fifth generation computers?

A) Knowledge information processing system

B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)

C) Both of above

D) Only b

 

14. 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

 

15. MSI stands for

A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits

B) Medium System Integrated Circuits

C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit

D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit

 

16. A Pixel is

A) A computer program that draws picture

B) A picture stored in secondary memory

C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture

D) None of these

 

17. A/n Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU

A) Input

B) Output

C) CPU

D) Memory

 

18. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?

A) ENIAC

B) EDSAC

C) MANIAC

D) UNIVAC

 

19. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?

A) RAM

B) ROM

C) ERAM

D) RW / RAM

 

20. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

 

21. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?

A) IBM

B) Seagate

C) Microsoft

D) 3M

 

22. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from

A) First generation

B) Second generation

C) Third generation

D) Fourth generation

 

23. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators?

A) Accuracy

B) Storage

C) Versatility

D) Automatic

 

24. 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

 

25. Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?

A) Electronic Computers

B) Analog Computers

C) Digital Computers

D) Hybrid Computers

1-B        2-A        3-B        4-D        5-B        6-C        7-D        8-C        9-B        10-A

11-A      12-D      13-A      14-B      15-A      16-C      17-A      18-C      19-B      20-D

21-B      22-D      23-C      24-D      25-A