General Computer Test - 127

 

1: Which computer language is preferred for data processing ?

1. APL

2. Pascal

3. BASIC

4. none of the above

Answer: 1.

2: What is the extension of Australia

1. .au

2. .in

3. .uk

4. .us

Answer: 1.

3: What is the abbreviation of SATA

1. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

2. Sedentary Advanced Technology Attachment

3. Secondary Advanced Technology Attachment

4. Secondary Aerial Technology Attachment

Answer: 1.

4: What does XHTML stand for?

1. EXtra Hyperlinks and Text Markup Language

2. EXtreme HyperText Markup Language

3. EXtensible HyperText Marking Language

4. EXtensible HyperText Markup Language

Answer: 4.

5: Which of the following cannot be the status of a task?

1. Finished

2. In Progress

3. Waiting on someone else

4. Deferred

Answer: 1.

6: An n element AVL tree with height h can be searched in

1. o(log h)

2. O(h)

3. O(h log h)

4. O(n)

Answer: 2.

7: A monitor with high dot pitch will have:

1. a relatively large number of pixels.

2. a high number of possible colors in its display.

3. wide gaps between pixels.

4. relatively fast recharging of the pixels illumination.

Answer: 3.

8: List the results that will be displayed for each of the following lines: msgbox Int(-5.5) msgbox Fix(-5.5) msgbox Cint(-5.5)

1. Line 1: -6 Line 2: -5 Line 3: -6

2. Line 1: -5 Line 2: -5 Line 3: -6

3. Line 1: -5 Line 2: -6 Line 3: -6

4. Line 1: -6 Line 2: -6 Line 3: -5

Answer: 1.

9: The PC and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different

1. platforms

2. programs

3. input devices

4. storage devices

Answer: 1.

10: In B-tree of order m all external nodes are _ _ _ _ _ _

1. at different levels

2. have 1 child node

3. at same levels

4. have two child nodes

Answer: 3.

11: Jim wants to create an object of the ItemEvent class. Which one of the following options represents the constructor for the ItemEvent class?

1. ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item)

2. ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, boolean id, Object item)

3. ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item, int stateChange)

4. ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, boolean id, Object item, int stateChange)

Answer: 3.

12: Two cards have been drawn successively from a pack without replacing the first. Find the probability that 2nd card is spade, if the first card is spade?

1. 4/17

2. 5/17

3. 6/17

4. 7/17

Answer: 1.

13: What type of PCMCIA card is used for modems and network cards. What type of PCMCIA card is used for modems and network cards.

1. Type 1

2. Type II

3. Type III

Answer: 2.

14: What connector on a network card is associated with a 10BASE2 cable? What connector on a network card is associated with a 10BASE2 cable?

1. RJ11

2. BNC

3. RJ45

4. DB25

Answer: 2.

15: A java Class can have two methods provided the return types are different!

1. true

2. false

3. depends on operating system

4. depends on coding style

Answer: 1.

16: A file contains characters a,e,i,o,u,s and t with frequencies 10,15,12,3,4,13 and 1 respectively. If we use Huffman coding for data compression then the average code length will be:

1. 140/58

2. 146/58

3. 150/58

4. 174/58

Answer: 3.

17. Multiprogramming was made possible by

(a) input/output units that operate independently of the CPU

(b) Operating systems

(c) Both a and b

(d) Neither a nor b

ANS: c

18. The person contributing the idea of the stored program was

(a) John von Neumann

(b) Charles Babbage

(c) Howard Aiken

(d) Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

ANS: a

19. Transistorized computer circuit were introduced in the

(a) first generation

(b) second generation

(c) third generation

(d) fourth generation

ANS: b

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

(a) Data general corporation

(b) Sperry Univac

 (c) radio shack

(d)IBM

ANS: c

21. The "Father of Punched Card Processing" was

(a) J. Presper Eckert

(b) Charles Babbage

(c) Blaise Pascal

(d)Dr. Herman Hollerith

ANS: d

22. The punched card used in IBM System/3 contains

(a) 80 column

(b) 90 column

(c) 96 column

(d) 126 column

ANS: c

23. First integrated circuit chip was developed by

(a) C.V.Raman

(b) W.H.Brittain

(c) J.S.Kilby

(d) Robert Noyc

ANS: c

24. The main distinguishing features of fifth generation digital computers will be

(a) Liberal used microprocessors

(b) Artificial intelligence

(c) Extremely low cost

(d) Versatility

ANS: b

25. IBM 7000 digital computer

(a) Belongs to second generation

(b) Uses VLSI

(c) Employs semi-conductor memory

(d) has modular construction

ANS: d