General Computer Test - 93

 

1. Which is the highest form?

A) Data

B) Information

 C) Knowledge

 D) All of above

 

2. 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

3. What is an interpreter?

A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run

B) An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed

C) An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution

D) None of the above

 

4. Which is a semi conductor memory?

A) Dynamic

B) Static

C) Bubble

D) Both a & b

 

5. RJ45 UTP cable has Cables.

A) 2 pair

B) 3 pair

 C) 4 pair

 D) 5 pair

 

6. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

A) 8?

B) 5 ¼?

C) 3 ½?

D) 5 ½?

 

7. The earliest calculating devices are

A) Abacus

B) Clock

C) Difference Engine

D) None of these

 

8. Word length of a Personal Computer is

A) 4 bits

B) 8 bits

C) 16 bits

D) 64 bits

 

9. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?

A) Mark I

B) ABC

C) Z3

D) None of above

 

10. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a resident package

A) CPU

B) Memory

C) Buffer

D) ALU

 

11. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

A) Input unit

B) Output unit

C) ALU

D) Control Unit

 

12. The full form of ALU is

A) Arithmetic Logic Unit

B) Array Logic Unit

C) Application Logic Unit

D) None of above

 

13. What produces useful information out of data?

A) Computer

B) Processing

C) Programming

D) none of above

 

14. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?

A) Pascaline

B) Difference Engine

C) Analytical Engine

D) None of above

 

15. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of

A) Speed

B) Accuracy

C) Reliability

D) Cost

 

16. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?

A) Binary

B) Decimal

C) Hexadecimal

D) Octal

 

17. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer?

A) Accuracy

B) Reliability

C) Versatility

D) Automatic

 

18. A paper printout of a document is known as

A) Softcopy output

B) Hardcopy output

C) Permanent Output

D) All of above

 

19. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?

A) Vacuum tubes

B) Transistors

C) ICs

D) All of above

 

20. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called

A) Read-out

B) Read from

C) Read

D) All of above

 

21. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?

A) Disk unit

B) Control unit

C) ALU

D) Modem

 

22. ABC is a

A) Special purpose computer

B) General purpose computer

C) All Purpose Computer

D) None of above

 

23. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is

A) ASCII

B) BCD

C) EBCDIC

D) All of above

 

24. When was the X window system born?

A) 1984

B) 1989

C) 1988

D) 1990

 

25. What is the first stage in software development?

A) Specification and design

B) Testing

C) System Analysis

D) Maintenance

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

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

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