General Computer Test - 99

 

1. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?

A) Mark

 B) ABC

C) Z3

D) None of above

 

2. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?

A) File Translation

B) Format Translation

 C) Formula Translation

 D) Floppy Translation

 

3. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?

A) SRAM

B) DRAM

 C) ROM

 

D) All of above

 

4. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?

A) Data

B) Bytes

C) Graphics

D) Pictures

 

5. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is

A) Magnetic tape

B) Voice response unit

C) Voice recognition unit

D) Voice band

 

6. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?

A) Removable hard disk cartridges

B) (Magneto-optical) disk

 C) Flexible disks cartridges

 D) All of the above

 

7. Which of the following is not purely output device?

A) Screen

B) Printer

C) Speaker

 D) Plotter

 

8. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?

A) Napier

B) Babbage

C) Pascal

D) Leibniz

 

9. The first Macintosh computer was from

A) First generation

B) Second generation

C) Third generation

D) Fourth generation

 

10. Which of the following is not a form of data?

A) numbers and characters

B) images

C) sound

D) none of above

 

11. Which is not a computer classification?

A) mainframe

B) maxframe

C) mini

D) notebook

 

12. The control unit of a microprocessor

A) Stores data in the memory

B) Accepts input data from keyboard

C) Performs arithmetic/logic function

 D) None of above

 

13. Which of the following is internal memory?

A) Disks

B) Pen Drives

C) RAM

 D) CDs

 

14. Which operation is not performed by computer

A) Inputting

B) Processing

 C) Controlling

D) Understanding

 

15. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?

A) Hard disks

B) High-density disks

C) Diskettes

D) Templates

 

16. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

A) Magnetic core memory

B) Magnetic tape memory

C) Magnetic disk memory

D) Magnetic bubble memory

 

17. A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as

A) File

B) Database

C) Program

D) None of above

 

18. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and

A) Buffer size

B) Resolution

C) Vertical dimensions

D) Intelligence

 

19. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called

A) Mnemonics

B) Symbolic code

C) Gray codes

D) Opcode

 

20. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?

A) Machine language

B) Assembly language

C) High level language

D) None of above

 

21. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?

A) Speed

B) Accuracy

C) Reliability

 D) Automatic

 

22. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?

A) 486dx

B) Power PC

 C) 486sx

D) 6340

 

23. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?

A) Tabulating Machine

B) Analytical Engine

 C) Difference Engine

 D) Both C and D

 

24. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory

A) 100

B) 20

C) 80

D) 40

 

25. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of

A) Genetics

B) Control and communication

C) Molecular biology

D) Biochemistry

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

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

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