.Which of the
following is machine independence program?
(a) High level language
(b) Low level language
(c) Assembly language
(d) Machine language
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
2.Which of the
following is not a primary storage device?
(a) Magnetic tape
(b) Magnetic disk
(c) Optical disk
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (e)
3. A name or number
used to identify a storage location devices?
(a) A byte
(b) A record
(c) An address
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
4. Which of the
following is a secondary memory device?
(a) Keyboard
(b) Disk
(c) ALU
(d) Scanner
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
5. The difference
between memory and storage is that memory is and storage is
(a) Temporary, permanent
(b) Permanent, temporary
(c) Slow, fast
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
6. A floppy disk
contains :
(a) Circular tracks only
(b) Sectors only
(c) Both circular tracks and sectors
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
7. The first
electronic computer in the world was :
(a) UNIVAC
(b) EDVAC
(c) ENIAC
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
8. The most commonly
used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation
characters used in electronic data processing system is called :
(a) ASCII
(b) EBCDIC
(c) BCD
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
9. BM 7000 digital
computer :
(a) Belongs to second generation
(b) Uses VLSI
(c) Employs semiconductor memory
(d) Has modular constructions
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
10. The proper
definition of a modern digital computer is :
(a) An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers
(b) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator
(c) Any machine that can perform mathematical operations
(d) A machine that works on binary code
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
11. A modern
electronic computer is a machine that is meant for :
(a) Doing quick mathematical calculations
(b) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data
(c) Electronic data processing
(d) Performing repetitive tasks accurately
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
12. 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
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
13. Most important
advantage of an IC is its :
(a) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
(b) Extremely high reliability
(c) Reduced cost
(d) Lower power consumption
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
14. In a punched card
system, data is processed by a :
(a) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
(b) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
(c) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
(d) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
15. The first machine
to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operation was;
(a) ENIAC
(b) Mark I
(c) Analytic engine
(d) UNIVAC – I
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
16. In the third
generation of computers :
(a) Distributed data processing first became popular
(b) An operating system was first developed
(c) High-level procedural languages were first used
(d) On-line, real time systems first became popular
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
17. A characteristic
of card system is :
(a) Slowness in processing data
(b) Using cards as records of transactions
(c) Needing a larger DP staff
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
18. An IBM system/8
represents the computer class of :
(a) Small-scale computer
(b) Medium-scale computer
(c) Large-scale computer
(d) Super computer
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
19. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a
1personal computer was :
(a) IBM
(b) Sperry Univac
(c) Data General corporation
(d) Radio Shack
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
20. A digital
computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of :
(a) Speed
(b) Accuracy
(c) Cost
(d) Memory
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
21. In 1830, Charles
Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the
Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
(a) 1820
(b) 1860
(c) 1855
(d) 1870
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
22. Which was the
world’s first mini-computer and when was it introduced?
(a) PDP-I, 1958
(b) IBM System/36, 1960
(c) PDP-II, 1961
(d) VAX 11/780, 1962
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
23. Where was India’s
first computer installed and when?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977
(b) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971
(c) Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., 1968
(d) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
24. Which of the
following is true?
(a) Fields are composed of bytes
(b) Records are composed of fields
(c) Fields are composed of characters
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
25. Which of the
following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of
file activity?
(a) Sequential
(b) ISAM
(c) VSAM
(d) B-Tree Index
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
