General Computer Test - 91

 

1. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?

A) Operating Systems

 B) Parallel Processing

 C) ULSI

D) None of above

 

2. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?

A) Magnetic core

B) Semiconductor

C) Magnetic tape

D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape

 

3. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of or media with varying capacities

A) Memory or video

B) Magnetic or optical

 C) Optical or memory

 D) Video or magnetic

 

4. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as

A) system software

B) application software

C) utility programs

D) operating system

 

5. Computer operators

A) writes computer programs for specific problems

B) operate the device which input and output data from the computer

C) normally require a college degree in computer science

D) all of the above

 

6. Which of the following is not anti-viruses software?

A) NAV

B) F-Prot

C) Oracle

 D) McAfee

 

7. What is a compiler?

A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run

B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step

C) A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution

D) None of the above

 

8. computers are also called personal computers

A) Mainframe Computer

B) Mini Computers

 C) Micro Computers

D) Super Computers

 

9. Which of the following is not input unit device?

A) scanner

 B) camera

C) plotter

 D) digitizer

 

10. Identify the correct statement

 A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs

B) Macintosh used CISC CPU Design

 C) IBM used CISC CPU design

D) None of above is true

 

11. Which of the following statement is false?

A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years

B) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers.

C) All electronic computers are digital computers

D) All of above are false

 

12. Which of the following require large computers memory?

A) Imaging

 B) Graphics

C) Voice

D) All of Above

 

13. Which of the following is machine independence program?

A) High level language

 B) Low level language

C) Assembly language

D) Machine language

 

14. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?

A) 1880

B) 1990

C) 1944

D) None of above

 

15. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

A) ENIAC

 B) Mark-I

C) Analytic Engine

D) UNIVAC-1

 

16. Which one is the largest space?

A) kilobyte

B) petabyte

 C) terabyte

 D) gigabyte

 

17. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for

A) Business Applications

B) Marketing Applications

 C) Scientific Applications

 D) None of the above

 

18. The brain of any computer system is

A) Control Unit

B) Arithmetic Logic Unit

C) Central Processing Unit

D) Storage Unit

 

19. Analog computer works on the supply of

A) Continuous electrical pulses

B) Electrical pulses but not continuous

C) Magnetic strength

D) None of the above

 

20. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

A) Leech

B) Squid

C) Slug

D) Glitch

 

21. The advantage of COM are its and

A) Compact size; speed readability

B) Compact size, speed

C) Readability; speed

D) Low cost; readability

 

22. The BIOS is the abbreviation of .

A) Basic Input Output System

 B) Best Input Output System

C) Basic Input Output Symbol

 D) Base Input Output System

 

23. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?

A) Laser printer

B) Inkjet printer

C) Daisywheel printer

D) Dot matrix printer

 

24. IBM 1401 is

A) First Generation Computer

B) Second Generation Computer

C) Third Generation Computer

D) Fourth Generation Computer

 

25. Most of the first generation computers were

A) Special purpose computers

B) General purpose computers

C) Both of above

D) None of above

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 90

 

1. John Napier invented Logarithm in

A) 1614

B) 1617

C) 1620

D) None of above

 

2. 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

 

3. What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?

A) Bus control

B) Interrupts

C) Bus arbitration

D) Status

 

4. Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is

A) Stationary

B) Difficult to move

C) Dragged

D) Moved in small steps

 

5. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?

A) Magnetic drum

B) Hard Disks

C) Floppy

D) All of above

 

6. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several

A) Personal computers

B) Workstations

C) Dumb terminals

D) Mainframes

 

7. What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?

A) Grater than

B) Less than

C) Equal to

D) All of the above

 

8. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is

A) Editing

B) Writing

C) Formatting

D) All of above

 

9. Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of

A) first generation

B) second generation

C) third generation

D) fourth generation

 

10. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to

A) Know the memory capacity

B) Identify the base of a number system

C) Direct the output to a printer

D) Specify the problem completely and clearly

 

11. Which statement is valid about computer program?

A) It is understood by a computer

 B) It is understood by programmer

 C) It is understood user

D) Both a & b

 

12. 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 above

 

13. When was Pascaline invented?

A) 1617

B) 1620

C) 1642

D) 1837

 

14. Which of the following statement is valid?

A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer

B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous English poet

 C) ADA is a programming language developed by US Defense

 D) All of above

 

15. A compiler is a translating program which

A) Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language

B) Translates entire source program into machine language program

C) It is not involved in program’s execution

D) All of above

 

16. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?

A) Light pen

B) Mouse

C) Digitizer

 D) Terminal

 

17. Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored Program Concept?

A) UNIVAC

B) ENIAC

C) EDSAC

D) None of above

 

18. The term gigabyte refers to

A) 1024 bytes

B) 1024 kilobytes

C) 1024 megabytes

D) 1024 gigabyte

 

19. in which year was UK’s premier computing event started?

A) 1980

B) 1985

C) 1986

D) 1987

 

20. Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known as

A) Accuracy

 B) Reliability

 C) Versatility

D) Automatic

 

21. What is a brand?

A) The name of companies that made computers

B) The name of product a company gives to identify its product in market

C) A name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies

D) All of above

 

22. Machine language is

 A) Machine dependent

 B) Difficult to program

 C) Error prone

D) All of above

 

23. A byte consists of

A) One bit

B) Four bits

 C) Eight bits

D) Sixteen bits

 

24. Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not

A) Fast

B) Powerful

C) Infallible

 D) Cheap

 

25. What is the date when Babbage conceived Analytical engine

A) 1642

B) 1837

C) 1880

D) 1850

1-A        2-D        3-C        4-A        5-A

6-C        7-D        8-C        9-B        10-D      11-D      12-A      13-C      14-D      15-D

16-D      17-C      18-C      19-A      20-D      21-B      22-D      23-C      24-C      25-B

General Computer Test - 89

 

1. Abacus was the first

A) electronic computer

 B) mechanical computer

C) electronic calculator

 D)mechanical calculator

 

2. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be

A) 216

B) 65,536

C) 64K

D) Any of the above

 

3. Instructions and memory address are represented by

A) Character code

B) Binary codes

C) Binary word

D) Parity bit

 

4. The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:

A) Data collection terminal

B) OCR register terminal

 C) Video Display terminal

 D) POS terminal

 

5. A set of flip flops integrated together is called

A) Counter

B) Adder

C) Register

D) None of the above

 

6. People often call as the brain of computer system

A) Control Unit

B) Arithmetic Logic Unit

C) Central Processing Unit

D) Storage Unit

 

7. Which is used for manufacturing chips?

A) Bus

B) Control unit

C) Semiconductors

D) A and b only

 

8. The value of each bead in heaven is

A) 1

B) 3

C) 5

D) 7

 

9. The first computer introduced in Nepal was

A) IBM 1400

B) IBM 1401

C) IBM 1402

D) IBM1402

 

10. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language?

A) Machine language

B) Assembly language

C) High level language

 D) None of above

 

11. Instruction in computer languages consists of

A) OPCODE

 B) OPERAND

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

12. Which generation of computer is still under development

A) Fourth Generation

B) Fifth Generation

C) Sixth Generation

D) Seventh Generation

 

13. A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a

A) Counter

 B) Loader

C) Adder

D) Shift register

 

14. Which was the most popular first generation computer?

A) IBM 650

B) IBM 360

C) IBM 1130

D) IBM 2700

 

15. Which is considered a direct entry input device?

A) Optical scanner

B) Mouse and digitizer

C) Light pen

D) All of the above

 

16. A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is

A) Process control

B) ALU

C) Register Unit

D) Process description

 

17. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of rods.

A) 5

B) 9

C) 11

D) 13

 

18. BCD is

A) Binary Coded Decimal

B) Bit Coded Decimal

C) Binary Coded Digit

D) Bit Coded Digit

 

19. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980

B) Epson, 1981

C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982

D) Tandy Model-200, 1985

 

20. From which generation operating systems were developed?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

 

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

A) IBM

B) Super UNIVAC

 C) Radio Shaks

D) Data General Corporation

 

22. How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

A) 10

B) 11

C) 8

D) 12

 

23. Properly arranged data is called

A) Field

B) Words

C) Information

D) File

 

24. A computer consists of

A) A central processing unit

B) A memory

C) Input and output unit

D) All of the above

 

25. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?

A) Because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong

B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of current

C) Both of above

D) None of above

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 88

 

1. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?

A) Mark

 B) ABC

C) Z3

D) None of above

 

2. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?

A) Floppy Disk

B) Hard Disk

C) Compact Disk

D) Magneto Optic Disk

 

3. Which computer was considered the first electronic computer until 1973 when court invalidated the patent?

A) ENIAC

 B) MARK

 C) Z3

D) ABC

 

4. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as

A) Path

B) Address bus

C) Route

D) All of the above

 

5. High density double sided floppy disks could store of data

A) 1.40 MB

B) 1.44 GB

C) 1.40 GB

D) 1.44 MB

 

6. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs

A) Dot matrix printer

B) Digital plotter

C) Line printer

D) All of the above

 

7. Which of the following is not an input device?

A) OCR

B) Optical scanners

C) Voice recognition device

D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

 

8. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately

A) 16 digits

 B) 6 digits

 C) 9 digits

D) All of above

 

9. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of the board?

A) Motherboard

B) Daughterboard

C) Bredboard

D) Fatherboard

 

10. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?

A) Motherboard

B) Breadboard

C) Daughter board

D) Grandmother board

 

11. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for

A) Direct access

B) Sequential access

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

12. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as

A) Pulse code modulation

B) Pulse stretcher

C) Query processing

D) Queue management

 

13. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?

A) It is an output device

B) It is an input device

C) It is a peripheral device

D) It is hardware item

 

14. 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

 

15. When was vacuum tube invented?

A) 1900

B) 1906

C) 1910

D) 1880

 

16. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

A) Laser printer

 B) Ink jet printe

 C) Plotter

D) Dot matrix printer

 

17. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is

A) XT computer

 B) AT computers

C) PS/2 computer

D) None of above

 

18. An application suitable for sequential processing is

A) Processing of grades

B) Payroll processing

C) Both a and b

D) All of above

 

19. Which of the following is not processing?

A) arranging

B) manipulating

C) calculating

D) gathering

 

20. The digital computer was developed primarily in

A) USSR

B) Japan

C) USA

D) UK

 

21. Software in computer

A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine

B) Increase the speed of central processing unit

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

22. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924.What was that name?

A) Tabulator Machine Co.

B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co.

C) The Tabulator Ltd.

D) International Computer Ltd.

 

23. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify?

A) Track number

B) Sector number

 C) Surface number

 D) All of above

 

24. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called

A) Sorting

B) Classifying

C) Reproducing

D) Summarizing

 

25. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

A) To produce result

B) To compare numbers

C) To control flow of information

D) To do math’s works

1-B        2-B        3-A        4-B        5-D

6-B        7-D        8-A        9-A        10-A      11-D      12-A      13-C      14-B      15-B

16-C      17-B      18-C      19-D      20-C      21-A      22-B      23-D      24-A      25-B

General Computer Test - 87

 

1. CRT stands for

(a)    Cathode Ray tube

(b)    Cathodic ray tube

(c)     Cathode ray tub

(d)    Cathodic ray tub

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

2. What is the meaning of ‘justified text’?

(a)    the text headings are all in the same style

(b)    all four margins on the page are the same size

(c)     the text aligns with both the right and left margins

(d)    the text is the maximum size that will fit on a page

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

3. To identify a document, it is helpful to include the file name on each page as a

(a)    header/footer

(b)    bibliography

(c)     find/search

(d)    macro

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

4. What is the purpose of providing a Drafts folder in an email system?

(a)    to store spam email

(b)    to save unsent emails

(c)     to store deleted emails

(d)    to save a copy of sent emails

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

5. Which of the following is an acceptable way to shut down the computer?

(a)    press the reset button

(b)    turn the computer off at the power point

(c)     select the ‘Shut down’ option from a menu

(d)    pull the power card from the back of the computer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

6. By an intranet we mean

(a)    a LAN of an organization

(b)    a Wide Area Network connecting all branches of an organization

(c)     a corporate computer network

(d)    a network connecting all computers of an organization and using the internet protocol

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

7. Computer which are made of integrated circuits

(a)    Digital

(b)    Analog

(c)     Mechanical

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

8. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

(a)    Leech

(b)    Squid

(c)     Slug

(d)    Glitch

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

9. Bold, italics and underline are features used in many programs. To which of the following items can these features be applied?

(a)    files

(b)    text

(c)     pictures

(d)    windows

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

10. All of the following are basic principles of net works, except

(a)    each computer must have a network card

(b)    there must be communications media connecting the network hardware devices

(c)     there must be at least one connecting device

(d)    each computer must have software that supports the movement of information

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

11. A passive threat to computer security is

(a)    Malicious Intent

(b)    Sabotage

(c)     Accident Errors

(d)    Espionage Agents

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

12. Voice mail

(a)    is the exchange of text messages and computer files transmitted via a communications network such as a local area network or the Internet

(b)    permits users to converse in real time with each other via the computer while connected to the Internet

(c)     functions much like an answering machine, allowing callers to leave a voice message for the called party

(d)    involves using video and computer technology to conduct a meeting between participants at geographically separate locations

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

13. A(n) allows network users to share a single copy of software, which resides on the network server.

(a)    single-user license agreement

(b)    network site license

(c)     end-user license agreement

(d)    business software license

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

14. Which of the following is a general purpose programming language, designed by Sun Microsystems?

(a)    VB Script

(b)    Java Script

(c)     CSS

(d)    Linux

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

15. A communication processor that connects dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one set of protocol to another is

(a)    Bridge

(b)    Gateway

(c)     Router

(d)    Modem

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

16. ......allows wireless mobile devices to access the Internet and its services such as the Web and e-mail

(a)    TCP/IP

(b)    Ethernet

(c)     WAP

(d)    WiFi

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

17. Which device cannot be shared in network?

(a)    Floppy

(b)    Keyword

(c)     Computer

(d)    Printer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

18. Which port doesn’t exist in computer?

(a)    UBS port

(b)    Parallel port

(c)     Printer port

(d)    Computer port

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

19. The browser’s………..keeps a list of web pages you have visited during the current session.

(a)    history

(b)    cache

(c)     favorites

(d)    trail

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

20. Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer on the Web?

(a)    Web site

(b)    Web site address

(c)     URL

(d)    Domain Name

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

21. The type of software that can store, update, manipulate, and retrieve data is called

(a)    desktop publishing

(b)    spreadsheet

(c)     database management

(d)    graphics

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

22. Which application is not typically included in an MS Office suite?

(a)    word processor

(b)    spreadsheet

(c)     antivirus

(d)    database

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

23.  .......is the time needed by the CPU to recognize (not service) an interrupt request

(a)    Interrupt Latency

(b)    Response Deadline

(c)     Timer delay

(d)    Throughput

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

24. What is the transfer rate of a standard USB 2.0 Device?

(a)    100 Mbit/s

(b)    480 Mbit/s

(c)     1 Gbit/s

(d)    250 Mbit/s

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

25. An interface that can be used to connect the microcomputer bus to…………..is called an I/O Port.

(a)    Flip Flops

(b)    Memory

(c)     Peripheral devices

(d)    Multiplexers

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)