General Computer Test - 100

 

1. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?

A) Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed

B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result

C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different component

D) None of above

 

2. Binary circuit elements have

A) One stable state

 B) Two stable state

C) Three stable state

 D) None of above

 

3. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

A) Control bus

 B) Control unit

C) Parity unit

D) Semiconductor

 

4. Which of the following is not a micro computer?

A) Laptop PCs

B) Tablet PCs

C) Desktop PCs

D) None of above

 

5. The value of each bead in earth is

A) 1

B) 3

C) 5

D) 7

 

6. When did John Napier develop logarithm?

A) 1416

B) 1614

C) 1641

D) 1804

 

7. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?

A) Non volatile

B) Permanent

C) Control unit

D) Temporary

 

8. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

A) PDP-I, 1958

B) IBM System/36, 1960

C) PDP-II, 1961

D) VAX 11/780, 1962

 

9. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is

A) Cylinder

B) Surface

C) Track

D) Cluster

 

10. The word length of a computer is measured in

A) Bytes

B) Millimeters

C) Meters

D) Bits

 

11. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded memory specification)?

A) Extended

 B) Expanded

 C) Base

D) Conventional

 

12. Which unit holds data permanently?

A) Input unit

B) Secondary storage unit

C) Output Unit

D) Primary Memory Unit

 

13. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be

A) Formatted

B) Reformatted

C) Addressed

D) None of the above

 

14. Computer system comprises of major units

A) input unit, output unit, control unit

B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage

C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit

D) input, output and storage units

 

15. The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was

A) UNIVAC

 B) EDVAC

C) ENIAC

D) All of above

 

16. Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is known as

A) Analog computer

 B) Digital Computer

C) Hybrid Computer

D) Mainframe Computer

 

17. High level language is also called

A) Problem oriented language

B) Business oriented language

C) Mathematically oriented language

D) All of the above

 

18. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?

A) Monitor

B) Hardware

C) Robot

D) Computer

 

19. 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

 

20. Which of the following is associated with error detector?

A) Odd parity bit

B) Even parity bit

C) Both of the above

D) None of above

 

21. Magnetic tape can serve as

A) Secondary storage media

B) Output media

C) Input media

D) All of the above

 

22. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?

A) Motorola

B) IBM

 C) Intel

 D) AMD

 

23. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as

A) IBM 7090

B) Apple ? 1

C) IBM System / 360

D) VAX-10

 

24. EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?

A) 256

B) 16

C) 32

D) 64

 

25. MICR stands for

A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader

B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader

 C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader

 D) None

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

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 98

 

1. ASCII stands for

A) American Stable Code for International Interchange

B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange

C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information

 

2. Raw facts and figures about any particular topic are

A) Information

B) facts

C) data

D) none of above

 

3. A computer can solve more than one kind of problem. This is related to which of the following characteristics?

A) Accuracy

B) Reliability

C) Versatility

D) Automatic

 

4. From which generation computers the printers were used?

A) first

B) second

C) third

D) fourth

 

5. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?

A) 32

B) 116

C) 58

D) 76

 

6. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands electronic components per chip

A) SSI

B) MSI

C) LSI

D) VLSI

 

7. An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is

A) Desktop publishing program

B) Database

C) Spreadsheet

D) All of above

 

8. 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

 

9. What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?

A) AX3/33

B) NEC-20

C) Magnum 2000

D) HCL-3000

 

10. In analog computer

A) Input is first converted to digital form

B) Input is never converted to digital form

C) Output is displayed in digital form

D) All of the above

 

11. Which of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?

A) ENIAC

B) EDVAC

C) UNIVAC

D) EDSAC

 

12. When was the company named IBM?

A) 1914

B) 1924

C) 1975

D) None of above

 

13. Which of the following storage device can store the largest amount of data?

A) Hard Disks

B) Flash Disks

C) Blu-Ray Disks

D) DVDs

 

14. Who invented Mark I?

A) Howard Aikin

B) J. P. Eckert

C) John Mauchley

D) John v. Atanasoff

 

15. ALU is

A) Arithmetic Logic Unit

B) Array Logic Unit

C) Application Logic Unit

D) None of above

 

16. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an

A) Interpreter

B) CPU

C) Compiler

D) Simulator

 

17. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?

A) 1978

B) 1984

C) 1990

D) 1991

 

18. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT act like

A) an amplifier

B) a switch

C) a router

D) None of above

 

19. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are

A) More expensive

B) More portable

C) Less rigid

D) Slowly accessed

 

20. Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?

A) RAM

B) Registers

C) Disks

D) Pen Drive

 

21. The octal equivalence of 111010 is

A) 81

B) 72

C) 71

D) None of above

 

22. Excessive parallel processing is related to

A) First generation

B) Fourth generation

C) Fifth Generation

D) Third generation

 

23. Second generation computers were developed during

A) 1949 to 1955

B) 1956 to 1965

C) 1965 to 1970

D) 1970 to 1990

 

24. What do you call a single point on a computer screen?

A) Cell

B) Element

C) Pixel

D) Bit

 

25. Mostly which of the following device is used to carry user files?

A) Floppy Disk

B) Hard Disk

C) RAM

D) CDROM

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 97

 

1. Microprocessors can be used to make

A) Computer

B) Digital systems

C) Calculators

D) All of the above

 

2. Which statement is valid about computer program?

A) High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute

B) High level language programs are more efficient and faster to execute

C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than in low level programs

D) All of above

 

3. By programmable machine we mean

A) computers

B) modern television

C) washing machines

D) anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable programs

 

4. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?

A) Keyboard

B) Disk

C) ALU

D) All of the above

 

5. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured

A) ROM

 B) RAM

 C) PROM

D) EPROM

 

6. One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for?

A) Compactable Read Only Memory

B) Compact Data Read Only Memory

C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory

D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

 

7. Identify the true statement

A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer from GIGO

B) Computers are reliable because they use electronic component which have very low failure rate

C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer from boredom

D) All of above

 

8. FORTRAN is

A) File Translation

B) Format Translation

 C) Formula Translation

D) Floppy Translation

 

9. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

A) Hardware

 B) Software

C) Firmware

D) ROM ware

 

10. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?

A) Static RAM

B) Dynamic RAM

 C) EPROM

D) ROM

 

11. What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?

A) Compiler

B) Interpreter

 C) Debugger

D) Assembler

 

12. Serial access memories are useful in applications where

A) Data consists of numbers

B) Short access time is required

C) Each stored word is processed differently

D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form

 

13. In mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?

A) Full-duplex

B) Simplex

C) Half-duplex

D) None of the above

 

14. Who invented Slide Rules?

A) John Napier

B) William Oughtred

 C) Gottfried Leibnitz

 D) Blaise Pascal

 

15. 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

 

16. Memory is made up of

A) Set of wires

B) Set of circuits

C) Large number of cells

D) All of these

 

17. Which of the following is the most powerful computers?

A) Mainframe Computer

B) Mini Computers

C) Micro Computers

D) Super Computers

 

18. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?

A) Daisy wheel printer

B) Line printer

C) Laser printer

D) Thermal printer

 

19. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as

A) Car

B) Bus

C) Truck

D) Road

 

20. Which term is used to describe RAM?

A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)

B) Static RAM (SRAM)

C) Video RAM (VRAM)

D) All of the above

 

21. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?

A) 1964

B) 1975

C) 1999

D) 1944

 

22. Assembly language started to be used from

A) first generation computers

B) second generation computers

C) third generation computers

D) fourth generation computers

 

23. Which technology is more reliable?

A) Mechanical

B) Electro-Mechanical

C) Electronic

D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of above are reliable

 

24. Which of the following is not an XT microprocessor?

A) 8006

B) 8086

C) 8088

D) None of above

 

25. Hard disk is coated in both side with

A) Magnetic metallic oxide

B) Optical metallic oxide

C) Carbon layer

D) All of the above

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

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

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

 

General Computer Test - 96

 

1. IBM 7000 digital computer

 A) Belongs to second generation

B) Uses VLSI

C) Employs semiconductor memory

D) Has modular constructions

 

2. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?

A) Mark

B) ABC

C) Zuse

D) UNIVAC

 

3. The term ‘computer’ is derived from

A) Greek language

B) Sanskrit language

C) Latin language

D) German language

 

4. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?

A) It is a plastic ribbon

B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide

C) It can be erased and reused

D) All of above

 

5. Which of the following is first generation computer?

 

A) EDSAC

B) IBM 1401

C) CDC 1604

D) ICL 2950

 

6. A hard copy would be prepared on a

A) Line printer

B) Dot matrix Printer

C) Typewriter terminal

D) All of the above

 

7. The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics of computers?

A) Speed

B) Automatic

 C) Accuracy

D) Reliability

 

8. Which of the following programming language were used in first generation computers?

A) Machine language

 B) Assembly language

 C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

9. To locate a data item for storage is

A) Field

B) Feed

C) Database

D) Fetch

 

10. Who used punched cards practically for the first time in the history of computers?

A) Charles Babbage

B) Dr. Herman Hollerith

C) Howard Aikin

D) Joseph Jacquard

 

11. Hard disk is coated in both sides with

A) Magnetic metallic oxide

B) Optical metallic oxide

C) Carbon layer

D) All of the above

 

12. Which of the following term means to reckon?

A) putare

B) com

C) computa

D) computar

 

13. An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is

A) Keyboard

 B) Terminal

 C) Printer

D) Plotter

 

14. Which of the following is first generation of computer

A) EDSAC

B) IBM-1401

C) CDC-1604

D) ICL-2900

 

15. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called

A) A byte

B) A record

C) An address

D) All of above

 

16. Computer professionals working in a computer centre are

A) Software

B) Firmware

C) Hardware

D) Humanware

 

17. The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was

A) UNIVAC

B) EDVAC

 C) ENIAC

D) All of above

 

18. The contents of information are stored in

A) Memory data register

B) Memory address register

C) Memory arithmetic registers

D) Memory access register

 

19. Which of the following is correct full form of BCD?

A) Binary Coded Decimal

B) Bit Coded Decimal

 C) Binary Coded Digit

 D) Bit Coded Digit

 

20. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?

A) IBM PS/2

B) HP-9830

C) DeskPro-386

D) IBM-360

 

21. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set of variables is termed as

A) data

B) information

C) both of above

D) none of above

 

22. Main storage is also called

A) Accumulator

B) Control Unit

C) Register Unit

 D) Memory

 

23. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?

A) Resolution

 B) Color depth

C) Refresh rate

D) All of the alcove

 

24. For what Antikyathera was used?

A) For counting

B) For Calculating tax collection

C) For calculating astronomical positions

D) For calculating firing weapons

 

25. Memory unit is one part of

A) Input device

B) Control unit

C) Output device

D) Central Processing Unit

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 95

 

1. Which of the following is not valid statement?

A) Hard is referred to mean something temporary

B) Hard is used to mean something tangible

C) Soft is used to mean something permanent

D) Soft is used to mean something tangible

2. Digital devices are

A) Digital Clock

B) Automobile speed meter

C) Clock with a dial and two hands

D) All of them

 

3. Primary memory stores

A) Data alone

B) Programs alone

C) Results alone

D) All of these

 

4. After copying the content how many times can you paste?

A) 1

B) 16

C) 32

D) Many

 

5. WAN stands for

A) Wap Area Network

 B) Wide Area Network

 C) Wide Array Net

D) Wireless Area Network

 

6. An error in computer data is called

A) Chip

 B) Bug

 C) CPU

D) Storage device

 

7. The instructions for starting the computer are house on

A) Random access memory

B) CD-Rom

C) Read only memory chip

D) All of above

 

8. 1 nibble equals to

A) 1 bits

B) 2 bits

 C) 4 bits

D) 8 bits

 

9. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as

A) paper tapes

B) magnetic tape

C) punched papers tape

D) card punch

 

10. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform

A) Arithmetic Operation

B) Logic operation

C) Fetch operations

D) Either of the above

 

11. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?

A) Microsoft

B) Compaq Corp

C) IBM

D) Tandy Svenson

 

12. It was in 2028 BS the was brought in to calculate census data.

A) IBM 1400

B) IBM 1401

C) ICL 2950

D) None of above

13. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

A) John v. Atanasoff

B) Clifford Berry

 C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

14. Which of the following is the largest unit?

A) data

B) field

C) record

D) database file

 

15. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names

A) John Burdeen

B) William Shockley

 C) Walter Brattain

 D) Lee de Forest

 

16. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?

A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape

B) It provides only sequential access to stored data

C) Users can easily update records by writing over the old data

D) All of above

 

17. A disadvantage of the laser printer is

A) It is quieter than an impact printer

B) It is very slow

C) The output is of a lower quality

D) None of the above

 

18. 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 above

 

19. Which access method is used to access cassette tape?

A) Direct

B) Sequential

C) Both of the above

D) None of the above

 

20. A Compiler is

A) a combination of computer hardware

B) a program which translates from one high-level language to another

C) a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language

D) None of these

 

21. Which unit holds data temporarily?

A) Input unit

B) Secondary storage unit

C) Output Unit

D) Primary Memory Unit

 

22. The computer size was very large in

A) First Generation

B) Second Generation

C) Third Generation

D) Fourth Generation

 

23. A name or number used to identify storage location devices?

A) A byte

B) A record

C) An address

D) All of above

 

24. Which of the following is not computer language?

A) High level language

B) Medium level language

C) Low level language

D) All of the above

 

25. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by

A) Read/write leads

B) Sectors

C) Track

D) Lower surface

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

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

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

General Computer Test - 94

 

1. Which of the following is valid statement?

A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed

B) The data that is processed is called a program

C) The data which is not yet processed is information

D) Information is processed by computer to generate data.

 

2. The Second Generation Computer was based on .

A) Vacuum Tube

 B) Silicon Chips

C) Transistor

D) Bio Chips

 

3. EBCDIC stands for

A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code

C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code

D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

 

4. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to

A) Console-operator

B) Programmer

C) Peopleware

D) System Analyst

 

5. IBM System/360 is

A) Mainframe Computer

B) Mini Computers

 C) Micro Computers

 D) None of above

 

6. A system is

A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective

B) input unit

C) input and output unit

D) input, output and storage units

 

7. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?

A) Cobol

B) BASIC

C) C

D) LISP

 

8. The translator program used in assembly language is called

A) Compiler

B) Interpreter

C) Assembler

D) Translator

 

9. EEPROM stands for

A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

D) None of the above

 

10. Regarding data, computers are very good at

A) store

B) Processing

C) retrieve

D) All of above

 

11. Bit map terminal

A) support display containing multiple windows

B) require considerable amount of video RAM

C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance

D) all of above

 

12. First generation computers used for memory

A) vacuum tubes

B) silicon chips

C) magnetic drum

D) RAM

 

13. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?

A) ROM

 B) RAM

C) EPROM

D) None of above

 

14. EPROM can be used for

A) Erasing the contents of ROM

B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM

C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM

 D) Duplicating ROM

 

15. ENIAC uses

A) Decimal Numbering System

B) Octal Numbering System

C) Binary Numbering System

D) Hexadecimal Numbering System

 

16. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:

A) EFTS

B) MPG

C) MIPS

 D) CPS

 

17. which of the following is problem oriented language?

A) High level language

B) Machine language

 C) Assembly language

 D) Low level language

 

18. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to

A) 2 byte

B) 32 byte

C) 4 byte

D) 8 byte

 

19. The term GIGO is related to

A) Accuracy

B) Reliability

 C) Versatility

D) Automatic

 

20. Web cam is an

A) input unit device

 B) output unit device

C) processing device

D) Input and Output device

 

21. Bit stands for

A) Binary digits

 B) bit of system

C) a part of byte

D) All of above

 

22. Access time is

A) seek time + latency time

B) seek time

C) seek time ? latency time

D) latency time

 

23. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?

A) Input device

B) Output device

C) Memory

D) Microprocessor

 

24. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?

A) Floppy Disk

B) CD-ROM

C) Hard Disk

D) None of these

 

25. Symbolic logic was discovered by

A) George Boole

B) Herman Hollerith

C) Van Neumann

D) Basic Pascal

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

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

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

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     

General Computer Test - 92

 

1. Floppy disks typically in diameter

A) 3

B) 5.25

C) 8

D) All of above

 

2. The output quality of a printer is measured by

A) Dot per inch

B) Dot per sq. inch

C) Dots printed per unit time

D) All of above

 

3. On a PC, how much memory is available to application software?

A) 1024 KB

B) 760 KB

C) 640 KB

 D) 560 KB

 

4. In a computer is capable to store single binary bit.

A) Capacitor

 B) Flip flop

 C) Register

D) Inductor

 

5. What does DMA stand for?

A) Distinct Memory Access

 B) Direct Memory Access

 C) Direct Module Access

D) Direct Memory Allocation

 

6. Who invented Integrated Circuits?

A) Jack Kilby

B) Robert Noyce

 C) Both of above

 D) None of above

 

7. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?

A) System Software

B) Application Software

C) Utilities

D) None of the above

 

8. One computer that is not considered a portable is

A) Minicomputer

B) Laptop computer

C) Notebook computer

D) All of above

 

9. Which of the following is not an electronic computer?

A) ENIAC B) ABC

C) UNIVAC

D) EDVAC

 

10. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?

A) Pixel

B) Reverse video

C) Touch screen

 D) Cursor

 

11. Which is the largest computer?

A) Mainframe Computer

B) Mini Computers

C) Micro Computers

 D) Super Computers

 

12. Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

A) Bits

B) Bytes

C) Hertz

D) Clock cycles

 

13. The personal computer industry was started by

A) IBM

B) Apple

C) Compaq

D) HCL

 

14. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

A) Which is used by one person only

B) Which is assigned one and only one task

C) Which uses one kind of software

D) Which is meant for application software

 

15. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?

A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN

 B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems

C) Knowledge based Systems

D) Assembly Languages

 

16. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?

A) They were larger in size

B) They consumed a lot of electricity

C) They produced heat and often burned out

D) The operation cost was high

 

17. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as

A) PC

B) Memory address registers

C) General purpose register

D) Flags

 

18. Which is not a computer of first generation?

A) ENIAC

B) UNIVAC

C) IBM 360

D) IBM 1401

 

19. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

A) PC

B) Flags

C) Memory Address Registers

D) General Purpose Registers

 

20. Who invented vacuum tubes?

A) John Bardeen

B) William Shockley

C) Lee de Forest

D) All of above

 

21. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is

A) On-line thesaurus

B) Multiprogramming

C) Over lapped processing

D) Outline processor

 

22. Who suggested Stored Program Concept

A) John Mauchley

B) J.P. Eckert

C) John Neumann

D) Joseph Jacquard

 

23. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of

A) Input, output and processing

B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage

 C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and

primary storage

 D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage

 

24. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in

A) First generation

B) Second generation

C) Third generation

D) Fourth generation

 

25. UNIVAC is

A) Universal Automatic Computer

B) Universal Array Computer

C) Unique Automatic Computer

D) Unvalued Automatic Computer

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

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

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