Que.1. The digital computer was developed primarily
in
A: USSR
B: Japan
C: USA
D: UK
Right
Answer : C
Que.2. Which of the following does not affect the
resolution of a video display image?
A: Bandwidth
B: Raster scan rage
C: Vertical and horizontal lines of
resolution
D: Screen size
Right
Answer : D
Que.3. 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
Right
Answer : C
Que.4. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine
called the Analytical
Engine
which he showed at the Paris Exhibition
A: 1820
B: 1860
C: 1855
D: 1870
Right
Answer : C
Que.5. Which of the following are the two main
components of the CPU?
A: Control unit and registers
B: Registers and main memory
C: Control Unit and ALU
D: ALU and bus
Right
Answer : C
Que.6. The processes of starting or restarting a
computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into
the completer memory is called
A: Duping
B: Booting
C: Padding
D: All of above
Right
Answer : B
Que.7. An IBM system/38 represents the computer
class of:
A: Small-scale computer
B: Medium-scale computer
C: Large-scale computer
D: Super computer
Right
Answer : A
Que.8. The two basic types of record-access methods
are
A: Sequential and random
B: Sequential and indexed
C: Direct and immediate
D: On-line and real time
Right
Answer : A
Que.9. 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
Right
Answer : B
Que.10. 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-I
Right
Answer : B
Que.11. The first electronic general purpose digital
computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIA did not work on the stored
program principle
A: 100
B: 20
C: 40
D: 80
Right
Answer : B
Que.12. One computer that is not considered a
portable is
A: Minicomputer
B: Laptop computer
C: Notebook computer
D: All of above
Right
Answer : A
Que.13. IBM 7000 digital computer
A: Belongs to second generation
B: Uses VLSI
C: Employs semiconductor memory
D: Has modular constructions
Right
Answer : C
Que.14. Microprocessors can be used to make
A: Computers
B: Digital systems
C: Calculators
D: All of above
Right
Answer : D
Que.15. 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
Right
Answer : D
Que.17. 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
Right
Answer : D
Que.18. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A: 1982
B: 1984
C: 1985
D: 1989
Right
Answer : B
Que.18. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A: 1982
B: 1984
C: 1985
D: 1989
Right
Answer : B
Que.19. A term associated with the comparison of
processing speeds of different computer system is:
A: EFTS
B: MPG
C: MIPS
D: CPS
Right
Answer : C
Que.20. A floppy disk contains
A: Circular tracks only
B: Sectors only
C: Both circular tracks and sectors
D: All of the above
Right
Answer : C
