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1. UNIVAC is C) CPU
A) Universal Automatic Computer D) Control unit
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer A) tracks per inch of surface
B) bits per inch of tracks
2. The basic operations performed by a C) disk pack in disk surface
computer are D) All of above
A) Arithmetic operation
B) Logical operation 9. The two kinds of main memory are:
C) Storage and relative A) Primary and secondary
B) Random and sequential
D) All the above
C) ROM and RAM
3. The two major types of computer chips are D) All of above
A) External memory chip
B) Primary memory chip 10. A storage area used to store data to a
C) Microprocessor chip compensate for the difference in speed at which
D) Both b and c the different units can handle data is
A) Memory
4. Microprocessors as switching devices are for B) Buffer
which generation computers C) Accumulator
A) First Generation D) Address
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generation 11. Computer is free from tiresome and
D) Fourth Generation boardoom. We call it
A) Accuracy
5. What is the main difference between a B) Reliability
mainframe and a super computer? C) Diligence
A) Super computer is much larger than mainframe D) Versatility
computers
B) Super computers are much smaller than 12. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to which
mainframe computers generation of computers?
A) First generation
C) Supercomputers are focused to execute few
B) Second generation
programs as fast as possible while mainframe
uses its power to execute as many programs C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
concurrently
D) Supercomputers are focused to execute as many 13. CD-ROM is a
programs as possible while mainframe uses its A) Semiconductor memory
power to execute few programs as fast as possible. B) Memory register
C) Magnetic memory
6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character
coding systems. What does EBCDIC stand for? D) None of above
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange 14. A hybrid computer
Code A) Resembles digital computer
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code B) Resembles analogue computer
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code C) Resembles both a digital and analogue
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange computer
Code D) None of the above
7. The brain of any computer system is 15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code
A) ALU called EBCDIC?
B) Memory
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A) Minicomputers C) Integrated Circuits

B) Microcomputers D) None of above
C) Mainframe computers
D) Super computer 22. A dumb terminal has
A) an embedded microprocessor
16. The ALU of a computer responds to the B) extensive memory
commands coming from C) independent processing capability
A) Primary memory D) a keyboard and screen
B) Control section
C) External memory 23. One millisecond is
D) Cache memory A) 1 second
B) 10th of a seconds
17. Chief component of first generation C) 1000th of a seconds
computer was D) 10000th of a seconds
A) Transistors
24. The output quality of a printer is measured
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves by
C) Integrated Circuits A) Dot per sq. inch
D) None of above B) Dot per inch
C) Dots printed per unit time
18. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) D) All of the above
in color, you would want to use a/n
A) RGB monitor 25. Which of the following was a special purpose
B) Plotter computer?
C) Ink-jet printer A) ABC
D) Laser printer B) ENIAC
C) EDVAC
19. What are the stages in the compilation D) All of the above
process?
A) Feasibility study, system design and testing 26. What was the computer invented by
B) Implementation and documentation Attanasoff and Clifford?
C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code A) Mark I
generation B) ABC
D) None of the above C) Z3
D) None of above
20. Which of the following IC was used in third
generation of computers? 27. Which of the following storage devices can
A) SSI store maximum amount of data?
B) MSI A) Floppy Disk
C) LSI B) Hard Disk
D) Both a and b C) Compact Disk
D) Magneto Optic Disk
These 100 MCQ questions from fundamentals of
computer is distributed through mcqSets.com. 28. Which computer was considered the first
Fundamentals of Computer is one of the most electronic computer until 1973 when court
weighted topic on most of the competitive computer invalidated the patent?
jobs exams. A) ENIAC
B) MARK I
21. The main electronic component used in first C) Z3
generation computers was D) ABC
A) Transistors
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
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29. A physical connection between the C) Daughter board

microprocessor memory and other parts of the D) Grandmother board
microcomputer is known as
A) Path 36. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium
B) Address bus for
C) Route A) Direct access
D) All of the above B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
30. High density double sided floppy disks could D) None of above
store _____ of data
A) 1.40 MB 37. A technique used by codes to convert an
B) 1.44 GB analog signal into a digital bit stream is known
as
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB A) Pulse code modulation
B) Pulse stretcher
31. A high quality CAD system uses the following C) Query processing
for printing drawing and graphs D) Queue management
A) Dot matrix printer
B) Digital plotter 38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more
C) Line printer correct?
D) All of the above A) It is an output device
B) It is an input device
32. Which of the following is not an input C) It is a peripheral device
device? D) It is hardware item
A) OCR
B) Optical scanners 39. A modern electronic computer is a machine
C) Voice recognition device that is meant for
A) Doing quick mathematical calculations
D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
B) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting
33. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers of data
representable in two 16-bit words of a computer C) Electronic data processing
is approximately D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately
A) 16 digits
B) 6 digits 40. When was vacuum tube invented?
C) 9 digits A) 1900
D) All of above B) 1906
C) 1910
34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device D) 1880
drivers, memory, expansion slots and active
components are mounted on a single board. 41. Which of the following produces the best
What is the name of the board? quality graphics reproduction?
A) Motherboard A) Laser printer
B) Daughterboard B) Ink jet printer
C) Bredboard C) Plotter
D) Fatherboard D) Dot matrix printer
35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, 42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is
A) XT computer
memory expansion slots and active components
are mounted on a single board. What is the name B) AT comptuers
C) PS/2 computer
of this board?
D) None of above
A) Motherboard
B) Breadboard
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43. An application suitable for sequential 50. What is the responsibility of the logical unit
processing is in the CPU of a computer?
A) Processing of grades A) To produce result
B) Payroll processing B) To compare numbers
C) Both a and b C) To control flow of information
D) All of above D) To do math’s works
44. Which of the following is not processing? 51. Abacus was the first
A) arranging A) electronic computer
B) manipulating B) mechanical computer
C) calculating C) electronic calculator
D) gathering D) mechanical calculator
45. The digital computer was developed 52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify
primarily in address in a RAM, the number of addresses will
A) USSR be
B) Japan A) 216
C) USA B) 65,536
D) UK C) 64K
D) Any of the above
46. Software in computer
A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware 53. Instructions and memory address are
machine represented by
B) Increase the speed of central processing unit A) Character code
C) Both of above B) Binary codes
D) None of above C) Binary word
D) Parity bit
47. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier
known by different name which was changes in 54. The terminal device that functions as a cash
1924. What was that name? register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is
A) Tabulator Machine Co. the:
B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co. A) Data collection terminal
C) The Tabulator Ltd. B) OCR register terminal
D) International Computer Ltd. C) Video Display terminal
D) POS terminal
48. Before a disk drive can access any sector
record, a computer program has to provide the 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is called
record’s disk address. What information does ____
this address specify? A) Counter
A) Track number B) Adder
B) Sector number C) Register
C) Surface number D) None of the above
D) All of above
56. People often call ______ as the brain of
49. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is computer system
called A) Control Unit
A) Sorting B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Classifying C) Central Processing Unit
C) Reproducing D) Storage Unit
D) Summarizing
57. Which is used for manufacturing chips?
A) Bus
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B) Control unit A) Optical scanner

C) Semiconductors B) Mouse and digitizer
D) A and b only C) Light pen
D) All of the above
58. The value of each bead in heaven is
A) 1 66. A set of information that defines the status of
B) 3 resources allocated to a process is
C) 5 A) Process control
D) 7 B) ALU
C) Register Unit
59. The first computer introduced in Nepal was D) Process description
A) IBM 1400
B) IBM 1401 67. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of
C) IBM 1402 ______ rods.
D) IBM1402 A) 5
B) 9
60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of C) 11
the following language? D) 13
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language 68. BCD is
C) High level language A) Binary Coded Decimal
D) None of above B) Bit Coded Decimal
C) Binary Coded Digit
61. Instruction in computer languages consists of D) Bit Coded Digit
A) OPCODE
B) OPERAND 69. When was the world’s first laptop computer
C) Both of above introduced in the market and by whom?
D) None of above A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980
B) Epson, 1981
62. Which generation of computer is still under C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
development D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
A) Fourth Generation
B) Fifth Generation 70. From which generation operating systems
C) Sixth Generation were developed?
D) Seventh Generation A) First
B) Second
63. A register organized to allow to move left or C) Third
right operations is called a ____ D) Fourth
A) Counter
B) Loader 71. The first firm to mass-market a
C) Adder microcomputer as a personal computer was
D) Shift register A) IBM
B) Super UNIVAC
64. Which was the most popular first generation C) Radio Shaks
computer? D) Data General Corporation
A) IBM 1650
B) IBM 360 72. How many address lines are needed to
C) IBM 1130 address each machine location in a 2048 x 4
D) IBM 2700 memory chip?
A) 10
65. Which is considered a direct entry input B) 11
device?
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C) 8 80. Which of the following is used as a primary

D) 12 storage device?
A) Magnetic drum
73. Properly arranged data is called B) Hard Disks
A) Field C) Floppy
B) Words D) All of above
C) Information
D) File 81. Multi user systems provided cost savings for
small business because they use a single
74. A computer consists of processing unit to link several
A) A central processing unit A) Personal computers
B) A memory B) Workstations
C) Input and output unit
C) Dumb terminals
D) All of the above D) Mainframes
75. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves? 82. What are the three decisions making
A) Because they can amplify the weak signals and
operations performed by the ALU of a
make them strong
computer?
B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of A) Grater than
current B) Less than
C) Both of above C) Equal to
D) None of above
D) All of the above
76. John Napier invented Logarithm in 83. The word processing task associated with
A) 1614 changing the appearance of a document is
B) 1617 A) Editing
C) 1620 B) Writing
D) None of above
C) Formatting
77. An integrated circuit is D) All of above
A) A complicated circuit
84. Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028
B) An integrating device
BS. This computer was of
C) Much costlier than a single transistor A) first generation
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip B) second generation
78. What type of control pins are needed in a C) third generation
microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in D) fourth generation
order to prevent two devices from trying to use it 85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
at the same time? A) Know the memory capacity
A) Bus control B) Identify the base of a number system
B) Interrupts C) Direct the output to a printer
C) Bus arbitration D) Specify the problem completely and clearly
D) Status
86. Which statement is valid about computer
79. Where as a computer mouse moves over the program?
table surface, the trackball is A) It is understood by a computer
A) Stationary B) It is understood by programmer
B) Difficult to move C) It is understood user
C) Dragged
D) Both a & b
D) Moved in small steps
87. The difference between memory and storage
is that memory is _____ and storage is __
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A) Temporary, permanent C) 1986

B) Permanent, temporary D) 1987
C) Slow, fast
D) All of above 95. Once you load the suitable program and
provide required data, computer does not need
88. When was Pascaline invented? human intervention. This feature is known as
A) 1617 A) Accuracy
B) 1620 B) Reliability
C) 1642 C) Versatility
D) 1837 D) Automatic
89. Which of the following statement is valid? 96. What is a brand?
A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer A) The name of companies that made computers
B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous B) The name of product a company gives to
English poet identify its product in market
C) ADA is a programming language developed by C) A name of class to indicate all similar products
US Defense from different companies
D) All of above D) All of above
90. A compiler is a translating program which 97. Machine language is
A) Translates instruction of a high level language A) Machine dependent
into machine language B) Difficult to program
B) Translates entire source program into machine C) Error prone
language program D) All of above
C) It is not involved in program’s execution
D) All of above 98. A byte consists of
A) One bit
91. What is required when more than one person B) Four bits
uses a central computer at the same time? C) Eight bits
A) Light pen D) Sixteen bits
B) Mouse
C) Digitizer 99. Modern Computers are very reliable but they
D) Terminal are not
A) Fast
92. Which of the following is the first computer B) Powerful
to use Stored Program Concept? C) Infallible
A) UNIVAC D) Cheap
B) ENIAC
C) EDSAC 100. What is the date when Babbage conceived
D) None of above Analytical engine
A) 1642
93. The term gigabyte refers to B) 1837
A) 1024 bytes C) 1880
B) 1024 kilobytes D) 1850
C) 1024 megabytes
D) 1024 gigabyte 101. What was the expected feature of fifth
generation computers when Japan started
94. in which year was UK’s premier computing FGCS?
event called ?The which computer? started? A) Operating Systems
A) 1980 B) Paralled Processing
B) 1985 C) ULSI
D) None of above
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102. Which of the following memory medium is 109. Which of the following is not input unit
not used as main memory system? device?
A) Magnetic core A) scanner
B) Semiconductor B) camera
C) Magnetic tape C) plotter
D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape D) digitizer
103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer 110. Identify the correct statement
consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
capacities B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design
A) Memory or video C) IBM used CISC CPU design
B) Magnetic or optical D) None of above is true
C) Optical or memory
D) Video or magnetic 111. Which of the following statement is false?
A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for
104. Programs designed to perform specific tasks thousands of years
is known as B) There are mechanical analog computers and
A) system software electronic analog computers.
B) application software C) All electronic computers are digital
C) utility programs computers
D) operating system D) All of above are false
105. Computer operators 112. Which of the following require large
A) writes computer programs for specific problems computers memory?
B) operate the device which input and output A) Imaging
data from the computer B) Graphics
C) normally require a college degree in computer C) Voice
science D) All of Above
D) all of the above
113. Which of the following is machine
106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses independence program?
software? A) High level language
A) NAV B) Low level language
B) F-Prot C) Assembly language
C) Oracle D) Machine language
D) McAfee
114. When was the first electro-mechanical
107. What is a compiler? computer developed?
A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as the A) 1880
program is run B) 1990
B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher C) 1944
level program code into machine code in one step D) None of above
C) A compiler is a general purpose language
providing very efficient execution 115. The first machine to successfully perform a
D) None of the above long series of arithmetic and logical operations
was:
108. _______ computers are also called personal A) ENIAC
computers B) Mark-I
A) Mainframe Computer C) Analytic Engine
B) Mini Computers D) UNIVAC-1
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
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116. Which one is the largest space? 124. IBM 1401 is

A) kilobyte A) First Generation Computer
B) petabyte B) Second Generation Computer
C) terrabyte C) Third Generation Computer
D) gigabyte D) Fourth Generation Computer
117. FORTRAN programming language is more 125. Most of the first generation computers were
suitable for ____ A) Special purpose computers
A) Business Applications B) General purpose computers
B) Marketing Applications C) Both of above
C) Scientific Applications D) None of above
D) None of the above
126. Floppy disks typically in diameter
118. The brain of any computer system is A) 3
A) Control Unit B) 5.25
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) 8
C) Central Processing Unit D) All of above
D) Storage Unit
127. The output quality of a printer is measured
119. Analog computer works on the supply of by
A) Continuous electrical pulses A) Dot per inch
B) Electrical pulses but not continuous B) Dot per sq. inch
C) Magnetic strength C) Dots printed per unit time
D) None of the above D) All of above
120. An error in software or hardware is called a 128. On a PC, how much memory is available to
bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for application software?
it? A) 1024 KB
A) Leech B) 760 KB
B) Squid C) 640 KB
C) Slug D) 560 KB
D) Glitch
129. In a computer _____ is capable to store
121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __ single binary bit.
A) Compact size; speed readability A) Capacitor
B) Compact size, speed B) Flip flop
C) Readability; speed C) Register
D) Low cost; readability D) Inductor
122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________. 130. What does DMA stand for?
A) Basic Input Output System A) Distinct Memory Access
B) Best Input Output System B) Direct Memory Access
C) Basic Input Output Symbol C) Direct Module Access
D) Base Input Output System D) Direct Memory Allocation
123. Which printer is very commonly used for 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
desktop publishing? A) Jack Kilby
A) Laser printer B) Robert Noyce
B) Inkjet printer C) Both of above
C) Daisywheel printer D) None of above
D) Dot matrix printer
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132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers C) Which uses one kind of software
comes under? D) Which is meant for application software
A) System Software
B) Application Software 140. Which programming languages are
C) Utilities classified as low level languages?
D) None of the above A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
133. One computer that is not considered a C) Knowledge based Systems
portable is D) Assembly Languages
A) Minicomputer
B) Laptop computer 141. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum
C) Notebook computer tubes?
A) They were larger in size
D) All of above
B) They consumed a lot of electricity
134. Which of the following is not an electronic C) They produced heat and often burned out
computer? D) The operation cost was high
A) ENIAC
B) ABC 142. Registers, which are partially visible to
C) UNIVAC users and used to hold conditional, are known as
D) EDVAC A) PC
B) Memory address registers
135. What is the name of the display feature that C) General purpose register
highlights are of the screen which requires D) Flags
operator attention?
A) Pixel 143. Which is not a comptuer of first generation?
A) ENIAC
B) Reverse video
C) Touch screen B) UNIVAC
D) Cursor C) IBM 360
D) IBM 1401
136. Which is the largest computer?
A) Mainframe Computer 144. Registers which are partially visible to users
B) Mini Computers and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by
C) Micro Computers the CPU hardware as the result of operations),
D) Super Computers are known as
A) PC
137. Which of the following are the best units of B) Flags
data on an external storage device? C) Memory Address Registers
A) Bits D) General Purpose Registers
B) Bytes
C) Hertz 145. Who invented vacuum tubes?
D) Clock cycles A) John Bardeen
B) William Shockley
138. The personal computer industry was started C) Lee de Forest
by D) All of above
A) IBM
B) Apple 146. An approach that permits the computer to
C) Compaq work on several programs instead of one is
D) HCL A) On-line thesaurus
B) Multiprogramming
139. What is meant by a dedicated computer? C) Over lapped processing
A) Which is used by one person only D) Outline processor
B) Which is assigned one and only one task
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147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept 154. Which is a semi conductor memory?
A) John Mauchley A) Dynamic
B) J.P. Eckert B) Static
C) John Neumann C) Bubble
D) Joseph Jacquard D) Both a & b
148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists 155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables.
of A) 2 pair
A) Input, output and processing B) 3 pair
B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary C) 4 pair
storage D) 5 pair
C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and
156. Which of the following is not a valid size of
primary storage
D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage a Floppy Disk?
A) 8?
149. The notable features like keyboards, B) 5 ¼?
monitors, GUI were developed in C) 3 ½?
A) First generation D) 5 ½?
C) Third generation 157. The earliest calculating devices are
D) Fourth generation A) Abacus
B) Clock
150. UNIVAC is C) Difference Engine
A) Universal Automatic Computer D) None of these
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer 158. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer A) 4 bits
B) 8 bits
151. Which is the highest form? C) 16 bits
A) Data D) 64 bits
B) Information
C) Knowledge 159. What was the first computer to perform all
D) All of above calculation using electronics rather than wheels,
ratchets, or mechanical switches?
152. Who is credited with the idea of using A) Mark I
punch cards to control patterns in a waving B) ABC
machine? C) Z3
A) Pascal D) None of above
B) Hollerith
C) Babbage 160. A directly accessible appointment calendar
D) Jacquard is feature of a __ resident package
A) CPU
153. What is an interpreter? B) Memory
A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as C) Buffer
the program is run D) ALU
B) An interpreter is the representation of the
system being designed 161. Which unit converts computer data into
C) An interpreter is a general purpose language human readable form?
providing very efficient execution A) Input unit
D) None of the above B) Output unit
C) ALU
D) Control Unit
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162. The full form of ALU is B) Transistors

A) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) Ics
B) Array Logic Unit D) All of above
C) Application Logic Unit
D) None of above 170. The act of retrieving existing data from
memory is called
163. What produces useful information out of A) Read-out
data? B) Read from
A) Computer C) Read
B) Processing D) All of above
C) Programming
D) none of above 171. Which part of the computer is used for
calculating and comparing?
164. Which of the following device was not A) Disk unit
invented by Babbage? B) Control unit
A) Pascaline C) ALU
B) Difference Engine D) Modem
C) Analytical Engine
D) None of above 172. ABC is a
A) Special purpose computer
165. A digital computer did not score over an B) General purpose computer
analog computer in terms of C) All Purpose Computer
A) Speed D) None of above
B) Accuracy
C) Reliability 173. The computer code for the interchange of
D) Cost information between terminals is
A) ASCII
166. Which number system is usually followed in B) BCD
a typical 32-bit computer? C) EBCDIC
A) Binary D) All of above
B) Decimal
C) Hexadecimal 174. When was the X window system born?
D) Octal A) 1984
B) 1989
167. A computer has very low failure rate C) 1988
because it uses electronic components. It D) 1990
produces very consistent results. This is
highlighted by which of the feature of computer? 175. What is the first stage in software
A) Accuracy development?
A) Specification and design
B) Reliability
C) Versatility B) Testing
D) Automatic C) System Analysis
D) Maintenance
168. A paper printout of a document is known as
A) Softcopy output 176. Which of the following is valid statement?
B) Hardcopy output A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
C) Permanent Output B) The data that is processed is called a program
D) All of above C) The data which is not yet processed is
information
169. Which electronic component was made out D) Information is processed by computer to
of semiconductor material? generate data.
A) Vacuum tubes
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177. The Second Generation Computer was B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
based on ________. Memory
A) Vacuum Tube C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only
B) Silicon Chips Memory
C) Transistor D) None of the above
D) Bio Chips
185. Regarding data, computers are very good at
178. EBCDIC stands for A) store
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange B) Processing
Code C) retrieve
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code D) All of above
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
186. Bit map terminal
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange
Code A) support display containing multiple window
B) require considerable amount of video RAM
179. Personnel who design, program, operates C) requires tremendous amount of copying and
and maintains computer equipment refers to hence low performance
A) Console-operator D) all of above
B) Programmer
C) Peopleware 187. First generation computers used _________
D) System Analyst for memory
A) vacuum tubes
180. IBM System/360 is B) silicon chips
A) Mainframe Computer C) magnetic drum
B) Mini Computers D) RAM
C) Micro Computers
D) None of above 188. Which of the following memories allows
simultaneous read and write operations?
181. A system is A) ROM
A) an integration of different units so as to B) RAM
achieve an objective C) EPROM
B) input unit D) None of above
C) input and output unit
D) input, output and storage units 189. EPROM can be used for
A) Erasing the contents of ROM
182. Which of the following programming B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
language started from second generation? C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of
A) COBOl ROM
B) BASIC D) Duplicating ROM
C) C
D) LISP 190. ENIAC uses
A) Decimal Numbering System
183. The translator program used in assembly B) Octal Numbering System
language is called C) Binary Numbering System
A) Compiler D) Hexadecial Numbering System
B) Interpreter
C) Assembler 191. A term associated with the comparison of
D) Translator processing speeds of different computer system
is:
184. EEPROM stands for A) EFTS
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read B) MPG
Only Memory
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C) MIPS C) Hard Disk

D) CPS D) None of these
192. which of the following is problem oriented 200. Symbolic logic was discovered by
language? A) George Boole
A) High level language B) Herman Hollerith
B) Machine language C) Van Neumann
C) Assembly language D) Basic Pasc
D) Low level language
201. Which of the following is not valid
193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length statement?
equal to A) Hard is referred to mean something temporary
A) 2 byte B) Hard is used to mean something tangible
B) 32 byte C) Soft is used to mean something permanent
C) 4 byte D) Soft is used to mean something tangible
D) 8 byte
202. Digital devices are
194. The term GIGO is related to A) Digital Clock
A) Accuracy B) Automobile speed meter
B) Reliability C) Clock with a dial and two hands
C) Versatility D) All of them
D) Automatic
203. Primary memory stores
195. Web cam is an A) Data alone
A) input unit device B) Programs alone
B) output unit device C) Results alone
C) processing device D) All of these
D) Input and Output device
204. After copying the content how many times
196. Bit stands for can you paste?
A) Binary digits A) 1
B) bit of system B) 16
C) a part of byte C) 32
D) All of above D) Many
197. Access time is 205. WAN stands for
A) seek time + latency time A) Wap Area Network
B) seek time B) Wide Area Network
C) seek time ? latency time C) Wide Array Net
D) latency time D) Wireless Area Network
198. Which device can understand difference 206. An error in computer data is called
between data & programs? A) Chip
A) Input device B) Bug
B) Output device C) CPU
C) Memory D) Storage device
D) Microprocessor
207. The instructions for starting the computer
199. Which of the following is a read only are house on
memory storage device? A) Random access memory
A) Floppy Disk B) CD-Rom
B) CD-ROM
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C) Read only memory chip B) William Shockley

D) All of above C) Walter Brattain
D) Lee de Forest
208. 1 nibble equals to
A) 1 bits 216. Which of the following is not true for a
B) 2 bits magnetic disk?
C) 4 bits A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
D) 8 bits B) It provides only sequential access to stored
data
209. Perforated paper used as input of output C) Users can easily update records by writing over
media is known as the old data
A) paper tapes D) All of above
B) magnetic tape
C) punched papers tape 217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is
D) card punch A) It is quieter than an impact printer
B) It is very slow
210. The secondary storage devices can only C) The output is of a lower quality
store data but they cannot perform D) None of the above
A) Arithmetic Operation
B) Logic operation 218. The most commonly used standard data
C) Fetch operations code to represent alphabetical, numerical and
D) Either of the above punctuation characters used in electronic data
processing system is called
211. Which American computer company is A) ASCII
called Big Blue? B) EBCDIC
A) Microsoft C) BCD
B) Compaq Corp D) All of above
C) IBM
D) Tandy Svenson 219. Which access method is used to access
cassette tape?
212. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was A) Direct
brought in to calculate census data. B) Sequential
A) IBM 1400 C) Both of the above
B) IBM 1401 D) None of the above
C) ICL 2950
D) None of above 220. A Compiler is ____
A) a combination of computer hardware
213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer? B) a program which translates from one high-level
A) John v. Atanasoff language to another
B) Clifford Berry C) a program which translates from one high-
C) Both of above level to a machine level language
D) None of above D) None of these
214. Which of the following is the largest unit? 221. Which unit holds data temporarily?
A) data A) Input unit
B) field B) Secondary storage unit
C) record C) Output Unit
D) database file D) Primary Memory Unit
215. Find out who is not the inventor of 222. The computer size was very large in
transistors among following names A) First Generation
A) John Burdeen B) Second Generation
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C) Third Generation A) EDSAC

D) Fourth Generation B) IBM 1401
C) CDC 1604
223. A name or number used to identify storage D) ICL 2950
location devices?
A) A byte 231. A hard copy would be prepared on a
B) A record A) Line printer
C) An address B) Dot matrix Printer
D) All of above C) Typewriter terminal
D) All of the above
224. Which of the following is not computer
language? 232. The term GIGO is related to which
A) High level language characteristics of computers?
B) Medium level language A) Speed
C) Low level language B) Automatic
D) All of the above C) Accuracy
D) Reliability
225. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk
by 233. Which of the following programming
A) Read/write leads language were used in first generation
B) Sectors computers?
C) Track A) Machine language
D) Lower surface B) Assembly language
C) Both of above
226. IBM 7000 digital computer D) None of above
A) Belongs to second generation
B) Uses VLSI 234. To locate a data item for storage is
C) Employs semiconductor memory A) Field
D) Has modular constructions B) Feed
C) Database
227. Which of the following is not electro- D) Fetch
mechanical computer?
A) Mark I 235. Who used punched cards practically for the
B) ABC first time in the history of computers?
C) Zuse A) Charles Babbage
D) UNIVAC B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin
228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from D) Joseph Jacquard
A) Greek language
B) Sanskrit language 236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
C) Latin language A) Magnetic metallic oxide
D) German language B) Optical metallic oxide
C) Carbon layer
229. Which statement is valid about magnetic D) All of the above
tape?
A) It is a plastic ribbon 237. Which of the following term means to
B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide reckon?
C) It can be erased and reused A) putare
D) All of above B) com
C) computa
230. Which of the following is first generation D) computar
computer?
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238. An input /output device at which data enters C) DeskPro-386

or leaves a computer system is D) IBM-360
A) Keyboard
B) Terminal 246. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a
C) Printer variable or set of variables is termed as
D) Plotter A) data
B) information
239. Which of the following is first generation of C) both of above
computer D) none of above
A) EDSAC
B) IBM-1401 247. Main storage is also called
C) CDC-1604 A) Accumulator
B) Control Unit
D) ICL-2900
C) Register Unit
240. A name or number used to identify a D) Memory
storage location is called
A) A byte 248. Which of the following are (is) considered to
B) A record be video component?
C) An address A) Resolution
D) All of above B) Color depth
C) Refresh rate
241. Computer professionals working in a D) All of the alcove
computer centre are
A) Software 249. For what Antikyathera was used?
B) Firmware A) For counting
C) Hardware B) For Calculating tax collection
D) Humanware C) For calculating astronomical positions
D) For calculating firing weapons
242. The first general purpose electronic
computer in the world was 250. Memory unit is one part of
A) UNIVAC A) Input device
B) EDVAC B) Control unit
C) Output device
C) ENIAC
D) All of above D) Central Processing Unit
243. The contents of information are stored in 251. Microprocessors can be used to make
A) Memory data register A) Computer
B) Memory address register B) Digital systems
C) Memory arithmetic registers C) Calculators
D) Memory access register D) All of the above
244. Which of the following is correct full form 252. Which statement is valid about computer
of BCD? program?
A) Binary Coded Decimal A) High level languages must be converted into
B) Bit Coded Decimal machine language to execute
C) Binary Coded Digit B) High level langage programs are more efficient
D) Bit Coded Digit and faster to execute
C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high level
245. Which was the world’s first microcomputer language program than in low level programs
that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip? D) All of above
A) IBM PS/2
B) HP-9830
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253. By programmable machine we mean 260. Which of the following memories must be
A) computers refreshed many times per second?
B) modern television A) Static RAM
C) washing machines B) Dynamic RAM
D) anything that can be set to perform different C) EPROM
taks with suitable programs D) ROM
254. Which of the following is a secondary 261. What do you call the translator which takes
memory device? assembly language program as input & produce
A) Keyboard machine language code as output?
B) Disk A) Compiler
C) ALU B) Interpreter
D) All of the above C) Debugger
D) Assembler
255. The memory which is programmed at the
time it is manufactured 262. Serial access memories are useful in
A) ROM applications where
B) RAM A) Data consists of numbers
C) PROM B) Short access time is required
D) EPROM C) Each stored word is processed differently
D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in
256. One of the popular mass storage device is serial form
CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for?
A) Compactable Read Only Memory 263. In ________ mode, the communication
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory channel is used in both directions at the same
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory time?
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory A) Full-duplex
B) Simplex
257. Identify the true statement C) Half-duplex
A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer D) None of the above
from GIGO
B) Computers are reliable because they use 264. Who invented Slide Rules?
electronic component which have very low failure A) John Napier
rate B) William Oughtred
C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer from C) Gottfried Leibnitz
boredom D) Blaise Pascal
D) All of above
265. The proper definition of a modern digital
258. FORTRAN is computer is
A) File Translation A) An electronic automated machine that can
B) Format Translation solve problems involving words and numbers
C) Formula Translation B) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket
D) Floppy Translation calculator
C) Any machine that can perform mathematical
259. The programs which are as permanent as operations
hardware and stored in ROM is known as D) A machine that works on binary code
A) Hardware
B) Software These questions are suitable for IC3 Computer
C) Firmware Fundamentals too!
D) ROM ware
266. Memory is made up of
A) Set of wires
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B) Set of circuits 274. Which of the following is not an XT

C) Large number of cells microprocessor?
D) All of these A) 8006
B) 8086
267. Which of the following is the most powerful C) 8088
computers? D) None of above
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers 275. Hard disk is coated in both side with
C) Micro Computers A) Magnetic metallic oxide
D) Super Computers B) Optical metallic oxide
C) Carbon layer
268. Which of the printers used in conjunction D) All of the above
with computers uses dry ink powder?
A) Daisy wheel printer 276. ASCII stands for
B) Line printer A) American Stable Code for International
C) Laser printer Interchange
D) Thermal printer B) American Standard Case for Institutional
Interchange
269. What is the path from which data flow in a C) American Standard Code for Information
computer system is knon as Interchange
A) Car D) American Standard Code for Interchange
B) Bus Information
C) Truck
D) Road 277. Raw facts and figures about any particular
topic are
270. Which term is used to describe RAM? A) Information
A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) B) facts
B) Static RAM (SRAM)
C) data
C) Video RAM (VRAM) D) none of above
D) All of the above
278. A computer can solve more than one kind of
271. In which year was chip used inside the problem. This is related to which of the following
computer for the first time? characteristics?
A) 1964 A) Accuracy
B) 1975 B) Reliability
C) 1999
C) Versatility
D) 1944 D) Automatic
272. Assembly language started to be used from 279. From which generation computers the
A) first generation computers
printers were used?
B) second generation computers A) first
C) third generation computers
B) second
D) fourth generation computers C) third
273. Which technology is more reliable? D) fourth
A) Mechanical 280. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
B) Electro-Mechanical
A) 32
C) Electronic B) 116
D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of above C) 58
are reliable D) 76
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281. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands 288. Which of the following storage device can
electronic components per chip store the largest amount of data?
A) SSI A) Hard Disks
B) MSI B) Flash Disks
C) LSI C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) VLSI D) DVDs
282. An application program that helps the user 289. Who invented Mark I?
to change any number and immediately see the A) Howard Aikin
result of that change is B) J. P. Eckert
A) Desktop publishing program C) John Mauchley
B) Database D) John v. Atanasoff
C) Spreadsheet
D) All of above 290. ALU is
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a B) Array Logic Unit
machine called the Analytical Engine which he C) Application Logic Unit
showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year D) None of above
was it exhibition?
A) 1820 291. A computer program that converts an entire
B) 1860 program into machine language at one time is
C) 1855 called a/an
D) 1870 A) Interpreter
B) CPU
284. What is the name of the new color laptop C) Compiler
computer which is powered by a 386 processor at D) Simulator
33 MHz and is built by Epson?
A) AX3/33 292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple
B) NEC-20 Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
C) Magnum 2000 A) 1978
D) HCL-3000 B) 1984
C) 1990
285. In analog computer D) 1991
A) Input is first converted to digital form
B) Input is never converted to digital form 293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT
C) Output is displayed in digital form ack like
D) All of the above A) an amplifier
B) a switch
286. Which of the following computer is not C) a router
invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly? D) None of above
A) ENIAC
B) EDVAC 294. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
C) UNIVAC A) More expensive
B) More portable
D) EDSAC
C) Less rigid
287. When was the company named IBM? D) Slowly accessed
A) 1914
B) 1924 295. Which of the following is the most quickly
C) 1975 accessible storage?
D) None of above A) RAM
B) Registers
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C) Disks 303. Which of the following memories needs

D) Pen Drive refreshing?
A) SRAM
296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is B) DRAM
A) 81 C) ROM
B) 72 D) All of above
C) 71
D) None of above 304. Can you tell what passes into and out from
the computer via its ports?
297. Excessive parallel processing is related to A) Data
A) First generation B) Bytes
B) Fourth generation C) Graphics
C) Fifth Generation
D) Pictures
D) Third generation
305. An output device that uses words or
298. second generation computers were messages recorded on a magnetic medium to
developed during produce audio response is
A) 1949 to 1955 A) Magnetic tape
B) 1956 to 1965 B) Voice response unit
C) 1965 to 1970 C) Voice recognition unit
D) 1970 to 1990 D) Voice band
299. What do you call a single point on a 306. Which of the items below are considered
computer screen? removable storage media?
A) Cell A) Removable hard disk cartridges
B) Element B) (Magneto-optical) disk
C) Pixel C) Flexible disks cartridges
D) Bit D) All of the above
300. Mostly which of the following device is used 307. Which of the following is not purely output
to carry user files? device?
A) Floppy Disk A) Screen
B) Hard Disk B) Printer
C) RAM C) Speaker
D) CDROM D) Plotter
301. Which of the following computer 308. Who developed a mechanical device in the
implemented binary numbers, perform 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple,
calculations using electronics and implemented divide and find square roots?
separate computation and memory for the first A) Napier
time? B) Babbage
A) Mark I C) Pascal
B) ABC D) Leibniz
C) Z3
D) None of above 309. The first Macintosh computer was from
A) First generation
302. FORTRAN is a programming language. B) Second generation
What does FORTRAN stand for? C) Third generation
A) File Translation D) Fourth generation
B) Format Translation
C) Formula Translation 310. Which of the following is not a form of
D) Floppy Translation data?
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A) numbers and characters 318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of

B) images repeatability and
C) sound A) Buffer size
D) none of above B) Resolution
C) Vertical dimensions
311. Which is not a computer classification? D) Intelligence
A) mainframe
B) maxframe 319. Computer instructions written with the use
C) mini of English words instead of binary machine code
D) notebook is called
A) Mnemonics
312. The control unit of a microprocessor B) Symbolic code
A) Stores data in the memory
C) Gray codes
B) Accepts input data from keyboard D) Opcode
C) Performs arithmetic/logic function
D) None of above 320. Which language is directly understood by
the computer without translation program?
313. Which of the following is internal memory? A) Machine language
A) Disks B) Assembly language
B) Pen Drives C) High level language
C) RAM D) None of above
D) CDs
321. On which aspect the analog computers are
314. Which operation is not performed by better than digital?
computer A) Speed
A) Inputting
B) Accuracy
B) Processing C) Reliability
C) Controlling D) Automatic
D) Understanding
322. Which of the following processors use RISC
315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible technology?
plastic material are also called? A) 486dx
A) Hard disks
B) Power PC
B) High-density disks C) 486sx
C) Diskettes D) 6340
D) Templates
323. Which of the following machine was not
316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide invented by Charles Babbage?
non-volatile direct access storage of data and A) Tabulating Machine
that have no moving parts are known as B) Analytical Engine
A) Magnetic core memory C) Difference Engine
B) Magnetic tape memory D) Both C and D
C) Magnetic disk memory
D) Magnetic bubble memory 324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in
its internal memory
317. A collection of related instructions A) 100
organized for a common purpose is referred to B) 20
as C) 80
A) File D) 40
B) Database
C) Program 325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the
D) None of above science of
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A) Genetics C) Control unit

B) Control and communication D) Temporary
C) Molecular biology
D) Biochemistry 333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer
and when was it introduced?
326. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical A) PDP-I, 1958
computer? B) IBM System/36, 1960
A) Because it was invented before electronic C) PDP-II, 1961
computers were developed D) VAX 11/780, 1962
B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to
rotate and move to produce result 334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or
C) Because they use the flow of electrons in terminals usually under the control of one
master is
different component
D) None of above A) Cylinder
B) Surface
327. Binary circuit elements have C) Track
A) One stable state D) Cluster
B) Two stable state
C) Three stable state 335. The word length of a computer is measured
D) None of above in
A) Bytes
328. Which of the following is used for B) Millimeters
manufacturing chips? C) Meters
A) Control bus D) Bits
B) Control unit
C) Parity unit 336. What type of memory is not directly
D) Semiconductor addressable by the CPU and requires special
softw3are called EMS (expanded memory
329. Which of the following is not a micro specification)?
computer? A) Extended
A) Laptop PCs B) Expanded
B) Tablet PCs C) Base
C) Desktop PCs D) Conventional
D) None of above
337. Which unit holds data permanently?
330. The value of each bead in earth is A) Input unit
A) 1 B) Secondary storage unit
B) 3 C) Output Unit
C) 5 D) Primary Memory Unit
D) 7
338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It
331. When did John Napier develop logarithm? must be_______
A) 1416 A) Formatted
B) 1614 B) Reformatted
C) 1641 C) Addressed
D) 1804 D) None of the above
332. Which of the following terms is the most 339. Computer system comprises of major units
closely related to main memory? A) input unit, output unit, control unit
A) Non volatile B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
B) Permanent C) input unit, output unit, central processing
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unit and storage unit 347. Which company is the biggest player in the
D) input, output and storage units microprocessor industry?
A) Motorola
340. The first general purpose electronic digital B) IBM
computer in the world was C) Intel
A) UNIVAC D) AMD
B) EDVAC
C) ENIAC 348. The first digital computer built with IC
D) All of above chips was known as
A) IBM 7090
341. Signals can be analog or digital and a B) Apple ? 1
computer that processes the both type of signals C) IBM System / 360
is known as
D) VAX-10
A) Analog computer
B) Digital Computer 349. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
C) Hybrid Computer characters?
D) Mainframe Computer A) 256
B) 16
342. High level language is also called C) 32
A) Problem oriented language D) 64
B) Business oriented language
C) Mathematically oriented language 350. MICR stands for
D) All of the above A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
343. Human beings are referred to as C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
Homosapinens, which device is called Silico D) None
Sapiens?
A) Monitor 351. Number crunchier is the informal name for
B) Hardware A) Mini computer
C) Robot B) Super computer
D) Computer C) Microcomputer
D) Mainframe computer
344. Which of the following file organization is
most efficient for a file with a high degree of file 352. RATS stand for
activity? A) Regression Analysis Time Series
A) Sequential B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
B) ISAM C) Real Analysis Series
C) VSAM D) All of above
D) B-Tree Index
353. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
345. Which of the following is associated with A) Mechanical
error detector? B) Electrical
A) Odd parity bit C) Electro Magnetic
B) Even parity bit D) Laser
C) Both of the above
D) None of above 354. Different components of the motherboard of
a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel
346. Magnetic tape can serve as electrical conducting lines. What are these lines
A) Secondary storage media called?
B) Output media A) Conductors
C) Input media B) Buses
D) All of the above
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C) Connectors 362. Who invented EDSAC?

D) Consecutive A) John v. Neumann
B) J.p. Eckert and John Mauchley
355. Which is the first electronic digital C) Maurice Wilkes
computer? D) Howard Aiken
A) ENIAC
B) MARK I 363. EEPROM stands for
C) Z3 A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
D) ABC Only Memory
B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only
356. Which of the following is a storage device? Memory
A) Tape C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
B) Hard Disk
Memory
C) Floppy Disk D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) All of the above Memory
357. The metal disks, which are permanently 364. Which of the following is a class of
housed in, sealed and contamination free computers based on model?
containers are called A) Digital Computer
A) Hard disks B) Hybrid Computers
B) Floppy disk C) Analog Computers
C) Winchester disk D) AT Computers
D) Flexible disk
365. What are the computers called that
358. A computer program that converts an entire performs calculations and comparisons usually
program into machine language is called a/an in the binary numbering system?
A) Interpreter A) Analog Computers
B) Simulator B) Digital Computers
C) Compiler C) Hybrid Computers
D) Commander D) None of above
359. Intel corporation produces chips for which 366. ASCII stands for
computers? A) American Standard Code for Information
A) IBM PCs Interchange
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs B) American Scientific Code for International
C) Both of above Interchange
D) None of above C) American Standard Code for Intelligence
360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Interchange
corporation was called D) American Scientific Code for Information
A) 8008 Interchange
B) 8080 367. The data recording format in most of the
C) 4004 modern magnetic tape is
D) 8800 A) 7-bit ASCII
361. Which of the following is not a class of B) 7-bit EBCDIC
computers based on size? C) 8-bit ASCII
A) Mainframe Computers D) 8-bit EBCDIC
B) Mini Computers 368. Why ABC computer is called so?
C) Micro Computers A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and
D) Super Computers Berry
B) Because it was thought to be the first computer
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so named with first alphabets of English 376. What does the disk drive of a computer do?
C) Both of above are the reason to name the A) Rotate the disk
computer ABC B) Read the disk
D) None of above are true C) Load a program from the disk into the memory
D) Both b and c
369. Who designed the first electronics computer
? ENIAC/ 377. Access time is
A) Von Neumann A) seek time + latency time
B) Joseph M Jacquard B) seek time
C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly C) seek time
D) All of above D) latency time
370. Central Processing Unit is combination of 378. Who invented the microprocessor?
A) Control and storage A) Marcian E Huff
B) Control and output unit B) Herman H Goldstein
C) Arithmetic logic and input unit C) Joseph Jacquard
D) Arithmetic logic and control unit D) All of above
371. IBM 1401 computer was 379. MICR stands for
A) Mainframe Computer A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Mini Computers B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Micro Computers C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
D) None of above D) None of the above
372. Time during which a job is processed by the 380. The Width of a processor’s data path is
computer is measured in bits. Which of the following are
A) Delay times common data paths?
B) Real time A) 8 bits
C) Execution time B) 12 bits
D) Down time C) 16 bits
D) 32 bits
373. CD-ROM stands for
A) Compactable Read Only Memory 381. MSI is the abbreviation of
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory A) Medium Scale Integrated
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory B) Medium System Integrated
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory C) Medium Scale Intelligent
D) Medium System Intelligent
374. Which unit converts user data into machine
readable form? 382. IMB launched its first personal computer
A) Input unit called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel,
B) Output unit disk drives from Tandon, operating system from
C) ALU Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the
D) Control Unit application software from everywhere. Can you
name the country which contributed
375. Which unit is known as nerve center of A) India
computer? B) China
A) ALU C) Germany
B) CU D) Taiwan
C) Memory
D) Registers 383. Which statement is valid about interpreter?
A) It translates one instruction at a time
B) Object code is saved for future use
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C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary C) Needing a larger DP staff

D) All of above D) All of the above
384. Easily reloctable language is 392. The full form of EEPROM is
A) Machine language A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
B) Assembly language Only Memory
C) High level language B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) Medium level language Memory
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only
385. Which of the following memories needs Memory
refresh? D) None of the above
A) SRAM
B) DRAM 393. The original ASCII code used__bits of each
C) ROM byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
D) All of above A) 5
B) 6
386. Through which device the main components C) 7
of the computer communicate with each other? D) 8
A) Keyboard
B) System Bus 394. A computer programmer
C) Monitor A) Does all the thinking for a computer
D) Memory B) Can enter input data quickly
C) Can operate all types of computer equipments
387. What type of device is computer keyboard? D) Can draw only flowchart
A) Memory
B) Output 395. Fifth generation computer is also known as
C) Storage A) Knowledge information processing system
D) Input B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
388. Which is the limitation of high level D) None of above
language?
A) Lower efficiency 396. The commonly used standard data code to
B) Machine dependence represent alphabetical, numerical and
C) machine level coding punctuation characters used in electronic data
D) None of above processing system is called
A) ASCII
389. An example of a digital device can be B) EBCDIC
A) Digital clock C) BCD
B) Automobile speed meter D) All of above
C) Clock with a dial and two hands
D) All of the above 397. Which of the following have low failure
rate?
390. Which of the following is not true? A) mechanical devices
A) Transistors are much smaller B) electronic devices
B) Transistors produce low heat C) electro-mechanical devices
C) Transistors were less reliable D) None of above
D) Transistors were used in radios and other
electronic devices 398. Which of the following memories need
refresh?
391. A characteristic of card systems is: A) SRAM
A) Slowness in processing data
B) DRAM
B) Using cards as records of transactions
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C) ROM A) Mainframe Computer

D) All of the above B) Micro Computer
C) Mini Computer
399. A typical personal computer used for D) Digital Computer
business purposes would have__ of RAM.
A) 4 KB 407. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of
B) 16 K today’s TRS-80 computers?
C) 64 K A) Z-8000
D) 256 K B) Motorola 6809
C) Z-8808
400. The ALU of a computer normally contains a D) Z-80
number of high speed storage element called
A) Semiconductor memory 408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
B) Registers A) Hard Disks
C) Hard disks B) Flash Disks
D) Magnetic disk C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs
401. Which was the computer conceived by
Babbage? 409. Which of the following professions has not
A) Analytical Engine been affected by personal computers?
B) Arithmetic Machine A) Medical
C) Donald Kunth B) Clerical and law
D) All of above C) Accounting
D) None of the above
402. The processing speed of first generation
computers was 410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a
A) milliseconds word from
B) microseconds A) Latin language
C) nanoseconds B) Greek Language
D) picoseconds C) Sanskrit language
D) Ancient Egypt
403. Model 5100 was ______ in 1957.
A) The first PC built by IBM 411. In latest generation computers, the
B) The first PC built by Apple instructions are executed
C) The first PC built by Motorola A) Parallel only
D) The first PC built by Intel B) Sequentially only
C) Both sequentially and parallel
404. VGA is D) All of above
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array 412. Which of the following memory medium is
C) Volatile Graphics Array not used as main memory system?
D) Video Graphics Adapter A) Magnetic core
B) Semiconductor
405. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form C) Magnetic tape
of D) Both a and b
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader 413. An online backing storage system capable of
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader storing larger quantities of data is
D) None A) CPU
B) Memory
406. Which of the following is not a class based C) Mass storage
on size? D) Secondary storage
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414. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
forms characters with magnetically-charged ink C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
sprayed dots is called D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
A) Laser printer
B) Ink-jet printer 422. Which of the following registers is loaded
C) Drum printer with the contents of the memory location pointed
D) Chan printer by the PC?
A) Memory address registers
415. Which of the following does not affect the B) Memory data registers
resolution of a video display image? C) Instruction register
A) Bandwidth D) Program counter
B) Raster scan rage
423. Which of the following are the cheapest
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution
D) Screen size memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
A) Semiconductor memories
416. Which of the following printing devices an B) Magnetic Disks
output composed of a series of data? C) Compact Disks
A) Wire matrix printer D) Magnetic Tapes
B) Band printer
C) Wang image printer 424. MIS is designed to provide information
D) Both a and c needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
417. Which of the following is an example of fifth B) Workers
generation computer? C) Foremen
A) PIM/m D) Managers
B) ICL 2950
C) IBM 1401 425. Which is valid statement
D) None of above A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
418. Magnetic disks are the most popular C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
medium for D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes
A) Direct access
B) Sequential access 426. Latency time is
C) Both of above A) Time to spin the needed data under head
D) None of above B) Time to spin the needed data under track
C) Time to spin data under sector
419. Which of the following is not a third D) All of above
generation computer?
A) IBM 360 427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8 B) John Mauchly
D) HP2115 C) Blaise Pascal
D) Howard Aiken
420. The number of records contained within a
block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the 428. The most important advantage of a video
A) Block definition disk is
B) Record contain clause A) Compactness
C) Blocking factor B) Potential capacity
D) Record per block C) Durability
D) Cost effectiveness
421. Mark I is also known as
A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
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429. Which of the following generation B) American Standard Case for Institutional
computers had expensive operation cost? Interchange
A) First C) American Standard Code for Information
B) Second Interchange
C) Third D) American Standard Code for Interchange
D) Fourth Information
430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer 437. Which computers are used as servers for
class of: any medium sized organizations?
A) Small-scale computer A) Mainframe Computer
B) Medium-scale computer B) Mini Computers
C) Large-scale computer C) Micro Computers
D) Super computer D) Super Computers
431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer 438. Slide Rules was invented in
A) Petal printer A) 1614
B) Golf ball printer B) 1617
C) Laser printer C) 1620
D) Line printer D) None of above
432. Cursor is a ____ 439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to
A) Pixel __________data?
B) Thin blinking line A) 680 KB
C) Pointing device B) 680 Bytes
D) None of these C) 680 MB
D) 680 GB
433. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk 440. Which of the following required large
B) Tape computer memory?
C) Network Drive A) Imaging
D) All of the above B) Graphics
C) Voice
434. Which of the following printers are you sure D) All of above
will not to use if your objective is to print on
multi carbon forms? 441. Which was the computer conceived by
A) Daisy wheel Babbage?
B) Dot matrix A) Analytical engine
C) Laser B) Arithmetic machine
D) Thimble C) Donald Knuth
D) All of above
435. Which of the following items are examples
of storage devices? 442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A) Floppy / hard disks A) heaven
B) CD-ROMs B) sky
C) Tape devices C) earth
D) All of the above D) floor
436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular 443. All modern computer operate on
character coding systems. What does ASCII A) Information
stand for? B) Floppies
A) American Stable Code for International C) Data
Interchange D) Word
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444. The 452. Which is not consisted in a processor

A) Analog Computers A) ALU
B) Digital Computers B) CU
C) Hybrid Computers C) Memory
D) Mainframe Computers D) Registers
445. Offline device is 453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in
A) A device which is not connected to CPU Nepal. It belonged to
B) A device which is connected to CPU A) First Generation
C) A direct access storage device B) Second Generation
D) An I/O device C) Third Generatio
D) Frouth Generation
446. What is the latest write-once optical storage
media? 454. The Third Generation Computer was made
A) Digital paper with ________.
B) Magneto-optical disk A) Vacuum Tube
C) WORM disk B) Discrete Components
D) CD-ROM disk C) IC
D) Bio Chips
447. Which of the following programming
language started from second generation? 455. Which of the following are the two main
A) LISP components of the CPU?
B) C A) Control Unit and Registers
C) QBASIC B) Registers and Main Memory
D) FORTRAN C) Control unit and ALU
D) ALU and bus
448. Which one of the following input device is
user-programmable? 456. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Dumb terminal A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Smart terminal B) Very large scale integration
C) VDT C) Both of above
D) Intelligent terminal D) None of above
449. Floppy disks typically in diameter 457. Second Generation computers were
A) 3? developed during
B) 5.25? A) 1949 to 1955
C) 8? B) 1956 to 1965
D) All of above C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990
450. Current SIMMs have either __ or __
connectors (pins) 458. What is the name of the computer terminal
A) 9 or 32 which gives paper printout?
B) 30 or 70 A) Display screen
C) 28 or 72 B) Soft copy terminal
D) 30 or 72 C) Hard copy terminal
D) Plotter
451. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape 459. Programs are executed on the basis of a
B) Printer priority number in a
C) Disk A) Batch processing system
D) Bus B) Multiprogramming
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C) Time sharing 467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in

D) None of these Newtorking, what is its full form?
A) WAP Area Network
460. When was Apple Macintosh II B) Wide Area Network
microcomputer introduced in the market? C) Wide Array of Network
A) 1964 D) Wireless Access Network
B) 1970
C) 1983 468. In which language is source program
D) 1986 written?
A) English
461. When was the world’s first laptop computer B) Symbolic
introduced in the market and by whom? C) High level
A) Hewlett-Packard
D) Temporary
B) Epson, 1981
C) Laplink traveling software In1982 469. Which of the following is correct acronym
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985 of VGA?
A) Video Graphics Array
462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier B) Visual Graphics Array
known by different name which was changed in C) Volatile Graphics Array
1924. What was that name? D) Video Graphics Adapter
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
B) The Tabulator Ltd. 470. A song being played on comptuer speaker is
C) International Computer Ltd. A) hard output
D) None of above B) soft output
C) both hard and soft output
463. The personnel who deals with the computer D) neither hard nor soft output
and its management put together are called
A) Software 471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT
B) Human ware stand for
C) Firmware A) Additional Terminals
D) Hardware B) Advance technology
C) Applied technology
464. Which of the following is input device? D) Advanced terminology
A) scanner
B) speaker 472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges
C) monitor between
D) projector A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB
465. Which of the following is true? C) 256KB & 640KB
A) Fields are composed of bytes D) None of these
B) Records are composed of fields
C) Fields are composed of characters 473. What is the number of read-write heads in
D) All of above the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
A) 9
466. Who built the world’s first electronic B) 16
calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and C) 18
batteries? D) 27
A) Claude Shannon
B) Konrard Zues 474. Apple company used chips from ______ for
C) George Stibits its computers
D) Howard H. Aiken A) Intel
B) Motorola
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C) Both of above B) Second

D) None of above C) Third
D) Fourth
475. Which of the following is a feature of fifth
generation computers? 482. Pick the one that is used for logical
A) Use of natural language operations or comparisons such as less than
B) artificial intelligence equal to or greater than.
C) bio-chips A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
D) All of above B) Control Unit
C) Both of above
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal D) None of above
Society for his
A) Difference Engine 483. The operating speed of third generation
B) Analytic Engine computer was
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine A) Milliseconds
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage B) Microseconds
C) Nanoseconds
477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 D) Picoseconds
million instruction per second and with the word
length of around 64 bits is known as 484. Which of the following is true?
A) Super computer A) Mark I was 8 feet long
B) Mini computer B) Mark I was 2 feet long
C) Micro computer C) Mark I was 40 feet long
D) Macro computer D) None of above
478. When we look at the cost, which of the 485. Charles Babbage is considered the father of
following computer is most expensive? modern computers because
A) Mainframe Computer A) of his difference engine
B) Mini Computers B) of his analytical engine
C) Micro Computers C) his concept of input, mill and output
D) Super Computers D) All of above
479. Which of the following will happen when 486. Which of the following is used only for data
data is entered into a memory location? entry and storage, and never for processing?
A) It will add to the content of the location A) Mouse
B) It will change the address of the memory B) Dumb terminal
location C) Micro computer
C) It will erase the previous content D) Dedicated data entry system
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some
data at the location 487. What was the first computer brought in
Nepal?
480. Which device is used as the standard A) ICL/2950
pointing device in a Graphical User B) ENIAC
Environment? C) IBM 1401
A) Keyboard D) None of above
B) Mouse
C) Joystick 488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data
D) Track ball entry system is
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed
481. Mini computers and micro computers are at the time of data entry
from which generation of computers? B) Key verification is easily performed
A) First
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C) The tape is reusable C) Hybrid Computers

D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur. D) None of above
489. Basic is ________ language. 496. How many types of storage loops exists in
A) a procedural magnetic bubble memory
B) an object oriented A) 8
C) both A and B B) 4
D) none of the above C) 16
D) 2
490. A computer Program that translates one
program instruction at a time into machine 497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based
language is called a/an PC/AT?
A) Interpreter A) 1982
B) CPU B) 1984
C) Compiler C) 1985
D) Simulator D) 1989
491. Which of the following have the fastest 498. The silicon chips used for data processing
access time? are called
A) Semiconductor Memories A) RAM chips
B) Magnetic Disks B) ROM chips
C) Magnetic Tapes C) Micro processors
D) Compact Disks D) PROM chips
492. The first electronic general purpose digital 499. Which computers used operating systems by
computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called Microsoft?
ENIAC did not work on the stored program A) IBM PCs
concept. How many numbers could it store in its B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
internal memory? C) IBM Compatibles
A) 100 D) Both A & C
B) 20
C) 40 500. One of the main feature that distinguish
D) 80 microprocessors from micro-computer is
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors
493. The computer that process both analog and B) Words are shorter in microprocessors
digital is called C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
A) Analog computer D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer 501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
D) Mainframe computer A) 1614
494. What was the name of the first B) 1617
commercially available microprocessor chip?
A) Intel 308 C) 1620
B) Intel 33 D) None of above
C) Intel 4004
D) Motorola 639 502. One computer that is not considered a
portable computer is
495. Which of the following class of computers
can process physical quantities such as speed? A) Minicomputer
A) Analog Computers
B) A laptop computer
B) Digital Computers
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C) Tablet PC D) ALU
D) All of the above 508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
503. Computers built before the First Generation A) Matrix printer
of computers were:
B) Impact printer
A) Mechanical
C) Laser printer
B) Electro-mechanical
D) Manual printer
C) Electrical
509. A number system that has eight different
D) None of these symbols to represent any quantity is known as
504. Which of the following is a way to access A) Binary
secondary memory?
B) Octal
A) Random access memory
C) Decimal
B) Action method
D) Hexadecimal
C) Transfer method
510. The two basic types of record access
D) Density method methods are:
505. What is System Analysis? A) Sequential and random
A) The design of the screen the user will see and B) Sequential and indexed
use to enter or display data
C) Direct and immediate
B) System analysis defines the format and type of
data the program will use D) Online and real time
C) System Analysis involves creating formal 511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with
model of the problem to be solved which generation?
D) None of the above A) First Generation

B) Second Generation
506. Which of the following devices have a
limitation that we can only store information to C) Fifth Generation
it but cannot erase or modify it?
D) Sixth Generation
A) Floppy Disk
512. One of a class of storage device devices that
B) Hard Disk can access storage locations in any order is
C) Tape Drive A) DTE
D) CDROM B) DASD
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the C) DDE
form of circular plate?
D) DDE
A) Disk
513. The actual execution of instructions
B) CPU happens in
C) Printer A) ALU
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B) CU 519. As compared to the secondary memory, the

primary memory of a computer is
C) Memory
A) Large
D) None of above
B) Cheap
514. Floppy disks are available in
C) Fast
A) Single side single density
D) Slow
B) Single side double density
520. The language that the computer can
C) Both of above understand and execute is called
D) None of above
A) Machine language
515. Which of the following is not electro- B) Application software
mechanical computer?
C) System program
A) Z3
D) All of above
B) ABC
521. How was the generation of computer
C) mark I classified?
D) ENIAC A) by the device used in memory & processor
516. Which of the following is a programming B) by the speed of computer
language?
C) by the model of the computer
A) Lotus
D) by the accuracy of computer
B) Pascal
522. Which of the following is not a feature of
C) MS-Excel first generation computers
D) Netscape A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main
517. Which converts the user data into machine electronic component
readable form? B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced
A) input unit, outpu unit, control unit excessive heat
B) central processing unit C) They used machine language and assembly

language to program the machine
C) output unit
D) None of above
D) decoder unit
523. CAD stands for
518. In what respect human beings are superior
to computers? A) Computer aided design
A) Diligence B) Computer algorithm for design
B) Intelligence C) Computer application in design
C) Slavery D) All of the above
D) Reliability 524. Which of the following memories has the

shortest access times?
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A) Cache memory 530. Which statement is valid?

B) Magnetic bubble memory A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
C) Magnetic core memory B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
D) RAM C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
525. A small or intelligent device is so called D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
because it contains within it a
531. The least significant bit of the binary
A) Computer number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal
number, is:
B) Microcomputer
A) 0
C) Programmable
B) 1
D) Sensor
C) 1 or 0
526. Which of the following is not a primary
storage device? D) 3
A) Magnetic tape 532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that
senses the movement by the change in its
B) Magnetic disk capacitance,
C) Optical disk A) Capacitance keyboard
D) All of above B) Mechanical keyboard
527. Who invented Analytical engine? C) Qwerty keyboard
A) Blaise Pascal D) Dvorak keyboard
B) George Bool 533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
C) Charles Babbage A) John Napier
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith B) William Oughtred
528. CPU speed of a personal computer is C) Gottfried Leibnitz
A) 32 KIPS D) Blaise Pascal
B) 100 KIPS 534. A term used to describe interconnected
C) 1 MIPS computer configuration is
D) None of these A) Multiprogramming
529. Circular division of disks to store and B) Modulation

retrieve data are known as C) Multiprocessing
A) tracks D) Micro program sequence
B) sectors
535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette
C) cycles drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should
face
D) rings
A) East
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B) North D) ISO
C) South 541. In order to play and hear sound on a
computer, one needs:
D) Up
A) a sound card and speakers
536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers
do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is B) a microphone
the name of such computes?
C) all of them required
A) Home computers
D) none of them required
B) Diskless computers
542. Which of the following devices can be sued
C) Dedicated computers to directly image printed text?
D) General purpose computers A) OCR
537. What is a light pen? B) OMR
A) Mechanical Input device C) MICR
B) Optical input device D) All of above
C) Electronic input device 543. For which of the following computers can’t
be used?
D) Optical output device
A) Gathering data
538. Which of the following class of computers
can not support multiple users simultaneously? B) Calculating data
A) Mainframe Computer C) Comparing data
B) Mini Computers D) Arranging data
C) Micro Computers 544. Which of the following is called low level
languages?
D) All of them can support
A) Machine language
539. Which of the following is considered first
computer in the world? B) Assembly language
A) Z3 C) Both of the above
B) ABC D) None of above
C) Mark I 545. A factor which would strongly influence a
business person to adopt a computer is its
D) None of abobe
A) Accuracy
540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard,
which standard is used for converting the B) Reliability
keystroke into the corresponding bits?
C) Speed
A) ANSI
D) All of above
B) ASCII
546. Who invented punched cards?
C) EBCDIC
A) Charles Babbage
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B) Dr. Herman Hollerith D) Slide Rule

C) Howard Aikin 552. Seek time is
D) Joseph Jacquard A) time to position the head over proper track
547. Each model of a computer has a unique B) time to position the head over proper sector
A) Assembly of a computer C) time to position the head over proper cylinder
B) Machine language D) none of above
C) High level language 553. Tape speed is measured in
D) All of the above A) Feet per second
548. Which of the following is not a primary B) Inch per second
storage device?
C) Meter per second
A) Magnetic tape
D) Centimeter per second
B) Magnetic disk
554. Punched cards were first introduced by
C) Optical disk
A) Powers
D) All of the above
B) Pascal
549. In a punched card system, data is processed
C) Jacquard
by a
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine D) Herman Hollerith
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and 555. Which computer support co-processors?
billing machine A) XT computer
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine B) AT comptuers
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and C) None of these
sorter
D) Both of these
550. Which device is required for the Internet
connection? 556. A floppy disk contains
A) Joystick A) Circular tracks only
B) Modem B) Sectors only
C) CD Drive C) Both circular tracks and sectors
D) NIC Card D) None of the above
551. A set of rods where numbers were carved 557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
and used for multiplication and division aids is A) 1.40 MB
known as
B) 1.44 GB
A) Pascaline
C) 1.40 GB
B) Napier’s Bones
D) 1.44 MB
C) Stepped Reckoner
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558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
ignored because
C) Both of above
A) He made the computers secretly
D) Only b
B) his computers were very complicated and it took
time for the people to recognize its power 564. The process of starting a or restarting a
computer system by loading instructions from a
C) of political reasons. He was German. secondary storage device into the computer
memory is called
D) All of the above
A) Duping
559. Any method for controlling access to or use
of memory is known B) Booting
A) Memory map C) Padding
B) Memory protection D) CPS
C) Memory management 565. MSI stands for
D) Memory instruction A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
560. In what respect computers are superior to B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
human beings?
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
A) Diligence
D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
B) Intelligence
566. A Pixel is _________
C) Both of above
A) A computer program that draws picture
D) None of above
B) A picture stored in secondary memory
561. Com in Latin is
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
A) Intensifying prefix
D) None of these
B) Intensifying suffix
567. A/n _____ Device is any device that provides
C) A term that means to reckon information, which is sent to the CPU
D) None of above A) Input
562. The system unit of a personal computer B) Output
typically contains all of the following except:
C) CPU
A) Microprocessor
D) Memory
B) Disk controller
568. What was the nick name of the computer
C) Serial interface used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb
project?
D) Modem
A) ENIAC
563. Which of the following is related to fifth
generation computers? B) EDSAC
A) Knowledge information processing system C) MANIAC
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D) UNIVAC 574. Which of the following registers is used to

keep track of address of the memory location
569. Which is the type of memory for where the next instruction is located?
information that does not change on your
computer? A) Memory address register
A) RAM B) Memory data register
B) ROM C) Instruction register
C) ERAM D) Program counter
D) RW / RAM 575. Which of the following is not the
classification of computers based on application?
570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which
generation? A) Electronic Computers
A) First B) Analog Computers
B) Second C) Digital Computers
C) Third D) Hybrid Computers
D) Fourth 576. Which of the following is not a type of
Software
571. Which of the following is the largest
manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives? A) System Software
A) IBM B) Application Software
B) Seagate C) Utility Software
C) Microsoft D) Entertainment Software
D) 3M 577. Who invented the high level language C?
572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started A) Dennis M. Ritchie
from
B) Niklaus Writh
A) First generation
C) Seymour Papert
D) Donald Kunth
C) Third generation
578. What do you call the programs that are
D) Fourth generation used to find out possible faults and their causes?
573. Which characteristic of computer A) Operating system extensions
distinguishes it from electronic calculators?
B) Cookies
A) Accuracy
C) Diagnostic software
B) Storage
D) Boot diskettes
C) Versatility
579. Which computer memory is used for storing
D) Automatic programs and data currently being processed by
the CPU?
A) Mass memory
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B) Internal memory A) Universal Automatic Computer

C) Non-volatile memory B) Universal Array Computer
D) PROM C) Unique Automatic Computer
580. Which of the following code used in present D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
day computing was developed by IBM
Corporation? 586. Which of the following is required when
more than one person uses a central computer at
A) ASCII the same time?
B) Hollerith Code A) Terminal
C) Bardot Code B) Light pen
D) EBCDIC Code C) Digitizer
581. When was the transistors invented? D) Mouse
A) 1948 587. Which of the following is not an output
device?
B) 1938
A) Portable Projector
C) 1958
B) Printer
D) 1968
C) Flat Screen
582. In the third Generation of computers
D) Touch Screen
A) Distributed data processing first became popular
588. Personal computers used a number of chips
B) An operating system was first developed
mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
C) High level procedural language were first used common name for such boards?
D) Online real time systems first become popular A) Daughterboard
583. Most important advantage of an IC is its B) Motherboard

A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure C) Father board
B) Extremely high reliability D) Childboard

C) Reduced cost
D) Lower power consumption
584. Which of the following magazines covers
only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
C) Personal Computing
D) Interface Age
585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer.
What is its full form?

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A) Minicomputers C) Integrated Circuits

29. A physical connection between the C) Daughter board

B) Control unit A) Optical scanner

C) 8 80. Which of the following is used as a primary

A) Temporary, permanent C) 1986

116. Which one is the largest space? 124. IBM 1401 is

162. The full form of ALU is B) Transistors

C) MIPS C) Hard Disk

C) Read only memory chip B) William Shockley

C) Third Generation A) EDSAC

238. An input /output device at which data enters C) DeskPro-386

B) Set of circuits 274. Which of the following is not an XT

C) Disks 303. Which of the following memories needs

A) numbers and characters 318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of

A) Genetics C) Control unit

C) Connectors 362. Who invented EDSAC?

C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary C) Needing a larger DP staff

C) ROM A) Mainframe Computer

444. The 452. Which is not consisted in a processor

C) Time sharing 467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in

C) Both of above B) Second

C) The tape is reusable C) Hybrid Computers

D) None of the above A) First Generation

B) CU 519. As compared to the secondary memory, the

B) central processing unit C) They used machine language and assembly

B) Intelligence C) Computer application in design

C) Slavery D) All of the above

D) Reliability 524. Which of the following memories has the

A) Cache memory 530. Which statement is valid?

529. Circular division of disks to store and B) Modulation

B) Dr. Herman Hollerith D) Slide Rule

A) Joystick A) Circular tracks only

B) Modem B) Sectors only

C) CD Drive C) Both circular tracks and sectors

D) NIC Card D) None of the above

D) UNIVAC 574. Which of the following registers is used to

B) Internal memory A) Universal Automatic Computer

583. Most important advantage of an IC is its B) Motherboard

B) Extremely high reliability D) Childboard

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