COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #28
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Registers,
which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
which of the following?
(a) PC
(b) Memory address registers
(c) General purpose registers
(d) Flags
Answer:
(c)
2. Which
of the following is not a computer of first generation?
(a) ENIAC
(b) UNIVAC
(c) IBM 360
(d) IBM 1401
Answer:
(d)
3. 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 which of the
following?
(a) PC
(b) Flags
(c) Memory Address Registers
(d) General Purpose Registers
Answer:
(b)
4. Who
invented vacuum tubes?
(a) John Bardeen
(b) William Shockley
(c) Lee de Forest
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
5. What
is the approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead
of one?
(a) On-line thesaurus
(b) Multiprogramming
(c) Over lapped processing
(d) Outline processor
Answer:
(c)
6. Who
suggested Stored Program Concept?
(a) John Mauchley
(b) J.P. Eckert
(c) John Neumann
(d) Joseph Jacquard
Answer:
(c)
7. The
central processing unit (CPU) consists of which of the following?
(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
Answer:
(c)
8. The
notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in which of the
following?
(a) First generation
(b) Second generation
(c) Third generation
(d) Fourth generation
Answer:
(c)
9. What
is the full form of UNIVAC?
(a) Universal Automatic Computer
(b) Universal Array Computer
(c) Unique Automatic Computer
(d) Unvalued Automatic Computer
Answer:
(a)
10. Which
is the highest form?
(a) Data
(b) Information
(c) Knowledge
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
11. 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
Answer:
(d)
12. 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
Answer:
(b)
13. Which
is a semi conductor memory?
(a) Dynamic
(b) Static
(c) Bubble
(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer:
(d)
14. How
many pairs of cable does RJ45 UTP cable have?
(a) 2 pairs
(b) 3 pairs
(c) 4 pairs
(d) 5 pairs
Answer:
(c)
15. Which
of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?
(a) 8”
(b) 5 ¼”
(c) 3 ½”
(d) 5 ½”
Answer:
(d)
16. What
are the earliest calculating devices?
(a) Abacus
(b) Clock
(c) Difference Engine
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
17. What
is the word length of a Personal Computer?
(a) 4 bits
(b) 8 bits
(c) 16 bits
(d) 64 bits
Answer:
(b)
18. 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 the above
Answer:
(b)
19. A
directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a …………… resident package
(a) CPU
(b) Memory
(c) Buffer
(d) ALU
Answer:
(b)
20. Which
unit converts computer data into human readable form?
(a) Input unit
(b) Output unit
(c) ALU
(d) Control unit
Answer:
(b)
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