COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #35
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. In
1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he
showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?
(a) 1820
(b) 1860
(c) 1855
(d) 1870
Answer:
(c)
2. What
is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386
processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
(a) AX3/33
(b) NEC-20
(c) Magnum 2000
(d) HCL-3000
Answer:
(a)
3. In
analog computer ……………
(a) input is first converted to digital form
(b) input is never converted to digital form
(c) output is displayed in digital form
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(b)
4. Which
of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
(a) ENIAC
(b) EDVAC
(c) UNIVAC
(d) EDSAC
Answer:
(d)
5. When
was the company named IBM?
(a) 1914
(b) 1924
(c) 1975
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
6. Which
of the following storage device can store the largest amount of data?
(a) Hard Disks
(b) Flash Disks
(c) Blu-Ray Disks
(d) DVDs
Answer:
(a)
7. Who
invented Mark I?
(a) Howard Aikin
(b) J. P. Eckert
(c) John Mauchley
(d) John v. Atanasoff
Answer:
(a)
8. What
is the full form of ALU?
(a) Arithmetic Logic Unit
(b) Array Logic Unit
(c) Application Logic Unit
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
9. What
is called the computer program that converts an entire program into machine
language at one time?
(a) Interpreter
(b) CPU
(c) Compiler
(d) Simulator
Answer:
(c)
10. When
did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
(a) 1978
(b) 1984
(c) 1990
(d) 1991
Answer:
(d)
11. The
purpose of vacuum tube was to not act like ……………
(a) an amplifier
(b) a switch
(c) a router
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
12. As
compared to diskettes, the hard disks are ……………
(a) more expensive
(b) more portable
(c) less rigid
(d) slowly accessed
Answer:
(a)
13. Which
of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
(a) RAM
(b) Registers
(c) Disks
(d) Pen Drive
Answer:
(b)
14. The
octal equivalence of 111010 is ……….
(a) 81
(b) 72
(c) 71
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
15. Excessive
parallel processing is related to which of the following?
(a) First generation
(b) Fourth generation
(c) Fifth generation
(d) Third generation
Answer:
(c)
16. Second
generation computers were developed during ……………
(a) 1949 to 1955
(b) 1956 to 1965
(c) 1965 to 1970
(d) 1970 to 1990
Answer:
(b)
17. What
do you call a single point on a computer screen?
(a) Cell
(b) Element
(c) Pixel
(d) Bit
Answer:
(c)
18. Which
of the following device is mostly used to carry user files?
(a) Floppy Disk
(b) Hard Disk
(c) RAM
(d) CDROM
Answer:
(a)
19. Which
of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations
using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first
time?
(a) Mark I
(b) ABC
(c) Z3
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
20. FORTRAN
is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?
(a) File Translation
(b) Format Translation
(c) Formula Translation
(d) Floppy Translation
Answer:
(c)
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