COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #38
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Human
beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
(a) ) Monitor
(b) Hardware
(c) Robot
(d) Computer
Answer:
(d)
2. Which
of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high
degree of file activity?
(a) Sequential
(b) ISAM
(c) VSAM
(d) B-Tree Index
Answer:
(a)
3. Which
of the following is associated with error detector?
(a) Odd parity bit
(b) Even parity bit
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of above
Answer:
(c)
4. Magnetic
tape can serve as ……………
(a) Secondary storage media
(b) Output media
(c) Input media
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(a)
5. Which
company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
(a) Motorola
(b) IBM
(c) Intel
(d) AMD
Answer:
(c)
6. The
first digital computer built with IC chips was known as ……………
(a) IBM 7090
(b) Apple/ 1
(c) IBM System/360
(d) VAX-10
Answer:
(c)
7. EBCDIC
can code up to how many different characters?
(a) 256
(b) 16
(c) 32
(d) 64
Answer:
(a)
8. MICR
stands for ……………
(a) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
(b) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
(c) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
9. Number
crunchier is the informal name for ……………
(a) Mini computer
(b) Super computer
(c) Micro computer
(d) Mainframe computer
Answer:
(b)
10. RATS
stand for ……………
(a) Regression Analysis Time Series
(b) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
(c) Real Analysis Series
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
technology is used in Compact disks?
(a) Mechanical
(b) Electrical
(c) Electro Magnetic
(d) Laser
Answer:
(d)
12. Different
components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of
parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?
(a) Conductors
(b) Buses
(c) Connectors
(d) Consecutives
Answer:
(b)
13. Which
is the first electronic digital computer?
(a) ENIAC
(b) MARK I
(c) Z3
(d) ABC
Answer:
(d)
14. Which
of the following is a storage device?
(a) Tape
(b) Hard Disk
(c) Floppy Disk
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
15. The
metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free
containers are called ……………
(a) Hard disks
(b) Floppy disk
(c) Winchester disk
(d) Flexible disk
Answer:
(c)
16. What
is called the computer program that converts an entire program into machine language?
(a) Interpreter
(b) Simulator
(c) Compiler
(d) Commander
Answer:
(c)
17. Intel
corporation produces chips for which computers?
(a) IBM PCs
(b) Apple/Macintosh PCs
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
18. The
first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called ……………
(a) 8008
(b) 8080
(c) 4004
(d) 8800
Answer:
(c)
19. Which
of the following is not a class of computers based on size?
(a) Mainframe Computers
(b) Mini Computers
(c) Micro Computers
(d) Super Computers
Answer:
(d)
20. Who
invented EDSAC?
(a) John V. Neumann
(b) J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly
(c) Maurice Wilkes
(d) Howard Aiken
Answer:
(c)
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