Computer Knowledge #39 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #39

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Computer Knowledge : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

1. What is the full form of EEPROM?

(a) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

(b) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

(c) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

(d) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

Answer: (a)

2. Which of the following is a class of computers based on model?

(a) Digital Computer

(b) Hybrid Computers

(c) Analog Computers

(d) AT Computers

Answer: (d)

3. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system?

(a) Analog Computers

(b) Digital Computers

(c) Hybrid Computers

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

4. What is the full form of ASCII?

(a) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(b) American Scientific Code for International Interchange

(c) American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange

(d) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange

Answer: (a)

5. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is ……………

(a) 7-bit ASCII

(b) 7-bit EBCDIC

(c) 8-bit ASCII

(d) 8-bit EBCDIC

Answer: (d)

6. Why ABC computer is called so?

(a) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry

(b) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English

(c) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC

(d) None of above are true

Answer: (b)

7. Who designed the first electronic computer ENIAC?

(a) Von Neumann

(b) Joseph M. Jacquard

(c) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly

(d) All of the above

Answer: (c)

8. Central Processing Unit is combination of ……………

(a) control and storage

(b) control and output unit

(c) arithmetic logic and input unit

(d) arithmetic logic and control unit

Answer: (d)

9. IBM 1401 computer was ……………

(a) Mainframe Computer

(b) Mini Computer

(c) Micro Computer

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

10. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is ……………

(a) delay time

(b) real time

(c) execution time

(d) down time

Answer: (c)

11. What is the full form of CD-ROM?

(a) Compactable Read Only Memory

(b) Compact Data Read Only Memory

(c) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory

(d) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

Answer: (d)

12. Which unit converts user data into machine readable form?

(a) Input unit

(b) Output unit

(c) ALU

(d) Control Unit

Answer: (a)

13. Which unit is known as nerve centre of computer?

(a) ALU

(b) CU

(c) Memory

(d) Registers

Answer: (a)

14. What does the disk drive of a computer do?

(a) Rotate the disk

(b) Read the disk

(c) Load a program from the disk into the memory

(d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’

Answer: (d)

15. Access time is ……………

(a) seek time + latency time

(b) seek time

(c) seek time – latency time

(d) latency time

Answer: (a)

16. Who invented the microprocessor?

(a) Marcian E. Huff

(b) Herman H. Goldstein

(c) Joseph Jacquard

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

17. What is the full form of MICR?

(a) Magnetic Ink Character Reader

(b) Magnetic Ink Code Reader

(c) Magnetic Ink Case Reader

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

18. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths?

(a) 8 bits

(b) 12 bits

(c) 16 bits

(d) 32 bits

Answer: (a)

19. What is the full form of MSI?

(a) Medium Scale Integrated

(b) Medium System Integrated

(c) Medium Scale Intelligent

(d) Medium System Intelligent

Answer: (a)

20. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed the video display?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) Germany

(d) Taiwan

Answer: (d)

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