Computer Knowledge #42 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #42

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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

1. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by ……………

(a) consumers

(b) workers

(c) foremen

(d) managers

Answer: (d)

2. Which of following is a valid statement?

(a) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes

(b) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes

(c) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes

(d) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes

Answer: (a)

3. Latency time is ……………

(a) Time to spin the needed data under head

(b) Time to spin the needed data under track

(c) Time to spin data under sector

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

4. Who built the first mechanical calculator?

(a) Joseph Marie Jacquard

(b) John Mauchly

(c) Blaise Pascal

(d) Howard Aiken

Answer: (c)

5. The most important advantage of a video disk is ……………

(a) compactness

(b) potential capacity

(c) durability

(d) cost effectiveness

Answer: (b)

6. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?

(a) First

(b) Second

(c) Third

(d) Fourth

Answer: (a)

7. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of ……………

(a) small-scale computer

(b) medium-scale computer

(c) large-scale computer

(d) super computer

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following is another word for a daisy wheel printer?

(a) Petal printer

(b) Golf ball printer

(c) Laser printer

(d) Line printer

Answer: (b)

9. Cursor is a ……………

(a) pixel

(b) thin blinking line

(c) pointing device

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

10. Which device is used to backup the data?

(a) Floppy Disk

(b) Tape

(c) Network Drive

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

11. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?

(a) Daisy wheel

(b) Dot matrix

(c) Laser

(d) Thimble

Answer: (c)

12. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?

(a) Floppy / hard disks

(b) CD-ROMs

(c) Tape devices

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

13. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?

(a) American Stable Code for International Interchange

(b) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange

(c) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(d) American Standard Code for Interchange Information

Answer: (c)

14. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?

(a) Mainframe Computer

(b) Mini Computers

(c) Micro Computers

(d) Super Computers

Answer: (b)

15. When was Slide Rules invented?

(a) 1614

(b) 1617

(c) 1620

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

16. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to …………… data.

(a) 680 KB

(b) 680 Bytes

(c) 680 MB

(d) 680 GB

Answer: (c)

17. Which of the following requires large computer memory?

(a) Imaging

(b) Graphics

(c) Voice

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

18. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

(a) Analytical engine

(b) Arithmetic machine

(c) Donald Knuth

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

19. The lower deck of an abacus is known as ……………

(a) heaven

(b) sky

(c) earth

(d) floor

Answer: (c)

20. All modern computer operate on ……………

(a) information

(b) floppies

(c) data

(d) word

Answer: (c)

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