Computer Knowledge #50 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #50

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?

(a) Byte

(b) PC Magazine

(c) Personal Computing

(d) Interface Age

Answer: (b)

2. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full form?

(a) Universal Automatic Computer

(b) Universal Array Computer

(c) Unique Automatic Computer

(d) Unvalued Automatic Computer

Answer: (a)

3. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?

(a) Terminal

(b) Light pen

(c) Digitizer

(d) Mouse

Answer: (a)

4. Which of the following is not an output device?

(a) Scanner

(b) Printer

(c) Flat Screen

(d) Touch Screen

Answer: (d)

5. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

(a) Daughterboard

(b) Motherboard

(c) Fatherboard

(d) Childboard

Answer: (b)

6. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?

(a) Operating Systems

(b) Parallel Processing

(c) ULSI

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

7. Which of the following statement is false?

(a) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years

(b) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers

(c) All electronic computers are digital computers

(d) All of the above are false

Answer: (c)

8. The advantage of COM are its ………… and …………

(a) compact size; speed readability

(b) compact size, speed

(c) readability; speed

(d) low cost; readability

Answer: (a)

9. Who invented Integrated Circuits?

(a) Jack Kilby

(b) Robert Noyce

(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

10. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?

(a) They were larger in size

(b) They consumed a lot of electricity

(c) They produced heat and often burned out

(d) The operation cost was high

Answer: (c)

11. Which is the highest form?

(a) Data

(b) Information

(c) Knowledge

(d) All of the above

Answer: (c)

12. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

(a) Input unit

(b) Output unit

(c) ALU

(d) Control Unit

Answer: (b)

13. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?

(a) Disk unit

(b) Control unit

(c) ALU

(d) Modem

Answer: (c)

14. A system is ……………

(a) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective

(b) input unit

(c) input and output unit

(d) input, output and storage units

Answer: (a)

15. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is …………

(a) EFTS

(b) MPG

(c) MIPS

(d) CPS

Answer: (c)

16. Which of the following is not valid statement?

(a) Hard is referred to mean something temporary

(b) Hard is used to mean something tangible

(c) Soft is used to mean something permanent

(d) Soft is used to mean something tangible

Answer: (b)

17. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Compaq Corp

(c) IBM

(d) Tandy Svenson

Answer: (c)

18. Which unit holds data temporarily?

(a) Input unit

(b) Secondary storage unit

(c) Output Unit

(d) Primary Memory Unit

Answer: (d)

19. A hard copy would be prepared on a …………

(a) line printer

(b) dot matrix printer

(c) typewriter terminal

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

20. Computer professionals working in a computer centre are …………

(a) software

(b) firmware

(c) hardware

(d) humanware

Answer: (d)