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1. In latest generation computers the instructions are executed
Parallel only
Sequentially only
Both sequentially and parallel
All of above
2. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both a and b
3. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
CPU
Memory
Mass storage
Secondary storage
4. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
Laser printer
Ink-jet printer
Drum printer
Chan printer
5. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?
Bandwidth
Raster scan rage
Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution
Screen size
6. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
Wire matrix printer
Band printer
Wang image printer
Both a and c
7. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer?
PIM/m
ICL 2950
IBM 1401
None of above
8. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
Direct access
Sequential access
Both of above
None of above
9. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
IBM 360
IBM 1401
PDP-8
HP2115
10. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
Block definition
Record contain clause
Blocking factor
Record per block
11. Mark I is also known as
American Sequence Controlled Calculator
Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
American Sequence Controlled Computer
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
12. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?
Memory address registers
Memory data registers
Instruction register
Program counter
13. Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
Semiconductor memories
Magnetic Disks
Compact Disks
Magnetic Tapes
14. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
Consumers
Workers
Foremen
Managers
15. Which is valid statement
1 KB = 1024 Bytes
1 MB = 1024 Bytes
1 KB = 1000 Bytes
1 MB = 1000 Bytes
16. Latency time is
Time to spin the needed data under head
Time to spin the needed data under track
Time to spin data under sector
All of above
17. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
Joseph Marie Jacquard
John Mauchly
Blaise Pascal
Howard Aiken
18. The most important advantage of a video disk is
Compactness
Potential capacity
Durability
Cost effectiveness
19. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
20. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
Small-scale computer
Medium-scale computer
Large-scale computer
Super computer
21. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
Petal printer
Golf ball printer
Laser printer
Line printer
22. Cursor is a ____
Pixel
Thin blinking line
Pointing device
None of these
23. Which device is used to backup the data?
Floppy Disk
Tape
Network Drive
All of the above
24. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
Daisy wheel
Dot matrix
Laser
Thimble
25. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD-ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
26. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
27. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
28. Slide Rules was invented in
1614
1617
1620
None of above
29. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
680 KB
680 Bytes
680 MB
680 GB
30. Which of the following required large computer memory?
Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of above
31. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
Analytical engine
Arithmetic machine
Donald Knuth
All of above
32. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
heaven
sky
earth
floor
33. All modern computer operate on
Information
Floppies
Data
Word
34. The computer that can input analog signals and return result in digital form
Analog Computers
Digital Computers
Hybrid Computers
Mainframe Computers
35. Offline device is
A device which is not connected to CPU
A device which is connected to CPU
A direct access storage device
An I/O device
36. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
Digital paper
Magneto-optical disk
WORM disk
CD-ROM disk
37. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
LISP
C
QBASIC
FORTRAN
38. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?
Dumb terminal
Smart terminal
VDT
Intelligent terminal
39. Floppy disks typically in diameter
3?
5.25?
8?
All of above
40. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
9 or 32
30 or 70
28 or 72
30 or 72
41. Dot-matrix is a type of
Tape
Printer
Disk
Bus
42. Which is not consisted in a processor
ALU
CU
Memory
Registers
43. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged to
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generatio
Frouth Generation
44. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
Vacuum Tube
Discrete Components
IC
Bio Chips
45. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
Control Unit and Registers
Registers and Main Memory
Control unit and ALU
ALU and bus
46. Fifth generation computer is also known as
Knowledge information processing system
Very large scale integration
Both of above
None of above
47. Second Generation computers were developed during
1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
1965 to 1970
1970 to 1990
48. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
Display screen
Soft copy terminal
Hard copy terminal
Plotter
49. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a
Batch processing system
Multiprogramming
Time sharing
None of these
50. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
1964
1970
1983
1986
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