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1. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
First Generation
Second Generation
Fifth Generation
Sixth Generation
2. One of a class of storage device devices that can access storage locations in any order is
DTE
DASD
DDE
DDE
3. The actual execution of instructions happens in
ALU
CU
Memory
None of above
4. Floppy disks are available in
Single side single density
Single side double density
Both of above
None of above
5. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
Z3
ABC
mark I
ENIAC
6. Which of the following is a programming language?
Lotus
Pascal
MS-Excel
Netscape
7. Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
Input unit outpu unit control unit
central processing unit
output unit
decoder unit
8. In what respect human beings are superior to computers?
Diligence
Intelligence
Slavery
Reliability
9. As compared to the secondary memory the primary memory of a computer is
Large
Cheap
Fast
Slow
10. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
Machine language
Application software
System program
All of above
11. How was the generation of computer classified?
by the device used in memory & processor
by the speed of computer
by the model of the computer
by the accuracy of computer
12. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
None of above
13. CAD stands for
Computer aided design
Computer algorithm for design
Computer application in design
All of the above
14. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
Cache memory
Magnetic bubble memory
Magnetic core memory
RAM
15. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
Computer
Microcomputer
Programmable
Sensor
16. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
Magnetic tape
Magnetic disk
Optical disk
All of above
17. Who invented Analytical engine?
Blaise Pascal
George Bool
Charles Babbage
Dr. Herman Hollerith
18. CPU speed of a personal computer is
32 KIPS
100 KIPS
1 MIPS
None of these
19. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
tracks
sectors
cycles
rings
20. Which statement is valid?
1KB = 1024 bytes
1 MB=2048 bytes
1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
1 KB = 1000 bytes
21. The least significant bit of the binary number which is equivalent to any odd decimal number is:
0
1
1 or 0
3
22. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance
Capacitance keyboard
Mechanical keyboard
Qwerty keyboard
Dvorak keyboard
23. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
John Napier
William Oughtred
Gottfried Leibnitz
Blaise Pascal
24. A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
Multiprogramming
Modulation
Multiprocessing
Micro program sequence
25. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC the diskette’s label side should face
East
North
South
Up
26. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
Home computers
Diskless computers
Dedicated computers
General purpose computers
27. What is a light pen?
Mechanical Input device
Optical input device
Electronic input device
Optical output device
28. Which of the following class of computers can not support multiple users simultaneously?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
All of them can support
29. Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
Z3
ABC
Mark I
None of abobe
30. When a key is pressed on the keyboard which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
ANSI
ASCII
EBCDIC
ISO
31. In order to play and hear sound on a computer one needs:
a sound card and speakers
a microphone
all of them required
none of them required
32. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
OCR
OMR
MICR
All of above
33. For which of the following computers can’t be used?
gathering data
calculating data
comparing data
Arranging data
34. Which of the following is called low level languages?
Machine language
Assembly language
Both of the above
None of above
35. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
Accuracy
Reliability
Speed
All of above
36. Who invented punched cards?
Charles Babbage
Joseph Jacquard
Howard Aikin
Dr. Herman Hollerith
37. Each model of a computer has a unique
Assembly of a computer
Machine language
High level language
All of the above
38. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
Magnetic tape
Magnetic disk
Optical disk
All of the above
39. In a punched card system data is processed by a
Keypunch machine sorter and posting machine
Accounting machine posting machine and billing machine
Sorter posting machine and billing machine
Accounting machine keypunch machine and sorter
40. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
Joystick
Modem
CD Drive
NIC Card
41. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for multiplication and division aids is known as
Pascaline
Napier’s Bones
Stepped Reckoner
Slide Rule
42. Seek time is
time to position the head over proper track
time to position the head over proper sector
time to position the head over proper cylinder
none of above
43. Tape speed is measured in
Feet per second
Inch per second
Meter per second
Centimeter per second
44. Punched cards were first introduced by
Powers
Pascal
Jacquard
Herman Hollerith
45. Which computer support co-processors?
XT computer
AT comptuers
None of these
Both of these
46. A floppy disk contains
Circular tracks only
Sectors only
Both circular tracks and sectors
None of the above
47. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
1.40 GB
1.44 GB
1.40 GB
1.44 MB
48. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
He made the computers secretly
his computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
of political reasons. He was German.
All of the above
49. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
Memory map
Memory protection
Memory management
Memory instruction
50. what respect computers are superior to human beings?
Diligence
Intelligence
Both of above
None of above
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