Basic of Computer
Basic of Computer
A. PL/1
B. FORTRAN
C. BASIC
D. PASCAL
E. None of the above
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2. A computer assisted method for the recording and analyzing of existing
or hypothetical systems is
A. Data transmission
B. Data flow
C. Data capture
D. Data processing
E. None of the above
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3. The brain of any computer system is
A. ALU
B. Memory
C. CPU
D. Control unit
E. None of the above
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4. What difference does the 5th generation computer have from other
generation computers?
A. Technological advancement
B. Scientific code
C. Object Oriented Programming
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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5. Which of the following computer language is used for artificial
intelligence?
A. FORTRAN
B. PROLOG
C. C
D. COBOL
E. None of the above
1. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit
stream is known as
A. Pulse code modulation
B. Pulse stretcher
C. Query processing
D. Queue management
E. None of the above
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2. An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is
A. O.M.R
B. Punch card reader
C. Optical scanners
D. Magnetic tape
E. None of the above
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3. Most important advantage of an IC is its
A. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
B. Extremely high reliability
C. Reduced cost
D. Low power consumption
E. None of the above
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4. Data division is the third division of a _____ program.
A. COBOL
B. BASIC
C. PASCAL
D. FORTH
E. None of the above
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5. Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour Aubrey Papert?
A. APL
B. COBOL
C. LOGO
D. FORTRAN
E. None of the above
1. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
A. more expensive
B. more portable
C. less rigid
D. slowly accessed
E. None of the above
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2. What is the name given to the molecular-scale computer?
A. Femtocomputer
B. Nanocomputer
C. Supercomputer
D. Microcomputer
E. None of the above
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3. Who is considered the 'father' of the minicomputer and one of the
founder fathers of the modern computer industry world-wide?
A. George Tate
B. Kenneth H. Olsen
C. Seymour Cray
D. Basic Pascal
E. None of the above
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4. The first microprocessors produced by Intel Corpn. and Texas
Instruments were used primarily to control small
A. microwave ovens
B. washing machines
C. calculators
D. personal computers
E. robotics
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5. Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & electro photographic
techniques.
A. Laser printers
B. Dot-Matrix
C. Line printer
D. Daisy wheel
E. None of the above
1. The access method used for cassette tape is
A. Direct
B. Random
C. Sequential
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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2. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called:
A. sorting
B. classifying
C. reproducing
D. summarizing
E. None of the above
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3. Who is the creator of the PASCAL language?
A. Niklaus Wirth
B. Dijkstra
C. Donald Knuth
D. Basic Pascal
E. None of the above
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4. When was punched-card equipment used for the first time to process the
British census?
A. 1910
B. 1907
C. 1911
D. 1914
E. None of the above
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B. Ink-jet printers
C. Dot-matrix printers
D. Daisy wheel printers
E. None of the above
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5. First generation computers are characterised by
A. Vaccum tubes and magnetic drum
B. Minicomputers
C. Magnetic tape and transistors
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
1. A typical modern computer uses
A. LSI chips
B. Vacuum tubes
C. Valves
D. All the above
E. None of the above
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2. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) had huge
advantage over Mark I because it used electronic valves in place of the
electromagnetic switches. In the beginning, ENIAC was used for
calculating the path of artillery shells. For which other was weapon design
was it utilized?
A. hydrogen bomb
B. atom bomb
C. agnimissile
D. fighter aircraft
E. None of the above
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3. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?
A. J Presper Eckert
B. Charles Babbage
C. Dr. Herman Hollerith
D. Blaise Pascal
E. None of the above
C. Logic
D. Program
E. None of the above
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4. A computer-controlled device for training exercises that duplicates the
work environment is a:
A. simulator
B. duplicator
C. trainer
D. COM device
E. None of the above
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5. Which of the following is not an output device of a computer?
A. Printer
B. keyboard
C. VDU
D. CRT screen
E. All of the above
1. In negative logic, the logic state 1 corresponds to
A. negative voltage
B. zero voltage
C. more negative voltage
D. lower voltage level
E. None of the above
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2. Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
A. Printer
B. Keyboard
C. ) Mouse
D. Arithmetic Logic Unit
E. None of the above
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3. The least expensive OCR units can read
A. hand printed numbers
A. Network topology
B. Network layer
C. Network database system
D. Network license system
E. None of the above
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3. Which of the following printers, are you sure will not to use if your
objective is to print on multicarbon forms?
A. daisy wheel
B. dot-matrix
C. laser
D. thimble
E. All of the above
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4. The term MIPS refers to _____
A. millions of instructions per second
B. multiple instructions per second
C. megabytes of instructions per seconds
D. millions input processor set
E. multi-inductance processing system
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5. The primary memory of a personal computer consists of:
A. ROM only
B. RAM only
C. Both ROM and RAM
D. Memory module
E. None of the above
1. The light pen was developed in
A. 1942
B. 1976
C. 1950
D. 1992
E. None of the above
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C. Output device
D. Program
E. None of the above
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2. The ability of a computer system to remain operational despite various
failures is
A. Relation
B. Schema
C. Resilience
D. Versatility
E. None of the above
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3. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per
second?
A. Static RAM
B. Dynamic RAM
C. EPROM
D. ROM
E. None of the above
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4. The third generation of computers covers the period:
A. 1971-1982
B. 1982-1994
C. 1959-1964
D. 1965-1971
E. 1995-now
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5. An electronic logic gate whose output is logic 0 only when all inputs are
logic 1 is
A. NOR
B. NAND
C. OR
D. NOT
E. None of the above
1. The first mechanical calculating machine was made by
A. William Oughtred
B. Gottfried Leibnitz
C. Blaise Pascal
D. Charles Babbage
E. None of the above
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2. Which programming language is much in vogue among users of
microcomputers
A. ALGOL
B. APL
C. LOGO
D. FORTH
E. None of the above
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3. Multiplication of 1112 by 1012 is
A. 1100112
B. 1000112
C. 1111002
D. 0001012
E. None of the above
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4. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the
memory location where the next instruction is located?
A. Memory Address Register
B. Memory Data Register
C. Instruction Register
D. Program Counter
E. None of the above
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5. Which is not a factor when categorizing a computer?
A. Speed of the output device
B. Amount of main memory the CPU can use
C. Cost of the system
D. Capacity of the hard disk
E. Where it was purchased