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1. UNIVAC is EBCDIC stand for?

A) Universal Automatic Computer A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal
B) Universal Array Computer Interchange Code
C) Unique Automatic Computer B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer Code
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange
2. The basic operations performed by a Code
computer are D) Extended Binary Case Decimal
A) Arithmetic operation Interchange Code
B) Logical operation
C) Storage and relative 7. The brain of any computer system is
D) All the above A) ALU
B) Memory
3. The two major types of computer chips C) CPU
are D) Control unit
A) External memory chip
B) Primary memory chip 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk
C) Microprocessor chip depends on
D) Both b and c A) tracks per inch of surface
B) bits per inch of tracks
4. Microprocessors as switching devices C) disk pack in disk surface
are for which generation computers D) All of above
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation 9. The two kinds of main memory are:
C) Third Generation A) Primary and secondary
D) Fourth Generation B) Random and sequential
C) ROM and RAM
5. What is the main difference between a D) All of above
mainframe and a super computer?
A) Super computer is much larger than 10. A storage area used to store data to a
mainframe computers compensate for the difference in speed at
B) Super computers are much smaller than which the different units can handle data is
mainframe computers A) Memory
C) Supercomputers are focused to execute B) Buffer
few programs as fast as possible while C) Accumulator
mainframe uses its power to execute as D) Address
many programs concurrently
D) Supercomputers are focused to execute 11. Computer is free from tiresome and
as many programs as possible while boardoom. We call it
mainframe uses its power to execute few A) Accuracy
programs as fast as possible. B) Reliability
C) Diligence
6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular D) Versatility
character coding systems. What does
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12. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to C) Ink-jet printer
which generation of computers? D) Laser printer
A) First generation
B) Second generation 19. What are the stages in the compilation
C) Third generation process?
D) Fourth generation A) Feasibility study, system design and
testing
13. CD-ROM is a B) Implementation and documentation
A) Semiconductor memory C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and
B) Memory register code generation
C) Magnetic memory D) None of the above
D) None of above
20. Which of the following IC was used in
14. A hybrid computer third generation of computers?
A) Resembles digital computer A) SSI
B) Resembles analogue computer B) MSI
C) Resembles both a digital and analogue C) LSI
computer D) Both a and b
D) None of the above
These 100 MCQ questions from
15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit fundamentals of computer is distributed
code called EBCDIC? through mcqSets.com. Fundamentals of
A) Minicomputers Computer is one of the most weighted topic
B) Microcomputers on most of the competitive computer jobs
C) Mainframe computers exams.
D) Super computer
21. The main electronic component used in
16. The ALU of a computer responds to the first generation computers was
commands coming from A) Transistors
A) Primary memory B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
B) Control section C) Integrated Circuits
C) External memory D) None of above
D) Cache memory
22. A dumb terminal has
17. Chief component of first generation A) an embedded microprocessor
computer was B) extensive memory
A) Transistors C) independent processing capability
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves D) a keyboard and screen
C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above 23. One millisecond is
A) 1 second
18. To produce high quality graphics B) 10th of a seconds
(hardcopy) in color, you would want to use C) 1000th of a seconds
a/n D) 10000th of a seconds
A) RGB monitor
B) Plotter
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24. The output quality of a printer is A) 1.40 MB
measured by B) 1.44 GB
A) Dot per sq. inch C) 1.40 GB
B) Dot per inch D) 1.44 MB
C) Dots printed per unit time
D) All of the above 31. A high quality CAD system uses the
following for printing drawing and graphs
25. Which of the following was a special A) Dot matrix printer
purpose computer? B) Digital plotter
A) ABC C) Line printer
B) ENIAC D) All of the above
C) EDVAC
D) All of the above 32. Which of the following is not an input
device?
26. What was the computer invented by A) OCR
Attanasoff and Clifford? B) Optical scanners
A) Mark I C) Voice recognition device
B) ABC D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
C) Z3
D) None of above 33. The accuracy of the floating-point
numbers representable in two 16-bit words
27. Which of the following storage devices of a computer is approximately
can store maximum amount of data? A) 16 digits
A) Floppy Disk B) 6 digits
B) Hard Disk C) 9 digits
C) Compact Disk D) All of above
D) Magneto Optic Disk
34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the
28. Which computer was considered the device drivers, memory, expansion slots
first electronic computer until 1973 when and active components are mounted on a
court invalidated the patent? single board. What is the name of the
A) ENIAC board?
B) MARK I A) Motherboard
C) Z3 B) Daughterboard
D) ABC C) Bredboard
D) Fatherboard
29. A physical connection between the
microprocessor memory and other parts of 35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device
the microcomputer is known as drives, memory expansion slots and active
A) Path components are mounted on a single
B) Address bus board. What is the name of this board?
C) Route A) Motherboard
D) All of the above B) Breadboard
C) Daughter board
30. High density double sided floppy disks D) Grandmother board
could store _____ of data
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36. Magnetic disks are the most popular B) AT comptuers
medium for C) PS/2 computer
A) Direct access D) None of above
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above 43. An application suitable for sequential
D) None of above processing is
A) Processing of grades
37. A technique used by codes to convert B) Payroll processing
an analog signal into a digital bit stream is C) Both a and b
known as D) All of above
A) Pulse code modulation
B) Pulse stretcher 44. Which of the following is not
C) Query processing processing?
D) Queue management A) arranging
B) manipulating
38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is C) calculating
more correct? D) gathering
A) It is an output device
B) It is an input device 45. The digital computer was developed
C) It is a peripheral device primarily in
D) It is hardware item A) USSR
B) Japan
39. A modern electronic computer is a C) USA
machine that is meant for D) UK
A) Doing quick mathematical calculations
B) Input, storage, manipulation and 46. Software in computer
outputting of data A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware
C) Electronic data processing machine
D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately B) Increase the speed of central processing
unit
40. When was vacuum tube invented? C) Both of above
A) 1900 D) None of above
B) 1906
C) 1910 47. Today’s computer giant IBM was
D) 1880 earlier known by different name which was
changes in 1924. What was that name?
41. Which of the following produces the A) Tabulator Machine Co.
best quality graphics reproduction? B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
A) Laser printer C) The Tabulator Ltd.
B) Ink jet printer D) International Computer Ltd.
C) Plotter
D) Dot matrix printer 48. Before a disk drive can access any
sector record, a computer program has to
42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor provide the record’s disk address. What
is information does this address specify?
A) XT computer A) Track number
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B) Sector number 54. The terminal device that functions as a
C) Surface number cash register, computer terminal, and OCR
D) All of above reader is the:
A) Data collection terminal
49. The arranging of data in a logical B) OCR register terminal
sequence is called C) Video Display terminal
A) Sorting D) POS terminal
B) Classifying
C) Reproducing 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is
D) Summarizing called ____
A) Counter
50. What is the responsibility of the logical B) Adder
unit in the CPU of a computer? C) Register
A) To produce result D) None of the above
B) To compare numbers
C) To control flow of information 56. People often call ______ as the brain of
D) To do math’s works computer system
A) Control Unit
These 100 MCQ questions from B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
fundamentals of computer is distributed C) Central Processing Unit
through mcqSets.com. Fundamentals of D) Storage Unit
Computer is one of the most weighted topic
on most of the competitive computer jobs 57. Which is used for manufacturing
exams. chips?
A) Bus
51. Abacus was the first B) Control unit
A) electronic computer C) Semiconductors
B) mechanical computer D) A and b only
C) electronic calculator
D) mechanical calculator 58. The value of each bead in heaven is
A) 1
52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to B) 3
specify address in a RAM, the number of C) 5
addresses will be D) 7
A) 216
B) 65,536 59. The first computer introduced in Nepal
C) 64K was
D) Any of the above A) IBM 1400
B) IBM 1401
53. Instructions and memory address are C) IBM 1402
represented by D) IBM1402
A) Character code
B) Binary codes 60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in
C) Binary word which of the following language?
D) Parity bit A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
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C) High level language 67. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of
D) None of above ______ rods.
A) 5
61. Instruction in computer languages B) 9
consists of C) 11
A) OPCODE D) 13
B) OPERAND
C) Both of above 68. BCD is
D) None of above A) Binary Coded Decimal
B) Bit Coded Decimal
62. Which generation of computer is still C) Binary Coded Digit
under development D) Bit Coded Digit
A) Fourth Generation
B) Fifth Generation 69. When was the world’s first laptop
C) Sixth Generation computer introduced in the market and by
D) Seventh Generation whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980
63. A register organized to allow to move B) Epson, 1981
left or right operations is called a ____ C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
A) Counter D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
B) Loader
C) Adder 70. From which generation operating
D) Shift register systems were developed?
A) First
64. Which was the most popular first B) Second
generation computer? C) Third
A) IBM 1650 D) Fourth
B) IBM 360
C) IBM 1130 71. The first firm to mass-market a
D) IBM 2700 microcomputer as a personal computer was
A) IBM
65. Which is considered a direct entry B) Super UNIVAC
input device? C) Radio Shaks
A) Optical scanner D) Data General Corporation
B) Mouse and digitizer
C) Light pen 72. How many address lines are needed to
D) All of the above address each machine location in a 2048 x
4 memory chip?
66. A set of information that defines the A) 10
status of resources allocated to a process is B) 11
A) Process control C) 8
B) ALU D) 12
C) Register Unit
D) Process description 73. Properly arranged data is called
A) Field
B) Words
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C) Information 80. Which of the following is used as a
D) File primary storage device?
A) Magnetic drum
74. A computer consists of B) Hard Disks
A) A central processing unit C) Floppy
B) A memory D) All of above
C) Input and output unit
D) All of the above These 100 MCQ questions from
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75. Why are vacuum tubes also called through mcqSets.com. Fundamentals of
valves? Computer is one of the most weighted topic
A) Because they can amplify the weak on most of the competitive computer jobs
signals and make them strong exams.
B) Because they can stop or allow the flow
of current 81. Multi user systems provided cost
C) Both of above savings for small business because they use
D) None of above a single processing unit to link several
A) Personal computers
76. John Napier invented Logarithm in B) Workstations
A) 1614 C) Dumb terminals
B) 1617 D) Mainframes
C) 1620
D) None of above 82. What are the three decisions making
operations performed by the ALU of a
77. An integrated circuit is computer?
A) A complicated circuit A) Grater than
B) An integrating device B) Less than
C) Much costlier than a single transistor C) Equal to
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip D) All of the above

78. What type of control pins are needed in 83. The word processing task associated
a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the with changing the appearance of a
bus, in order to prevent two devices from document is
trying to use it at the same time? A) Editing
A) Bus control B) Writing
B) Interrupts C) Formatting
C) Bus arbitration D) All of above
D) Status
84. Nepal brought a computer for census
79. Where as a computer mouse moves of 2028 BS. This computer was of
over the table surface, the trackball is A) first generation
A) Stationary B) second generation
B) Difficult to move C) third generation
C) Dragged D) fourth generation
D) Moved in small steps
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85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to 91. What is required when more than one
A) Know the memory capacity person uses a central computer at the same
B) Identify the base of a number system time?
C) Direct the output to a printer A) Light pen
D) Specify the problem completely and B) Mouse
clearly C) Digitizer
D) Terminal
86. Which statement is valid about
computer program? 92. Which of the following is the first
A) It is understood by a computer computer to use Stored Program Concept?
B) It is understood by programmer A) UNIVAC
C) It is understood user B) ENIAC
D) Both a & b C) EDSAC
D) None of above
87. The difference between memory and
storage is that memory is _____ and 93. The term gigabyte refers to
storage is __ A) 1024 bytes
A) Temporary, permanent B) 1024 kilobytes
B) Permanent, temporary C) 1024 megabytes
C) Slow, fast D) 1024 gigabyte
D) All of above
94. in which year was UK’s premier
88. When was Pascaline invented? computing event called ?The which
A) 1617 computer? started?
B) 1620 A) 1980
C) 1642 B) 1985
D) 1837 C) 1986
D) 1987
89. Which of the following statement is
valid? 95. Once you load the suitable program
A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer and provide required data, computer does
B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a not need human intervention. This feature
famous English poet is known as
C) ADA is a programming language A) Accuracy
developed by US Defense B) Reliability
D) All of above C) Versatility
D) Automatic
90. A compiler is a translating program
which 96. What is a brand?
A) Translates instruction of a high level A) The name of companies that made
language into machine language computers
B) Translates entire source program into B) The name of product a company gives to
machine language program identify its product in market
C) It is not involved in program’s execution C) A name of class to indicate all similar
D) All of above products from different companies
D) All of above
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97. Machine language is 99. Modern Computers are very reliable
A) Machine dependent but they are not
B) Difficult to program A) Fast
C) Error prone B) Powerful
D) All of above C) Infallible
D) Cheap
98. A byte consists of
A) One bit 100. What is the date when Babbage
B) Four bits conceived Analytical engine
C) Eight bits A) 1642
D) Sixteen bits B) 1837
C) 1880
D) 1850

Correct Answers

1-A 2-D 3-D 4-D 5-C 6-A 7-C 8-D 9-C 10-B

11-C 12-C 13-D 14-C 15-C 16-B 17-B 18-B 19-C 20-D

21-B 22-D 23-C 24-A 25-A 26-B 27-B 28-A 29-B 30-D

31-B 32-D 33-B 34-A 35-A 36-C 37-A 38-C 39-B 40-B

41-C 42-B 43-C 44-D 45-C 46-A 47-B 48-D 49-A 50-B

51-D 52-B 53-B 54-D 55-C 56-C 57-C 58-C 59-B 60-B

61-C 62-B 63-D 64-A 65-D 66-D 67-C 68-A 69-B 70-C

71-C 72-B 73-C 74-D 75-B 76-A 77-D 78-C 79-A 80-A

81-C 82-D 83-C 84-B 85-D 86-D 87-A 88-C 89-D 90-D

91-D 92-C 93-C 94-A 95-D 96-B 97-D 98-C 99-C 100-B
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101. What was the expected feature of fifth C) Oracle

generation computers when Japan started D) McAfee
FGCS?
A) Operating Systems 107. What is a compiler?
B) Paralled Processing A) A compiler does a conversion line by line
C) ULSI as the program is run
D) None of above B) A compiler converts the whole of a
higher level program code into machine
102. Which of the following memory code in one step
medium is not used as main memory C) A compiler is a general purpose language
system? providing very efficient execution
A) Magnetic core D) None of the above
B) Semiconductor
C) Magnetic tape 108. _______ computers are also called
D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape personal computers
A) Mainframe Computer
103. The storage subsystem in a B) Mini Computers
microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ C) Micro Computers
media with varying capacities D) Super Computers
A) Memory or video
B) Magnetic or optical 109. Which of the following is not input unit
C) Optical or memory device?
D) Video or magnetic A) scanner
B) camera
104. Programs designed to perform specific C) plotter
tasks is known as D) digitizer
A) system software
B) application software 110. Identify the correct statement
C) utility programs A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
D) operating system B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design
C) IBM used CISC CPU design
105. Computer operators D) None of above is true
A) writes computer programs for specific
problems 111. Which of the following statement is
B) operate the device which input and output false?
data from the computer A) Mechanical analog computers have
C) normally require a college degree in existed for thousands of years
computer science B) There are mechanical analog computers
D) all of the above and electronic analog computers.
C) All electronic computers are digital
106. Which of the following is not anti- computers
viruses software? D) All of above are false
A) NAV
B) F-Prot
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112. Which of the following require large 118. The brain of any computer system is
computers memory? A) Control Unit
A) Imaging B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Graphics C) Central Processing Unit
C) Voice D) Storage Unit
D) All of Above
119. Analog computer works on the supply
113. Which of the following is machine of
independence program? A) Continuous electrical pulses
A) High level language B) Electrical pulses but not continuous
B) Low level language C) Magnetic strength
C) Assembly language D) None of the above
D) Machine language
120. An error in software or hardware is
114. When was the first electro-mechanical called a bug. What is the alternative
computer developed? computer jargon for it?
A) 1880 A) Leech
B) 1990 B) Squid
C) 1944 C) Slug
D) None of above D) Glitch

115. The first machine to successfully 121. The advantage of COM are its __ and
perform a long series of arithmetic and __
logical operations was: A) Compact size; speed readability
A) ENIAC B) Compact size, speed
B) Mark-I C) Readability; speed
C) Analytic Engine D) Low cost; readability
D) UNIVAC-1
122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of
116. Which one is the largest space? ________.
A) kilobyte A) Basic Input Output System
B) petabyte B) Best Input Output System
C) terrabyte C) Basic Input Output Symbol
D) gigabyte D) Base Input Output System

117. FORTRAN programming language is 123. Which printer is very commonly used
more suitable for ____ for desktop publishing?
A) Business Applications A) Laser printer
B) Marketing Applications B) Inkjet printer
C) Scientific Applications C) Daisywheel printer
D) None of the above D) Dot matrix printer
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124. IBM 1401 is 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
A) First Generation Computer A) Jack Kilby
B) Second Generation Computer B) Robert Noyce
C) Third Generation Computer C) Both of above
D) Fourth Generation Computer D) None of above

125. Most of the first generation computers 132. Operating system, editors, and
were debuggers comes under?
A) Special purpose computers A) System Software
B) General purpose computers B) Application Software
C) Both of above C) Utilities
D) None of above D) None of the above

126. Floppy disks typically in diameter 133. One computer that is not considered a
A) 3 portable is
B) 5.25 A) Minicomputer
C) 8 B) Laptop computer
D) All of above C) Notebook computer
D) All of above
127. The output quality of a printer is
measured by 134. Which of the following is not an
A) Dot per inch electronic computer?
B) Dot per sq. inch A) ENIAC
C) Dots printed per unit time B) ABC
D) All of above C) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC
128. On a PC, how much memory is
available to application software? 135. What is the name of the display feature
A) 1024 KB that highlights are of the screen which
B) 760 KB requires operator attention?
C) 640 KB A) Pixel
D) 560 KB B) Reverse video
C) Touch screen
129. In a computer _____ is capable to D) Cursor
store single binary bit.
A) Capacitor 136. Which is the largest computer?
B) Flip flop A) Mainframe Computer
C) Register B) Mini Computers
D) Inductor C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
130. What does DMA stand for?
A) Distinct Memory Access 137. Which of the following are the best
B) Direct Memory Access units of data on an external storage device?
C) Direct Module Access A) Bits
D) Direct Memory Allocation B) Bytes
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C) Hertz 144. Registers which are partially visible to
D) Clock cycles users and used to hold conditional codes
(bits set by the CPU hardware as the result
138. The personal computer industry was of operations), are known as
started by A) PC
A) IBM B) Flags
B) Apple C) Memory Address Registers
C) Compaq D) General Purpose Registers
D) HCL
145. Who invented vacuum tubes?
139. What is meant by a dedicated A) John Bardeen
computer? B) William Shockley
A) Which is used by one person only C) Lee de Forest
B) Which is assigned one and only one task D) All of above
C) Which uses one kind of software
D) Which is meant for application software 146. An approach that permits the computer
to work on several programs instead of one
140. Which programming languages are is
classified as low level languages? A) On-line thesaurus
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN B) Multiprogramming
B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems C) Over lapped processing
C) Knowledge based Systems D) Outline processor
D) Assembly Languages
147. Who suggested Stored Program
141. What was the main disadvantage of Concept
vacuum tubes? A) John Mauchley
A) They were larger in size B) J.P. Eckert
B) They consumed a lot of electricity C) John Neumann
C) They produced heat and often burned out D) Joseph Jacquard
D) The operation cost was high
148. The central processing unit (CPU)
142. Registers, which are partially visible to consists of
users and used to hold conditional, are A) Input, output and processing
known as B) Control unit, primary storage, and
A) PC secondary storage
B) Memory address registers C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and
C) General purpose register primary storage
D) Flags D) Control unit, processing, and primary
storage
143. Which is not a comptuer of first
generation? 149. The notable features like keyboards,
A) ENIAC monitors, GUI were developed in
B) UNIVAC A) First generation
C) IBM 360 B) Second generation
D) IBM 1401 C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
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150. UNIVAC is 156. Which of the following is not a valid
A) Universal Automatic Computer size of a Floppy Disk?
B) Universal Array Computer A) 8?
C) Unique Automatic Computer B) 5 ¼?
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer C) 3 ½?
D) 5 ½?
151. Which is the highest form?
A) Data 157. The earliest calculating devices are
B) Information A) Abacus
C) Knowledge B) Clock
D) All of above C) Difference Engine
D) None of these
152. Who is credited with the idea of using
punch cards to control patterns in a waving 158. Word length of a Personal Computer is
machine? ___
A) Pascal A) 4 bits
B) Hollerith B) 8 bits
C) Babbage C) 16 bits
D) Jacquard D) 64 bits

153. What is an interpreter? 159. What was the first computer to perform
A) An interpreter does the conversion line all calculation using electronics rather than
by line as the program is run wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?
B) An interpreter is the representation of the A) Mark I
system being designed B) ABC
C) An interpreter is a general purpose C) Z3
language providing very efficient execution D) None of above
D) None of the above
160. A directly accessible appointment
154. Which is a semi conductor memory? calendar is feature of a __ resident package
A) Dynamic A) CPU
B) Static B) Memory
C) Bubble C) Buffer
D) Both a & b D) ALU

155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. 161. Which unit converts computer data into
A) 2 pair human readable form?
B) 3 pair A) Input unit
C) 4 pair B) Output unit
D) 5 pair C) ALU
D) Control Unit
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162. The full form of ALU is A) Softcopy output
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit B) Hardcopy output
B) Array Logic Unit C) Permanent Output
C) Application Logic Unit D) All of above
D) None of above
169. Which electronic component was made
163. What produces useful information out out of semiconductor material?
of data? A) Vacuum tubes
A) Computer B) Transistors
B) Processing C) Ics
C) Programming D) All of above
D) none of above
170. The act of retrieving existing data from
164. Which of the following device was not memory is called
invented by Babbage? A) Read-out
A) Pascaline B) Read from
B) Difference Engine C) Read
C) Analytical Engine D) All of above
D) None of above
171. Which part of the computer is used for
165. A digital computer did not score over calculating and comparing?
an analog computer in terms of A) Disk unit
A) Speed B) Control unit
B) Accuracy C) ALU
C) Reliability D) Modem
D) Cost
172. ABC is a
166. Which number system is usually A) Special purpose computer
followed in a typical 32-bit computer? B) General purpose computer
A) Binary C) All Purpose Computer
B) Decimal D) None of above
C) Hexadecimal
D) Octal 173. The computer code for the interchange
of information between terminals is
167. A computer has very low failure rate A) ASCII
because it uses electronic components. It B) BCD
produces very consistent results. This is C) EBCDIC
highlighted by which of the feature of D) All of above
computer?
A) Accuracy 174. When was the X window system born?
B) Reliability A) 1984
C) Versatility B) 1989
D) Automatic C) 1988
D) 1990
168. A paper printout of a document is
known as
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175. What is the first stage in software C) Micro Computers
development? D) None of above
A) Specification and design
B) Testing 181. A system is
C) System Analysis A) an integration of different units so as to
D) Maintenance achieve an objective
B) input unit
176. Which of the following is valid C) input and output unit
statement? D) input, output and storage units
A) Data in itself is useless unless it is
processed 182. Which of the following programming
B) The data that is processed is called a language started from second generation?
program A) COBOl
C) The data which is not yet processed is B) BASIC
information C) C
D) Information is processed by computer to D) LISP
generate data.
183. The translator program used in
177. The Second Generation Computer was assembly language is called
based on ________. A) Compiler
A) Vacuum Tube B) Interpreter
B) Silicon Chips C) Assembler
C) Transistor D) Translator
D) Bio Chips
184. EEPROM stands for
178. EBCDIC stands for A) Electrically Erasable Programmable
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Read Only Memory
Interchange Code B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Only Memory
Code C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Only Memory
Code D) None of the above
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal
Interchange Code 185. Regarding data, computers are very
good at
179. Personnel who design, program, A) store
operates and maintains computer equipment B) Processing
refers to C) retrieve
A) Console-operator D) All of above
B) Programmer
C) Peopleware 186. Bit map terminal
D) System Analyst A) support display containing multiple
window
180. IBM System/360 is B) require considerable amount of video
A) Mainframe Computer RAM
B) Mini Computers C) requires tremendous amount of copying
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and hence low performance 193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word
D) all of above length equal to
A) 2 byte
187. First generation computers used B) 32 byte
_________ for memory C) 4 byte
A) vacuum tubes D) 8 byte
B) silicon chips
C) magnetic drum 194. The term GIGO is related to
D) RAM A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
188. Which of the following memories C) Versatility
allows simultaneous read and write D) Automatic
operations?
A) ROM 195. Web cam is an
B) RAM A) input unit device
C) EPROM B) output unit device
D) None of above C) processing device
D) Input and Output device
189. EPROM can be used for
A) Erasing the contents of ROM 196. Bit stands for
B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM A) Binary digits
C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents B) bit of system
of ROM C) a part of byte
D) Duplicating ROM D) All of above

190. ENIAC uses 197. Access time is

A) Decimal Numbering System A) seek time + latency time
B) Octal Numbering System B) seek time
C) Binary Numbering System C) seek time ? latency time
D) Hexadecial Numbering System D) latency time

191. A term associated with the comparison 198. Which device can understand
of processing speeds of different computer difference between data & programs?
system is: A) Input device
A) EFTS B) Output device
B) MPG C) Memory
C) MIPS D) Microprocessor
D) CPS
199. Which of the following is a read only
192. which of the following is problem memory storage device?
oriented language? A) Floppy Disk
A) High level language B) CD-ROM
B) Machine language C) Hard Disk
C) Assembly language D) None of these
D) Low level language
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200. Symbolic logic was discovered by C) Van Neumann
A) George Boole D) Basic Pascal
B) Herman Hollerith

Answers:

101-B 102-C 103-B 104-B 105-B 106-C 107-B 108-C 109-C 110-C

111-C 112-D 113-A 114-C 115-B 116-B 117-C 118-C 119-A 120-D

121-A 122-A 123-A 124-B 125-A 126-D 127-B 128-C 129-B 130-B

131-C 132-A 133-A 134-B 135-B 136-A 137-B 138-A 139-B 140-D

141-C 142-D 143-D 144-B 145-C 146-C 147-C 148-C 149-C 150-A

151-C 152-D 153-A 154-D 155-C 156-D 157-A 158-B 159-B 160-B

161-B 162-A 163-B 164-A 165-B 166-A 167-B 168-B 169-C 170-D

171-C 172-A 173-A 174-A 175-C 176-A 177-C 178-A 179-C 180-A

181-A 182-A 183-C 184-A 185-D 186-D 187-C 188-B 189-C 190-A

191-C 192-A 193-C 194-A 195-A 196-A 197-A 198-D 199-B 200-A

201. Which of the following is not valid permanent

statement? D) Soft is used to mean something tangible
A) Hard is referred to mean something
temporary 202. Digital devices are
B) Hard is used to mean something tangible A) Digital Clock
C) Soft is used to mean something B) Automobile speed meter
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C) Clock with a dial and two hands 209. Perforated paper used as input of
D) All of them output media is known as
A) paper tapes
203. Primary memory stores B) magnetic tape
A) Data alone C) punched papers tape
B) Programs alone D) card punch
C) Results alone
D) All of these 210. The secondary storage devices can
only store data but they cannot perform
204. After copying the content how many A) Arithmetic Operation
times can you paste? B) Logic operation
A) 1 C) Fetch operations
B) 16 D) Either of the above
C) 32
D) Many 211. Which American computer company
is called Big Blue?
205. WAN stands for A) Microsoft
A) Wap Area Network B) Compaq Corp
B) Wide Area Network C) IBM
C) Wide Array Net D) Tandy Svenson
D) Wireless Area Network
212. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was
206. An error in computer data is called brought in to calculate census data.
A) Chip A) IBM 1400
B) Bug B) IBM 1401
C) CPU C) ICL 2950
D) Storage device D) None of above

207. The instructions for starting the 213. Who is the inventor of ABC
computer are house on Computer?
A) Random access memory A) John v. Atanasoff
B) CD-Rom B) Clifford Berry
C) Read only memory chip C) Both of above
D) All of above D) None of above

208. 1 nibble equals to 214. Which of the following is the largest

A) 1 bits unit?
B) 2 bits A) data
C) 4 bits B) field
D) 8 bits C) record
D) database file

215. Find out who is not the inventor of

transistors among following names
A) John Burdeen
B) William Shockley
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C) Walter Brattain C) Output Unit
D) Lee de Forest D) Primary Memory Unit

216. Which of the following is not true for 222. The computer size was very large in
a magnetic disk? A) First Generation
A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape B) Second Generation
B) It provides only sequential access to C) Third Generation
stored data D) Fourth Generation
C) Users can easily update records by
writing over the old data 223. A name or number used to identify
D) All of above storage location devices?
A) A byte
217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is B) A record
A) It is quieter than an impact printer C) An address
B) It is very slow D) All of above
C) The output is of a lower quality
D) None of the above 224. Which of the following is not
computer language?
218. The most commonly used standard A) High level language
data code to represent alphabetical, B) Medium level language
numerical and punctuation characters C) Low level language
used in electronic data processing system is D) All of the above
called
A) ASCII 225. Reading data is performed in
B) EBCDIC magnetic disk by
C) BCD A) Read/write leads
D) All of above B) Sectors
C) Track
219. Which access method is used to access D) Lower surface
cassette tape?
A) Direct 226. IBM 7000 digital computer
B) Sequential A) Belongs to second generation
C) Both of the above B) Uses VLSI
D) None of the above C) Employs semiconductor memory
D) Has modular constructions
220. A Compiler is ____
A) a combination of computer hardware Computer Fundamental Book will be
B) a program which translates from one available to download as PDF file soon.
high-level language to another Please stay tuned!
C) a program which translates from one
high-level to a machine level language 227. Which of the following is not electro-
D) None of these mechanical computer?
A) Mark I
221. Which unit holds data temporarily? B) ABC
A) Input unit C) Zuse
B) Secondary storage unit D) UNIVAC
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228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from 235. Who used punched cards practically
A) Greek language for the first time in the history of
B) Sanskrit language computers?
C) Latin language A) Charles Babbage
D) German language B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin
229. Which statement is valid about D) Joseph Jacquard
magnetic tape?
A) It is a plastic ribbon 236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide A) Magnetic metallic oxide
C) It can be erased and reused B) Optical metallic oxide
D) All of above C) Carbon layer
D) All of the above
230. Which of the following is first
generation computer? 237. Which of the following term means to
A) EDSAC reckon?
B) IBM 1401 A) putare
C) CDC 1604 B) com
D) ICL 2950 C) computa
D) computar
231. A hard copy would be prepared on a
A) Line printer 238. An input /output device at which data
B) Dot matrix Printer enters or leaves a computer system is
C) Typewriter terminal A) Keyboard
D) All of the above B) Terminal
C) Printer
232. The term GIGO is related to which D) Plotter
characteristics of computers?
A) Speed 239. Which of the following is first
B) Automatic generation of computer
C) Accuracy A) EDSAC
D) Reliability B) IBM-1401
C) CDC-1604
233. Which of the following programming D) ICL-2900
language were used in first generation
computers? 240. A name or number used to identify a
A) Machine language storage location is called
B) Assembly language A) A byte
C) Both of above B) A record
D) None of above C) An address
D) All of above
234. To locate a data item for storage is
A) Field 241. Computer professionals working in a
B) Feed computer centre are
C) Database A) Software
D) Fetch B) Firmware
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C) Hardware 248. Which of the following are (is)
D) Humanware considered to be video component?
A) Resolution
242. The first general purpose electronic B) Color depth
computer in the world was C) Refresh rate
A) UNIVAC D) All of the alcove
B) EDVAC
C) ENIAC 249. For what Antikyathera was used?
D) All of above A) For counting
B) For Calculating tax collection
243. The contents of information are stored C) For calculating astronomical positions
in D) For calculating firing weapons
A) Memory data register
B) Memory address register 250. Memory unit is one part of
C) Memory arithmetic registers A) Input device
D) Memory access register B) Control unit
C) Output device
244. Which of the following is correct full D) Central Processing Unit
form of BCD?
A) Binary Coded Decimal 251. Microprocessors can be used to make
B) Bit Coded Decimal A) Computer
C) Binary Coded Digit B) Digital systems
D) Bit Coded Digit C) Calculators
D) All of the above
245. Which was the world’s first
microcomputer that used Intel 80386 252. Which statement is valid about
microprocessor chip? computer program?
A) IBM PS/2 A) High level languages must be converted
B) HP-9830 into machine language to execute
C) DeskPro-386 B) High level langage programs are more
D) IBM-360 efficient and faster to execute
C) It is more difficult to identify errors in
246. The qualitative or quantitative high level language program than in low
attribute of a variable or set of variables is level programs
termed as D) All of above
A) data
B) information 253. By programmable machine we mean
C) both of above A) computers
D) none of above B) modern television
C) washing machines
247. Main storage is also called D) anything that can be set to perform
A) Accumulator different taks with suitable programs
B) Control Unit
C) Register Unit 254. Which of the following is a secondary
D) Memory memory device?
A) Keyboard
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B) Disk B) Dynamic RAM
C) ALU C) EPROM
D) All of the above D) ROM

255. The memory which is programmed at 261. What do you call the translator which
the time it is manufactured takes assembly language program as input
A) ROM & produce machine language code as
B) RAM output?
C) PROM A) Compiler
D) EPROM B) Interpreter
C) Debugger
256. One of the popular mass storage D) Assembler
device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM
stand for? 262. Serial access memories are useful in
A) Compactable Read Only Memory applications where
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory A) Data consists of numbers
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory B) Short access time is required
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory C) Each stored word is processed differently
D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in
257. Identify the true statement serial form
A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can
suffer from GIGO 263. In ________ mode, the
B) Computers are reliable because they use communication channel is used in both
electronic component which have very low directions at the same time?
failure rate A) Full-duplex
C) Computer is never tired and does not B) Simplex
suffer from boredom C) Half-duplex
D) All of above D) None of the above

258. FORTRAN is 264. Who invented Slide Rules?

A) File Translation A) John Napier
B) Format Translation B) William Oughtred
C) Formula Translation C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Floppy Translation D) Blaise Pascal

259. The programs which are as 265. The proper definition of a modern
permanent as hardware and stored in digital computer is
ROM is known as A) An electronic automated machine that
A) Hardware can solve problems involving words and
B) Software numbers
C) Firmware B) A more sophistic and modified electronic
D) ROM ware pocket calculator
C) Any machine that can perform
260. Which of the following memories mathematical operations
must be refreshed many times per second? D) A machine that works on binary code
A) Static RAM
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These questions are suitable for IC3 A) first generation computers
Computer Fundamentals too! B) second generation computers
C) third generation computers
266. Memory is made up of D) fourth generation computers
A) Set of wires
B) Set of circuits 273. Which technology is more reliable?
C) Large number of cells A) Mechanical
D) All of these B) Electro-Mechanical
C) Electronic
267. Which of the following is the most D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of
powerful computers? above are reliable
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers 274. Which of the following is not an XT
C) Micro Computers microprocessor?
D) Super Computers A) 8006
B) 8086
268. Which of the printers used in C) 8088
conjunction with computers uses dry ink D) None of above
powder?
A) Daisy wheel printer 275. Hard disk is coated in both side with
B) Line printer A) Magnetic metallic oxide
C) Laser printer B) Optical metallic oxide
D) Thermal printer C) Carbon layer
D) All of the above
269. What is the path from which data flow
in a computer system is knon as 276. ASCII stands for
A) Car A) American Stable Code for International
B) Bus Interchange
C) Truck B) American Standard Case for Institutional
D) Road Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Information
270. Which term is used to describe RAM? Interchange
A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) D) American Standard Code for Interchange
B) Static RAM (SRAM) Information
C) Video RAM (VRAM)
D) All of the above 277. Raw facts and figures about any
particular topic are
271. In which year was chip used inside the A) Information
computer for the first time? B) facts
A) 1964 C) data
B) 1975 D) none of above
C) 1999
D) 1944 278. A computer can solve more than one
kind of problem. This is related to which of
272. Assembly language started to be used the following characteristics?
from A) Accuracy
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B) Reliability A) AX3/33
C) Versatility B) NEC-20
D) Automatic C) Magnum 2000
D) HCL-3000
279. From which generation computers the
printers were used? 285. In analog computer
A) first A) Input is first converted to digital form
B) second B) Input is never converted to digital form
C) third C) Output is displayed in digital form
D) fourth D) All of the above

280. How many symbols exist in Baudot 286. Which of the following computer is
code? not invented by J.P. Eckert and John
A) 32 Mauchly?
B) 116 A) ENIAC
C) 58 B) EDVAC
D) 76 C) UNIVAC
D) EDSAC
281. Following IC chip integrates 100
thousands electronic components per chip 287. When was the company named IBM?
A) SSI A) 1914
B) MSI B) 1924
C) LSI C) 1975
D) VLSI D) None of above

282. An application program that helps the 288. Which of the following storage device
user to change any number and can store the largest amount of data?
immediately see the result of that change is A) Hard Disks
A) Desktop publishing program B) Flash Disks
B) Database C) Blu-Ray Disks
C) Spreadsheet D) DVDs
D) All of above
289. Who invented Mark I?
283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a A) Howard Aikin
machine called the Analytical Engine B) J. P. Eckert
which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. C) John Mauchley
In which year was it exhibition? D) John v. Atanasoff
A) 1820
B) 1860 290. ALU is
C) 1855 A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
D) 1870 B) Array Logic Unit
C) Application Logic Unit
284. What is the name of the new color D) None of above
laptop computer which is powered by a 386
processor at 33 MHz and is built by 291. A computer program that converts an
Epson? entire program into machine language at
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one time is called a/an B) 72
A) Interpreter C) 71
B) CPU D) None of above
C) Compiler
D) Simulator You can find Computer Fundamentals Quiz
under the Quiz menu that allows you to
292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple choose correct answers and find result once
Computers Inc. decide to join hands? you are done with all the questions.
A) 1978
B) 1984 297. Excessive parallel processing is
C) 1990 related to
D) 1991 A) First generation
B) Fourth generation
293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to C) Fifth Generation
NOT ack like D) Third generation
A) an amplifier
B) a switch 298. second generation computers were
C) a router developed during
D) None of above A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965
294. As compared to diskettes, the hard C) 1965 to 1970
disks are D) 1970 to 1990
A) More expensive
B) More portable 299. What do you call a single point on a
C) Less rigid computer screen?
D) Slowly accessed A) Cell
B) Element
295. Which of the following is the most C) Pixel
quickly accessible storage? D) Bit
A) RAM
B) Registers 300. Mostly which of the following device
C) Disks is used to carry user files?
D) Pen Drive A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is C) RAM
A) 81 D) CDROM

Answers:

201-B 202-A 203-D 204-D 205-B 206-B 207-C 208-C 209-A 210-D

211-C 212-B 213-C 214-D 215-D 216-B 217-D 218-A 219-B 220-C

221-D 222-A 223-C 224-B 225-A 226-D 227-D 228-C 229-D 230-A

231-D 232-C 233-A 234-D 235-B 236-A 237-A 238-B 239-A 240-C
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241-D 242-C 243-A 244-A 245-C 246-A 247-D 248-D 249-C 250-D

251-D 252-A 253-D 254-B 255-C 256-D 257-D 258-C 259-C 260-B

261-D 262-D 263-A 264-B 265-A 266-C 267-D 268-C 269-B 270-D

271-B 272-B 273-C 274-D 275-A 276-C 277-C 278-C 279-B 280-A

281-C 282-C 283-C 284-A 285-B 286-D 287-B 288-A 289-A 290-A

291-C 292-D 293-C 294-A 295-B 296-B 297-C 298-B 299-C 300-A