Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions Questions 4. UNIVACis A) Universal Automatic Computer B) Universal Array Computer C) Unique Automatic Computer B) Unvalued Automatic Computer 2. The basic operations performed by a computer ore A) Arithmetic operation B) Logical operation C) Storage and relative D) All the above 3. The two major types of computer chips are A} External memory chip B} Primary memory chip €) Microprocessor chip D) Both bande 4. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers A} First Generation 8) Second Generation €) Third Generation D) Fourth Generation 5, What is the main difference between a mainframe and a super computer? ‘A) Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers B) Super computers are much smatler than mainframe computers C} Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as possible while mainframe uses its pawer to execute as many programs concurrently ) Supercomputers are focused to execute as, many programs as possible white mainframe Uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible. 6, ASCH and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems, Whot does EBCDIC stand for? A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code 8B) Extended Bit Cade Decimal interchange < Code ° C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code ) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code Lh 20 20 40 5c 7, The brain of any computer systems AVALU 8) Memory cycPu B} Control unit 7. &. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on A) tracks per inch of surface B) bits per inch of tracks. C) disk pack in disk surface D) All of above 9. The two kinds of main memory are: A) Primary and secondary Bj Random and sequential Cc) ROM and RAM D) All of above 10, A storage area used to store data toa compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is A) Memory B) Buffer ¢) Accumulator D) Address 11. Computer's free from tiresome and boardoam. We callit A) Accuracy 8) Reliability €) Diligence: D) Versatility 12. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to which generation of computers? ‘A) First generation B) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 13. CO-ROM isa ‘A) Semiconductor memary 8) Memory register C} Magnetic memory D) None of above 14. A hybrid computer ‘A) Resembles digital computer B) Resembles anaiague computer C) Resembles both a digital and analogue computer D) None of the above 15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC? A) Minicomputers: 8) Microcomputers C) Mainframe computers D) Super eamputer 16, The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from A) Primary memory B) Control section ¢) External memary D) Cache memory 8-0 oC 10-8 ac 12 13-0 tac 15-¢ 16-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 17. Chief component of first generation computer was A) Transistors B} Vacuum Tubes and Valves C)Integrated Circuits 1) None of above 18, To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use ofa AJRGB monitor 8) Plotter C}ink-jet printer D) Laser printer 419, What are the stages ia the compifation process? A) Feasibility study, system design and testing 8) Implementation and documentation C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation D) Nane of the above 20, Which of the following IC was used in thled generation of computers? AYSSH 8) MSI cyst D) Both aand b 21. The moin electronic component used in fist generation computers was Ay Transistors 8) Vacuum Tubes and Valves C) Integrated Circuits D) None of above 22, A dumb terminal has Ajan embedded microprocessor 8) extensive memory C}independent processing capability Dy. keyboard and screen 23, One millisecond is: A) L second 8) 10" of a seconds ©) 1000" of a seconds 1} 10000" of a seconds 24, The output quality of a printer is measured by A} Dot per sq. inch B) Dot per inch C) Dots printed per unit time D) All af the above I7-B 18.8 19-C 20-D 22-8 22-0 23¢ 24.8 25. Which of the following was a spedal purpose computer? A) ABC 8) ENIAC Cc) EDVAC D) All of the above 26. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Gifford? A) Mark | 8) ABC Qza D) None of above 27. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data? A) Floppy Disk B) Hard Disk ¢) Compact Disk D) Magneto Optic Disk 28. Which computer was considered the first electronic computer watil 1973 when court invalidated the patent? A) ENIAC B) MARK I oz D) ABC 29. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory ond ather parts of the microcomputers known as A) Path 8) Address bus Cc) Route D) All of the above 30. High density double sided floppy disks could store__ of dota A) Loma, 8) 1.4468 c) 14068 D) 1.44 MB 34, A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs ‘A) Dot mateix printer 8B) Digital plotter C)ine printer D) All of the above 32, Which of the following is not an input device? A) OCR 8) Optical scanners C) Voice recognition device D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm) SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE a5A 26-8 27-8 28-A 20-8 30-0 318 32-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 33. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of @ computer is approximately A} 16 digits 8) 6 digits C)9 digits D) All of above 34. Inmost of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of the board? A) Motherboard B) Daughterboard C) Bredboard D) Fatherboard 35, In most IBM Pes, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components ere mounted on o single board. What is the name of this board? A) Motherboard 8) Breadboard €) Oaughter board B) Grandmother board 36, Magnetic disks are the most popular ‘medium for ‘AY Direct access 8} Sequential access €) Both of above DJ None of above 37. 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 €) Query processing D) Queue management 38. Regarding a VOU, Which statement is more correct? A) itis an output device 8) itisan input device €) Itis a peripheral device Dj itis hardware item, 39. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for A} Doing quick mathematical calculations 8) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data C) Electronic data processing D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately 40. When was vacuum tube invented? ay 1900 8) 1906 1910 b) 1880 33.8 30.8 35-8, 36-D 37-8 38-C 39:8 41. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction? A) Laser printer B) Ink jet printer C) Plotter D) Det matrix printer 42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is A) xT computer B) AT comptuers €¢) PS/2 computer D) None of abowe 43, An application suitable for sequential processing is A) Processing of grades 8) Payroll processing, ¢) Both a and b D) Allof above 44, Which of the following is not processing? A)arranging 8) manipulating ¢) calculating D} gathering 45. The digital computer wos developed primacily in 1A) USSR 8) Japan usa D) UK 46. Softwore in computer A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine B) Increase the speed of central pracessing unit €) Both of above D) None of above 47. Todoy’s computer giant BM wos earlier known by different name which was changes in 4924. What was that name? ‘A) Tabulator Machine Co, 8) Computing Tabuilating Recording Co. C) The Tabulator Ltd. D) International Computer Ltd. 48, Before o disk drive can access any sector record, @ computer program has ta provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify? AA) Track number 8) Sector number C) Surface number D) All of above EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE aLc 42-8 43-c 44-0 45-¢ 46-4 478 43-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW USFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 49. The arranging of data in a fogical sequence is called AySorting B) Classifying C} Reproducing ©) Summarizing 50. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer? A)To produce result 8) To compare numbers €)To control flow of information B} To do math's works 51. Abacus was the first A) electronic computer B) mechanical computer C)electronic calculator ©) mechanical calculator 52. Ifin 0 computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be A)216 8) 65,536 cyeaK D) Any of the above 53. Instructions and memory address ore represented by A) Character code 8) Binary codes €) Binary word D} Parity bit 54, The terminal device that functions as 0 cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader isthe: A} Data collection terminal 8) OCR register terminal C} Video Display terminal D}POS terminal 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is called ___ A) Counter 8) Adder C) Register D) None of the above 56. People often call as the brain of computer system A} Control Unit 8) Arithmetic Logic Unit €} Central Processing Unit D} Storage Unit SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW U EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE g 51D 52-8 53-8 54-D 55-C 57. Which is used for manufacturing chips? A) Bus 8) Control unit C) Semiconductors D) A and bonly 58. The value of each bead in heaven is al 8)3 cs b)7 59. The first computer introduced in Nepal was A) 18M 1400 8) 18M 2401 c) 1BM 2402 D) ismaaao2 60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in whieh of the following language? 8) Machine language B) Assembly language ) High level language B) None of above 61. Instruction in computer languages consists of A) OPCODE 8B) OPERAND C} Both of above 1D) None of above 62. Which generation of computer is still under development A) Fourth Generation 8) Fifth Generation C) Sth Generation D) Seventh Generation 63. A register organized to allow to move left or right operotions is colleda__ ‘A) Counter 8) Loader ¢) Adder D) Shift register 64. Which was the most popular first generation computer? A) IBM 1650 8) 18M 360 ¢) 18M 1130 ) Inn 2700 65. Which is considered a direet entry input device? A) Optical scanner B) Mouse and digitizer C) Light pen D) Allof the above Src 5e-c 59-8, 60-8 61 62-8 63-0 64 65-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 66. A set of information that defines the status of resaurces allacated ta a process is A) Process control B) ALU €) Register Unit D) Process description 67. Each set of Nopier’s bones cansisted of rods. ays 89 gun D)13, 68. BCD is A) Binary Coded Decimal 8) Blt Coded Decimal €) Binary Coded Digit ) Bit Coded Digit 69. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom? A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980 8} Epson, 1981, C) Laplink Traveling Software Ine, 1982 D) Tandly Model-200, 1985 70. From which generation operating systems were developed? AY First 8) Second C) Third D) Fourth 74. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as @ personal computer was AVIBM B) Super UNIVAC €} Radio Shaks D} Data General Corporation 72. How many address lines are needed ta ‘address each machine location in a 2088.x 4 memory chip? Ay10 Bi cs. Diz 73, Properly arranged data is called Ay Field B} Words C) Infermation D) File 74, A computer consists of AJA central processing unit 8) Amemory C} input and output unit D) All of the above 66.0 orc 68a 60-8 FOC mc 728 73€ 9 75. Why are vocuum tubes also called valves? A) Because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of current C) Both of above D) None of above 76. John Nopier invented Logarithm in A) 1614 8) 1617 c) 1620, D) None of above 77. Anintegrated circuit fs A) A complicated circuit B) An Integrating device C) Much costlier than a single transistor D) Fabricated ona tiny silicon chip, 78. What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate troffic on the bus, inorder to prevent two devices from trying to use it ot the same time? ‘A) Bus control B) Intereupts C) Bus arbitration D) Status 73. Where as @ computer mouse moves aver the table surface, the trackball is A) Stationary 8) Difficult to move C) Dragged D) Moved in small steps 80, Which of the following is used asa Primary storage device? ‘A) Magnetic drum B) Hard Disks ) Floppy D) All of above 81. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business becouse they use a single processing unit tolink several A) Personal computers B) Workstations. C) Durnb terminals D) Mainframes 82, What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer? A) Grater than 8) Less than ) Equal to D) All of the above EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 75-8 76-4 72 7eC 79-4 80-4 are 82-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW USFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 83. The word processing task associated with ‘changing the appearance ofa document is A)Editing B} Writing. €) Formatting Dy All af above 84, Nepal brought a computer far census of 2028 BS. This computer was of Ajfirst generation B) secand generation C) third generation D) fourth generation 85, Algorithm and Flaw chart help us to A) Know the memory capacity B} Identify the base of a number system €} Direct the output to a printer D) Speeify the problem completely and clearly 86. Which statement is valid about computer program? A} itis understood by a computer 8) itisunderstood by programmer C}'t is understood user D)Botha&b 87, The difference between memory and storage is that memory is__ and storage 6 ‘A}Temporary, permanent 8) Permanent, temporary C) Slow, fast D)All of above ‘88. When wos Pascoline invented? Ay1617 B) 1620 c) 1642 Dy 1837 89, Which of the following statement is valid? ‘AY Lady Augusta is the first programmer 8) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byran, a famous English poet C}ADA is a programming language developed by US Defense D}Alll of above 90, A compiler is @ translating program which A} Translates instruction of a high level Fanguage into machine language B) Translates entire'source program into machine language program C) itis not involved in program's execution D) All of above 83.C 24.8 35-0 86-0 87-8 BBC 39. 90-0 91. What is required when more thon one person uses a central camputer at the same time? ‘A) Ught pen 8) Mouse C)igitizer D) Terminat 92. Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored Program Concept? A) UNIVAC 8) ENIAC C)EDSAC D) None of above 93. The term gigabyte refers to A) 1024 bytes B) 1024 kilobytes ¢) 1024 megabytes D) 1024 gigabyte 94, n which year was UR’s premier computing ‘event called ?The which computer? started? A) 1980 8) 1985 ) 1986 ) 1987 95. Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known os A) Accuracy 8) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic 96, What is a brand? A) The name of companies that made computers B) The name of product a company gives to identify its product in market C) A name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies 5) Allof above 97. Machine language is ‘A) Machine dependent 8) Difficult to program ) Error prone 0) All of above 98. A byte consists of A) One bit 8) Four bits C) ight bits D) Sixteen bits SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 91-0 2c 93-¢ 94-4, 95-0 96-8 97-D 98-¢Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 99, Modern Computers are very reliable but theyare not Ay Fast 8} Powerful €) infallible ©) Cheap 100. What is the date when Babbage canceived Analytical engine Ay 1642 8) 1837 ©) 1880 ) 1850 101. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Jopan started Facs? ‘A) Operating Systems B) Paralled Processing c)uLst D) None of above 102. Which of the fellowing memory medium is not used es main memory system? A) Magnetic core 8) Semiconductor C) Magnetic tape 1D} Both semiconductor and magnetic tape 103, The storage subsystem ina microcomputer consists mainly of _or__ media with varying copadities A} Memary or video 8) Magnetic or optical C) Optical or memory D) Video or magnetic 4104, Programs designed to perform specific tasks isknown os A) system software B) application software C) utility programs: D) operating system 4105, Computer operators A} writes computer programs for specific problems 8) operate the device which input and output data from the computer C) normally require a college degree in computer science D)all of the above 106, Which of the following is nat anti-viruses software? AVNAV 8) F-Prot ©} Oracie D} McAfee 99-c 100-8 101-8 102-¢ 103-8 104-8 106-¢ UBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 107. What is @ compiler? ‘A) A compiler does a conversian line by line as the program is run 8) A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step C) Acompiter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution D) None of the above 108. computers re also called personal computers ‘A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers C} Micro Computers D) Super Computers 109. Which of the following is not input unit device? A) scanner 8) camera ¢) plotter D) digitizer 110. Identify the correct statement ‘A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs 8B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design C)IBM used CISC CPU design D) None of above is true 111. Which of the following statement is folse? ‘A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years 8) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers. ¢)Allelectronic computers are digital computers D) Allof above are false 112. Which of the following require large computers memory? AA) imaging 8B) Graphics ¢)Noice D) Allof Above 113, Which of the following is machine independence program? A) High level language 'B) Law level language ¢) Assembly language D) Machine language 114, When was the first electro-mechenical computer developed? A) 1880 8) 1990 ¢) 1944 D) None of above 107-8 108-¢ 109-¢ noc qc 120 13-4 acFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 115. The first machine to successfully perform ‘@ long series of arithmetic and logical ‘operations was: AVENIAC 8) Mark-1 C) Analytic Engine DJ UNIVAC-1 116, Which one is the largest space? A} kilobyte B) petabyte €) terrabyte Dgieabyie 117. FORTRAN programming language is ‘more suitable for___ A) Business Applications B) Marketing Applications C) Scientific Applications D} Nane of the above 118, The brain of ony computer system is A} Control Unit 8) Arithmetic Logic Unit €} Central Processing Unit D) Storage Unit 119, Analog computer works on the supply of ‘A) Continuous electrical pulses 8) Electrical pulses but not continuous €) Magnetic strength D} None of the above 120. An error in software or hardware is ealled o bug. What is the alternative ‘computer jargon for it? Ay Leech 8) Squid C) Slug DyGliteh 4121. The advantage of COM are its__ond__ ‘A) Compact size; speed readability 8) Compact size, speed €) Readability; speed D} Low cost; readability 122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of A) Basic Input Output System 8) Best Input Output System C) Basic in put Output Symbol 1) Base Input Output System 123. Whieh printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? A) Laser printer 8) Inkjet printer €} Daisywhee! printer D} Dot matrix printer 7c 116-8 118¢ 119-4 120-0 12. 122-0 123-4 124, IBM 1402 is A) First Generation Computer 8) Second Generation Computer C) Third Generation Computer D) Fourth Generation Computer 4125. Most of the first generation computers were ‘A) Special purpose computers 8) General purpose computers €) Both of above D) None of above 126. Floppy disks typically in diameter A)3 8) 5.25 os D) All of above (127. The output quality of 9 printer is measured by A) Dot per inch B) Dot persq, inch ) Dots printed per unit time D) All of above (128. On a PC, how much memory is available toopplication software? A) 1028 KB B) 760 KB ¢) 640 KB 1D) S60 kB 129, Inacomputer___is capable to store single binary bit. A) Capacitor 8) Flip flop €) Register D) Inductor 130. What does DMA stand for? {A) Distinct Memory Access B) Direct Memory Access ¢) Direct Module Access B) Direct Memory Allocation 131. Who invented Integrated Cireuits? A) Jack Kilby. 8) Robert Noyce C) Both of above D) None of above 132, Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under? AA) System Software 8) Application Software C) Utilities D) None of the above EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 124-8 125A 126-0 127-8 128-¢ 129-8 130-8 wait 332-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW USFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 133. One computer that is not cansidered 0 portable is A) Minicomputer 8B) Laptop computer C} Notebook computer D) All of above 134. Which of the following is nat an electronic computer? AYENIAC B)ABC ch UNIVAC Dy EDVAC 135. What is the nome of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? Ay Pixel B) Reverse video C) Touch screen D) Cursor 136, Which is the largest computer? A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers €) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 137. Which of the following are the best units of data on an extemal storage device? Ay Bits 8) Bytes, C) Hertz D) Clock eyeles 4138. The personal computer industry was started by A)BM B) Apple ©} Compaq DpHCL 139. What is meant by o dedicated computer? A) Which is used by one person only 8) Which is assigned one and only one task C) Which uses one kind of software D) Which is meant for application software 140. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? ‘A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN 8) Prolog 2, Expert Systems €} Knowledge based Systems D) Assembly Languages 141. What wos the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes? AN They were larger in size 8) They consumed a lot of electricity C} They produced heat and often burned out, D) The operation cost was high 133: 134-8 135-8 136-4 137-8 138-4 139-8 140-0 14. 142, Registers, which are partially visible to users and used ta hald conditional, are knawen as A)PC B) Memory address registers C) General purpose register D) Flags 4143. Which is not a comptuer of first generation? A)ENIAC 8) UNIVAC C)IBM 360 D) 18M 1401 144, Registers which are partially visible to users ond used to hold conditional codes (tits set by the CPU hardware os the result of operations), ate known as A)PC 8) Flags C) Memory Address Registers D) General Purpose Registers 145. Who invented vacuum tubes? A) John Bardeen 8) William Shockley C) Lee de Forest D) All of above 146. An approach that permits the computer to. work an several programs instead of one is A) Online thesaurus 8) Multipeogramming C) Over lapped processing, D) Outline processor 147, Who suggested Stored Program Concept ‘A) John Mauchley 8) 1P. Eckert C) John Neumann D) Joseph Jacquard 4148, The central processing unit (CPU) consists of AA) Input, cutput and processing B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage C) Control unit, arithmeticsogic unit and primary storage D) Control unit, pracessing, and primary storege 149. The notable features like keyboords, monitors, GUI were developed in AA) First generation 8) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 142-0 143-0 144-8 145-¢ 146-8 147-¢ 148-¢ 149-6 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 150, UNIVAC Is A) Universal Automatic Computer 8) Universal Array Computer C} Unique Automatic Computer D) Unvalued Automatic Computer 4151. Which is the highest form? AyData B) Information ¢) Knowledge D) All of above 4152. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? AyPascal 8} Hollerith C) Babbage D) Jacquard 153, What is an interpreter? A} An interpreter does the conversion line by fine as the program is run 8) An interprater isthe representation of the system being designed C) An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution D) None of the above 4154, Which is.a semi canductor memory? A} Dynamic 8) Static C) Bubble D)Botha&b 155, RIS UTP cablehas__ AN2 pair 8) 3 pair €)4 pair D)S pair 156. Which of the following is nat o valid size fo Floppy Disk? Aya? BS? ca? DISH? 4157. The earliest calculating devices are A) Abacus 8) Clack C) Difference Engine D} None of these Cables. 158. Word length of a Personal Computer is Aya bits 8) B bits €)16 bits D) 64 bits 150-A 151. 152-0 153-8 154-0 155-C 156-D 157-0, 159. What was the first computer to perform ail calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? A) Mark | B) ABC cq D) None of above 160. A directly accessible appointment colendaris feature of o__ resident package AycPU 8) Memory C) Buffer D) atu 161. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form? AA) Input unit 8B) Output unit cy ALU D) Control Unit 4162, The full form of ALU is: A) Arithmetic Logic Unit 8) Array Logic Unit ©) Application Logic Unit D) None of above 163, What produces useful information out of data? ‘A) Computer B) Processing C) Programming D) none of above 164, Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage? Ay Pascaline B) Difference Engine C) Analytical Engine D} None of above 165. A digital computer did nat score over an ‘analog computerin terms of A) Speed B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Cost 166. Which number system is uswatly followed ina typical 32-bit computer? A) Binary 8) Decimal C) Hexadecimal D) Octal 159-8 160: 161-8 162-A 163-8 164-0 165-8 166-4 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 167. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components, It produces very consistent results, This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer? A) Accuracy 8) Reliability C) Versatility D} Automatic 168. A poper printout of 0 document is known as A)Softcapy output 6) Hardcopy output C} Permanent Output D) All of above 4169. Which electronic component wos made ‘out of semiconductor material? A) Vacuum tubes 8) Transistors ©) es D)All of above 170. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called ‘A)Read-out B) Read from Cc) Read D) All of above 171. Which port of the computer Is used for ealeulating and comparing? A) Disk unit 8) Control unit ChALU 0) Modem 172. ABCisa AA) Special purpose computer B) General purpose computer C)All Purpose Computer 1D) Nane of above 4173, The computer code for the Interchonge of information between terminals is AV ASCII 8) aco c) EBeDic D) All of above 4174, When was the X window system bom? Ayi9g4 8) 1989 ©) 1988 by 1990 167-8 168-8 169-C 170-D 17-c WE 173-8 174-8, SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 175, What is the first stage in software development? A) Specification and design 8) Testing C) System Analysis D) Maintenance 176, Which of the following is vatid statement? A) Data in itself Is useless unless it's processed B) The data that is processed is called a program C) The data whieh is not yet processed is information D) Information is processed by computer to generate data, 177. The Second Generation Computer wes based on, - A) Vacuum Tube 8) Silicon Chips C) Transistor D) Bio Chips 4178, EBCOIC stands for A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code 8) Extended Bit Code Decimal interchange Code C) Extended Bit Case Decimal interchange Code D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code 179. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to A) Console-operatar B) Programmer C) Peapleware B) System Analyst 180. IBM System/360 is ‘A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D} None of above 181.4 system is ‘A)an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective 8) input unit C) input and output unit D) input, output and storage units 4182. Which of the following programming language started fram second generation? A) COBO! 8) BASIC ce b) Lisp 175¢ 176-0 arc 178A a79-6 180-0 181-A 182-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 4183. The translator program used in assembly language is called A} Compiler B) Interpreter Ch Assembler D) Transtator 184, EEPROM stands for A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory D) None of the above 4185, Regarding data, computers are very good at Alstore 8) Processing C) retrieve D) All of above 186, Bit mop termina! ‘A) support display containing multiple window 8) require considerable amount of video RAM C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance Djall of above 4187, First generation computers used formemory Ay vacuum tubes 8) silicon chips C) magnetic drum D)RAM 188, Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations? AyROM, 8) RAM c) EPROM D) None of above 4189, EPROM can be used for AA) Erasing the contents of ROM B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM 0) Duplicating ROM 190, ENIAC uses A} Decimal Numbering System 8) Octal Numbering System C) Binary Numbering System D) Hexadecial Numbering System 183-¢ 134-0 185-0 186-D 187-¢ 188-8 189-C 190-8 191. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is: ADVERTS, ‘B) MPG C) MIPS. D) CPS 4192, which of the fotlowing is peobtem oriented longuage? A) High level language 8) Machine language C) Assembly language D) Low level language 4193, A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to A) 2 byte 8) 32 byte c)4byte D)8 byte 194, The term GIGO is related to A) Accuracy 8) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic 4195, Webs camisan A) input unit device 8) output unit device C) processing device D) Input and Qutput device 196. Bit stands for A) Binary digits 8) bit of system C) apart of byte D) Allof above 197. Access time is ‘A) seek time + latency time B) seek time C) seek time ? latency time D) latency time 198. Which device can understand difference between data & programs? A) Input device B) Output device c) Memory. D) Microprocessor 199, Which of the following Is @ read only memory storage device? A) Floppy Disk 8) CD-ROM ) Hard Disk D) None of these SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 19a-c 192-4 298-0 197-A 196-4 195-4 194-4 193-¢ 199-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 200. Symbolic fogic was discovered by A)George Boole 8) Herman Hollerith, }Van Neumann D) Basie Pascal 201. Which of the following is not valid Statement? ‘AV Hard is referred to mean something temporary 8B) Hard is used to mean something tangible C) Soft is used to mean something permanent 0) Soft is used to mean something tangible 202. Digital devices ore AA) Digital Clock 8) Automobile speed meter C}Clock with a dial and two hands D)All ofthem 203. Primary memory stores A) Dataalone 8) Programs alone ¢) Results alone D) All of these 204, After copying the content how many times can you paste? AML 8)16 ¢)32 ©) Many 205. WAN stonds for A) Wap Area Network B) Wide Area Network ©) Wide Array Net 1D) Wireless Area Network 206. An error in computer data is called AYChip 8) Bug cycru D} Storage device 207. The instructions for starting the computer are house on A) Random access memory 8) CD-Rom €) Read only memory chip D) All of above 208. 1 nibble equals to A}1 bits 8) 2 bits C)a bits Dy sbits 207-¢ 206-8 205-8 208-0 203-0 202-0 201-8 200-0 208-C 209. Perforated paper used as input of output ‘media is known as A) paper tapes B) magnetic tape C) punched papers tape ) card punch 210. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform A) Arithmetic Operation B) Logic operation C) Fetch operations D) Either of the above 211. Which American computer company Is called Big Blue? A) Microsoft B) Compaq Corp cjg D) Tandy Svenson 212, It wos in 2026 85 the. wos brought in to calculate census data, A) ig 1400 8) IBM 1401, c)icL 2950 D) None of above 213, Wha fs the inventor of ABC Computer? A) John v, Atanasoff 8) Clilford Berry ¢) Both of above D) None of above 214. Which of the following is the largest unit? A) data 8) field C) record D) database file 215, Find out whos not the inventor of transistors among following names A) John Burden ) William Shockley C) Walter Brattain D) Lee de Forest 216. Which of the following is not true for a ‘magnetic disk? ‘A) Its expensive relative to magnetic tape 'B) It provides only sequential access to stored data C) Users can easily update records by writing over the ald data D) All of above SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 209-4 210-0 anc 212-8 213-¢ 214-D 215-D 216-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 217. A disadvontage of the laser printer is A) It is quieter than an impact printer B) Itis very slow €) The output is of a lower quality D) None of the above 218. The most commonly used stondord dota code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called A)ASCIL B) EBCDIC cjeco D) All of above 219. Which access method is used to access cassette tape? A) Direct 8) Sequential C) Both of the above D) None of the above 220, A Compiler is__ Aja combination of computer hardware 8) a program which translates fram one high- level language to another C)a program which translates fram one high- level to a machine level language D) None of these 221, Which unit holds dato temporarily? A) Input unit 8) Secondary storage unit C} Output Uni D) Primary Memory Unit £222, The computer size was very large in A} Fitst Generation B) Second Generation €) Third Generation D} Fourth Generation 223. A nome or number used to identify storage location devices? A)Abyte 8) Arecord C) An address D}All of above 224. Which of the following Is nat computer Janguoge? A) High level language 8B) Medium level language C) Low level language D) Altaf the above SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US. 27D 218-8 219-8 220-C 222A 21-0 23-¢ 224-8 EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 225. Reading data is performed in mognetic disk by A) Read/write leads: 8) Sectors C) Track D) Lower surface 226. IBM 7000 digital computer A) Belongs to second generation B) Uses Vist C) Employs semiconductor memory D) Has modular construetions 227. Which of the following is not electro- mechanical computer? A) Mark | By ABC C)2use b) uNIVAC 228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from A) Greek language 8) Sanskrit language ) Latin language D} German language 229, Which statement is valid about magnetic tape? A) It isa plastic ribbon B) It is coated on both sides with iron axide C)it can be erased and reused D) All of above 230. Which of the following is first generation computer? A) EDSAC 8) IBM 2402, ¢)€0C 1604 D) ict 2950 231. A hard copy would be prepared on ‘A) Line printer 8) Dot mateix Printer ) Typewriter terminal }) Allof the above 232, The term GIGO is related to which chorocteristies of computers? A) Speed B) Automatic ) Accuracy ) Reliability 233. Which of the following programming Jonguage were used in first generation computers? A) Machine language 8) Assembly language C) Both of above D) None of abowe 232-¢ 231-0 230-0 229-0 228 227-D 226-0 225-4 233-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 234. To locate a data item for storage is A) Field 8) Feed €} Database D} Fetch 235. Who used punched cards procticatly for the first time in the histary of computers? A) Charles Babbage 8) Dr, Herman Hollerith C) Howard Aikin, D) Joseph Jacquard 236, Hard disk is coated in both sides with A) Magnetic metallic oxide 8) Optical metallic oxide €} Carbon layer D) All of the above 237. Whieh of the following term means to reckon? A) putare 8) com C) computa D) computar 238. An input foutput device ot which dota enters or leaves a computer system is A) Keyboard 8) Terminal €) Printer D} Plotter 239. Which of the following is first generation of computer AJ EDSAC 8) IBM-1403 c)cbe-1604 Dy IcL-2900 240. A name or number used to identify.o storage location is called AYAbyte 8) Arecard C) An address Dy Altaf above 241. Computer professionals working ina computer centre are A) Software 8) Firmware C) Hardware D} Humanware 242. The first general purpose electronic ‘computer in the world was AVUNIVAC 8) EDVAG C) ENIAC D} All of above 234-0 235-8 2B6-A 237-8 238-8 239.0 240-C 24-D 202€ 243. The contents of information are stored in A) Memory data register B) Memory address register C) Memory arithmetic registers Dj Memory access register 244, Which of the following is correct full form of BCD? A) Binary Casted Decimal 8) Bit Coded Decimal €) Binary Coded Digit D) Bit Coded Digit 245, Which was the worl! first microcomputer that used Intel 80385 microprocessor chip? A) IM 5/2 8) HP-9830 C) DeskPro-386 D) 18M-360 246, The qualitative or quantitative attribute of avariable or set of variables is termed as A) data 8) information C)both of above D) none af above 247, Main storage is alsa called A) Accumulator 8) Control Unit C} Register Unit D) Memory 248. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component? A) Resolution 8) Color depth C) Refresh rate D) All of the alcove 249, For what Antikyathero wos used? ‘A) For counting 5) For Calculating tax collection ¢) For calculating astronomical positions D) For calculating firing weapons 250. Memory unit is one part of A) Input device 8) Control unit C) Output device D) Central Processing Unit 251, Microprocessors ean be used to make A) Computer 8) Digital systems €) Calculators D) All of the above 243-0 244-4 2a5-¢ 246-4 247-0 248-D 249-¢ 250-0 251-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 252. Which statement is valid about computer program? A} High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute B) High level langage programs ate more efficient and faster to execute C) Its more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than in low level programs D) All of above 253. By programmable mochine we mean A) computers B) modern television €) washing machines 1D) anything that can be set to perform different taks with suitable programs 254. Which of the following is a secondary memory device? A) Keyboard 8) Disk ChALU 1) All ofthe above 255. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufoctured AyROM B) RAM, c)PROM D) EPROM 256. One of the populor moss storage device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for? A} Compactable Read Only Memory 8) Compact Data Read Only Memory C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory ©) Compact Disk Read Only Memory 257. Kdentify the true statement A) Computers are 100% accurate but itean suffer from GIGO 8) Computers are reliable because they use electronic component which have very low failure rate €) Computers never tired and does not suffer from boredom By All of above 258. FORTRAN is A) File Translation B) Format Translation C) Formula Translation D) Floppy Translation 259. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as A) Hardware 8) Software C) Firmware D) ROM ware 252-0 253-D 254-8 255-C 256-0 257-0 ¥ 2 a 260. Which of the following memories must bbe refreshed many times per secand? A) Static RAM 8) Dynamic RAM C) EPROM. D) ROM 261. What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine languoge code os output? A) Compiler 8) Interpreter C) Debugger D) Assembler 262, Serial access memories are useful ia applications where A) Data consists of numbers B) Short access time is required C) Each stored word is processed differently D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form 263, In made, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time? A) Full-cuplex 8) Simplex ¢) Half-duplex D) None of the above 264, Who invented Slide Rules? A) John Napier 8) William Oughtred C) Gottfried Leibnitz D) Blaise Pascal 265. The proper definition of a modem digital computer is ‘A) An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers B) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator C) Any machine that can perform mathematical operations D) A machine that works on binary code 266. Memory is made up of A) Sot of wires 8) Set of circuits €) Large number of cetls D} Allof these 267. Whieh of the following Is the most powerful computers? A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers ¢) Micro Computers D) Super Computers SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 260-8 261-0 262-0 263-4 264-8 265-4 266-¢ 267-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 1268, Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder? A) Daisy wheel printer B) Line printer €) Laser printer D) Thermal printer 269. What is the path from which data flow in ‘@ computer system és knon as ANCar 8) Bus C) Truck D) Road 270. Which term is used to describe RAM? A} Dynamic RAM (ORAM) B) Static RAM (SRAM) €) Video RAM (VRAM) D) All ofthe above 271. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time? Aj1964 8) 1975 C1999 by i9aa 272, Assembly language started to be used from A) first generation computers 8} secand generation computers C) third generation computers D} fourth generation computers 273. Which technology is more reliable? A) Mechanical B) Electro-Mechanical ©) Electronic D) For reliability it does not matter. Se allof above are reliable 274, Which of the following is not an XT ‘microprocessor? A}8005 8) 8086 €) 8088 D) None of above 275. Hard disk is coated in both side with A) Magnetic metallic oxide 8) Optical metallic oxide C) Carbon layer D) All of the above SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US VERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 268-C 269-8 270-0 27-8 272.8 273¢ 274.0 275-4, 276. ASCII stands for ‘A) American Stable Code for international Interchange B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information 277. Row focts and figures about any particular topic ore A) Information B) facts C) data ) none af above 278. A computer can solve more than one kind of problem, This is related to which of the following characteristics? A) Accuracy 8) Reliability ¢) Versatility D) Automatic 279. From which generation computers the printers were used? A) first B) second ) third D) fourth 280. How mony symbols exist in Baudot code? A)32 8) 116 c)s8 b)76 281. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands eleetronie components per chip A)ssi 8) mst c)Ast D) Visi 282. An application program thot helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is ‘A) Desktop publishing program 8) Database C) Spreadsheet D) All of above 283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine calfed the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition? A) 1820 8) 1860 c) 185s b) 1870 276-6 277-¢ 278C 279-8 280-A 281-¢ 282-6 283-¢Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 284. What is the nome of the new color laptop computer which is powered by @ 386 processor at 33 MHz andis built by Epson? A) AX3/33 8) NEC-20 ) Magnum 2000 ©) HcL-3000 285, In analog computer A) Input is first converted to digital form B) Input is never converted to digital form €) Output is displayed in digital form D) All of the above 286. Which of the following computer is not invented by 1.P, Eckert and John Mauchly? ADENIAC B} EDVAC c)univac DJ EDSAC 287. When was the company named 1B? aAyigi4 8) 1924 ©1975 D) None of above 288. Which of the following storage device ‘can stare the largest amount of data? A} Hard Disks B) Flash Disks C) Blu-Ray Disks D) DVDs 289. Who invented Mark I? A) Howard Aikin B) J.P. Eckert C)John Mauchtey D) John v. Atanasoff 290. ALUis A) Arithmetic Logic Unit 8) Array Logic Unit ) Application Logie Unit B) None of above 291. A computer program thot converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called ofan A) Interpreter 8) CPU €) Compiler D} Simulator 292. When did arch rivals 18M and Apple Computers inc, decide to join hands? Ay 1978 8) 1984 ¢} 1990 bp) 1994 284-0 285-8 286-0 287-8 288-8 289-0, 290-8 291.C 292-D 293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT ack ike ‘Alan amplifier B) aswitch C)arouter D) None of above 294, As compared to diskettes, the hard disks ore A) More expensive 8) More portable C) Less rigid D) Stowly accessed 295. Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage? A) RAM, B) Registers C) Disks. D) Pen Drive 296. The octal equivalence of 111010 fs Ayan 8) 72 cy. D) None of above 297. Excessive paralfel processing is related to A) First generation 8) Fourth generation ¢) Fifth Generation D) Third generation 298. second generation computers were developed during A) 1949 to 1955 8) 1956 to 1965 ¢) 1965 to 1970 D) 1970 te 1990 299. What do you eal! @ single point ona computer screen? A) Cell 5) Element ¢) Pixel D) Bit 300, Mostly which of the foltowing device is used to carry user files? A) Floppy Disk 8) Hard Disk c)RAM, b) CDROM 293-¢ 294-8 295-8 296-8 297 298-8 299-¢ 300-4 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 301. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and Implemented separate computation and ‘memory for the first time? A)Mark 8) ABC 23 D) None of above 302. FORTRAN is @ programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for? A) File Transiation 8B) Format Translation C) Formula Transiation D) Floppy Translation 303. Which of the following memories needs refreshing? ‘A)SRAM 8) DRAM c)RoM D) All of above 304. Con you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports? A)Data 8) Bytes )Graphics D) Pictures 305. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on 0 magnetic medium to produce audio response is A) Magnetic tape 8) Voice response unit €) Voice recognition unit B) Voice band 306. Which of the items below are considered ‘removable storage medio? A) Removable hard disk cartridges 6B) (Nwagneto-optical) disk C) Flexible disks cartridges DB} Allof the above 307. Which of the following is not purely output device? A)Screen B) Printer C) Speaker 0) Plotter 308. Who developed o mechanical device in the 17° century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots? A) Napier 8) Babbage €) Pascal D) Leibniz 301-8 302:C 303-8 304-8 305-8 306-0 307-0 a 3 309, The first Macintosh computer was from A) First generation 8) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 310. Which of the following is not a form of dato? A) numbers and characters By images C) sound D) none of above 311, Which is not a computer elossification? A) mainframe B) maxicame ¢) mini D) notebook 312, The control unit of a microprocessor ‘A) Stores data inthe memory B) Accepts input data from keyboard ) Perfarms arithmetic/logic function D) None of above 313. Which of the following is internal memory? A) Disks 8) Pen Drives c)RAM D) CDs 314. Which operation is aot performed by computer A) inputting. B) Processing ¢) Controlling D) Understanding 315. Floppy disks which are made from flexibte plastic matesial are alsa called? A) Hard disks 8) High-density disks ¢) Diskertes 5) Templates 316, The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile dirett access storage of dato and that have no mowing parts are known os A) Magnetic core memory 8) Magnetic tape memory ¢) Magnetic disk memory D) Magnetic bubble memory 314-0 313-¢ 312-0 311-8 310-D 309-0 3aS-C 316-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 317. A collection of related instructions ‘organized for a common purpose is referred toos AyFile B) Database C) Program D) None of above 318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability ond A)Bulfer size B} Resolution C) Vertical dimensions D) Intelligence 319, Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code fs called A) Mnemonics 8) Symbolic code C)Gray codes 1) Opcode 320, Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? A) Machine language 8) Assombly language C) High level fanguage D) None of above 321. On which aspect the onalog computers ‘are better than digital? AySpeed 8) Accuracy C) Retiability ) Automatic 322, Which of the following processors use RISC technolagy? A} Ase 8} Power PC Cc) 486sx ) 6340 323, Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babboge? A)Tabulating Machine B) Analytical Engine C) Difference Engine D} Both Cand D 324, How mony numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory ‘A)100 8)20 ©)80 ) 40 317-¢ 318-8 319-8 320-4 321-8 322-8 323-0 324-8 4325, The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of A) Genetics 8) Control and communication C) Molecular biology D) Biochemistry 326. Why ABC is considered electro mechanical computer? A) Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different component D) None of above 327, Binary circuit elements have A) One stable state 8) Two stable state C) Three stable state D) None of above 328, Which of the following is used for ‘manufacturing chips? A) Control bus: B) Control unit C) Parity unit D) Semiconductor 329, Which of the following is not a micro computer? A) Laptop PCs 8) Tablet PCs C) Desktop PCs D) None of above 330. The volue of each bead in earth is AVL 8)3 as Dd)? 334. When did John Nopier develop logarithm? A) 1a16 8) 1614 ¢) 1641 D) 1804 332, Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory? A) Non volatile B) Permanent C) Control unit D) Temporary SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 325-8 326-8 327-8 328-0 329-0 330-A 331-8 332-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 333. Which was the world’s first ‘minicomputer and when was it introduced? A)POP-|, 1958 B} IBM System/36, 1960 c)POP-u, 1961 1D) VAX 11/780, 1962 334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one moster's ANCylinder B) Surface C) Track D) Cluster 335, The word length of a computer is measured in A)Bytes 8) Millimeters C) Meters Dy sits 336, What type of memary és not directly ‘addressable by the CPU and requires special software called EMS (expanded memory Specification)? A)Extended 8) Expanded €) Base 2) Conventional 337. Which unit holds data permanently? A) Input unit 8) Secondary storage unit €) Output Unit D) Primary Memory Unit 338, Before o disk can be used to store dota. Ht must be_ A) Formatted 8) Reformatted C) Addressed D) Nane of the above 339, Computer system comprises of major units AVinput unit, output unit, control unit 8) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit D} input, output and storage units 340. The first general purpose electronic digitol computer in the world was Ay UNIVAC. by EDVAC ENIAC DJ All of above 333-0 334-0 335-0 336-8 337-8 338-4 339-C 340-¢ 341, Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is known os ‘A) Analog computer 8B) Digital Computer C) Hybrid Computer D) Mainframe Computer 342, High level language is also catled A) Problem arlented language B) Business oriented language C) Mathematically oriented language: D) All of the above 343, Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Silica Sapiens? ‘A) Monitor 8) Hardware C) Robot D) Computer 344, Which of the following file organization ismost effictent fora file with a high degree of fite activity? A) Sequential 8) saw c)VSAM D) B-Tree Index 345. Which of the following is associated with error detector? ‘A) Odd parity bit 8) Even parity bit C) Both of the above D) None of above 346, Magnetic tope can serve as ‘A) Secondary storage media 8) Output media C) Input media D) All of the above 347, Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry? A) Motorola 8) IBM C)intel D) AMD 348, The first digital computer bwitt with IC chips was known as A) IBM 7090 B) Apple 21 C) 18M System / 360 D) VAX-10, SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 34nc 342-0 343-D 344-A, 345-¢ HEA 347-¢ 348-¢Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 349, EBCOIC con code upto how many different characters? Ay256 8)16 32 p64 350: MICR stands for ‘A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader D) None 351. Number crunchier is the informal name for {A} Mink computer B) Super computer €) Microcomputer D) Mainframe computer 352. RATS stand for A) Regression Analysis Time Series B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing C) Real Analysis Series D) All af above 353. Which technology is used in Compact disks? ‘A) Mechanical 8) Electrical €) Electro Magnetic D} Laser 354, Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these tines called? A) Conductors B) Buses ©} Connectors D} Consecutive 355. Which is the first electronic digital computer? ADENIAC 8B) MARK €)23 byABe 356. Which of the following isa storage device? A\Tape B) Hard Disk €) Floppy Disk D) All af the above 349.4 350-0 351-b 352-8 353: 354.8 355-0 356-D 357. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called A) Hard disks 8) Floppy disk C) Winchester disk D) Flexible disk 358. A computer program that converts an entire program into mochine language is called ofan A) Interpreter B) Simulator C) Compiler D) Commander 359, Intel corporation produces chips for which computers? A) IBM PCs 8) Apple/Macintash PCs. C) Both of above D) None of above 360, The first microprocessor built by the intel corporation was called A) 8008 8) 8080 c) 4004 D) 8800, 361. Which of the following is nota eloss of computers based on size? A) Mainframe Computers 8) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 362, Who invented EDSAC? ‘A) Jobn v. Neumann 8) J.p. Eckert and John Mauchley C) Maurice Wilkes D) Howard Aiken, 363, EEPROM stands for A) Blectrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read ‘Only Memory C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 0) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 364. Whieh of the following is @ elass of computers based on model? AA) Digital Computer 8) Hiybrid Computers C) Analog Computers SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US pvatcomputers EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 357-¢ asec 259-4 360-€ 361-0 362-€ 363-A 364-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 365. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in che binary numbering system? A) Analog Computers B) Digital Camputers C) Hybrid Computers D} None of above 366, ASCII stands for A) American Standard Code for information Interchange B) American Scientific Code for International Interchange C) American Standard Code for Intelligence interchange 1D) American Scientific Cade for information Interchange 367. The data recording format in most of the ‘modem mognetic tope is A)T-bIRASCII 8) 7-bit EBCOIC )s-bit ASCH 0} @-bit EBCDIC 368. Why ABC computer is called 50? ‘A) Because it was developed by Atanasoft and Berry B) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alahabets of English €) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC D) None of above are true 369, Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/ ‘A)Von Neumann 8) Joseph M Jacquard C)1.P. Eekert andl J. W. Mauchly D}All of above 370, Central Processing Unit is combination of A) Control and storage 8) Control and output unit €) Arithmetic logic and input unit ) Arithmetic logie and contro! unit 371. 16M 1401 computer wos ‘A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers. €) Micro Computers D) None of above 372. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is A) Delay times B) Real time €) Execution time 365-8 366-4 367-0 368-0 aA 370-0 369-C a7 373. CO“ROM stands for A) Compactable Read Only Memory 8B) Compact Data Read Only Memory C) Compacta ble Disk Read Only Memory D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory 374, Which unit converts user data into machine readable farm? A) Input unit 8) Output unit Cc) ALU D) Control Unit 375. Which unit is known os nerve center of computer? A) ALU ayeu ) Memory D) Registers 376, What does the disk drive of a computer do? A) Rotate the disk 8) Read the disk €) Load a program from the disk into the memary D) Both b and ¢ 377, Access time is ‘A) seek time + latency time B) seek time C) seck time D) latency time 378. Who invented the microprocessor? A) Marcian Huff 8) Herman H Goldstein ) Joseph Jacquard D) All of above 379, MICR stands for ‘A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader B) None of the above 380. The Width of a processor's data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common doto paths? A) 8 bits: B) 12 bits C) 16 bits DB) 32 bits 381, MSI is the abbreviation of {A) Medium Scale integrated B) Medium System Integrated C) Medium Scale Intelligent D) Medium System Intelligent Doone SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 373-0 374A 375-8 376-0 377-0 378-0 379-0 380-A 38L-AFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 382. IMB launched its first personal computer called 18M4-PC in 1982. t had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you nome the country which contributed A) India 8) China ¢) Germany D) Taiwan 383. Which statement is valid about interpreter? A) It translates one instruction at a time B) Object code is saved for future use C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary D) All of above 384. Easily reloctable language Is ‘A) Machine language B) Assembly language ©) High level tanguage ) Medium level language 385, Which of the following memories needs refresh? AYSRAM. B) DRAM. c)ROM D) All of above 386. Though which device the main components of the computer cormmunicate with eoch other? A) Keyboard 8) System Bus ¢) Monitor }) Memory 387. What type of device is computer keyboord?: A}Memory B) Output ¢) Storage D) Input 388, Which isthe limitation of high level fanguoge? A) Lower efficiency B) Machine dependence C) machine level coding: D) None of above 389. An example of digital device can be ‘A) Digital clock 8) Automobile speed meter C) Clock with a dial and two hands D) All of the above SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US 382-D 383-8 384-8 385-8 386-8 387-0 388-0 389-0, EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 390. Which of the following is not true? A) Transistors are much smaller 8) Transistors produce low heat C) Transistors were less reliable D) Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices 391. A characteristic of card systems is: A) Slowness in processing data B) Using cards as records of transactions CC) Needing a larger OP staff D) All of the above 392. The full form of EEPROM is: A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read ‘Only Memory 8) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory C) Electronie Erasable Programmable Read ‘Only Memory D) None of the above 393, The original ASCH code used__bits of each byte, reserving that last bitfor error checking ays 8)6 a7 ps8 394, A computer programmer {A} Does all the thinking fora computer 8) Can enter input data quickly C) Can operate all types of computer equipments D) Can draw only flowchart 395, Fifth generation computer is also known os A) Knowledge information processing system B) Very large scale integration (VLSI) C) Both of above D) None of above 396, The commonly used stendard dato code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic dato processing system is called Ay aSCII 8) EBCDIC ¢)eco Dj Allof above 397. Which of the following have low failure rote? ‘A) mechanical devices B) electronic devices )electro-mechanical devices D) None of above 390-¢ 391-0 392-8 393-6 394-4 395-0 396-D 397-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 398. Which of the following memories need refresh? A)SRAM 8) ORAM c)ROM J All of the above 399. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have__of RAM. ANAK B) 16K c)64K 0) 256k 400. The ALU of a computer normally contains ‘@number of high speed storage element called A} Semiconductor memory B) Registers C) Hard disks D) Magnetic disk 401, Which was the computer conceived by Babbage? A) Analytical Engine B) Arithmetic Machine €) Donald Kunth D) All of above 402. The processing speed of first generation computers wes A) milliseconds 8) microseconds C) nanoseconds ) picoseconds 403, Mode! 5100 was. in 3957. A) The first PC built by IBM B) The first PC built by Apple €) The first PC built by Motorola D} The first PC built by intel 404. VGAis A)Video Graphics Array 8) Visual Graphics Array €) Volatile Graphics Array D) Video Graphies Adapter 408. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of ‘A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader B) Magnetic ink Code Reader C} Magnetic Ink Cases Reader D}None 406. Which of the following is nat a class based on size? A} Mainframe Camputer 8) Micro Computer €} Mini Computer D} Digital Computer 398-8 399-0 400-8 401-8 802-4 403-8 404-8 405-0 : 407. Which &-bit chip was used in many of today’s TRS-80 computers? A) 2-8000 8) Motorola 6808 ¢)2-8808 D)z-80 408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk? A) Hard Disks Bj Flash Disks C) Blu-Ray Disks D) DvDs 409. Which of the following professions hos not been affected by personal computers? A) Medical B) Clerical and law ¢) Accounting D} None of the above 410. The word Abacus is derived from Abox, 0 word from A) Latin language 8) Greek Language €¢) Sanskrit language D) Ancient Egvot 411. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed A) Parallel only 8B) Sequentially only C) Both sequentially and parallel D) All of above 412. Which of the following memory medium isnot used as main memory system? ‘A) Magnetic core 8) Semiconductor ¢) Magnetic tape D) Both aand b 413. An online backing storage system capable of storing Jarger quantities of data is aycPu B) Memory C) Mass storage D) Secondary storage 414, A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called A) Laser printer 8) ink-jet printer ©) Drum printer D) Chan printer SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 407-0 408-4 409-0 410-0 4ine aie 413-¢ 414-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 415. Which of the following does nat affect the resolution of a video display image? A) Bandwidth B) Raster scan rage €) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution ) Seren size 416. Which of the following printing devices ‘an output composed of a series of data? A} Wire matrix printer 8) Band printer ) Wang image printer D) Both aand c 417. Which of the following isan example of Jifth generation computer? AA) Pini B} ICL 2950 ) 18M 140% D) Nane of above ‘418. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for A) Direct access B) Sequential access €) Both of above D) None of above 419. Which of the following is not a third generation computer? A} IBM 360 8) IBM 1401 c) POPs D)HP2115, 420, The number of records contained within ‘black of data-on magnetic tape is defined by the A) Block definition 8} Record contain clause C) Blocking factor D) Record per block 421. Mark! Is also known os A) American Sequence Contralled Calculator 8) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller €) American Sequence Controlled Computer 1} Automatic Sequence Controlled Cakeulator 422. Which of the following registers Is foaded with the contents of the memory focation pointed by the PC? A) Memory address registers 8) Momory data registers C) Instruction register } Program counter 415.0 416-0 417A a18-C 419-8 420-¢ 421-0 422-¢ 423, Which of the following are the cheopest memary devices in terms of Cost/Bit? A) Semiconductor memories B) Magnetic Disks C) Compact Disks D) Magnetic Tapes 424, MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by? A) Consumers 8) Workers C) Foremen D) Managers. 425. Which is valld statement A) 1 kB = 1024 Bytes 8) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes 426, Lotency time is ‘A) Time to spin the needed data under head 8) Time to spin the needed data under track C} Time to spin data under sector D) Allof above 427. Who built the first Mechanical Caleulator ‘A) Joseph Marie Jacquard 8) John Mauchly ) Blaise Pascal D) Howard Aiken 428. The most important odvantage ofa video disk is A) Compactness. 8B) Potential capacity ¢) Durability D) Cost effectiveness: 429, Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost? A) First 8) Second ¢) Third D) Fourth 430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of: ‘A) Small-scale computer 8) Medium scale computer CC) Large-scale computer 0) Super computer 431, Another word fora dalsy wheel printer A) tat printer 8) Golf ball printer C) Laser printer D) Line printer SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 423-¢ 430-0 429-0 428-8 aarc 426A 425-4 424-0 4318Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 432. Cursor is a__ Ay Pine! 8) Thin blinking line €} Pointing device D} None of these 433. Which device is used to backup the dota? A) Flappy Disk 8) Tape C) Network Drive D) All af the above 434. Which of the following printers are you ‘Sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms? A) Daisy wheel B) Dot matrix Chaser D) Thimble 435. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices? A} Floppy / hard disks 8) CD-ROMs €) Tape devices D) All of the above 436, ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems, What does ASCH! stand for? ‘A} American Stable Code for international Interchange 8) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange 0) American Standard Cade for Interchange Information 437, Which computers are used as servers for ony medium sized organizations? A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers ¢) Micro Computers 1) Super Computers 438. Slide Rules was invented in Ay1614 8) 1617 1620 1D} None of above 439, A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to. dato? A680 KB 8) 680 Bytes c).680 MB ) 680 GB 432-8 433-0 434.6 435-D 436-C 438-C 4378 439.¢ 440. Which of the following required large computer memory? A) Imaging B) Graphics: C) Noice D) All of above 441. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage? A) Analytical engine 8) Arithmetic machine C) Donald Knuth D) Allof above 442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as A) heaven B) sky Chearth D) floor 443, All modern computer operate on A) Information 8) Floppies ¢) ata D) Word 444, The A) Analog Computers 8) Digital Computers C) Hybrid Computers D) Mainframe Computers 445. Offline device is A) A device which is not connected to CPU B) A device which is connected to CPU C) Adirect access storage device D) An /0 device 446. What is the latest write-once optical storoge media? A) Digital paper B) Magneto-optical disk c) WORM disk D) CD-ROM disk 447. Which of the following programming language started from second generotion? AyuSP aye C)QBASIC D) FORTRAN 448, Which one of the following input device isuser-programmable? A) Dumb terminat 8) Smart terminal c)voT D) intelligent terminal SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 440-0 442-0 442-¢ 487-0 446-0 445-4 aac 443-€ 446-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 449. Floppy disks typically in diameter Aya? 8) 5.257 cya? DJ All of above 450. Current SIMMs have either__or__ connectors (pins) A)9 or 32 8) 30 0°70 €)28 or 72 D)30 or 72 451. Dot-matrix is @ type of ATape 8) Printer €} Disk D} Bus 452. Which is not consisted in a processor AVAL, ecu ¢) Memory ) Registers 453. 18M 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepol. It belonged to A) First Generation 8) Second Generation C) Thiel Generation 0) Frouth Generation ASA, The Third Generation Computer was ‘made with. ‘i A Vacuum Tube B) Discrete Components cjic 0) Blo Chips ASS. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU? A) Control Unit and Registers 8) Registers and Main Memory )Contral unit and ALU B} ALU and bus 56. Fifth generation computer is also known as A) Knowledge information processing system B) Very large scale integration C) Both of above 1D) None of above 457. Second Generation computers were developed during A)1949t0 1955 1B) 1956 to 1965 ) 1965 to 1970 1B) 19700 1990 449-0 450-D 451-8 452-0 453.8 a54.c 855-C 456-0, 457-8 458, What is the nome of the computer terminal which gives poper printout? A) Display screen 8) Soft copy terminal C) Hard copy terminal D) Plotter 459, Programs ore executed on the basis of a priority number in a A) Batch processing system 8) Multiprogramming, C) Time sharing D) None of these 460. When was Apple Macintosh I! microcomputer introduced in the market? A) 1964 8) 1970 ¢) 1983 b) 1986 461. When wes the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom? A) Hewlett-Packard B) Epson, 1981 C) Laplink traveling software in1982 D) Tandy model-2000, 1985 462, Today's computer giant I8M was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name? A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co. 8) The Tabuiator Ltd. C) International Computer Ltd. D) None of above 463. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together arecalled A) Software 8) Hurman ware ) Firmware D) Hardware: 464. Which of the following is input device? A) seanner 8) speaker C) monitor D) projector 465. Which of the following is true? A) Fields are composed of bytes B) Records are composed of fields C) Fields are composed of characters D) All of above EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 458-¢ 459-8 460-¢ 461-8 462-4, 463-8 464-4 465-0 SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW USFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 466. Who butlt the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries? A) Claude Shannon 8} Konrard 2ues C) George Stibits D) Howard H. Aiken 467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Newrtorking, what is its full form? A)WAP Area Network 8) Wide Area Network CC} Wide Array of Network 1) Wireless Access Network ‘468. In which language Is source pragram written? A}English 8} Symbolic C) High teve! D) Temporary 469, Which of the following is correct ‘acronym of VGA? A)Video Graphies Array B) Visual Graphics Array €) Volatile Graphics Array D) Video Graphics Adapter 470. A song being played on comptuer speaker is Ay hard output 8) soft output C) both hard and soft output D) neither hard nor soft output 471. In the 18M PCAt, what do the words AT stand for A) Additional Terminals 8} Advance technology C}Applied technology D) Advanced terminology 472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between A) 2KB to BKB 8) GAKB & 256KB C) 256K8 & 640K8 D) Nane of these 473, What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape? Aa 8)16 cy1B 0)27 466-C 467-8 468-c 469-4, 470-8 471-8 472-¢ a73-A SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 474, Apple company used chips from. forts computers A) Intel 8) Motorola C) Both of above D) None of above 475. Which of the following is o feature of fifth generation computers? A) Use of natural language B) artifical intelligence C) bio-chips D) Allof above 476. Chorles Babbage wos awarded by Royal Society far his A) Difference Engine B) Analytic Engine C) Binary System in Analytic Engine D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage 477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known os A) Super computer 8) Mini computer C) Micro computer D) Macro computer 478. When we look ot the cost, which of the following computer is mast expensive? ‘A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 479, Which of the following will happen when data is entered into. a. memory location? A) It will add to the content of the location. 8) It will change the address of the memory location C) It will erase the previous content D) twill not be fruitful if there is already some data atthe location 480. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment? ‘A) Keyboard 8) Mouse €) Joystick B) Track ball 481. Mini computers and miero computers are from which generation of computers? A) First 8) Second €) Third D) Fourth 474-8 175-0 4 a76-8 aT 478-0 479-¢ 480-8 481-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions ‘482. Pick the one that fs used for logical ‘operations or comparisons such as fess than equal to or greater than, Ay Arithmetic and Logic Unit 8} Contral Unit C) Both of above D} None of above 483. The operating speed of third generation computer wos A)Milliseconds 8) Microseconds ) Nanoseconds D) Picoseconds 484. Which of the following Is true? A) Markl was 8 feet long B) Mark I was 2 feet long €) Mark was 40 fest long D) Nane of above 485. Chorles Bobbage is considered the father of madern computers because A) a his difference engine 8) of his analytical engine C) his concept of input, mill and output D) All of abave 486. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing? A} Mouse 8) Dumb terminal C) Micro computer D) Dedicated data entry system 487. What was the first computer brought in Nepal? AYICL/2950 B} ENIAC cyieM 1401 D} None of above 488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape dato entry system is AVA large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry 8B) Key verification is easily performed C} The tape is reusable D) Keying errors can bie detected as they occur. 489. Basic is. Aja procedural 8) an object oriented €) both Aand 8 Dy none of the above language. 482-4 483-C 484:D 485-C 486-8 487-C 988-0 489-4, SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 490. A computer Program thot translates one program instruction at time into machine language is called ofan A) Interpreter 8) cru C) Compiler D) Simulator 494, Which of the following have the fastest occess time? A) Semiconductor Memories B) Magnetic Disks: C) Magnetic Tapes D) Compact Disks 492. The first electronic general purpose digital computer bullt by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store inits internal memory? A) 100 8)20 )40 D) 80 493. The computer that process both analog and digitalis called ‘A) Analog computer 8) Digital computer C) Hybrid computer D) Mainframe computer 494, What was the name of the first commercially avaifeble microprocessor chip? A) Intel 308 B) intel 33 ¢) intel 4004 D] Motorola 639, 495, Which of the following elass of computers can process physical quantities such as speed? ‘A) Analog Computers 8) Digital Computers ¢) Hybrid Computers D) None of above 496, How mony types of storage loops exists: in magnetic bubble memory ae 8)4 C36 b)2 497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PCIAT? A) 1982 8) 1984 ¢) 1985, B) 1989 490-4 492-4 492-8 493-¢ ag4-c 495-0 496-0 497-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions ‘498. The silicon chips used for data processing ‘are called AVRAM chips 8} ROM chips €) Miro processors D) PROM chips 499. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft? ANIBM PCs. B) Apple/Macintosh PCs C)IBM Compatibles D)Both A&C 500. One of the main feature that distinguish miccapracessors from micro-computer is A) Words are usually large in microprocessors B} Words are shorter in microprocessors C) Microprocessor does nat contain /O device D) Exactly the same as the machine eycte time 501. Nopier’s Bones were invented in Aj1614 8) 1617 ¢)1620 } None of above 502. One computer that is not eansidered portable computer is A) Minicomputer 8) Alaptop computer ¢} Tablet PC 0) All of the above 503. Computers built before the First Genecation of computers were: ‘A) Mechanical 8) Electro-mechanicat €) Electrical D) None of these 504, Which of the following iso way to access secondary memory? A) Random access memory 8) Action method C) Transfer method D} Density method 505. What is System Analysis? ‘AY The design of the sereen the user will see and use to enter or display data 8) System analysis defines the format and type of data the program will use C) System Analysis involves creating format model of the problem to be solved 1D} Nane of the above 506. Which of the fallowing devices have a Nmitation that we can only store information to it But cannot erase or modify it? A) Flappy Disk 8) Hard Disk C) Tape Drive Dy coROM 498.c 499-0 500-¢ 501-8 502-0 503-8 504-A s05-C a 3 507. Which isan item of storage medium in the form of circular plate? A) Disk 8) CPU ¢) Printer b) ALU 508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of A) Matrix printer 8) impact printer ) Laser printer D) Manual printer 509. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as A) Binary B) Octal ) Decimal D) Hexadecimal 510. The two baske types of record access methods are: ‘A) Sequential and random B) Sequential and indexed C) Direct and immediate D) Online and real time $14, Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation? A) First Generation 8) Second Generation C) Fifth Generation D) Sixth Generation S12. One of a class of storage device devices that can access sterage locations in any order is A) OTE 8) ASD c) DDE D) DDE 513. The actual execution of instructions ‘happens in A) ALU B)cu C) Memory D} None of above 514. Floppy disks are available in {A) Single side single density B) Single side dauble density ¢) Both of above B) None of above 515. Which of the following is not electro- mechanical computer? az 8) ABC C) mark | ) ENIAC 307-4 308-8. 509-8 510-4 sane 312-8 SH3-A 514-¢ D 515: SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGEFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 516. Which of the following is a programming fanguoge? A) Lotus 8) Pascal C) MS-Excel D) Netscape 517. Which converts the user data into ‘machine readable form? A} input unit, outpu unit, control unit 8) central pracessing unit, ©) output unit D} decoder unit 518. In whot respect human beings ore superior to computers? A} Diligence 6) Intelligence C)Stavery D) Reliability 519. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is AD Large 8) Cheap C) Fast Dyslow 520. The language that the computer con understand ond execute Is called A) Machine language 8) Application software C) System program D)All of above 521. How was the generation of computer classified? A) by the device used in memory & processor B) by the speed of computer C) by the mode! of the computer D) by the aceuracy of computer 522. Which of the following isnot o feature of {first generation computers A} They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component 8) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat C) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine D) None of above 523. CAD stands for ‘A) Computer aided design 8) Computer algorithm for design C) Computer application in design D) All af the above 524. Whieh of the following memories has the shortest access times? ‘A)Cache memary 8) Magnetic bubble memory €) Magnetic core memory D}RAM 516-8 S17-A, 518-8 s19-¢ 520-8 521A 522-¢ 523-0 24-8 525. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it 0 A) Computer B) Microcomputer €) Programmable D) Sensor 526, Which of the following is not a primary storage device? ‘A) Magnetic tape ) Magnetic disk C) Optical disk D) All of above 527. Who invented Analytical engine? AA) Blaise Pascal 8) George Bool C) Charles Babbage D) Dr. Herman Hallerith 528, CPU speed of a personal computer is A) 32 KIPS. 8) 100 KIPS c) A MIPS D) None of these 529, Cireular division of disks to store ond retrieve data are known as A) tracks 8) sectors Cheyeles D) rings 530, Which statement is valid? A) 1KB= 1024 bytes 8) 1MB=2048 bytes C) 1MB= 1000 kilobytes ) 1 kB = 1000 bytes $31, The least significant bit of the binary ‘umber, which és equivalent to any odd decimal number, Is: Ayo B)a c)1ero D)3 532, The latest PC keyboords use o circuit thot senses the movement by the change in its copacitance, A) Capacitance keyboard 8) Mechanical keyboard ) Qwerty keyboard D) Dvorak keyboard 533, The Stepped Reckoner was invented by A) John Napier 8) William Oughtred C) Gottfried Leitynit2 D) Blaise Pascal EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 526-0 925-0 s27-¢ 528-8 529-0 530-0 532-4 532-0 s33¢ SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW USFundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions ‘534. A term used to describe interconnected ‘computer configuration is A) Multiprogramming 8) Modulation C) Multiprocessing D} Micro program sequence 535. While Inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of @ PC, the diskette’s label side should face ADEast 8) North €)South Dj up ‘536. Most of the inexpensive person! computers donot have ony disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes? ‘A) Home computers B) Diskiess computers €} Dedicated computers } General purpose computers 537. What iso light pen? ‘A) Mechanieal input device 8) Optical input device €) Electronie input device 2} Optical outpur device 538. Which of the following class of computers can not support multiple users simultaneously? A) Mainframe Computer 8) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) All af them can support 539, Which of the following is considered first computer in the world? A)23 8) age Markt DJ None of abobe 540, When @ key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits? AVANSL 8) Asc, C) EBcDic D}IsO 541. In order to play ond hear sound on a computer, one needs: ‘Aja sound card and speakers 8) 3 microphone C)all of them required D) none of them required 542. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text? AVOCR 8) OMR c)Micr D) All of above 534-A 535-0 536-8 537-8 s3ac s30.c sa0-0 SALA 542-0, UBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW U EVERYDAY KNOW 543. For which of the following computers con't be used? ‘A) gathering data 8) calculating data ¢} comparing data D) Arranging data 544, Which of the following Is called low level languages? A) Machine language 8) Assembly language ¢) Both of the above D) None of above 545, A foctor which would strongly influence 1 business person to adopt a computer is its A) Accuney 8) Reliability C) Speed D) All of above 546, Who Invented punched cards? A) Charles Babbage 8) De. Herman Hollerith C) Howard Aikin D) Joseph Jacquard 547. Each model of a computer has 0 unique A) Assembly of a computer B Machine language C) High level language D) All of the above 548. Which of the following és nota primary storage device? ‘A) Magnetic tape 8B) Magnetic disk C) Optical disk D) All of the above 549. In a punched card system, data is: processed by @ ‘A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter 550. Which device is required for the Internet connection? ‘A) Joystick B) Modem C)D Drive D) NIC Card 554. A set of rods where numbers were carved ‘nd used for multiplication and division aids is known os A) Pascaline 8) Napier’s Bones €) Stepped Reckoner D) Slide Rule LEDGE 543-4 544-¢ 545-0 346-D 347-8 548-0 549-0 350-8 S818Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 552. Seek time is ‘A) time to position the head aver proper track 6) time to position the head aver proper sector €} time to position the head aver proper cylinder D) none of above 553. Tope speed is measured in A) Feet per second 8) Inch per second C) Meter per second D) Centimeter per second 554, Punched cards were first introduced by ‘A)Powers 8) Pascal C)Jacquard D) Herman Holterith, 555. Which computer suppart co-processors? A)xT computer 8) AT comptuers €} None of these D}Bothof these 556. A floppy disk contains A) Cireular tracks only 8) Sectors only ) Both circular tracks and sectors ©} None of the above 557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is AyL40MB 8) 1.44 GB c)1.4068 D)1.44 MB 558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored becouse A} He made the computers secretly 8} his computers were very complicated and It took time for the people to recognize its power C) of political reasons. He was German. D) All af the above 559, Any method for controlling access to or use ofmemoryis known A} Memory map 8B) Memory protection C) Memory management D) Memory instruction 560. In what respect computers are supertor to human beings? A) Diligence 8} Intelligence €) Both of above DJ Nane of above 561. Com in Latinis AV intensifying prefix 8) intensifying suffix: C}a term that means to reckon D} None of above 554.0 553-8 552-8 555-8 557-D 5580 559-8 560-0 561-4 562. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the fotlawing except: A) Microprocessor B) Disk controller C) Serial interface D) Modem 563, Which of the following is related to fifth generation computers? A) Knowledge information processing system 8) Very large-scale integration (VLSI) C) Both of above D) Only b 564, The process of storting a or restarting @ computer system by loading instructions from ‘a secondary storage device into the computer iscailed A) Duping 8) Boating ¢} Padding 2) CPs 565. MSI stands for A) Medium Scale integrated Circuits 8B) Medium System Integrated Circuits C) Medium Scale intelligent Circuit D) Mediuns Systern Intelligent Circuit 566, A Pinel is. A) Acomputer program that draws picture 8) A picture stored in secondary memory C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture D) None of these 567. A/n Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU A) Input B) Output cyepu D) Memory 568. What was the nick name ofthe computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H+ bomb project? A) ENIAC B) EOSAC C)MANIAC D) UNiVAC 569. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer? A) RAM. 8) ROM C)ERAM D) RW/RAM 570. LSt, VESI& ULSI chips were used in which generation? A) First 8) Second ) Third D) Fourth SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE 362-0 563-4 564-8 566 565-4 567-A 568-¢ 369-8 370-0Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions 571. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives? A}IBM 8) Seagate C) Microsoft DyaM. (572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started Jrom A) First generation B) Second generation ) Third generation D) Fourth generation 573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators? A) Accuracy B) Storage: C) Versatility ) Automatic 574. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is locoted? A} Memory address register 8) Memory data register C) Instruction register D) Program counter 575, Which of the following is nat the classification of computers based on epplication? A) Electronic Computers B) Analog Computers C) Digital Computers D) Hybrid Computers 576, Which of the following is nat a type of Software A} System Software 8) Application Software C) Utility Software D) Entertainment Software 577, Whe invented the high level language C?_ A) Dennis M. Ritchie B) Niklaus Writh C} Seymour Papert D) Donald Kunth 578. What do you coll the programs that are used to find out possible foults and their causes? AA) Operating system extensions B) Cookies: C) Diagnostic software D) Boot diskettes 579. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU? A} Mass memory B} Internal memory, C)Non-volatile memory D)PROM SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE S718 572-0 573-C 574: 575-8 576-D SI7-A 578-C 579-8 580. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation? AASCII B) Hollerith Cade C) Baudot Code D) EBCDIC Code 581. When was the transistors invented? A) 1948 8) 1938 ¢) 1958 b) 1968 582, In the third Generation of computers AA) Distributed data processing first became popular 8) An operating system was first developed C) High level procedural language were first used D) Online real time systems first become popular 583, Most important advantage of an ICis its A) Easy replacement in case of cireuit failure 8) Extremely high reliability €) Reduced cost D) Lower power consumption 584, Which of the following magozines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles? A Byte 8) PC Magazine C) Personal Computing D) Interface Age 585, UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What Is its full form? A) Universal Automatic Computer 8) Universal Array Computer C) Unique Automatic Computer D) Unvalued Automatic Computer 586. Which of the following is required when mare than one person uses a central computer at the same time? A) Terminal 8) Light pen ¢) Digitizer D) Mouse 587. Which of the following Is not an output device? A) Portable Projector B) Printer C) Flat Sereen D) Toueh Seren 588. Personol computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What isthe common name for such boards? A) Daughterboard 8) Motherboard (¢) Father board D) Childboard 590-0 581-4, 5382-0 583-6 584-8 385-0 586-0 587-0 586-8Fundamentals of Computer MCQ Questions Questions 4. UNIVACis A) Universal Automatic Computer B) Universal Array Computer C) Unique Automatic Computer B) Unvalued Automatic Computer 2. The basic operations performed by a computer ore A) Arithmetic operation B) Logical operation C) Storage and relative D) All the above 3. The two major types of computer chips are A} External memory chip B} Primary memory chip €) Microprocessor chip D) Both bande 4. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers A} First Generation 8) Second Generation €) Third Generation D) Fourth Generation 5, What is the main difference between a mainframe and a super computer? ‘A) Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers B) Super computers are much smatler than mainframe computers C} Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as possible while mainframe uses its pawer to execute as many programs concurrently ) Supercomputers are focused to execute as, many programs as possible white mainframe Uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible. 6, ASCH and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems, Whot does EBCDIC stand for? A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code 8B) Extended Bit Cade Decimal interchange < Code ° C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code ) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code Lh 20 20 40 5c 7, The brain of any computer systems AVALU 8) Memory cycPu B} Control unit 7. &. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on A) tracks per inch of surface B) bits per inch of tracks. C) disk pack in disk surface D) All of above 9. The two kinds of main memory are: A) Primary and secondary Bj Random and sequential Cc) ROM and RAM D) All of above 10, A storage area used to store data toa compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is A) Memory B) Buffer ¢) Accumulator D) Address 11. Computer's free from tiresome and boardoam. We callit A) Accuracy 8) Reliability €) Diligence: D) Versatility 12. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to which generation of computers? ‘A) First generation B) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 13. CO-ROM isa ‘A) Semiconductor memary 8) Memory register C} Magnetic memory D) None of above 14. A hybrid computer ‘A) Resembles digital computer B) Resembles anaiague computer C) Resembles both a digital and analogue computer D) None of the above 15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC? A) Minicomputers: 8) Microcomputers C) Mainframe computers D) Super eamputer 16, The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from A) Primary memory B) Control section ¢) External memary D) Cache memory 8-0 oC 10-8 ac 12 13-0 tac 15-¢ 16-8