digital computer wag Te gped primarily in det ussR b. Japan eae d. UK subject Of cybernetics deals jin the science Of , Genetics control and Communications~ . Molecular biology 4 Biochemistry who is credited with the idea of sing punch cards [0 control pattems of a weaving machine? Pascal p Hollerith ¢ Babbage 4, Jacuard” yest of the inexpensive personal tomputer does not have any disk ordiskette drive. What is the name ofsuch computes? a Home computers~” b Diskless computers ¢ Dedicated computer @ General computer Which of the following reuired large computer memory? # Imaging ® Graphics ¢ Voice 4 Allof above” A tem associated with the | erparison of processing speeds erent computer system is: a EFTS b. MPG i MPs d. CFPS ie Processes of starting or ted "g @ computer system by Sionga, “StTuctions froma tom Bee), Storage device into the =! memory is called 10, 1 12. 13. jee H Goldstein Oseph Jacuarg d. All of above One computer — that Db. Alaptop computer &. Mini computer a. All of the above The accuracy ¥ of the floating-point numbers representable in ta, Di igioida™ Gr See campne: ver approximately a. 16 digits b. 6 digits” 69 d. Allof above A dumb terminal has @. An embedded microprocessor ~ b. Extensive memory ¢. Independent processing d, A keyboard and screenv Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and a. Buffer size b. Resolutionw c. Vertical dimensions. d. Intelligence Daisy wheel printer is a type of a. Matrix primer = b, Impact printer” — c¢. Laser printerat. 8 ¢. WL Judson pA J. garnering which of the following terms in nop associated with computers> A. Frank land reaction 8. Data base c. Binary D. Windows The special files of DOS are A. COM B. EXE BATCH D. All of these ‘Binary Codes” as used in computer sciences are codes made up of witch of the following two numbers? A Oand9 B tand3 ¢. Oand 1 D. 9and1 Bill Gates is more well-known as A, The CEO of apple Macintosh B. The CEO of IBM ¢.The owner of Corporation D. The inventor of the personal computer Which of the following is the unit ta express the memory of a Microsoft computer? 4A.. Compiler B. Bus C Bytew D. Clone € CAD Which one of the following characteristics is absent in a computer, however sophisticated it may be? A. High speed B, intelligence C. Accuracy D. Perfect Memory The ALU of a computer responds fo the commands coming from @. Primary memory 5. Control sectionw ¢. External memory 4. Cache memory 88, 89. 80, Oty 92. 93. 95. The act of retri i retrieving existing dat: from memory is called ae seeeeRO-olit 7b.” Read trom © Read d. All of abovew Floppies © Data d. Word Instructions and m: lemory address are represented by” . Character code b. Binary codesy ©. Binary word J. Parity bit ich of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation? a. ASCII b. Hollerith Code €. Baudot Code d. EBCDIC Codev What is the latest write-once optical storage media? @. Digital paper b. Magneto-opticat disk ¢. WORM disk d. CD-ROM disk~ The most important advantage of a video disk is a. Compactness b. Potential capacity ©. Durability d. Cost effectiveness What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape? a ov b 16 ce 18 d. 27. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record's disk address. What information does this address specify? a. Track number b. Sector number on68. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which ‘euires operator attention? @. Pixel b. Reverse videor ©. Touch screen d. Cursor 63. IMB launched its first personal computer called 18M-PC in 1981. it had chips from Intel, disk drives frosy Tandon, operating. system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed the video display? a. India b. China ©. Germany = 4. Taiwan” 70, Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards? 2, Daughter board b. Motherboaraw Father board . Breadboard 71. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the 72. d. Which is meant device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board? 4. Motherboara~ b, Breadboard ¢. Daughter board d. Grandmother board What is meant by a dedicated computer? @ Which is used by one person ‘only b. Which is assigned one and only one task ¢ Which uses one kind of software for application software 73. 74, 75. 76. TT 78. 79. 80. ee The system unit of g computer typically contain SoMa the following except: aN a. Microprocessor b. Disk controller ¢. Serial interface d. Modemy A computer program that com, an entire program inty 2% language is called afan “Shing a. Interpreter b. _Simutatge ¢. Compilery g. Commange, A computer program that one program instructions at tine. into ‘machine language i, ‘Calley a/an = a. Interpreter” b, EGpy ¢. Compiler d. Sim A small or intelligent device is 99. called because it contains aa Computer Microcomputer Programmable Sensor Which of the followi Programming language? A. Basic aogoo Cc. LASERY The technical term not | computer systems A. Virus B. Winchester Disk C. Mouse D. FIFO System~ — FoxPro is A. Amedicine B. a disease C. a Computer D. a animal Super Computer A. J.H. Van T; B. J.C Perrier —Electronic Erasable © programmable Reag Only Memory a. None of the above Second Generation computers were developed during a 1949 to 1955 b. 1956 to 1965 ¢ 1985 to 1970 d, 1970 to 1990 The computer size was very large in a. First Generationy pb. Second Generation ¢. Third Generation d, Fourth Generation s6 Microprocessors as switching devices. are for which generation computers a. First Generation b. Second Generation ¢. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text? a. OCRY b. OMR « MICR @. All of above The output uality of a printer is measured by a. Dot per inch b. Dot pers. inch ¢. Dots printed per unit time 4. All of above In analog computer 2. Input is first converted to digital form : & Input is never converted to digital formy © Output is displayed in digital form © All of above - In latest generation computers, the mstructions are executed Sy ee Parallel only Seuentially onty Both seuentially ang Parallel” 61. Whe desi @ Van-Neumann b. Joseph M. Jacuara © 4. Presper Eckert and J Mauchly ie ¢. All of above 62. Who invented the high language c? 8. Dennis M, Ritchie b. Niklaus Writh © Seymour Papert d. Donald Kunth 63. Personnel who design, program. operate and maintain. computer ‘euipmentrefers to 3. Console-operator b. Programmer ©. Peoplewarew d. System Analyst 54. When did arch fivals IBM and Apple Computers in c. decide to level join hands? a. 1978 b. 1984 ©. 1990 d 19917 65. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens. which device is called Sillico Sapiens? a. Monitor b. Hardware ¢. Robot 4d. Computer 66. An error in software or hardware is called a bug What is. the alternative computer jargon for it? a, Leech bd. Suit c. Slug d. Glitch 67. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not a. Fast b. Powerful cc. infallible d. Cheap ——————96. 97, 99. 100. 104 102. © Surface number d. All of abovew As com, a. More expensivew b. More portable © Less rigid d. Slowly accessed Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called? 104 ~ a. Hard disks b. High-density disks ©. Diskettes~ d. Templates Regarding a VOU statement is more correct? a. Itis an output device b. Itis an input device ¢. [tts a peripheral devicew d. itis hardware item What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout? a. Display screen b. Soft copy terminal c. Hard copy terminal” 0d. Plotter Dot-matrix is a type of a Tape b. Printers” ¢. Disk J. Bus The two kinds of main memory are: a. Primary and secondary b. Random and sevential ©. ROM and RAMY d. All of above A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with Magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called a. Laser printer b. ink-jet printer” ¢. Drum printer d. Chan printer 105, Which 106. 107 108. 103. Which printer 1S very comma used for desktop publishing a. Laser printer b. Inkjet printer ¢, Daisywheel printer d. Dot matrix printer An output device that uses or messages recordeg magnetic medium to produ; response is a, Magnetic tape b. Voice response unity ¢. Voice recognition unit d, Voice band Which of the following will hy when data is entered inl 4 memory location? a. It will add to the content of the location b. It will change the address of the memory location c It will previous contentw” d. It will not be fruitful if thete is already some data at the location - A storage area used to store data to 8 compensate for the difference in speed at which the different unity can handle data is a. Memory b. Buffere ¢. Accumulator d. Address Which statement. is valid about magnetic tape? a a. Itis a plastic ribbon b. It is coated on both sides | iron oxide ©. It can be erased and reused d. All of above , The data recording format of the modern magnetic tape’ a. 7-bit ASCH “~ 7-bit EBCDIC 8-bit ASCII 8-bit EBCDIC~ ny words on 3 ICE audi erase the b c. a.38. 40. 41 42. 43. 45. 46. _ EBCDIC stands for ALU is 3, Arithmetic Logic Unit b. Array Logic Unit ¢. Application Logic Unit d. None of above VGAis a. Video Graphics Array“ b. Visual Graphics Array ¢ Volatile Graphics Array d. Video Graphics. Adapter IBM 1401 is a. First Generation Computer b. Second Generation Computer” ¢. Third Generation Computer d. Fourth Generation Computer MSI stands for a. Medium Scale —_ Integrated Circuits b. Medium System Integrated Circuits, ¢. Medium Scele Intelligent Circuit d. Medium ‘System _ Intelligent Circuit The capacity of 3.9 inch floppy disk is a, 1.40 MB b. 144GB ¢ 14068 d 144 Mey The first computer introduced in Nepal was 2. IBM1400 bb. IBM 1401” © IBM1402 0d. IBM1402 WAN stands for a. Wap Area Network b. Wide Area Network~ ©. Wide Array Net d. Wireless Area Network MIGR stands for a. Magnetic Ink Characte Readerw ss 'b. Magnetic Ink Code Reader ©. Magnetic ink Cases Reader d.. None 48 49 50. $1. 52. a Extended Binary Decimal Interchange Cogeott b, Extended Bit Code Dex Interchange Code Pecima e. Extended Bit Case Deg Interchange Code al d. Extended Binary Case p, Interchange Code i BCD is a. Binary Coded Decimal b. Bit Coded Decimal ©. Binary Coded Digit d. Bit Caded Digit ASCII stands for a. American Stable Code International Interchange a ®. American Standard Gase fo Institutional interchange c. American Standard Code for Information Interchange d. American Standard Code for Interchange Infermation Which of the following is first generation of computer a. EDSACY —b._IBM-1401 c, CDG-1604 4 IGL-2900 Chief component of first computer was see a. Transistors’ sy ge b. Vacuum Tubes and Valves” ©. Integrated Circuits d. None of above 5 FORTRAN is a. File Translation 6. Format Translation ‘. Formula Ti rE dg. Floppy Tra mn EEPROM stand forgeveloped_@ Mechanica) wee in the 17th century that ser 9dd. subtract, Multiple. divide eulind suare TOOTS? SS siege: b. Babbage ® pascal 4. Leibnizw os 7000 digital computer gelongs to second generation p Uses VLSI <. Employs memory ¢ Has modular constructions animegrated circuit is 3. Acomplicated circuit » Anintegrating device semi conductor ¢ Much costlier than a single transistor 4 Fabricated on @ tiny silicon chips” Most important advantage of an IC isits 2 Easy replacement circuit failure b Extremely high reliability ¢, Reduced cost ¢ Low powers consumption The first machine to successfully pertorm a long series: of arithmetic ad logical operations was 2 ENIAC Markl © Analytic Engine ¢ UNIVAC-1 i the third ‘computers, @ Distributed data processing first became popular 5 An operating system was first developed * High level procedural language Were first used : * Online real time systems first me popular” in case of Generation of 32 34. 35. 37. 38. Fe Bet computer Mion wm © mass-market a comeoombuter as a Personal puter was. 3. IBM £ b. Super UNIVAG ©. Radio Shaks~ a. Data General Corporation a emia! computer did not score . 99 Computer in terms @. Speed b. Accuracy S Reliabii d. Cost In 1830, "Charles Babbage designed ‘a machine called tre analytical engine, which he showed at the parts exhibition. In which year was it exhibited? a 1820 b c. 1855~ d. 1970 Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was. it introduced? a, PDP, 1958~ b. IBM System/36, 1960 ¢. PDP-I, 1964 d. VAX 11/780, 1962 UNIVAC is a, Universal Automatic Computer” b, Universal Array Computer c, Uniue Automatic Computer 1860 d. Unvalued Automatic Computer CD-ROM stands for a. Compactable Read Only Memory b. Compact Data Read Only Memory c. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory 4. Compact Disk Read Only Memory14 45. 16 a7. 1B. 19, The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the a, Block definition b. Record contain clause c. Blocking factor” d, Record per block factor Serial access memories are useful in applications where a, Data consists of numbers b. Short access time is reuired ¢, Each stored word is processed differently d. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in a serial form” Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second? a. Static RAM b. Dynamic RAMY c. EPROM d. ROM The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured a. POMY b. RAM c. PROM d. EPROM Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system? @. Magnetic core b. Semiconductor ©. Magnetic taper d. Both a and b Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold Conditional, are known as a. PC b Memory address registers ¢. General purpose register” d. Flags 20. 24 22. 23, 24. 25. One of the main featur distinguish micropracesaute micro-computers is a. Words are usual microprocessors b. Words are microprocessors c. Microprocessor Ine: contain VO devicesy d. Exactly the same machine cycietime °* te The least significant bit of ye equival ~ binary number, which is te any odd decimal number j a. ov ba c. toro a3 What type of control pins needed in a mici regulate traffic on the bus, ing to prevent two devices from to use it at the same time? a, Bus control b. Interrupts ©. Bus arbitration’ d. Status When was the world's first | computer introduced in ther and by whom? a. Hewlett-Packard b. Epson, 1981v c. Laplink traveling 1982 d. Tandy model-2000, 19 The first microprocessor Intel Corporation was: a. 8008 : ©. 40047 Who built the world’s calculator using tk light bulbs and batteri a. Claude Shannon b. Konrard Zues c, George at ie d. Howard H, Alike JWhich of the following 10% ith error detector? a, Odd parity bit b. Even parity bit ¢ Both of the above~ 4, None of above Tape speed is Measured in a Feet per second b. Inch per second ¢. Meter per second d. Centimeter per second Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for a. Direct access b. Seuential access c. Both of abovew” d. None of above 412. 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 13. Reading data magnetic disk by a, Read/write leads” b. Sectors c. Track d. Lower surface 116 Access time is a. seek time + latency time b. seek time ¢. seek time — latency time d. latency time M5. Seek time is a time to position the head over Proper trackw~ 6. time to position the head over Proper sector © time to position the head over Proper cylinder 9. none of above 'S a5sociated 410 itt is performed in ———<— Shy 116. 417. 118. 119. 120. 121 122 123. Latency time is 3% Time to spi pin thi under Regpi? Ne needed data Time to 5; pin. thi under tae ie needed data &- Time to spin data under sector 4. All of above Floppy disks. are available in & Single side single density ©. Single side double density c. Bath of abover 9. None of above Floppy disks typically in diameter a 3" b. 5.25" c. 8° d. All abovew Hard disk is coated in both side above a. Magnetic metallic oxidew b. Optical metallic oxide ©. Carbon layer 4d. All of the above Binary circuit elements have @. One stable state b. Twe stable statew . Three stable state d. None of above ‘Which statement is valid? a. 1KB = 1024 bytes b. 1 MB=2048 bytes c. 1MB = 1000 kilobytes d. 1KB = 1000 bytes Which statement is valid about computer program? a. itis understood by a computer b. Itis understood by programmer c. Itis understood user d. Both of above Software in computer. a. Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine~ b. Increase the speed of central processing unit b.124. 125. 126. 427. 128. 429. 130. 131. €. Both of above d. None of above Which of the following computer language? @. High level language ®. Medium level language c. Low level language 0. All of the above Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? @. Machine languagey b. Assembly language ©. High level language d. None of above Instruction in computer languages consists of a. OPCODE b c. Both of abover Machine language is a. Machine dependent b. Difficult to program c. Error prone d. All of abovew Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language? 2a. Machine language b. Assembly language~ c. High level language d. None of above The translator program used assembly language is called a. Compiler b. Interpreter 6. Assembler” d. Translator Easily reloctable language is @. Machine language b. Assembly language ¢. High level language d. Medium level language Which of the following is called low level languages? a. Machine language 5 is not OPERAND d. None in 10 132 133. 134. 135, 136. 137. High level language is: b. Assembly language c. Both of the abover d. None of above Which of the following oriented language? © Prebien a, High level language Machine language Assembly language Low level language A compiler is a translating progra which ag a, Translates instruction level language language Translates entire program into machine language program &. It is not involved in pregram: execution as d. Allof abovew Which of the following is machine independence program? a. High level language~ b. Low level language ¢. Assembly language d. Machine language Which statement is valid about interpreter? é a. It translates one instruction ata time b. Object code i use Repeated interpretation is nt necessary d. All of above Which is the limitation of hig language? a. Lower efficiency” b. Machine dependence ¢. machine level coding d..Noné of above HON of & high int, ‘aching Saved for futue ce a. Problem orientedb. Business oriented language Mathematically erienteg language g. All of the above a Acomputer programmer 43 a, Does all the thinking for a ” computer” Gan enter input data uickiy ¢. Can operate all types of computer eulpments ¢. Can draw only flowchart ga CD-ROMs a a Semiconductor memory b. Memory register ¢, Magnetic memory gd. None of above~ +. Which of the following is not a ™ primary storage device? a. Magnetic tape b. Magnetic disk c. Optical disk g. None of abovew 14, Aname or number used to identify a storage location devices? a. Abyte b. Arecord ¢ Anaddress~ d. All of above 12. Which of the following is a secondary memory device? a Keyboard b. Disk~ c. ALU d. All of above 143 The difference between memory and storage. is that memory is and storage is a. Temporary, permanent” b. Permanent, temporary ¢, Slow, fast 4. All of above 14 A fidppy disk contains @ Circular tracks only 6. Sectors only © Both circular sectors~ @. Allof the above tracks = and a 1 ane ae 145, 146 147, 148, 149. 156. 151, iT he octal euivaient Of 111010 is em ao The first Betene eo Womens computer in the & UNIVAG b. EDvac © ENIAcy d. Allof above = aes Most eouimonly used standard le re alphabetical, irene eet numerical and Punctuation characte, i Clectronic da pale crake is cated” C82 Processing system 3. ASC b. EBcDIC © BcD d. All of above Which was the co by Babbasen® Computer conceived @. Analytical Engine~ 5. Arithmetic Machine ¢. Donald Kunth d. All of above Offline device is @, A device which is not connected to CPu~ b. A device which is connected to. CPU ©. Adirect access storage device d. An I/O device Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC? a, Memory address registers b. Memory data registers c. Instruction register” d. Program counter Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located? a. Memory address register Memory data register Instruction register Program counter” b. c. d : i eee153. 154 155 156 157. 158. Microprocessors can be used to make a. Computers b. Digital systems ©. Calculators d. All of abovew How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip? a 10 bo 11% as 4, 12 Which American _ computer company is called Big Blue? @. Microsoft b: Compa Corp °c. IBMY d. Tandy Svenson When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PO/AT? a, 1982 b. 19847 ©, 1985 d, 1989 When was the X window system born? a, 1984v b. 1989 ¢ 1988 d. 1990 Today's computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924, What was that name? a. Tabulator Machine Co. ~ b. Computer Tabulating Recording Co. ©. The Tabulator Ltd d. International Computer Ltd. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIA did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory? a, 100 bd. 20" ©. 40 a. 80 159. 160, 161 162 163. 164 165. 166. The — digital go, developed primarily in oe a USSR bday Dar c USA dee The subject of cyber, with the science of a Genetics His ay b. Control and communication, c. Molecular biology d. Biochemistry q Who is credited with the using punch cards 19 2a patterns in a waving machines" a Pascal 5b Holler c. Babbage do Jacuargy Most of the inexpensive computers do not have any dere diskette drive. What ls the name such computes? a. Home computers b. Diskless computers ¢. Dedicated computers d. General purpose computers Which of the following reuire lage computers. memory? a. Imaging b. Graphics c. Voice d. All Abovey’ A term associated with the comparison of processing speets of different computer system is. a. EFTS b. MPG c MIPS~ d. CPS The process of st restarting a computer loading instructions secondary storage 4 computer memory is called a Duping ..z 13 497, One computer that is not carsldered 3 Borabie a b, Extremely high reliability” | a. Minicomputer © Reduced cost | b. Laptop computer 9. Lower power consumption 1 ¢. Notebook computer 173. In @ punched card system, data is | d. All of above ee Bye: 3 a eypunch machine, sorter an 468. IBM 7900 digital computer posting machine ‘ a, Belongs to second generation b. Accounting machine, posting p. Uses VLSI machine, and billing machine | c, Employs semiconductor ©. Sorter, posting machine, and memory billing machine dg, Has modular constructions d. Accounting machine, keypunch 469. The proper definition of a madern machine and sorter digital computer is 174. The first machine to successfully a. An. electronic’. ‘automated erfarm a long series of eritwmnete machine that can solve oa ee UE a OD mer problems involving words and a ENIAC numbers b. Mark I~ b. A more sophistic and modified ©. Analytic engine | electronic pocket calculator d. UNIVAC:1 j © Any machine that can perform 175. In the third generation of ] mathematical operations computers 1 dé. A machine that works on binary @. Distributed data processing first 1 codev became popular 470. A modern electronic computer is a b. An operating system was first q machine that is meant for developed a. Doing ick — mathematical ¢. High-level preedu7ral languages calculations were firs used 1 Input, storage, manipulation and d. On-line, real time systems first t outputting of data” became popular” 1 Electronic data processing 176. Accharacteristic of card systems is } |. Performing repetitive tasks a, Slowness in processing data accurately - b, Using cards as records of An integrated circuit is transactions a, Acomplicated circuit ¢. Needing a larger OP staff b. An integrating device d. All of the above” . ¢. Much costlier than a single . 177. An IBM system/S6 represents the transistor computer class of d. Fabricated on a tiny silicon a Small-scale computer” chip~ b. Medium-scale computer Most important advantage of an IC c. Large-scale computer is its d. Super computer a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure178. The first firm to mass- market a microgomputer a8 4 personal computer was a. IBM b. Sperry Univac ©. Data General corporation” d. Radio Shack 179. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of a, Speed b. Accuracy ©. Cost d. Memory 180. In 1830, Charles. Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition? a. 1820 b. 1860 c. 1855” dg. 1870 181. Which was the world’s ~ first minicomputer and when was it introduced? a. POP-i, 1958” b. IBM System/36, 1960 cc. PDP-II, 1961 d. VAX 11/780, 1962 182, Where was India’s first computer installed and when? 2. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977 b Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1974 ¢. Indian tron & Steel Co. Ltd, 1968 d, Indian Statistical institute. Calcutta, 1955~ i 183. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU? @. Control unit and registers b. Registers and main memory c. Control Unit and ALUY o. ALU and bus Which of the following is true? a. Fields are composed of bytes 184, 14 185. 186 187. 188. 189 190. b. Records are composed of py, s c. Fields are compe, characters ree d, Allof above Which of the followin organization is most eficien gl fila, with a high “Beoren oy as activity? a Seuentialy b c. VSAM The two basic Types of racg, access methods are a. Seuential and randomy b. Seuential and indexeg c. Direct and immediate d. On-line and real time The advantage of COM are its and : @ Compact size: speed readabjiy b. Compact size, speedv c. Readability; speed d. Low cost; readability A disadvantage of the laser printer is E 3. Itis uieter than an impact printer b. Itis very slow ¢. The output is of a lower uality d. None of above Which of the following is net tue for a magnetic disk? alt is expensive relative to magnetic tape b. It provides only seuential access to stored data” c. Users can easily update by writing over the old data d. All of above The Primary ad ‘tape data entry systemis¢ The tape is reusable Keying errors can be detected as they oceur. the terminal device that functions as 8 cash register, computer terminal, and OGR reader is the a Data collection terminal pb OGR register terminal ¢ Video Display terminal ¢ POS terminal” g2. which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image? a Bandwidth b. Raster scan rage ¢ Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution dg. Screen sizev’ while inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette's label side should face a East b.. North ¢ South d) Upy In which year was UK's premier computing event called "The which computer’ started? a 1980v b 1985 ¢, 1986 d. 1987 The latest PC keyboards use a Circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance. 2 Capacitance keyboardy b. Mechanical keyboard € werty keyboard _d, Dvorak keyboard Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets er Paralle! electrical conducting lines. What are these Jines called? @ Conductors b. Buses” ; Connectors d. Connectively. 19 197 198 199 200. 201. 202 203. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and. its compatibles? a. Byte B. (PC Magazinew ‘© Personal Gomputing d) Interface Age Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computers? & Medical b. Clerical and law ©. Ascounting d None of abover” The arranging of data in a logical Seuence is called @. Sorting b. Classifying © Reproducing d. Summarizing When was Apple Macintosh tl Microcomputer introduced in the market? a 1964 b. 1970 1983v d. 1986 What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson? a. AX3/33~ b. NEC-20 ¢. Magnum 20004. HCL-3000 What does the disk drive of a computer do? a. Rotate the disk b. Read the disk . Load a program from the disk - into the memory d, Both b and cw “The language that the computer can understand and execute is called a. Machine languagey b. Application software ¢. System program d, All of above204. 205. 206. 207. 208 209 210. 16 An application suitable for seuential > processing is @. Processing of grades b. Payroll processing c, Both aandb~ d. Allof above The word processing associated with changing appearance of a document a. Editing b. Writing c¢ Formattingy d. All of above Which of the following is used as a ‘primary storage device? @. Magnetic drum b. Prom c. Floppy d. All of above Which of the following memories needs refreshing? a. SRAM b. DRAM~ c ROM d. Allof above 1BM.7000 digital computer a. Belongs to second generation b. Uses VLSI c. Employs memory~ - d. Has modular constructions. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is task the semiconductor 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 codev A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for a. Doing uick = mathematical calculations b. Input, storage, manipulation and "outputting of dataw” Electronic data processing 211 212. 213. 214 215. d. Performing accurately An integrated circuit is a. A complicated circuit b. An integrating device repetitive tasks ©. Much costlier than a single transistor d. Fabricated on a tiny silicon | chip~ Most important advantage of an ic is its a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure b, Extremely high reliability” c, Reduced cost d, Lower power consumption ~ In’a punched card system, data is processed by a a. Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine b. Accounting machine, machine, and billing machine c. Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine d. Accounting machine, keypunch: machine and sorter” The first machine to successfully perform along series of arithmetic and logical operations was, a ENIAC b. Mark lv ¢. Analytic engine d. UNIVAC-I In the third generation computers: @. Distributed data processing became popular posting b.which iS used for manufacturing chips? a, Bus » controfunit semiconductors~” {Rand b only computer code for Merchange of information between terminals iS 2 ASCllY b. BCD & EBCDIC d. All of above Abyte consists of 3, one bil b, Four bits ¢ Eightbits d. Sixteen bits Ahybrid computer a Resembles digital computer p. Resembles analog computer ¢ Resembles both a digital and anglog computer v” d, None of the above The silicon chips used for data processing are called a. RAM chips b. ROM chips ¢ Micro processors 4. PROM chips” The metal disks, which are Permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called @ Hard disks b. Floppy disk © Winchester disk~ d Flexible disk Acomputer consists of ® Acentral processing unit 5 Amemory ©. Input and output unit © AlLof the abover application program that helps n weser to change any number and ‘hay 253, 255. 256. 258 ee & Desktop pub bi ft is Database 'shing program access memo CD-Rom . & Read only memory chip d. All of above os ab of a computer normally Ins a number of high speed Storage element called Semiconducter memory b. Registersv © Hard disks 4. Magnetic disk: A which would _ strongly @ business person to edopt a computer is its @ Accuracy b. Reliability ©. Speed d.- All above The magnetic storage chip used to Provide non-volatile direct access Storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as @. Magnetic core memory b. Magnetic tape memory ¢, Magnetic disk memory d. Magnetic bubble memory” CAD stands for a. Computer aided design’ b, Computer algorithm for design c. Computer application in design d. Allof the above RATS stand for @. Regression Analysis Time Series™” s b. Regression Analysis Sharing Real Analysis Series d. All of above o Time o Sdiately see the result of that ce ————————20 rminaly’ S58 In which, year was chip used inside 2 Cee a (a biases d. Dedicated data entry sysr esc 4. 1944 268, Te produce ign Lality Graphieg 260, What was the name of the. fat (rarcicory) in CS: $d acacitag Rie coronene i 3, RGB monitor b- Pioters Br intokdoa a8 a labee ©. InkJet printer 3. Later printy ©. Inteld004v d. Motorola638 26g. which of the following: Bina ae 261 Wen were the frst minicomputer Bbjectve ws to prin rr ee forms: = oe A baie 2. Daisy wheel b. Dot main 97 : 2E2, The fret digital computer built with ce re s. Thimble Pe \icennsed arenes 270. Which of the following priming devices an output composed of s Se oe series of data? Pape! a. Wire matrix printer e IBM System / 3807 beeen : d. VAX- 263. In which language is source ©, Wang Image-priates program written? Bota acu ; a English b, Symbolic 271. The ‘personal computer dusty © High level”. Temporary S ae S r 264. Which of the fellowing terms is the eS most closely . related to main © Compa @. HCL: memory? 272. In the IBM PC-At, what do @. Non volatile b. Permanent words AT stand for ¢ Contralunit d. Temporary a. Additional Terminals _ wit 265. Which of the following is used for b. Advance technology~ manufacturing chips? © Applied technology a. Control bus Advanced termi b. Control unit 273. Magnetic tape can ©. Parity unit @, Secondary s @. Semiconductor~ b. Output media _ 266. Which of the following is reuired c. Input media when more than one person uses a central computer at the same. time? a Terminai~ b. Light pen Z c. Digitizer d. Mouse 267. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for Processing? @. Mouse d. All of the 274,external memory chip primary Memory chip Microprocessor chip poth band cw & Tjompared to the secondary As ory. the primary memory af & mputer is ers b. Cheap a Lara Dra d. Slow which of the following is a way to gocess secondary memory? a Random access memory b, Action method ¢, Transfer method d, Density method =; Which was the most popular first generation computer? a IBM1650~ —b. c IBM 1130 d 1BM 360 IBM 2700 What is the responsibility of the gical unit in the CPU of a computer? a To produce result b. To compare numbers” ¢. To control flow of information d. To do math’s works The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform a Arithmetic Operation b Logic operation °. Fetch operations @ Either of the above Which of the printers used in Conjunction with computers uses ay ink power? * Daisy wheel printer b Line Printer ¢ laser printer & Thermal printer ‘ch of the following produces the ‘tuality graphics reproduction? Laser printer 24 283. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. Dot matri atone smth? following memories oreulteneous read and wets printer b. RAMY c EPROM Nonezeq Which of the tollg iS the shortest access times? ® Cache memory. b. Magnetic bubble memory ©. Magnetic core memory d. RAM A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length eual to a. 2 byte b. 32 byte ©. 4 byte o Bbyte ‘An error in computer data is called @ Chip b. Bug~ © CPU qd. Storage device A Set of information that defines the ‘status of resources allocated to a process is a. Process contro! b. ALU c. Register Unit d. Process description Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known 3. Memory map b. Memory protection” <¢. Memory management g. Memory instruction core store that has a eee scenes time then the deviees used for working store in the same processor is known as a Core memory b. Buffer c. Fast core, —_aT] 230. Perforated paper used as input of 237 output media is known as @. paper tapes” b. magnetic tape ¢, punched papers tape d. card punch 231, Time during which a job is processed by the computer is @ Delay tim b. Real time c. Execution time d. Down time 232, A computer which GPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as @ Super computer b. Mini computer ¢. Micro computer d Macro computer 233. “An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is a. On-line thesaurus b. Multiprogramming c. Over lapped processing~ d. Outline processor 234. A directly accessible. appointment calendar is feature of a ... resident package a CPU b, Memory c. Buffer d ALU 235. The term gigabyte refers to a. 1024 bytes b. 1024 kilobytes © 1024 megabytes d. 1024 gigabyte 243. 238. Which of the following processors use RISC technology? a. 486dx b. Power PCY © 486sx— d. 6340 238 239. 240. 241 242. Ain... Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU a. Input~ b Output ©. CPU d. Memory ‘Current SIMMs have either _. or connectors (pins) a 9or32 b. 300r70 co 28 o0r72 d. 30.0r 72 The storage subsystem in microcomputer consists mainly of or media with. varying capacities a. Memory or video b. Magnetic or optical’ ©. Optical or memory d_ Video or magnetic Which of the following is not an input device? a, OCR ‘Optical scanners Voice recognition device COM (Computer Output te Microfilm) ~ The central processing unit (CPU) consists of : a. Input, output and processing b. Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage cc. Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit, and primary storage d. Control unit, processing, and primary storage EBCDIC can code up to how different characters? a, 2564 b. 16 aog 8. 32 3, 64" Which is considered a direct | input device? oe a. Optical scanner b290. is an Which the following delay acronym for electronic Storage automatic calculator? @. UNIVAC b. EDSACY © EOVAC Abacus Which of the following is form of semi conductor memory in which it is possible to change the contents of selected memory locations by applying suitable electrical signals? a. CAM » ROM ¢, EPROMY — d., Abacus A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing # single rigid magnetic disk permanently is a Fixed disk b Disk cartridge ¢. Card punch d. Card reader 293. A memory that is capable of determining whether a given datum is contained in one of its address is a. ROM b. PROM c. CAMY d. RAM A method of implementing a memory management system is a Buddy system b. Bridgeware ¢ Broadband coaxial system . All of the above A plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and @ microprocessor embedded within itis a. Punched paper tape~ b. Chip card ¢. Card punch d Magnetic tape 296. A device that operates under the control of another device 1s called a Stem b. Sisvar © Simulator g. Emulator Actual data processin 2 are performed ming operations of 291, 292 294 295. 297. 22 298 299 300. 301 302. 303. logic section, but not in the Storage Section of @ processor ya) it a. Primary” b ACCUMUatge c. Buffer 9. Secondary The use of spooler prog and/or Hardware aj, personal computer operators 1. the processing work af the gad time a printing operation i | progress u) a, Registered mails b. Memory c. CPU d. Buffer Which most popular input used Tecan far Wey processing and for the one line entry of data for batch processing? a. Mouser b. Magnetic disk c. Visual display terminal d. Gard punch User programmable terminals that combine VDT hardware with builtin microprocessor is : a. Kips ; b. PC ©. Mainframe d. Intelligent terminals” The number of cha be stored in given phy @ Word length b, ©. Data density d.c. Cluster @. All dF the above Condensing output g specific information ic a. calculating b. recording © merging @. summarizingw Which chips u: i euipment can reprgparci ®Mteral 2. ROM bb PROM c. SAM ¢@ RAM 308. A access time is depen location of the data is a, Random access b. Serial accessv © Seuential access d. Transaction access Which number system is commonly used as a shortcut notation for groups of four binary digits? a Binary b. Decimal © Octal d. Hexadecimal Interface electronic circuit is used to interconnect WO devices to a computer's GPU or a, ALU b. “Memory” ©. Buffer d. Register One millisecond is a 1 second b 10th of a seconds 1000th of a seconds~” 10000th of a seconds online backing storage system 304 lata to exhibit 305 307 308 309. 23 314 342. 313 314, 315, 316. 317. 318. One of a cias: S Of Storage device devices that can = access locations in any orderig 9° a. DTE b Daspy © DDE d. DDE Which ‘is en item. of storage medium in the form ef crcusr Plate? a Disky b OPU Printer d. ALU Properly arranged data is called @ Field b. Words ©. Informationy 4 Another word printer Petal printer Golf ball printer Laser printer Line printer term used to interconnected configuration is 3 Multiprogrammingy b. Modulation ©. Multiprocessing 4. Micro program seuence An input foutput device at which gata enters or leaves a computer system is 3. Keyboard = b._ Terminal” © Printer d. Plotter A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the mScrocomputer is known as @ Path b. Address bus~ & Route 0. Aliof the above A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is 3 a. Cylinder b. ‘Surface ¢ Track d. Clusterv’ File for a daisy wheel Panocy describe computera. Slowness in processing data p using cards as records of transactions ¢ Needing a larger DP staff ¢. Allof the abovew” ‘An IBM systeM/38 represents the computer class of. a. Small-scale computer b Medium-scale computer 2. Large-scale computer @. Super computer The first firm to mass- market a microcomputer aS @ personal computer was é a. IBM b. Sperry Univac ¢ Data General corporation” ¢. Radio Shack A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms. of 3. Speed b. Accuracy © Cost d. Memory fn 1830, Chariés Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the is Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition? a. 1820 b. 1860 © 1855~ d.. 1870 Which was the world’s first Minicomputer and when was: it § iMtroduced? @ POP-I, 1958~ 5. IBM System/a6, 1960 © POP, 1961 @ VAX 11/780, 1962 - ate Was India’s first computer MStalled and when? 4 Indian institute of Technology, Dethi, 1977 Indian: institute of Science, ngalore, 1974 5 6 17 223 224. 225: 226. 227 228 229. A EE & Indian iron @ ee Steel Co. Ltd. 4 indian Sta tistical Calcutta: sane Institute, Which of the following are the two. main Components of the CPU? 3. Control unit and registers B. Registers and main memory © Control Unit and ALUY @. ALU and bus Which of the folowing is true? 3. Fields are composed of bytes b. Records are composed of fields © Fields are composed of characters d. All of above Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity? a. Seuentiaiy b ISAM 5 c VSAM d. B-Tree Index The two basic types of record. access methods are @ Seuential and randomy’ b, Seuential and/indexed ¢. Direct and immediate d. On-line and real time The advantage of COM are its and .. a. Compact size: speed readabi b. Compact size, speed~ ¢. Readability; speed d. Low cost; readability To locate a data item for storage is a. Field b Feed c Database 4 Fetchy Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as. : a. system software application softwere b. c d319. 320. 321 322. 323. 325. 326. Number crunchéier is the informal name for Mini computer Supercomputer” Microcomputer Mainframe computer techniue used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as a. Pulse code modulation” b. Pulse stretcher ©. uery processing d. weve management The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called a. Software b. Human ware c¢. Firmware d. Hardware Paooc® The brain of any computer system is a. ALU b. Memory c. cPUY d. Control unit Each model of a computer has a uniue a. Assembly of a computer b. Machine language ©. High level language d. All of the above Computer professionals working in 2 computer center are” a. Software b. Firmware ©. Hardware d. Humanwarey Which of the itSems below are considered removable storage media? = a Removable hard disk cartridges ». (Magneto-optical) disk ©. Flexible disks cartridges d. All of the above~ 24 327. 328. 329. 330. 334 332. 333. Which term RAM? a. Dynamic RAM (ORAM) b. Static RAM (SRAM) ce. Video RAM (VRAM) d. All of the above” (used oes Which of the following are considered to be. yl) component? 3. Resolution b.. Color c Refresh rate d. All abovey On a PE, how much memory ig available to application software? a. 1024 KB b. 760 KB c. 640 KB d. 560 kB Which of the following items are examples of storage devices? a. Floppy / hard disks b. CD-ROMs ‘ c. Tape devices d. All of the above” The Width of 2 processor's data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are commen dats paths? a. 8 bitsy b. 12 bits: c. 16 bits 4, 32 Which is the type of m information that does not ‘on your computer? a RAM bOR c ERAM d. RWS What type of 5 addressable by the reuires special EMS