SECTION A
I. MCQ 1×10=10
1. The digital system usually operated on ________ system.
a. binary c. octal
b. decimal d. hexadecimal
2. ALU performs the logical operations in a computer. (True/False)
3. The binary system use powers of ____ for positional values.
a. 2 b. 10 c. 8 d. 16
4. The output of a 2-input OR the gate is 0 only when it’s
a. both inputs are 0
b. either input is 1
c. both inputs are 1
d. either input is 0
5. The device/process that converts an image of text into a machine-readable text format
a. OCR
b. OMR
c. Webcam
d. Scanner
6. __________ is the electronic circuitry of a computer that carries out the actual processing and
usually referred as the brain of the computer.
a. Microcontroller
b. Microprocessor
c. Integrated circuit
d. CPU
7. The devices through which control signals are sent to a computer are termed as___________.
a. input devices
b. processing devices
c. output devices
d. data devices
8. __________is the first binary programmable computer based on Von Neumann architecture.
a. UNIVAC
b. EDVAC
c. ENIAC
d. EDSAC
9. The CPU is given instructions and data through_______.
a. programs
b. keyboard
c. mouse
d. joystick
10. Four bits grouped together form a ________.
SECTION B
II. Answer the following questions: 2 × 5=10
11. Write any two function of an operating system.
12. Identify system, application and utility software from the below.
a. MS word
b. Android
c. McAfee
d. Notepad
13. Identify the gates:
a.
b.
c.
d.
14. What are the generations of a computer? Name the devices involved in each generation.
15. Verify the expression X + Y.Z = (X + Y) . (X + Z)
