Which is the highest form? A) Data B) Information C) Knowledge D) All of above
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? A) Pascal B) Hollerith C) Babbage D) Jacquard
What is an interpreter? A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run B) An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed C) An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution D) None of the above
Which is a semi conductor memory? A) Dynamic B) Static C) Bubble D) Both a & b
RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. A) 2 pair B) 3 pair C) 4 pair D) 5 pair
Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk? A) 8? B) 5 ¼? C) 3 ½? D) 5 ½?
The earliest calculating devices are A) Abacus B) Clock C) Difference Engine D) None of these
Word length of a Personal Computer is ___ A) 4 bits B) 8 bits C) 16 bits D) 64 bits
What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? A) Mark I B) ABC C) Z3 D) None of above
A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package A) CPU B) Memory C) Buffer D) ALU
Which unit converts computer data into human readable form? A) Input unit B) Output unit C) ALU D) Control Unit
The full form of ALU is A) Arithmetic Logic Unit B) Array Logic Unit C) Application Logic Unit D) None of above
What produces useful information out of data? A) Computer B) Processing C) Programming D) none of above
Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage? A) Pascaline B) Difference Engine C) Analytical Engine D) None of above
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of A) Speed B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Cost
Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer? A) Binary B) Decimal C) Hexadecimal D) Octal
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 B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic
A paper printout of a document is known as A) Softcopy output B) Hardcopy output C) Permanent Output D) All of above
Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material? A) Vacuum tubes B) Transistors C) Ics D) All of above
The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called A) Read-out B) Read from C) Read D) All of above
Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing? A) Disk unit B) Control unit C) ALU D) Modem
ABC is a A) Special purpose computer B) General purpose computer C) All Purpose Computer D) None of above
The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is A) ASCII B) BCD C) EBCDIC D) All of above
When was the X window system born? A) 1984 B) 1989 C) 1988 D) 1990
What is the first stage in software development? A) Specification and design B) Testing C) System Analysis D) Maintenance
Which of the following is valid statement? A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed B) The data that is processed is called a program C) The data which is not yet processed is information D) Information is processed by computer to generate data.
The Second Generation Computer was based on ________. A) Vacuum Tube B) Silicon Chips C) Transistor D) Bio Chips
EBCDIC stands for A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to A) Console-operator B) Programmer C) Peopleware D) System Analyst
IBM System/360 is A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) None of above
A system is A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective B) input unit C) input and output unit D) input, output and storage units
Which of the following programming language started from second generation? A) COBOl B) BASIC C) C D) LISP
The translator program used in assembly language is called A) Compiler B) Interpreter C) Assembler D) Translator
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
Regarding data, computers are very good at A) store B) Processing C) retrieve D) All of above
Bit map terminal A) support display containing multiple window B) require considerable amount of video RAM C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance D) all of above
First generation computers used _________ for memory A) vacuum tubes B) silicon chips C) magnetic drum D) RAM
Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations? A) ROM B) RAM C) EPROM D) None of above
EPROM can be used for A) Erasing the contents of ROM B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM D) Duplicating ROM
ENIAC uses A) Decimal Numbering System B) Octal Numbering System C) Binary Numbering System D) Hexadecial Numbering System
A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is: A) EFTS B) MPG C) MIPS D) CPS
which of the following is problem oriented language? A) High level language B) Machine language C) Assembly language D) Low level language
A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to A) 2 byte B) 32 byte C) 4 byte D) 8 byte
The term GIGO is related to A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic
Web cam is an A) input unit device B) output unit device C) processing device D) Input and Output device
Bit stands for A) Binary digits B) bit of system C) a part of byte D) All of above
Access time is A) seek time + latency time B) seek time C) seek time ? latency time D) latency time
Which device can understand difference between data & programs? A) Input device B) Output device C) Memory D) Microprocessor
Which of the following is a read only memory storage device? A) Floppy Disk B) CD-ROM C) Hard Disk D) None of these
Symbolic logic was discovered by A) George Boole B) Herman Hollerith C) Van Neumann D) Basic Pascal
