Q.1
In which year was the PC voted 'The Machine of the Year's by the American Time magazine?
Q.2
When used with I/O devices, the term intelligent implies
Q.3
A microprocessor integrates the arithmetic logic and control circuitry of a computer into one chip. The first microprocessor was built by a group of engineers at the Intel Corpn. Can you tell who headed this group?
Q.4
In the IBM PC-AT, what do the words AT stand for?
Q.5
The punched card used in the IBM System/3 contains
Q.6
Which of the following is associated with networks?
Q.7
Which was the first computer to use transistors instead of vacuum tubes?
Q.8
What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
Q.9
The primary advantage of key-to-tape data-entry systems is:
Q.10
An advantage of overlapped processing activities is:
Q.11
Primary storage is _____as compared to secondary storage.
Q.12
If the processor of a computer does not have a direct and unassisted access to data items, these items are said to be
Q.13
A prefix for billion which is equal to _____ is called as billi.
Q.14
The operation of a digital computer is based on _____ principle.
Q.15
Which of the following Indian companies designs and manufactures super- computers?
Q.16
Which of the following memories needs refresh?
Q.17
File specification books are created primarily for the use of
Q.18
Which of the following is used as storage locations both in the ALU and the control section of a computer?
Q.19
Which of the following is not a sequence storage device?
Q.20
The attribution of human form or qualities to things such as machines or computers is called
Q.21
The technique designed to support the effective access of micro-filmed data is:
Q.22
Which of the following persons probably has the least amount of technical knowledge?
Q.23
Access time in a computer memory is the time required to
Q.24
In negative logic, the logic state 1 corresponds to
Q.25
Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
Q.26
The least expensive OCR units can read
Q.27
The input unit of a computer
Q.28
In digital data transmission
Q.29
Which of the following is not one of the three primary functions that on-line direct-access systems can serve?
Q.30
How many bits can be stored in the 8K RAM?
Q.31
The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in Electronic Data Processing system is called
Q.32
The terminal device often used in checking charge cards that offers both a limited keyboard input and visual output is the:
Q.33
A code which uses more bits for each character then what is necessary is known as
Q.34
Point out the odd item amongst the following
Q.35
The computer translates the condition of each switch to a number. What number is represented by the OFF state?
Q.36
Who built the world's first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
Q.37
The 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system are called binary digits or _____
Q.38
Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
Q.39
Hard disks and diskettes are:
Q.40
Which of the following tasks is not suited for sequential processing by a computer?
Q.41
Which of the following is responsible for coordinating various operations using timing signals?
Q.42
All calculations are performed and all comparisons are made in _____ unit.
Q.43
"The three most important inventions of this century are the nuclear bomb, the high yield hybrid speed, and the computer". Can you name the person who made this statement?
Q.44
A menu-driven operating system is one which allows you to pick up from the menu of choices it displays on the screen. What is the name given to the images which are used in such image oriented menus?
Q.45
What is the name of the earliest calculating machine which was based on concepts found in modern computers but was unfortunately never built?
Q.46
Program execution time would be minimum if the programs are written in
Q.47
A small square or rectangular piece of silica on which several layers of an integrated circuit are etched or imprinted is called
Q.48
A logic gate is an electronic circuit which
Q.49
Identity the advantages that Micro Channel Architecture offers over ISA.
Q.50
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
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