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Q.1
In which year was the PC voted 'The Machine of the Year's by the American Time magazine?
1970
1975
1983
1987
None of the above
Q.2
When used with I/O devices, the term intelligent implies
a color output capability
speech processing capability
high speed printing capability
feature to support offline and online tasks
None of the above
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?
Victor Poor
Stan Mazor
Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff
Seymour Cray
None of the above
Q.4
In the IBM PC-AT, what do the words AT stand for?
Additional terminals
Advance technology
Applied technology
Advanced terminology
None of the above
Q.5
The punched card used in the IBM System/3 contains
80 columns
120 columns
96 columns
126 columns
None of the above
Q.6
Which of the following is associated with networks?
Download, node
Star topology
Point-to-Point
Both (A) and (B)
None of the above
Q.7
Which was the first computer to use transistors instead of vacuum tubes?
Intel-650
Burroughs E-101
Datamatic-1000
IBM-1401
None of the above
Q.8
What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
Display screen
Soft copy terminal
Hard copy terminal
Plotter
None of the above
Q.9
The primary advantage of key-to-tape data-entry systems is:
A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
Key verification is easily performed
The tape is reusable
Keying errors can be detected as they occur
All of the above
Q.10
An advantage of overlapped processing activities is:
more effective use of the CPU
increased processing activities for the entire system
better coordination of I/O activities
all the above
None of the above
Q.11
Primary storage is _____as compared to secondary storage.
Slow and inexpensive
Fast and inexpensive
Fast and expensive
Slow and expensive
None of the above
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
offline
remote
disconnected
detached
None of the above
Q.13
A prefix for billion which is equal to _____ is called as billi.
100
10000
1000
10
None of the above
Q.14
The operation of a digital computer is based on _____ principle.
counting
measuring
electronic
logical
None of the above
Q.15
Which of the following Indian companies designs and manufactures super- computers?
C-DOT
C-DAC
CMC
All of the above
None of the above
Q.16
Which of the following memories needs refresh?
SRAM
DRAM
ROM
All of the above
None of the above
Q.17
File specification books are created primarily for the use of
systems analysts
programmers
operators
managers
None of the above
Q.18
Which of the following is used as storage locations both in the ALU and the control section of a computer?
accumulator
register
adder
decoder
None of the above
Q.19
Which of the following is not a sequence storage device?
Magnetic disk
Magnetic tape
Paper tape
All of the above
None of the above
Q.20
The attribution of human form or qualities to things such as machines or computers is called
cybernetics
cybernation
artificial intelligence
anthropomorphism
None of the above
Q.21
The technique designed to support the effective access of micro-filmed data is:
Microfiche retrieval
COM
Micrographics
All the above
None of the above
Q.22
Which of the following persons probably has the least amount of technical knowledge?
User
Computer Operator
System Analyst
Programmer
Computer professional
Q.23
Access time in a computer memory is the time required to
Locate the stored data
Retrieve the stored data
Both locate and retrieve the data
All of the above
None of the above
Q.24
In negative logic, the logic state 1 corresponds to
negative voltage
zero voltage
more negative voltage
lower voltage level
None of the above
Q.25
Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
Printer
Keyboard
Mouse
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
None of the above
Q.26
The least expensive OCR units can read
hand printed numbers
machine printed numbers
marks
handwriting
None of the above
Q.27
The input unit of a computer
feeds data to the CPU or memory
retrieves data from CPU
directs all other units
All of the above
None of the above
Q.28
In digital data transmission
Baud rate in equal to bit rate
Baud rate is always smaller than the bit rate
Baud rate is always higher than the bit rate
All of the above
None of the above
Q.29
Which of the following is not one of the three primary functions that on-line direct-access systems can serve?
inquiry
backup
update
programming
None of the above
Q.30
How many bits can be stored in the 8K RAM?
8000
8192
4000
4096
None of the above
Q.31
The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in Electronic Data Processing system is called
ASCII
EBCDII
BCD
All of the above
None of the above
Q.32
The terminal device often used in checking charge cards that offers both a limited keyboard input and visual output is the:
Intelligent terminal
POS terminal
Video display terminal
Audio response unit
None of the above
Q.33
A code which uses more bits for each character then what is necessary is known as
Hollerith code
Gray code
Redundant code
Mnemonics
None of the above
Q.34
Point out the odd item amongst the following
Computer mouse
Touchpad
Light pen
Printer
None of the above
Q.35
The computer translates the condition of each switch to a number. What number is represented by the OFF state?
-7
-3.75
1
0
-22
Q.36
Who built the world's first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
Claude Shannon
Konard Zuse
George Stibitz
Howard H. Aliken
None of the above
Q.37
The 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system are called binary digits or _____
bytes
kilobytes
decimal bytes
bits
nibbles
Q.38
Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
hard disks
high-density disks
diskettes
templates
None of the above
Q.39
Hard disks and diskettes are:
Direct access storage devices
Sequential access storage devices
Rarely used with microcomputers
Both (A) and (C)
None of the above
Q.40
Which of the following tasks is not suited for sequential processing by a computer?
Preparing of mailing labels
Processing payroll cheques
Accounting for credit card purchases
Inventory control
None of the above
Q.41
Which of the following is responsible for coordinating various operations using timing signals?
Arithmetic-logic Unit
Control unit
Memory unit
Input/Output unit
None of the above
Q.42
All calculations are performed and all comparisons are made in _____ unit.
control unit
arithmetic-logic unit
central processing unit
primary storage unit
None of the above
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?
Harry R Jordan
Buckminster Fuller
Jack Smith
Jan Timmer
None of the above
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?
Icon
Figure
Symbol
option
None of the above
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?
Babbage's Difference Engine
Pascal's Adder
Leibnitz's Multiplier
Differential Analyser
None of the above
Q.46
Program execution time would be minimum if the programs are written in
Machine Language
Assembly language
High level language
All of the above
None of the above
Q.47
A small square or rectangular piece of silica on which several layers of an integrated circuit are etched or imprinted is called
VLSI
micro
wafer
chip
None of the above
Q.48
A logic gate is an electronic circuit which
makes logic decisions
allows electron flow only in one direction
works on binary algebra
alternates between 0 and 1 values
None of the above
Q.49
Identity the advantages that Micro Channel Architecture offers over ISA.
Automatic System Configuration
Less Interference
Multiple device handling (the system allows expansion boards to take complete of the bus for certain operations)
Greater data transfer rates
All of the above
Q.50
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
ENIAC
Mark I
Analytic engine
UNIVAC-I
None of the above
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