Q.1

A monitor looks like a TV set but it does not

  • Receive TV signals
  • Give a clear picture
  • Give a steady picture
  • Display graphics
  • None of the above
Q.2

Tiny rings made of magnetic material that can be polarised to represent binary 1 or 0 is called

  • Magnetic core
  • Magnetic disk
  • Card punch
  • Floppy disk
  • None of the above
Q.3

A computer program that instructs other programs to perform a particular type of operation is

  • System software
  • Application program
  • Compiler
  • Interpreter
  • None of the above
Q.4

The hardware in which data may be stored for a computer system is called

  • Registers
  • Bus
  • Control unit
  • Memory
  • Chip
Q.5

Front-end processor is a _____ designed specifically to handle the communications processing task.

  • ALU
  • Control unit
  • CPU
  • Register
  • None of the above
Q.6

The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is

  • Data transmission
  • Data collection
  • Relocation
  • Database
  • None of the above
Q.7

A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is

  • ASCn
  • BCD
  • ANSI
  • EBCDIC
  • None of the above
Q.8

Character readers are those devices which read the characters printed on the source documents and then convert them directly into computer-usable input. Which of the following is not a character reader?

  • OCR
  • MICR
  • OMR
  • LCD
  • None of the above
Q.9

The decimal equivalent of the binary numberis

  • 1806
  • 1807
  • 2806
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.10

A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permenently is

  • fixed disk
  • disk cartridge
  • card punch
  • card reader
  • None of the above
Q.11

A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as

  • Path
  • Address bus
  • Route
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.12

Serial access memories are useful in applications where

  • data consists of numbers
  • short access time is required
  • each stored word is processed differently
  • data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form
  • None of the above
Q.13

Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known as

  • Memory map
  • Memory protection
  • Memory management
  • Memory instruction
  • None of the above
Q.14

If, in a computer,bits are used to specify addresses in a RAM, the number of addresses will be

  • 216
  • 65,536
  • 64K
  • Any of the above
  • None of the above
Q.15

An electronic logic gate whose output is logic 0 only when all inputs are logic 1 is

  • NOR
  • NAND
  • OR
  • NOT
  • None of the above
Q.16

Which is not a factor when categorizing a computer?

  • Speed of the output device
  • Amount of main memory the CPU can use
  • Cost of the system
  • Capacity of the hard disk
  • Where it was purchased
Q.17

The first IBM PC did not have any

  • disk drive
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • Port
  • None of the above
Q.18

The physical components of a computer system is

  • Human ware
  • Firm ware
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • None of the above
Q.19

Processors of all computers, whether micro, mini or mainframe must have

  • ALU
  • Primary storage
  • Control Unit
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.20

Control of computer system or subsystem operation by an operator who may intervene at arbitrary times is

  • Manual control
  • Mapping
  • Shift register
  • ALU
  • None of the above
Q.21

Which of the following is a data communication link that connects more than two stations, nodes etc

  • Multipoint connection
  • Multipoint line
  • Multiple chain
  • Multilinked
  • None of the above
Q.22

The two basic types of record-access methods are:

  • sequential and random
  • sequential and indexed
  • direct and immediate
  • on-line and realtime
  • None of the above
Q.23

A magnetic tape volume that is used on a data processing operation without any change to its contents is

  • Magnetic disk
  • Punched paper tape
  • Master tape
  • Card reader
  • None of the above
Q.24

A programming language intended to solve a no. of different types of problems is

  • COBOL
  • General purpose programming language
  • BASIC
  • FORTRAN
  • None of the above
Q.25

A memory that contains a fine pattern of data permanently defined is

  • RAM
  • EPROM
  • ROM
  • PROM
  • None of the above
Q.26

The working principles of today's computers were provided by an English mathematician

  • Charles Babbage
  • Dr. Hollerith
  • Donald Reach
  • Ken Reider
  • None of the above
Q.27

Which is the first compiler-level language developed by a team of IBM programmers led by John Backus and unveiled in 1957?

  • BASIC
  • PL/1
  • FORTRAN
  • APL
  • None of the above
Q.28

A software package to implement a data base is

  • System analysis
  • DBMS
  • Database
  • DASD
  • None of the above
Q.29

The earliest device that qualifies as a digital computer is

  • EDSAC
  • Abacus
  • ENIAC
  • EDVAC
  • None of the above
Q.30

A hard copy would be prepared on a

  • Line printer
  • Dot matrix printer
  • Type writer terminal
  • Plotter
  • All of the above
Q.31

Conversion of an octal number 738 to binary number is

  • 1101112
  • 1111002
  • 1100102
  • 1110112
  • None of the above
Q.32

Which of the following is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on.

  • Autoboot
  • Warmboot
  • Bubble
  • Authentication
  • None of the above
Q.33

SPSS stands for

  • Statistical Package for Systems Science
  • Systems Package for Social Science
  • Statistical Package for Sociai Science
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.34

The benefit of using computers are that

  • Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data
  • Computers produce accurate output even when the input is incorrect
  • Computers are designed to the inflexible
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.35

An IBM System/represents the computer class of:

  • small-scale computer
  • medium-scale computer
  • large-scale computer
  • super computer
  • None of the above
Q.36

What is the storage capacity of a Hollerith card which is organized into nibbles?

  • 32
  • 64
  • 128
  • 240
  • None of the above
Q.37

The CPU is made up of control unit ALU and

  • Memory
  • Input-Output
  • Register unit
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.38

Which is a Common-Business oriented language.

  • SNOBOL
  • BASIC
  • COBOL
  • C
  • None of the above
Q.39

Who isannounced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?

  • Sony
  • Philips
  • Microsoft
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.40

A magnetic storage device on which data is stored on a cylindrical drum, subdivided into tracks is known as

  • Punched card
  • Magnetic disk
  • Magnetic tape
  • Drum
  • None of the above
Q.41

Hard disks are formatted in the same manner as floppy disks. However, before a hard disk can be formatted, it must first be _____

  • partitioned
  • sectioned
  • deleted
  • inter-sectioned
  • write protected
Q.42

Which device uses much less computer time than the light pen and gives resolutions equal to that of the CRT display.

  • Mouse
  • Touch tablet
  • Touch panel
  • Data tablet
  • None of the above
Q.43

A device used to bring information into a computer is

  • ALU
  • Input device
  • Control unit
  • Output device
  • None of the above
Q.44

In which of the following terminals the screen is regarded as an array of pixels, where each pixel is either on or off?

  • Character map terminal
  • Bit map terminal
  • RS-232 C terminal
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.45

Which language has been selected as the basis for the Japanese "fifth generation" computers.

  • ALGOL
  • COBOL
  • PROLOG
  • C
  • None of the above
Q.46

Which functional component of a computer is responsible for the computing?

  • Input
  • Output
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Storage
Q.47

An output device that converts data from a binary format in main storage to coded hole patterns punched into a paper tape is

  • Paper tape punch
  • Punched paper tape
  • Magnetic disk
  • Magnetic tape.
  • None of the above
Q.48

Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?

  • Magnetic drum
  • PROM
  • Floppy disk
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.49

What is the number of bits needed for an address in a 4 K memory?

  • 16
  • 8
  • 12
  • 4
  • None of the above
Q.50

A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called

  • televirtuality
  • virtual reality
  • alternative reality
  • 3-D reality
  • None of the above
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