Q.1

The first mechanical calculator was invented in

  • 1958
  • 1647
  • 1658
  • 1972
  • None of the above
Q.2

Methods used to organise and physically store disk data are cylinder and

  • Sector
  • Surface
  • Track
  • Hib
  • None of the above
Q.3

One million bytes of information is abbreviated as

  • Bit
  • MB
  • KB
  • GB
  • None of the above
Q.4

Which was the world's first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

  • PDP-1, 1958
  • 1MB System/36, 1960
  • PDP-11 1961
  • VAX 11/780, 1962
  • None of the above
Q.5

An Integrated Circuit (IC) is

  • Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
  • A complicated circuit
  • Much costlier than a single transistor
  • An integrating device
  • None of the above
Q.6

Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk.

  • Address
  • Location
  • Index
  • Label
  • None of the above
Q.7

In digital computer, all the expressions are coded into

  • Octal digits
  • Binary digits
  • Hexadecimal digits
  • Decimal cligits
  • None of the above
Q.8

Software instructions intended to satisfy a user's specific processing needs are called _____.

  • Systems software
  • A microcomputer
  • Documentation
  • Applications software
  • All of the above
Q.9

Third generation computers

  • Were the first to use integrated circuitry
  • Were the first to use built-in error detecting devices
  • Used transistors insted of vaccum tubes
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.10

The number of bits that are typically stored on each track of a magnetic disk is usually

  • the same
  • different
  • depend on the program to be stored
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.11

The no of logical records in a physical record is

  • Group
  • Blocking factor
  • Sector
  • Field
  • None of the above
Q.12

The process used to set up a programs once the system is operational is

  • Operating system
  • Black bon
  • Boot strap
  • Utility
  • None of the above
Q.13

The pieces of equipment which are attached to the CPU of a computer and which it can access are called

  • output devices
  • control units
  • hardware
  • disk drive
  • peripherals
Q.14

A notation for defining the form and structure of data is known as

  • Data description language
  • Binary language
  • Data channel
  • Data definition language
  • None of the above
Q.15

Punched cards are associated with the name

  • Leibniz
  • Jacquard
  • Hollerith
  • Pascal
  • None of the above
Q.16

The _____ provides a path between the CPU and peripheral devices, which are connected via interface cards.

  • computer
  • expansion bus
  • memory
  • CPU
  • None of the above
Q.17

Which of the following machines are characterised by electronic tube circuitry, delay line, rotating or electrostatic memory.

  • First generation
  • Fifth generation
  • Third generation
  • Second generation
  • Fourth generation
Q.18

Which type of processing that produces output results immediately after input data are entered into a computer system

  • Time-sharing
  • Interactive
  • Batch processing
  • Real-time processing
  • None of the above
Q.19

A computer performs operations by comparing data items and then, depending on the results, follows predetermined course of action. What are such operations called?

  • Sequential
  • Logical
  • Digital
  • Physical
  • None of the above
Q.20

What is the acronym for Single In-Line Memory Module?

  • SIMM
  • SILMM
  • SM
  • SMM
  • None of the above
Q.21

Conversion of an octal number 1068 to binary number is

  • 11100102
  • 10001102
  • 11001102
  • 100001102
  • None of the above
Q.22

The proper definition of a modern digital computer is

  • an electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers
  • a more sophisticated and modified electronic pocket calculator
  • any machine that can perform mathematical operations '
  • a machine that works on binary code
  • None of the above
Q.23

A dot-matrix printer

  • is an input device
  • is an output device
  • cannot print alphabet
  • has a speed of 1000 cps
  • None of the above
Q.24

In computer terminology a compiler means

  • a person who computes source programs
  • the same thing as a programmer
  • key punch operator
  • a program which translates source program into object program
Q.25

Which of the following file organizations is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?

  • sequential
  • ISAM
  • VSAM
  • B-Tree index
  • All of the above
Q.26

What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention?

  • Pixel
  • Reverse video
  • Touch screen
  • Cursor
  • None of the above
Q.27

The silicon chips used for data processing are called

  • RAM chips
  • ROM chips
  • Micro processor
  • PROM chips
  • None of the above
Q.28

Programmed instructions to the computer is known as

  • Data
  • Code
  • Documentation
  • Database
  • None of the above
Q.29

Memories in which any location can be reached in a fixed (and short) amount of time after specifying its address is called

  • sequential-access memory
  • random-access memory
  • secondary memory
  • mass storage
  • None of the above
Q.30

Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to

  • Console-operator
  • Programmer
  • Peopleware
  • System Analyst
  • None of the above
Q.31

Sending data from one place to another, by physical or electronic means is

  • E-mail
  • Internet
  • Data transmission
  • Distributed processing.
  • None of the above
Q.32

Which of the following high speed non¬impact printers are fast enough to print the entire book in about 1 minute.

  • Laser
  • Dot-matrix
  • Page
  • Line
  • None of the above
Q.33

A terminal having local processing capability is

  • KIPS
  • AI
  • Intelligent terminal
  • Optical terminal
  • None of the above
Q.34

Which of the following is a machine for reading documents that are encoded in a way that is readable by person and machine.

  • Document reader
  • Distributed system
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Document sorter
  • None of the above
Q.35

Which of the following programs give instructions about operations inside the computer

  • System software
  • Application
  • Utility id) Compiler
  • None of the above
Q.36

A memory that is capable of determining whether a given datum is contained in one of its addresses is

  • ROM
  • PROM
  • CAM
  • RAM
  • None of the above
Q.37

A file that includes an index directory to facilitate random access is

  • Sequential file
  • Indexed file
  • Random file
  • Serial file
  • None of the above
Q.38

A device used to measure the circuit density of a chip is

  • Light pen
  • Mouse
  • LSI
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.39

The physical equipment made oi various metals, silicon and plastic components that make up the parts of a computer is called

  • micro
  • peripheral
  • hardware
  • disk drive
  • None of the above
Q.40

Data systems for planning are often called

  • decision analysis systems
  • planning analysis systems
  • decision support systems
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.41

What was the name of the first commercially available micro¬processor chip?

  • Intel 8008
  • Intel 8080
  • Intel 4004
  • Motorola 6809
  • None of the above
Q.42

Which part of computer performs functions similar to the cerebrums of the above cardiac and nervous system of a human body.

  • ALU
  • Input device
  • CPU
  • Control unit
  • None of the above
Q.43

What is the name of the reading device which mades use of photosensors and laser technologies to interpret printed, typed or even hand-written data directly from the source documents?

  • MICR
  • OCR
  • Mark-sensing device
  • ATM
  • None of the above
Q.44

A(n) ____ device is any device that provides information which is sent to the CPU.

  • input
  • output
  • CPU
  • memory
  • storage
Q.45

To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is

  • Rerun
  • Reset
  • Remote
  • Release
  • None of the above
Q.46

Which is used to store firmware.

  • RAM
  • ROM
  • PROM
  • EPROM
  • None of the above
Q.47

The code that should be adequate for present and anticipated data processing both for machine and human use is

  • Conciseness
  • Uniqueness
  • Operability
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.48

Which of the following is also known as SOROBAN

  • ENIAC
  • Abacus
  • EDSAC
  • UNIVAC
  • None of the above
Q.49

How many operations per second can perform by a modern fast mainframe digital computer.

  • 1000
  • 100,000
  • 10,00,000
  • 1,00,00,00,000
  • None of the above
Q.50

The magnetic storage chips used to provide nonvolatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

  • Magnetic core memory
  • Magnetic tape memory
  • Magnetic disk memory
  • Magnetic bubble memory
  • None of the above
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