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 12. Integrated Circuits (ICs) are related to which generation of
1. UNIVAC is computers?
A) Universal Automatic Computer A) First generation
B) Universal Array Computer B) Second generation
C) Unique Automatic Computer C) Third generation
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer D) Fourth generation

2. The basic operations performed by a computer are 13. CD-ROM is a

A) Arithmetic operation A) Semiconductor memory
B) Logical operation B) Memory register
C) Storage and relative C) Magnetic memory
D) All the above D) None of above

3. The two major types of computer chips are 14. A hybrid computer
A) External memory chip A) Resembles digital computer
B) Primary memory chip B) Resembles analogue computer
C) Resembles both a digital and analogue computer
C) Microprocessor chip
D) None of the above
D) Both b and c
15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?
4. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which A) Minicomputers
generation computers
B) Microcomputers
A) First Generation
C) Mainframe computers
B) Second Generation
D) Super computer
C) Third Generation
D) Fourth Generation 16. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming
from
5. What is the main difference between a mainframe and a A) Primary memory
super computer? B) Control section
A) Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers C) External memory
B) Super computers are much smaller than mainframe computers D) Cache memory
C) Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as
possible while mainframe uses its power to execute as many 17. Chief component of first generation computer was
programs concurrently A) Transistors
D) Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
possible while mainframe uses its power to execute few programs C) Integrated Circuits
as fast as possible. D) None of above

6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. 18. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you
What does EBCDIC stand for? would want to use a/n
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code A) RGB monitor
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code B) Plotter
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code C) Ink-jet printer
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code D) Laser printer

7. The brain of any computer system is 19. What are the stages in the compilation process?
A) ALU A) Feasibility study, system design and testing
B) Implementation and documentation
B) Memory
C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
C) CPU
D) None of the above
D) Control unit
20. Which of the following IC was used in third generation of
8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on computers?
A) tracks per inch of surface A) SSI
B) bits per inch of tracks B) MSI
C) disk pack in disk surface C) LSI
D) All of above D) Both a and b

9. The two kinds of main memory are: 21. The main electronic component used in first generation
A) Primary and secondary computers was
B) Random and sequential A) Transistors
C) ROM and RAM B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
D) All of above C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above
10. A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the
difference in speed at which the different units can handle 22. A dumb terminal has
data is A) an embedded microprocessor
A) Memory B) extensive memory
B) Buffer C) independent processing capability
C) Accumulator D) a keyboard and screen
D) Address
23. One millisecond is
A) 1 second
11. Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it
B) 10th of a seconds
A) Accuracy
C) 1000th of a seconds
B) Reliability
D) 10000th of a seconds
C) Diligence
D) Versatility
 35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory
24. The output quality of a printer is measured by expansion slots and active components are mounted on a
A) Dot per sq. inch single board. What is the name of this board?
B) Dot per inch A) Motherboard
C) Dots printed per unit time B) Breadboard
D) All of the above C) Daughter board
D) Grandmother board
25. Which of the following was a special purpose computer?
A) ABC 36. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
B) ENIAC A) Direct access
C) EDVAC B) Sequential access
D) All of the above C) Both of above
D) None of above
26. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?
A) Mark I 37. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a
digital bit stream is known as
B) ABC
A) Pulse code modulation
C) Z3
B) Pulse stretcher
D) None of above C) Query processing
D) Queue management
27. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum
amount of data? 38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
A) Floppy Disk A) It is an output device
B) Hard Disk B) It is an input device
C) Compact Disk C) It is a peripheral device
D) Magneto Optic Disk D) It is hardware item

28. Which computer was considered the first electronic computer 39. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for
until 1973 when court invalidated the patent? A) Doing quick mathematical calculations
A) ENIAC B) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data
B) MARK I C) Electronic data processing
C) Z3 D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately
D) ABC
40. When was vacuum tube invented?
29. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory A) 1900
and other parts of the microcomputer is known as B) 1906
A) Path C) 1910
B) Address bus D) 1880
C) Route
D) All of the above 41. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics
reproduction?
A) Laser printer
30. High density double sided floppy disks could store ___ of data
B) Ink jet printer
A) 1.40 MB
C) Plotter
B) 1.44 GB
D) Dot matrix printer
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB 42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is
A) XT computer
31. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing B) AT computers
drawing and graphs C) PS/2 computer
A) Dot matrix printer D) None of above
B) Digital plotter
C) Line printer 43. An application suitable for sequential processing is
D) All of the above A) Processing of grades
B) Payroll processing
32. Which of the following is not an input device? C) Both a and b
A) OCR D) All of above
B) Optical scanners
C) Voice recognition device 44. Which of the following is not processing?
D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm) A) arranging
B) manipulating
33. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in C) calculating
two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately D) gathering
A) 16 digits
B) 6 digits 45. The digital computer was developed primarily in
C) 9 digits A) USSR
B) Japan
D) All of above
C) USA
D) UK
34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory,
expansion slots and active components are mounted on a
single board. What is the name of the board? 46. Software in computer
A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
A) Motherboard
B) Increase the speed of central processing unit
B) Daughterboard
C) Both of above
C) Bredboard
D) None of above
D) Fatherboard
 59. The first computer introduced in Nepal was
47. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different A) IBM 1400
name which was changes in 1924. What was that name? B) IBM 1401
A) Tabulator Machine Co.
C) IBM 1402
B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
D) IBM1402
C) The Tabulator Ltd.
D) International Computer Ltd.
60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following
language?
48. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer
A) Machine language
program has to provide the record’s disk address. What
B) Assembly language
information does this address specify?
A) Track number C) High level language
B) Sector number D) None of above
C) Surface number
D) All of above 61. Instruction in computer languages consists of
A) OPCODE
49. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called B) OPERAND
A) Sorting C) Both of above
B) Classifying D) None of above
C) Reproducing
D) Summarizing 62. Which generation of computer is still under development
A) Fourth Generation
50. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a B) Fifth Generation
computer? C) Sixth Generation
A) To produce result D) Seventh Generation
B) To compare numbers
C) To control flow of information 63. A register organized to allow to move left or right operations
D) To do math’s works is called a ____
A) Counter
51. Abacus was the first B) Loader
A) electronic computer C) Adder
B) mechanical computer D) Shift register
C) electronic calculator
D) mechanical calculator 64. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
A) IBM 650
52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, B) IBM 360
the number of addresses will be C) IBM 1130
A) 216 D) IBM 2700
B) 65,536
C) 64K 65. Which is considered a direct entry input device?
D) Any of the above A) Optical scanner
B) Mouse and digitizer
53. Instructions and memory address are represented by
C) Light pen
A) Character code
D) All of the above
B) Binary codes
C) Binary word
66. A set of information that defines the status of resources
D) Parity bit
allocated to a process is
A) Process control
54. The terminal device that functions as a cash register,
B) ALU
computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:
A) Data collection terminal C) Register Unit
B) OCR register terminal D) Process description
C) Video Display terminal
D) POS terminal 67. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of ____ rods.
A) 5
55. A set of flip flops integrated together is called ____ B) 9
A) Counter C) 11
B) Adder D) 13
C) Register
D) None of the above 68. BCD is
A) Binary Coded Decimal
56. People often call ____ as the brain of computer system B) Bit Coded Decimal
A) Control Unit C) Binary Coded Digit
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit D) Bit Coded Digit
C) Central Processing Unit
D) Storage Unit 69. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the
market and by whom?
57. Which is used for manufacturing chips? A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980
A) Bus B) Epson, 1981
B) Control unit C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
C) Semiconductors D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
D) A and b only
70. From which generation operating systems were developed?
58. The value of each bead in heaven is A) First
A) 1 B) Second
B) 3 C) Third
C) 5 D) Fourth
D) 7
 83. The word processing task associated with changing the
71. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal appearance of a document is
computer was A) Editing
A) IBM B) Writing
B) Super UNIVAC C) Formatting
C) Radio Shaks D) All of above
D) Data General Corporation
84. Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This
72. How many address lines are needed to address each machine computer was of
location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip? A) first generation
A) 10 B) second generation
B) 11
C) third generation
C) 8
D) fourth generation
D) 12
85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
73. Properly arranged data is called
A) Know the memory capacity
A) Field
B) Identify the base of a number system
B) Words
C) Direct the output to a printer
C) Information
D) Specify the problem completely and clearly
D) File
86. Which statement is valid about computer program?
74. A computer consists of
A) It is understood by a computer
A) A central processing unit
B) It is understood by programmer
B) A memory
C) It is understood user
C) Input and output unit
D) Both a & b
D) All of the above

75. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves? 87. The difference between memory and storage is that memory
A) Because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong is ___ and storage is __
B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of current A) Temporary, permanent
C) Both of above B) Permanent, temporary
D) None of above C) Slow, fast
D) All of above
76. John Napier invented Logarithm in
A) 1614 88. When was Pascaline invented?
B) 1617 A) 1617
C) 1620 B) 1620
D) None of above C) 1642
D) 1837
77. An integrated circuit is
A) A complicated circuit 89. Which of the following statement is valid?
B) An integrating device A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer
C) Much costlier than a single transistor B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous English poet
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip C) ADA is a programming language developed by US Defense
D) All of above
78. What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to
regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices 90. A compiler is a translating program which
from trying to use it at the same time? A) Translates instruction of a high level language into machine
A) Bus control language
B) Interrupts B) Translates entire source program into machine language program
C) Bus arbitration C) It is not involved in program’s execution
D) Status D) All of above

79. Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the 91. What is required when more than one person uses a central
trackball is computer at the same time?
A) Stationary A) Light pen
B) Difficult to move B) Mouse
C) Dragged C) Digitizer
D) Moved in small steps D) Terminal

80. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device? 92. Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored
A) Magnetic drum Program Concept?
B) Hard Disks A) UNIVAC
C) Floppy B) ENIAC
D) All of above C) EDSAC
D) None of above
81. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business
because they use a single processing unit to link several 93. The term gigabyte refers to
A) Personal computers A) 1024 bytes
B) Workstations B) 1024 kilobytes
C) Dumb terminals C) 1024 megabytes
D) Mainframes D) 1024 gigabyte

82. What are the three decisions making operations performed 94. in which year was UK’s premier computing event started?
by the ALU of a computer? A) 1980
A) Grater than B) 1985
B) Less than C) 1986
C) Equal to D) 1987
D) All of the above
 106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses software?
95. Once you load the suitable program and provide required A) NAV
data, computer does not need human intervention. This B) F-Prot
feature is known as
C) Oracle
A) Accuracy
D) McAfee
B) Reliability
C) Versatility 107. What is a compiler?
D) Automatic A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into
96. What is a brand? machine code in one step
A) The name of companies that made computers C) A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient
B) The name of product a company gives to identify its product in execution
market D) None of the above
C) A name of class to indicate all similar products from different
companies 108 ______computers are also called personal computers
D) All of above A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
97. Machine language is C) Micro Computers
A) Machine dependent D) Super Computers
B) Difficult to program
C) Error prone 109. Which of the following is not input unit device?
D) All of above A) scanner
B) camera
98. A byte consists of C) plotter
A) One bit D) digitizer
B) Four bits
C) Eight bits 110. Identify the correct statement
D) Sixteen bits A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design
99. Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not C) IBM used CISC CPU design
A) Fast D) None of above is true
B) Powerful
111. Which of the following statement is false?
C) Infallible
A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years
D) Cheap
B) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog
computers.
100. What is the date when Babbage conceived Analytical engine C) All electronic computers are digital computers
A) 1642
D) All of above are false
B) 1837
C) 1880 112. Which of the following require large computers memory?
D) 1850 A) Imaging
B) Graphics
101. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers C) Voice
when Japan started FGCS? D) All of Above
A) Operating Systems
B) Parallel Processing 113. Which of the following is machine independence program?
C) ULSI A) High level language
D) None of above B) Low level language
C) Assembly language
102. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main D) Machine language
memory system?
A) Magnetic core 114. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?
B) Semiconductor A) 1880
C) Magnetic tape B) 1990
D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape C) 1944
D) None of above
103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of
__ or __ media with varying capacities 115. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of
A) Memory or video arithmetic and logical operations was:
B) Magnetic or optical A) ENIAC
C) Optical or memory B) Mark-I
D) Video or magnetic C) Analytic Engine
D) UNIVAC-1
104. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
A) system software 116. Which one is the largest space?
B) application software A) kilobyte
C) utility programs B) petabyte
C) terabyte
D) operating system
D) gigabyte
105. Computer operators
117. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____
A) writes computer programs for specific problems
A) Business Applications
B) operate the device which input and output data from the
B) Marketing Applications
computer
C) Scientific Applications
C) normally require a college degree in computer science
D) None of the above
D) all of the above
 130. What does DMA stand for?
118. The brain of any computer system is A) Distinct Memory Access
A) Control Unit B) Direct Memory Access
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) Direct Module Access
C) Central Processing Unit D) Direct Memory Allocation
D) Storage Unit
131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
119. Analog computer works on the supply of A) Jack Kilby
A) Continuous electrical pulses B) Robert Noyce
B) Electrical pulses but not continuous C) Both of above
C) Magnetic strength D) None of above
D) None of the above
132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
120. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the A) System Software
alternative computer jargon for it? B) Application Software
A) Leech C) Utilities
B) Squid D) None of the above
C) Slug
D) Glitch 133. One computer that is not considered a portable is
A) Minicomputer
121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __ B) Laptop computer
A) Compact size; speed readability C) Notebook computer
B) Compact size, speed D) All of above
C) Readability; speed
D) Low cost; readability 134. Which of the following is not an electronic computer?
A) ENIAC
122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ____ _. B) ABC
A) Basic Input Output System C) UNIVAC
B) Best Input Output System D) EDVAC
C) Basic Input Output Symbol
D) Base Input Output System 135. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of
the screen which requires operator attention?
123. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? A) Pixel
A) Laser printer B) Reverse video
B) Inkjet printer C) Touch screen
C) Daisywheel printer D) Cursor
D) Dot matrix printer
136. Which is the largest computer?
124. IBM 1401 is A) Mainframe Computer
A) First Generation Computer B) Mini Computers
B) Second Generation Computer C) Micro Computers
C) Third Generation Computer D) Super Computers
D) Fourth Generation Computer
137. Which of the following are the best units of data on an
125. Most of the first generation computers were external storage device?
A) Special purpose computers A) Bits
B) General purpose computers B) Bytes
C) Both of above C) Hertz
D) None of above D) Clock cycles

126. Floppy disks typically in diameter 138. The personal computer industry was started by
A) 3 A) IBM
B) 5.25 B) Apple
C) 8 C) Compaq
D) All of above D) HCL

139. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

127. The output quality of a printer is measured by
A) Which is used by one person only
A) Dot per inch
B) Which is assigned one and only one task
B) Dot per sq. inch
C) Which uses one kind of software
C) Dots printed per unit time
D) Which is meant for application software
D) All of above
140. Which programming languages are classified as low level
128. On a PC, how much memory is available to application
languages?
software?
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
A) 1024 KB
B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
B) 760 KB
C) Knowledge based Systems
C) 640 KB
D) Assembly Languages
D) 560 KB
141. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?
129. In a computer ___ is capable to store single binary bit. A) They were larger in size
A) Capacitor
B) They consumed a lot of electricity
B) Flip flop C) They produced heat and often burned out
C) Register
D) The operation cost was high
D) Inductor
142. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold
conditional, are known as 154. Which is a semi conductor memory?
A) PC A) Dynamic
B) Memory address registers B) Static
C) General purpose register C) Bubble
D) Flags D) Both a & b

143. Which is not a computer of first generation? 155. RJ45 UTP cable has ______Cables.
A) ENIAC A) 2 pair
B) UNIVAC B) 3 pair
C) IBM 360 C) 4 pair
D) IBM 1401 D) 5 pair

144. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold 156. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?
conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result A) 8?
of operations), are known as B) 5 ¼?
A) PC C) 3 ½?
B) Flags D) 5 ½?
C) Memory Address Registers
D) General Purpose Registers 157. The earliest calculating devices are
A) Abacus
145. Who invented vacuum tubes? B) Clock
A) John Bardeen C) Difference Engine
B) William Shockley D) None of these
C) Lee de Forest
D) All of above 158. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
A) 4 bits
146. An approach that permits the computer to work on several B) 8 bits
programs instead of one is C) 16 bits
A) On-line thesaurus D) 64 bits
B) Multiprogramming
C) Over lapped processing 159. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using
D) Outline processor electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical
switches?
147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept A) Mark I
A) John Mauchley B) ABC
B) J.P. Eckert C) Z3
C) John Neumann D) None of above
D) Joseph Jacquard
160. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __
148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of resident package
A) Input, output and processing A) CPU
B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage B) Memory
C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage C) Buffer
D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage D) ALU

149. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were 161. Which unit converts computer data into human readable
developed in form?
A) First generation A) Input unit
B) Second generation B) Output unit
C) Third generation C) ALU
D) Fourth generation D) Control Unit

150. UNIVAC is 162. The full form of ALU is

A) Universal Automatic Computer A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Universal Array Computer B) Array Logic Unit
C) Unique Automatic Computer C) Application Logic Unit
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer D) None of above

151. Which is the highest form? 163. What produces useful information out of data?
A) Data A) Computer
B) Information B) Processing
C) Knowledge C) Programming
D) All of above D) none of above

152. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control 164. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?
patterns in a waving machine? A) Pascaline
A) Pascal B) Difference Engine
B) Hollerith C) Analytical Engine
C) Babbage D) None of above
D) Jacquard
153. What is an interpreter? 165. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in
A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is terms of
run A) Speed
B) An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed B) Accuracy
C) An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very C) Reliability
efficient execution D) Cost
D) None of the above
 178. EBCDIC stands for
166. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
computer? B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
A) Binary
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
B) Decimal
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
C) Hexadecimal
D) Octal
179. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains
computer equipment refers to
167. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses
A) Console-operator
electronic components. It produces very consistent results.
B) Programmer
This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer?
A) Accuracy C) Peopleware
B) Reliability D) System Analyst
C) Versatility
D) Automatic 180. IBM System/360 is
A) Mainframe Computer
168. A paper printout of a document is known as B) Mini Computers
A) Softcopy output C) Micro Computers
B) Hardcopy output D) None of above
C) Permanent Output
D) All of above 181. A system is
A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
169. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor B) input unit
material? C) input and output unit
A) Vacuum tubes D) input, output and storage units
B) Transistors
C) ICs 182. Which of the following programming language started from
D) All of above second generation?
A) Cobol
170. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called B) BASIC
A) Read-out C) C
B) Read from D) LISP
C) Read
D) All of above 183. The translator program used in assembly language is called
A) Compiler
171. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and B) Interpreter
comparing? C) Assembler
A) Disk unit D) Translator
B) Control unit
C) ALU 184. EEPROM stands for
D) Modem A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
172. ABC is a
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
A) Special purpose computer
D) None of the above
B) General purpose computer
C) All Purpose Computer
185. Regarding data, computers are very good at
D) None of above
A) store
B) Processing
173. The computer code for the interchange of information
between terminals is C) retrieve
A) ASCII D) All of above
B) BCD
C) EBCDIC 186. Bit map terminal
D) All of above A) support display containing multiple windows
B) require considerable amount of video RAM
174. When was the X window system born? C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low
A) 1984 performance
B) 1989 D) all of above
C) 1988
D) 1990 187. First generation computers used ______ for memory
A) vacuum tubes
175. What is the first stage in software development? B) silicon chips
A) Specification and design C) magnetic drum
B) Testing D) RAM
C) System Analysis
D) Maintenance 188. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read
and write operations?
176. Which of the following is valid statement? A) ROM
A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed B) RAM
B) The data that is processed is called a program C) EPROM
C) The data which is not yet processed is information D) None of above
D) Information is processed by computer to generate data.
189. EPROM can be used for
177. The Second Generation Computer was based on ____ _. A) Erasing the contents of ROM
A) Vacuum Tube B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
B) Silicon Chips C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
C) Transistor D) Duplicating ROM
D) Bio Chips
 203. Primary memory stores
190. ENIAC uses A) Data alone
A) Decimal Numbering System B) Programs alone
B) Octal Numbering System
C) Results alone
C) Binary Numbering System
D) All of these
D) Hexadecimal Numbering System

191. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds 204. After copying the content how many times can you paste?
of different computer system is: A) 1
A) EFTS B) 16
B) MPG C) 32
C) MIPS D) Many
D) CPS
205. WAN stands for
192. which of the following is problem oriented language? A) Wap Area Network
A) High level language B) Wide Area Network
B) Machine language C) Wide Array Net
C) Assembly language D) Wireless Area Network
D) Low level language
206. An error in computer data is called
193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to A) Chip
A) 2 byte
B) Bug
B) 32 byte
C) CPU
C) 4 byte
D) Storage device
D) 8 byte

194. The term GIGO is related to 207. The instructions for starting the computer are house on
A) Accuracy A) Random access memory
B) Reliability B) CD-Rom
C) Versatility C) Read only memory chip
D) Automatic D) All of above

195. Web cam is an 208. 1 nibble equals to

A) input unit device A) 1 bits
B) output unit device B) 2 bits
C) processing device C) 4 bits
D) Input and Output device D) 8 bits

196. Bit stands for 209. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as
A) Binary digits A) paper tapes
B) bit of system
B) magnetic tape
C) a part of byte
C) punched papers tape
D) All of above
D) card punch
197. Access time is
A) seek time + latency time 210. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they
B) seek time cannot perform
C) seek time ? latency time A) Arithmetic Operation
D) latency time B) Logic operation
C) Fetch operations
198. Which device can understand difference between data & D) Either of the above
programs?
A) Input device 211. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?
B) Output device A) Microsoft
C) Memory B) Compaq Corp
D) Microprocessor C) IBM
D) Tandy Svenson
199. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
A) Floppy Disk 212. It was in 2028 BS the_______ was brought in to calculate
B) CD-ROM census data.
C) Hard Disk A) IBM 1400
D) None of these B) IBM 1401
C) ICL 2950
200. Symbolic logic was discovered by
D) None of above
A) George Boole
B) Herman Hollerith
C) Van Neumann 213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
D) Basic Pascal A) John v. Atanasoff
B) Clifford Berry
201. Which of the following is not valid statement? C) Both of above
A) Hard is referred to mean something temporary D) None of above
B) Hard is used to mean something tangible
C) Soft is used to mean something permanent 214. Which of the following is the largest unit?
D) Soft is used to mean something tangible A) data
202. Digital devices are B) field
A) Digital Clock C) record
B) Automobile speed meter D) database file
C) Clock with a dial and two hands
D) All of them
 227. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
215. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among A) Mark I
following names B) ABC
A) John Burdeen
C) Zuse
B) William Shockley
D) UNIVAC
C) Walter Brattain
D) Lee de Forest
228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
A) Greek language
216. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
B) Sanskrit language
A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
C) Latin language
B) It provides only sequential access to stored data
D) German language
C) Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
D) All of above
229. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
A) It is a plastic ribbon
217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is
B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
A) It is quieter than an impact printer
B) It is very slow C) It can be erased and reused
C) The output is of a lower quality D) All of above
D) None of the above
230. Which of the following is first generation computer?
218. The most commonly used standard data code to represent A) EDSAC
alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in B) IBM 1401
electronic data processing system is called C) CDC 1604
A) ASCII D) ICL 2950
B) EBCDIC
C) BCD 231. A hard copy would be prepared on a
D) All of above A) Line printer
B) Dot matrix Printer
219. Which access method is used to access cassette tape? C) Typewriter terminal
A) Direct D) All of the above
B) Sequential
C) Both of the above 232. The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics of
D) None of the above computers?
A) Speed
220. A Compiler is ____ B) Automatic
A) a combination of computer hardware C) Accuracy
B) a program which translates from one high-level language to D) Reliability
another
C) a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level 233. Which of the following programming language were used in
language first generation computers?
D) None of these A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
221. Which unit holds data temporarily? C) Both of above
A) Input unit D) None of above
B) Secondary storage unit
C) Output Unit 234. To locate a data item for storage is
D) Primary Memory Unit A) Field
B) Feed
222. The computer size was very large in C) Database
A) First Generation D) Fetch
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generation 235. Who used punched cards practically for the first time in the
D) Fourth Generation history of computers?
A) Charles Babbage
223. A name or number used to identify storage location devices? B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
A) A byte C) Howard Aikin
B) A record D) Joseph Jacquard
C) An address
D) All of above 236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
A) Magnetic metallic oxide
224. Which of the following is not computer language? B) Optical metallic oxide
A) High level language C) Carbon layer
B) Medium level language D) All of the above
C) Low level language
D) All of the above 237. Which of the following term means to reckon?
A) putare
225. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by B) com
A) Read/write leads C) computa
B) Sectors D) computar
C) Track
D) Lower surface 238. An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a
computer system is
226. IBM 7000 digital computer A) Keyboard
A) Belongs to second generation B) Terminal
B) Uses VLSI C) Printer
C) Employs semiconductor memory D) Plotter
D) Has modular constructions
 251. Microprocessors can be used to make
239. Which of the following is first generation of computer A) Computer
A) EDSAC B) Digital systems
B) IBM-1401 C) Calculators
C) CDC-1604 D) All of the above
D) ICL-2900
252. Which statement is valid about computer program?
240. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called A) High level languages must be converted into machine language to
A) A byte execute
B) A record B) High level language programs are more efficient and faster to
C) An address execute
D) All of above C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program
than in low level programs
241. Computer professionals working in a computer centre are D) All of above
A) Software
B) Firmware 253. By programmable machine we mean
C) Hardware A) computers
D) Humanware B) modern television
C) washing machines
242. The first general purpose electronic computer in the world D) anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable
was programs
A) UNIVAC
B) EDVAC 254. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
C) ENIAC A) Keyboard
D) All of above B) Disk
C) ALU
243. The contents of information are stored in D) All of the above
A) Memory data register
B) Memory address register 255. The memory which is programmed at the time it is
C) Memory arithmetic registers manufactured
D) Memory access register A) ROM
B) RAM
244. Which of the following is correct full form of BCD? C) PROM
A) Binary Coded Decimal D) EPROM
B) Bit Coded Decimal
C) Binary Coded Digit 256. One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does
D) Bit Coded Digit CD ROM stand for?
A) Compactable Read Only Memory
245. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
80386 microprocessor chip? C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
A) IBM PS/2 D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
B) HP-9830
C) DeskPro-386 257. Identify the true statement
D) IBM-360 A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer from GIGO
B) Computers are reliable because they use electronic component
246. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set which have very low failure rate
of variables is termed as C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer from boredom
A) data D) All of above
B) information
C) both of above 258. FORTRAN is
D) none of above A) File Translation
B) Format Translation
247. Main storage is also called C) Formula Translation
A) Accumulator D) Floppy Translation
B) Control Unit
C) Register Unit 259. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and
D) Memory stored in ROM is known as
A) Hardware
248. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video B) Software
component? C) Firmware
A) Resolution D) ROM ware
B) Color depth
C) Refresh rate 260. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many
D) All of the alcove times per second?
A) Static RAM
B) Dynamic RAM
249. For what Antikyathera was used?
C) EPROM
A) For counting
D) ROM
B) For Calculating tax collection
C) For calculating astronomical positions
261. What do you call the translator which takes assembly
D) For calculating firing weapons
language program as input & produce machine language
code as output?
250. Memory unit is one part of A) Compiler
A) Input device B) Interpreter
B) Control unit C) Debugger
C) Output device D) Assembler
D) Central Processing Unit
 274. Which of the following is not an XT microprocessor?
262. Serial access memories are useful in applications where A) 8006
A) Data consists of numbers B) 8086
B) Short access time is required C) 8088
C) Each stored word is processed differently D) None of above
D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form
275. Hard disk is coated in both side with
263. In ______ mode, the communication channel is used in both A) Magnetic metallic oxide
directions at the same time? B) Optical metallic oxide
A) Full-duplex C) Carbon layer
B) Simplex D) All of the above
C) Half-duplex
D) None of the above 276. ASCII stands for
A) American Stable Code for International Interchange
264. Who invented Slide Rules? B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
A) John Napier C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B) William Oughtred D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information
C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Blaise Pascal 277. Raw facts and figures about any particular topic are
A) Information
265. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is B) facts
A) An electronic automated machine that can solve problems C) data
involving words and numbers D) none of above
B) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator
C) Any machine that can perform mathematical operations 278. A computer can solve more than one kind of problem. This is
D) A machine that works on binary code related to which of the following characteristics?
A) Accuracy
266. Memory is made up of B) Reliability
A) Set of wires C) Versatility
B) Set of circuits D) Automatic
C) Large number of cells
279. From which generation computers the printers were used?
D) All of these
A) first
B) second
267. Which of the following is the most powerful computers?
C) third
A) Mainframe Computer
D) fourth
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
280. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
D) Super Computers A) 32
B) 116
268. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers C) 58
uses dry ink powder? D) 76
A) Daisy wheel printer
B) Line printer 281. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands electronic
C) Laser printer components per chip
D) Thermal printer A) SSI
B) MSI
269. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system C) LSI
is known as D) VLSI
A) Car
B) Bus 282. An application program that helps the user to change any
C) Truck number and immediately see the result of that change is
D) Road A) Desktop publishing program
B) Database
270. Which term is used to describe RAM? C) Spreadsheet
A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) D) All of above
B) Static RAM (SRAM)
C) Video RAM (VRAM) 283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the
D) All of the above Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In
which year was it exhibition?
271. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first A) 1820
time? B) 1860
A) 1964 C) 1855
B) 1975 D) 1870
C) 1999
D) 1944 284. What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is
powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
272. Assembly language started to be used from A) AX3/33
A) first generation computers B) NEC-20
B) second generation computers C) Magnum 2000
D) HCL-3000
C) third generation computers
D) fourth generation computers
285. In analog computer
A) Input is first converted to digital form
273. Which technology is more reliable?
B) Input is never converted to digital form
A) Mechanical
C) Output is displayed in digital form
B) Electro-Mechanical
D) All of the above
C) Electronic
D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of above are reliable
 298. Second generation computers were developed during
286. Which of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert A) 1949 to 1955
and John Mauchly? B) 1956 to 1965
A) ENIAC
C) 1965 to 1970
B) EDVAC D) 1970 to 1990
C) UNIVAC
D) EDSAC 299. What do you call a single point on a computer screen?
A) Cell
287. When was the company named IBM? B) Element
A) 1914 C) Pixel
B) 1924 D) Bit
C) 1975
D) None of above 300. Mostly which of the following device is used to carry user
files?
288. Which of the following storage device can store the largest A) Floppy Disk
amount of data? B) Hard Disk
A) Hard Disks C) RAM
B) Flash Disks D) CDROM
C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs 301. Which of the following computer implemented binary
numbers, perform calculations using electronics and
289. Who invented Mark I? implemented separate computation and memory for the first
A) Howard Aikin time?
B) J. P. Eckert A) Mark I
C) John Mauchley B) ABC
D) John v. Atanasoff C) Z3
D) None of above
290. ALU is
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit 302. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN
B) Array Logic Unit stand for?
C) Application Logic Unit A) File Translation
D) None of above B) Format Translation
C) Formula Translation
291. A computer program that converts an entire program into D) Floppy Translation
machine language at one time is called a/an
A) Interpreter 303. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?
B) CPU A) SRAM
C) Compiler B) DRAM
D) Simulator C) ROM
D) All of above
292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to
join hands? 304. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via
A) 1978 its ports?
B) 1984 A) Data
C) 1990 B) Bytes
D) 1991 C) Graphics
D) Pictures
293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT act like
A) an amplifier 305. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a
B) a switch magnetic medium to produce audio response is
A) Magnetic tape
C) a router
B) Voice response unit
D) None of above
C) Voice recognition unit
D) Voice band
294. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
A) More expensive
306. Which of the items below are considered removable storage
B) More portable
media?
C) Less rigid
A) Removable hard disk cartridges
D) Slowly accessed
B) (Magneto-optical) disk
C) Flexible disks cartridges
295. Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
D) All of the above
A) RAM
B) Registers
307. Which of the following is not purely output device?
C) Disks A) Screen
D) Pen Drive B) Printer
C) Speaker
296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is D) Plotter
A) 81
B) 72
C) 71 308. Who developed a mechanical device in the
D) None of above 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple,
divide and find square roots?
297. Excessive parallel processing is related to A) Napier
A) First generation B) Babbage
B) Fourth generation C) Pascal
C) Fifth Generation D) Leibniz
D) Third generation
 321. On which aspect the analog computers are better than
309. The first Macintosh computer was from digital?
A) First generation A) Speed
B) Second generation B) Accuracy
C) Third generation C) Reliability
D) Fourth generation D) Automatic

310. Which of the following is not a form of data? 322. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
A) numbers and characters A) 486dx
B) images B) Power PC
C) sound C) 486sx
D) none of above D) 6340
311. Which is not a computer classification?
323. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles
A) mainframe Babbage?
B) maxframe A) Tabulating Machine
C) mini B) Analytical Engine
D) notebook
C) Difference Engine
D) Both C and D
312. The control unit of a microprocessor
A) Stores data in the memory
324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory
B) Accepts input data from keyboard
A) 100
C) Performs arithmetic/logic function
B) 20
D) None of above
C) 80
D) 40
313. Which of the following is internal memory?
A) Disks
325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of
B) Pen Drives
A) Genetics
C) RAM
B) Control and communication
D) CDs
C) Molecular biology
D) Biochemistry
314. Which operation is not performed by computer
A) Inputting
B) Processing 326. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?
C) Controlling A) Because it was invented before electronic computers were
D) Understanding developed
B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to
315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material produce result
are also called? C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different component
A) Hard disks D) None of above
B) High-density disks
C) Diskettes 327. Binary circuit elements have
D) Templates A) One stable state
B) Two stable state
316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct C) Three stable state
access storage of data and that have no moving parts are D) None of above
known as
A) Magnetic core memory 328. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
B) Magnetic tape memory A) Control bus
C) Magnetic disk memory B) Control unit
D) Magnetic bubble memory C) Parity unit
D) Semiconductor
317. A collection of related instructions organized for a common
purpose is referred to as 329. Which of the following is not a micro computer?
A) File A) Laptop PCs
B) Database B) Tablet PCs
C) Program C) Desktop PCs
D) None of above D) None of above

318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and 330. The value of each bead in earth is
A) Buffer size A) 1
B) Resolution B) 3
C) Vertical dimensions C) 5
D) Intelligence D) 7

319. Computer instructions written with the use of English words 331. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
instead of binary machine code is called A) 1416
A) Mnemonics B) 1614
B) Symbolic code C) 1641
C) Gray codes D) 1804
D) Opcode
332. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to
320. Which language is directly understood by the computer main memory?
without translation program? A) Non volatile
A) Machine language B) Permanent
B) Assembly language C) Control unit
C) High level language D) Temporary
D) None of above
 344. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a
333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it file with a high degree of file activity?
introduced? A) Sequential
A) PDP-I, 1958 B) ISAM
B) IBM System/36, 1960 C) VSAM
C) PDP-II, 1961 D) B-Tree Index
D) VAX 11/780, 1962
345. Which of the following is associated with error detector?
334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under A) Odd parity bit
the control of one master is B) Even parity bit
A) Cylinder C) Both of the above
B) Surface D) None of above
C) Track
D) Cluster 346. Magnetic tape can serve as
A) Secondary storage media
335. The word length of a computer is measured in B) Output media
A) Bytes C) Input media
B) Millimeters D) All of the above
C) Meters
D) Bits 347. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor
industry?
A) Motorola
336. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU
B) IBM
and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded
C) Intel
memory specification)?
D) AMD
A) Extended
B) Expanded
348. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as
C) Base
A) IBM 7090
D) Conventional B) Apple ? 1
C) IBM System / 360
337. Which unit holds data permanently? D) VAX-10
A) Input unit
B) Secondary storage unit 349. EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?
C) Output Unit A) 256
D) Primary Memory Unit B) 16
C) 32
338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be_______ D) 64
A) Formatted
B) Reformatted 350. MICR stands for
C) Addressed A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
D) None of the above B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
339. Computer system comprises of major units D) None
A) input unit, output unit, control unit
B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage 351. Number crunchier is the informal name for
A) Mini computer
C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit
B) Super computer
D) input, output and storage units
C) Microcomputer
D) Mainframe computer
340. The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the
world was
352. RATS stand for
A) UNIVAC
A) Regression Analysis Time Series
B) EDVAC
B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
C) ENIAC C) Real Analysis Series
D) All of above D) All of above

341. Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that 353. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
processes the both type of signals is known as A) Mechanical
A) Analog computer B) Electrical
B) Digital Computer C) Electro Magnetic
C) Hybrid Computer D) Laser
D) Mainframe Computer
354. Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are
342. High level language is also called linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines.
A) Problem oriented language What are these lines called?
B) Business oriented language A) Conductors
C) Mathematically oriented language B) Buses
D) All of the above C) Connectors
D) Consecutives
343. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device
355. Which is the first electronic digital computer?
is called Sillico Sapiens?
A) ENIAC
A) Monitor
B) MARK I
B) Hardware
C) Z3
C) Robot
D) ABC
D) Computer
 368. Why ABC computer is called so?
356. Which of the following is a storage device? A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
A) Tape
B) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with
B) Hard Disk
first alphabets of English
C) Floppy Disk
C) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC
D) All of the above
D) None of above are true
357. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and
contamination free containers are called 369. Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/
A) Hard disks A) Von Neumann
B) Floppy disk B) Joseph M Jacquard
C) Winchester disk C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
D) Flexible disk D) All of above

358. A computer program that converts an entire program into 370. Central Processing Unit is combination of
machine language is called a/an A) Control and storage
A) Interpreter
B) Control and output unit
B) Simulator
C) Compiler C) Arithmetic logic and input unit
D) Commander D) Arithmetic logic and control unit

359. Intel corporation produces chips for which computers? 371. IBM 1401 computer was
A) IBM PCs A) Mainframe Computer
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs B) Mini Computers
C) Both of above C) Micro Computers
D) None of above D) None of above

360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was 372. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
called A) Delay times
A) 8008
B) Real time
B) 8080
C) Execution time
C) 4004
D) 8800 D) Down time

361. Which of the following is not a class of computers based on 373. CD-ROM stands for
size? A) Compactable Read Only Memory
A) Mainframe Computers B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
B) Mini Computers C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
C) Micro Computers D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
D) Super Computers
374. Which unit converts user data into machine readable form?
362. Who invented EDSAC?
A) Input unit
A) John v. Neumann
B) Output unit
B) J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
C) Maurice Wilkes C) ALU
D) Howard Aiken D) Control Unit

363. EEPROM stands for 375. Which unit is known as nerve center of computer?
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory A) ALU
B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory B) CU
C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory C) Memory
D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory D) Registers

364. Which of the following is a class of computers based on 376. What does the disk drive of a computer do?
model?
A) Rotate the disk
A) Digital Computer
B) Read the disk
B) Hybrid Computers
C) Analog Computers C) Load a program from the disk into the memory
D) AT Computers D) Both b and c

365. What are the computers called that performs calculations 377. Access time is
and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system? A) seek time + latency time
A) Analog Computers B) seek time
B) Digital Computers C) seek time
C) Hybrid Computers D) latency time
D) None of above
378. Who invented the microprocessor?
366. ASCII stands for
A) Marcian E Huff
A) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B) Herman H Goldstein
B) American Scientific Code for International Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange C) Joseph Jacquard
D) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange D) All of above

367. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic 379. MICR stands for
tape is A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
A) 7-bit ASCII B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
B) 7-bit EBCDIC C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
C) 8-bit ASCII D) None of the above
D) 8-bit EBCDIC
 392. The full form of EEPROM is
380. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Which of the following are common data paths? B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
A) 8 bits
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) 12 bits
D) None of the above
C) 16 bits
D) 32 bits
393. The original ASCII code used__bits of each byte, reserving that
last bit for error checking
381. MSI is the abbreviation of
A) 5
A) Medium Scale Integrated
B) 6
B) Medium System Integrated
C) 7
C) Medium Scale Intelligent
D) 8
D) Medium System Intelligent

382. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 394. A computer programmer
1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, A) Does all the thinking for a computer
operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and B) Can enter input data quickly
the application software from everywhere. Can you name the C) Can operate all types of computer equipments
country which contribute D) Can draw only flowchart
A) India
B) China 395. Fifth generation computer is also known as
C) Germany A) Knowledge information processing system
D) Taiwan B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
383. Which statement is valid about interpreter? D) None of above
A) It translates one instruction at a time
B) Object code is saved for future use 396. The commonly used standard data code to represent
C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in
D) All of above electronic data processing system is called
A) ASCII
384. Easily reloctable language is B) EBCDIC
A) Machine language C) BCD
B) Assembly language D) All of above
C) High level language
D) Medium level language 397. Which of the following have low failure rate?
A) mechanical devices
385. Which of the following memories needs refresh? B) electronic devices
A) SRAM C) electro-mechanical devices
B) DRAM D) None of above
C) ROM
D) All of above 398. Which of the following memories need refresh?
A) SRAM
386. Through which device the main components of the computer B) DRAM
communicate with each other?
C) ROM
A) Keyboard
D) All of the above
B) System Bus
C) Monitor
D) Memory 399. A typical personal computer used for business purposes
would have__ of RAM.
A) 4 KB
387. What type of device is computer keyboard?
A) Memory B) 16 K
B) Output C) 64 K
C) Storage D) 256 K
D) Input
400. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high
388. Which is the limitation of high level language? speed storage element called
A) Lower efficiency A) Semiconductor memory
B) Machine dependence B) Registers
C) machine level coding C) Hard disks
D) None of above D) Magnetic disk

389. An example of a digital device can be 401. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Digital clock A) Analytical Engine
B) Automobile speed meter B) Arithmetic Machine
C) Clock with a dial and two hands C) Donald Kunth
D) All of the above D) All of above

390. Which of the following is not true? 402. The processing speed of first generation computers was
A) Transistors are much smaller A) milliseconds
B) Transistors produce low heat B) microseconds
C) Transistors were less reliable C) nanoseconds
D) Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices D) picoseconds

391. A characteristic of card systems is: 403. Model 5100 was_____ n 1957.
A) Slowness in processing data A) The first PC built by IBM
B) Using cards as records of transactions B) The first PC built by Apple
C) Needing a larger DP staff C) The first PC built by Motorola
D) All of the above D) The first PC built by Intel
 416. Which of the following printing devices an output composed
404. VGA is of a series of data?
A) Video Graphics Array A) Wire matrix printer
B) Visual Graphics Array B) Band printer
C) Volatile Graphics Array C) Wang image printer
D) Video Graphics Adapter D) Both a and c

405. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of 417. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader computer?
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader A) PIM/m
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader B) ICL 2950
D) None C) IBM 1401
D) None of above
406. Which of the following is not a class based on size?
A) Mainframe Computer 418. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
B) Micro Computer A) Direct access
C) Mini Computer B) Sequential access
D) Digital Computer C) Both of above
D) None of above
407. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s TRS-80
computers? 419. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
A) Z-8000 A) IBM 360
B) Motorola 6809 B) IBM 1401
C) Z-8808 C) PDP-8
D) Z-80 D) HP2115

408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk? 420. The number of records contained within a block of data on
A) Hard Disks magnetic tape is defined by the
B) Flash Disks A) Block definition
C) Blu-Ray Disks B) Record contain clause
D) DVDs C) Blocking factor
D) Record per block
409. Which of the following professions has not been affected by
personal computers? 421. Mark I is also known as
A) Medical A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
B) Clerical and law B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
C) Accounting C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
D) None of the above D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from 422. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of
A) Latin language the memory location pointed by the PC?
B) Greek Language A) Memory address registers
C) Sanskrit language B) Memory data registers
D) Ancient Egypt C) Instruction register
D) Program counter
411. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
A) Parallel only 423. Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in
B) Sequentially only terms of Cost/Bit?
C) Both sequentially and parallel A) Semiconductor memories
D) All of above B) Magnetic Disks
C) Compact Disks
412. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main D) Magnetic Tapes
memory system?
A) Magnetic core 424. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective
B) Semiconductor decision making by?
C) Magnetic tape A) Consumers
D) Both a and b B) Workers
C) Foremen
413. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger D) Managers
quantities of data is
A) CPU 425. Which is valid statement
B) Memory A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
C) Mass storage B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
D) Secondary storage C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes
414. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with
magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called 426. Latency time is
A) Laser printer A) Time to spin the needed data under head
B) Ink-jet printer B) Time to spin the needed data under track
C) Drum printer C) Time to spin data under sector
D) Chan printer D) All of above

415. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a 427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
video display image? A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
A) Bandwidth B) John Mauchly
B) Raster scan rage C) Blaise Pascal
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution D) Howard Aiken
D) Screen size
 440. Which of the following required large computer memory?
428. The most important advantage of a video disk is A) Imaging
A) Compactness B) Graphics
B) Potential capacity C) Voice
C) Durability
D) All of above
D) Cost effectiveness
441. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
429. Which of the following generation computers had expensive
A) Analytical engine
operation cost?
B) Arithmetic machine
A) First
C) Donald Knuth
B) Second
D) All of above
C) Third
D) Fourth
442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A) heaven
430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
B) sky
A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer C) earth
C) Large-scale computer D) floor
D) Super computer
443. All modern computer operate on
431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer A) Information
A) Petal printer B) Floppies
B) Golf ball printer C) Data
C) Laser printer D) Word
D) Line printer
444. The computer that can input analog signals and return result
432. Cursor is a ____ in digital form
A) Pixel A) Analog Computers
B) Thin blinking line B) Digital Computers
C) Pointing device C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of these D) Mainframe Computers

433. Which device is used to backup the data? 445. Offline device is
A) Floppy Disk A) A device which is not connected to CPU
B) Tape B) A device which is connected to CPU
C) Network Drive C) A direct access storage device
D) All of the above D) An I/O device

434. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if 446. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
your objective is to print on multi carbon forms? A) Digital paper
A) Daisy wheel B) Magneto-optical disk
B) Dot matrix C) WORM disk
C) Laser D) CD-ROM disk
D) Thimble
447. Which of the following programming language started from
435. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices? second generation?
A) Floppy / hard disks A) LISP
B) CD-ROMs B) C
C) Tape devices C) QBASIC
D) All of the above D) FORTRAN

436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. 448. Which one of the following input device is user-
What does ASCII stand for? programmable?
A) American Stable Code for International Interchange A) Dumb terminal
B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange B) Smart terminal
C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange C) VDT
D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information D) Intelligent terminal

437. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized 449. Floppy disks typically in diameter
organizations? A) 3?
A) Mainframe Computer B) 5.25?
B) Mini Computers C) 8?
C) Micro Computers D) All of above
D) Super Computers
450. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
438. Slide Rules was invented in A) 9 or 32
A) 1614 B) 30 or 70
B) 1617 C) 28 or 72
C) 1620 D) 30 or 72
D) None of above
451. Dot-matrix is a type of
439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to_______ data? A) Tape
A) 680 KB B) Printer
B) 680 Bytes C) Disk
C) 680 MB D) Bus
D) 680 GB
 464. Which of the following is input device?
452. Which is not consisted in a processor A) scanner
A) ALU B) speaker
B) CU
C) monitor
C) Memory
D) projector
D) Registers
465. Which of the following is true?
453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged
to A) Fields are composed of bytes
A) First Generation B) Records are composed of fields
B) Second Generation C) Fields are composed of characters
C) Third Generation D) All of above
D) Froth Generation
466. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using
454. The Third Generation Computer was made with _____ _. telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A) Vacuum Tube A) Claude Shannon
B) Discrete Components B) Konrard Zues
C) IC C) George Stibits
D) Bio Chips D) Howard H. Aiken

455. Which of the following are the two main components of the 467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Networking, what is its
CPU? full form?
A) Control Unit and Registers A) WAP Area Network
B) Registers and Main Memory B) Wide Area Network
C) Control unit and ALU C) Wide Array of Network
D) ALU and bus D) Wireless Access Network

456. Fifth generation computer is also known as 468. In which language is source program written?
A) Knowledge information processing system A) English
B) Very large scale integration B) Symbolic
C) Both of above C) High level
D) None of above
D) Temporary
457. Second Generation computers were developed during
469. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
A) 1949 to 1955
A) Video Graphics Array
B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970 B) Visual Graphics Array
D) 1970 to 1990 C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter
458. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper
printout? 470. A song being played on computer speaker is
A) Display screen A) hard output
B) Soft copy terminal B) soft output
C) Hard copy terminal C) both hard and soft output
D) Plotter D) neither hard nor soft output

459. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a 471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A) Batch processing system A) Additional Terminals
B) Multiprogramming B) Advance technology
C) Time sharing C) Applied technology
D) None of these D) Advanced terminology

460. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in 472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
the market? A) 2KB to 8KB
A) 1964 B) 64KB & 256KB
B) 1970
C) 256KB & 640KB
C) 1983
D) None of these
D) 1986
473. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-
461. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the
trac magnetic tape?
market and by whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard A) 9
B) Epson, 1981 B) 16
C) Laplink traveling software In1982 C) 18
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985 D) 27

462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different 474. Apple company used chips from ____ for its computers
name which was changed in 1924. What was that name? A) Intel
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co. B) Motorola
B) The Tabulator Ltd. C) Both of above
C) International Computer Ltd. D) None of above
D) None of above
475. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation
463. The personnel who deals with the computer and its computers?
management put together are called A) Use of natural language
A) Software B) artificial intelligence
B) Human ware C) bio-chips
C) Firmware D) All of above
D) Hardware
 487. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his A) ICL/2950
A) Difference Engine B) ENIAC
B) Analytic Engine C) IBM 1401
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine D) None of above
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data
477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction entry
per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is
B) Key verification is easily performed
known as
C) The tape is reusable
A) Super computer
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur.
B) Mini computer
C) Micro computer
D) Macro computer 489. Basic is _____ language.
A) a procedural
478. When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is B) an object oriented
most expensive? C) both A and B
A) Mainframe Computer D) none of the above
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers 490. A computer Program that translates one program instruction
D) Super Computers at a time into machine language is called a/an
A) Interpreter
479. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into B) CPU
a memory location? C) Compiler
A) It will add to the content of the location D) Simulator
B) It will change the address of the memory location
C) It will erase the previous content 491. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location A) Semiconductor Memories
B) Magnetic Disks
480. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a C) Magnetic Tapes
Graphical User Environment? D) Compact Disks
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse 492. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by
C) Joystick Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored
D) Track ball program concept. How many numbers could it store in its
internal memory?
481. Mini computers and micro computers are from which A) 100
generation of computers? B) 20
A) First C) 40
B) Second D) 80
C) Third
D) Fourth
493. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
482. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or
B) Digital computer
comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
C) Hybrid computer
A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
B) Control Unit D) Mainframe computer
C) Both of above
D) None of above 494. What was the name of the first commercially available
microprocessor chip?
483. The operating speed of third generation computer was A) Intel 308
A) Milliseconds B) Intel 33
B) Microseconds C) Intel 4004
C) Nanoseconds D) Motorola 639
D) Picoseconds
495. Which of the following class of computers can process
484. Which of the following is true? physical quantities such as speed?
A) Mark I was 8 feet long A) Analog Computers
B) Mark I was 2 feet long B) Digital Computers
C) Mark I was 40 feet long C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above D) None of above

485. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern 496. How many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble
computers because memory
A) of his difference engine A) 8
B) of his analytical engine B) 4
C) his concept of input, mill and output C) 16
D) All of above D) 2

486. Which of the following is used only for data entry and 497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
storage, and never for processing? A) 1982
A) Mouse B) 1984
B) Dumb terminal C) 1985
C) Micro computer D) 1989
D) Dedicated data entry system
498. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) RAM chips 510. The two basic types of record access methods are:
B) ROM chips A) Sequential and random
C) Micro processors B) Sequential and indexed
D) PROM chips C) Direct and immediate
D) Online and real time
499. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A) IBM PCs 511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs A) First Generation
C) IBM Compatibles B) Second Generation
D) Both A & C C) Fifth Generation
D) Sixth Generation
500. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors
from micro-computer is 512. One of a class of storage device devices that can access
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors storage locations in any order is
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors A) DTE
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device B) DASD
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time C) DDE
D) DDE
501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
513. The actual execution of instructions happens in
B) 1617
A) ALU
C) 1620
B) CU
D) None of above
C) Memory
D) None of above
502. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
A) Minicomputer
B) A laptop computer 514. Floppy disks are available in
A) Single side single density
C) Tablet PC
D) All of the above B) Single side double density
C) Both of above
503. Computers built before the First Generation of computers D) None of above
were:
A) Mechanical 515. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
B) Electro-mechanical A) Z3
C) Electrical B) ABC
D) None of these C) mark I
D) ENIAC
504. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
A) Random access memory 516. Which of the following is a programming language?
B) Action method A) Lotus
C) Transfer method B) Pascal
D) Density method C) MS-Excel
D) Netscape
505. What is System Analysis?
A) The design of the screen the user will see and use to enter or 517. Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
display data A) input unit, output unit, control unit
B) System analysis defines the format and type of data the program B) central processing unit
will use C) output unit
C) System Analysis involves creating formal model of the problem to D) decoder unit
be solved
D) None of the above 518. In what respect human beings are superior to computers?
A) Diligence
506. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can B) Intelligence
only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it? C) Slavery
A) Floppy Disk D) Reliability
B) Hard Disk
C) Tape Drive 519. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory
D) CDROM of a computer is
A) Large
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular B) Cheap
plate? C) Fast
A) Disk
D) Slow
B) CPU
C) Printer
520. The language that the computer can understand and execute
D) ALU
is called
508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
A) Machine language
A) Matrix printer
B) Application software
B) Impact printer
C) System program
C) Laser printer
D) All of above
D) Manual printer
521. How was the generation of computer classified?
509. A number system that has eight different symbols to
represent any quantity is known as A) by the device used in memory & processor
A) Binary B) by the speed of computer
B) Octal C) by the model of the computer
C) Decimal D) by the accuracy of computer
D) Hexadecimal
 534. A term used to describe interconnected computer
522. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation configuration is
computers A) Multiprogramming
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
B) Modulation
B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
C) Multiprocessing
C) They used machine language and assembly language to program
the machine D) Micro program sequence
D) None of above
535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the
523. CAD stands for diskette’s label side should face
A) Computer aided design A) East
B) Computer algorithm for design B) North
C) Computer application in design C) South
D) All of the above D) Up

524. Which of the following memories has the shortest access 536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any
times? disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
A) Cache memory A) Home computers
B) Magnetic bubble memory B) Diskless computers
C) Magnetic core memory
C) Dedicated computers
D) RAM
D) General purpose computers
525. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains
within it a 537. What is a light pen?
A) Computer A) Mechanical Input device
B) Microcomputer B) Optical input device
C) Programmable C) Electronic input device
D) Sensor D) Optical output device

526. Which of the following is not a primary storage device? 538. Which of the following class of computers can not support
A) Magnetic tape multiple users simultaneously?
B) Magnetic disk A) Mainframe Computer
C) Optical disk B) Mini Computers
D) All of above C) Micro Computers
D) All of them can support
527. Who invented Analytical engine?
A) Blaise Pascal
B) George Bool 539. Which of the following is considered first computer in the
C) Charles Babbage world?
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith A) Z3
B) ABC
528. CPU speed of a personal computer is C) Mark I
A) 32 KIPS D) None of above
B) 100 KIPS
C) 1 MIPS 540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is
D) None of these used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding
bits?
529. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known A) ANSI
as B) ASCII
A) tracks C) EBCDIC
B) sectors D) ISO
C) cycles
D) rings
541. In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs:
A) a sound card and speakers
530. Which statement is valid?
A) 1KB = 1024 bytes B) a microphone
B) 1 MB=2048 bytes C) all of them required
C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes D) none of them required
D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
542. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image
531. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is printed text?
equivalent to any odd decimal number, is: A) OCR
A) 0 B) OMR
B) 1 C) MICR
C) 1 or 0 D) All of above
D) 3
543. For which of the following computers can’t be used?
532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the
A) gathering data
movement by the change in its capacitance,
B) calculating data
A) Capacitance keyboard
B) Mechanical keyboard C) comparing data
C) Qwerty keyboard D) Arranging data
D) Dvorak keyboard
544. Which of the following is called low level languages?
533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by A) Machine language
A) John Napier B) Assembly language
B) William Oughtred C) Both of the above
C) Gottfried Leibnitz D) None of above
D) Blaise Pascal
545. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to
adopt a computer is its 558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
A) Accuracy A) He made the computers secretly
B) Reliability B) his computers were very complicated and it took time for the
C) Speed people to recognize its power
D) All of above C) of political reasons. He was German.
D) All of the above
546. Who invented punched cards?
A) Charles Babbage
559. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
known
C) Howard Aikin
A) Memory map
D) Joseph Jacquard
B) Memory protection
547. Each model of a computer has a unique C) Memory management
A) Assembly of a computer D) Memory instruction
B) Machine language
C) High level language 560. In what respect computers are superior to human beings?
D) All of the above A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
548. Which of the following is not a primary storage device? C) Both of above
A) Magnetic tape D) None of above
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk 561. Com in Latin is
D) All of the above A) intensifying prefix
B) intensifying suffix
549. In a punched card system, data is processed by a C) a term that means to reckon
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
D) None of above
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
562. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
of the following except:
A) Microprocessor
550. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
A) Joystick B) Disk controller
B) Modem C) Serial interface
C) CD Drive D) Modem
D) NIC Card
563. Which of the following is related to fifth generation
551. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for computers?
multiplication and division aids is known as A) Knowledge information processing system
A) Pascaline B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
B) Napier’s Bones C) Both of above
C) Stepped Reckoner D) Only b
D) Slide Rule
564. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by
552. Seek time is loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the
A) time to position the head over proper track computer memory is called
B) time to position the head over proper sector A) Duping
C) time to position the head over proper cylinder B) Booting
D) none of above C) Padding
D) CPS
553. Tape speed is measured in
A) Feet per second
B) Inch per second 565. MSI stands for
C) Meter per second A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
D) Centimeter per second B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
554. Punched cards were first introduced by D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
A) Powers
B) Pascal 566. A Pixel is _________
C) Jacquard A) A computer program that draws picture
D) Herman Hollerith B) A picture stored in secondary memory
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
555. Which computer support co-processors? D) None of these
A) XT computer
B) AT computers 567. A/n ___ Device is any device that provides information, which
C) None of these is sent to the CPU
D) Both of these A) Input
556. A floppy disk contains
B) Output
A) Circular tracks only
C) CPU
B) Sectors only
D) Memory
C) Both circular tracks and sectors
D) None of the above
568. What was the nick name of the computer used by the
557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
A) 1.40 MB A) ENIAC
B) 1.44 GB B) EDSAC
C) 1.40 GB C) MANIAC
D) 1.44 MB D) UNIVAC
 579. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and
569. Which is the type of memory for information that does not data currently being processed by the CPU?
change on your computer? A) Mass memory
A) RAM B) Internal memory
B) ROM C) Non-volatile memory
C) ERAM D) PROM
D) RW / RAM
580. Which of the following code used in present day computing
570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation? was developed by IBM Corporation?
A) First A) ASCII
B) Hollerith Code
B) Second
C) Baudot Code
C) Third
D) EBCDIC Code
D) Fourth
581. When was the transistors invented?
571. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard A) 1948
Disk Drives? B) 1938
A) IBM C) 1958
B) Seagate D) 1968
C) Microsoft
D) 3M 582. In the third Generation of computers
A) Distributed data processing first became popular
572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from B) An operating system was first developed
A) First generation C) High level procedural language were first used
B) Second generation D) Online real time systems first become popular
C) Third generation
583. Most important advantage of an IC is its
D) Fourth generation
A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
B) Extremely high reliability
573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from
C) Reduced cost
electronic calculators?
D) Lower power consumption
A) Accuracy
B) Storage
584. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and
C) Versatility its compatibles?
D) Automatic A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
574. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of C) Personal Computing
address of the memory location where the next instruction is D) Interface Age
located?
A) Memory address register 585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full
B) Memory data register form?
C) Instruction register A) Universal Automatic Computer
D) Program counter B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
575. Which of the following is not the classification of computers
based on application?
A) Electronic Computers 586. Which of the following is required when more than one
person uses a central computer at the same time?
B) Analog Computers A) Terminal
C) Digital Computers B) Light pen
D) Hybrid Computers C) Digitizer
D) Mouse
576. Which of the following is not a type of Software
A) System Software 587. Which of the following is not an output device?
B) Application Software A) Scanner
C) Utility Software B) Printer
D) Entertainment Software C) Flat Screen
D) Touch Screen
577. Who invented the high level language C?
588. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a
A) Dennis M. Ritchie main circuit board. What is the common name for such
B) Niklaus Writh boards?
C) Seymour Papert A) Daughterboard
D) Donald Kunth B) Motherboard
C) Father board
578. What do you call the programs that are used to find out D) Childboard
possible faults and their causes?
A) Operating system extensions
B) Cookies
C) Diagnostic software
D) Boot diskettes
Answers
 1-A 2-D 3-D 4-D 5-C 6-A 7-C 8-D 9-C 10-B
11-C 12-C 13-D 14-C 15-C 16-B 17-B 18-B 19-C 20-D
21-B 22-D 23-C 24-B 25-A 26-B 27-B 28-A 29-B 30-D
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