Fundamentals Of Computers Mcqs #2

101. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS? A) Operating Systems B) Paralled Processing C) ULSI D) None of above 102. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system? A) Magnetic core B) Semiconductor C) Magnetic tape D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape 103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying capacities A) Memory or video B) Magnetic or optical C) Optical or memory D) Video or magnetic 104. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as A) system software B) application software C) utility programs D) operating system 105. Computer operators A) writes computer programs for specific problems B) operate the device which input and output data from the computer C) normally require a college degree in computer science D) all of the above 106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses software? A) NAV B) F-Prot C) Oracle D) McAfee 107. What is a compiler? 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 machine code in one step C) A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution D) None of the above 108. _______ computers are also called personal computers A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 109. Which of the following is not input unit device? A) scanner B) camera C) plotter D) digitizer 110. Identify the correct statement A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design C) IBM used CISC CPU design D) None of above is true 111. Which of the following statement is false? A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years B) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers. C) All electronic computers are digital computers D) All of above are false 112. Which of the following require large computers memory? A) Imaging B) Graphics C) Voice D) All of Above 113. Which of the following is machine independence program? A) High level language B) Low level language C) Assembly language D) Machine language 114. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed? A) 1880 B) 1990 C) 1944 D) None of above 115. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was: A) ENIAC B) Mark-I C) Analytic Engine D) UNIVAC-1 116. Which one is the largest space? A) kilobyte B) petabyte C) terrabyte D) gigabyte 117. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____ A) Business Applications B) Marketing Applications C) Scientific Applications D) None of the above 118. The brain of any computer system is A) Control Unit B) Arithmetic Logic Unit C) Central Processing Unit D) Storage Unit 119. Analog computer works on the supply of A) Continuous electrical pulses B) Electrical pulses but not continuous C) Magnetic strength D) None of the above 120. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it? A) Leech B) Squid C) Slug D) Glitch 121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __ A) Compact size; speed readability B) Compact size, speed C) Readability; speed D) Low cost; readability 122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________. A) Basic Input Output System B) Best Input Output System C) Basic Input Output Symbol D) Base Input Output System 123. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? A) Laser printer B) Inkjet printer C) Daisywheel printer D) Dot matrix printer 124. IBM 1401 is A) First Generation Computer B) Second Generation Computer C) Third Generation Computer D) Fourth Generation Computer 125. Most of the first generation computers were A) Special purpose computers B) General purpose computers C) Both of above D) None of above 126. Floppy disks typically in diameter A) 3 B) 5.25 C) 8 D) All of above 127. The output quality of a printer is measured by A) Dot per inch B) Dot per sq. inch C) Dots printed per unit time D) All of above 128. On a PC, how much memory is available to application software? A) 1024 KB B) 760 KB C) 640 KB D) 560 KB 129. In a computer _____ is capable to store single binary bit. A) Capacitor B) Flip flop C) Register D) Inductor 130. What does DMA stand for? A) Distinct Memory Access B) Direct Memory Access C) Direct Module Access D) Direct Memory Allocation 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits? A) Jack Kilby B) Robert Noyce C) Both of above D) None of above 132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under? A) System Software B) Application Software C) Utilities D) None of the above 133. One computer that is not considered a portable is A) Minicomputer B) Laptop computer C) Notebook computer D) All of above 134. Which of the following is not an electronic computer? A) ENIAC B) ABC C) UNIVAC D) EDVAC 135. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? A) Pixel B) Reverse video C) Touch screen D) Cursor 136. Which is the largest computer? A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 137. Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device? A) Bits B) Bytes C) Hertz D) Clock cycles 138. The personal computer industry was started by A) IBM B) Apple C) Compaq D) HCL 139. What is meant by a dedicated computer? A) Which is used by one person only B) Which is assigned one and only one task C) Which uses one kind of software D) Which is meant for application software 140. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems C) Knowledge based Systems D) Assembly Languages 141. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes? A) They were larger in size B) They consumed a lot of electricity C) They produced heat and often burned out D) The operation cost was high 142. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as A) PC B) Memory address registers C) General purpose register D) Flags 143. Which is not a comptuer of first generation? A) ENIAC B) UNIVAC C) IBM 360 D) IBM 1401 144. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as A) PC B) Flags C) Memory Address Registers D) General Purpose Registers 145. Who invented vacuum tubes? A) John Bardeen B) William Shockley C) Lee de Forest D) All of above 146. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is A) On-line thesaurus B) Multiprogramming C) Over lapped processing D) Outline processor 147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept A) John Mauchley B) J.P. Eckert C) John Neumann D) Joseph Jacquard 148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of A) Input, output and processing B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage 149. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in A) First generation B) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 150. UNIVAC is  A) Universal Automatic Computer B) Universal Array Computer C) Unique Automatic Computer D) Unvalued Automatic Computer 151. Which is the highest form? A) Data B) Information C) Knowledge D) All of above 152. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? A) Pascal B) Hollerith C) Babbage D) Jacquard 153. What is an interpreter? A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run B) An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed C) An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution D) None of the above 154. Which is a semi conductor memory? A) Dynamic B) Static C) Bubble D) Both a & b 155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. A) 2 pair B) 3 pair C) 4 pair D) 5 pair 156. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk? A) 8? B) 5 ¼? C) 3 ½? D) 5 ½? 157. The earliest calculating devices are A) Abacus B) Clock C) Difference Engine D) None of these 158. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___ A) 4 bits B) 8 bits C) 16 bits D) 64 bits 159. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? A) Mark I B) ABC C) Z3 D) None of above 160. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package A) CPU B) Memory C) Buffer D) ALU 161. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form? A) Input unit B) Output unit C) ALU D) Control Unit 162. The full form of ALU is A) Arithmetic Logic Unit B) Array Logic Unit C) Application Logic Unit D) None of above 163. What produces useful information out of data? A) Computer B) Processing C) Programming D) none of above 164. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage? A) Pascaline B) Difference Engine C) Analytical Engine D) None of above 165. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of A) Speed B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Cost 166. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer? A) Binary B) Decimal C) Hexadecimal D) Octal 167. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer? A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic 168. A paper printout of a document is known as  A) Softcopy output B) Hardcopy output C) Permanent Output D) All of above 169. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material? A) Vacuum tubes B) Transistors C) Ics D) All of above 170. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called A) Read-out B) Read from C) Read D) All of above 171. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing? A) Disk unit B) Control unit C) ALU D) Modem 172. ABC is a  A) Special purpose computer B) General purpose computer C) All Purpose Computer D) None of above 173. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is A) ASCII B) BCD C) EBCDIC D) All of above 174. When was the X window system born? A) 1984 B) 1989 C) 1988 D) 1990 175. What is the first stage in software development? A) Specification and design B) Testing C) System Analysis D) Maintenance 176. Which of the following is valid statement? A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed B) The data that is processed is called a program C) The data which is not yet processed is information D) Information is processed by computer to generate data. 177. The Second Generation Computer was based on ________. A) Vacuum Tube B) Silicon Chips C) Transistor D) Bio Chips 178. EBCDIC stands for A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code 179. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to A) Console-operator B) Programmer C) Peopleware D) System Analyst 180. IBM System/360 is  A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) None of above 181. A system is  A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective B) input unit C) input and output unit D) input, output and storage units 182. Which of the following programming language started from second generation? A) COBOl B) BASIC C) C D) LISP 183. The translator program used in assembly language is called A) Compiler B) Interpreter C) Assembler D) Translator 184. EEPROM stands for A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory D) None of the above 185. Regarding data, computers are very good at A) store B) Processing C) retrieve D) All of above 186. Bit map terminal A) support display containing multiple window B) require considerable amount of video RAM C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance D) all of above 187. First generation computers used _________ for memory A) vacuum tubes B) silicon chips C) magnetic drum D) RAM 188. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations? A) ROM B) RAM C) EPROM D) None of above 189. EPROM can be used for A) Erasing the contents of ROM B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM D) Duplicating ROM 190. ENIAC uses  A) Decimal Numbering System B) Octal Numbering System C) Binary Numbering System D) Hexadecial Numbering System 191. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is: A) EFTS B) MPG C) MIPS D) CPS 192. which of the following is problem oriented language? A) High level language B) Machine language C) Assembly language D) Low level language 193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to A) 2 byte B) 32 byte C) 4 byte D) 8 byte 194. The term GIGO is related to  A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic 195. Web cam is an A) input unit device B) output unit device C) processing device D) Input and Output device 196. Bit stands for A) Binary digits B) bit of system C) a part of byte D) All of above 197. Access time is A) seek time + latency time B) seek time C) seek time ? latency time D) latency time 198. Which device can understand difference between data & programs? A) Input device B) Output device C) Memory D) Microprocessor 199. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device? A) Floppy Disk B) CD-ROM C) Hard Disk D) None of these 200. Symbolic logic was discovered by A) George Boole B) Herman Hollerith C) Van Neumann D) Basic Pascal 101-B 102-C 103-B 104-B 105-B 106-C 107-B 108-C 109-C 110-C 111-C 112-D 113-A 114-C 115-B 116-B 117-C 118-C 119-A 120-D 121-A 122-A 123-A 124-B 125-A 126-D 127-B 128-C 129-B 130-B 131-C 132-A 133-A 134-B 135-B 136-A 137-B 138-A 139-B 140-D 141-C 142-C 143-D 144-B 145-C 146-B 147-C 148-C 149-C 150-A 151-C 152-D 153-B 154-D 155-C 156-D 157-A 158-B 159-B 160-B 161-B 162-A 163-B 164-A 165-B 166-A 167-B 168-B 169-C 170-D 171-C 172-A 173-A 174-A 175-C 176-A 177-C 178-A 179-C 180-A 181-A 182-A 183-C 184-A 185-D 186-D 187-C 188-B 189-C 190-A 191-C 192-A 193-C 194-A 195-A 196-A 197-A 198-D 199-B 200-A