Fundamentals Of Computers Mcqs #4

301. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time? A) Mark I B) ABC C) Z3 D) None of above 302. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for? A) File Translation B) Format Translation C) Formula Translation D) Floppy Translation 303. Which of the following memories needs refreshing? A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM D) All of above 304. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports? A) Data B) Bytes C) Graphics D) Pictures Computer Fundamentals Download will be available under ‘Downloads’ menu. 305. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is A) Magnetic tape B) Voice response unit C) Voice recognition unit D) Voice band 306. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media? A) Removable hard disk cartridges B) (Magneto-optical) disk C) Flexible disks cartridges D) All of the above 307. Which of the following is not purely output device? A) Screen B) Printer C) Speaker D) Plotter 308. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots? A) Napier B) Babbage C) Pascal D) Leibniz 309. The first Macintosh computer was from A) First generation B) Second generation C) Third generation D) Fourth generation 310. Which of the following is not a form of data? A) numbers and characters B) images C) sound D) none of above 311. Which is not a computer classification? A) mainframe B) maxframe C) mini D) notebook 312. The control unit of a microprocessor A) Stores data in the memory B) Accepts input data from keyboard C) Performs arithmetic/logic function D) None of above 313. Which of the following is internal memory? A) Disks B) Pen Drives C) RAM D) CDs 314. Which operation is not performed by computer A) Inputting B) Processing C) Controlling D) Understanding 315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called? A) Hard disks B) High-density disks C) Diskettes D) Templates 316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as A) Magnetic core memory B) Magnetic tape memory C) Magnetic disk memory D) Magnetic bubble memory 317. A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as A) File B) Database C) Program D) None of above 318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and A) Buffer size B) Resolution C) Vertical dimensions D) Intelligence Visit MCQ Quiz menu for Computer Fundamentals Quiz 319. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called A) Mnemonics B) Symbolic code C) Gray codes D) Opcode 320. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? A) Machine language B) Assembly language C) High level language D) None of above 321. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital? A) Speed B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Automatic 322. Which of the following processors use RISC technology? A) 486dx B) Power PC C) 486sx D) 6340 323. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage? A) Tabulating Machine B) Analytical Engine C) Difference Engine D) Both C and D Computer Fundamental Exam Papers 324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory A) 100 B) 20 C) 80 D) 40 325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of A) Genetics B) Control and communication C) Molecular biology D) Biochemistry 326. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer? A) Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different component D) None of above 327. Binary circuit elements have A) One stable state B) Two stable state C) Three stable state D) None of above 328. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? A) Control bus B) Control unit C) Parity unit D) Semiconductor 329. Which of the following is not a micro computer? A) Laptop PCs B) Tablet PCs C) Desktop PCs D) None of above 330. The value of each bead in earth is  A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 331. When did John Napier develop logarithm? A) 1416 B) 1614 C) 1641 D) 1804 332. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory? A) Non volatile B) Permanent C) Control unit D) Temporary 333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced? A) PDP-I, 1958 B) IBM System/36, 1960 C) PDP-II, 1961 D) VAX 11/780, 1962 334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is A) Cylinder B) Surface C) Track D) Cluster 335. The word length of a computer is measured in A) Bytes B) Millimeters C) Meters D) Bits 336. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded memory specification)? A) Extended B) Expanded C) Base D) Conventional 337. Which unit holds data permanently? A) Input unit B) Secondary storage unit C) Output Unit D) Primary Memory Unit 338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be_______ A) Formatted B) Reformatted C) Addressed D) None of the above 339. Computer system comprises of major units A) input unit, output unit, control unit B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit D) input, output and storage units 340. The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was A) UNIVAC B) EDVAC C) ENIAC D) All of above 341. Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is known as A) Analog computer B) Digital Computer C) Hybrid Computer D) Mainframe Computer 342. High level language is also called A) Problem oriented language B) Business oriented language C) Mathematically oriented language D) All of the above 343. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Silico Sapiens? A) Monitor B) Hardware C) Robot D) Computer 344. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity? A) Sequential B) ISAM C) VSAM D) B-Tree Index 345. Which of the following is associated with error detector? A) Odd parity bit B) Even parity bit C) Both of the above D) None of above 346. Magnetic tape can serve as A) Secondary storage media B) Output media C) Input media D) All of the above 347. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry? A) Motorola B) IBM C) Intel D) AMD 348. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as A) IBM 7090 B) Apple ? 1 C) IBM System / 360 D) VAX-10 349. EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters? A) 256 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64 350. MICR stands for A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader D) None 351. Number crunchier is the informal name for A) Mini computer B) Super computer C) Microcomputer D) Mainframe computer 352. RATS stand for A) Regression Analysis Time Series B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing C) Real Analysis Series D) All of above 353. Which technology is used in Compact disks? A) Mechanical B) Electrical C) Electro Magnetic D) Laser 354. Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called? A) Conductors B) Buses C) Connectors D) Consecutive 355. Which is the first electronic digital computer? A) ENIAC B) MARK I C) Z3 D) ABC 356. Which of the following is a storage device? A) Tape B) Hard Disk C) Floppy Disk D) All of the above 357. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called A) Hard disks B) Floppy disk C) Winchester disk D) Flexible disk 358. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an A) Interpreter B) Simulator C) Compiler D) Commander 359. Intel corporation produces chips for which computers? A) IBM PCs B) Apple/Macintosh PCs C) Both of above D) None of above 360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called A) 8008 B) 8080 C) 4004 D) 8800 361. Which of the following is not a class of computers based on size? A) Mainframe Computers B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super Computers 362. Who invented EDSAC? A) John v. Neumann B) J.p. Eckert and John Mauchley C) Maurice Wilkes D) Howard Aiken 363. EEPROM stands for A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 364. Which of the following is a class of computers based on model? A) Digital Computer B) Hybrid Computers C) Analog Computers D) AT Computers 365. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system? A) Analog Computers B) Digital Computers C) Hybrid Computers D) None of above 366. ASCII stands for A) American Standard Code for Information Interchange B) American Scientific Code for International Interchange C) American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange D) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange 367. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is A) 7-bit ASCII B) 7-bit EBCDIC C) 8-bit ASCII D) 8-bit EBCDIC 368. Why ABC computer is called so? A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry B) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English C) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC D) None of above are true 369. Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/ A) Von Neumann B) Joseph M Jacquard C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly D) All of above 370. Central Processing Unit is combination of A) Control and storage B) Control and output unit C) Arithmetic logic and input unit D) Arithmetic logic and control unit 371. IBM 1401 computer was A) Mainframe Computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) None of above 372. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is A) Delay times B) Real time C) Execution time D) Down time 373. CD-ROM stands for A) Compactable Read Only Memory B) Compact Data Read Only Memory C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory 374. Which unit converts user data into machine readable form? A) Input unit B) Output unit C) ALU D) Control Unit 375. Which unit is known as nerve center of computer? A) ALU B) CU C) Memory D) Registers 376. What does the disk drive of a computer do? A) Rotate the disk B) Read the disk C) Load a program from the disk into the memory D) Both b and c 377. Access time is A) seek time + latency time B) seek time C) seek time D) latency time 378. Who invented the microprocessor? A) Marcian E Huff B) Herman H Goldstein C) Joseph Jacquard D) All of above 379. MICR stands for A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader D) None of the above 380. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths? A) 8 bits B) 12 bits C) 16 bits D) 32 bits 381. MSI is the abbreviation of A) Medium Scale Integrated B) Medium System Integrated C) Medium Scale Intelligent D) Medium System Intelligent 382. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed A) India B) China C) Germany D) Taiwan 383. Which statement is valid about interpreter? A) It translates one instruction at a time B) Object code is saved for future use C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary D) All of above 384. Easily reloctable language is A) Machine language B) Assembly language C) High level language D) Medium level language 385. Which of the following memories needs refresh? A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM D) All of above 386. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other? A) Keyboard B) System Bus C) Monitor D) Memory 387. What type of device is computer keyboard? A) Memory B) Output C) Storage D) Input 388. Which is the limitation of high level language? A) Lower efficiency B) Machine dependence C) machine level coding D) None of above 389. An example of a digital device can be A) Digital clock B) Automobile speed meter C) Clock with a dial and two hands D) All of the above 390. Which of the following is not true? A) Transistors are much smaller B) Transistors produce low heat C) Transistors were less reliable D) Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices 391. A characteristic of card systems is: A) Slowness in processing data B) Using cards as records of transactions C) Needing a larger DP staff D) All of the above 392. The full form of EEPROM is 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 393. The original ASCII code used__bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 394. A computer programmer A) Does all the thinking for a computer B) Can enter input data quickly C) Can operate all types of computer equipments D) Can draw only flowchart 395. Fifth generation computer is also known as A) Knowledge information processing system B) Very large scale integration (VLSI) C) Both of above D) None of above 396. The commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called A) ASCII B) EBCDIC C) BCD D) All of above 397. Which of the following have low failure rate? A) mechanical devices B) electronic devices C) electro-mechanical devices D) None of above 398. Which of the following memories need refresh? A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM D) All of the above 399. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have__ of RAM. A) 4 KB B) 16 K C) 64 K D) 256 K 400. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called A) Semiconductor memory B) Registers C) Hard disks D) Magnetic disk 301-B 302-C 303-B 304-A 305-B 306-D 307-A 308-D 309-D 310-D 311-B 312-D 313-C 314-D 315-C 316-D 317-C 318-B 319-B 320-A 321-B 322-B 323-A 324-B 325-B 326-B 327-B 328-D 329-D 330-A 331-B 332-D 333-A 334-D 335-D 336-B 337-B 338-A 339-C 340-A 341-C 342-D 343-D 344-A 345-C 346-A 347-C 348-C 349-A 350-A 351-b 352-A 353-D 354-B 355-D 356-D 357-C 358-C 359-A 360-C 361-D 362-C 363-A 364-D 365-B 366-A 367-D 368-B 369-C 370-D 371-A 372-C 373-D 374-A 375-A 376-D 377-A 378-A 379-A 380-A 381-A 382-D 383-A 384-B 385-B 386-B 387-D 388-A 389-A 390-C 391-D 392-A 393-C 394-A 395-A 396-D 397-B 398-B 399-D 400-B