MCQ Computer exam Part-8

70. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is
A) On-line thesaurus                B) Multiprogramming
Ans. C) Over lapped processing
D) Outline processor

71. Who suggested Stored Program Concept
A) John Mauchley                   B) J.P. Eckert
Ans. C) John Neumann
D) Joseph Jacquard

72. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
A) Input, output and processing
B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
Ans. C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage

73. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in
A) First generation
B) Second generation
Ans. C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation

74. UNIVAC is
Ans. A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer

75. Which is the highest form?
A) Data                          B) Information
Ans. C) Knowledge                 D) All of above

76. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?
A) Pascal              B) Hollerith
C) Babbage           Ans. D) Jacquard

77. What is an interpreter?
A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run
Ans. 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

78. Which is a semi conductor memory?
A) Dynamic          B) Static
C) Bubble             Ans. D) Both a & b

79. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables.
A) 2 pair               B) 3 pair
Ans. C) 4 pair                 D) 5 pair

80. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?
A) 8?                              B) 5 ¼?
C) 3 ½?                Ans. D) 5 ½?

81. The earliest calculating devices are
Ans. A) Abacus              B) Clock
C) Difference Engine                D) None of these

82. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
A) 4 bits               Ans. B) 8 bits
C) 16 bits              D) 64 bits

83. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?
A) Mark I             Ans. B) ABC
C) Z3                             D) None of above

84. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package
A) CPU                Ans. B) Memory
C) Buffer              D) ALU

85. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?
A) Input unit                  Ans. B) Output unit
C) ALU                D) Control Unit

86. The full form of ALU is
Ans. A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Array Logic Unit
C) Application Logic Unit
D) None of above

87. What produces useful information out of data?
A) Computer                            Ans. B) Processing
C) Programming             D) none of above

88. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?
Ans. A) Pascaline                    B) Difference Engine
C) Analytical Engine              D) None of above

89. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
A) Speed                                 Ans. B) Accuracy
C) Reliability                           D) Cost

90. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
Ans. A) Binary                        B) Decimal
C) Hexadecimal                      D) Octal

91. 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                Ans. B) Reliability
C) Versatility              D) Automatic

92. A paper printout of a document is known as
A) Softcopy output     Ans. B) Hardcopy output
C) Permanent Output  D) All of above

93. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?
A) Vacuum tubes        B) Transistors
Ans. C) Ics                  D) All of above

94. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
A) Read-out                            B) Read from
C) Read                                   Ans. D) All of above

95. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
A) Disk unit                B) Control unit
Ans. C) ALU              D) Modem

96. ABC is a
Ans. A) Special purpose computer
B) General purpose computer
C) All Purpose Computer       D) None of above

97. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
Ans. A) ASCII                       B) BCD
C) EBCDIC                            D) All of above

98. When was the X window system born?
Ans. A) 1984              B) 1989
C) 1988                       D) 1990

99. What is the first stage in software development?
A) Specification and design               B) Testing
Ans. C) System Analysis           D) Maintenance

100. Which of the following is valid statement?
Ans. 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.

101. The Second Generation Computer was based on-
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Silicon Chips
Ans. C) Transistor
D) Bio Chips

102. EBCDIC stands for
Ans. 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

103. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to
A) Console-operator
B) Programmer
Ans. C) Peopleware
D) System Analyst

104. IBM System/360 is
Ans. A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) None of above

105. A system is
Ans. 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

106. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
Ans. A) COBOl
B) BASIC
C) C
D) LISP

107. The translator program used in assembly language is called
A) Compiler
B) Interpreter
Ans. C) Assembler
D) Translator

108. EEPROM stands for
Ans. 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

109. Regarding data, computers are very good at
A) store
B) Processing
C) retrieve
Ans. D) All of above

110. 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
Ans. D) all of above

111. First generation computers used for memory
A) vacuum tubes                     B) silicon chips
Ans. C) magnetic drum           D) RAM

112. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
A) ROM                      Ans. B) RAM
C) EPROM                 D) None of above

113. EPROM can be used for
A) Erasing the contents of ROM
B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
Ans. C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
D) Duplicating ROM

114. ENIAC uses
Ans. A) Decimal Numbering System
B) Octal Numbering System
C) Binary Numbering System
D) Hexadecial Numbering System

115. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
A) EFTS                      B) MPG
Ans. C) MIPS             D) CPS

116. which of the following is problem oriented language?
Ans. A) High level language
B) Machine language              C) Assembly language
D) Low level language

117. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
A) 2 byte                     B) 32 byte
Ans. C) 4 byte             D) 8 byte

118. The term GIGO is related to
Ans. A) Accuracy                   B) Reliability
C) Versatility                          D) Automatic

119. Web cam is an
Ans. A) input unit device       B) output unit device

C) processing device        D) Input and Output device