MCQ Computer exam Part-7

142. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
A) IBM 360
Ans. B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8
D) HP2115

143. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
A) Block definition
B) Record contain clause
Ans. C) Blocking factor
D) Record per block

144. Mark I is also known as
A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
Ans. D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

145. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?
A) Memory address registers
B) Memory data registers
Ans. C) Instruction register
D) Program counter

146. Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
A) Semiconductor memories
B) Magnetic Disks
Ans. C) Compact Disks
D) Magnetic Tapes

147. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
B) Workers
C) Foremen
Ans. D) Managers

148. Which is valid statement
Ans. A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes

149. Latency time is
Ans. A) Time to spin the needed data under head
B) Time to spin the needed data under track
C) Time to spin data under sector
D) All of above

150. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) John Mauchly
Ans. C) Blaise Pascal
D) Howard Aiken

151. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A) Compactness
B) Potential capacity
C) Durability
Ans. D) Cost effectiveness

152. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
Ans. A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

153. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
Ans. A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer
C) Large-scale computer
D) Super computer

154. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
A) Petal printer
Ans. B) Golf ball printer
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer

155. Cursor is a ____
A) Pixel
Ans. B) Thin blinking line
C) Pointing device
D) None of these

156. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Tape
C) Network Drive
Ans. D) All of the above

157. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
A) Daisy wheel
B) Dot matrix
Ans. C) Laser
D) Thimble

158. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
A) Floppy / hard disks
B) CD-ROMs
C) Tape devices
Ans. D) All of the above

159. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
A) American Stable Code for International Interchange
B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
Ans. C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information

160. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer
Ans. B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers

161. Slide Rules was invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
Ans. C) 1620
D) None of above

162. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
A) 680 KB
B) 680 Bytes
Ans. C) 680 MB

D) 680 GB