Computer MCQs with Answer (part 2) by General knowledge Solutions
Computer MCQs with Answer (part 2) by General knowledge Solutions
40. . ............... represents raw facts, where-as.................
is data made meaningful.
a. Information,
reporting
b. Data, information
c. Information, bits
d. Records, bytes
41. What
characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
a. ROM information
can be easily updated.
b. Data in ROM is non-volatile,
that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
c. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data
storage.
d. ROM chips are
easily swapped between different brands of computers.
42. What do you call
the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
a. operating system extensions
b. cookies
c. diagnostic
software
d. boot diskettes
43. Which programming languages are classified as low level
languages?
a. BASIC, COBOL, Fortran
b. Prolog
c. C, C++
d. Assembly languages
44. Which of the
following is not anti- viruses’ software?
a. NAV
b. F-Prot
c. Oracle
d. McAfee
45. Which device is
required for the Internet connection?
a. Joystick
b. Modem
c. CD Drive
d. NIC Card
46. What does DMA stand for?
a. A. Distinct Memory Access
b. Direct Memory Access
c. Direct Module Access
d. Direct Memory Allocation
47. Which of the following is a storage device?
a. Tape
b. Hard Disk
c. Floppy Disk
d. All of the above
48. When did John
Napier develop logarithm?
a. 1416
b. 1614
c. 1641
d. 1804
49. A normal CD- ROM
usually can store up to _________ _data?
a. 680 KB
b. 680 Bytes
c. 680 MB
d. 680 GB
50. MIS is designed
to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
a. Consumers
b. Workers
c. Foremen
d. Managers
51. What is a light pen?
a. Mechanical Input device
b. Optical input device
c. Electronic input device
d. Optical output device
52. BCD is
a. Binary Coded Decimal
b. Bit Coded Decimal
c. Binary Coded Digit
d. Bit Coded Digit
53. ASCII stands for
a. American Stable
Code for International Interchange
b. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
c. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
d. American Standard Code for Interchange Information
54. Which of the following is first generation of computer?
a. EDSAC
b. IBM-1401
c. CDC-1604
d. ICL-2900
55. Chief component of first generation computer was
a. Transistors
b. Vacuum Tubes and
Valves
c. Integrated
Circuits
d. None of above
56. FORTRAN is
a. File Translation
b. Format Translation
c. Formula Translation
d. Floppy Translation
57. 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
58. Second Generation computers were developed during
a. 1949 to 1955
b. 1956 to 1965
c. 1965 to 1970
d. 1970 to 1990
59. The computer size was very large in
a. First Generation
b. Second Generation
c. Third Generation
d. Fourth Generation
60. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which
generation computers
a. First Generation
b. Second Generation
c. Third Generation
d. Fourth Generation
61. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly
image printed text?
a. OCR
b. OMR
c. MICR
d. All of above
62. 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
63. In analogue computer
a. Input is first
converted to digital form
b. Input is never
converted to digital form
c. Output is
displayed in digital form
d. All of above
64. In latest
generation computers, the instructions are executed
a. Parallel only
b. Sequentially only
c. Both sequentially and parallel
d. All of above
65. Who designed the
first electronics computer – ENIAC?
a. Van-Neumann
b. Joseph M. Jacquard
c. J. Presper Eckert and
John W Mauchly
d. All of above
66. Who invented the high level language “C”?
a. Dennis M. Ritchie
b. Niklaus Writh
c. Seymour Papert
d. Donald Kunth
67. Personnel who
design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to
a. Console-operator
b. Programmer
c. Peopleware
d. System Analyst
68. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide
to join hands?
a. 1978
b. 1984
c. 1990
d. 1991
69. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which
device is called Sillico Sapiens?
a. Monitor
b. Hardware
c. Robot
d. Computer
70. 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
71. Modern Computer
are very reliable but they are not
a. Fast
b. Powerful
c. Infallible
d. Cheap
72. 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
73. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a
main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
a. Daughter board
b. Motherboard
c. Father board
d.Breadboard
74. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory
expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is
the name of this board?
a. Motherboard
b. Breadboard
c. Daughter board
d. Grandmother board
75. 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
76. The system unit
of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
a. Microprocessor
b. Disk controller
c. Serial interface
d. Modem
77. A computer
program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
a. Interpreter
b. Simulator
c. Compiler
d. Commander
78. A computer program that translates one program
instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an
a. Interpreter
b. CPU
c. Compiler
d. Simulator
Answer
40 b, 41 b, 42 c, 43 d, 44 c, 45 b, 46 b, 47 d, 48 b, 49 c, 50
d, 51 b, 52 a, 53 c, 54 a, 55 b, 56 c
,57 c ,58 b,59 a,60 d ,61 a, 62 b ,63 b ,64 c ,65 c, 66 a,67 c, 68 d, 69
d,70 d ,71 c ,72 b ,73 b ,74 a, 75 b, 76 d , 77 c ,78 a
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