Computer MCQs/Quiz by General knowledge Solutions

Computer MCQs/Quiz  by General knowledge Solutions

1. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as

a. Boot

b. Bug

c. Biff

d. Strap




2. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is

a. Bug

b. Vice

c. Lice

d. Worm




3. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has

a. Multivibrator

b. Flip-flop

c. Logic gates

d. laten




4. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as

a. Spam

b. Trash

c. Calibri

d. Courier




5. DOS stands for

a. Disk Operating System

b. Disk operating session

c. Digital Operating System

d. Digital Open system




6. Who is the chief of Microsoft

a. Babbage

b. Bill Gates

c. Bill Clinton

d. none of these




7. Which of the following are input devices?

a. Keyboard

b. Mouse

c. Card reader

d. Any of these




8. Examples of output devices are

a. Screen

b. Printer

c. Speaker

d. All of these




9. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer

a. Control unit

b. Central Processing unit

c. Arithmetic and language unit

d. Monitor




10. IBM stands for

a. Internal Business Management

b. International Business Management

c. International Business Machines

d. Internal Business Machines




11. ............ translates and executes program at run time line by line

a. Compiler

b. Interpreter

c. Linker

d. Loader




12. is an OOP principle

a. Structured programming

b. Procedural programming

c. Inheritance d. Linking




13. COBOL is widely used in application s

a. Commercial

b. Scientific

c. Space

d. Mathematical




14. RAM stands for

a. Random origin money

b. Random only memory

c. Read only memory

d. Random access memory




15. 1 Byte =?

a. 8 bits

b. 4 bits

c. 2 bits

d. 9 bits




16. SMPS stands for

a. Switched mode Power Supply

b. Start mode power supply

c. Store mode power supply

d. Single mode power supply




17. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as

a. Modem

b. Multiplexer

c. Modulator

d. Demodulator




18. VDU is also called

a. Screen

b. Monitor

c. Both 1 & 2

d. printer




19. BIOS stands for

a. Basic Input Output system

b. Binary Input output system

c. Basic Input Off system

d. all the above




20. Father of “C‘ programming language

a. Dennis Ritchie

b. Prof John Keenly

c. Thomas Kurtz

d. Bill Gates




21. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer.........

a. programs

b. processors

c. input devices

d. memory modules