basic computer

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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

2. The basic operations performed by a computer are
A) Arithmetic operation
B) Logical operation
C) Storage and relative
D) All the above

3. The two major types of computer chips are
A) External memory chip
B) Primary memory chip
C) Microprocessor chip
D) Both b and c

4. A computer must have ?
A) Microsoft office
B) Operating system
C) Internet
D) Anti Virus

5. The brain of any computer system is
A) ALU
B) Memory
C) CPU
D) Control unit

6. The two kinds of main memory are:
A) Primary and secondary
B) Random and sequential

C) ROM and RAM
D) All of above

7. Computer is free from tiresome. We call it
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Diligence
D) Versatility

8. Integrated Circuits (Ics) are related to which generation of computers?
A) First generation
B) Second generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation

9. CD-ROM is a
A) Semiconductor memory
B) Memory register
C) Magnetic memory
D) None of above

10. A hybrid computer
A) Resembles digital computer
B) Resembles analogue computer
C) Resembles both a digital and analogue computer
D) None of the above

11. Chief component of first generation computer was
A) Transistors
B) Vacuum Tubes
C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above

12. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in colour, you would want to use a/n
A) RGB COMPUTER MONITOR
B) Plotter

C) Ink-jet printer
D) Laser printer

13. What are the stages in the compilation process?
A) Feasibility study, system design and testing
B) Implementation and documentation
C) syntax analysis, and code generation
D) None of the above

14. Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?
A) SSI
B) MSI
C) LSI
D) Both a and b

15. The main electronic component used in first generation computers was
A) Transistors
B) Vacuum Tubes
C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above

16. The output quality of a printer is measured by
A) Dot per sq. inch
B) Dots  per inch
C) Dots printed per unit time
D) All of the above

17. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
C) Compact Disk
D)  Optical Disk

18. High density double sided floppy disks could store _____ of data
A) 1.40 MB
B) 1.44 GB
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB

19. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs
A) Dot matrix printer
B) Digital plotter
C) Line printer
D) All of the above

20. Which of the following is not an input device?
A) OCR
B) Optical scanners
C) Voice recognition device
D) Monitor

21. In most PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?
A) Motherboard
B) Breadboard
C) Daughter board
D) Grandmother board

22. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
A) Direct access
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
D) None of above

23. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
A) Laser printer
B) Ink jet printer
C) Plotter
D) Dot matrix printer

24. Which of the following is not processing?
A) arranging
B) manipulating
C) calculating
D) gathering

25. Software in computer
A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
B) Increase the speed of CPU
C) Both of above
D) None of above

26. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called
A) Sorting
B) Classifying
C) Reproducing
D) Summarizing

27. Abacus was the first
A) electronic computer
B) mechanical computer
C) electronic calculator
D) mechanical calculator

28. Instructions and memory address are represented by
A) Character code
B) Binary codes
C) Binary word
D) Parity bit

29. People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
A) Control Unit
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
D) Storage Unit

30. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language?
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) High level language
D) None of above

31. Instruction in computer languages consists of
A) OPCODE
B) OPERAND
C) Both of above
D) None of above

32. Which generation of computer is still under development
A) Fourth Generation
B) Fifth Generation
C) Sixth Generation
D) Seventh Generation

33.To access the properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is             A) Dragging
B) Dropping
C) Right click
D) Left click

34. A computer consists of
A) A central processing unit
B) A memory
C) Input and output unit
D) All of the above

35. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
A) RAM

B) ROM

C) ERAM

D) None of these

36. An integrated circuit is
A) A complicated circuit
B) An integrating device
C) Much costlier than a single transistor
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

37. Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is
A) Stationary
B) Difficult to move
C) Dragged
D) Moved in small steps

38. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic drum
B) Hard Disks
C) Floppy
D) All of above

39. What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?
A) Grater than
B) Less than
C) Equal to
D) All of the above

40. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is
A) Editing
B) Writing
C) Formatting
D) All of above

41. Which statement is valid about computer program?
A) It is understood by a computer
B) It is understood by programmer
C) It is understood user
D) Both a & b

42. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is _____ and storage is __
A) Temporary, permanent
B) Permanent, temporary
C) Slow, fast
D) All of above

43. A compiler is a translating program which
A) Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language
B) Translates entire source program into machine language program
C) It is not involved in program’s execution
D) All of above

44. The term gigabyte refers to
A) 1024 bytes
B) 1024 kilobytes
C) 1024 megabytes
D) 1024 gigabyte

45. Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known as
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Versatility
D) Automatic

46. Machine language is
A) Machine dependent
B) Difficult to program
C) Error prone
D) All of above

47. A byte consists of
A) One bit
B) Four bits
C) Eight bits
D) Sixteen bits

48. Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not
A) Fast
B) Powerful
C) Infallible
D) Cheap

49. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
A) system software
B) application software
C) utility programs
D) operating system

50. What is a compiler?
A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step
C) A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution
D) None of the above

51. _______ computers are also called personal computers
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers

52. Which of the following is not input unit device?
A) Scanner
B) camera
C) plotter
D) digitizer

53. Which of the following is machine independence program?
A) High level language
B) Low level language
C) Assembly language
D) Machine language

54. Which one is the largest space?
A) kilobyte
B) petabyte
C) terrabyte
D) gigabyte

55. The brain of any computer system is
A) Control Unit
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
D) Storage Unit

56. Analog computer works on the supply of
A) Continuous electrical pulses
B) Electrical pulses but not continuous
C) Magnetic strength
D) None of the above

57. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________.
A) Basic Input Output System
B) Best Input Output System
C) Basic Input Output Symbol
D) Base Input Output System

58. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?
A) Laser printer
B) Inkjet printer
C) Daisywheel printer
D) Dot matrix printer

59. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
A) System Software
B) Application Software
C) Utilities
D) None of the above

60. Which of the following is not an electronic computer?
A) ENIAC
B) ABACUS
C) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC

61. Which is the largest computer?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers

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

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

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

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

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

67. 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
B) Reliability
C) Versatility
D) Automatic

68. A hard copy would be prepared on a

A) Laser printer

B) Dot matrix Printer

C) Typewriter terminal

D) All of the above

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

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

71. The Second Generation Computer was based on ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Silicon Chips
C) Transistor
D) Bio Chips

72. A system is 
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

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

74. 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

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

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

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

78. Web cam is an
A) input unit device
B) output unit device
C) processing device
D) Input and Output device

79. Bit stands for
A) Binary digits
B) bit of system
C) a part of byte
D) All of above

80. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
A) Floppy Disk
B) CD-ROM
C) Hard Disk
D) None of these

81.MICR stands for
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
D) None

82. 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

83. 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

84. Easily human readable language is
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) High level language
D) Medium level language

85. Which of the following memories needs refresh?
A) SRAM
B) DRAM
C) ROM
D) All of above

86. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?
A) Keyboard
B) System Bus
C) Monitor
D) Memory

87. What type of device is computer keyboard?
A) Memory
B) Output
C) Storage
D) Input

88. 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

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

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

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

92. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape
B) Printer
C) Disk
D) Bus

93. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Discrete Components
C) IC
D) Bio Chips

94.What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
A) Display screen
B) Soft copy terminal
C) Hard copy terminal
D) Plotter

95. Which of the following is input device?
A) Scanner
B) Speaker
C) Monitor
D) Projector

96. In which language is source program written?
A) English
B) Symbolic
C) High level
D) Temporary

97.The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer
D) Mainframe computer

98. Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above

99.Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?

A) Cache memory

B) Magnetic bubble memory

C) Magnetic core memory

D) RAM

100.Which of the following is the largest unit of storage? 

A) GB

B) MB

C) KB

D) TB

101. Which of the microprocessor is used in fourth generations computer ?

A)  Intel 4006

B)  Intel 4007

C)  Intel 4005

D)  Intel 4004

102. Name the person who developed Microprocessor ?

A)  Jhon Presper

B)  Ted Hoff

C)  Jack Kilby

D)  None of these

ANSWERS

                1.A         2.D         3.D         4.B          5.C          6.C          7.C          8.C          9.D         10.C       11.B       12.B       13.A       14.D       15.B                16.B       17.B       18.D       19.B       20.D       21.A       22.B       23.C       24.D       25.A       26.A       27.B       28.B       29.C       30.B                31.C       32.B       33.C       34.D       35.A       36.D       37.A       38.A       39.D       40.D       41.D       42.A       43.D       44.C       45.D                46.D       47.C       48.C       49.B       50.B       51.C       52.C       53.A       54.B       55.C       56.A       57.A       58.B       59.A       60.B                61.D       62.C       63.A       64.A       65.B       66.A       67.B       68.D       69.B       70.D       71.C       72.A       73.C       74.C       75.D                76.C       77.C       78A.       79.D       80.A       81.A       82.B       83.D       84.C       85.B       86.B       87.D       88.C       89.A       90.B                91.C       92.B       93.C       94.C       95.A       96.C       97.C       98.A       99.A       100.D

                101.D     102.B