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Computer Awareness MCQ Competitive Exam - Sample Test 8

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1. Which of the following is a storage device?




2. When did John Napier develop logarithm?




3. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data?




4. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?




5. BCD is




6. ASCII stands for




7. Which of the following is first generation of computer?




8. Chief component of first-generation computer was




9. FORTRAN is




10. EEPROM stands for




11. Second Generation computers were developed during




12. The computer size was very large in




13. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers




14. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?




15. The output quality of a printer is measured by




16. In analogue computer




17. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed




18. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?




19. Who invented the high level language “C”?




20. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to




21. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?




22. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?




23. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?




24. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not




25. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?




26. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board What is the common name for such boards?




27. 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?




28. What is meant by a dedicated computer?




29. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:




30. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an




31. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an




32. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a




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




34. 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




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




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




37. DOS stands for




38. Who is the chief of Microsoft




39. Which of the following are input devices?




40. Examples of output devices are




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




42. IBM stands for




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




44. is an OOP principle




45. COBOL is widely used in application




46. RAM stands for




47. 1 Byte =?




48. SMPS stands for




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




50. VDU is also called