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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?
Tape
Hard Disk
Floppy Disk
All of the above
2. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
1416
1614
1641
1804
3. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data?
680 KB
680 Bytes
680 MB
680 GB
4. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
Consumers
Workers
Foremen
Managers
5. BCD is
Binary Coded Decimal
Bit Coded Decimal
Binary Coded Digit
Bit Coded Digit
6. ASCII stands for
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
7. Which of the following is first generation of computer?
EDSAC
IBM-1401
CDC-1604
ICL-2900
8. Chief component of first-generation computer was
Transistors
Vacuum Tubes and Valves
Integrated Circuits
None of above
9. FORTRAN is
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation
10. EEPROM stands for
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
None of the above
11. Second Generation computers were developed during
1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
1965 to 1970
1970 to 1990
12. The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
13. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
14. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
OCR
OMR
MICR
All of above
15. The output quality of a printer is measured by
Dot per inch
Dot per sq. inch
Dots printed per unit time
All of above
16. In analogue computer
Input is first converted to digital form
Input is never converted to digital form
Output is displayed in digital form
All of above
17. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
Parallel only
Sequentially only
Both sequentially and parallel
All of above
18. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?
Van-Neumann
Joseph M. Jacquard
J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
All of above
19. Who invented the high level language “C”?
Dennis M. Ritchie
Niklaus Writh
Seymour Papert
Donald Kunth
20. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to
Console-operator
Programmer
Peopleware
System Analyst
21. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
1978
1984
1990
1991
22. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
Monitor
Hardware
Robot
Computer
23. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
Leech
Squid
Slug
Glitch
24. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not
Fast
Powerful
Infallible
Cheap
25. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
Pixel
Reverse video
Touch screen
Cursor
26. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board What is the common name for such boards?
Daughter board
Motherboard
Father board
Breadboard
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?
Motherboard
Breadboard
Daughter board
Grandmother board
28. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Which is used by one-person only
Which is assigned one and only one task
Which uses one kind of software
Which is meant for application software
29. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem
30. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
Simulator
Compiler
Commander
31. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator
32. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
Computer
Microcomputer
Programmable
Sensor
33. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
Boot
Bug
Biff
Strap
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
Bug
Vice
Lice
Worm
35. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has
Multivibrator
Flip-flop
Logic gates
laten
36. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
Spam
Trash
Calibri
Courier
37. DOS stands for
Disk Operating System
Disk operating session
Digital Operating System
Digital Open system
38. Who is the chief of Microsoft
Babbage
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton
none of these
39. Which of the following are input devices?
Keyboard
Mouse
Card reader
Any of these
40. Examples of output devices are
Screen
Printer
Speaker
All of these
41. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer
Control unit
Central Processing unit
Arithmetic and language unit
Monitor
42. IBM stands for
Internal Business Management
International Business Management
International Business Machines
Internal Business Machines
43. translates and executes program at run time line by line
Compiler
Interpreter
Linker
Loader
44. is an OOP principle
Structured programming
Procedural programming
Inheritance
Linking
45. COBOL is widely used in application
Commercial
Scientific
Space
Mathematical
46. RAM stands for
Random origin money
Random only memory
Read only memory
Random access memory
47. 1 Byte =?
8 bits
4 bits
2 bits
9 bits
48. SMPS stands for
Switched mode Power Supply
. Start mode power supply
Store mode power supply
Single mode power supply
49. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as
Modem
Multiplexer
Modulator
Demodulator
50. VDU is also called
Screen
Monitor
Both 1 & 2
printer
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