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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Computer Science Engineering (CSE) , Information Technology Engineering (IT) , Bachelor of Science in Computer Science FY (BSc CS) , Bachelor of Science in Information Technology FY (BSc IT) , Bachelor of Science in Animation FY (B.Sc animation) .
| 351. |
The Second Generation Computer was based on ________. |
| A. | Vacuum Tube |
| B. | Silicon Chips |
| C. | Transistor |
| D. | Bio Chips |
| Answer» C. Transistor | |
| 352. |
EBCDIC stands for |
| A. | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| B. | Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code |
| C. | Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code |
| D. | Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code |
| Answer» A. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code | |
| 353. |
Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to |
| A. | Console-operator |
| B. | Programmer |
| C. | Peopleware |
| D. | System Analyst |
| Answer» C. Peopleware | |
| 354. |
IBM System/360 is |
| A. | Mainframe Computer |
| B. | Mini Computers |
| C. | Micro Computers |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Mainframe Computer | |
| 355. |
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 |
| Answer» A. an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective | |
| 356. |
Which of the following programming language started from second generation? |
| A. | Cobol |
| B. | BASIC |
| C. | C |
| D. | LISP |
| Answer» A. Cobol | |
| 357. |
The translator program used in assembly language is called |
| A. | Compiler |
| B. | Interpreter |
| C. | Assembler |
| D. | Translator |
| Answer» C. Assembler | |
| 358. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | |
| 359. |
Regarding data, computers are very good at |
| A. | store |
| B. | Processing |
| C. | retrieve |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» D. All of above | |
| 360. |
Bit map terminal |
| A. | support display containing multiple windows |
| B. | require considerable amount of video RAM |
| C. | requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 361. |
First generation computers used _________ for memory |
| A. | vacuum tubes |
| B. | silicon chips |
| C. | magnetic drum |
| D. | RAM |
| Answer» C. magnetic drum | |
| 362. |
Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations? |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | EPROM |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. RAM | |
| 363. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM | |
| 364. |
ENIAC uses |
| A. | Decimal Numbering System |
| B. | Octal Numbering System |
| C. | Binary Numbering System |
| D. | Hexadecimal Numbering System |
| Answer» A. Decimal Numbering System | |
| 365. |
A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is: |
| A. | EFTS |
| B. | MPG |
| C. | MIPS |
| D. | CPS |
| Answer» C. MIPS | |
| 366. |
which of the following is problem oriented language? |
| A. | High level language |
| B. | Machine language |
| C. | Assembly language |
| D. | Low level language |
| Answer» A. High level language | |
| 367. |
A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to |
| A. | 2 byte |
| B. | 32 byte |
| C. | 4 byte |
| D. | 8 byte |
| Answer» C. 4 byte | |
| 368. |
The term GIGO is related to |
| A. | Accuracy |
| B. | Reliability |
| C. | Versatility |
| D. | Automatic |
| Answer» A. Accuracy | |
| 369. |
Web cam is an |
| A. | input unit device |
| B. | output unit device |
| C. | processing device |
| D. | Input and Output device |
| Answer» A. input unit device | |
| 370. |
Bit stands for |
| A. | Binary digits |
| B. | bit of system |
| C. | a part of byte |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Binary digits | |
| 371. |
Access time is |
| A. | seek time + latency time |
| B. | seek time |
| C. | seek time ? latency time |
| D. | latency time |
| Answer» A. seek time + latency time | |
| 372. |
Which device can understand difference between data & programs? |
| A. | Input device |
| B. | Output device |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Microprocessor |
| Answer» D. Microprocessor | |
| 373. |
Which of the following is a read only memory storage device? |
| A. | Floppy Disk |
| B. | CD-ROM |
| C. | Hard Disk |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. CD-ROM | |
| 374. |
Symbolic logic was discovered by |
| A. | George Boole |
| B. | Herman Hollerith |
| C. | Van Neumann |
| D. | Basic Pascal |
| Answer» A. George Boole | |
| 375. |
Which of the following is not valid statement? |
| A. | Hard is referred to mean something temporary |
| B. | Hard is used to mean something tangible |
| C. | Soft is used to mean something permanent |
| D. | Soft is used to mean something tangible |
| Answer» B. Hard is used to mean something tangible | |
| 376. |
Digital devices are |
| A. | Digital Clock |
| B. | Automobile speed meter |
| C. | Clock with a dial and two hands |
| D. | All of them |
| Answer» A. Digital Clock | |
| 377. |
Primary memory stores |
| A. | Data alone |
| B. | Programs alone |
| C. | Results alone |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 378. |
After copying the content how many times can you paste? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | Many |
| Answer» D. Many | |
| 379. |
WAN stands for |
| A. | Wap Area Network |
| B. | Wide Area Network |
| C. | Wide Array Net |
| D. | Wireless Area Network |
| Answer» B. Wide Area Network | |
| 380. |
An error in computer data is called |
| A. | Chip |
| B. | Bug |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | Storage device |
| Answer» B. Bug | |
| 381. |
The instructions for starting the computer are house on |
| A. | Random access memory |
| B. | CD-Rom |
| C. | Read only memory chip |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. Read only memory chip | |
| 382. |
1 nibble equals to |
| A. | 1 bits |
| B. | 2 bits |
| C. | 4 bits |
| D. | 8 bits |
| Answer» C. 4 bits | |
| 383. |
Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as |
| A. | paper tapes |
| B. | magnetic tape |
| C. | punched papers tape |
| D. | card punch |
| Answer» A. paper tapes | |
| 384. |
The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform |
| A. | Arithmetic Operation |
| B. | Logic operation |
| C. | Fetch operations |
| D. | Either of the above |
| Answer» D. Either of the above | |
| 385. |
Which American computer company is called Big Blue? |
| A. | Microsoft |
| B. | Compaq Corp |
| C. | IBM |
| D. | Tandy Svenson |
| Answer» C. IBM | |
| 386. |
It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in to calculate census data. |
| A. | IBM 1400 |
| B. | IBM 1401 |
| C. | ICL 2950 |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. IBM 1401 | |
| 387. |
Who is the inventor of ABC Computer? |
| A. | John v. Atanasoff |
| B. | Clifford Berry |
| C. | Both of above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. Both of above | |
| 388. |
Which of the following is the largest unit? |
| A. | data |
| B. | field |
| C. | record |
| D. | database file |
| Answer» D. database file | |
| 389. |
Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names |
| A. | John Burdeen |
| B. | William Shockley |
| C. | Walter Brattain |
| D. | Lee de Forest |
| Answer» D. Lee de Forest | |
| 390. |
Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk? |
| A. | It is expensive relative to magnetic tape |
| B. | It provides only sequential access to stored data |
| C. | Users can easily update records by writing over the old data |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» B. It provides only sequential access to stored data | |
| 391. |
A disadvantage of the laser printer is |
| A. | It is quieter than an impact printer |
| B. | It is very slow |
| C. | The output is of a lower quality |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 392. |
The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called |
| A. | ASCII |
| B. | EBCDIC |
| C. | BCD |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. ASCII | |
| 393. |
Which access method is used to access cassette tape? |
| A. | Direct |
| B. | Sequential |
| C. | Both of the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sequential | |
| 394. |
A Compiler is ____ |
| A. | a combination of computer hardware |
| B. | a program which translates from one high-level language to another |
| C. | a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language | |
| 395. |
Which unit holds data temporarily? |
| A. | Input unit |
| B. | Secondary storage unit |
| C. | Output Unit |
| D. | Primary Memory Unit |
| Answer» D. Primary Memory Unit | |
| 396. |
The computer size was very large in |
| A. | First Generation |
| B. | Second Generation |
| C. | Third Generation |
| D. | Fourth Generation |
| Answer» A. First Generation | |
| 397. |
A name or number used to identify storage location devices? |
| A. | A byte |
| B. | A record |
| C. | An address |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. An address | |
| 398. |
Which of the following is not computer language? |
| A. | High level language |
| B. | Medium level language |
| C. | Low level language |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Medium level language | |
| 399. |
Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by |
| A. | Read/write leads |
| B. | Sectors |
| C. | Track |
| D. | Lower surface |
| Answer» A. Read/write leads | |
| 400. |
IBM 7000 digital computer |
| A. | Belongs to second generation |
| B. | Uses VLSI |
| C. | Employs semiconductor memory |
| D. | Has modular constructions |
| Answer» D. Has modular constructions | |
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