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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) .
| 501. |
Binary circuit elements have |
| A. | One stable state |
| B. | Two stable state |
| C. | Three stable state |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Two stable state | |
| 502. |
Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? |
| A. | Control bus |
| B. | Control unit |
| C. | Parity unit |
| D. | Semiconductor |
| Answer» D. Semiconductor | |
| 503. |
Which of the following is not a micro computer? |
| A. | Laptop PCs |
| B. | Tablet PCs |
| C. | Desktop PCs |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» D. None of above | |
| 504. |
The value of each bead in earth is |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» A. 1 | |
| 505. |
When did John Napier develop logarithm? |
| A. | 1416 |
| B. | 1614 |
| C. | 1641 |
| D. | 1804 |
| Answer» B. 1614 | |
| 506. |
Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory? |
| A. | Non volatile |
| B. | Permanent |
| C. | Control unit |
| D. | Temporary |
| Answer» D. Temporary | |
| 507. |
Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced? |
| A. | PDP-I, 1958 |
| B. | IBM System/36, 1960 |
| C. | PDP-II, 1961 |
| D. | VAX 11/780, 1962 |
| Answer» A. PDP-I, 1958 | |
| 508. |
A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is |
| A. | Cylinder |
| B. | Surface |
| C. | Track |
| D. | Cluster |
| Answer» D. Cluster | |
| 509. |
The word length of a computer is measured in |
| A. | Bytes |
| B. | Millimeters |
| C. | Meters |
| D. | Bits |
| Answer» D. Bits | |
| 510. |
What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded memory specification)? |
| A. | Extended |
| B. | Expanded |
| C. | Base |
| D. | Conventional |
| Answer» B. Expanded | |
| 511. |
Which unit holds data permanently? |
| A. | Input unit |
| B. | Secondary storage unit |
| C. | Output Unit |
| D. | Primary Memory Unit |
| Answer» B. Secondary storage unit | |
| 512. |
Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be_______ |
| A. | Formatted |
| B. | Reformatted |
| C. | Addressed |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Formatted | |
| 513. |
Computer system comprises of major units |
| A. | input unit, output unit, control unit |
| B. | input unit, output unit, control unit and storage |
| C. | input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit |
| D. | input, output and storage units |
| Answer» C. input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit | |
| 514. |
The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was |
| A. | UNIVAC |
| B. | EDVAC |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. UNIVAC | |
| 515. |
Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is known as |
| A. | Analog computer |
| B. | Digital Computer |
| C. | Hybrid Computer |
| D. | Mainframe Computer |
| Answer» C. Hybrid Computer | |
| 516. |
High level language is also called |
| A. | Problem oriented language |
| B. | Business oriented language |
| C. | Mathematically oriented language |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 517. |
Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens? |
| A. | Monitor |
| B. | Hardware |
| C. | Robot |
| D. | Computer |
| Answer» D. Computer | |
| 518. |
Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity? |
| A. | Sequential |
| B. | ISAM |
| C. | VSAM |
| D. | B-Tree Index |
| Answer» A. Sequential | |
| 519. |
Which of the following is associated with error detector? |
| A. | Odd parity bit |
| B. | Even parity bit |
| C. | Both of the above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. Both of the above | |
| 520. |
Magnetic tape can serve as |
| A. | Secondary storage media |
| B. | Output media |
| C. | Input media |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Secondary storage media | |
| 521. |
Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry? |
| A. | Motorola |
| B. | IBM |
| C. | Intel |
| D. | AMD |
| Answer» C. Intel | |
| 522. |
The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as |
| A. | IBM 7090 |
| B. | Apple ? 1 |
| C. | IBM System / 360 |
| D. | VAX-10 |
| Answer» C. IBM System / 360 | |
| 523. |
EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters? |
| A. | 256 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 64 |
| Answer» A. 256 | |
| 524. |
MICR stands for |
| A. | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| B. | Magnetic Ink Code Reader |
| C. | Magnetic Ink Cases Reader |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. Magnetic Ink Character Reader | |
| 525. |
Number crunchier is the informal name for |
| A. | Mini computer |
| B. | Super computer |
| C. | Microcomputer |
| D. | Mainframe computer |
| Answer» B. Super computer | |
| 526. |
RATS stand for |
| A. | Regression Analysis Time Series |
| B. | Regression Analysis Time Sharing |
| C. | Real Analysis Series |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Regression Analysis Time Series | |
| 527. |
Which technology is used in Compact disks? |
| A. | Mechanical |
| B. | Electrical |
| C. | Electro Magnetic |
| D. | Laser |
| Answer» D. Laser | |
| 528. |
Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called? |
| A. | Conductors |
| B. | Buses |
| C. | Connectors |
| D. | Consecutives |
| Answer» B. Buses | |
| 529. |
Which is the first electronic digital computer? |
| A. | ENIAC |
| B. | MARK I |
| C. | Z3 |
| D. | ABC |
| Answer» D. ABC | |
| 530. |
Which of the following is a storage device? |
| A. | Tape |
| B. | Hard Disk |
| C. | Floppy Disk |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 531. |
The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called |
| A. | Hard disks |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Winchester disk |
| D. | Flexible disk |
| Answer» C. Winchester disk | |
| 532. |
A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an |
| A. | Interpreter |
| B. | Simulator |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Commander |
| Answer» C. Compiler | |
| 533. |
Intel corporation produces chips for which computers? |
| A. | IBM PCs |
| B. | Apple/Macintosh PCs |
| C. | Both of above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. IBM PCs | |
| 534. |
The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called |
| A. | 8008 |
| B. | 8080 |
| C. | 4004 |
| D. | 8800 |
| Answer» C. 4004 | |
| 535. |
Which of the following is not a class of computers based on size? |
| A. | Mainframe Computers |
| B. | Mini Computers |
| C. | Micro Computers |
| D. | Super Computers |
| Answer» D. Super Computers | |
| 536. |
Who invented EDSAC? |
| A. | John v. Neumann |
| B. | J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley |
| C. | Maurice Wilkes |
| D. | Howard Aiken |
| Answer» C. Maurice Wilkes | |
| 537. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | |
| 538. |
Which of the following is a class of computers based on model? |
| A. | Digital Computer |
| B. | Hybrid Computers |
| C. | Analog Computers |
| D. | AT Computers |
| Answer» D. AT Computers | |
| 539. |
What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system? |
| A. | Analog Computers |
| B. | Digital Computers |
| C. | Hybrid Computers |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Digital Computers | |
| 540. |
ASCII stands for |
| A. | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| B. | American Scientific Code for International Interchange |
| C. | American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange |
| D. | American Scientific Code for Information Interchange |
| Answer» A. American Standard Code for Information Interchange | |
| 541. |
The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is |
| A. | 7-bit ASCII |
| B. | 7-bit EBCDIC |
| C. | 8-bit ASCII |
| D. | 8-bit EBCDIC |
| Answer» D. 8-bit EBCDIC | |
| 542. |
Why ABC computer is called so? |
| A. | Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry |
| B. | Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English |
| C. | Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC |
| D. | None of above are true |
| Answer» B. Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English | |
| 543. |
Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/ |
| A. | Von Neumann |
| B. | Joseph M Jacquard |
| C. | J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly | |
| 544. |
Central Processing Unit is combination of |
| A. | Control and storage |
| B. | Control and output unit |
| C. | Arithmetic logic and input unit |
| D. | Arithmetic logic and control unit |
| Answer» D. Arithmetic logic and control unit | |
| 545. |
IBM 1401 computer was |
| A. | Mainframe Computer |
| B. | Mini Computers |
| C. | Micro Computers |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Mainframe Computer | |
| 546. |
Time during which a job is processed by the computer is |
| A. | Delay times |
| B. | Real time |
| C. | Execution time |
| D. | Down time |
| Answer» C. Execution time | |
| 547. |
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 |
| Answer» D. Compact Disk Read Only Memory | |
| 548. |
Which unit converts user data into machine readable form? |
| A. | Input unit |
| B. | Output unit |
| C. | ALU |
| D. | Control Unit |
| Answer» A. Input unit | |
| 549. |
Which unit is known as nerve center of computer? |
| A. | ALU |
| B. | CU |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Registers |
| Answer» A. ALU | |
| 550. |
What does the disk drive of a computer do? |
| A. | Rotate the disk |
| B. | Read the disk |
| C. | Load a program from the disk into the memory |
| D. | Both b and c |
| Answer» D. Both b and c | |
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