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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
Informatics is used synonymous with |
| A. | information |
| B. | infotainment |
| C. | information technology |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. information technology | |
| 2. |
The invention of paper took place in: |
| A. | 120ad |
| B. | 300bc |
| C. | 324ad |
| D. | 100ad |
| Answer» D. 100ad | |
| 3. |
The limitations of print format are: |
| A. | retrieving information from a large collection |
| B. | time |
| C. | space |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 4. |
Who is called the father of modern Computing? |
| A. | claud shannon |
| B. | charles babbage |
| C. | presper eckert |
| D. | john von newman |
| Answer» B. charles babbage | |
| 5. |
Who developed the Binary? |
| A. | claud shannon |
| B. | john von newman |
| C. | blaise pascal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. claud shannon | |
| 6. |
Which numbers represent the binary? |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 1 and 0 |
| C. | 9 and 10 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 1 and 0 | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is the first fully automated computing device? |
| A. | mark i |
| B. | edvac |
| C. | eniac |
| D. | edsac |
| Answer» A. mark i | |
| 8. |
Which one of these is the first fully electronic computer? |
| A. | edvac |
| B. | eniac |
| C. | edsac |
| D. | univac |
| Answer» A. edvac | |
| 9. |
Store program concept was introduced by: |
| A. | blaise pascal |
| B. | charles babbage |
| C. | goltfried leibniz |
| D. | john von newman |
| Answer» D. john von newman | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is the first digital computer? |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | edvac |
| C. | edsac |
| D. | univac |
| Answer» D. univac | |
| 11. |
What was the basic computing component of the second generation computers? |
| A. | vacuum tubes |
| B. | transistors |
| C. | ics |
| D. | vlsi |
| Answer» A. vacuum tubes | |
| 12. |
The third generation computers began with the advent of -------------. |
| A. | vacuum tubes |
| B. | transistors |
| C. | ics |
| D. | vsli |
| Answer» C. ics | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is free software? |
| A. | intel |
| B. | amd |
| C. | microsoft |
| D. | linux |
| Answer» D. linux | |
| 14. |
The following is not a characteristic of first generation computer: |
| A. | transistors as basic components |
| B. | worked on stored program |
| C. | unreliable |
| D. | magnetic core memory is used as primary memory |
| Answer» A. transistors as basic components | |
| 15. |
The following is not a characteristic of second generation computers: |
| A. | transistors as basic components |
| B. | manual assembly of individual components |
| C. | programming was done in machine language |
| D. | limited commercial use |
| Answer» C. programming was done in machine language | |
| 16. |
Following is not a characteristic of the third generation computer: |
| A. | integrated circuits were used |
| B. | e-mail was introduced during the third generation |
| C. | computational time was reduced from nanoseconds to microseconds |
| D. | totally general purpose |
| Answer» C. computational time was reduced from nanoseconds to microseconds | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is not a personal computer? |
| A. | desk top |
| B. | notebook |
| C. | laptop |
| D. | mainframe |
| Answer» D. mainframe | |
| 18. |
Which of the following is not a computer? |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | fortran |
| C. | unival |
| D. | algol |
| Answer» D. algol | |
| 19. |
Pick the odd one out. |
| A. | cobol |
| B. | fortran |
| C. | univac |
| D. | algol |
| Answer» C. univac | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is software? |
| A. | laptop |
| B. | netbook |
| C. | nettop |
| D. | linux |
| Answer» D. linux | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is not the name of Computer Company? |
| A. | h p |
| B. | apple |
| C. | dell |
| D. | mac |
| Answer» D. mac | |
| 22. |
Which of the following is a social network? |
| A. | face book |
| B. | orkut |
| C. | you tube |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 23. |
Which of these is a search engine? |
| A. | face book |
| B. | firefox |
| C. | you tube |
| D. | orkut |
| Answer» B. firefox | |
| 24. |
Which of these is a social network? |
| A. | chrome |
| B. | |
| C. | internet explorer |
| D. | firefox |
| Answer» B. twitter | |
| 25. |
FORTRAN and COBOL are ---------------- |
| A. | computer languages |
| B. | processor |
| C. | operating systems |
| D. | servers |
| Answer» A. computer languages | |
| 26. |
Manual integration of individual components into functioning units was required in ---- |
| A. | fourth generation computers |
| B. | second generation computers |
| C. | third generation computers |
| D. | fifth generation computers |
| Answer» B. second generation computers | |
| 27. |
S S I can hold ---------------- transistors per chip. |
| A. | 10 – 100 |
| B. | 100 – 1000 |
| C. | 1 – 10 |
| D. | infinite numbers |
| Answer» A. 10 – 100 | |
| 28. |
The first video game, called Space war was written in ------------------- and run on PDP-1 |
| A. | 1972 |
| B. | 1962 |
| C. | 1982 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» B. 1962 | |
| 29. |
Computational time was reduced from micro to nano seconds in ----------------- generation computers. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. third | |
| 30. |
The first micro computer was ------------------ |
| A. | pdp-1 |
| B. | ibm-1401 |
| C. | cdc3600 |
| D. | altair8800 |
| Answer» D. altair8800 | |
| 31. |
Steve Vozniak and Steve Jobs began the computer company called -------------- ---- |
| A. | dell |
| B. | intel |
| C. | apple |
| D. | sony |
| Answer» C. apple | |
| 32. |
Embedded computer system can be found in ------------- |
| A. | cars |
| B. | thermostats |
| C. | microwave ovens |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 33. |
Which is the computer developed in India to facilitate the rural people? |
| A. | palmtop |
| B. | desktop |
| C. | laptop |
| D. | simputer |
| Answer» D. simputer | |
| 34. |
Which model of computer is designed for technical or scientific application? |
| A. | work station |
| B. | super computer |
| C. | server computer |
| D. | mainframe computer |
| Answer» A. work station | |
| 35. |
Which kind of computer is used to predict weather and design supersonic aircrafts? |
| A. | work station |
| B. | super computers |
| C. | server computers |
| D. | mainframe |
| Answer» B. super computers | |
| 36. |
Amazon’s e-book reader is called ------------------ |
| A. | kindle |
| B. | pda |
| C. | i pod |
| D. | smart phone |
| Answer» A. kindle | |
| 37. |
The term ‘virus’ came from a novel called ------------------- |
| A. | adventures of tom sawyer |
| B. | when harlie was one |
| C. | treasure island |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. when harlie was one | |
| 38. |
The functions of an operating system are: |
| A. | process management |
| B. | memory management |
| C. | file management |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 39. |
Pick the odd one out |
| A. | window me |
| B. | window vista |
| C. | window xp |
| D. | microsoft |
| Answer» D. microsoft | |
| 40. |
The following belong to the category of software distribution: |
| A. | fedora |
| B. | ubuntu |
| C. | mandriva |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 41. |
‘Free software’ means: |
| A. | the freedom to run the program for any purpose |
| B. | the freedom to redistribute copies |
| C. | the freedom to improve the program |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 42. |
‘Free software’ does not mean: |
| A. | the freedom to run the program for any purpose |
| B. | the freedom to redistribute copies |
| C. | should be distributed free of charges |
| D. | the freedom to improve the program |
| Answer» C. should be distributed free of charges | |
| 43. |
M S Word is a |
| A. | spreadsheet tool |
| B. | presentation tool |
| C. | word processor tool |
| D. | database tool |
| Answer» C. word processor tool | |
| 44. |
M S Excel is a |
| A. | spreadsheet tool |
| B. | presentation tool |
| C. | word processor tool |
| D. | database tool |
| Answer» A. spreadsheet tool | |
| 45. |
--------------- is a presentation tool. |
| A. | m s word |
| B. | m s excel |
| C. | m s power point |
| D. | photoshop |
| Answer» C. m s power point | |
| 46. |
Photoshop is a |
| A. | spreadsheet tool |
| B. | graphic tool |
| C. | presentation tool |
| D. | database tool |
| Answer» B. graphic tool | |
| 47. |
The following is an anti-virus software: |
| A. | avira |
| B. | avast |
| C. | mc a fee |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 48. |
Encrypted information is called: |
| A. | cypher |
| B. | plain text |
| C. | clear text |
| D. | key |
| Answer» A. cypher | |
| 49. |
Pick the odd one out: |
| A. | basic |
| B. | cobol |
| C. | fortran |
| D. | interpreter |
| Answer» D. interpreter | |
| 50. |
Linux kernel was written by ----------------. |
| A. | linus torwald |
| B. | claud shannon |
| C. | richard stallman |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. linus torwald | |
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