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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 1. |
The term ‘Computer’ is derived from.......... |
| A. | latin |
| B. | german |
| C. | french |
| D. | arabic |
| Answer» A. latin | |
| 2. |
Who is the inventor of “Difference Engine”? |
| A. | allen turing |
| B. | charles babbage |
| C. | simur cray |
| D. | augusta adaming |
| Answer» B. charles babbage | |
| 3. |
Who is the father of Computer? |
| A. | allen turing |
| B. | charles babbage |
| C. | simur cray |
| D. | augusta adaming |
| Answer» B. charles babbage | |
| 4. |
Who is the father of Computer science? |
| A. | allen turing |
| B. | charles babbage |
| C. | simur cray |
| D. | augusta adaming |
| Answer» A. allen turing | |
| 5. |
Who is the father of personal computer? |
| A. | edward robert |
| B. | allen turing |
| C. | charles babbage |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. edward robert | |
| 6. |
A CPU contains |
| A. | a card reader and a printing device |
| B. | an analytical engine and a control unit |
| C. | a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit |
| D. | an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader |
| Answer» C. a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit | |
| 7. |
Which of the following controls the process of interaction between the user and the operating system? |
| A. | user interface |
| B. | language translator |
| C. | platform |
| D. | screen saver |
| Answer» A. user interface | |
| 8. |
The first computers were programmed using |
| A. | assembly language |
| B. | machine language |
| C. | source code |
| D. | object code |
| Answer» B. machine language | |
| 9. |
..........is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices. |
| A. | network |
| B. | peripheral |
| C. | expansion board |
| D. | digital device |
| Answer» A. network | |
| 10. |
Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called |
| A. | entry codes |
| B. | passwords |
| C. | security commands |
| D. | code words |
| Answer» B. passwords | |
| 11. |
Which of the following statements is true ? |
| A. | minicomputer works faster than microcomputer |
| B. | microcomputer works faster than minicomputer |
| C. | speed of both the computers is the same |
| D. | the speeds of both these computers cannot be compared with the speed of advanced |
| Answer» A. minicomputer works faster than microcomputer | |
| 12. |
You organize files by storing them in |
| A. | archives |
| B. | folders |
| C. | indexes |
| D. | lists |
| Answer» B. folders | |
| 13. |
What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network? |
| A. | printers |
| B. | speakers |
| C. | floppy disk drives |
| D. | keyboards |
| Answer» A. printers | |
| 14. |
Which device is required for the Internet connection? |
| A. | joystick |
| B. | modem |
| C. | cd drive |
| D. | nic card |
| Answer» B. modem | |
| 15. |
What is a light pen? |
| A. | a mechanical input device |
| B. | optical input device |
| C. | electronic input device |
| D. | optical output device |
| Answer» B. optical input device | |
| 16. |
UNIVAC is |
| A. | universal automatic computer |
| B. | universal array computer |
| C. | unique automatic computer |
| D. | unvalued automatic computer |
| Answer» A. universal automatic computer | |
| 17. |
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 | |
| 18. |
ALU is |
| A. | arithmetic logic unit |
| B. | array logic unit |
| C. | application logic unit |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» A. arithmetic logic unit | |
| 19. |
VGA is |
| A. | video graphics array |
| B. | visual graphics array |
| C. | volatile graphics array |
| D. | video graphics adapter |
| Answer» A. video graphics array | |
| 20. |
IBM 1401 is |
| A. | first generation computer |
| B. | second generation computer |
| C. | third generation computer |
| D. | fourth generation computer |
| Answer» B. second generation computer | |
| 21. |
MSI stands for |
| A. | medium scale integrated circuits |
| B. | medium system integrated circuits |
| C. | medium scale intelligent circuit |
| D. | medium system intelligent circuit |
| Answer» A. medium scale integrated circuits | |
| 22. |
The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is |
| A. | 1.40 mb |
| B. | 1.44 gb |
| C. | 1.40 gb |
| D. | 1.44 mb |
| Answer» D. 1.44 mb | |
| 23. |
WAN stands for |
| A. | wap area network |
| B. | wide area network |
| C. | wide array net |
| D. | wireless area network |
| Answer» B. wide area network | |
| 24. |
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 | |
| 25. |
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 | |
| 26. |
Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit? |
| A. | printer |
| B. | key board |
| C. | mouse |
| D. | arithmetic & logic unit |
| Answer» D. arithmetic & logic unit | |
| 27. |
CAD stands for |
| A. | computer aided design |
| B. | computer algorithm for design |
| C. | computer application in design |
| D. | computer analogue design |
| Answer» A. computer aided design | |
| 28. |
Junk e-mail is also called |
| A. | spam |
| B. | spoof |
| C. | sniffer script |
| D. | spool |
| Answer» A. spam | |
| 29. |
Hackers |
| A. | all have the same motive |
| B. | break into other people's computers |
| C. | may legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage |
| D. | are people who are allergic to computers |
| Answer» B. break into other people's computers | |
| 30. |
What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system? |
| A. | mainframe |
| B. | mini-computer |
| C. | microcomputer |
| D. | pda |
| Answer» C. microcomputer | |
| 31. |
A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the |
| A. | compiler |
| B. | loader |
| C. | operating system |
| D. | assembler |
| Answer» C. operating system | |
| 32. |
The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called |
| A. | double-space |
| B. | line spacing |
| C. | single space |
| D. | vertical spacing |
| Answer» B. line spacing | |
| 33. |
Example of non-numeric data is |
| A. | employee address |
| B. | examination score |
| C. | bank balance |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» A. employee address | |
| 34. |
What is embedded system? |
| A. | the programme which arrives by being wrapped in box. |
| B. | the programme which is the permanent part of the computer |
| C. | the computer which is the part of a big computer |
| D. | the computer and software system that control the machine |
| Answer» D. the computer and software system that control the machine | |
| 35. |
First page of Website is termed as- |
| A. | homepage |
| B. | index |
| C. | java script |
| D. | bookmark |
| Answer» A. homepage | |
| 36. |
. ..................... Is the appearance of typed characters? |
| A. | size |
| B. | format |
| C. | point |
| D. | colour |
| Answer» B. format | |
| 37. |
When a file is saved for the first time |
| A. | a copy is automatically printed |
| B. | it must be given a name to identify it |
| C. | it does not need a name |
| D. | it only needs a name if it is not going to be printed |
| Answer» B. it must be given a name to identify it | |
| 38. |
Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use of corporate |
| A. | can |
| B. | lan |
| C. | dan |
| D. | wan |
| Answer» D. wan | |
| 39. |
Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them? |
| A. | main memory |
| B. | secondary memory |
| C. | disk memory |
| D. | programme memory |
| Answer» A. main memory | |
| 40. |
. ............... represents raw facts, where-as................. is data made meaningful. |
| A. | information, reporting |
| B. | data, information |
| C. | information, bits |
| D. | records, bytes |
| Answer» B. data, information | |
| 41. |
What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful? |
| A. | rom information can be easily updated. |
| B. | data in rom is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power. |
| C. | rom provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage. |
| D. | rom chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers. |
| Answer» B. data in rom is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power. | |
| 42. |
What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes? |
| A. | operating system extensions |
| B. | cookies |
| C. | diagnostic software |
| D. | boot diskettes |
| Answer» C. diagnostic software | |
| 43. |
Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? |
| A. | basic, cobol, fortran |
| B. | prolog |
| C. | c, c++ |
| D. | assembly languages |
| Answer» D. assembly languages | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is not anti- viruses’ software? |
| A. | nav |
| B. | f-prot |
| C. | oracle |
| D. | mcafee |
| Answer» C. oracle | |
| 45. |
What does DMA stand for? |
| A. | a. distinct memory access |
| B. | direct memory access |
| C. | direct module access |
| D. | direct memory allocation |
| Answer» B. direct memory access | |
| 46. |
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 | |
| 47. |
When did John Napier develop logarithm? |
| A. | 1416 |
| B. | 1614 |
| C. | 1641 |
| D. | 1804 |
| Answer» B. 1614 | |
| 48. |
A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data? |
| A. | 680 kb |
| B. | 680 bytes |
| C. | 680 mb |
| D. | 680 gb |
| Answer» C. 680 mb | |
| 49. |
MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by? |
| A. | consumers |
| B. | workers |
| C. | foremen |
| D. | managers |
| Answer» D. managers | |
| 50. |
What is a light pen? |
| A. | mechanical input device |
| B. | optical input device |
| C. | electronic input device |
| D. | optical output device |
| Answer» B. optical input device | |
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