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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 History (BA History) .
| 1. |
Which was the computer conceived by Babbage? |
| A. | analytical engine |
| B. | arithmetic machine |
| C. | donald knuth |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» A. analytical engine | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is not a category of computer based on size? |
| A. | mainframe computer |
| B. | micro computer |
| C. | mini computer |
| D. | digital computer |
| Answer» D. digital computer | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is a fixed disk? |
| A. | hard disks |
| B. | flash disk |
| C. | compact disk |
| D. | dvds |
| Answer» A. hard disks | |
| 4. |
The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from |
| A. | latin language |
| B. | greek language |
| C. | sanskrit language |
| D. | ancient egypt |
| Answer» A. latin language | |
| 5. |
Which is a valid statement |
| A. | 1 kb = 1024 bytes |
| B. | 1 mb = 1024 bytes |
| C. | 1 kb = 1000 bytes |
| D. | 1 mb = 1000 bytes |
| Answer» A. 1 kb = 1024 bytes | |
| 6. |
Who built the first Mechanical Calculator |
| A. | joseph marie jacquard |
| B. | john mauchly |
| C. | blaise pascal |
| D. | howard aiken |
| Answer» C. blaise pascal | |
| 7. |
The most important advantage of a video disk is |
| A. | compactness |
| B. | potential capacity |
| C. | durability |
| D. | cost effectiveness |
| Answer» B. potential capacity | |
| 8. |
Cursor is a ____ |
| A. | pixel |
| B. | thin blinking line |
| C. | pointing device |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. thin blinking line | |
| 9. |
The abbreviation PDF Stands for |
| A. | printable document file |
| B. | portable document file |
| C. | printable document format |
| D. | portable document format |
| Answer» D. portable document format | |
| 10. |
Which of the following items are examples of storage devices? |
| A. | floppy disks |
| B. | cd-roms |
| C. | hard disks |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 11. |
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for? |
| A. | american stable code for international interchange |
| B. | american standard case for institutional interchange |
| C. | american standard code for information interchange |
| D. | american standard code for interchange information |
| Answer» C. american standard code for information interchange | |
| 12. |
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 | |
| 13. |
All modern computers operate on |
| A. | information |
| B. | floppies |
| C. | data |
| D. | word |
| Answer» C. data | |
| 14. |
Dot-matrix is a type of |
| A. | tape |
| B. | printer |
| C. | disk |
| D. | bus |
| Answer» B. printer | |
| 15. |
Which is not consisted in a processor |
| A. | alu |
| B. | cu |
| C. | memory |
| D. | registers |
| Answer» C. memory | |
| 16. |
The Third Generation Computer was made with ________ |
| A. | vacuum tube |
| B. | discrete components |
| C. | ic |
| D. | bio chips |
| Answer» C. ic | |
| 17. |
Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU? |
| A. | control unit and registers |
| B. | registers and main memory |
| C. | control unit and alu |
| D. | alu and bus |
| Answer» C. control unit and alu | |
| 18. |
When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom? |
| A. | hewlett-packard 1984 |
| B. | epson, 1981 |
| C. | laplink traveling software in1982 |
| D. | tandy model-2000, 1985 |
| Answer» B. epson, 1981 | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is an input device? |
| A. | scanner |
| B. | speaker |
| C. | monitor |
| D. | projector |
| Answer» A. scanner | |
| 20. |
Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries? |
| A. | claude shannon |
| B. | konrardzues |
| C. | george stibits |
| D. | howard h. aiken |
| Answer» C. george stibits | |
| 21. |
WAN is a most used abbreviation in networking, what is its full form? |
| A. | wap area network |
| B. | wide area network |
| C. | wide array of network |
| D. | wireless access network |
| Answer» B. wide area network | |
| 22. |
In which language is source program written? |
| A. | english |
| B. | symbolic |
| C. | high level |
| D. | temporary |
| Answer» C. high level | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA? |
| A. | video graphics array |
| B. | visual graphics array |
| C. | volatile graphics array |
| D. | video graphics adapter |
| Answer» A. video graphics array | |
| 24. |
A song being played on computer speaker is |
| A. | hard output |
| B. | soft output |
| C. | both hard and soft output |
| D. | neither hard nor soft output |
| Answer» B. soft output | |
| 25. |
In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for |
| A. | additional terminals |
| B. | advance technology |
| C. | applied technology |
| D. | advanced terminology |
| Answer» B. advance technology | |
| 26. |
Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers |
| A. | intel |
| B. | motorola |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. motorola | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers? |
| A. | use of natural language |
| B. | artificial intelligence |
| C. | bio-chips |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 28. |
Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his |
| A. | difference engine |
| B. | analytic engine |
| C. | binary system in analytic engine |
| D. | his concept of input, mill, output and storage |
| Answer» A. difference engine | |
| 29. |
A computer with CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as |
| A. | super computer |
| B. | minicomputer |
| C. | micro computer |
| D. | macro computer |
| Answer» A. super computer | |
| 30. |
When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is most expensive? |
| A. | mainframe computer |
| B. | mini computers |
| C. | micro computers |
| D. | super computers |
| Answer» D. super computers | |
| 31. |
Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment? |
| A. | keyboard |
| B. | mouse |
| C. | joystick |
| D. | track ball |
| Answer» B. mouse | |
| 32. |
Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers? |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 33. |
Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than. |
| A. | arithmetic and logic unit |
| B. | control unit |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» A. arithmetic and logic unit | |
| 34. |
The operating speed of third generation computer was |
| A. | milliseconds |
| B. | microseconds |
| C. | nanoseconds |
| D. | picoseconds |
| Answer» C. nanoseconds | |
| 35. |
Which of the following have the fastest access time? |
| A. | semiconductor memories |
| B. | magnetic disks |
| C. | magnetic tapes |
| D. | compact disks |
| Answer» A. semiconductor memories | |
| 36. |
The computer that process both analog and digital is called |
| A. | analog computer |
| B. | digital computer |
| C. | hybrid computer |
| D. | mainframe computer |
| Answer» C. hybrid computer | |
| 37. |
What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip? |
| A. | intel 308 |
| B. | intel 33 |
| C. | intel 4004 |
| D. | motorola 639 |
| Answer» C. intel 4004 | |
| 38. |
CD-ROM stands for |
| A. | compactable read only memory |
| B. | compact data read only memory |
| C. | compact disk read only memory |
| D. | compactable disk read only memory |
| Answer» C. compact disk read only memory | |
| 39. |
Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft? |
| A. | ibm pcs |
| B. | apple/macintosh pcs |
| C. | ibm compatibles |
| D. | both a & c |
| Answer» D. both a & c | |
| 40. |
URL stands for …… |
| A. | uniform resource locator |
| B. | unique resource locator |
| C. | uniform range locator |
| D. | unique range locator |
| Answer» A. uniform resource locator | |
| 41. |
The expansion of HTTP is....... |
| A. | hypertext transfer programme |
| B. | hypertest transfer programme |
| C. | hypertest transfer protocol |
| D. | hypertext transfer protocol |
| Answer» D. hypertext transfer protocol | |
| 42. |
which of the following is the extension of HTML file? |
| A. | html |
| B. | htm |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. html | |
| 43. |
Expand WI-Fi..... |
| A. | wireless-flow |
| B. | wireless-fidelity |
| C. | wide-fidelity |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. wireless-fidelity | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is a search engine? |
| A. | alta vista |
| B. | |
| C. | both aand c |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. both aand c | |
| 45. |
Expansion of SMS |
| A. | short message services |
| B. | short medium service |
| C. | small message service |
| D. | small media service |
| Answer» A. short message services | |
| 46. |
IC chips used in computers are usually made of |
| A. | lead |
| B. | silicon |
| C. | chromium |
| D. | gold |
| Answer» B. silicon | |
| 47. |
Which of the following is not an example of Operating System? |
| A. | windows 98 |
| B. | fox-pro |
| C. | microsoft office |
| D. | linux |
| Answer» B. fox-pro | |
| 48. |
Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists? |
| A. | param |
| B. | super 301 |
| C. | compaq presario |
| D. | cray ymp |
| Answer» A. param | |
| 49. |
ALU is |
| A. | array logic unit |
| B. | arithmetic logic unit |
| C. | application logic unit |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. arithmetic logic unit | |
| 50. |
Find the odd term out |
| A. | internet |
| B. | linux |
| C. | unix |
| D. | windows |
| Answer» A. internet | |
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