SECTION 1 A. Surface A. Delay time E.

None of the above

B. Cylinder B. CPU cycle AnSwEr : Option C
1. Which of the following C. Cluster C. Real time 18. A program component
languages is more suited to a D. All of the above D. Seek time that allows structuring of a
structured program? E. None of the above E. None of the above program in an unusual way is
A. PL/1 AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option B known as
B. FORTRAN 7. Which of the following is 13. The time for which a A. Correlation
C. BASIC the 1's complement of 10? piece of equipment operates B. Coroutine
D. PASCAL A. 01 is called C. Diagonalization
E. None of the above B. 110 A. Seek time D. Quene
AnSwEr : Option D C. 11 B. Effective time E. None of the above
2. A computer assisted D. 10 C. Access time AnSwEr : Option B
method for the recording and E. None of the above D. Real time 19. The radian of a number
analyzing of existing or AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above system
hypothetical systems is 8. A section of code to which AnSwEr : Option B A. Is variable
A. Data transmission control is transferred when a 14. Binary numbers need B. Has nothing to do with
B. Data flow processor is interrupted is more places for counting digit position value
C. Data capture known as because C. Equals the number of its
D. Data processing A. M A. They are always big distinct counting digits
E. None of the above B. SVC numbers D. Is always an even number
AnSwEr : Option B C. IP B. Any no. of 0's can be added E. None of the above
3. The brain of any computer D. MDR in front of them AnSwEr : Option C
system is E. None of the above C. Binary base is small 20. The section of the CPU
A. ALU AnSwEr : Option A D. 0's and l's have to be that selects, interprets and
B. Memory 9. Which part interprets properly spaced apart sees to the execution of
C. CPU program instructions and E. None of the above program instructions
D. Control unit initiate control operations. AnSwEr : Option C A. Memory
E. None of the above A. Input 15. Which access method is B. Register unit
AnSwEr : Option C B. Storage unit used for obtaining a record C. Control unit
4. What difference does the C. Logic unit from a cassette tape? D. ALU
5th generation computer D. Control unit A. Direct E. None of the above
have from other generation E. None of the above B. Sequential AnSwEr : Option C
computers? AnSwEr : Option D C. Random 21. Which type of system
A Technological advancement 10. The binary system uses D. All of the above puts the user into direct
B. Scientific code powers of E. None of the above conversation with the
C. Object Oriented A. 2 AnSwEr : Option B computer through a
Programming B. 10 16. Any type of storage that keyboard?
D. All of the above C. 8 is used for holding A. Real time processing
E. None of the above D. 16 information between steps in B. Interactive computer
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above its processing is C. Batch processing
5. Which of the following AnSwEr : Option A A. CPU D. Time sharing
computer language is used 11. A computer program that B. Primary storage E. None of the above
for artificial intelligence? converts assembly language C. Intermediate storage AnSwEr : Option B
A. FORTRAN to machine language is D. Internal storage 22. The term referring to
B. PROLOG A. Compiler E. None of the above evacuating the content of
C. C B. Interpreter AnSwEr : Option C some part of the machine is
D. COBOL C. Assembler 17. A name applied by Intel known as
E. None of the above D. Comparator corp. to high speed MOS A. Dump
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above technology is called B. Enhancement
6. The tracks on a disk which AnSwEr : Option C A. HDLC C. Down
can be accessed without 12. The time required for the B. LAP D. Compiler
repositioning the R/W heads fetching and execution of one C. HMOS E. None of the above
is simple machine instruction is D. SDLC AnSwEr : Option A
23. A single packet on a data 29. How many bit code is AnSwEr : Option C dispenses with the use of the
link is known as used by Murray code for 35. Which of the following is keyboard?
A. Path TELEPRINTER machines. still useful for adding A. Joystick
B. Frame A. 4 numbers? B. Light pen
C. Block B. 5 A. EDSAC C. Mouse
D. Group C. 9 B. ENIAC D. Touch
E. None of the above D. 25 C. Abacus E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above D. UNIVAC AnSwEr : Option C
24. The process of AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above The microcomputer, Intel
communicating with a file 30. The symbols used in an AnSwEr : Option C MCS-80 is based on the
from a terminal is assembly language are 36. The average time widely used Intel
A. Interactive A. Codes necessary for the correct A. 8080 microprocessor
B. Interrogation B. Mnemonics sector of a disk to arrive at B. 8085 microprocessor
C. Heuristic C. Assembler the read write head is _____ C. 8086 microprocessor
D. All of the above D. All of the above A. Down time D. 8082 microprocessor
E. None of the above E. None of the above B. Seek time E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option B C. Rotational delay AnSwEr : Option A
25. A common boundary 31. The 2's complement of a D. Access time 42. Which is a machine-
between two systems is binary no. is obtained by E. None of the above oriented high-level language
called adding.....to its 1's AnSwEr : Option C for the GEC 4080 series
A. Interdiction complement. 37. A number that is used to machines.
B. Interface A. 0 control the form of another A. LOGO
C. Surface B. 1 number is known as B. SNOBOL
D. None of the above C. 10 A. Map C. Babbage
AnSwEr : Option B D. 12 B. Mask D. ALGOL
26. The examination and E. None of the above C. Mamtossa E. None of the above
changing of single bits or AnSwEr : Option B D. Marker AnSwEr : Option C
small groups of his within a 32. A systems programming E. None of the above 43. A program that is
word is called language for microcomputers AnSwEr : Option B employed in the
A. Bit in the Intel family is 38. A general purpose single- development, repair or
B. Byte A. PL/C user microcomputer designed enhancement of other
C. Bit manipulation B. PL/CT to be operated by one person programs is known as
D. Bit slice C. PL/M at a time is A. System software
E. None of the above D. PLA A. Special-purpose computer B. Software tool
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above B. KIPS C. Applications program
27. Which computer has been AnSwEr : Option C C. M D. Utility program
designed to be as compact as 33. A datum that indicates D. PC E. None of the above
possible? some important state in the E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
A. Mini content of input or output is AnSwEr : Option D 44. Any storage device added
B. Super computer A. Sequence 39. ASCII stands for to a computer beyond the
C. Micro computer B. Sentinel A. American standard code immediately usable main
D. Mainframe C. SIO for information interchange storage is known as
E. None of the above D. Sibling B. All purpose scientific code A. Floppy disk
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above for information interchange B. Hard disk
28. Which method is used to AnSwEr : Option B C. American security code for C. Backing store
connect a remote computer? 34. Which is a non-standard information interchange D. Punched card
A. Device version of a computing D. American Scientific code E. None of the above
B. Dialup language? for information interchange AnSwEr : Option C
C. Diagnostic A. PROLOG E. None of the above 45. Which output device is
D. Logic circuit B. APL AnSwEr : Option A used for translating
E. None of the above C. Army information from a computer
AnSwEr : Option B D. PL/1 40. Which device of into pictorial form on paper.
E. None of the above computer operation A. Mouse
B. Plotter B. COBOL 11. Codes consisting of light C. Low-level language
C. Touch panel C. LOGO and dark marks which may be D. All of the above
D. Card punch D. FORTRAN optically read is known as E. None of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above A. Mnemonics AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C B. Bar code 17. Which is a unit
46. The list of coded 6. A program that converts C. Decoder representing the no bits of
instructions is called computer data into some D. All of the above discrete.
A. Computer program code system other than the E. None of the above A. Baud
B. Algorithm normal one is known as AnSwEr : Option B B. Byte
C. Flowchart A. Encoder 12. A type of channel used to C. Bit
D. Utility programs B. Simulation connect a central processor D. All of the above
E. None of the above C. Emulator and peripherals which uses E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A D. Coding multipling is known as AnSwEr : Option A
1. A technique used by codes E. None of the above A. Modem 18. The device that can both
to convert an analog signal AnSwEr : Option A B. Network feed data into and accept
into a digital bit stream is 7. A device designed to read C. Multiplexer data from a computer is
known as information encoded into a D. All of the above A. ALU
A. Pulse code modulation small plastic card is E. None of the above B. CPU
B. Pulse stretcher A. Magnetic tape AnSwEr : Option C C. Input-Output device
C. Query processing B. Badge reader 13. The first generation of D. All of the above
D. Queue management C. Tape puncher computers available was E. None of the above
E. None of the above D. Card puncher based on the bit micro AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above processors. 19. The personnel who deals
2. An optical input device AnSwEr : Option B A. 4 with the computer & its
that interprets pencil marks 8. A hybrid computer uses a B. 8 management put together
on paper media is _____ to convert digital C. 16 are called
A. O.M.R signals from a computer into D. 64 A. Software
B. Punch card reader analog signals. E. None of the above B. Humanware
C. Optical scanners A. Modulator AnSwEr : Option B C. Firmware
D. Magnetic tape B. Demodulator 14. The complete picture of D. Hardware
E. None of the above C. Modem data stored in database is E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A D. Decoder known as AnSwEr : Option B
3. Most important advantage E. None of the above A. Record 20. A modern digital
of an IC is its AnSwEr : Option C B. Schema computer has
A. Easy replacement in case 9. A group of magnetic tapes, C. System flowchart A. Extremely high speed
of circuit failure videos or terminals usually D. DBMS B. Large memory
B. Extremely high reliability under the control of one E. None of the above C. Almost unlimited array
C. Reduced cost master is AnSwEr : Option B D. All of the above
D. Low power consumption A. Cylinder 15. Which of the following is E. None of the above
E. None of the above B. Cluster intended to be used in all AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option B C. Surface applications runs on 21. Which of the following
4. Data division is the third D. Track mainframe computers. can store information in the
division of a _____ program. E. None of the above A. LOGO form of microscopic pits on
A. COBOL AnSwEr : Option B B. APL metal disks.
B. BASIC 10. Any device that performs C. PL/1 A. Laser disks
C. PASCAL signal conversion is D. OCCAM B. Tape cassettes
D. FORTH A. Modulator E. None of the above C. RAM cartridge
E. None of the above B. Modem AnSwEr : Option C D. Punched cards
AnSwEr : Option A C. Keyboard 16. A language which is close E. None of the above
5. Which language was D. Plotter to that used within the AnSwEr : Option A
devised by Dr. Seymour E. None of the above computer is
Aubrey Papert? AnSwEr : Option A A. High-level language
A. APL B. Assembly language

22. A device for converting D. A program which
handwritten impressions into translates source program
coded characters & positional into object program
coordinates for input to a
computer is
A. Touch panel
B. Mouse
C. Wand
D. Writing tablet
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
23. A storage system for
small amounts of data is
A. Magnetic card
B. Magnetic tape
C. Punched card
D. Optical mark reader
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
24. Which is another name B. Assembly language
for functional language?
A. Machine
B. Application language
C. Low-level language
D. High-level language
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
25. Compilers and
interpreters are themselves C. Packing
A. High-level language
B. Codes
C. Programs
D. Mnemonics
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
26. A compiler means
A. A person who compiles
source programs
B. The same thing as a
programmer
C. Keypunch operator
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
27. A pen shaped device
which can sense light, and is B. SNOBOL
used to point at spots on a C. ADA
video screen.
A. Mouse
B. Light pen
C. Joystick
D. Plotter
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
28. A notation used to
express clearly on algorithm isD. All of the above
known as
A. Algorithmic language
C. Machine language
D. High level language
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
29. Compression of digital B. Network
data for efficient storage is C. Bus
A. Buffer
B. CPU
D. Field
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
30. An operating system
intended for use on
microprocessor based
systems that support a single E. None of the above
user is
A. PC-DOS
B. MS-DOS
C. UNIX
D. CP/M
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
31. Which programming
language is based on Algol 60. A. Dynamic memory
A. PILOT
D. SIMULA
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
32. Computer memory
consists of
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. PROM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
33. A path by which
communication is achieved C. Octal number
between a central processor D. Decimal number
and other devices is called
A. Audit trail
D. Channel
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
34. A stand-alone system
which produces one page of E. None of the above
printed output at a time is
A. Page printer
B. Line printer
C. Laser printer
D. Dot matrix printer
AnSwEr : Option A
35. A memory that does not
change its contents without
external causes is known as
B. Static memory
C. RAM
D. EEPROM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
36. The report card and merit
list forms the
A. Output data
B. Data processing
C. Central Processing
D. Input data
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
37. A number which is stored
and processed but not in the
standard exponential form is
called
A. Floating point number
B. Fixed point number
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
38. A memory that holds
micro programs is
A. Core memory
B. ROM
C. RAM
D. Control memory
AnSwEr : Option B
39. A device invented by Dr.
Bobeck in 1966, for mass
storage of data is
A. Punched paper tape
B. Magnetic bubble storage
C. Magnetic tape
D. Magnetic disk
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
40. The organization and
interconnection of the
various components of a
computer system is
A. Architecture
B. Networks
C. Graphics
D. Designing
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
41. Which of the following is
the coding of data so that is
can't be easily understood if
intercepted.
A. Barcode
B. Decoder
C. Encryption
D. Mnemonics
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
42. RAM is used as a short packet switching network? D. Basic Pascal
memory because it is
A. Volatile
B. Has small capacity
C. Is very expensive
D. Is programmable
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
43. A modern electronic
computer is a machine that is A. 1962
meant for
A. Doing quick mathematical D. 1980 AnSwEr : Option C
calculations E. None of the above
B. Input storage, AnSwEr : Option B
manipulation of outputting of 1. As compared to diskettes,
data the hard disks are
C. Electronic data processing A. more expensive 5. Which printer uses a
D. Performing repetitive tasks B. more portable combination of laser-beam &
accurately C. less rigid electro photographic
E. None of the above D. slowly accessed techniques.
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above A. Laser printers
AnSwEr : Option A B. Dot-Matrix
C. Line printer
D. Daisy wheel
E. None of the above
44. Which is a device that AnSwEr : Option A
changes information into 2. What is the name given to 6. A billionth of a second is
digital form? the molecular-scale defined as a:
A. Modem computer? A. millisecond
B. Digitizer A. Femtocomputer B. microsecond
C. Mouse B. Nanocomputer C. nanosecond
D. Light pen C. Supercomputer D. picoseconds
E. None of the above D. Microcomputer E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option B
45. An index register that is 7. Which of the following is
automatically incremented or 3. Who is considered the not currently a topic in
decremented with each use is 'father' of the minicomputer computer science?
A. Auto index and one of the founder A. Speech recognition
B. Asynchronous fathers of the modern B. Artificial intelligence
C. Assembler computer industry world- C. Thermodynamics
D. Compiler wide? D. Multiprocessing
E. None of the above A. George Tate E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A B. Kenneth H. Olsen AnSwEr : Option C
46. Which network is a C. Seymour Cray
A. Ring network E. None of the above
B. LAN AnSwEr : Option B
C. Star network 8. Where have the program
D. EuroNET and data to be located before
E. None of the above the ALU and control unit of a
AnSwEr : Option D computer can operate on it?
4. The first microprocessors A. Internal memory
produced by Intel Corpn. and B. Secondary memory
Texas Instruments were used C. Microprocessor
primarily to control small D. Magnetic tapes
47. Symbolic languages were A. microwave ovens E. None of the above
developed in B. washing machines AnSwEr : Option A
C. calculators
B. 1950 D. personal computers
C. 1974 E. robotics

9. When was Apple
Macintosh II microcomputer
introduced in the market?
A. 1964
B. 1970
C. 1983
D. 1986
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
10. Control Unit of a digital
computer is often called the
A. Clock
B. Nerve center
C. ICs
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
11. The unit of a computer
system that executes
program, communicates with
and often controls the
operation of other
subsystems of the computer
is known as
A. CPU
B. Control Unit
C. I/O unit
D. Peripheral unit
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
12. Human beings are
referred to as Homosapiens. A. Delay time
Which device is called Silico B. Real time
sapiens?
A. Monitor
B. Hardware
C. Robot
D. Computer
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
13. Which access method is
used for obtaining a record
from a cassette tape
A. direct
B. sequential
C. random
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
14. The most important
advantage of a video disk is
A. Compactness
B. Potential capacity
C. Durability
D. Cost effectiveness
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
15. The process of entering
data into a storage location
A. adds to the contents of
the location
B. cause variation in its
address number
C. is known as a readout
operation
D. is destructive of previous
contents
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
16. Time during which a job
is processed by the computer
is
C. Execution time
D. Down time
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
17. Which of the following is C. They are always big
used to insure the high
quality of computer output? D. Binary base is small
A. computer output E. None of the above
microfilm AnSwEr : Option D
B. output controls 21. Backing storage is so
C. voice output systems named because it
D. liquid crystal display A. is always kept at the back
E. None of the above of the CP.U.
AnSwEr : Option B B. is slow and backward
C. backs up the computer's
main memory
D. lags behind the main
memory
18. The most common binary E. None of the above
code in use today is the 8 bit AnSwEr : Option C
ASCII code. What do the
letters ASCII stand for?
A. American Standard Code
for International Interchange
B. American Standard Code 22. The ASCII code for the
for Information Interchange character J is:
C. American Standard Code A. 1001 0001
for Intelligence Interchange B. 1001 1010
D. American Scientific Code C. 0100 1010
for Information Interchange D. 1010 0001
E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C
19. The software used to 23. Off-line operation is the
convert source program operation of devices without
instructions to object the control of
instruction is known as A. Memory
A. Compiler B. CPU
B. Assembler C. ALU
C. Interpreter D. Control unit
D. Language processor E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option D
24. What is meant by a
20. Binary numbers need dedicated computer?
more places for counting A. Which is used by one
because: person only
A. 0's and 1's can be added in B. Which is assigned one and
front of them only one task
B. 0's and 1's have to be C. Which uses on kind of
properly placed software
D. Which is meant for
numbers application software only
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
33. What is the name of the 37. Which of the following
29. Programs designed to printer which prints all the A's holds data and processing
perform specific tasks is in a line before all the B's? instructions temporarily until
called known as A. Thermal printer the CPU needs it?
25. Which of the following is A. System software B. Electrostatic printer A. ROM
the user programmed B. Application software C. Line printer B. control unit
semiconductor memory? C. Utility programs D. Ink-jet printer C. main memory
A. SRAM D. Operating system E. None of the above D. coprocessor chips
B. DRAM E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
C. EPROM AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
26. An instruction that 34. A _____ is simply an
transfers program control to 30. What is the name given arrangement where multiple 38. A multi programming
one or more possible paths is to the weapons which use disk drives appear as a single system is one that can
known as computerised guidance disk drive to the user. A. run very fast
A. Utility program system? A. disk B. share hardware resources
B. System software A. Guided weapons B. disk array with many programs
C. Broadband channel B. Smart weapons C. bunch of disks simultaneously
D. Application program C. Dumb weapons D. disk pack C. compute many programs
E. None of the above D. Starwars weapons E. spanned drive simultaneously
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B D. use many operating
AnSwEr : Option B systems
31. A monitor's _____ is the E. None of the above
distance between the holes in AnSwEr : Option B
the mask behind the screen.
27. The two kinds of main This helps determine how 35. Conversion of binary
Memory are: sharp the dots appear. number 1010101000010111
A. Primary and secondary A. refresh rate to hexadecimal number is
B. Random and sequential B. dot pitch A. D8F916 39. The language that is an
C. ROM and RAM C. resolution B. A8B916 input for statement
D. All of the above D. color depth C. AA1716 translation is called
E. None of the above E. None of the above D. D9F816 A. Assembly language
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above B. Source language
AnSwEr : Option C C. High-level language
36. In comparison with static D. Object language
RAM memory, the dynamic E. None of the above
RAM memory has AnSwEr : Option B
28. Name of the first guided 32. The ALU of a computer A. lower bit density and
weapon in the world which normally contains a number higher power consumption
used a programmable digital of high speed storage B. higher bit density and
computer: elements called higher power consumption
A. Sting Ray Torpedo A. semiconductor memory C. lower bit density and lower 40. All the instructions and
B. Mk 46 Torpedo B. registers power consumption procedures needed to start
C. Air-Launched Cruise Missile C. hard disk D. higher bit density and up a computer, to the point it
(ALCM) D. magnetic disk lower power consumption can load an operating system,
D. Tomahawk Missile E. None of the above E. None of the above are stored in ROM chips. In
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option D IBM compatible PCs this is
AnSwEr : Option A called the _____
A. RAM BIOS
B. ROM BIOS
C. EPROM E. None of the above A. Niklaus Wirth
D. POST AnSwEr : Option B B. Dijkstra
E. None of the above C. Donald Knuth
AnSwEr : Option B D. Basic Pascal
41. Before a disk drive can 49. The memory which is E. None of the above
access any sector record, a ultraviolet light erasable and AnSwEr : Option A
computer program has to 45. Name the two persons electrically programmable is
provide the record's disk who were the first to develop A. ROM
address. What information a model of the B. PROM
does this address specify? microprocessor chip. C. RAM
A. Track number A. Marcian Ted Hoff D. EPROM 4. When was punched-card
B. Sector number B. Victor Poor E. None of the above equipment used for the first
C. Surface number C. Harry pyle AnSwEr : Option D time to process the British
D. All of the above D. Both (b) and (c) census?
E. None of the above E. None of the above A. 1910
AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option D B. 1907
46. EBCDIC can code up to C. 1911
how many different 50. What is the name of the D. 1914
characters? computer which was first E. None of the above
A. 8 used for programming and AnSwEr : Option C
42. A high speed device used B. 16 playing of music?
in CPU for temporary storage C. 32 A. ELLIAC
during processing is called D. 64 B. ENIAC
A. A register E. 256 C. UNIVAC
B. A bus AnSwEr : Option E D. All of the above 5. A hashing scheme is used
C. A databus E. None of the above with
D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option A A. sequential file
E. None of the above 1. The access method used organization
AnSwEr : Option A for cassette tape is B. direct file organization
47. Who is credited with the A. Direct C. indexed sequential file
idea of using punch cards to B. Random organization
control patterns in a weaving C. Sequential D. partitioned file
machine? D. All of the above organization
43. Computers are extremely A. Pascal E. None of the above E. None of the above
fast and have fantastic B. Hollerith AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B
memories. However, the only C. Babbage 6. The time taken for the
thing they can remember is D. jacquard read/write head to move to
A. Instruction E. None of the above the correct track on the
B. Series of 1s and 0s AnSwEr : Option D magnetic disk is called
C. Boolean algebra 2. The arranging of data in a A. epoch delay
D. Logic theorems logical sequence is called: B. latency delay
E. None of the above A. sorting C. seek time
AnSwEr : Option B B. classifying D. approach time
48. Which 32-bit C. reproducing E. None of the above
microprocessor is used in D. summarizing AnSwEr : Option C
IBM's PS/2 model-80 E. None of the above
computer? AnSwEr : Option A
44. The first electronic digital A. 8088
computer contained? B. 80286
A. Electronic valves C. 80386 7. A computer has a 1024K
B. Vacuum tubes D. 80486 memory. What does the
C. Transistors E. None of the above 3. Who is the creator of the letter K stand for
D. Semiconductor memory AnSwEr : Option C PASCAL language? A. Kilometre
B. Thousand
C. 1024
D. MB
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
8. Computer instructions
written with the use of
English words instead of
binary machine code is called
A. Mnemonics
B. Symbolic code
C. Gray code
D. Op-code
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
9. The system unit of a
personal computer typically
contains all of the following
except:
A. microprocessor
B. disk controller
C. serial interface
D. modem
E. All of the above are
contained
AnSwEr : Option D
10. Which of the following C. CPU
are the two main
components of the CPU?
A. control unit and registers AnSwEr : Option B
B. registers and main memory
C. control unit and ALU
D. ALU and bus
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
11. A characteristic of card A. Write computer programs 19. Which of the following
systems is:
A. slowness in processing
data
B. using cards as records of the computer
transactions
C. needing a larger DP staff C. Normally require a college
D. all the above degree in computer science
E. None of the above D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
16. When was the IBM XT
microcomputer released in
the market?
12. A directly accessible A. 1970
appointment calendar is a B. 1971
feature of a _____ resident C. 1987
package. D. 1986
A. CPU E. None of the above
B. Memory AnSwEr : Option C
C. Buffer
D. ALU
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
17. Which of the following is AnSwEr : Option D
not used for storage purposes 21. Which of the following is
with main frame computers? used for serial access storage
A. removable disks
13. 1024 bytes represent a B. fixed disks
A. Megabyte C. mass storage systems
B. Gigabyte D. diskettes
C. Kilobyte E. None of the above
D. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option C
18. Which is true for the
14. Which type device is a digital computer?
piece of equipment that A. It is less accurate than the
receives information from a analog computer
CPU? B. It represents the decimal
A. Input numbers through a string of
B. Output binary digits
C. It is used primarily in
D. Memory scientific applications
E. Storage D. Both (a) and (c)
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
15. Computer Operators
for specific problems terminals' output most
B. Operate the devices which closely resembles the output
input and output data from produced by a plotter?
A. graphics terminal
B. POS terminal
C. hardcopy terminal
D. all the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
20. What is the main
advantage of magnetic core
memory over semiconductor
RAM memory?
A. more compact and smaller
B. more economical
C. a bit does not have to write
after reading
D. non volatile
E. None of the above
only?
A. RAM
B. Magnetic tape
C. Magnetic disk
D. Core memory
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
22. A memory space used for
the temporary storage of
data is
A. PROM
B. SAM
C. Scratchpad storage
D. Buffer
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
23. What is the name of the
logic circuit which can add
two binary digits?
A. Full adder
B. Half adder
C. Buffer
D. Register
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B 31. How many types of
storage loops exist in
magnetic bubble memory? 35. Fifth generation
A. 8 computers are likely to
28. Storage on PC allows you B. 4 exhibit
24. A small film-plate which to store files until something C. 16 A. artificial intelligence
is used for microfilming the erases it, but memory loses D. 2 B. heuristic behaviour
output from a microcomputer its contents whenever its E. None of the above C. advanced parallel
screen is called _____ is lost AnSwEr : Option D processing
A. microfilm A. static D. All of the above
B. microfiche B. disk space E. None of the above
C. film card C. power AnSwEr : Option D
D. COM D. both a and b above 36. A computer system
E. None of the above E. None of the above 32. The function of CPU is consisting of its processor,
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C A. to provide a hard copy memory and I/O devices
B. to read, interpret and accepts data, processes it and
process the information and produces the output results.
instruction Can you tell in which
C. to communicate with the component is the raw data
25. The ALU and control unit 29. One byte can be used to operator fed?
of most of the encode any integer between D. to provide external storage A. Mass Memory
microcomputers are 'O' and -inclusive of text B. Main memory
combined and manufactured A. 16 E. None of the above C. Logic unit
on a single silicon chip. What B. 256 AnSwEr : Option B D. Arithmetic unit
is it called? C. 128 E. None of the above
A. Monochip D. 255 AnSwEr : Option B
B. Microprocessor E. None of the above
C. ALU AnSwEr : Option D
D. Control Unit 33. The bubbles in a bubble
E. None of the above memory pack are created
AnSwEr : Option B with the help of? 37. When did arch rivals IBM
26. Continuous line drawing A. Laser beam and Apple Computers Inc.
are produced using 30. Why is the width of the B. Magnetic field decide to join hands?
A. Chain printers data bus so important to the C. Electric field A. 1978
B. Daisy wheel printers processing speed of a D. X-ray B. 1984
C. Plotters computer? E. None of the above C. 1990
D. Thermal devices A. The narrower it is, the AnSwEr : Option B D. 1991
E. None of the above greater the computer's E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C processing speed AnSwEr : Option D
B. The wider it is, the more
data that can fit into main
memory 34. The central processor of a
C. The wider it is, the greater modern digital computer
27. Which of the following the computer's processing consists of 38. The transistorized
registers is loaded with the speed A. control unit computer circuits were
contents of the memory D. The wider it is, the slower B. primary memory introduced in the
location pointed by the PC? the computer's processing C. control unit and primary A. First generation
A. Memory Address Register speed memory B. Second generation
B. Memory Data Register E. The data bus isn't D. All of the above C. Third generation
C. Instruction Register important to the processing E. None of the above D. Fourth generation
D. Program Counter speed of a computer AnSwEr : Option C E. Fifth generation
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option C
 A. It is often used in real-time eventually and by which
43. Which of the following applications company?
devices can be used to B. It can occur with either A. 30, British Tabulating
39. The memory sizes in directly input printed text? sequential of direct-access Machine Co. (BTM)
mainframe computers and A. OCR files B. 40, International Business
advanced technology micro B. OMR C. It can be used in an airline- Machines (IBM)
computers are expressed as C. MICR reservation system C. 48, Remington Rand
A. Bytes D. All of the above D. Transactions are processed D. 40, International Computer
B. Kilo-bytes E. None of the above shortly after a real-world Ltd. (ICL)
C. Bits AnSwEr : Option A event occurs E. None of the above
D. Megabytes E. All of the above are true AnSwEr : Option C
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option D

44. To locate a data item for

storage is 2. A file containing relatively
A. Field 48. A temporary storage permanent data is
40. A memory bus is mainly B. Feed area, attached to the CPU, for A. Random file
used for communication C. Database I/O operations is a: B. Transaction file
between D. Fetch A. chip C. Master file
A. processor and memory E. None of the above B. buffer D. Sequential file
B. processor and I/O devices AnSwEr : Option D C. register E. None of the above
C. I/O devices and memory D. core AnSwEr : Option C
D. input device and output E. None of the above
device AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A 45. Which of the following
41. An AND gate memory is capable of 3. Communication that
A. implements logic addition operating at electronics involves computers,
B. is equivalent to a series speed? 49. Which part of the establishing a link through the
switching circuit A. Semiconductor memory computer were is used for telephone system is called
C. is an any or all gate B. Magnetic disks calculating and comparing? A. Teleprocessing
D. is equivalent to a parallel C. Magnetic drums A. Disk unit B. Microprocessing
switching circuit D. Magnetic tapes B. Control unit C. Telecommunications
E. None of the above E. None of the above C. ALU D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A D. Modem E. None of the above
46. The main purpose of time E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C
sharing techniques used in AnSwEr : Option C
computers is to make the
best use of the
42. The daily processing of A. CPU
corrections to customer B. peripherals 4. Dot-matrix is a type of
accounts best exemplifies the C. seconday storage 50. The person contributing A. Tape
processing mode of: D. floppy disks the idea of the stored B. Printer
A. Batch processing E. None of the above program was C. Disk
B. Real-time processing AnSwEr : Option A A. John von Neumann D. Bus
C. Time-sharing B. Charles Babbage E. None of the above
D. Offline processing C. Howard Aiken AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above D. Basic Pascal
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above
47. Which of the following is AnSwEr : Option A
not true of immediate 1. What was the total
processing? number of UNIVAC-I sold
5. Which kind of devices
allows the user to add
components and capabilities
to a computer system?
A. System boards
B. Storage devices
C. Input devices
D. Output devices
E. Expansion slots
AnSwEr : Option E
6. Where does a computer
add and compare data?
A. Hard disk
B. Floppy disk
C. CPU chip
D. Memory chip
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
7. Which of the following
require large computer
memory?
A. Imaging
B. Graphics
C. Voice
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
8. Which of the following are
used to quickly accept, store,
and transfer data and
instructions that are being
used immediately by the
CPU?
A. microprocessors
B. registers
C. ROM chips
D. data buses
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
9. Which disk interface
standard includes support for
up to eight peripheral
devices?
A. ST50G/412 17. A software package to
B. IDE 13. In synchronous perform calculations on data
C. SCSI transmission data from arranged in an array is
D. ESDI various users A. System software
E. None of the above A. Require header B. Utility programs
AnSwEr : Option C B. Do not require header C. Electronic spread sheet
C. Sometimes require header D. Application programs
D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option B
10. Who designed the first
general purpose electronic
digital computer "ENIAC" ?
A. Van-Neumann 18. What was the name of
B. Joseph M Juoquard 14. General purpose the first stored program
C. J. Presper Ecket and John computers are those that can electronic computer which
W Mauchly be adopted to countless uses was built in 1949 at
D. All of the above simply by changing its Cambridge University in
E. None of the above A. keyboard England?
AnSwEr : Option C B. printer A. EDVAC
11. What type of control pins C. program B. EDSAC
are needed in a D. display screen C. UNIVAC
microprocessor to regulate E. None of the above D. MARK-I
traffic on the bus, in order to AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
prevent two devices from AnSwEr : Option B
trying to use it at the same
time?
A. Bus control
B. Interrupts 15. What is the name of the
C. Bus arbitration visible silver rectangle which 19. A computer with CPU
D. Status separates the take-up portion speed around 100 million
E. None of the above of the magnetic tape from theinstructions per second &
AnSwEr : Option C data recording portion? with the word length of
A. Load maker around 64 bits is known as
B. Load marker A. Super computer
C. Tape separator B. Mini computer
D. Tape marker C. Micro computer
12. The analog computer E. None of the above D. Micro computer
measures dimensions and its AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
circuits use the differential 16. A part located in the AnSwEr : Option A
and integral equations of central processing unit that
continuous variables. The stores data & information is
digital computer counts units known as
and its circuits use A. Core memory
A. Logic gates B. PROM 20. A computer program
B. Discrete switches C. EPROM consists of
C. Boolean algebra id) Bayes' D. ROM A. System flowchart
theorem E. None of the above B. Program flowchart
D. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A C. Algorithms written in
AnSwEr : Option C computer's language
D. Discrete logical steps.
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
21. An input device which
can read characters directly
from an ordinary piece of
paper is
A. OCR
B. OMR
C. MSI
D. POS
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
22. Which of the following is
not a part of the CPU
A. storage unit
B. arithmetic and logic unit
C. program unit
D. control unit
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
23. Which of the following
chips can be reprogrammed
with special electric pulses?
A. EPROM
B. PROM
C. ROM
D. EEPROM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
24. In this world of fast
changing computer
technology, one of the most
important factor to be
considered while purchasing
a PC is, it should have a
provision for
A. high level integration
B. self upgradability
C. intelligent sensors
D. faster data access B. A digital signal changes D. submultiple of the access
E. None of the above some characteristic of a time
AnSwEr : Option B carrier wave E. None of the above
C. Digital signal is amplified AnSwEr : Option B
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
25. A collection of eight bits
is called 33. The number of records
A. Byte contained within a block of
B. Word data on magnetic tape is
C. Record 29. Which is a secondary defined by the
D. File memory device? A. block definition
E. None of the above A. CPU B. record contain clause
AnSwEr : Option A B. ALU C. blocking factor
26. The ALU of a central C. Floppy disk D. record per block factor
processing unit does the D. Mouse E. None of the above
essential maths work for the E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C
computer. What does the AnSwEr : Option C
control unit do?
A. Communicates its results
B. Activates the output device
C. Monitors the flow of 34. The binary equivalent of
information 30. A storage device which is the Octal number 13.54 is
D. Control the printer used to store data & A. 1011.1011
E. None of the above information external to the B. 1101.1110
AnSwEr : Option C main storage is known as C. 1001.1110
A. Buffer D. All of the above
B. Backing storage E. None of the above
C. PROM AnSwEr : Option A
D. Accumulator
27. Which of the following E. None of the above
storage and retrieval AnSwEr : Option B
methods would be well suited 31. In a PC, how much
to your processing memory is available to 35. What process prepares
requirements if you only needapplication software? the magnetic surface of a disk
to retrieve records one at a A. 1024 KB by creating concentric circles,
time and there is no fixed B. 760 KB called tracks, around the
pattern to the requests for C. 640 KB disk? (Each track is further
data and records? D. 560 KB divided into pic-shaped
A. indexed sectors E. 2048 KB sections called sectors.)
B. sequential AnSwEr : Option C A. Tracking
C. direct B. Formatting
D. indexed direct C. Copying
E. None of the above D. Sectioning
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above
32. For a memory system, AnSwEr : Option B
the cycle time is 36. What does that acronym
A. same as the access time VGA stand for?
B. longer than the access time A. Extended Graphics
28. In MODEMS C. shorter than the access Adapter
A. Several digital signals are time B. Enhanced Graphics Array
multiplexed C. Video Graphics Array
D. Color Graphics Array
E. Video Graphics Adapter
AnSwEr : Option C
37. Which part of the
diskette should never be
touched?
A. Hub
B. Centre
C. Oval slot
D. Corner
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
38. The storage locations in
the interal storage of a CPU
are called
A. contents
B. addresses
C. locations
D. mask
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
39. Which is used to provide
the sight information to the
right person at the right time
for proper decision making?
A. DBMS
B. MIS
C. ISO
D. PSO
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
40. Most disk drives have a AnSwEr : Option E
single read/ write head for
each disk surface. What is the
advantage of suing multiple
heads on each movable
access arm?
A. Reduced seek time 44. The EAM device that 48. Which of the following
B. Less latency time does not use a control panel statements is true?
C. Reduced search time is the: A. The installation of a
D. Less disk speed A. collator computer is favorably
E. None of the above B. reproducer received by all employees
AnSwEr : Option A C. interpreter B. Some form of training is
41. One of the main feature D. sorter necessary for employees who
that distinguish E. None of the above will work with computers
microprocessors from AnSwEr : Option D C. Computers are portrayed
microcomputers is solely as society's benefactor
A. words are usually larger in D. A businessperson is only
microprocessors interested in the computer's
B. words are shorter in accuracy
microprocessors 45. Whenever a peripheral is E. None of the above
C. microprocessor does not being controlled by the CPU, AnSwEr : Option B
contain I/O devices it is said to be online. If
D. exactly the same as the additionally, the computer
machine cycle time files are updated as soon as
E. None of the above any change takes place, the
AnSwEr : Option C system is called 49. Communication between
A. quick processing system computers using standard
B. batch processing system telephone service
C. real time system A. Requires a change to an
D. remote processing system anolog signal
42. Which type of display is E. None of the above B. Is most efficient
the latest to be used for AnSwEr : Option C C. Produces little noise and
portable computer? 46. The following is true few disturbances
A. LED display about 2-out of-5 code: D. All of the above
B. LCD display A. it is weighted code E. None of the above
C. Plasma display B. it is unweighted code AnSwEr : Option A
D. Electroluminescent display C. it has odd parity
E. None of the above D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
50. A floppy disk contains
A. Circular tracks only
B. Sectors only
43. Which of the following is C. Both circular tracks and
not true of future computers? 47. The Josephson tunneling sector
A. increased use of CAD/CAM device illustrates principles D. All of the above
techniques associated with the advanced E. None of the above
B. faster turnaround time storage technique: AnSwEr : Option C
C. developments in artificial A. cryogenics 1. When an input electrical
intelligence systems B. CCD signal A=10100 is applied to a
D. development of products C. EBAM NOT gate, its output signal is
more suitable for human use D. holographing A. 01011
E. All of the above are true E. None of the above B. 10001
AnSwEr : Option A C. 10101
D. 00101
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A

2. The first practical
commercial typewriter was A. Data
invented in 1867 in the
United States by
A. Christopher Latham Sholes D. Pictures
B. Carlos Glidden
C. Samuel Soule
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
3. What is meant by quad-
density (QD) diskette?
A. It is double-sided disk
B. It is double density disk D. Microfilm
C. It has double the number E. None of the above
of tracks per inch
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
4. Large computer system
typically uses:
A. Line printers
B. Ink-jet printers
C. Dot-matrix printers
D. Daisy wheel printers
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
5. First generation computers premier computing event
are characterised by
A. Vaccum tubes and
magnetic drum
B. Minicomputers
C. Magnetic tape and
transistors
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
6. Can you tell what passes read/write head of a disk
into and out from the 10. In comparison to the pack?
computer via its ports? internal (main) memory, tape A. Dust
or disk memory is B. Smoke particle
B. Bytes A. slower and more C. Finger print smudge
C. Graphics expensive D. All of the above
B. slower and less expensive E. None of the above
E. None of the above C. faster and more expensive AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option B D. faster and less expensive
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
11. Which of the following
input/output devices is not 15. Impact printers
7. What is the general name associated with personal A. strike a ribbon against the
of the device which produces computers? paper to produce character
hardcopy graphics? A. mice images
A. COM B. color monitors B. include ink-jet and thermal
B. Plotter C. punched cards devices
C. Printer D. dot-matrix printers C. are more expensive than
E. optical scanners Laser printers
AnSwEr : Option C D. use optical technology
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
16. Which of the following is
not a practical data-
12. The ALU of a computer processing approach?
8. When a disk stack is responds to the commands A. batch-sequential
serviced by a comb-like coming from B. batch-direct
access mechanism, there is A. primary memory C. immediate-sequential
one read/write head for each B. control section D. immediate-direct
A. disk C. external memory E. All of the above
B. disk surface D. cache memory AnSwEr : Option C
C. track E. None of the above
D. cylinder AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
17. Bit map terminal
A. support displays
13. The heart of any containing multiple windows
computer is the B. requires considerable
9. In which year was UK's A. CPU amount of video RAM
B. Memory C. requires tremendous
called "The Which Computer" C. I/O Unit amount of copying and hence
started? D. Disks low performance
A. 1980 E. None of the above D. All of the above
B. 1985 AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above
C. 1986 AnSwEr : Option D
D. 1987
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
14. Which of the following
are likely to jam the 18. A 32 bit microprocessor
has the word length equal to
A. 2 bytes 31. Which of the following is
B. 32 bytes not true of a magnetic disk?
C. 4 bytes 27. The first firm to mass- A. It is expensive relative to
D. 8 bytes market a microcomputer as a magnetic tape
AnSwEr : Option C 23. Those microcomputers personal computer was B. It provides only sequential
which have the same A. IBM access to stored data
operating characteristics as B. Sperry Univac C. Users can easily update
the IBM microcomputers are C. Radio Shack records by writing over the
called IBM D. Data General Corporation old data
19. The register which holds A. duplicates E. None of the above D. It does not provide an
the address of the location to B. clones AnSwEr : Option C automatic audit trail
or from which data are to be C. copies E. All of the above are true
transferred is known as D. look alikes AnSwEr : Option B
A. index register E. None of the above
B. instruction register AnSwEr : Option B
C. memory address register 28. The data appearing first
D. memory data register in the left portion of punched
E. None of the above card is 32. A regular TV set can be
AnSwEr : Option C A. descriptive data hooked up to a computer so
24. Communication ports are B. coded data as to received computer
found on the back of C. quantitative data signal instead of a television
microcomputers. They are D. All of the above program. This hooking up is
used to connect the E. None of the above achieved with the help of a
20. In simplex transmission computer to _____ AnSwEr : Option B A. modem
A. Data format is simple A. printers B. adapter
B. Data transmission is one B. modems C. cable
way C. other hardware D. aerial
C. Data can be transmitted to D. All of the above E. None of the above
small distances only E. None of the above 29. Which one of the AnSwEr : Option B
D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option D following is termed a
E. None of the above combination input-output
AnSwEr : Option B device?
21. Each model of a A. VDT
computer has a unique B. Keyboard 33. An output device that
A. Assembly language 25. Which is considered a C. Printer uses words or messages
B. Machine language direct entry input device? D. Laser Jet recorded on a magnetic
C. High level language A. Optical scanner E. None of the above medium to produce audio
D. All of the above B. Mouse AnSwEr : Option A response is
E. None of the above C. Light pen A. Magnetic tape
AnSwEr : Option B D. Digitizer B. Voice response unit
E. All of the above C. Voice recognition unit.
AnSwEr : Option E D. Voice band
26. In a computer system, 30. The process of writing E. None of the above
which device is functionally computer instructions in a AnSwEr : Option B
22. Transistorized computer opposite of a Key-board? programming language is
circuits were introduced in A. Mouse known as
the B. Trackball A. Coding
A. first generation C. Printer B. Processing
B. second generation D. Joystick C. Programming 34. A factor which would
C. thir4 generation E. None of the above D. File strongly influence a
D. fourth generation AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above businessperson to adopt a
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A computer is its:
AnSwEr : Option B A. Accuracy
B. Reliability D. 1981 AnSwEr : Option D temporary disk memory at
C. Speed E. None of the above high speed and then gets
D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option B back to processing another
E. None of the above job without waiting for the
AnSwEr : Option D output to got to the printer.
43. The CPU chip used in a In this way, the CPU does not
computer is partially made remain idle due to its own
39. The invention of the slide out of: high speed as compared to
rule is attributed to A. Copper the low speed of the printer.
35. The most common input A. Babbage B. Iron What is the name of this
device used today is B. Oughtred C. Gold and silver memory?
A. Motherboard C. Pascal D. Silica A. External memory
B. Track ball D. Napier E. None of the above B. I/O memory
C. Scanner E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D C. ROM
D. Mouse AnSwEr : Option B D. Buffer memory
E. Keyboard E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option E AnSwEr : Option D
36. What is the name of the
temporary data storage area 44. What type of magnetic
between a peripheral device 40. The control unit of a material is normally used in
and the CPU which microprocessor bubble memories?
compensates for the A. stores data in the memory A. Magnetic core 48. Which of the following
difference between their B. accepts input data from a B. Cobalt registers hold the information
speeds? keyboard C. Garnet before it goes to the decoder
A. Backing storage C. Performs arithmetic / logic D. Metallic A. control register
B. Buffer / functions E. None of the above B. data register
C. Main storage D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option C C. accumulator
D. Temporary storage E. None of the above D. address register
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option E E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B 41. A flat-bed plotter uses a AnSwEr : Option B
pen which moves in two
directions across a piece of 45. A byte is comprised of:
paper fixed on a flat-bed. Can A. One bit
you tell who controls the B. Four bits
37. Which of the following is movements of this pen? C. Eight bits 49. A modern electronic
the fastest? A. microfilm D. Sixteen bits computer is a machine that is
A. CPU B. microfiche E. None of the above meant for
B. magnetic tapes and disks C. film card AnSwEr : Option C A. doing quick mathematical
C. video terminal D. COM 46. Which of the following calculations
D. sensors, mechanical E. None of the above printer can be classified as a B. input, storage,
controllers AnSwEr : Option C page-at-a-time printer? manipulation and outputting
E. None of the above A. Laser printer of data
AnSwEr : Option A B. Dot-matrix printer C. electronic data processing
C. Thermal printer D. performing repetitive tasks
D. Inkjet printer accurately
42. The desirable E. None of the above E. None of the above
characteristic(s) of a memory AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B
38. In which year were chips system is (are) 1. A typical modern
used inside the computer for A. speed and reliability computer uses
the first time? B. low power consumption A. LSI chips
A. 1964 C. durability and compactness B. Vacuum tubes
B. 1975 D. All of the above 47. The CPU of a computer C. Valves
C. 1977 E. None of the above transfers print output to a D. All the above
E. None of the above 5. The computer program
AnSwEr : Option A language which is widely used 9. A type of line printer that 13. The general range of
in computer science and uses an embossed steel band speed in revolutions per
engineering and also in to form the letters printed on minute (rpm) at which floppy
business is the paper is disks rotate is
A. COBOL A. Golf ball printer A. 2400-4700
2. ENIAC (Electronic B. FORTRAN B. Dot-matrix printer B. 390-600
Numerical Integrator and C. PASCAL C. Laser printer C. 150-250
Calculator) had huge D. LISP D. Band printer D. 300-600
advantage over Mark I E. None of the above E. None of the above E. None of the above
because it used electronic AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option C
valves in place of the . A 'number crunching'
electromagnetic switches. In computer is one that can
the beginning, ENIAC was handle
used for calculating the path A. large spreadsheets
of artillery shells. For which B. large alphanumeric data 10. Which memory system is 14. Which of the following
other was weapon design was C. large volume of numbers not as a mass memory typically uses a keyboard for
it utilized? D. only numbers medium? input?
A. hydrogen bomb E. None of the above A. semiconductor memory A. desktop terminal
B. atom bomb AnSwEr : Option C B. magnetic tape B. point-of-sale terminal
C. agnimissile C. magnetic disk C. financial transaction
D. fighter aircraft D. magnetic drum terminal
E. None of the above E. None of the above D. executive workstation
AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option A E. All of the above
7. The barcode which is used 11. Different components on AnSwEr : Option E
on all types of items, is read the motherboard of a PC
by a scanning device directly processor unit are linked
into the computer. What is together by sets of parallel
3. Who was the father of the name of this scanning electrical conducting lines.
Punched Card Processing? device? What are these lines called? 15. The first microprocessor
A. J Presper Eckert A. Laser scanner A. Conductors built by the Intel Corpn. was
B. Charles Babbage B. Wand B. Buses called
C. Dr. Herman Hollerith C. OCR C. Connectors A. 8008
D. Blaise Pascal D. MICR D. Connectively B. 8080
E. None of the above E. None of the above E. None of the above C. 4004
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B D. 8800
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
16. The microelectronics is
the technology of
4. When did Hewlett-Packard 8. A processing unit that 12. The terminal device that A. microwaves
Inc. Introduce its first HP-110 coordinates networks and functions as a cash register, B. microcomputers
laptop computer? data communication is known computer terminal, and OCR C. chips
A. 1984 as reader is the: D. automatic processing
B. 1986 A. Control unit A. Data collection terminal E. None of the above
C. 1990 B. Communications processor B. OCR register terminal AnSwEr : Option C
D. 1995 C. Register unit C. Video display terminal
E. None of the above D. CPU D. POS terminal
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option D
17. Who developed the first
personal computer
spreadsheet package called 21. Which of the following D. Database
Visicalc? professions has not been E. None of the above
A. Niklaus Wirth affected by personal 25. Magnetic tape can serve AnSwEr : Option B
B. Dan Bricklin computers? as :
C. Bob Frankston A. medical A. secondary-storage media
D. both (b) and (c) B. clerical B. output media
E. None of the above C. accounting C. input media
AnSwEr : Option D D. law D. All of the above 30. Personal computers use a
E. None of the above E. None of the above number of chips mounted on
AnSwEr : Option E AnSwEr : Option D a main circuit board. What is
26. Conversion of the common name for such
hexadecimal number 1D7F16 boards?
18. When was the X Window to a decimal number is A. Daughterboard
System born? A. 755110 B. Motherboard
A. 1984 22. What is the name given B. 877110 C. Fatherboard
B. 1989 to the 8-bit unit used for C. 555710 D. Breadboard
C. 1988 coding data? D. 778110 E. None of the above
D. 1990 A. block of characters E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above B. byte AnSwEr : Option A 31. Which term is not used to
AnSwEr : Option A C. word describe the memory
D. K component of a computer?
E. None of the above A. ROM
AnSwEr : Option B B. PROM
27. Microfilm reader is a C. RAM
19. A double sided magnetic A. OCR device D. SAM
disk pack has six disks. Can B. COM device E. None of the above
you tell how many surfaces of C. MICR device AnSwEr : Option D
this pack are normally used? 23. What technology is used D. None of the above
A. 10 for flat panel displays? E. All of the above
B. 12 A. Solid state AnSwEr : Option B
C. 6 B. RBG monitor
D. 9 C. VLSI 32. Who coordinates the
E. None of the above D. Direct view storage tube sequencing of events within
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above the central processor of a
AnSwEr : Option A 28. In magnetic disks, data is computer?
organized on the platter in a A. Logic unit
concentric sets of rings called B. Arithmetic unit
A. sector C. Register
20. The Santa Clara Valley, B. track D. Control unit
California is popularly known 24. What is meant by the C. head E. None of the above
as Silicon Valley of America term RAM? D. block AnSwEr : Option D
because A. Memory which can only beE. None of the above
A. huge deposits of silicon read AnSwEr : Option B
are found there B. Memory which can be
B. many silicon chip both^read and written to
manufacturing firms are C. Memory which is used for 33. What type of computer
located there permanent storage programming is used for
C. Santa Claus visits it every D. Memory which can only be 29. The data recording area airplane ticket reservation
Christmas written to between the blank gaps on system?
D. it is full of large grain sand E. None of the above magnetic tape is called a/ an: A. Multi programming
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B A. Record B. Real time programming
AnSwEr : Option B B. Block C. Time sharing
C. Field D. Batch programming
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
34. The output of a 2 input
OR gate is 0 only when its
A. both inputs are 0
B. either input is 1
C. both inputs are 1
D. either input is 0
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
35. A high quality CAD
system uses the following for
printing drawing and graphs 39. The term gigabyte refers how many different
A. Dot matrix printer
B. Digital plotter
C. Line printer
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
36. A printed document
reader which scans the
characters and then encodes
them in a computer-
compatible code for direct
transmission to the computer 40. The CPU chip used in a 44. When did IBM close the
is called
A. Optical character reader out of
B. Kurzweil Data Entry
Machine (KDEM)
C. MICR
D. Laser scanner
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
37. The equipment with
which the computer talks to into information
its users is called a
A. word processor
B. peripheral
C. software
D. diskette
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B
46. In a punched card
system, data is processed by a
A. keypunch machine, sorter,
and posting machine
38. In which addressing 42. Accessing records from a B. accounting machine,
mode, the effective address file directly without searching posting machine, and billing
of the operand is generated from the beginning of the file machine
by adding a constant value to is C. sorter, posting machine,
the contents of a register? A. Time sharing and billing machine
A. Absolute mode B. Random D. accounting machine,
B. Indirect mode C. Direct access keypunch machine, and
C. Immediate mode D. Access time sorter
D. Index mode E. None of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option D
43. EBCDIC can code up to 47. A single bus structure is
primarily found in
to characters? A. Main frames
A. 1024 bytes A. 8 B. Super computers
B. 1024 kilobytes B. 16 C. High performance
C. 1024 megabytes C. 32 machines
D. 1024 gigabytes D. 64 D. Mini-and micro-computers
E. None of the above E. 256 E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option E AnSwEr : Option D
48. What is the highest
computer is partially made last of its punched card address possible if 16 bits are
manufacturing plant? used for each address?
A. silica A. June, 1989 A. 65536
B. carbon B. December, 1984 B. 12868
C. copper C. March, 1982 C. 16556
D. gold D. November, 1979 D. 643897
E. silver E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A
41. Which of the following
best describes a computer-
based information system?
A. A system in which a
computer is used to turn data 45. The monitor of a 49. An integrated circuit is
computer is connected to it A. a complicated circuit
B. Inputting data by a B. an integrating device
C. Processing data A. Wire C. much costlier than a single
D. Performing complex B. Cable transistor
mathematical calculations C. Bus D. fabricated on a tiny silicon
E. Data is put into the D. Line driver chip
computer for processing E. Modem E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option C A. additional processing time
is consumed
B. the direct file method can
4. A computer-controlled be emulated
device for training exercises C. tapes contain less data and
50. Which of the following that duplicates the work 8. A large number of longer tapes
memories contains a thin film environment is a: computers in a wide D. less tape is used to store
of magnetic material A. simulator geographical area can be the same amount of data
sandwitched between two B. duplicator efficiently connected using E. None of the above
permanent bias magnets? C. trainer A. Twisted pair lines AnSwEr : Option D
A. ROM D. COM device B. Coaxial cables
B. Magnetic disk E. None of the above C. Communications satellites
C. Core memory AnSwEr : Option A D. All of the above
D. Bubble memory E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C 12. Perforated paper used as
AnSwEr : Option C input or output media is
known as
1. Which of the following bus 5. Which of the following is A. Paper tape
types are used by the Apple not an output device of a B. Magnetic tape
Macintosh computer? computer? 9. Which of the following C. Punched paper tape
A. ISA A. Printer statements is true? D. Card punch
B. NuBus B. keyboard A. Analysts usually work E. None of the above
C. EISA C. VDU alone and sometimes as part AnSwEr : Option A
D. MCA D. CRT screen of a team
E. PCI Bus E. All of the above B. Most systems projects are
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option B completed in 6 to 12 weeks
6. Which of the following C. An analyst's primary
terms could be used to concern is the development 13. What is the byte capacity
describe the concurrent of software of a drum which is 5 inch
processing of computer D. Analysts evaluate data flowhigh, 10 inch diameter, and
2. When the time to establish programs, via CRTs, on one through an organization which has 60 tracks per inch
link is large and the size of computer system? E. None of the above and bit density of 800 bits per
data is small, the preferred A. Time-sharing AnSwEr : Option D inch?
mode of data transfer is B. Online processing A. 942000 bytes
A. Circuit switching C. Interactive processing B. 9712478 bytes
B. Packet switching D. All the above processing C. 192300 bytes
C. Time division multiplexing E. None of the above D. 14384 bytes
D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option D 10. Which of the following is E. None of the above
E. None of the above not an advantage of magnetic AnSwEr : Option A
AnSwEr : Option B disk storage?
A. The access time of
magnetic disk is much less
7. What is the name given to than that of magnetic tape
the specialized storage B. Disk storage is longer 14. Ethernet uses
3. Group of instructions that element in the processor unit lasting than magnetic tape A. Bus topology
directs a computer is called of a computer which is used C. Disk storage is less B. Ring topology
A. Storage as a "scratch pad" during expensive than tape storage C. Star topology
B. Memory processing operations? D. All of the above D. Tree topology
C. Logic A. storage register E. None of the above E. None of the above
D. Program B. primary memory AnSwEr : Option E AnSwEr : Option A
E. None of the above C. cache memory 11. An advantage of blocking
AnSwEr : Option D D. accumulator a tape is that
E. None of the above
 19. A computer program that AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
15. What is the latest write-
converts an entire program AnSwEr : Option D
once optical storage media? into machine language at one
A. Digital paper time is called a/an
B. Magneto-optical disk A. interpreter
C. WORM disk B. simulator 23. What is the name of the
D. CD-ROM disk C. compiler storage device which is used 27. The processing capability
E. None of the above D. commander to compensate for the of a microcomputer can be
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above difference in rates of flow of enhanced with the help of
16. The data processing job AnSwEr : Option C data from once device to A. addition processor
expected to further decrease another? B. expansion cards
in the 1996s is that of: A. Cache C. secondary memory
A. Keypuncher B. Concentrator D. buffer memory
B. Data entry clerk C. Buffer E. None of the above
C. Computer operator 20. A logic gate is an D. I/O device AnSwEr : Option B
D. Programmer electronic circuit which E. None of the above
E. None of the above A. makes logic decisions AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option A B. allows electron flow only in
one direction
C. works on binary algebra 28. Where are silicon chips
D. alternates between 0 and 1 manufactured in India?
values 24. In latest generation A. Chandigarh
17. A computer has no more E. None of the above computers, the instructions B. Punjab
sense than a light AnSwEr : Option A are executed C. UP.
A. bulb 21. Identity the advantages A. Parallely only D. Tamil Nadu
B. pen that Micro Channel B. Sequentially only E. None of the above
C. switch Architecture offers over ISA. C. Both sequentially an AnSwEr : Option A
D. pad A. Automatic System parallely
E. None of the above Configuration D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option C B. Less Interference E. None of the above
C. Multiple device handling AnSwEr : Option C
(the system allows expansion 29. A computer programmer
boards to take complete of A. does all the thinking for a
the bus for certain computer
18. The first large scale operations) B. can enter input data
electronic computer which D. Greater data transfer rates 25. Program execution time quickly
became operational in 1946 E. All of the above would be minimum if the C. can operate all types of
and contained approximately AnSwEr : Option E programs are written in computer equipment
18000 vacuum tubes and A. Machine Language D. can draw only flowchart
could perform 300 B. Assembly language E. None of the above
multiplications per second C. High level language AnSwEr : Option A
was known as D. All of the above
A. ILLIAC 22. Computer scientists are E. None of the above
B. ENIAC exploring the possibility of AnSwEr : Option A
C. JOHNIAC culturing bacteria to create 26. A small square or
D. EDSAC living chips which have digital rectangular piece of silica on 30. "The three most
E. None of the above electronic properties. What which several layers of an important inventions of this
AnSwEr : Option B are these chips called? integrated circuit are etched century are the nuclear
A. bacterial chips or imprinted is called bomb, the high yield hybrid
B. biochips A. VLSI speed, and the computer".
C. natural chips B. micro Can you name the person
D. neural chips C. wafer who made this statement?
E. None of the above D. chip A. Harry R Jordan
B. Buckminster Fuller various operations using
C. Jack Smith 34. Which is used for timing signals? 42. The computer translates
D. Jan Timmer manufacturing chips? A. Arithmetic-logic Unit the condition of each switch
E. None of the above A. Bus B. Control unit to a number. What number is
AnSwEr : Option B B. Control unit C. Memory unit represented by the OFF
31. A menu-driven operating C. Semiconductors D. Input/Output unit state?
system is one which allows D. (a) and (b) only E. None of the above A. -7
you to pick up from the menu E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B B. -3.75
of choices it displays on the AnSwEr : Option C C. 1
screen. What is the name D. 0
given to the images which are E. -22
used in such image oriented AnSwEr : Option D
menus? 39. All calculations are
A. Icon 35. The 0 and 1 in the binary performed and all
B. Figure numbering system are called comparisons are made in
C. Symbol binary digits or _____ _____ unit.
D. option A. bytes A. control unit 43. Who built the world's
E. None of the above B. kilobytes B. aritmetic-logic unit first electronic calculator
AnSwEr : Option A C. decimal bytes C. central processing unit using telephone relays, light
D. bits D. primary storage unit bulbs and batteries?
E. nibbles E. None of the above A. Claude Shannon
AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option B B. Konard Zuse
36. Floppy disks which are C. George Stibits
32. What is the name of the made from flexible plastic D. Howard H. Aliken
earliest calculating machine material are also called? E. None of the above
which was based on concepts A. hard disks AnSwEr : Option C
found in modern computers B. high-density disks 40. The most commonly used
but was unfortunately never C. diskettes standard data code to
built? D. templates represent alphabetical,
A. Babbage's Difference E. None of the above numerical and punctuation
Engine AnSwEr : Option C characters used in Electronic 44. Hard disks and diskettes
B. Pascal's Adder Data Processing system is are:
C. Leibnitz's Multiplier called A. Direct access storage
D. Differential Analyser A. ASCII devices
E. None of the above B. EBCDII B. Sequential access storage
AnSwEr : Option A 37. Which of the following C. BCD devices
tasks is not suited for D. All of the above C. Rarely used with
sequential processing by a E. None of the above microcomputers
computer? AnSwEr : Option A D. Both (a) and (c)
A. Preparing of mailing labels 41. The terminal device often E. None of the above
33. The first machine to B. Processing payroll cheques used in checking charge cards AnSwEr : Option A
successfully perform a long C. Accounting for credit card that offers both a limited
series of arithmetic and purchases keyboard input and visual
logical operations was: D. Inventory control output is the:
A. ENIAC E. None of the above A. Intelligent terminal
B. Mark I AnSwEr : Option D B. POS terminal 45. In digital data
C. Analytic engine C. Video display terminal transmission
D. UNIVAC-I D. Audio response unit A. Baud rate in equal to bit
E. None of the above E. None of the above rate
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C B. Baud rate is always smaller
38. Which of the following is than the bit rate
responsible for coordinating C. Baud rate is always higher
than the bit rate
D. All of the above C. directs all other units E. None of the above
E. None of the above 50. Access time in a D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option E computer memory is the time E. None of the above
46. Which of the following is required to AnSwEr : Option A
not one of the three primary A. Locate the stored data
functions that on-line direct-B. Retrieve the stored data
access systems can serve? C. Both locate and retrieve 9. Which of the following
A. inquiry the data persons probably has the
B. backup D. All of the above 5. File specification books are least amount of technical
C. update E. None of the above created primarily for the use knowledge?
D. programming AnSwEr : Option C of A. User
E. None of the above 1. In negative logic, the logic A. systems analysts B. Computer Operator
AnSwEr : Option B state 1 corresponds to B. programmers C. System Analyst
A. negative voltage C. operators D. Programmer
B. zero voltage D. managers E. Computer professional
C. more negative voltage E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A
D. lower voltage level AnSwEr : Option B
47. How many bits can be E. None of the above 6. Which of the following is
stored in the 8K RAM? AnSwEr : Option D used as storage locations
A. 8000 both in the ALU and the
B. 8192 control section of a 10. What is the name of the
C. 4000 computer? computer terminal which
D. 4096 A. accumulator gives paper printout?
E. None of the above 2. Which of the following is a B. register A. Display screen
AnSwEr : Option B part of the Central Processing C. adder B. Soft copy terminal
Unit? D. decoder C. Hard copy terminal
A. Printer E. None of the above D. Plotter
B. Keyboard AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
C. ) Mouse AnSwEr : Option C
48. A code which uses more D. Arithmetic Logic Unit 11. The primary advantage of
bits for each character then E. None of the above key-to-tape data-entry
what is necessary is known as AnSwEr : Option D systems is:
A. Hollerith code 7. The attribution of human A. A large percentage of
B. Gray code form or qualities to things editing can be performed at
C. Redundant code such as machines or the time of data entry
D. Mnemonics computers is called B. Key verification is easily
E. None of the above 3. The least expensive OCR A. cybernetics performed
AnSwEr : Option C units can read B. cybernation C. The tape is reusable
A. hand printed numbers C. artificial intelligence D. Keying errors can be
B. machine printed numbers D. anthropomorphism detected as they occur
C. marks E. None of the above E. All of the above
D. handwriting AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option C
49. Point out the odd item E. None of the above
amongst the following AnSwEr : Option C
A. Computer mouse
B. Touchpad
C. Light pen 8. The technique designed to 12. An advantage of
D. Printer support the effective access overlapped processing
E. None of the above 4. The input unit of a of micro-filmed data is: activities is:
AnSwEr : Option D computer A. Microfiche retrieval A. more effective use of the
A. feeds data to the CPU or B. COM CPU
memory C. Micrographics
B. retrieves data from CPU D. All the above
B. increased processing AnSwEr : Option C B. CIPS D. feature to support offline
activities for the entire 16. In the IBM PC-AT, what C. MIPS and online tasks
system do the words AT stand for? D. nano-seconds E. None of the above
C. better coordination of I/O A. Additional terminals E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
activities B. Advance technology AnSwEr : Option C
D. all the above C. Applied technology 21. The binary equivalent of
E. None of the above D. Advanced terminology the Hexadecimal number 7BD
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above is
AnSwEr : Option B A. 11110111101 25. A prefix for billion which
B. 111010111101 is equal to _____ is called as
C. 101110111101 billi.
D. All of the above A. 100
13. Primary storage is E. None of the above B. 10000
_____as compared to 17. The punched card used in AnSwEr : Option A C. 1000
secondary storage. the IBM System/3 contains D. 10
A. Slow and inexpensive A. 80 columns E. None of the above
B. Fast and inexpensive B. 120 columns AnSwEr : Option D
C. Fast and expensive C. 96 columns 26. The operation of a digital
D. Slow and expensive D. 126 columns 22. Which of the following is computer is based on _____
E. None of the above E. None of the above non-impact printer? principle.
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C A. Drum printer A. counting
B. Line printer B. measuring
C. Chain printer C. electronic
D. Laser printer D. logical
E. None of the above E. None of the above
14. If the processor of a 18. Which of the following is AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option A
computer does not have a associated with networks?
direct and unassisted access A. Download, node
to data items, these items are B. Star topology
said to be C. Point-to-Point
A. offline D. Both (a) and (b) 23. In which year was the PC 27. Which of the following
B. remote E. None of the above voted 'The Machine of the Indian companies designs and
C. disconnected AnSwEr : Option D Year's by the American Time manufactures super-
D. detached magazine? computers?
E. None of the above A. 1970 A. C-DOT
AnSwEr : Option A B. 1975 B. C-DAC
C. 1983 C. CMC
19. Which was the first D. 1987 D. All of the above
computer to use transistors E. None of the above E. None of the above
instead of vacuum tubes? AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B
15. A microprocessor A. Intel-650
integrates the arithmetic logic B. Burroughs E-101
and control circuitry of a C. Datamatic-1000
computer into one chip. The D. IBM-1401
first microprocessor was built E. None of the above 24. When used with I/O 28. Which of the following
by a group of engineers at the AnSwEr : Option D devices, the term intelligent memories needs refresh?
Intel Corpn. Can you tell who implies A. SRAM
headed this group? A. a color output capability B. DRAM
A. Victor Poor B. speech processing C. ROM
B. Stan Mazor capability D. All of the above
C. Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff 20. A CPU's processing power C. high speed printing E. None of the above
D. Seymour Cray is measured in: capability AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above A. IPS
 smart card but is similar to and graphics was released in
the video disk? 1982. What was its name? 40. Which of the following is
A. Laser card A. Star Wars true?
29. Which of the following is B. Master card B. Tron A. Fields are composed of
not a sequence storage C. Visa C. Forbidden Planet bytes
device? D. Optical card D. Dark Star B. Files are composed of
A. Magnetic disk E. None of the above E. None of the above records
B. Magnetic tape AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B C. Fields are composed of
C. Paper tape characters
D. All of the above D. Records are composed of
E. None of the above fields
AnSwEr : Option A E. All of the above
33. In 1830, Charles Babbage 37. Which of the following AnSwEr : Option E
disigned a machine called the isn't used in the storage 41. CD-ROM is a
Analytical Engine which he phase of a computer-based A. Semiconductor memory
showed at the Paris information system? B. Memory register
30. The computers that we Exhibition. In which year was A. Magnetic C. Magnetic memory
use are digital whereas we it exhibited? B. Keyboard D. All of the above
live in an analog world which A. 1820 C. Diskette E. None of the above
means that we have to B. 1860 D. Hard disk AnSwEr : Option E
translate analog data into C. 1855 E. None of the above
digital data. What is the name D. 1870 AnSwEr : Option B
of the circuit which helps us E. None of the above
in this conversion? AnSwEr : Option C
A. D/A converter 42. A modern digital
B. A/D converter computer has
C. Voice recognition 38. While buying a PC A. extremely high speed
D. Adapter system, you should first B. large memory
E. None of the above 34. Which of the following is A. shop for application C. almost unlimited accuracy
AnSwEr : Option B used to check for errors in programs D. All of the above
31. Which of the following RAM chips? B. identify your hardware E. None of the above
statements best describes the A. ROM chip components AnSwEr : Option D
batch method of input? B. Microprocessor chip C. define your computing
A. Data is processed as soon C. Parity chip needs
as it is input D. EPROM chip D. call for tenders
B. Data is input at the time it E. None of the above E. None of the above
is collected AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C 43. The disk concept for
C. Data is collected in the reducing time lost from
form of source documents, rotational delay is:
placed into groups, and then A. fixed block addressing
input to the computer B. cylinder, track, sector data
D. Source documents aren't 35. Which of the following is 39. An AND gate C. staggered addressing
used not an alternative name for A. implements logic addition D. graduated block
E. None of the above primary memory? B. is equivalent to a series identification
AnSwEr : Option C A. Main memory switching circuit E. None of the above
B. Primary storage C. is an any-or all gate AnSwEr : Option C
C. Internal storage D. is equivalent to a parallel
D. Mass storage switching circuit
E. None of the above E. None of the above
32. What is the name of the AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option B
memory card which is 36. The first movie with 44. What is meant by
conceptually related to the terrific computer animation computer literacy?
 A. Knowing what a computer E. None of the above 7. Which of the following is a
can and cannot do AnSwEr : Option C set of general purpose
B. Ability to write computer internal registers?
programs 3. The microprocessor of a A. stack
C. Knowing computer related computer cannot operate on B. scratch pad
vocabulary any information if that C. accumulator
D. Ability to assemble 48. Which of the following is information is not in its. D. status register
computers a non-impact printer? A. secondary storage E. None of the above
E. None of the above A. Daisy wheel printer B. main storage AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option A B. Drum printer C. ALU
C. Laser printer D. logic unit
D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option C 8. A family of polynomial
45. Data System block codes designed to
management has long-term correct burst errors is known
viability as a separate as
business function because 4. A device which converts A. Bar codes
A. It requires much technical 49. In virtual storage, human readable data into B. Gray codes
knowledge program segments stored on machine language is C. Fire codes
B. It requires large disk during processing are A. Card reader D. mnemonics codes
investments called: B. Card punch E. None of the above
C. Specialists in data systems A. tracks C. Punched paper tape AnSwEr : Option C
cannot be integrated into a B. blocks D. Character reader
marketing or manufacturing C. pages E. None of the above
organization D. sectors AnSwEr : Option D
D. An integrated database E. None of the above
accessible to all requires AnSwEr : Option C 9. To produce high-quality
independent management 1. Which of the following is graphics (hardcopy) in color,
E. None of the above usually a special one-time you would want to use a(n)
AnSwEr : Option D operation that must be 5. What digits are A. RGB monitor
46. Pick out the wrong completed over a limited representative of all binary B. plotter
statement. time period? numbers? C. ink-jet printer
A. Information stored in RAM A. Batch A. 0 D. laser printer
can be changed by over B. Patch B. 1 E. All of the above
writing it C. Project C. Both (a) and (b) AnSwEr : Option B
B. Information stored in ROM D. Word D. 3
cannot be changed by E. None of the above E. None of the above
overwriting AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C
C. Information can be stored 6. What is the name of the
in any location of RAM chip which has more than 10. The computer code for
D. Computer main memory once processor on it? the interchange of
can be accessed only A. Parallel chip information between
sequentially 2. A device or system not B. Multi-processor chip terminals is
E. None of the above directly connected to the CPU C. Transputer A. ASCII
is D. Parallel processor B. BCD
A. On-line E. None of the above C. EBCDIC
47. Everything computer B. Keyboard AnSwEr : Option C D. All of the above
does is controlled by its C. Memory E. None of the above
A. RAM D. Off-line AnSwEr : Option A
B. ROM E. None of the above 11. Which of the following is
C. CPU AnSwEr : Option D required when more than one
D. Storage devices
person uses a central
computer at the same time?
A. terminal
B. light pen
C. digitizer
D. mouse
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
12. Which is not necessary AnSwEr : Option C
when using bar codes in
supermarkets?
A. Point-of sale (POS)
terminal
B. Check digit on the bar code B. Output device
C. Price on the shelf
D. Price on the goods
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
13. The language that the
computer can understand
and execute is called
A. Machine language
B. Application software
C. System program
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
14. Design qualifications do
not normally include
A. Output requirements
B. Input and storage
requirements
C. Control provisions
D. Blueprints
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
15. Which of the following is
form of semi conductor 19. Punched-card equipment
memory in which it is possible was first introduced in Britain
to change the contents of in 1904 by a small company. 23. In serial, asynchronous
selected memory locations by What was the name of that transmissions, the ____ bit is
applying suitable electrical company? used to signal the end of the
signals. A. The Tabulator Ltd. character within the data
A. CAM B. Tabulator Machine frame.
B. ROM Company A. start
C. EAROM C. International Business B. stop
D. ANACUS Machines (IBM) C. parity
E. None of the above D. Accounting & Tabulating D. data
Corpn. of Great Britain E. None of the above
16. The basic components of E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
a modern digital computer AnSwEr : Option A
are :
A. Input device
C. Central processor 24. Which is the acronym for
D. All of the above 20. The computer translates Algol extended for design.
E. None of the above the condition of each switch A. AFIPS
AnSwEr : Option D to a number. What number is B. ADP
represented by the ON state? C. AED
A. +7 D. CAI
B. +3.75 E. None of the above
C. 1 AnSwEr : Option C
17. What does that acronym D. 0
EGA stand for? E. 22
A. Enhanced Graphics Array AnSwEr : Option C
B. Extended Graphics Array 21. A disk with usable
C. Monochrome Graphics recording surfaces on each 25. Which of the following
Adapter side is known as are often used to ensure that
D. Enhanced Graphics A. Hard disk data has been accurately
Adapter B. Single-sided disk input to the computer?
E. Extended Graphics Adapter C. Double-sided disk A. digitizers
AnSwEr : Option A D. High capacity B. light pens
E. None of the above C. keyboards
AnSwEr : Option C D. input controls
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
18. A beam of light used to 26. An input device that
record and retrieve data on converts data punched into
optical disks is known as 22. What is a portion of paper lape into a binary
A. polarized light memory that serves as a format is
B. unpolarized concentric temporary repository for data A. Page reader
light as it waits for a given action? B. Paper tape punch
C. laser A. Memory Pool C. Paper tape reader
D. coloured light B. Cache D. Card punch
E. None of the above C. Processor E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C D. Processor pool AnSwEr : Option C
E. Bank
AnSwEr : Option B
 memory operations is known
27. A computer will function as 35. An internal storage
only if it A. memory cycle time consisting of arrays of small
A. has a control unit B. memory access time rings of magnetic material 39. The control of the jobs
B. is given input data C. transmission time called ferrite is running within a system is
C. has a program in its D. waiting time A. Magnetic tape A. Job monitoring
memory E. None of the above B. Magnetic core B. Job stream
D. has software package AnSwEr : Option A C. Magnetic disk C. Job min
E. None of the above D. Optical mark reader D. Job step
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A
36. In the language of the
32. Which of the following computer profession, one
terms describe 1024 thousand position of main
28. A memory in which the kilobytes? storage is represented with
information is stored last is A. Kilobyte the letter 40. Communication using a
on top & is retrieved first is B. Megabyte A. K modulated carrier to apply a
known as C. Gigabyte B. L data signal to a transmission
A. PROM D. Terabyte C. M medium in analog form is
B. Buffer E. None of the above D. C A. Local area network
C. Stack AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above B. Modem
D. RAM AnSwEr : Option A C. Base band networking
E. None of the above D. Broad band networking
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
33. The flow and timing to 41. 'ITS' stands for
data to and from the 37. Which of the following A. Intelligent Teaching
microprocessor is regulated processor is software that Systems
29. Regarding a VDU, which by accepts user ideas, B. International Tutoring
statement is more correct? A. control pins manipulates and reorganises Systems
A. It is an output device B. address pins them in user-specified ways C. Intelligent Tutoring
B. It is an input device C. data pins and then produces a refined Systems
C. It is a peripheral device D. power pins model of those thoughts. D. All of the above
D. It is a hardware item E. None of the above A. Distribute E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A B. Out-line AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option C C. Multi
D. On-line
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
34. The total number of 42. The most popular
30. Plotter accuracy is messages handled by a language for interactive use is
measured in terms of computerized telephone A. COBOL
repeatability and system on a daily basis is an B. PASCAL
A. buffer size example of: 38. The word 'Computer' C. BASIC
B. resolution A. Frequency usually refers to the Central D. FORTRAN
C. vertical dimension B. Updating Processor Unit plus E. None of the above
D. intelligence C. Volume A. External memory AnSwEr : Option C
E. None of the above D. All of the above B. Internal memory
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above C. Input devices
31. The minimum time delay AnSwEr : Option C D. Output devices
required between the E. None of the above
initiation of two successive AnSwEr : Option B 43. An error in computer
data is called
A. Chip AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option B
B. Bug
C. CPU 7. A random-access data
D. Storage devices storage device which gives
E. None of the above rapid access to data is
AnSwEr : Option B 48. Which of the following is 3. A section of code that may A. Magnetic tape
a secondary memory device? only be executed by one B. Punched card
A. Keyboard process at any one time is C. Disk storage unit
B. Disk A. CPM D. Buffer
C. ALU B. Critical resource E. None of the above
44. Any piece of equipment D. All of the above C. Critical region AnSwEr : Option C
forming an interface to a data E. None of the above D. Gray code
communication system is AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
A. DTE AnSwEr : Option C
B. DTA
C. CSA 8. A card on the top of pack
D. DCA of cards containing
E. None of the above 49. The register which keeps information about the cards
AnSwEr : Option B track of the execution of a 4. The latest PC keyboards in the pack is
program and which contains use a circuit that senses the A. Punched card
the memory address of the movement by the change in B. Card punch
instruction currently being its capacitance. What are C. Reader card
executed is known as these keyboards called? D. Punched paper tape
45. In which of the following, A. Index register A. Capacitance keyboards E. None of the above
each data item contains at B. Memory address register B. Mechanical keyboards AnSwEr : Option C
most 2 points C. Program counter C. Qwerty keyboards
A. List structure D. Instruction register D. Dvorak keyboards
B. LISP E. None of the above E. None of the above
C. List sorting AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option A
D. List head 1. The input and output 9. Which term is used to
E. None of the above devices are located away describe RAM?
AnSwEr : Option B from the central computer A. Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
46. An input/output device atfacility in which particular B. Static RAM (SRAM)
which data enters or leaves a type of processing. 5. A step-by-step procedure C. Video RAM (VRAM)
computer system is A. Time sharing used to solve a problem is D. All of the above
A. Keyboard B. Batch processing called E. None of the above
B. Terminal C. Interactive mode A. Operating system AnSwEr : Option D
C. Printer D. Real time processing B. Algorithm
D. Plotter E. None of the above C. Application program
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B 10. A type of core store that
6. Which memory is has a lower access time than
nonvolatile and may be the devices used for working
2. Which is a swapping written only once? store in the same processor is
47. The fastest type of device is used to hold the A. RAM known as
memory from the following images of pages in main B. EE-ROM A. core memory
list is memory. C. RAM B. buffer
A. tape A. Plex D. PROM C. fast core
B. semiconductor memory B. Paging drum E. None of the above D. address register
C. disk C. Card punch AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above
D. bubble memory D. Optical mark reader AnSwEr : Option C
E. None of the above E. None of the above
11. What is the alternative computer is responsible for 23. Which selection below
name for a diskette? the transient or temporary best describes the term data
A. Floppy disk storage used by the CPU? processing?
B. Hard disk A. Input A. The collection of
C. Flexible disk B. Output 19. Which facilitates data information or data
D. Winchester disk C. CPU . processing capabilities at the B. The distribution of
E. None of the above D. Memory location of the end-user. information or data
AnSwEr : Option A E. Storage A. DTP C. The manipulation of
AnSwEr : Option D B. EDT information or data
16. The output quality of a C. DDP D. The storage of information
printer is measured by D. FAX or data
A. Dots per inch E. None of the above E. None of the above
12. Conversion of a B. Dots per line AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C
hexadecimal number 4E16 to C. Dots printed per unit time
binary number is D. All of the above
A. 10011012 E. None of the above
B. 10011102 AnSwEr : Option A
C. 11011002 20. The memory which is 24. A device that both
D. 1101112 DPI is used to describe the programmed at the time it is transmits and receives data,
E. None of the above resolution number of dots permanufactured is
AnSwEr : Option B inch in a digital print and the A. ROM A. Transducer
printing resolution of a hard B. RAM B. Trapdoor
copy print dot gain; the C. PROM C. Translator
increase in the size of the D. EPROM D. Transceiver
halftone dots during printing. E. None of the above E. None of the above
13. A device that transmits This is caused by the AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option D
messages in verbal form is spreading of ink on the 21. When was the world's
A. Audit trail surface of the media. first laptop computer
B. Card punch introduced in the market and
C. Audio response unit by whom?
D. Magnetic tape 17. A device that converts A. Hewlett-Packard, 1980 25. An automatic machine
E. None of the above one type of signal into B. Epson, 1981 that performs routine
AnSwEr : Option C another is called C. Laplink Travelling Software seemingly human tasks is
A. Modem Inc, 1982. A. KIPS
B. Transducer D. Tandy Model-200, 1985 B. AI
C. Punched paper tape E. None of the above C. PL
D. Punched card AnSwEr : Option B D. Robot
14. A standard tape recorder E. None of the above E. None of the above
used to save or load AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option D
computer information is 26. IBM 7000 digital
known as computer
A. Magnetic tape 22. Example of non- A. belongs to second
B. Cassette drive numerical data is generation
C. Punched paper tape 18. Which method is of A. Employee address B. uses VLSI
D. Card punch reading the characters & B. Examination score C. employs semi conductor
E. None of the above providing input to a C. Bank balance memory
AnSwEr : Option B computer. D. All of the above D. has modular construction
A. Optical character reader E. None of the above E. None of the above
B. Punched paper tape AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option D
C. Card punch
D. Magnetic ink character
15. Which of the following E. None of the above
functional components of a AnSwEr : Option A
27. The IC was invented at A. Switch circuit International Standards
Texas instruments in year B. Chip Organisation.
1958 by C. Card cage 35. Which of the following is A. ISAM
A. Jaik Kilby D. Bar code a special purpose language B. ISO
B. Clive Sinclair E. None of the above used to describe to a C. LISP
C. John Napier AnSwEr : Option C computer's operating system. D. CALL
D. Steve Wozniak A. LOGO E. None of the above
E. Herman Hollerith B. APL AnSwEr : Option B
AnSwEr : Option A C. ICL
D. CORAL
32. What is the minimum E. None of the above
number of operations AnSwEr : Option C
required, for a 36. Which of the following 40. Which of the following is
28. The personnel which deal microprocessor with 8 data languages is the most widely the largest and most powerful
with the computer and its pins, to read a 32-bit word? used? computer manufacture in the
management put together is A. 1 A. PL/1 world
known as B. 2 B. BASIC A. IBM
A. Firm ware C. 4 C. FORTRAN B. Intel
B. Human ware D. 8 D. PASCAL C. Novel
C. Software E. None of the above E. None of the above D. Microsoft
D. Hardware AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A
AnSwEr : Option B 41. Which 8-bit chip was
used in many of Tandy's TRS-
80 computers?
33. The main purpose of the 37. How many addresses are A. Z-8000
off line device is required for 25 x 40 video B. Motorola 6809
29. A path linking 2 hardware A. To reduce the no.of RAM? C. Z-8088
or telecommunication units operator errors in recording A. 2000 D. Z-80
down which data and control data B. 1920 E. None of the above
signals can be transmitted is B. To save computer time C. 1000 AnSwEr : Option D
A. Modulation C. To save floor space in the D. 2000
B. Demodulation computer centre E. None of the above
C. Channel D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option C
D. Signalling E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B 42. Conversion of binary
AnSwEr : Option C number 1011102 to octal is
A. 358
38. Which of the following B. 468
isn't a type of computer C. 568
34. The accuracy of the facility? D. 508
30. The unit of hardware an floating point numbers A. decentralized E. None of the above
operator uses to monitor representable in two 16 bit B. centralized AnSwEr : Option C
computer processing is the: words of a computer is C. de-distributed
A. Card reader approximately D. distributed
B. CPU A. 16 digits E. None of the above
C. Line printer B. 6 digits AnSwEr : Option C
D. Console C. 4 digits 43. A symbol that modifies
E. None of the above D. All of the above an action is known as
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above A. Compiler
31. A framework in which AnSwEr : Option B B. Modifier
circuit boards can he 39. Which protocol has been C. Interpreter
mounted is standardised by the D. Mod
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C 2. A large computer designed A. Track
AnSwEr : Option B to handle complex scientific B. Transponder
calculations C. Transistor
A. may use only a firmed D. Terminal
word-length storage E. None of the above
48. Which language was approach AnSwEr : Option B
44. The first computer used created by Charles H. Moore B. will likely require a 6. Which of the following
to store a program at National Radio Astronomy character addressable storagelanguages is often translated
A. EDSAC Observatory. unit to pseudo code?
B. ENIAC A. BASIC C. must use fixed length A. Assembly
C. EDVAC B. FORTH words of four character each B. FORTRAN
D. ACE C. dBASE D. will not use numbered C. PASCAL
E. None of the above D. COBOL address locations D. BASIC
AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option C

45. RAM is also known as

A. Read-only memory 49. An IC contains 50 gates 3. The 7-bit ASCII code widely 7. The physical components
B. Programmable read-only each of which consists of 6 used of a computer system is
memory components. Its belong to A. For data communication A. Human ware
C. Read/Write memory A. VLSI work B. Firm ware
D. Erasable programmable B. LSI B. In IBM mainframe models C. Hardware
read-only memory C. MSI C. For coding external D. Software
E. None of the above D. SSI memory E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above D. In large machines AnSwEr : Option C
46. Which of the following AnSwEr : Option C produced by non-IBM
statements is false? vendors
A. Secondary storage is E. None of the above
nonvolatile AnSwEr : Option A
B. Primary storage is volatile 8. Processors of all
C. Secondary storage contains 50. Which gate only sends computers, whether micro,
data for immediate one through if neither of its mini or mainframe must have
processing terminals receives a pulse. A. ALU
D. When the computer is A. NOT 4. A technique for processing B. Primary storage
turned off, data and B. NOR jobs on a first-come, first- C. Control Unit
instructions stored in primary C. OR served basis is known as D. All of the above
storage are erased D. NAND A. FAX E. None of the above
E. All of the above E. None of the above B. FIFO AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B C. GIGO cable
1. Which is a basic technique, D. Optical mark reader
using activity networks. E. None of the above
A. CPA AnSwEr : Option B
B. VLSI 9. A device used to bring
47. Hardware _____ memory C. GIGO information into a computer
is seldom used in modern D. MSI is
computers. E. None of the above A. ALU
A. ROM AnSwEr : Option A 5. A device mounted on a B. Input device
B. RAM communication satellite C. Control unit
C. LIFO which receives, amplifies and D. Output device
D. PROM re-transmits signals from E. None of the above
E. None of the above earth station is AnSwEr : Option B
 C. Databank
14. Which is the first D. Data collection
compiler-level language E. None of the above
developed by a team of IBM AnSwEr : Option C 22. A memory that is capable
10. The pieces of equipment programmers led by John of determining whether a
which are attached to the Backus and unveiled in 1957? given datum is contained in
CPU of a computer and which A. BASIC one of its addresses is
it can access are called B. PL/1 A. ROM
A. output devices C. FORTRAN 19. The disadvantage of B. PROM
B. control units D. APL dynamic RAM over static C. CAM
C. hardware E. None of the above RAM is D. RAM
D. disk drive AnSwEr : Option C A. higher power E. None of the above
E. peripherals consumption AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option E B. variable speed
11. What type of memory is C. need to refresh the
not directly addressable by capacitor charge every once
the CPU and requires special 15. The first mechanical in two milliseconds
software called EMS calculator was invented in D. higher bit density 23. The smallest logical data
(expanded memory A. 1958 E. None of the above entity is called a data item or
specification)? B. 1647 AnSwEr : Option C data
A. Extended C. 1658 A. Base
B. Expanded D. 1972 B. Field
C. Base E. None of the above C. Bank
D. Conventional AnSwEr : Option B D. Collection
E. Basic system 16. Programmed instructions 20. Which of the following is E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B to the computer is known as true concerning personal AnSwEr : Option B
A. Data computers?
B. Code A. They decrease the
C. Documentation demand for mainframe
D. Database computers
12. Number cruncher is the E. None of the above B. They have been most 24. Conversion of a
informal name for AnSwEr : Option B successful in the home hexadecimal number 3D16 to
A. Mini computer C. The electronic spreadsheet binary number is
B. Super computer has been a primary reason for A. 1111012
C. Micro computer their popularity B. 1100112
D. Mainframe computer D. Their future is not so bright C. 110001102
E. None of the above 17. Which of the following is owning to the improved cost- D. 1100012
AnSwEr : Option B also known as SOROBAN performance ratio of minis E. None of the above
A. ENIAC and mainframes AnSwEr : Option A
B. Abacus E. None of the above
C. EDSAC AnSwEr : Option C
D. UNIVAC 21. Which of the following
13. Magnetic tape can serve E. None of the above machines are characterised
as AnSwEr : Option B by electronic tube circuitry, 25. Programs prepared by an
A. Input media delay line, rotating or outside supplier & privided to
B. Output media electrostatic memory. a user in a machine readable
C. Secondary storage media A. First generation form is known as
D. All of the above B. Fifth generation A. Utility program
E. None of the above 18. A repository for data, C. Third generation B. Canned program
AnSwEr : Option D usually covering specific topic D. Second generation C. Application program
is E. Fourth generation D. Application software
A. Database AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above
B. Data requisition AnSwEr : Option B
26. An input device that uses
switch contacts placed under 30. One million bytes of
a plastic pad which may be information is abbreviated as E. None of the above
inscribed with symbols is
known as
A. Punched card
B. Touch pad
C. Punched paper tape
D. Magnetic disk
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
27. Pictures or drawings,
typically displayed on a VDU AnSwEr : Option C
to allow users to select
program options is called
A. HIPO charts
B. Icons
C. Graphics
D. Network
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
28. A monitor looks like a TV
set but it does not
A. Receive TV signals
B. Give a clear picture
C. Give a steady picture
D. Display graphics
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
29. The earliest device that D. Data tablet
qualifies as a digital computer E. None of the above
is
A. EDSAC
B. Abacus
C. ENIAC
D. EDVAC
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
C. Boot strap D. stored data is available for
D. Utility reading over and over again
in the same order.
A. Bit AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
B. MB AnSwEr : Option D
C. KB
D. GB
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B 35. A terminal having local
31. Which memory stores theprocessing capability is 39. Which of the following
values of variables. A. KIPS time will normally be
A. SAM B. AI determined by the
B. ROM C. Intelligent terminal requirements of the device to
C. RAM D. Optical terminal which the transfer is being
D. PROM E. None of the above made
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C A. Access
36. The _____ provides a B. Cycle
path between the CPU and C. Hold
peripheral devices, which are D. Delay
connected via interface cards. E. None of the above
A. computer AnSwEr : Option C
32. The first IBM PC did not B. expansion bus
have any C. memory
A. disk drive D. CPU
B. RAM E. None of the above
C. ROM AnSwEr : Option B 40. One of a class of storage
D. Port devices that can access
E. None of the above storage locations in any order
AnSwEr : Option A is
A. DTE
37. Which of the following B. DASD
programs give instructions C. DDE
about operations inside the D. DDC
33. Which device uses much computer E. None of the above
less computer time than the A. System software AnSwEr : Option B
light pen and gives B. Application 41. A hand-held device which
resolutions equal to that of C. Utility id) Compiler reads marks or characters on
the CRT display. D. None of the above paper by detecting photo-
A. Mouse AnSwEr : Option A sensitivity is known as
B. Touch tablet A. Light pen
C. Touch panel B. Optical-wand
C. Plotter
D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option D 38. The magnetic disks and E. None of the above
drums are like recirculating AnSwEr : Option B
shift registers because
A. they have about the same
storage capacity
34. The process used to set B. their storage is non volatile
up a programs once the C. their access times are 42. Tiny rings made of
system is operational is about the same magnetic material that can be
A. Operating system polarised to represent binary
B. Black bon 1 or 0 is called
A. Magnetic core AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above
B. Magnetic disk AnSwEr : Option C
C. Card punch 2. A database management 6. A software package to
D. Floppy disk system based on the concept implement a data base is
E. None of the above of ownership is A. System analysis
AnSwEr : Option A 47. A device used to measure A. Network topology B. DBMS
the circuit density of a chip is B. Network layer C. Database
A. Light pen C. Network database system D. DASD
B. Mouse D. Network license system E. None of the above
C. LSI E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option B
43. A computer program that D. All of the above AnSwEr : Option C
instructs other programs to E. None of the above
perform a particular type of AnSwEr : Option C
operation is
A. System software 7. Methods used to organise
B. Application program 3. Which of the following and physically store disk data
C. Compiler printers, are you sure will not are cylinder and
D. Interpreter 48. Which type of processing to use if your objective is to A. Sector
E. None of the above that produces output results print on multicarbon forms? B. Surface
AnSwEr : Option A immediately after input data A. daisy wheel C. Track
are entered into a computer B. dot-matrix D. Hib
system C. laser E. None of the above
A. Time-sharing D. thimble AnSwEr : Option A
B. Interactive E. All of the above
44. A hard copy would be C. Batch processing AnSwEr : Option C
prepared on a D. Real-time processing
A. Line printer E. None of the above
B. Dot matrix printer AnSwEr : Option B 8. A dot-matrix printer
C. Type writer terminal A. is an input device
D. Plotter 4. The term MIPS refers to B. is an output device
E. All of the above _____ C. cannot print alphabet
AnSwEr : Option E A. millions of instructions per D. has a speed of 1000 cps
49. A printer in which the second E. None of the above
characters are embossed on a B. multiple instructions per AnSwEr : Option B
band is second
A. Dot-matrix C. megabytes of instructions
45. Which was the world's B. Laser per seconds
first minicomputer and when C. Golf-ball D. millions input processor
was it introduced? D. Chain set 9. What was the name of the
A. PDP-1, 1958 E. None of the above E. multi-inductance first commercially available
B. 1MB System/36, 1960 AnSwEr : Option D processing system micro¬processor chip?
C. PDP-11 1961 1. A type of simulation AnSwEr : Option A A. Intel 8008
D. VAX 11/780, 1962 method using random B. Intel 8080
E. None of the above numbers to determine the C. Intel 4004
AnSwEr : Option A evolution of a system is D. Motorola 6809
46. What is the acronym for A. Model dispersion E. None of the above
Single In-Line Memory B. Monte carlo 5. The primary memory of a AnSwEr : Option C
Module? C. Monadic personal computer consists
A. SIMM D. Padding of:
B. SILMM E. None of the above A. ROM only
C. SM AnSwEr : Option B B. RAM only
D. SMM C. Both ROM and RAM
E. None of the above D. Memory module
10. The term "memory" AnSwEr : Option A transfer between the
applies to which one of the 18. An output device that microprocessor and memory
following converts data from a binary C. eight unidirectional lines
A. Logic format in main storage to that are used for I/O devices
B. Storage coded hole patterns punched D. eight lines used to transfer
C. Control 14. Data systems for planninginto a paper tape is data among the registers
D. Input device are often called A. Paper tape punch E. None of the above
E. None of the above A. decision analysis systems B. Punched paper tape AnSwEr : Option A
AnSwEr : Option B B. planning analysis systems C. Magnetic disk
11. The working principles of C. decision support systems D. Magnetic tape.
today's computers were D. All of the above E. None of the above
provided by an English E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A
mathematician AnSwEr : Option C 22. Control of computer
A. Charles Babbage system or subsystem
B. Dr. Hollerith operation by an operator who
C. Donald Reach may intervene at arbitrary
D. Ken Reider 19. A computer performs times is
E. None of the above 15. Which of the following is operations by comparing data A. Manual control
AnSwEr : Option A not used as secondary items and then, depending on B. Mapping
storage the results, follows C. Shift register
A. Semiconductor memory predetermined course of D. ALU
B. Magnetic disks action. What are such E. None of the above
C. Magnetic drums operations called? AnSwEr : Option A
12. A new technology which D. Magnetic tapes A. Sequential
provides the ability to create E. None of the above B. Logical
an artificial world and have AnSwEr : Option A C. Digital
people interact with it is 16. A device that can accept D. Physical
called data, hold them&deliver E. None of the above 23. In which of the following
A. televirtuality them on demand at a later AnSwEr : Option B terminals the screen is
B. virtual reality time is known as regarded as an array of pixels,
C. alternative reality A. Buffer where each pixel is either on
D. 3-D reality B. Memory or off?
E. None of the above C. CPU A. Character map terminal
AnSwEr : Option B D. Register 20. A file that includes an B. Bit map terminal
E. None of the above index directory to facilitate C. RS-232 C terminal
AnSwEr : Option B random access is D. All of the above
A. Sequential file E. None of the above
B. Indexed file AnSwEr : Option B
13. The proper definition of a C. Random file
modern digital computer is D. Serial file
A. an electronic automated 17. A magnetic tape volume E. None of the above
machine that can solve that is used on a data AnSwEr : Option B
problems involving words and processing operation without 21. The data bus in 24. Which language has been
numbers any change to its contents is 8080A/8085 microprocessor selected as the basis for the
B. a more sophisticated and A. Magnetic disk is a group of Japanese "fifth generation"
modified electronic pocket B. Punched paper tape A. eight bidirectional lines computers.
calculator C. Master tape that are used to transfer 8 A. ALGOL
C. any machine that can D. Card reader bits between the B. COBOL
perform mathematical E. None of the above microprocessor and its I/O C. PROLOG
operations ' AnSwEr : Option C and memory D. C
D. a machine that works on B. sixteen bidirectional lines E. None of the above
binary code that are used for data AnSwEr : Option C
E. None of the above
 29. Which part of computer 33. Conversion of an octal 37. How many operations
performs functions similar to number 1068 to binary per second can perform by a
the cerebrums of the above number is modern fast mainframe
25. A notation for defining cardiac and nervous system A. 11100102 digital computer.
the form and structure of of a human body. B. 10001102 A. 1000
data is known as A. ALU C. 11001102 B. 100,000
A. Data description language B. Input device D. 100001102 C. 10,00,000
B. Binary language C. CPU E. None of the above D. 1,00,00,00,000
C. Data channel D. Control unit AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
D. Data definition language E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C
AnSwEr : Option D
26. The CPU is made up of
control unit ALU and 34. The physical equipment
A. Memory made oi various metals, 38. A connection between
B. Input-Output 30. A storage area used to silicon and plastic two end points, either
C. Register unit store data to compensate for components that make up physical or logical, over which
D. All of the above the difference in speed at the parts of a computer is data may travel in both
E. None of the above which the different units can called directions simultaneously is
AnSwEr : Option A handle data is A. micro called _____
A. Memory B. peripheral A. Dump point
B. Buffer C. hardware B. Datalink
C. Accumulator D. disk drive C. Duplex
D. Address E. None of the above D. Networks
27. In digital computer, all E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above
the expressions are coded AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C
into 31. A memory that contains a
A. Octal digits fine pattern of data
B. Binary digits permanently defined is
C. Hexadecimal digits A. RAM 35. Who launched IBM's First
D. Decimal cligits B. EPROM PC in 1981? 39. Which is part of a
E. None of the above C. ROM A. Dean Cline computer system, enables
AnSwEr : Option B D. PROM B. C.B. Rogers Jr. human operators to
E. None of the above C. John F. Akers communicate with the
AnSwEr : Option C D. David Svenson computer.
E. None of the above A. Console
AnSwEr : Option B B. Keyboard
28. In computer terminology 36. Memories in which any C. Printer
a compiler means location can be reached in a D. CPU
A. a person who computes 32. What is the number of fixed (and short) amount of E. None of the above
source programs bits needed for an address in time after specifying its AnSwEr : Option A
B. the same thing as a a 4 K memory? address is called
programmer A. 16 A. sequential-access memory
C. key punch operator B. 8 B. random-access memory
D. a program which translates C. 12 C. secondary memory
source program into object D. 4 D. mass storage 40. Who invented the
program E. None of the above E. None of the above microprocessor?
AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B A. Marcian E Hoff
B. Herman H Goldstein
C. Joseph Jacquard
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
41. Sending data from one
place to another, by physical
or electronic means is
A. E-mail
B. Internet
C. Data transmission
D. Distributed processing.
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
42. A method for
representing digital data
analog signals by changing
the phase of the analog
carrier to represent the digitalD. Only character reader
information is known as
A. PIA
B. PSK
C. PM
D. PM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
43. A device that stores one B. Multipoint line
item of information is
A. Memory element
B. Block Compaction
C. MDR
D. Memory guard
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
44. MODULA is a
A. Programming language
B. Low-level language
C. Assembly language
D. Machine language
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
45. A register in which of the responsible for the C. EFTS (Electronic Funds
following that holds the computing? Transfer System)
current instruction while it is A. Input D. All the above
being executed is called B. Output E. None of the above
instruction register. C. CPU AnSwEr : Option D
A. ALU D. Memory
B. CPU E. Storage
C. Memory AnSwEr : Option C
D. Address
E. None of the above 4. Transmission and
AnSwEr : Option B presentation of text and
46. The OCR stand for? graphics is called
A. Outsized character reader 50. Punched cards are A. Tele-text
B. Optical character associated with the name B. Network
recognition A. Leibniz C. Telematique
C. Operational character B. Jacquard D. Video text
reader C. Hollerith E. None of the above
D. Pascal AnSwEr : Option D
E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C
1. The light pen was
developed in
A. 1942 5. Which of the following is
B. 1976 directry controlled from a
47. Which of the following is C. 1950 keyboard.
a data communication link D. 1992 A. Card punch
that connects more than two E. None of the above B. Punched paper tape
stations, nodes etc AnSwEr : Option C C. Magnetic disk
A. Multipoint connection D. Magnetic tape
E. None of the above
C. Multiple chain AnSwEr : Option A
D. Multilinked 6. Which of the following is a
E. None of the above 2. The two main components machine for reading
AnSwEr : Option B of the CPU is documents that are encoded
A. Control unit and registers in a way that is readable by
B. Control unit and ALU person and machine.
C. Registers and main A. Document reader
memory B. Distributed system
48. The two basic types of D. ALU and bus C. Artificial intelligence
record-access methods are: E. None of the above D. Document sorter
A. sequential and random AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
B. sequential and indexed AnSwEr : Option A
C. direct and immediate
D. on-line and realtime
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A 3. A factor which might cause
an individual to consider 7. Which of the following
using a computer in criminal does not affect the resolution
activities is: of a video display image?
A. The computer's access to A. bandwidth
49. Which functional large sums of money B. raster scan rate
component of a computer is B. The speed with which the C. vertical and horizontal lines
crime can be accomplished of resolution
D. screen size
E. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
8. Which was the first
commercial computer built by D. Extra polation
M.V. Wilkies.
A. Super computer
B. LEO
C. Mainframe
D. Micro computer
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
9. Disketts and hard disks are C. Card Puncher
A. Direct access devices
B. Sequential access devices E. None of the above
C. Slower than magnetic tape AnSwEr : Option B
D. Used only in mainframe
computers
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
10. If you see a diskette with A. ALU
a piece of foil covering its
notch, it is said to be
A. write-protected
B. copy-protected
C. write-enabled
D. foil-covered
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
11. No computer can do
anything without a
A. program
B. memory
C. chip
D. output device
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
12. The estimation of the A. Merging 20. Which of the following is
value of a function at a point B. Sorting used as a primary storage
beyond the interval in which C. Classification device?
the data lies is called known D. Verification A. Magnetic drum
as E. None of the above B. PROM
A. Interpolation AnSwEr : Option B C. Floppy disk
B. Simulation D. All of the above
C. Emulation E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
E. None of the above 21. A program used to detect
AnSwEr : Option A 17. The area of computer overall system malfunction is
science which is concerned A. System analysis
with the display of pictures is B. System software
A. Networks C. Utilities
B. Graphics D. System diagnostics
13. An input device that is C. Designing E. None of the above
able to interpret pencil marks D. Architecture AnSwEr : Option D
on paper media is known as E. None of the above
A. Magnetic disk AnSwEr : Option B
B. Optical Mark Reader
D. Magnetic tape 22. A computer, by
definition, is any device that
18. Which of the following is computers. This broad
a computer memory that can definition includes which of
be programmed once, but not the following?
reprogrammed. A. Calculators
A. ROM B. Cash registers
14. Front-end processor is a B. RAM C. Automotive controllers
_____ designed specifically to C. PROM D. Desktop computers
handle the communications D. EPROM E. All of the above
processing task. E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option E
AnSwEr : Option C
B. Control unit
C. CPU
D. Register
E. None of the above 23. What was the computer
AnSwEr : Option C 19. A programming language conceived by Babbage?
intended to solve a no. of A. Analytical Engine
different types of problems is B. Arithmetic Machine
A. COBOL C. Donald Knuth
B. General purpose D. All of the above
15. The shifting of a program programming language E. None of the above
from one of the memory C. BASIC AnSwEr : Option A
addresses to another is D. FORTRAN
A. Data transmission E. None of the above
B. Data collection AnSwEr : Option B
C. Relocation
D. Database 24. A acronym for the
E. None of the above organisation that publishes
AnSwEr : Option C programming language
16. Arranging data in a standard is
specific order is called A. ASCn
B. BCD B. Parallel interface E. None of the above
C. ANSI C. Page layout program AnSwEr : Option B
D. EBCDIC D. Fasimile system
E. None of the above E. None of the above 37. A language based on
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B graphics for use in education
is
33. How many symbols exist A. PROLOG
in Baudot code? B. LOGO
A. 42 C. COBOL
25. Which of the following is 29. The hardware in which B. 116 D. BASIC
used to make a programs run data may be stored for a C. 58 E. None of the above
when the computer is computer system is called D. 76 AnSwEr : Option B
switched on. A. Registers E. None of the above
A. Autoboot B. Bus AnSwEr : Option C
B. Warmboot C. Control unit
C. Bubble D. Memory
D. Authentication E. Chip 38. Non-volatility is an
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D important advantage of
AnSwEr : Option A 34. Which gate sends on a A. CCD's
pulse when it receives one at B. Magnetic tapes and disks
26. A micro processor chip either or both of its terminals. C. Magnetic bubbles
used in a PC system A. NOR D. Both (b) and (c)
A. Performs the arithmetic- 30. Conversion of an octal B. NOT E. None of the above
logic and control functions number 738 to binary C. OR AnSwEr : Option D
B. Is the only chip cound in number is D. NAND
most PC models A. 1101112 E. None of the above
C. Almost always operates on B. 1111002 AnSwEr : Option C
by-bits of data at a time C. 1100102
D. Performs the primary D. 1110112 39. Which company produces
storage function E. None of the above processors for the Apple
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D Macintosh?
AnSwEr : Option A 35. A circuit which can store A. IBM
31. Software that's loaded information is known as B. Motorola
into a computer primary A. Integrated circuit C. Intel
storage area is known as B. Chip D. AMD
A. Memory-resident package C. Memory cell E. Cyrix
27. ILLIAC is a B. File management system D. Gate AnSwEr : Option B
A. Super computer C. Electronic spread sheet E. None of the above
B. Mini computer program AnSwEr : Option C
C. Mainframe computer D. Utilities 36. Where was the India's
D. Micro computer E. None of the above first computer installed and
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A when? 40. The essential features of
AnSwEr : Option A A. Institute of Social Science, a number system are
Agra, 1955 A. Radix
B. Indian Institute of B. Set of distinct counting
Statistics, Delhi, 1957 digits
32. Which of the following C. Indian Statistical Institute, C. bits
28. An electrical inter- are the building blocks of all Calcutta, 1955 D. Both (a) & (b)
connection that permit 8 or the circuits in a computer. D. Indian Institute of Science, E. None of the above
more bits of data to be A. Circuit switch Bangalore, 1971 AnSwEr : Option D
moved in the same instant of B. Logic gates E. None of the above
time is called C. Logical Operators AnSwEr : Option C 41. Which of the following
A. Outline processor D. Instructions high speed non¬impact
printers are fast enough to 45. Which of the following
print the entire book in about are not likely to be found on a 49. SPSS stands for
1 minute.
A. Laser
B. Dot-matrix
C. Page
D. Line
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
42. An identifying label on
the first record of magnetic B. Multiplener
tape is
A. Punched paper tape
B. Optical mark reader
C. Tape label
D. Joystick
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
43. Super computers are
primarily useful for
A. Input-output intensive
processing
B. Data-retrieval operations E. None of the above
C. Mathematical-intensive
scientific applications
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
44. A reflective marker that convert them directly into
indicates the end of the
usable tape is
A. End user
B. End-of-tape
C. Optical mark reader
D. FAX
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
PC main circuit board
A. RAM chips
B. Microprocessor chips
C. ROM chips
D. LCD clocks
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
46. A specific part of an
arithmetic & logic unit that is AnSwEr : Option C
used to perform the
operation of multiplication is
A. Multiplier
C. Multivibrator
D. Quantization
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
47. Which of the following is E. None of the above
used for input and output
both
A. Graph plotter
B. Teletype terminal
C. Line printer
D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
48. Character readers are
those devices which read the 2. The purpose of an
characters printed on the
source documents and then A. Convert program written AnSwEr : Option D
computer-usable input.
Which of the following is not B. Meet specific user needs as
a character reader?
A. OCR
B. MICR
C. OMR
D. LCD
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
3. Which of the following
translate back from machine
A. Statistical Package for code something resembling
Systems Science the source language
B. Systems Package for Social A. Interpreter
Science B. Compiler
C. Statistical Package for C. Assembler
Sociai Science D. Decompiler
D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
4. Who developed a
50. An Integrated Circuit (IC) mechanical device in the 17th
is century that could add,
A. Fabricated on a tiny silicon subtract, multiply, divide and
chip find square roots?
B. A complicated circuit A. Napier
C. Much costlier than a single B. Babbage
transistor C. Pascal
D. An integrating device D. Leibnitz
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option D
1. The 2's complement
number of 110010 is
A. 001101
B. 110011
C. 010011 5. Serial access memories are
D. All of the above useful in applications where
E. None of the above A. data consists of numbers
AnSwEr : Option E B. short access time is
required
C. each stored word is
processed differently
D. data naturally needs to
flow in and out in serial form
application program is to E. None of the above
in high level language to 6. A six - digit card field used
machine language for postal ZIP codes is defined
C. Allow the operating system A. A letter field
to control resources better B. An alphabetic field
D. Make off-line equpment C. A numeric field
run better D. An alphanumeric field
E. None of the above E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option C
7. The octal equivalent of the E. None of the above
number 11010.1011 is AnSwEr : Option B
A. 32.54 11. A hand-held device for
B. 63.51 optically reading bar codes on 15. The benefit of using 19. What is the name of the
C. 32.27 goods, labels & shelves is computers are that reading device which mades
D. All of the above A. Wand A. Computers are very fast use of photosensors and laser
E. None of the above B. Touch tablet and can store huge amounts technologies to interpret
AnSwEr : Option A C. Mouse of data printed, typed or even hand-
D. Light pen B. Computers produce written data directly from the
E. None of the above accurate output even when source documents?
AnSwEr : Option A the input is incorrect A. MICR
C. Computers are designed to B. OCR
8. Super-computers the inflexible C. Mark-sensing device
A. Are found at thousands of D. All of the above D. ATM
sites around the world E. None of the above E. None of the above
B. Can now fit on a single 12. In analog computer AnSwEr : Option A AnSwEr : Option B
silicon chip A. Input is first converted to 16. Which is a Common-
C. Are usually designed to digital form Business oriented language.
process accounting B. Input is never converted to A. SNOBOL
applications digital form B. BASIC
D. Are not fast enough for C. Output is displayed in C. COBOL 20. A(n) ____ device is any
some applications digital form D. C device that provides
E. None of the above D. All of the above E. None of the above information which is sent to
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option C the CPU.
AnSwEr : Option B A. input
B. output
C. CPU
D. memory
9. A special type of device 17. Software instructions E. storage
which uses an ordinary 13. The decimal equivalent of intended to satisfy a user's AnSwEr : Option A
telephone with a computer is the binary number specific processing needs are
A. Light pen 11100001111 is called _____.
B. Mouse A. 1806 A. Systems software
C. Acoustic couple B. 1807 B. A microcomputer
D. Touch panel C. 2806 C. Documentation
E. None of the above D. All of the above D. Applications software 21. The range of frequencies
AnSwEr : Option C E. None of the above E. All of the above available for data
AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option D transmission is known as
A. Baud
B. Bandwidth
C. Byte
10. The first electronic D. Bits
general purpose digital 14. A disk storage medium in 18. Which of the following E. None of the above
computer built by Mauchly the form of an assembly file organizations is most AnSwEr : Option B
and Eckert called ENIAC did containing a single rigid efficient for a file with a high
not work on the stored magnetic disk permenently is degree of file activity?
program principle. How many A. fixed disk A. sequential
numbers could it store in its B. disk cartridge B. ISAM
internal memory? C. card punch C. VSAM 22. Full adder has
A. 100 D. card reader D. B-Tree index A. 4 inputs
B. 20 E. None of the above E. All of the above B. 8 inputs
C. 40 AnSwEr : Option B AnSwEr : Option A C. 10 inputs
D. 80 D. 3 inputs
E. . None of the above E. None of the above D. Label
AnSwEr : Option D AnSwEr : Option A E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
31. Which system was
developed by Rank-Xeron for 35. What is the storage
use with office computers capacity of a Hollerith card
23. Which major 27. Which of the following is and other equipment. which is organized into
development led to the considered a direct-entry A. UNIX nibbles?
production of input device? B. ETHERNET A. 32
microcomputers? A. optical scanner C. PC-DOS B. 64
A. Magnetic disks B. mouse D. MS-DOS C. 128
B. Floppy disks C. light pen E. None of the above D. 240
C. Logic gates D. digitizer AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
D. Integrated circuits E. All of the above AnSwEr : Option D
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option E 36. A type of instruction that
AnSwEr : Option D can produce several lines of
machine language code is a
32. Bubble memory is a A. Mnemonic
A. Sequential access device B. Address
28. A physical connection only C. Macro
24. The first computer made between the microprocessor B. Direct access device only D. assemble
available for commercial use memory and other parts of C. Combination of sequential E. None of the above
was the microcomputer is known and direct access devices AnSwEr : Option C
A. Mark-I as D. All of the above
B. ENIAC A. Path E. None of the above
C. EDSAC B. Address bus AnSwEr : Option C
D. UNIVAC C. Route
E. None of the above D. All of the above 37. A common use of
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above computer in office is for
AnSwEr : Option B A. Distributed
33. Any method for B. Word processing
controlling access to or use of C. Data
memory is known as D. All of the above
25. In which mode, each user A. Memory map E. None of the above
has a local input/output 29. An IBM System/38 B. Memory protection AnSwEr : Option B
device. represents the computer C. Memory management
A. Interactive class of: D. Memory instruction
B. Time sharing mode A. small-scale computer E. None of the above
C. Batch processing mode B. medium-scale computer AnSwEr : Option B
D. All of the above C. large-scale computer 38. The imitation of one
E. None of the above D. super computer device or system by another
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above is
26. Sometime data are AnSwEr : Option A A. Simulation
gathered over a period of 34. If, in a computer, 16 bits B. Emulation
time and collected into a are used to specify addresses C. Resilience
group before entering them in a RAM, the number of D. Compaction
into a computer for addresses will be E. None of the above
processing. What type of 30. Which hole is used to A. 216 AnSwEr : Option B
processing is it called? mark the location of the first B. 65,536
A. Interactive processing sector in a soft-sectored disk. C. 64K
B. Sequential processing A. Address D. Any of the above
C. Batch processing B. Location E. None of the above
D. Group processing C. Index AnSwEr : Option D
39. A type of semiconductor
memory that usually has
small capacity but very fast
access is
A. PROM
B. RAM
C. Scratchpad
D. ROM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
40. Third generation
computers
A. were the first to use built- transfers data contained on
in error detecting devices
B. used transistors instead of computer system.
vacuum tubes
C. were the first to use neural B. Card reader
network
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option E
41. High-level languages are
not concerned with computer
but with
A. Assembler
B. Machine code
C. Compiler
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
42. Which of the following AnSwEr : Option A
term is used in connection
with the organisation of files input device used today for AnSwEr : Option B
in ALGOL 68
A. Blow
B. Machine
C. Biquinary
D. Book
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
43. The methods used by
COBOL to define that
structure of a data item in
terms of characters, digits,
etc. is
A. Password
B. Pointer
C. Picture
D. Overlay
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
44. Which of the following
computer cards to the
A. Card sorter
C. Magnetic disk
D. Magnetic tape
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
45. The difference between
memory and storages is that 49. A class of random access C. 1959-1964
memory is _____ and storage memory that requires
is _____
A. Temporary, permanent
B. Permanent, temporary
C. Slow, fast
D. AH of the above
E. None of the above
46. Which most popular
interactive processing & for 1. Computer can not do
the on line entry of data for anything without a
batch processing.
A. Mouse
B. Magnetic disk
C. Visual display terminal
D. Card punch
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
47. A fully functional
computing device containing despite various failures is
all the elements of a
computer which is built
around a MICROPROCESSOR C. Resilience
is known as
A. Machine-in-built computerE. None of the above
B. Super computer
C. Micro computer
D. Mini computer
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
48. There are historical
evidences to prove that
abacus was first used in
A. India
B. Japan
C. China
D. Indonesia
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
periodic servicing in order for E. 1995-now
the contents to remain valid AnSwEr : Option D
is
A. Static RAM
B. Dynamic RAM
C. PROM
D. EPROM
E. None of the above
A. Chip
B. Memory
C. Output device
D. Program
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
2. The ability of a computer
system to remain operational
A. Relation
B. Schema
D. Versatility
AnSwEr : Option C
3. Which of the following
memories must be refreshed
many times per second?
A. Static RAM
B. Dynamic RAM
C. EPROM
D. ROM
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
4. The third generation of
computers covers the period:
A. 1971-1982
B. 1982-1994
D. 1965-1971
5. An electronic logic gate
whose output is logic 0 only
when all inputs are logic 1 is
A. NOR
B. NAND
C. OR
D. NOT
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
6. Which of the following is
the expansion of EBCDIC
A. Extended bit comparable
to digital interface for
computer
B. Extended bootable
computerised digital infrared package produced to meet
calculator
C. Extended binary coded
decimal interchange code
D. Extended binary coded
decimal information code
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
7. A vertically aligned set of architecture) which provides
tracks on a disk pack is known a documented means of
as
A. Cluster
B. Surface
C. Cylinder
D. Panel
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
8. Which is an electronic
device that can store
temporarily a single bit of
data.
A. Accumulator
B. Buffer
C. Memory
D. Latch
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
9. A digital device that
processes data is known as
A. Data processor
B. Data entry
C. DBMS
D. Database
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
10. A generalised software
the bugs of a variety of data
processing users is known as
A. Utility programs
B. System software
C. Operating system
D. Application package
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
11. Who is 1988 announced
the latest version of CD-ROM
called CD-ROMXA (extended
integrating digital audio with
computer data on a CD-ROM
disk?
A. Sony
B. Philips
C. Microsoft
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
12. Third generation
computers
A. Were the first to use
integrated circuitry
B. Were the first to use built- E. None of the above
in error detecting devices
C. Used transistors insted of
vaccum tubes
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
13. What is the name of the computers and workstations, B. Chips
display feature that highlights the term random access
areas of the screen which
require operator attention? memory - is used instead of E. None of the above
A. Pixel
B. Reverse video
C. Touch screen
D. Cursor
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
17. A device that prints one
character at a ! time is
kknown as
14. To set a register or A. Laser printer
counter to the all-zero-state B. Line printer
is C. Character printer
A. Rerun D. Dot-Matrix printer
B. Reset E. None of the above
C. Remote AnSwEr : Option C
D. Release
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
18. A mechanism for
arranging controlled access to
a shared resource is
15. Which is used to store A. Retrieving
firmware. B. Sorting
A. RAM C. Balleting
B. ROM D. Lock-out
C. PROM E. None of the above
D. EPROM AnSwEr : Option D
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
16. Which of the following is
NOT a primary storage
device? 19. A data item which is not
A. Magnetic tape broken down into smaller
B. Magnetic disk units is _____
C. Optical disk A. Data element
D. All of the above B. Elementary data item
C. Data entry
AnSwEr : Option D D. Database management
E. None of the above
Primary storage, also known AnSwEr : Option B
as main storage or memory, is
the main area in a computer
in which data is stored for
quick access by the
computer's processor. On 20. A computer is a box full
today's smaller computers, of electronic
especially personal A. Switching devices
C. Circuits
memory (RAM) - or just D. Registers
primary or main storage, and AnSwEr : Option A
the hard disk, diskette, CD, 21. What are the concentric
and DVD collectively describe circles on floppy disks know
secondary storage or auxiliary as?
storage. A. Tracks
B. Cylinders
C. Sectors
D. Segments
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
22. A one-bit signal that
indicates the start of data
transmission by an
asynchronous device is
A. Parity bit
B. Status bit
C. Zero bit
D. Start bit
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
23. Registers which are
partially visible to users and
used to hold conditional
codes (bits set by the CPU
hardware as the result of
operations), are known as
A. PC
B. Memory Address Registers
C. General purpose registers
D. Flags
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
24. An electronic circuit with
about 20 transistors
fabricated on a silicon chip is
known as
A. SSI
B. MSI
C. DPS
D. RJE
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
25. Instructions and memory C. Register unit AnSwEr : Option C
addresses are represented by D. memory
A. character codes E. None of the above
B. binary codes AnSwEr : Option D
C. binary word
D. parity bit 34. The magnetic storage
E. None of the above chips used to provide
AnSwEr : Option B nonvolatile direct access
26. Which type of computers 30. Which printer is very storage of data and that have
use the 8 bit code called commonly used for desk-top no moving parts are known as
EBCDIC? publishing? A. Magnetic core memory
A. Minicomputers A. Laser printer B. Magnetic tape memory
B. Microcomputers B. Ink-jet printer C. Magnetic disk memory
C. Mainframe computers C. Daisy wheel printer D. Magnetic bubble memory
D. Supercomputers D. Dot-matrix printer E. None of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option A
31. Hard disks are formatted
in the same manner as floppy
disks. However, before a hard
disk can be formatted, it must 35. In the third generation of
27. Which generation of first be _____ computers:
computers is covered by the A. partitioned A. distributed data
period 1964-77? B. sectioned processing first became
A. First C. deleted popular
B. Second D. inter-sectioned B. an operating system was
C. Third E. write protected first developed
D. Forth AnSwEr : Option A C. high-level procedural
E. None of the above languages were first used
AnSwEr : Option C D. on-line, realtime systems
first became popular
E. All of the above
32. The no of logical records AnSwEr : Option D
in a physical record is 36. A common example of a
28. First CAD system called A. Group data storage medium is
AutoCAD for the PCs was B. Blocking factor A. cartidge
announced in the year 1982. C. Sector B. floppies
Can you tell who announced D. Field C. cluge
it? E. None of the above D. disk
A. Intel Corpn. AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
B. Rolta India Ltd. AnSwEr : Option D
C. Autodesk Inc
D. AT & T Corp.
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C 33. Personnel who design,
program, operate and 37. IBM-PC is an example of
maintain computer A. A main frame
equipment refers to B. Machine-in-built
A. Console-operator C. Micro computer
29. Main storage is also B. Programmer D. Special purpose
called C. Peopleware E. None of the above
A. Accumulator D. System Analyst AnSwEr : Option C
B. Control unit E. None of the above
 E. None of the above C. 64 B. Gottfried Leibnitz
AnSwEr : Option D D. 512 C. Blaise Pascal
E. None of the above D. Charles Babbage
38. Which of the following AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above
will happen when data is 46. The basic unit within a AnSwEr : Option C
entered into a memory computer store capable of
location? 42. The number of bits that holding a single unit of data is
A. It will add to the content are typically stored on each A. Register
of the location track of a magnetic disk is B. ALU
B. It will change the address usually C. Control unit 2. Which programming
of the memory location A. the same D. Store location language is much in vogue
C. It will erase the previous B. different E. None of the above among users of
content C. depend on the program to AnSwEr : Option D microcomputers
D. It will not be fruitful if be stored A. ALGOL
thjere is already some data at D. All of the above B. APL
that location E. None of the above C. LOGO
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A D. FORTH
AnSwEr : Option C 47. An error in computer E. None of the above
data is called AnSwEr : Option D
A. Chip
B. Bug
43. The silicon chips used for C. Bit
39. All inputs must be in ON data processing are called D. Byte
position to have an output is A. RAM chips E. None of the above 3. Multiplication of 1112 by
known as B. ROM chips AnSwEr : Option B 1012 is
A. NOT gate C. Micro processor A. 1100112
B. AND gate D. PROM chips B. 1000112
C. OR gate E. None of the above C. 1111002
D. XOR gate AnSwEr : Option C D. 0001012
E. None of the above 48. A system program which E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B helps the execution of user AnSwEr : Option B
programs is known as
A. System software
44. The code that should be B. Application program
adequate for present and C. Batch operating system
40. The intersection of a anticipated data processing D. Utilities 4. Which of the following
column and row in a both for machine and human E. None of the above registers is used to keep track
spreadsheet is called a bon or use is AnSwEr : Option C of address of the memory
A. Key A. Conciseness location where the next
B. Field B. Uniqueness instruction is located?
C. Cell C. Operability A. Memory Address Register
D. Menu D. All of the above B. Memory Data Register
E. None of the above E. None of the above 49. LISP was developed by C. Instruction Register
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option C A. John Mc Carthy D. Program Counter
41. A magnetic storage B. Blaise Pascal E. None of the above
device on which data is C. Dr. Hollerith AnSwEr : Option D
stored on a cylindrical drum, D. John Napier
subdivided into tracks is E. None of the above
known as 45. What is the number of bit AnSwEr : Option A
A. Punched card patterns provided by a 7-bit 1. The first mechanical
B. Magnetic disk code? calculating machine was 5. Which is not a factor when
C. Magnetic tape A. 256 made by categorizing a computer?
D. Drum B. 128 A. William Oughtred
 A. Speed of the output
device
B. Amount of main memory
the CPU can use
C. Cost of the system
D. Capacity of the hard disk
E. Where it was purchased
AnSwEr : Option E
6. Conversion of an octal
number 208 to its binary
number is
A. 100002
B. 101112
C. 101102
D. 111102
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
7. Which of the following is a A. Floppy disk
system programming
language for micro-
computers in the Intel family. D. Optical card readers
A. LOGO
B. SNOBOL
C. PCM
D. PL/1
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
8. Which of the following can D. Nibble
be output by a computer?
A. graphics
B. voice
C. text
D. computer-usable data or
information
E. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option E
9. Sequential file
organization is most
appropriate for which of the D. CORAL
following applications?
A. grocery-store checkout
B. bank checking accounts
C. payroll
D. airline reservations
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
10. Who is called the "grand C. Intel
father" of the computer?
A. Blaise Pascal
B. Charles Babbage
C. Joseph Jacquard
D. Dr. Herman Hollerith
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
11. Which input device is
able to scan & interpret an transferring data between
entire page that is typed in a two locations is called
special font
B. Page reader
C. Paper tape punch
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
12. A half byte is know is
A. Data
B. Bit
C. Half byte
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
13. Which language is used in CPU.
the areas of pattern
recognition, artificial
intelligence & for simulation C. Memory
of games.
A. APL
B. FORTH
C. LISP
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
18. A prewritten program
that's sold to perform a
common task is called an
application
14. Which company is the A. System software
biggest player in the B. Package
microprocessor industry? C. Utilities
A. Motorola D. Program
B. IBM E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
D. AMD
E. Cyrix
AnSwEr : Option C
19. Locations in the main
memory of a computer are
called
15. A medium for A. Alphabets
B. Words
C. Data
A. Network D. Characters
B. Communication channel E. None of the above
C. Modem AnSwEr : Option B
D. Bus
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
16. An adder in which the
bits of the operands are 20. Which of the following is
added one after another is a communication network
A. Half-adder that is devoted to carrying
B. Full-adder computer information.
C. Serial adder A. Data point
D. All of the above B. Data module
E. None of the above C. Data network
AnSwEr : Option C D. Data pack
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
21. The minimum number of
MOS transistors required to
17. The OR, XOR & AND make a dynamic RAM cell is
functions can be performed A. 1
by _____ of the computer in a B. 2
C. 3
A. ALU D. 4
B. CU E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
D. Register
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A
22. Conversion of an octal
number 1428 to binary
number is
A. 11000102 C. Fast and expensive 30. Codes which do not 34. A Winchester disk is a
B. 1101102 D. Slow and expensive require to be frequently A. Disk Stack
C. 11000112 E. None of the above updated also promote user B. Removable disk
D. 11011012 AnSwEr : Option C efficiency due to C. Flexible disk
E. None of the above A. Simplicity D. All of the above
AnSwEr : Option A B. Sortability E. None of the above
C. Stability AnSwEr : Option A
D. Expansibility
27. Offline device is E. None of the above
A. a device which is not AnSwEr : Option C
23. Which of the following is connected to CPU 31. A packet switching
used as "Input device" for the B. a device which is network that was sponsored 35. Which one of the
computer? connected to CPU by the Commission of the EEC following is the first second-
A. Printer C. a direct access storage and became operational in generation computer?
B. VDU device 1979 is A. IBM 7090
C. TV D. an I/O device A. LAN B. IBM 801
D. Light pen E. None of the above B. Broadband network C. IBM 7070
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A C. Star network D. IBM 650
AnSwEr : Option D D. Euronet E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option A
AnSwEr : Option D 36. Which of the following is
not a factor affecting the
28. The process of fetching processing capability or
24. A machine associated and executing instructions, performance of a PC system?
with card-based data one at a time, in the order of A. The clock speed of the
processing is increasing addresses is known 32. What is the standard microprocessor
A. Codomain as code the computer industry B. The revolutions per minute
B. Collator A. instruction execution created to represent of the printer disk
C. Cartridge B. straight line sequencing characters? C. The primary storage
D. Digitizer C. instruction fetch A. DASI capacity of the processor
E. None of the above D. random sequencing B. ASSH D. The built-in instruction set
AnSwEr : Option B E. None of the above C. ASCII available to the
AnSwEr : Option B D. BASCII microprocessor
E. EPROM E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C AnSwEr : Option B

25. The most popular

language used with
microcomputers and time-
shared mini computers, is an
easy-to-use high level
language.
A. COBOL
B. ADA
C. PASCAL
D. BASIC
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
26. Primary storage is _____
as compared to secondary
storage.
A. Slow and inexpensive
B. Fast and inexpensive
29. What is the term which
represents the use of links
between information of all
sorts whether text, graphics,
video oi audio-based?
A. Hypertext
B. Hypermedia
C. HyperCard
D. Wildcard
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option B
33. A sizeable geographical 37. Condensing output data
area with communication to exhibit specific information
based on the telephone is
system is though as A. Calculating
A. Local area network B. Recording
B. Wide area network C. Merging
C. Modulator-Demodulator D. Summarising
D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above AnSwEr : Option D
AnSwEr : Option B
38. Which of the following is
used for manufacturing
chips?
A. control bus
B. control unit
C. parity unit
D. semiconductor
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D
42. Which of the following
terms is the most closely
related to main memory?
A. nonvolatile
B. permanent
C. control unit
D. temporary
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option D

39. Which of the following 43. The computer industry

terms applies to uses prefixes of Greek origin
communication between to measure large amounts of
separate computer systems? data. Which term describes
A. Computer literacy 1024 bytes.
B. Power supply A. Kilobyte
C. Applications software B. Megabyte
D. Connectivity C. Gigabyte
E. None of the above D. Terabyte
AnSwEr : Option D E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option A

44. Which kind of storage

40. Output hardware is often device can be carried around?
categorized according to A. Floppy disk
whether it: B. Hard disk
A. is expensive C. System cabinet
B. requires a large amount of D. Hard disk drive
electricity to work E. Floppy disk drive
C. produces hardcopy or AnSwEr : Option A
softcopy
D. can fit on a desktop
E. None of the above
AnSwEr : Option C
41. The original ASCII code 45. One nibble is equal to
used _____ bits of each byte, A. 4 bits
reserving that last bit for B. 8 bits
error checking. C. 6 bits
A. 5 D. 16 bits
B. 6 E. None of the above
C. 7 AnSwEr : Option A
D. 8
E. 4
AnSwEr : Option C