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(d) Clone
20. Which was the first company in the world to manufacture computers for commercial use?
(a) Remington Rand (Correct)
(b) IBM
(c) Hewlett-Packard
(d) Apple Computers
21. Which of the following computers was the first to use the concept of stored programs?
(a) Mark I (Correct)
(b) ENIAC
(c) EDSAC
(d) UNIVAC-I
(b) 786XT
(c) 234AT
(d) None of above
26. What is the name of the professor who coined the name virus for self replicating
programs?
(a) John von Neumann
(b) Ken Thompson
(c) John Mcafee
(d) Fred Cohen (Correct)
30. A bus with 32 data line can transport how many bits at a time
(a) 8 bits
(b) 16 bits
(c) 1024 bits
(d) 32 bits (Correct)
35. What is called the high-capacity optical disc that looks like a CD, but can store much
information then CD?
(a) Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
(b) Super Density disc (SD)
(c) Digital Video Disc (DVD)
(d) All of these (Correct)
36. What is called preset value for some option in a computer programme?
(a) Built-in
(b) Default (Correct)
(c) Programming
(d) None of them
37. Mention the term for the screen background in the most graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
on which windows, icon, and dialog boxes appear?
(a) Screen saver
(b) Desktop (Correct)
(c) Taskbar
(d) Screen
39. What is termed the portion of RAM set aside for temporarily holding information read from
a disk?
(a) ROM
(b) Cache memory
(c) Bus
(d) Disk Cache (Correct)
41. There is a modem which can handle FAX protocols and also transmit data. What this data
is called?
(a) FAX Modem
(b) Data modem
(c) Both of them (Correct)
(d) None of them
43. What is used in a computer to protect a networked server from damage by those who log
in to it?
(a) Antivirus
(b) Firewall (Correct)
(c) Gateway
(d) Flow Control
(a) Directory
(b) Folder (Correct)
(c) Partition
(d) Extension
45. The CPU is located on the main circuit board in a computer. What this board is called?
(a) Motherboard (Correct)
(b) Fatherboard
(c) Mainboard
(d) Base-board
46. What is called a structured set of data that is normally associated with software to access
and manipulate that data?
(a) Database (Correct)
(b) Backup
(c) Storage
(d) Hard disk
47. Which of the following is disk operating system, produced by Microsoft that is the most
common operating system for IBM and compatible PCs?
(a) IBM-DOS
(b) MS-DOS (Correct)
(c) OS/2
(d) Unix
48. Term the computer applications involving text, graphics, audio and video, or computers
that are designed to provide high quality graphics and audio?
(a) Multimedia (Correct)
(b) Hypermedia
(c) Highmedia
(d) Complete-media
50. To copy files between the local system and any system reachable over the network is
called FTP. What denotes FTP?
52. Smallest graphic unit that can be displayed on the screen, usually a single coloured dot is
called __________.
(a) Pixel
(b) Pet
(c) Picture element
(d) All of these (Correct)
53. Which term is used for a group of personal computers linked together in order to share
programmes, data and peripherals?
(a) LAN (Least Area Network)
(b) LAN (Local Area Network) (Correct)
(c) LAN (Less Area Network)
(d) LAN (Long Area Network)
54. LPT1 is the name used by MS-DOS. What is referred by this term?
(a) The first USB port on a computer
(b) The first socket on a computer
(c) The first parallel port on a computer (Correct)
(d) The first com port on a computer
55. Megabyte is usually abbreviated MB or Mb. How many kilobytes are there in Megabyte?
(a) 1000
(b) 1024 (Correct)
(c) 1100
(d) 998
56. What is termed the temporary storage area for information and applications?
(a) Cache
57. A small, silicon object which contains microscopic circuitry is termed as __________.
(a) Processor
(b) Microchip (Correct)
(c) Transistor
(d) Chipset
59. OCR stands for ‘Optical Character Recognition’. What is its function?
(a) Scan the text of printed paper into a computer (Correct)
(b) Recognize photograph
(c) Separate colours in a colour object
(d) None of these
64. What was the first personal computer (PC), made in the 1970s called?
(a) Apple-I
(b) Apple-II
(c) Altair (Correct)
(d) Intel
75 1 byte consist of
(a) 4 bits
(b) 8 bits (Correct)
(c) 16 bits
(d) 32 bits
95. Name of the great Muslim scientist who was considered as one of the founders of
computer
(a) Al Khawarizmi (Correct)
(b) Zakerya
(c) Abu Sina
(d) None of these
101 A network that covers small geographic area or single or group of buildings is called:
(a) WAN (Correct)
(b) LAN
(c) Bridge
(d) Gateway
(d) A router
109. Which famous computer company was born in a garage at 367, Addison Avenue?
(a) IBM
(b) DEC