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Monday, 16 November 2015

Basic Computer MCQS 501 T0 600



 Basic Computer MCQS 501 T0 600

501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above
502. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
A) Minicomputer
B) A laptop computer
C) Tablet PC
D) All of the above
503. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were:
A) Mechanical
B) Electro-mechanical
C) Electrical
D) None of these
504. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
A) Random access memory
B) Action method
C) Transfer method
D) Density method
505. What is System Analysis?
A) The design of the screen the user will see and use to enter or display data
B) System analysis defines the format and type of data the program will use
C) System Analysis involves creating formal model of the problem to be solved
D) None of the above
506. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
C) Tape Drive
D) CDROM
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
A) Disk
B) CPU
C) Printer
D) ALU
508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
A) Matrix printer
B) Impact printer
C) Laser printer
D) Manual printer
509. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as
A) Binary
B) Octal
C) Decimal
D) Hexadecimal
510. The two basic types of record access methods are:
A) Sequential and random
B) Sequential and indexed
C) Direct and immediate
D) Online and real time
511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Fifth Generation
D) Sixth Generation
512. One of a class of storage device devices that can access storage locations in any order is
A) DTE
B) DASD
C) DDE
D) DDE
513. The actual execution of instructions happens in
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) None of above
514. Floppy disks are available in
A) Single side single density
B) Single side double density
C) Both of above
D) None of above
515. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) mark I
D) ENIAC
516. Which of the following is a programming language?
A) Lotus
B) Pascal
C) MS-Excel
D) Netscape
517. Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
A) input unit, outpu unit, control unit
B) central processing unit
C) output unit
D) decoder unit
518. In what respect human beings are superior to computers?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Slavery
D) Reliability
519. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
A) Large
B) Cheap
C) Fast
D) Slow
520. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
A) Machine language
B) Application software
C) System program
D) All of above
521. How was the generation of computer classified?
A) by the device used in memory & processor
B) by the speed of computer
C) by the model of the computer
D) by the accuracy of computer
522. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
C) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
D) None of above
523. CAD stands for
A) Computer aided design
B) Computer algorithm for design
C) Computer application in design
D) All of the above
524. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
A) Cache memory
B) Magnetic bubble memory
C) Magnetic core memory
D) RAM
525. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
A) Computer
B) Microcomputer
C) Programmable
D) Sensor
526. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of above
527. Who invented Analytical engine?
A) Blaise Pascal
B) George Bool
C) Charles Babbage
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith
528. CPU speed of a personal computer is
A) 32 KIPS
B) 100 KIPS
C) 1 MIPS
D) None of these
529. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
A) tracks
B) sectors
C) cycles
D) rings
530. Which statement is valid?
A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
531. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 1 or 0
D) 3
532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance,
A) Capacitance keyboard
B) Mechanical keyboard
C) Qwerty keyboard
D) Dvorak keyboard
533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
A) John Napier
B) William Oughtred
C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Blaise Pascal
534. A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
A) Multiprogramming
B) Modulation
C) Multiprocessing
D) Micro program sequence
535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should face
A) East
B) North
C) South
D) Up
536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
A) Home computers
B) Diskless computers
C) Dedicated computers
D) General purpose computers
537. What is a light pen?
A) Mechanical Input device
B) Optical input device
C) Electronic input device
D) Optical output device
538. Which of the following class of computers can not support multiple users simultaneously?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) All of them can support
539. Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) Mark I
D) None of abobe
540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
A) ANSI
B) ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) ISO
541. In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs:
A) a sound card and speakers
B) a microphone
C) all of them required
D) none of them required
542. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
A) OCR
B) OMR
C) MICR
D) All of above
543. For which of the following computers can’t be used?
A) gathering data
B) calculating data
C) comparing data
D) Arranging data
544. Which of the following is called low level languages?
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) Both of the above
D) None of above
545. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Speed
D) All of above
546. Who invented punched cards?
A) Charles Babbage
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin
D) Joseph Jacquard
547. Each model of a computer has a unique
A) Assembly of a computer
B) Machine language
C) High level language
D) All of the above
548. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of the above
549. In a punched card system, data is processed by a
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
550. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
A) Joystick
B) Modem
C) CD Drive
D) NIC Card
551. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for multiplication and division aids is known as
A) Pascaline
B) Napier’s Bones
C) Stepped Reckoner
D) Slide Rule
552. Seek time is
A) time to position the head over proper track
B) time to position the head over proper sector
C) time to position the head over proper cylinder
D) none of above
553. Tape speed is measured in
A) Feet per second
B) Inch per second
C) Meter per second
D) Centimeter per second
554. Punched cards were first introduced by
A) Powers
B) Pascal
C) Jacquard
D) Herman Hollerith
555. Which computer support co-processors?
A) XT computer
B) AT comptuers
C) None of these
D) Both of these
556. A floppy disk contains
A) Circular tracks only
B) Sectors only
C) Both circular tracks and sectors
D) None of the above
557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
A) 1.40 MB
B) 1.44 GB
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB
558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
A) He made the computers secretly
B) his computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
C) of political reasons. He was German.
D) All of the above
559. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
A) Memory map
B) Memory protection
C) Memory management
D) Memory instruction
560. In what respect computers are superior to human beings?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Both of above
D) None of above
561. Com in Latin is
A) intensifying prefix
B) intensifying suffix
C) a term that means to reckon
D) None of above
562. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
A) Microprocessor
B) Disk controller
C) Serial interface
D) Modem
563. Which of the following is related to fifth generation computers?
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
D) Only b
564. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called
A) Duping
B) Booting
C) Padding
D) CPS
565. MSI stands for
A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
566. A Pixel is _________
A) A computer program that draws picture
B) A picture stored in secondary memory
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
D) None of these
567. A/n _____ Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU
A) Input
B) Output
C) CPU
D) Memory
568. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
A) ENIAC
B) EDSAC
C) MANIAC
D) UNIVAC
569. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
A) RAM
B) ROM
C) ERAM
D) RW / RAM
570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
571. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
A) IBM
B) Seagate
C) Microsoft
D) 3M
572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from
A) First generation
B) Second generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators?
A) Accuracy
B) Storage
C) Versatility
D) Automatic
574. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?
A) Memory address register
B) Memory data register
C) Instruction register
D) Program counter
575. Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?
A) Electronic Computers
B) Analog Computers
C) Digital Computers
D) Hybrid Computers
576. Which of the following is not a type of Software
A) System Software
B) Application Software
C) Utility Software
D) Entertainment Software
577. Who invented the high level language C?
A) Dennis M. Ritchie
B) Niklaus Writh
C) Seymour Papert
D) Donald Kunth
578. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
A) Operating system extensions
B) Cookies
C) Diagnostic software
D) Boot diskettes
579. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
A) Mass memory
B) Internal memory
C) Non-volatile memory
D) PROM
580. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
A) ASCII
B) Hollerith Code
C) Baudot Code
D) EBCDIC Code
581. When was the transistors invented?
A) 1948
B) 1938
C) 1958
D) 1968
582. In the third Generation of computers
A) Distributed data processing first became popular
B) An operating system was first developed
C) High level procedural language were first used
D) Online real time systems first become popular
583. Most important advantage of an IC is its
A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
B) Extremely high reliability
C) Reduced cost
D) Lower power consumption
584. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
C) Personal Computing
D) Interface Age
585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full form?
A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
586. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
A) Terminal
B) Light pen
C) Digitizer
D) Mouse
587. Which of the following is not an output device?
A) Portable Projector
B) Printer
C) Flat Screen
D) Touch Screen
588. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
A) Daughterboard
B) Motherboard
C) Father board
D) Childboard

Answers to 4th Set of Computer Fundamental MCQs

501-B
502-A
503-B
504-A
505-C
506-D
507-A
508-B
509-B
510-A
511-C
512-B
513-A
514-C
515-D
516-B
517-A
518-B
519-C
520-A
521-A
522-C
523-A
524-A
525-D
526-D
527-C
528-B
529-A
530-A
531-A
532-A
533-C
534-A
535-D
536-B
537-B
538-C
539-C
540-A
541-A
542-A
543-A
544-C
545-D
546-D
547-B
548-D
549-D
550-B
551-B
552-A
553-B
554-D
555-B
556-C
557-D
558-C
559-B
560-A
561-A
562-D
563-A
564-B
565-A
566-C
567-A
568-C
569-B
570-D
571-B
572-D
573-C
574-D
575-A
576-D
577-A
578-C
579-B
580-D
581-A
582-D
583-B
584-B
585-A
586-A
587-D
588-B



Basic Computer MCQS 401 TO 500



 Basic Computer MCQS 401 TO 500

401. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Analytical Engine
B) Arithmetic Machine
C) Donald Kunth
D) All of above
402. The processing speed of first generation computers was
A) milliseconds
B) microseconds
C) nanoseconds
D) picoseconds
403. Model 5100 was ______ in 1957.
A) The first PC built by IBM
B) The first PC built by Apple
C) The first PC built by Motorola
D) The first PC built by Intel
404. VGA is
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter
405. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
D) None
406. Which of the following is not a class based on size?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Micro Computer
C) Mini Computer
D) Digital Computer
407. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s TRS-80 computers?
A) Z-8000
B) Motorola 6809
C) Z-8808
D) Z-80
408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
A) Hard Disks
B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs
409. Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computers?
A) Medical
B) Clerical and law
C) Accounting
D) None of the above
410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from
A) Latin language
B) Greek Language
C) Sanskrit language
D) Ancient Egypt
411. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
A) Parallel only
B) Sequentially only
C) Both sequentially and parallel
D) All of above
412. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
A) Magnetic core
B) Semiconductor
C) Magnetic tape
D) Both a and b
413. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
A) CPU
B) Memory
C) Mass storage
D) Secondary storage
414. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
A) Laser printer
B) Ink-jet printer
C) Drum printer
D) Chan printer
415. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?
A) Bandwidth
B) Raster scan rage
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution
D) Screen size
416. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
A) Wire matrix printer
B) Band printer
C) Wang image printer
D) Both a and c
417. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer?
A) PIM/m
B) ICL 2950
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above
418. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
A) Direct access
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
D) None of above
419. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
A) IBM 360
B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8
D) HP2115
420. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
A) Block definition
B) Record contain clause
C) Blocking factor
D) Record per block
421. Mark I is also known as
A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
422. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?
A) Memory address registers
B) Memory data registers
C) Instruction register
D) Program counter
423. Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
A) Semiconductor memories
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Compact Disks
D) Magnetic Tapes
424. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
B) Workers
C) Foremen
D) Managers
425. Which is valid statement
A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes
426. Latency time is
A) Time to spin the needed data under head
B) Time to spin the needed data under track
C) Time to spin data under sector
D) All of above
427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) John Mauchly
C) Blaise Pascal
D) Howard Aiken
428. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A) Compactness
B) Potential capacity
C) Durability
D) Cost effectiveness
429. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer
C) Large-scale computer
D) Super computer
431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
A) Petal printer
B) Golf ball printer
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer
432. Cursor is a ____
A) Pixel
B) Thin blinking line
C) Pointing device
D) None of these
433. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Tape
C) Network Drive
D) All of the above
434. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
A) Daisy wheel
B) Dot matrix
C) Laser
D) Thimble
435. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
A) Floppy / hard disks
B) CD-ROMs
C) Tape devices
D) All of the above
436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
A) American Stable Code for International Interchange
B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information
437. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
438. Slide Rules was invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above
439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
A) 680 KB
B) 680 Bytes
C) 680 MB
D) 680 GB
440. Which of the following required large computer memory?
A) Imaging
B) Graphics
C) Voice
D) All of above
441. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Analytical engine
B) Arithmetic machine
C) Donald Knuth
D) All of above
442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A) heaven
B) sky
C) earth
D) floor
443. All modern computer operate on
A) Information
B) Floppies
C) Data
D) Word
444. The
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) Mainframe Computers
445. Offline device is
A) A device which is not connected to CPU
B) A device which is connected to CPU
C) A direct access storage device
D) An I/O device
446. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
A) Digital paper
B) Magneto-optical disk
C) WORM disk
D) CD-ROM disk
447. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A) LISP
B) C
C) QBASIC
D) FORTRAN
448. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?
A) Dumb terminal
B) Smart terminal
C) VDT
D) Intelligent terminal
449. Floppy disks typically in diameter
A) 3?
B) 5.25?
C) 8?
D) All of above
450. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
A) 9 or 32
B) 30 or 70
C) 28 or 72
D) 30 or 72
451. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape
B) Printer
C) Disk
D) Bus
452. Which is not consisted in a processor
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) Registers
453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged to
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generatio
D) Frouth Generation
454. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Discrete Components
C) IC
D) Bio Chips
455. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
A) Control Unit and Registers
B) Registers and Main Memory
C) Control unit and ALU
D) ALU and bus
456. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration
C) Both of above
D) None of above
457. Second Generation computers were developed during
A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990
458. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
A) Display screen
B) Soft copy terminal
C) Hard copy terminal
D) Plotter
459. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a
A) Batch processing system
B) Multiprogramming
C) Time sharing
D) None of these
460. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
A) 1964
B) 1970
C) 1983
D) 1986
461. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard
B) Epson, 1981
C) Laplink traveling software In1982
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985
462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name?
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
B) The Tabulator Ltd.
C) International Computer Ltd.
D) None of above
463. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called
A) Software
B) Human ware
C) Firmware
D) Hardware
464. Which of the following is input device?
A) scanner
B) speaker
C) monitor
D) projector
465. Which of the following is true?
A) Fields are composed of bytes
B) Records are composed of fields
C) Fields are composed of characters
D) All of above
466. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A) Claude Shannon
B) Konrard Zues
C) George Stibits
D) Howard H. Aiken
467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Newtorking, what is its full form?
A) WAP Area Network
B) Wide Area Network
C) Wide Array of Network
D) Wireless Access Network
468. In which language is source program written?
A) English
B) Symbolic
C) High level
D) Temporary
469. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter
470. A song being played on comptuer speaker is
A) hard output
B) soft output
C) both hard and soft output
D) neither hard nor soft output
471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A) Additional Terminals
B) Advance technology
C) Applied technology
D) Advanced terminology
472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB
C) 256KB & 640KB
D) None of these
473. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
A) 9
B) 16
C) 18
D) 27
474. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
A) Intel
B) Motorola
C) Both of above
D) None of above
475. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
A) Use of natural language
B) artificial intelligence
C) bio-chips
D) All of above
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his
A) Difference Engine
B) Analytic Engine
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage
477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A) Super computer
B) Mini computer
C) Micro computer
D) Macro computer
478. When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is most expensive?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
479. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
A) It will add to the content of the location
B) It will change the address of the memory location
C) It will erase the previous content
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
480. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Joystick
D) Track ball
481. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
482. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
B) Control Unit
C) Both of above
D) None of above
483. The operating speed of third generation computer was
A) Milliseconds
B) Microseconds
C) Nanoseconds
D) Picoseconds
484. Which of the following is true?
A) Mark I was 8 feet long
B) Mark I was 2 feet long
C) Mark I was 40 feet long
D) None of above
485. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern computers because
A) of his difference engine
B) of his analytical engine
C) his concept of input, mill and output
D) All of above
486. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
A) Mouse
B) Dumb terminal
C) Micro computer
D) Dedicated data entry system
487. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
A) ICL/2950
B) ENIAC
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
B) Key verification is easily performed
C) The tape is reusable
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur.
489. Basic is ________ language.
A) a procedural
B) an object oriented
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
490. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
A) Interpreter
B) CPU
C) Compiler
D) Simulator
491. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
A) Semiconductor Memories
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Magnetic Tapes
D) Compact Disks
492. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
A) 100
B) 20
C) 40
D) 80
493. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer
D) Mainframe computer
494. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
A) Intel 308
B) Intel 33
C) Intel 4004
D) Motorola 639
495. Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above
496. How many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memory
A) 8
B) 4
C) 16
D) 2
497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A) 1982
B) 1984
C) 1985
D) 1989
498. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) RAM chips
B) ROM chips
C) Micro processors
D) PROM chips
499. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
C) IBM Compatibles
D) Both A & C
500. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time

Answers to 4th Set of Computer Fundamental MCQs

401-A
402-A
403-A
404-A
405-A
406-D
407-D
408-A
409-D
410-A
411-C
412-C
413-C
414-B
415-D
416-D
417-A
418-C
419-B
420-C
421-D
422-C
423-C
424-D
425-A
426-A
427-C
428-B
429-A
430-A
431-B
432-B
433-D
434-C
435-D
436-C
437-B
438-C
439-C
440-D
441-A
442-C
443-C
444-C
445-A
446-D
447-D
448-D
449-D
450-D
451-B
452-C
453-B
454-C
455-C
456-A
457-B
458-C
459-B
460-C
461-B
462-B
463-B
464-A
465-D
466-C
467-B
468-C
469-A
470-B
471-B
472-C
473-A
474-B
475-D
476-A
477-A
478-D
479-C
480-B
481-D
482-A
483-C
484-D
485-C
486-B
487-C
488-C
489-A
490-A
491-A
492-B
493-C
494-C
495-A
496-D
497-B
498-C
499-D
500-C

Basic Computer MCQS 301 TO 400



 Basic Computer MCQS 301 TO 400

301. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?
A) Mark I
B) ABC
C) Z3
D) None of above
302. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?
A) File Translation
B) Format Translation
C) Formula Translation
D) Floppy Translation
303. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?
A) SRAM
B) DRAM
C) ROM
D) All of above
304. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
A) Data
B) Bytes
C) Graphics
D) Pictures
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305. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
A) Magnetic tape
B) Voice response unit
C) Voice recognition unit
D) Voice band
306. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?
A) Removable hard disk cartridges
B) (Magneto-optical) disk
C) Flexible disks cartridges
D) All of the above
307. Which of the following is not purely output device?
A) Screen
B) Printer
C) Speaker
D) Plotter
308. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?
A) Napier
B) Babbage
C) Pascal
D) Leibniz
309. The first Macintosh computer was from
A) First generation
B) Second generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
310. Which of the following is not a form of data?
A) numbers and characters
B) images
C) sound
D) none of above
311. Which is not a computer classification?
A) mainframe
B) maxframe
C) mini
D) notebook
312. The control unit of a microprocessor
A) Stores data in the memory
B) Accepts input data from keyboard
C) Performs arithmetic/logic function
D) None of above
313. Which of the following is internal memory?
A) Disks
B) Pen Drives
C) RAM
D) CDs
314. Which operation is not performed by computer
A) Inputting
B) Processing
C) Controlling
D) Understanding
315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
A) Hard disks
B) High-density disks
C) Diskettes
D) Templates
316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as
A) Magnetic core memory
B) Magnetic tape memory
C) Magnetic disk memory
D) Magnetic bubble memory
317. A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as
A) File
B) Database
C) Program
D) None of above
318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and
A) Buffer size
B) Resolution
C) Vertical dimensions
D) Intelligence
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319. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called
A) Mnemonics
B) Symbolic code
C) Gray codes
D) Opcode
320. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) High level language
D) None of above
321. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
A) Speed
B) Accuracy
C) Reliability
D) Automatic
322. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
A) 486dx
B) Power PC
C) 486sx
D) 6340
323. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?
A) Tabulating Machine
B) Analytical Engine
C) Difference Engine
D) Both C and D
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324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory
A) 100
B) 20
C) 80
D) 40
325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of
A) Genetics
B) Control and communication
C) Molecular biology
D) Biochemistry
326. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?
A) Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed
B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result
C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different component
D) None of above
327. Binary circuit elements have
A) One stable state
B) Two stable state
C) Three stable state
D) None of above
328. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
A) Control bus
B) Control unit
C) Parity unit
D) Semiconductor
329. Which of the following is not a micro computer?
A) Laptop PCs
B) Tablet PCs
C) Desktop PCs
D) None of above
330. The value of each bead in earth is
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
331. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
A) 1416
B) 1614
C) 1641
D) 1804
332. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
A) Non volatile
B) Permanent
C) Control unit
D) Temporary
333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?
A) PDP-I, 1958
B) IBM System/36, 1960
C) PDP-II, 1961
D) VAX 11/780, 1962
334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is
A) Cylinder
B) Surface
C) Track
D) Cluster
335. The word length of a computer is measured in
A) Bytes
B) Millimeters
C) Meters
D) Bits
336. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are called EMS (expanded memory specification)?
A) Extended
B) Expanded
C) Base
D) Conventional
337. Which unit holds data permanently?
A) Input unit
B) Secondary storage unit
C) Output Unit
D) Primary Memory Unit
338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be_______
A) Formatted
B) Reformatted
C) Addressed
D) None of the above
339. Computer system comprises of major units
A) input unit, output unit, control unit
B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit
D) input, output and storage units
340. The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was
A) UNIVAC
B) EDVAC
C) ENIAC
D) All of above
341. Signals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is known as
A) Analog computer
B) Digital Computer
C) Hybrid Computer
D) Mainframe Computer
342. High level language is also called
A) Problem oriented language
B) Business oriented language
C) Mathematically oriented language
D) All of the above
343. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Silico Sapiens?
A) Monitor
B) Hardware
C) Robot
D) Computer
344. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
A) Sequential
B) ISAM
C) VSAM
D) B-Tree Index
345. Which of the following is associated with error detector?
A) Odd parity bit
B) Even parity bit
C) Both of the above
D) None of above
346. Magnetic tape can serve as
A) Secondary storage media
B) Output media
C) Input media
D) All of the above
347. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
A) Motorola
B) IBM
C) Intel
D) AMD
348. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as
A) IBM 7090
B) Apple ? 1
C) IBM System / 360
D) VAX-10
349. EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?
A) 256
B) 16
C) 32
D) 64
350. MICR stands for
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
D) None
351. Number crunchier is the informal name for
A) Mini computer
B) Super computer
C) Microcomputer
D) Mainframe computer
352. RATS stand for
A) Regression Analysis Time Series
B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
C) Real Analysis Series
D) All of above
353. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
A) Mechanical
B) Electrical
C) Electro Magnetic
D) Laser
354. Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?
A) Conductors
B) Buses
C) Connectors
D) Consecutive
355. Which is the first electronic digital computer?
A) ENIAC
B) MARK I
C) Z3
D) ABC
356. Which of the following is a storage device?
A) Tape
B) Hard Disk
C) Floppy Disk
D) All of the above
357. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called
A) Hard disks
B) Floppy disk
C) Winchester disk
D) Flexible disk
358. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
A) Interpreter
B) Simulator
C) Compiler
D) Commander
359. Intel corporation produces chips for which computers?
A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
C) Both of above
D) None of above
360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called
A) 8008
B) 8080
C) 4004
D) 8800
361. Which of the following is not a class of computers based on size?
A) Mainframe Computers
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
362. Who invented EDSAC?
A) John v. Neumann
B) J.p. Eckert and John Mauchley
C) Maurice Wilkes
D) Howard Aiken
363. EEPROM stands for
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
364. Which of the following is a class of computers based on model?
A) Digital Computer
B) Hybrid Computers
C) Analog Computers
D) AT Computers
365. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system?
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above
366. ASCII stands for
A) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B) American Scientific Code for International Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange
D) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange
367. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is
A) 7-bit ASCII
B) 7-bit EBCDIC
C) 8-bit ASCII
D) 8-bit EBCDIC
368. Why ABC computer is called so?
A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
B) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English
C) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC
D) None of above are true
369. Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/
A) Von Neumann
B) Joseph M Jacquard
C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
D) All of above
370. Central Processing Unit is combination of
A) Control and storage
B) Control and output unit
C) Arithmetic logic and input unit
D) Arithmetic logic and control unit
371. IBM 1401 computer was
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) None of above
372. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
A) Delay times
B) Real time
C) Execution time
D) Down time
373. CD-ROM stands for
A) Compactable Read Only Memory
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
374. Which unit converts user data into machine readable form?
A) Input unit
B) Output unit
C) ALU
D) Control Unit
375. Which unit is known as nerve center of computer?
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) Registers
376. What does the disk drive of a computer do?
A) Rotate the disk
B) Read the disk
C) Load a program from the disk into the memory
D) Both b and c
377. Access time is
A) seek time + latency time
B) seek time
C) seek time
D) latency time
378. Who invented the microprocessor?
A) Marcian E Huff
B) Herman H Goldstein
C) Joseph Jacquard
D) All of above
379. MICR stands for
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
D) None of the above
380. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths?
A) 8 bits
B) 12 bits
C) 16 bits
D) 32 bits
381. MSI is the abbreviation of
A) Medium Scale Integrated
B) Medium System Integrated
C) Medium Scale Intelligent
D) Medium System Intelligent
382. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed
A) India
B) China
C) Germany
D) Taiwan
383. Which statement is valid about interpreter?
A) It translates one instruction at a time
B) Object code is saved for future use
C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary
D) All of above
384. Easily reloctable language is
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) High level language
D) Medium level language
385. Which of the following memories needs refresh?
A) SRAM
B) DRAM
C) ROM
D) All of above
386. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?
A) Keyboard
B) System Bus
C) Monitor
D) Memory
387. What type of device is computer keyboard?
A) Memory
B) Output
C) Storage
D) Input
388. Which is the limitation of high level language?
A) Lower efficiency
B) Machine dependence
C) machine level coding
D) None of above
389. An example of a digital device can be
A) Digital clock
B) Automobile speed meter
C) Clock with a dial and two hands
D) All of the above
390. Which of the following is not true?
A) Transistors are much smaller
B) Transistors produce low heat
C) Transistors were less reliable
D) Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices
391. A characteristic of card systems is:
A) Slowness in processing data
B) Using cards as records of transactions
C) Needing a larger DP staff
D) All of the above
392. The full form of EEPROM is
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
D) None of the above
393. The original ASCII code used__bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
394. A computer programmer
A) Does all the thinking for a computer
B) Can enter input data quickly
C) Can operate all types of computer equipments
D) Can draw only flowchart
395. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
D) None of above
396. The commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
A) ASCII
B) EBCDIC
C) BCD
D) All of above
397. Which of the following have low failure rate?
A) mechanical devices
B) electronic devices
C) electro-mechanical devices
D) None of above
398. Which of the following memories need refresh?
A) SRAM
B) DRAM
C) ROM
D) All of the above
399. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have__ of RAM.
A) 4 KB
B) 16 K
C) 64 K
D) 256 K
400. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called
A) Semiconductor memory
B) Registers
C) Hard disks
D) Magnetic disk

Answers to 4th Set of Computer Fundamental MCQs

301-B
302-C
303-B
304-A
305-B
306-D
307-A
308-D
309-D
310-D
311-B
312-D
313-C
314-D
315-C
316-D
317-C
318-B
319-B
320-A
321-B
322-B
323-A
324-B
325-B
326-B
327-B
328-D
329-D
330-A
331-B
332-D
333-A
334-D
335-D
336-B
337-B
338-A
339-C
340-A
341-C
342-D
343-D
344-A
345-C
346-A
347-C
348-C
349-A
350-A
351-b
352-A
353-D
354-B
355-D
356-D
357-C
358-C
359-A
360-C
361-D
362-C
363-A
364-D
365-B
366-A
367-D
368-B
369-C
370-D
371-A
372-C
373-D
374-A
375-A
376-D
377-A
378-A
379-A
380-A
381-A
382-D
383-A
384-B
385-B
386-B
387-D
388-A
389-A
390-C
391-D
392-A
393-C
394-A
395-A
396-D
397-B
398-B
399-D
400-B