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1. The Second Generation Computer was based on________.

a. Vacuum Tube
b. Silicon chips
c. Transistor
d. Bio Chips
2. The Third Generation Computer was made with________.
a. Vacuum Tube
b. Discrete Components
c. IC
d. Bio Chips
3. What do you call a single point on a computer screen?
a. Cell
b. Element
c. Pixel
d. Bit
4. RJ45 UTP cable has _________ cables.
a. 2 pair
b. 3 pair
c. 4 pair
d. 5 pair
5. Basic is_______ language.
a. a procedural
b. an object oriented
c. both A and B
d. none of the above

6. In________ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?

a. Full-duplex
b. Simplex
c. Half-duplex
d. None of the above

7. How was the generation of computer classified?

a. By the device used in memory & processor

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b. By the speed of computer

c. By the model of the computer
d. By the accuracy of computer

8. Who invented Analytical engine?

a. Blaise Pascal
b. George Bool
c. Charles Babbage
d. Dr. Herman Hollerith

9. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each

Other?

a. Keyboard
b. System Bus
c. Monitor
d. Memory

10. In Computer System Scanner is _________Device?

a. Input
b. Output
c. Both
d. None

11. Which of the following memory has the shortest access time?

a. Virtual Memory
b. Cache Memory
c. External Memory
d. Register

12. Speed of Laser Printer is measure in

a. LPM
b. PPM
c. DPI
d. DPS

13. Which of the following device cannot be shared in Network?

a. CD Drive
b. Printer
c. Mouse
d. Hard Disk

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14. Which of the following is not Computer Hardware?

a. Mouse
b. Monitor
c. Antivirus
d. Printer

15. What is the main purpose of the secondary storage device?

a. To increase the speed of Computer

b. To install Operating System
c. To Networking
d. To Store Data

16. Which of the following memories needs refresh?

a. DRAM
b. SRAM
c. ROM
d. All of above

17. A Dumb terminal has

a. Processor and keyboard

b. Processor and Hard Disk
c. Keyboard and Hard Disk
d. Keyboard and Screen

18. Who invented integrated Circuit (IC)?

a. Herman Hollerith
b. Jack Kilby
c. Semen Korsakov
d. Bill Gates

19. Which of the following Language that Computer can Understand & Execute?

a. Machine Language
b. C Programming Language
c. Java Programming Language
d. None of the above

20. Who is credited for using punch cards to control patterns of a weaving machine?

a. Blaise Pascal
b. Herman Hollerith
c. Jacquard
a) Charles Babbage

21. Computer Keyboard can be classified as _________ Device?

a. Memory

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b. Input
c. Output
d. Storage

22. Shortcut Notation for groups of four Binary Digits is called_________ Number System.

a. Unicode
b. Decimal
c. Binary
d. Hexadecimal

23. Which of the following is not an Input Device?

a. Touch Screen
b. Optical Scanners
c. Touch Pad
d. Mouse Pad

24. What is Unicode?

a. Standard Font
b. Software
c. Character Encoding System
d. Keyboard Layout

25. Dedicated computer means

a. Doesn’t have OS
b. Used by single person
c. Assigned to one and only one task
d. All the above

26. Physical connection between Microprocessor Memory and other parts is called____________

a. Path
b. Hub
c. Address bus
d. None of the Above

27. What is the full form of AT in the IBM PC-AT?

a. Applied Technology
b. Advance Technology
c. Additional Technology
d. None of the Above

28. ___________ has the shortest access times.

a. Cache Memory
b. Virtual Memory
c. Secondary Memory
d. None of the Above

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29. In computer terminology ‘CAD’ is stands for

a. Computer And Design

b. Computer Algorithm in Design
c. Computer Aided Design
d. None of the Above

30. MICR stands for _________

a. Magnetic Ink Character Reader

b. Magnetic Ink Code Reader
c. Magnetic Ink Case Reader
d. None of the Above

31. Which access method is used to access cassette tape?

a. Direct
b. Sequential
c. Both of the above
d. None of the Above

32. 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

33. 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

34. The output quality of a printer is measured by

a. Dot per sq. inch

b. Dot per inch
c. Dots printed per unit time
d. All of the Above

35. Main storage is also called

a. Accumulator
b. Control Unit
c. Register Unit
d. Memory

36. Which is valid statement?

a. 1KB = 1024 Bytes

b. 1 MB = 1024 Bytes

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c. 1KB = 1000 Bytes

d. 1MB = 1000 Bytes

37. After copying the content how many times can you paste?

a. 1
b. 16
c. 32
d. Many

38. Nibble Equals to

a. Bits
b. 2 bits
c. 4 bits
d. 8 bites

39. Punched card were first introduced by

a. Powers
b. Pascal
c. Jacquard
d. Herman Hollerith

40. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were

a. Mechanical
b. Electro- Mechanical
c. Electrical
d. None of these

41. Word length of a Personal computer is

a. 4 bits
b. Bits
c. 16 bits
d. 64 bits

42. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between

a. 2KB to 8KB
b. 64KB & 256KB
c. 256KB & 640KB
d. None of these

43. CPU speed of a personal computer is

a. 32 KIPS
b. 100 KIPS
c. 1 MIPS
d. None of these

44. Programs are executed on the basic of a priority number in a

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a. Batch processing system

b. Multiprogramming
c. Time sharing
d. None of these

45. Cursor is a____________

a. Pixel
b. Thin blinking line
c. Pointing device
d. None of these

46. Operating system, editors and debuggers comes under?

a. System Software
b. Application Software
c. Utilities
d. None of the above

47. What is the first stage in software development?

a. Specification and design

b. Testing
c. System analysis
d. Maintenance

48. 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

49. Primary memory stores

a. Data alone
b. Programs alone
c. Results alone
d. All of these

50. EPROM can be used for

a. Erasing the contents

b. Reconstructing the contents of ROM
c. Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
d. Duplicating ROM

51. Which device can understand difference between data& programs?

a. Input device
b. Output device

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c. Memory
d. Microprocessor

52. The contents of information are stored in

a. Memory data register

b. Memory address register
c. Memory arithmetic register

53. Memory unit is one part of

a. Input device
b. Control unit
c. Output unit
d. Central Processing unit

54. Algorithm and flow chart help us to

a. Know the memory capacity

b. Identify the base of a number system
c. Direct the output to a print
d. Specify the problem completely and clearly

55. Which of the following is not valid a size of a floppy disk?

a. 8’’
b. 51/4”
c. 31/2”
d. 5 ½”

56. The basic operations performed by a computer are

a. Arithmetic operation
b. Logical operation
c. Storage and relative
d. All the above

57. The earliest calculating devices are

a. Abacus
b. Clock
c. Difference engine
d. None of these

58. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator?

a. Joseph Marie Jacquard
b. John Mauchly
c. Blaise Pascal
d. Howard Aiken

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59. WAN stands for

a. Wap Area Network

b. Wide Area Network
c. Wide Array Net
d. Wireless Area Network

60. UNIVAC computer is stands for_________

a. Universal automatic computer

b. Universal array computer
c. Unique automatic computer
d. Unvalued automatic computer

61. 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

62. Central Processing Unit is combination of _________

a. Control and storage

b. Control and output unit
c. Arithmetic logic and control unit
d. Arithmetic logic and control unit

63. The computer that process both analog and digital is called______

a. Analog computer
b. Digital computer
c. Hybrid computer
d. Mainframe computer

64. Tape speed is measured in_______

a. Feet per second

b. Inch per second
c. Meter per second
d. Centimeter per second

65. Magnetic Tape used __________access method.

a. Random
b. Sequential
c. Direct
d. None of the above

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66. What is the difference between memory and storage?

a. Memory is temporary and storage is permanent

b. Memory is permanent and storage is temporary
c. Memory is slow and storage is fast
d. None of the Above

67. Which of the following is not hardware?

a. Printer
b. Monitor
c. Magnetic tape
d. MS word

68. BCD stands for ________.

a. Basic computer digit

b. Binary converted decimal
c. Binary coded decimal
d. None of the above

69. Portable program means?

a. Program with wheels

b. Independent from is authors
c. Independent of platform
d. None of the above

70. The scheme of which interpreter translates the source program is known as

a. Paragraph by paragraph
b. Instruction by instruction
c. Line by line
d. None of the Above

71. 1GB is equal to

a. 230 bits
b. 230 bytes
c. 220 bits
d. 220 bytes

72. The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer is called

a. Compiler system
b. Operation system
c. Operating system
d. None of the above

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73. Which one of the following is an example of operating system

a. Microsoft word
b. Microsoft Excel
c. Microsoft Access
d. Microsoft windows

74. Computers on an internet are identified by

a. E-mail address
b. Street address
c. IP address
d. All of the above

75. Bits stands for

a. Binary information Term

b. Binary Digit
c. Binary tree
d. Bivariate Theory

76. Which one of the following is not a network device?

a. Router
b. Switch
c. Hub
d. CPU

77. In a client/server model a client program

a. Asks for information

b. Provides information and files
c. Serves software files to other computers
d. Distributes data files to other computers

78. is the high-speed memory used in the computer

a. RAM
b. BIOS
c. Hard disk
d. Cache

79. The set of processed data is called?

a. Data
b. Data processing
c. Data base
d. Information

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80. The machine readable from of a program is called as

a. Source code
b. Object code
c. Compiler
d. Executable file

81. TCP/IP is necessary if one is to connect to the _______

a. Server
b. MAN
c. Internet
d. Phones

82. Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Inkjet and laser are all types of which computer peripherals?

a. Keyboards
b. Software
c. Monitors
d. Printers

83. Which device work as an output and input device?

a. Monitor
b. Modem
c. Printer
d. OCR

84. A computer port is used to?

a. Communicate with hard disks

b. Download files
c. Communicate with other computer peripherals
d. None of the above

85. One MB is equal to?

a. 500 GB
b. 1024 byte
c. 1000 KB
d. 1024 KB

86. IN analog computer ________

a. Input is first converted to digital form

b. Input is never converted in to digital form
c. Output is displayed in digital form
d. All of the above

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87. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time in to machine language is
Called a/an _________
a. Interpreter
b. CPU
c. Compiler
d. Simulator
88. A plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded
within it is ___________
a. Punched paper tape
b. Chip card
c. Card punch
d. Magnetic tape
89. Actual data processing operations are performed in the arithmetic logic section, but not in the
__________ storage section of a processor unit
a. Primary
b. Accumulator
c. Buffer
d. Secondary
90. Computer screen is also called:
a. TV
b. Monitor
c. Visual Enhancement
d. None of these
91. How much information scan a CD (Compact Disk) usually store?
a. 1 GB
b. 1.44 GB
c. 700 MB
d. 650 GB
92. A Daisy wheel is a type of
a. Memory
b. Storage Device
c. Printer
d. Input Device
93. What out of the following is most significant of a laptop?
a. Compatibility
b. USB ports
c. Operating system
d. Compact Size

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94 which of the following parts is not usually into the motherboard?

a. Hard disk drive
b. CPU socket
c. ROM
d. All the above
95. Who invited the computer mouse?
a. Bill Gates
b. Douglas Engel Bart
c. Steve Russell
d. David Packard
96. A is the printed form of an output on a screen
a. True copy
b. Hard copy
c. Soft copy
d. Real copy
97. More than one option can be selected at a time in which of the following?
a. Check box
b. Radio button
c. Command button
d. None of these
98. The name of the application software is displayed at a bar at the top of the windows. The bar is
at the top of the windows. The bar is called
a. Scroll bar
b. Task bar
c. Title bar
d. Status bar
99. The use of spooler programs and /or hardware allows personal
computer operators to do the processing work at the same time a printing operation is in progress
a. Registered mails
b. Memory
c. CPU
d. Buffer
100. Which most popular input device is used today for interactive processing and for the one line
entry of data for batch processing?
a. Mouse
b. Magnetic disk
c. Visual display terminal
d. Card punch

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