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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is not a procedural language |
| A. | cobol |
| B. | pascal |
| C. | lisp |
| D. | fortran |
| Answer» D. fortran | |
| 2. |
Fifth Generation languages is also known as |
| A. | machine language |
| B. | assembly language |
| C. | natural language |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 3. |
Which one of the following is machine independent? |
| A. | machine language |
| B. | assembly language |
| C. | high level language |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 4. |
Which of the following is the characteristics of a computer? |
| A. | word length |
| B. | accuracy |
| C. | speed |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Decimal equivqlent for binary number 111111 is |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
How many characters cxan be coded in ASCII? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 128 |
| C. | 256 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. 256 | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following is known as Mid Range computers? |
| A. | workstation |
| B. | microcomputers |
| C. | personalcomputers |
| D. | mini computers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Who introduced and marketed commercialised microcomputers? |
| A. | ibm |
| B. | apple |
| C. | hp |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. apple | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following is related to 4th generation computers? |
| A. | superconductors |
| B. | assembly language |
| C. | intel4004 |
| D. | ic |
| Answer» D. ic | |
| 10. |
Which components invention led to the second generation of computers? |
| A. | intergrated circuits |
| B. | transistors |
| C. | vacuumtube |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. vacuumtube | |
| 11. |
Who developed Intergrated Circuits? |
| A. | john von meumann |
| B. | jack kilby |
| C. | jim berners lee |
| D. | remington rand |
| Answer» C. jim berners lee | |
| 12. |
Which one of the follo0wing had design that remained central to computer engineering for next 40 years? |
| A. | univac |
| B. | eniac |
| C. | edvac |
| D. | colossus |
| Answer» D. colossus | |
| 13. |
Which of the following were the contribution of John Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly? |
| A. | univac |
| B. | eniac |
| C. | edvac |
| D. | mark1 |
| Answer» C. edvac | |
| 14. |
What is the date when Babbage conceived Analytical engine |
| A. | 1642 |
| B. | 1837 |
| C. | 1880 |
| D. | 1850 |
| Answer» C. 1880 | |
| 15. |
Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not |
| A. | fast |
| B. | powerful |
| C. | infallible |
| D. | cheap |
| Answer» D. cheap | |
| 16. |
A byte consists of |
| A. | one bit |
| B. | four bits |
| C. | eight bits |
| D. | sixteen bits |
| Answer» D. sixteen bits | |
| 17. |
Machine language is |
| A. | machine dependent |
| B. | difficult to program |
| C. | error prone |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What is a brand? |
| A. | the name of companies that made computers |
| B. | the name of product a company gives to identify its product in market |
| C. | a name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» C. a name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies | |
| 19. |
Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known as |
| A. | accuracy |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | versatility |
| D. | automatic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
in which year was UK’s premier computing event called ?The which computer? started? |
| A. | 1980 |
| B. | 1985 |
| C. | 1986 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» B. 1985 | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored Program Concept? |
| A. | univac |
| B. | eniac |
| C. | edsac |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» D. none of above | |
| 22. |
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time? |
| A. | light pen |
| B. | mouse |
| C. | digitizer |
| D. | terminal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
A compiler is a translating program which |
| A. | translates instruction of a high level language into machine language |
| B. | translates entire source program into machine language program |
| C. | it is not involved in program??€™s execution |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Which of the following statement is valid? |
| A. | lady augusta is the first programmer |
| B. | ada is the daughter of lord byron, a famous english poet |
| C. | ada is a programming language developed by us defense |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
When was Pascaline invented? |
| A. | 1617 |
| B. | 1620 |
| C. | 1642 |
| D. | 1837 |
| Answer» D. 1837 | |
| 26. |
The difference between memory and storage is that memory is _____ and storage is __ |
| A. | temporary, permanent |
| B. | permanent, temporary |
| C. | slow, fast |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. permanent, temporary | |
| 27. |
Which statement is valid about computer program? |
| A. | it is understood by a computer |
| B. | it is understood by programmer |
| C. | it is understood user |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
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 printer |
| D. | specify the problem completely and clearly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of |
| A. | first generation |
| B. | second generation |
| C. | third generation |
| D. | fourth generation |
| Answer» D. fourth generation | |
| 30. |
The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is |
| A. | editing |
| B. | writing |
| C. | formatting |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 31. |
Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several |
| A. | personal computers |
| B. | workstations |
| C. | dumb terminals |
| D. | mainframes |
| Answer» D. mainframes | |
| 32. |
Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is |
| A. | stationary |
| B. | difficult to move |
| C. | dragged |
| D. | moved in small steps |
| Answer» B. difficult to move | |
| 33. |
What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time? |
| A. | bus control |
| B. | interrupts |
| C. | bus arbitration |
| D. | status |
| Answer» D. status | |
| 34. |
John Napier invented Logarithm in |
| A. | 1614 |
| B. | 1617 |
| C. | 1620 |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. 1617 | |
| 35. |
Why are vacuum tubes also called valves? |
| A. | because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong |
| B. | because they can stop or allow the flow of current |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. both of above | |
| 36. |
A computer consists of |
| A. | a central processing unit |
| B. | a memory |
| C. | input and output unit |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Properly arranged data is called |
| A. | field |
| B. | words |
| C. | information |
| D. | file |
| Answer» D. file | |
| 38. |
How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» C. 8 | |
| 39. |
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was |
| A. | ibm |
| B. | super univac |
| C. | radio shaks |
| D. | data general corporation |
| Answer» D. data general corporation | |
| 40. |
From which generation operating systems were developed? |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 41. |
When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom? |
| A. | hewlett-packard, 1980 |
| B. | epson, 1981 |
| C. | laplink traveling software inc, 1982 |
| D. | tandy model-200, 1985 |
| Answer» C. laplink traveling software inc, 1982 | |
| 42. |
BCD is |
| A. | binary coded decimal |
| B. | bit coded decimal |
| C. | binary coded digit |
| D. | bit coded digit |
| Answer» B. bit coded decimal | |
| 43. |
Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of ______ rods. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 11 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» D. 13 | |
| 44. |
A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is |
| A. | process control |
| B. | alu |
| C. | register unit |
| D. | process description |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which is considered a direct entry input device? |
| A. | optical scanner |
| B. | mouse and digitizer |
| C. | light pen |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Which was the most popular first generation computer? |
| A. | ibm 1650 |
| B. | ibm 360 |
| C. | ibm 1130 |
| D. | ibm 2700 |
| Answer» B. ibm 360 | |
| 47. |
A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____ |
| A. | counter |
| B. | loader |
| C. | adder |
| D. | shift register |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Which generation of computer is still under development |
| A. | fourth generation |
| B. | fifth generation |
| C. | sixth generation |
| D. | seventh generation |
| Answer» C. sixth generation | |
| 49. |
Instruction in computer languages consists of |
| A. | opcode |
| B. | operand |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» D. none of above | |
| 50. |
Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language? |
| A. | machine language |
| B. | assembly language |
| C. | high level language |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. high level language | |