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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. |
ABC is a |
| A. | special purpose computer |
| B. | general purpose computer |
| C. | all purpose computer |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. general purpose computer | |
| 2. |
Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material? |
| A. | vacuum tubes |
| B. | transistors |
| C. | ics |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 3. |
A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer? |
| A. | accuracy |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | versatility |
| D. | automatic |
| Answer» C. versatility | |
| 4. |
Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer? |
| A. | binary |
| B. | decimal |
| C. | hexadecimal |
| D. | octal |
| Answer» B. decimal | |
| 5. |
A paper printout of a document is known as |
| A. | softcopy output |
| B. | hardcopy output |
| C. | permanent output |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» C. permanent output | |
| 6. |
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of |
| A. | speed |
| B. | accuracy |
| C. | reliability |
| D. | cost |
| Answer» C. reliability | |
| 7. |
Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage? |
| A. | pascaline |
| B. | difference engine |
| C. | analytical engine |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. difference engine | |
| 8. |
What produces useful information out of data? |
| A. | computer |
| B. | processing |
| C. | programming |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. programming | |
| 9. |
The full form of ALU is |
| A. | arithmetic logic unit |
| B. | array logic unit |
| C. | application logic unit |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. array logic unit | |
| 10. |
Which unit converts computer data into human readable form? |
| A. | input unit |
| B. | output unit |
| C. | alu |
| D. | control unit |
| Answer» C. alu | |
| 11. |
A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package |
| A. | cpu |
| B. | memory |
| C. | buffer |
| D. | alu |
| Answer» C. buffer | |
| 12. |
What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? |
| A. | mark i |
| B. | abc |
| C. | z3 |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. z3 | |
| 13. |
Word length of a Personal Computer is ___ |
| A. | 4 bits |
| B. | 8 bits |
| C. | 16 bits |
| D. | 64 bits |
| Answer» C. 16 bits | |
| 14. |
The earliest calculating devices are |
| A. | abacus |
| B. | clock |
| C. | difference engine |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. clock | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk? |
| A. | 8? |
| B. | 5 ¼? |
| C. | 3 ½? |
| D. | 5 ½? |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. |
| A. | 2 pair |
| B. | 3 pair |
| C. | 4 pair |
| D. | 5 pair |
| Answer» D. 5 pair | |
| 17. |
Which is a semi conductor memory? |
| A. | dynamic |
| B. | static |
| C. | bubble |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? |
| A. | pascal |
| B. | hollerith |
| C. | babbage |
| D. | jacquard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Which is the highest form? |
| A. | data |
| B. | information |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 20. |
What is an interpreter? |
| A. | an interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run |
| B. | an interpreter is the representation of the system being designed |
| C. | an interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. an interpreter is the representation of the system being designed | |
| 21. |
The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in |
| A. | first generation |
| B. | second generation |
| C. | third generation |
| D. | fourth generation |
| Answer» D. fourth generation | |
| 22. |
Who suggested Stored Program Concept |
| A. | john mauchley |
| B. | j.p. eckert |
| C. | john neumann |
| D. | joseph jacquard |
| Answer» D. joseph jacquard | |
| 23. |
An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is |
| A. | on-line thesaurus |
| B. | multiprogramming |
| C. | over lapped processing |
| D. | outline processor |
| Answer» D. outline processor | |
| 24. |
Who invented vacuum tubes? |
| A. | john bardeen |
| B. | william shockley |
| C. | lee de forest |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 25. |
Which is not a comptuer of first generation? |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | univac |
| C. | ibm 360 |
| D. | ibm 1401 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
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. | flags |
| C. | memory address registers |
| D. | general purpose registers |
| Answer» C. memory address registers | |
| 27. |
What is meant by a dedicated computer? |
| A. | which is used by one person only |
| B. | which is assigned one and only one task |
| C. | which uses one kind of software |
| D. | which is meant for application software |
| Answer» C. which uses one kind of software | |
| 28. |
The personal computer industry was started by |
| A. | ibm |
| B. | apple |
| C. | compaq |
| D. | hcl |
| Answer» B. apple | |
| 29. |
Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device? |
| A. | bits |
| B. | bytes |
| C. | hertz |
| D. | clock cycles |
| Answer» C. hertz | |
| 30. |
Which is the largest computer? |
| A. | mainframe computer |
| B. | mini computers |
| C. | micro computers |
| D. | super computers |
| Answer» B. mini computers | |
| 31. |
What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? |
| A. | pixel |
| B. | reverse video |
| C. | touch screen |
| D. | cursor |
| Answer» C. touch screen | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is not an electronic computer? |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | abc |
| C. | univac |
| D. | edvac |
| Answer» C. univac | |
| 33. |
One computer that is not considered a portable is |
| A. | minicomputer |
| B. | laptop computer |
| C. | notebook computer |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. laptop computer | |
| 34. |
Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under? |
| A. | system software |
| B. | application software |
| C. | utilities |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. application software | |
| 35. |
Who invented Integrated Circuits? |
| A. | jack kilby |
| B. | robert noyce |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» D. none of above | |
| 36. |
What does DMA stand for? |
| A. | distinct memory access |
| B. | direct memory access |
| C. | direct module access |
| D. | direct memory allocation |
| Answer» C. direct module access | |
| 37. |
In a computer _____ is capable to store single binary bit. |
| A. | capacitor |
| B. | flip flop |
| C. | register |
| D. | inductor |
| Answer» C. register | |
| 38. |
On a PC, how much memory is available to application software? |
| A. | 1024 kb |
| B. | 760 kb |
| C. | 640 kb |
| D. | 560 kb |
| Answer» D. 560 kb | |
| 39. |
Floppy disks typically in diameter |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 5.25 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Most of the first generation computers were |
| A. | special purpose computers |
| B. | general purpose computers |
| C. | both of above |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. general purpose computers | |
| 41. |
IBM 1401 is |
| A. | first generation computer |
| B. | second generation computer |
| C. | third generation computer |
| D. | fourth generation computer |
| Answer» C. third generation computer | |
| 42. |
The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________. |
| A. | basic input output system |
| B. | best input output system |
| C. | basic input output symbol |
| D. | base input output system |
| Answer» B. best input output system | |
| 43. |
The advantage of COM are its __ and __ |
| A. | compact size; speed readability |
| B. | compact size, speed |
| C. | readability; speed |
| D. | low cost; readability |
| Answer» B. compact size, speed | |
| 44. |
Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? |
| A. | laser printer |
| B. | inkjet printer |
| C. | daisywheel printer |
| D. | dot matrix printer |
| Answer» B. inkjet printer | |
| 45. |
An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it? |
| A. | leech |
| B. | squid |
| C. | slug |
| D. | glitch |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Analog computer works on the supply of |
| A. | continuous electrical pulses |
| B. | electrical pulses but not continuous |
| C. | magnetic strength |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. electrical pulses but not continuous | |
| 47. |
FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____ |
| A. | business applications |
| B. | marketing applications |
| C. | scientific applications |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 48. |
Which one is the largest space? |
| A. | kilobyte |
| B. | petabyte |
| C. | terrabyte |
| D. | gigabyte |
| Answer» C. terrabyte | |
| 49. |
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was: |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | mark-i |
| C. | analytic engine |
| D. | univac-1 |
| Answer» C. analytic engine | |
| 50. |
When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed? |
| A. | 1880 |
| B. | 1990 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» D. none of above | |