Computer MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?
Mark I
ABC
Z3
None of above

2. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation

3. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?
SRAM
DRAM
ROM
All of above

4. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
Data
Bytes
Graphics
Pictures

5. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
Magnetic tape
Voice response unit
Voice recognition unit
Voice band

6. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?
Removable hard disk cartridges
(Magneto-optical) disk
Flexible disks cartridges
All of the above

7. Which of the following is not purely output device?
Screen
Printer
Speaker
Plotter

8. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?
Napier
Babbage
Pascal
Leibniz

9. The first Macintosh computer was from
First generation
Second generation
Third generation
Fourth generation

10. Which of the following is not a form of data?
numbers and characters
images
sound
none of above

11. Microprocessors can be used to make
Computer
Digital systems
Calculators
All of the above

12. Which statement is valid about computer program?
High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute
High level langage programs are more efficient and faster to execute
It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than in low level programs
All of above

13. By programmable machine we mean
computers
modern television
washing machines
anything that can be set to perform different taks with suitable programs

14. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
Keyboard
Disk
ALU
All of the above

15. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured
ROM
RAM
PROM
EPROM

16. One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for?
Compactable Read Only Memory
Compact Data Read Only Memory
Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
Compact Disk Read Only Memory

17. Identify the true statement
Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer from GIGO
Computers are reliable because they use electronic component which have very low failure rate
Computer is never tired and does not suffer from boredom
All of above

18. FORTRAN is
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation

19. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as
Hardware
Software
Firmware
ROM ware

20. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?
Static RAM
) Dynamic RAM
EPROM
ROM

21. What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?
Compiler
Interpreter
Debugger
Assembler

22. Serial access memories are useful in applications where
Data consists of numbers
Short access time is required
Each stored word is processed differently
Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form

23. In ________ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?
Full-duplex
Simplex
Half-duplex
None of the above

24. Who invented Slide Rules?
John Napier
William Oughtred
Gottfried Leibnitz
Blaise Pascal

25. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is
An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers
A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator
Any machine that can perform mathematical operations
A machine that works on binary code

26. Memory is made up of
Set of wires
Set of circuits
Large number of cells
All of these

27. Which of the following is the most powerful computers?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers

28. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?
Daisy wheel printer
Line printer
Laser printer
Thermal printer

29. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is knon as
Car
Bus
Truck
Road

30. Which term is used to describe RAM?
Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
Static RAM (SRAM)
Video RAM (VRAM)
All of the above

31. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?
1964
1975
1999
1944

32. Assembly language started to be used from
first generation computers
second generation computers
third generation computers
fourth generation computers

33. Which technology is more reliable?
Mechanical
Electro-Mechanical
Electronic
For reliability it does not matter. So all of above are reliable

34. Which of the following is not an XT microprocessor?
8006
8086
8088
None of above

35. Hard disk is coated in both side with
Magnetic metallic oxide
Optical metallic oxide
Carbon layer
All of the above

36. ASCII stands for
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information

37. Raw facts and figures about any particular topic are
Information
facts
data
none of above

38. A computer can solve more than one kind of problem. This is related to which of the following characteristics?
Accuracy
Reliability
Versatility
Automatic

39. From which generation computers the printers were used?
first
second
third
fourth

40. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
32
116
58
76

41. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands electronic components per chip
SSI
MSI
LSI
VLSI

42. An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is
Desktop publishing program
Database
Spreadsheet
All of above

43. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
1820
1860
1855
1870

44. What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
AX3/33
NEC-20
Magnum 2000
HCL-3000

45. In analog computer
Input is first converted to digital form
Input is never converted to digital form
Output is displayed in digital form
All of above

46. Which of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
ENIAC
EDVAC
UNIVAC
EDSAC

47. When was the company named IBM?
1914
1924
1975
None of above

48. Which of the following storage device can store the largest amount of data?
Hard Disks
Flash Disks
Blu-Ray Disks
DVDs

49. Who invented Mark I?
Howard Aikin
J. P. Eckert
John Mauchley
John v. Atanasoff

50. ALU is
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Array Logic Unit
Application Logic Unit
None of above

51. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator

52. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
1978
1984
1990
1991

53. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT ack like
an amplifier
a switch
a router
None of above

54. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
More expensive
More portable
Less rigid
Slowly accessed

55. Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
RAM
Registers
Disks
Pen Drive

56. The octal equivalence of 111010 is
81
72
71
None of above

57. Excessive parallel processing is related to
First generation
Fourth generation
Fifth Generation
Third generation

58. second generation computers were developed during
1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
1965 to 1970
1970 to 1990

59. What do you call a single point on a computer screen?
Cell
Element
Pixel
Bit

60. Mostly which of the following device is used to carry user files?
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
RAM
CDROM