20/04/2016
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS :- LEVEL 1(100 QUESTIONS)
COMMENT ON any doubtS......
1. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Analytical Engine
B) Arithmetic Machine
C) Donald Kunth
D) All of above [a]
2. The processing speed of first generation computers was
A) milliseconds
B) microseconds
C) nanoseconds
D) picoseconds [a]
3. Model 5100 was ______ in 1957.
A) The first PC built by IBM
B) The first PC built by Apple
C) The firs [a]
4. VGA is
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter [a]
5. 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 [a]
6. Which of the following is not a class based on size?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Micro Computer
C) Mini Computer
D) Digital Computer [d]
7. 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 [d]
8. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
A) Hard Disks
B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs [a]
9. 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 [d]
10. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from
A) Latin language
B) Greek Language
C) Sanskrit language
D) Ancient Egypt [a]
11. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
A) Parallel only
B) Sequentially only
C) Both sequentially and parallel
D) All of above [c]
12. 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 [c]
13. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
A) CPU
B) Memory
C) Mass storage
D) Secondary storage [c]
14. 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 [b]
15. 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 [d]
16. 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 [d]
17. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer?
A) PIM/m
B) ICL 2950
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above [a]
18. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
A) Direct access
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
D) None of above [c]
19. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
A) IBM 360
B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8
D) HP2115 [b]
20. 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 [c]
21. 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 [d]
22. 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 [c]
23. 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 [c]
24. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
B) Workers
C) Foremen
D) Managers [d]
25. Which is valid statement
A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes [a]
26. 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 [a]
27. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) John Mauchly
C) Blaise Pascal [c]
28. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A) Compactness
B) Potential capacity
C) Durability
D) Cost effectiveness [b]
29. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth [a]
30. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer
C) Large-scale computer
D) Super computer [a]
31. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
A) Petal printer
B) Golf ball printer
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer [b]
32. Cursor is a ____
A) Pixel
B) Thin blinking line
C) Pointing device
D) None of these [b]
33. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Tape
C) Network Drive
D) All of the above [d]
34. 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 [c]
35. 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 [d]
36. 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
[c]
37. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers [b]
38. Slide Rules was invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above [c]
39. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
A) 680 KB
B) 680 Bytes
C) 680 MB
D) 680 GB [c]
40. Which of the following required large computer memory?
A) Imaging
B) Graphics
C) Voice
D) All of above [d]
41. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Analytical engine
B) Arithmetic machine
C) Donald Knuth
D) All of above [a]
42. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A) heaven
B) sky
C) earth
D) floor [c]
43. All modern computer operate on
A) Information
B) Floppies
C) Data
D) Word [c]
44. The computer that can input analog signals and return result in digital form
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) Mainframe Computers [c]
45. 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 [a]
46. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
A) Digital paper
B) Magneto-optical disk
C) WORM disk
D) CD-ROM disk [d]
47. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A) LISP
B) C
C) QBASIC
D) FORTRAN [d]
48. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?
A) Dumb terminal
B) Smart terminal
C) VDT
D) Intelligent terminal [d]
49. Floppy disks typically in diameter
A) 3?
B) 5.25?
C) 8?
D) All of above [d]
50. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
A) 9 or 32
B) 30 or 70
C) 28 or 72
D) 30 or 72 [d]
51. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape
B) Printer
C) Disk
D) Bus [b]
52. Which is not consisted in a processor
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) Registers [c]
53. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged to
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generation
D) Froth Generation [b]
54. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Discrete Components
C) IC
D) Bio Chips [c]
55. 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 [c]
56. 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 [a]
57. Second Generation computers were developed during
A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990 [b]
58. 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 [c]
59. 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 [b]
60. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
A) 1964
B) 1970
C) 1983
D) 1986 [c]
61. 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 [b]
62. 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 [b]
63. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called
A) Software
B) Human ware
C) Firmware
D) Hardware [b]
64. Which of the following is input device?
A) scanner
B) speaker
C) monitor
D) projector [a]
65. 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 [d]
66. 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 [c]
67. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Networking, what is its full form?
A) WAP Area Network
B) Wide Area Network
C) Wide Array of Network
D) Wireless Access Network [b]
68. In which language is source program written?
A) English
B) Symbolic
C) High level
D) Temporary [c]
69. 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 [a]
70. A song being played on computer speaker is
A) hard output
B) soft output
C) both hard and soft output
D) neither hard nor soft output [b]
71. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A) Additional Terminals
B) Advance technology
C) Applied technology
D) Advanced terminology [b]
72. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB
C) 256KB & 640KB
D) None of these [c]
73. 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 [a]
74. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
A) Intel
B) Motorola
C) Both of above
D) None of above [b]
75. 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 [d]
76. 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 [a]
77. 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 [a]
78. 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 [d]
79. 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 [c]
80. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Joystick
D) Track ball [b]
81. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth [d]
82. 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 [a]
83. The operating speed of third generation computer was
A) Milliseconds
B) Microseconds
C) Nanoseconds
D) Picoseconds [c]
84. 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 [d]
85. 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 [c]
86. 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 [b]
87. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
A) ICL/2950
B) ENIAC
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above [c]
88. 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. [c]
89. Basic is ________ language.
A) a procedural
B) an object oriented
C) both A and B
D) none of the above [a]
90. 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 [a]
91. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
A) Semiconductor Memories
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Magnetic Tapes
D) Compact Disks [a]
92. 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 [b]
93. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer
D) Mainframe computer [c]
94. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
A) Intel 308
B) Intel 33
C) Intel 4004
D) Motorola 639 [c]
95. 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 [a]
96. How many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memory
A) 8
B) 4
C) 16
D) 2 [d]
97. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A) 1982
B) 1984
C) 1985
D) 1989[b]
98. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) RAM chips
B) ROM chips
C) Micro processors
D) PROM chips [c]
99. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
C) IBM Compatibles
D) Both A & C [d]
100. 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 [c]
