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6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular
character coding systems. What does
EBCDIC stand for?
A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal
Interchange Code
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange
1. UNIVAC is Code
A) Universal Automatic Computer C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange
B) Universal Array Computer Code
C) Unique Automatic Computer D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer Code
Ans A Ans A

2. The basic operations performed by a

computer are 7. The brain of any computer system is
A) Arithmetic operation A) ALU
B) Logical operation B) Memory
C) Storage and relative C) CPU
D) All the above D) Control unit
Ans D Ans C

3. The two major types of computer chips are 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends
A) External memory chip on
B) Primary memory chip A) tracks per inch of surface
C) Microprocessor chip B) bits per inch of tracks
D) Both b and c C) disk pack in disk surface
Ans D D) All of above

4. Microprocessors as switching devices are for Ans D

which generation computers
A) First Generation 9. The two kinds of main memory are:
B) Second Generation A) Primary and secondary
C) Third Generation B) Random and sequential
D) Fourth Generation C) ROM and RAM
Ans D D) All of above
Ans C
5. What is the main difference between a
mainframe and a super computer? 10. A storage area used to store data to a
A) Super computer is much larger than compensate for the difference in speed at
mainframe computers which the different units can handle data is
B) Super computers are much smaller than A) Memory
mainframe computers B) Buffer
C) Supercomputers are focused to execute few C) Accumulator
programs as fast as possible while mainframe D) Address
uses its power to execute as many programs Ans B
concurrently
D) Supercomputers are focused to execute as 11. Computer is free from tiresome and
many programs as possible while mainframe boardroom. We call it
uses its power to execute few programs as fast as A) Accuracy
possible. B) Reliability
Ans C C) Diligence
D) Versatility
Ans C

18. To produce high quality graphics

12. Integrated Circuits (ICs) are related to (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use
which generation of computers? a/n
A) First generation A) RGB monitor
B) Second generation B) Plotter
C) Third generation C) Ink-jet printer
D) Fourth generation D) Laser printer
Ans C Ans B

13. CD-ROM is a 19. What are the stages in the compilation

A) Semiconductor memory process?
B) Memory register A) Feasibility study, system design and testing
C) Magnetic memory B) Implementation and documentation
D) None of above C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code
Ans D generation
D) None of the above

14. A hybrid computer Ans C

A) Resembles digital computer
B) Resembles analogue computer 20. Which of the following IC was used in
C) Resembles both a digital and analogue third generation of computers?
computer A) SSI
D) None of the above B) MSI
Ans C C) LSI
D) Both a and b
15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code Ans D
called EBCDIC?
A) Minicomputers 21. The main electronic component used in
B) Microcomputers first generation computers was
C) Mainframe computers A) Transistors
D) Super computer B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
Ans C C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above

16. The ALU of a computer responds to the Ans B

commands coming from
A) Primary memory 22. A dumb terminal has
B) Control section A) an embedded microprocessor
C) External memory B) extensive memory
D) Cache memory C) independent processing capability
Ans B D) a keyboard and screen
Ans D

17. Chief component of first generation

computer was 23. One millisecond is
A) Transistors A) 1 second
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves B) 10th of a seconds
C) Integrated Circuits C) 1000th of a seconds
D) None of above D) 10000th of a seconds Visit
Ans B Ans C
24. The output quality of a printer is measured 30. High density double sided floppy disks
by could store _____ of data
A) Dot per sq. inch A) 1.40 MB
B) Dot per inch B) 1.44 GB
C) Dots printed per unit time C) 1.40 GB
D) All of the above D) 1.44 MB
Ans B Ans D

25. Which of the following was a special 31. A high quality CAD system uses the
purpose computer? following for printing drawing and graphs
A) ABC A) Dot matrix printer
B) ENIAC B) Digital plotter
C) EDVAC C) Line printer
D) All of the above D) All of the above
Ans A Ans B

26. What was the computer invented by 32. Which of the following is not an input
Attanasoff and Clifford? device?
A) Mark I A) OCR
B) ABC B) Optical scanners
C) Z3 C) Voice recognition device
D) None of above D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
Ans B Ans D

27. Which of the following storage devices can 33. The accuracy of the floating-point
numbers
store maximum amount of data? representable in two 16-bit words of a
A) Floppy Disk computer is approximately
B) Hard Disk A) 16 digits
C) Compact Disk B) 6 digits
D) Magneto Optic Disk C) 9 digits
Ans B D) All of above
Ans A

28. Which computer was considered the first

electronic computer until 1973 when court 34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the
invalidated the patent? device drivers, memory, expansion slots and
A) ENIAC active components are mounted on a single
B) MARK I board. What is the name of the board?
C) Z3 A) Motherboard
D) ABC B) Daughterboard
Ans A C) Bredboard
D) Fatherboard

29. A physical connection between the Ans A

microprocessor memory and other parts of the
microcomputer is known as 35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device
A) Path drives, memory expansion slots and active
B) Address bus components are mounted on a single board.
C) Route What is the name of this board?
D) All of the above A) Motherboard
Ans B B) Breadboard

C) Daughter board
D) Grandmother board
Ans A A) Laser printer
B) Ink jet printer

36. Magnetic disks are the most popular C) Plotter

medium for D) Dot matrix printer
A) Direct access Ans C
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above 42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is
D) None of above A) XT computer
Ans D B) AT computers
C) PS/2 computer

37. A technique used by codes to convert an D) None of above

analog signal into a digital bit stream is known Ans B
as
A) Pulse code modulation 43. An application suitable for sequential
B) Pulse stretcher processing is
C) Query processing A) Processing of grades
D) Queue management B) Payroll processing
Ans A C) Both a and b
D) All of above

38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more Ans C

correct?
A) It is an output device 44. Which of the following is not processing?
B) It is an input device A) arranging
C) It is a peripheral device B) manipulating
D) It is hardware item C) calculating
Ans C D) gathering
Ans D

39. A modern electronic computer is a machine

that is meant for 45. The digital computer was developed
A) Doing quick mathematical calculations primarily in
B) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of A) USSR
data B) Japan
C) Electronic data processing C) USA
D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately D) UK
Ans B Ans C

40. When was vacuum tube invented? 46. Software in computer

A) 1900 A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware
B) 1906 machine
C) 1910 B) Increase the speed of central processing unit
D) 1880 C) Both of above
Ans B D) None of above
Ans A

41. Which of the following produces the best

quality graphics reproduction?

47. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier 53. Instructions and memory address are
known by different name which was changes in represented by
1924. What was that name? A) Character code
A) Tabulator Machine Co. B) Binary codes
B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co. C) Binary word
C) The Tabulator Ltd. D) Parity bit
D) International Computer Ltd. Ans B
Ans B
54. The terminal device that functions as a cash

48. Before a disk drive can access any sector register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is
record, a computer program has to provide the the:
A) Data collection terminal
record’s disk address. What information does
this address specify? B) OCR register terminal
A) Track number C) Video Display terminal
B) Sector number D) POS terminal
C) Surface number Ans D
D) All of above
Ans D 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is
called ____

49. The arranging of data in a logical sequence A) Counter

is called B) Adder
A) Sorting C) Register
B) Classifying D) None of the above
C) Reproducing Ans A
D) Summarizing
Ans A 56. People often call ______ as the brain of
computer system

50. What is the responsibility of the logical unit A) Control Unit

in the CPU of a computer? B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
A) To produce result C) Central Processing Unit
B) To compare numbers D) Storage Unit
C) To control flow of information Ans C
D) To do math’s works
Ans B 57. Which is used for manufacturing chips?
A) Bus

51. Abacus was the first B) Control unit

A) electronic computer C) Semiconductors
B) mechanical computer D) A and b only
C) electronic calculator Ans C
D) mechanical calculator
Ans D 58. The value of each bead in heaven is
A) 1

52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify B) 3

address in a RAM, the number of addresses C) 5
will be D) 7
A) 216 Ans C
B) 65,536
C) 64K 59. The first computer introduced in Nepal was
D) Any of the above A) IBM 1400
Ans B B) IBM 1401
C) IBM 1402
D) IBM1402 B) Mouse and digitizer
Ans B C) Light pen
D) All of the above

60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which Ans D

of the following language?
A) Machine language 66. A set of information that defines the status
B) Assembly language of resources allocated to a process is
C) High level language A) Process control
D) None of above B) ALU
Ans B C) Register Unit
D) Process description

61. Instruction in computer languages consists Ans D

of
A) OPCODE 67. E
ach set of Napier’s bones consisted of
B) OPERAND ______ rods.
C) Both of above A) 5
D) None of above B) 9
Ans C C) 11
D) 13

62. Which generation of computer is still under Ans C

development
A) Fourth Generation 68. BCD is
B) Fifth Generation A) Binary Coded Decimal
C) Sixth Generation B) Bit Coded Decimal
D) Seventh Generation C) Binary Coded Digit
Ans B D) Bit Coded Digi
Ans A

63. A register organized to allow to move left or

right operations is called a ____ 69. When was the world’s first laptop computer
A) Counter introduced in the market and by whom?
B) Loader A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980
C) Adder B) Epson, 1981
D) Shift register C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
Ans D D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
Ans B

64. Which was the most popular first

generation computer? 70. From which generation operating systems
A) IBM 650 were developed?
B) IBM 360 A) First
C) IBM 1130 B) Second
D) IBM 2700 C) Third
Ans A D) Fourth
Ans C

65. Which is considered a direct entry input

device?
A) Optical scanner
71. The first firm to mass-market a D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
microcomputer as a personal computer was Ans D
A) IBM
B) Super UNIVAC 78. What type of control pins are needed in a
C) Radio Shaks microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus,
D) Data General Corporation in order to prevent two devices from trying to
Ans C use it at the same time?
A) Bus control

72. How many address lines are needed to B) Interrupts

address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 C) Bus arbitration
memory chip? D) Status
A) 10 Ans C
B) 11
C) 8 79. Where as a computer mouse moves over the
D) 12 table surface, the trackball is
Ans B A) Stationary
B) Difficult to move

73. Properly arranged data is called C) Dragged

A) Field D) Moved in small steps
B) Words Ans A
C) Information
D) File 80. Which of the following is used as a primary
Ans C storage device?
A) Magnetic drum

74. A computer consists of B) Hard Disks

A) A central processing unit C) Floppy
B) A memory D) All of above
C) Input and output unit Ans A
D) All of the above
Ans D 81. Multi user systems provided cost savings for
small business because they use a single

75. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves? processing unit to link several
A) Because they can amplify the weak signals A) Personal computers
and make them strong B) Workstations
B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of C) Dumb terminals
current D) Mainframes
C) Both of above Ans C
D) None of above
Ans B 82. What are the three decisions making
operations performed by the ALU of a

76. John Napier invented Logarithm in computer?

A) 1614 A) Grater than
B) 1617 B) Less than
C) 1620 C) Equal to
D) None of above D) All of the above
Ans A Ans D

77. An integrated circuit is 83. The word processing task associated with
A) A complicated circuit changing the appearance of a document is
B) An integrating device A) Editing
C) Much costlier than a single transistor B) Writing
C) Formatting C) ADA is a programming language developed
D) All of above by US Defense
Ans C D) All of above
Ans D

84. Nepal brought a computer for census of

2028 BS. This computer was of 90. A compiler is a translating program which
A) first generation A) Translates instruction of a high level
B) second generation language into machine language
C) third generation B) Translates entire source program into
D) fourth generation machine language program
Ans B C) It is not involved in program’s execution
D) All of above

85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to Ans D

A) Know the memory capacity
B) Identify the base of a number system 91. What is required when more than one
C) Direct the output to a printer person uses a central computer at the same
D) Specify the problem completely and clearly time?
Ans D A) Light pen
B) Mouse

86. Which statement is valid about computer C) Digitizer

program? D) Terminal
A) It is understood by a computer Ans D
B) It is understood by programmer
C) It is understood user 92. Which of the following is the first computer
D) Both a & b to use Stored Program Concept?
Ans D A) UNIVAC
B) ENIAC

87. The difference between memory and storage C) EDSAC

is that memory is _____ and storage is __ D) None of above
A) Temporary, permanent Ans C
B) Permanent, temporary
C) Slow, fast 93. The term gigabyte refers to
D) All of above A) 1024 bytes
Ans A B) 1024 kilobytes
C) 1024 megabytes
88. When was Pascaline invented? D) 1024 gigabyte
A) 1617 Ans C
B) 1620
C) 1642 94. in
which year was UK’s premier computing
D) 1837 event started?
Ans C A) 1980
B) 1985

89. Which of the following statement is valid? C) 1986

A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer D) 1987
B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous Ans A
English poet
95. Once you load the suitable program and A) Operating Systems
provide required data, computer does not need B) Parallel Processing
human intervention. This feature is known as C) ULSI
A) Accuracy D) None of above
B) Reliability Ans B
C) Versatility
D) Automatic 102. Which of the following memory medium is
Ans D not used as main memory system?
A) Magnetic core

96. What is a brand? B) Semiconductor

A) The name of companies that made computers C) Magnetic tape
B) The name of product a company gives to D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
identify its product in market Ans C
C) A name of class to indicate all similar
products from different companies 103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer
D) All of above consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying
Ans B capacities
A) Memory or video

97. Machine language is B) Magnetic or optical

A) Machine dependent C) Optical or memory
B) Difficult to program D) Video or magnetic
C) Error prone Ans B
D) All of above
Ans D 104. Programs designed to perform specific
tasks is known as

98. A byte consists of A) system software

A) One bit B) application software
B) Four bits C) utility programs
C) Eight bits D) operating system
D) Sixteen bits Ans B
Ans C
105. Computer operators

99. Modern Computers are very reliable but A) writes computer programs for specific
they are not problems
A) Fast B) operate the device which input and output
B) Powerful data from the computer
C) Infallible C) normally require a college degree in computer
D) Cheap science
Ans C D) all of the above
Ans B

100. What is the date when Babbage conceived

Analytical engine 106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses
A) 1642 software?
B) 1837 A) NAV
C) 1880 B) F-Prot
D) 1850 C) Oracle
Ans B D) McAfee
Ans C

101. What was the expected feature of fifth

generation computers when Japan started 107. What is a compiler?
FGCS?
A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as B) Graphics
the program is run C) Voice
B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher D) All of Above
level program code into machine code in one Ans D
step
C) A compiler is a general purpose language 113. Which of the following is machine
providing very efficient execution independence program?
D) None of the above A) High level language
Ans B B) Low level language
C) Assembly language

108. _______ computers are also called D) Machine language

personal computers Ans A
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers 114. When was the first electro-mechanical
C) Micro Computers computer developed?
D) Super Computers A) 1880
Ans C B) 1990
C) 1944

109. Which of the following is not input unit D) None of above

device? Ans C
A) scanner
B) camera 115. The first machine to successfully perform
C) plotter a long series of arithmetic and logical
D) digitizer operations was:
Ans C A) ENIAC
B) Mark-I

110. Identify the correct statement C) Analytic Engine

A) IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs D) UNIVAC-1
B) Macintosh used CISC CPU design Ans B
C) IBM used CISC CPU design 116. Which one is the largest space?
D) None of above is true A) kilobyte
Ans C B) petabyte

C) terabyte
111. Which of the following statement is false? D) gigabyte
A) Mechanical analog computers have existed Ans B
for thousands of years
B) There are mechanical analog computers and 117. FORTRAN
programming language is
electronic analog computers. more suitable for ____
C) All electronic computers are digital computers A) Business Applications
D) All of above are false B) Marketing Applications
Ans C C) Scientific Applications
D) None of the above

112. Which of the following require large Ans C

computers memory?
A) Imaging
118. The brain of any computer system is
A) Control Unit 125. Most of the first generation computers
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit were
C) Central Processing Unit A) Special purpose computers
D) Storage Unit B) General purpose computers
Ans C C) Both of above
D) None of above

119. Analog computer works on the supply of Ans A

A) Continuous electrical pulses
B) Electrical pulses but not continuous 126. Floppy disks typically in diameter
C) Magnetic strength A) 3
D) None of the above B) 5.25
Ans A C) 8
D) All of above

120. An error in software or hardware is called Ans D

a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon
for it? 127. The output quality of a printer is
A) Leech measured by
B) Squid A) Dot per inch
C) Slug B) Dot per sq. inch
D) Glitch C) Dots printed per unit time
Ans D D) All of above
Ans A

121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __

A) Compact size; speed readability 128. On a PC, how much memory is available
B) Compact size, speed to application software?
C) Readability; speed A) 1024 KB
D) Low cost; readability B) 760 KB
Ans A C) 640 KB
D) 560 KB

122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________. Ans C

A) Basic Input Output System
B) Best Input Output System 129. In a computer _____ is capable to store
C) Basic Input Output Symbol single binary bit.
D) Base Input Output System A) Capacitor
Ans A B) Flip flop
 C) Register

123. Which printer is very commonly used for D) Inductor

desktop publishing? Ans B
A) Laser printer
B) Inkjet printer 130. What does DMA stand for?
C) Daisywheel printer A) Distinct Memory Access
D) Dot matrix printer B) Direct Memory Access
Ans A C) Direct Module Access
D) Direct Memory Allocation

124. IBM 1401 is Ans B

A) First Generation Computer
B) Second Generation Computer 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
C) Third Generation Computer A) Jack Kilby
D) Fourth Generation Computer B) Robert Noyce
Ans B C) Both of above
D) None of above
Ans C 137. Which of the following are the best units
of data on an external storage device?

132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers A) Bits

comes under? B) Bytes
A) System Software C) Hertz
B) Application Software D) Clock cycles
C) Utilities Ans B
D) None of the above
Ans A 138. The personal computer industry was
started by

133. One computer that is not considered a A) IBM

portable is B) Apple
A) Minicomputer C) Compaq
B) Laptop computer D) HCL
C) Notebook computer Ans A
D) All of above
Ans A 139. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
A) Which is used by one person only

134. Which of the following is not an electronic B) Which is assigned one and only one task
computer? C) Which uses one kind of software
A) ENIAC D) Which is meant for application software
B) ABC Ans B
C) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC 140. Which programming languages are
Ans C classified as low level languages?
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN

135. What is the name of the display feature B) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
that highlights are of the screen which requires C) Knowledge based Systems
operator attention? D) Assembly Languages
A) Pixel Ans A
B) Reverse video
C) Touch screen 141. What was the main disadvantage of
D) Cursor vacuum tubes?
Ans C A) They were larger in size
B) They consumed a lot of electricity

136. Which is the largest computer? C) They produced heat and often burned out
A) Mainframe Computer D) The operation cost was high
B) Mini Computers Ans A
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers
Ans A
142. Registers, which are partially visible to A) Input, output and processing
users and used to hold conditional, are known B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary
as storage
A) PC C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and
B) Memory address registers primary storage
C) General purpose register D) Control unit, processing, and primary storage
D) Flags Ans C
Ans C
149. The notable features like keyboards,

143. Which is not a computer of first monitors, GUI were developed in

generation? A) First generation
A) ENIAC B) Second generation
B) UNIVAC C) Third generation
C) IBM 360 D) Fourth generation
D) IBM 1401 Ans C
Ans D
150. UNIVAC is

144. Registers which are partially visible to A) Universal Automatic Computer

users and used to hold conditional codes (bits B) Universal Array Computer
set by the CPU hardware as the result of C) Unique Automatic Computer
operations), are known as D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
A) PC Ans A
B) Flags
C) Memory Address Registers 151. Which is the highest form?
D) General Purpose Registers A) Data
Ans B B) Information
C) Knowledge

145. Who invented vacuum tubes? D) All of above

A) John Bardeen Ans c
B) William Shockley 152. Who is credited with the idea of using
C) Lee de Forest punch cards to control patterns in a waving
D) All of above machine?
Ans C A) Pascal
B) Hollerith

146. An approach that permits the computer to C) Babbage

work on several programs instead of one is D) Jacquard
A) On-line thesaurus Ans D
B) Multiprogramming 153. What is an interpreter?
C) Over lapped processing A) An interpreter does the conversion line by
D) Outline processor line as the program is run
Ans C B) An interpreter is the representation of the
system being designed

147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept C) An interpreter is a general purpose language
A) John Mauchley providing very efficient execution
B) J.P. Eckert D) None of the above
C) John Neumann Ans B
D) Joseph Jacquard 154. Which is a semi conductor memory?
Ans C A) Dynamic
B) Static

148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists C) Bubble

of D) Both a & b
Ans D C) ALU
D) Control Unit

155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. Ans B

A) 2 pair
B) 3 pair 162. The full form of ALU is
C) 4 pair A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
D) 5 pair B) Array Logic Unit
Ans C C) Application Logic Unit

156. Which of the following is not a valid size of D) None of above

a Floppy Disk? Ans A
A) 8?
B) 5 ¼? 163. What produces useful information out of
C) 3 ½? data?
D) 5 ½? A) Computer
Ans D B) Processing
C) Programming

157. The earliest calculating devices are D) none of above

A) Abacus Ans B
B) Clock
C) Difference Engine 164. Which of the following device was not
D) None of these invented by Babbage?
Ans A A) Pascaline ANS A
B) Difference Engine

158. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___ C) Analytical Engine

A) 4 bits D) None of above
B) 8 bits Ans A
C) 16 bits
D) 64 bits 165. A digital computer did not score over an
Ans B analog computer in terms of
A) Speed

159. What was the first computer to perform all B) Accuracy

calculation using electronics rather than C) Reliability
wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? D) Cost
A) Mark I Ans B
B) ABC
C) Z3
D) None of above
Ans B

160. A directly accessible appointment calendar

is feature of a __ resident package
A) CPU
B) Memory
C) Buffer
D) ALU
Ans B

161. Which unit converts computer data into

human readable form?
A) Input unit
B) Output unit
166. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
A) Binary
B) Decimal
C) Hexadecimal
D) Octal
Ans A

167. 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
Ans B

168. A paper printout of a document is known as

A) Softcopy output
B) Hardcopy output
C) Permanent Output
D) All of above
Ans B

169. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?

A) Vacuum tubes
B) Transistors
C) ICs
D) All of above
Ans C

170. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called

A) Read-out
B) Read from
C) Read
D) All of above
Ans D
171. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
A) Disk unit
B) Control unit
C) ALU
D) Modem
Ans C

172. ABC is a
A) Special purpose computer
B) General purpose computer
C) All Purpose Computer
D) None of above
Ans A

173. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
A) ASCII
B) BCD
C) EBCDIC
D) All of above
Ans A

174. When was the X window system born?

A) 1984
B) 1989
C) 1988
D) 1990
Ans A

175. What is the first stage in software development?

A) Specification and design
B) Testing
C) System Analysis
D) Maintenance
Ans C

176. Which of the following is valid statement?

A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
B) The data that is processed is called a program
C) The data which is not yet processed is information
D) Information is processed by computer to generate data.
Ans A

177. The Second Generation Computer was based on ________.

A) Vacuum Tube
B) Silicon Chips
C) Transistor
D) Bio Chips
Ans C

178. EBCDIC stands for

A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Ans A

179. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to
A) Console-operator
B) Programmer
C) Peopleware
D) System Analyst
Ans B

180. IBM System/360 is

A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) None of above
Ans A

181. A system is
A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
B) input unit
C) input and output unit
D) input, output and storage units
Ans A

182. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A) Cobol
B) BASIC
C) C
D) LISP
Ans A

183. The translator program used in assembly language is called

A) Compiler
B) Interpreter
C) Assembler
D) Translator
Ans C

184. EEPROM stands for

A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
D) None of the above
Ans A

185. Regarding data, computers are very good at

A) store
B) Processing
C) retrieve
D) All of above
Ans D

186. Bit map terminal

A) support display containing multiple windows
B) require considerable amount of video RAM
C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance
D) all of above
Ans D

187. First generation computers used _________ for memory

A) vacuum tubes
B) silicon chips
C) magnetic drum
D) RAM
Ans C
188. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
A) ROM
B) RAM
C) EPROM
D) None of above
Ans B

189. EPROM can be used for

A) Erasing the contents of ROM
B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
D) Duplicating ROM
Ans C

190. ENIAC uses A) 2 byte

A) Decimal Numbering System B) 32 byte
B) Octal Numbering System C) 4 byte
C) Binary Numbering System D) 8 byte
D) Hexadecimal Numbering System Ans C
Ans A
194. The term GIGO is related to

A) Accuracy
191. A term associated with the comparison of B) Reliability
processing speeds of different computer system C) Versatility
is: D) Automatic
Ans A

195. Web cam is an

A) input unit device
B) output unit device
C) processing device
D) Input and Output device
Ans A

196. Bit stands for

A) Binary digits
A) EFTS B) bit of system
B) MPG C) a part of byte
C) MIPS D) All of above
D) CPS Ans A
Ans C
197. Access time is

192. which of the following is problem oriented A) seek time + latency time
language? B) seek time
A) High level language C) seek time ? latency time
B) Machine language D) latency time
C) Assembly language Ans A
D) Low level language
Ans C 198. Which device can understand difference
between data & programs?

193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word A) Input device

length equal to B) Output device
C) Memory A) Wap Area Network
D) Microprocessor B) Wide Area Network
Ans D C) Wide Array Net
D) Wireless Area Network

199. Which of the following is a read only Ans B

memory storage device?
A) Floppy Disk 206. An error in computer data is called
B) CD-ROM A) Chip
C) Hard Disk B) Bug
D) None of these C) CPU
Ans B D) Storage device
Ans B

200. Symbolic logic was discovered by

A) George Boole 207. The instructions for starting the
B) Herman Hollerith computer are house on
C) Van Neumann A) Random access memory
D) Basic Pascal B) CD-Rom
Ans A C) Read only memory chip
D) All of above

201. Which of the following is not valid Ans C

statement?
A) Hard is referred to mean something 208. 1 nibble equals to
temporary A) 1 bits
B) Hard is used to mean something tangible B) 2 bits
C) Soft is used to mean something permanent C) 4 bits
D) Soft is used to mean something tangible D) 8 bits
Ans B Ans C

202. Digital devices are 209. Perforated paper used as input of output
A) Digital Clock media is known as
B) Automobile speed meter A) paper tapes
C) Clock with a dial and two hands B) magnetic tape
D) All of them C) punched papers tape
Ans A D) card punch
Ans A
203. Primary memory stores
A) Data alone 210. The secondary storage devices can only
B) Programs alone store data but they cannot perform
C) Results alone A) Arithmetic Operation
D) All of these B) Logic operation
Ans D C) Fetch operations
D) Either of the above

204. After copying the content how many times Ans D

can you paste?
A) 1
B) 16
C) 32 211. Which American computer company is
D) Many called Big Blue?
Ans D A) Microsoft
B) Compaq Corp

205. WAN stands for C) IBM

D) Tandy Svenson C) Both of above
Ans C D) None of above
Ans C

212. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was

brought in to calculate census data. 214. Which of the following is the largest
A) IBM 1400 unit?
B) IBM 1401 A) data
C) ICL 2950 B) field
D) None of above C) record
Ans B D) database file
Ans D

213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

A) John v. Atanasoff
B) Clifford Berry
215. Find out who is not the inventor of
transistors among following names 221. Which unit holds data temporarily?
A) John Burdeen A) Input unit
B) William Shockley B) Secondary storage unit
C) Walter Brattain C) Output Unit
D) Lee de Forest D) Primary Memory Unit
Ans D Ans D

216. Which of the following is not true for a 222. The computer size was very large in
magnetic disk? A) First Generation
A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape B) Second Generation
B) It provides only sequential access to stored C) Third Generation
data D) Fourth Generation
C) Users can easily update records by writing Ans A
over the old data
D) All of above 223. A name or number used to identify
Ans B storage location devices?
A) A byte

217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is B) A record

A) It is quieter than an impact printer C) An address
B) It is very slow D) All of above
C) The output is of a lower quality Ans C
D) None of the above
Ans D 224. Which of the following is not computer
language?

218. The most commonly used standard data A) High level language
code to represent alphabetical, numerical and B) Medium level language
punctuation characters used in electronic data C) Low level language
processing system is called D) All of the above
A) ASCII Ans B
B) EBCDIC
C) BCD 225. Reading data is performed in magnetic
D) All of above disk by
Ans A A) Read/write leads
B) Sectors

219. Which access method is used to access C) Track

cassette tape? D) Lower surface
A) Direct Ans A
B) Sequential
C) Both of the above 226. IBM 7000 digital computer
D) None of the above A) Belongs to second generation
Ans B B) Uses VLSI
C) Employs semiconductor memory

220. A Compiler is ____ D) Has modular constructions

A) a combination of computer hardware Ans D
B) a program which translates from one high-
level language to another 227. Which of the following is not electro-
C) a program which translates from one high-mechanical computer?
level to a machine level language A) Mark I
D) None of these B) ABC
Ans C C) Zuse
D) UNIVAC A) Machine language
Ans D B) Assembly language
C) Both of above

228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from D) None of above

A) Greek language Ans A
B) Sanskrit language
C) Latin language 234. To locate a data item for storage is
D) German language A) Field
Ans C B) Feed
C) Database

229. Which statement is valid about magnetic D) Fetch

tape? Ans D
A) It is a plastic ribbon
B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide 235. Who used punched cards practically for
C) It can be erased and reused the first time in the history of computers?
D) All of above A) Charles Babbage
Ans D B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin

230. Which of the following is first generation D) Joseph Jacquard

computer? Ans B
A) EDSAC
B) IBM 1401 236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
C) CDC 1604 A) Magnetic metallic oxide
D) ICL 2950 B) Optical metallic oxide
Ans A C) Carbon layer
D) All of the above

231. A hard copy would be prepared on a Ans A

A) Line printer 237. Which of the following term means to
B) Dot matrix Printer reckon?
C) Typewriter terminal A) putare
D) All of the above B) com
Ans D C) computa
D) computar

232. The term GIGO is relate to which Ans A

characteristics of computers?
A) Speed 238. An input /output device at which data
B) Automatic enters or leaves a computer system is
C) Accuracy A) Keyboard
D) Reliability B) Terminal
Ans C C) Printer
D) Plotter

233. Which of the following programming Ans B

language were used in first generation
computers?
239. Which of the following is first generation C) DeskPro-386
of computer D) IBM-360
A) EDSAC Ans C
B) IBM-1401
C) CDC-1604 246. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of
D) ICL-2900 a variable or set of variables is termed as
Ans A A) data
B) information

240. A name or number used to identify a C) both of above

storage location is called D) none of above
A) A byte Ans A
B) A record
C) An address 247. Main storage is also called
D) All of above A) Accumulator
Ans C B) Control Unit
C) Register Unit

241. Computer professionals working in a D) Memory

computer centre are Ans D
A) Software
B) Firmware 248. Which of the following are (is) considered
C) Hardware to be video component?
D) Humanware A) Resolution
Ans D B) Color depth
C) Refresh rate

242. The first general purpose electronic D) All of the alcove

computer in the world was Ans D
A) UNIVAC
B) EDVAC 249. For what Antikyathera was used?
C) ENIAC A) For counting
D) All of above B) For Calculating tax collection
Ans C C) For calculating astronomical positions
D) For calculating firing weapons

243. The contents of information are stored in Ans C

A) Memory data register
B) Memory address register 250. Memory unit is one part of
C) Memory arithmetic registers A) Input device
D) Memory access register B) Control unit
Ans A C) Output device
D) Central Processing Unit

244. Which of the following is correct full form Ans D

of BCD?
A) Binary Coded Decimal 251. Microprocessors can be used to make
B) Bit Coded Decimal A) Computer
C) Binary Coded Digit B) Digital systems
D) Bit Coded Digit C) Calculators
Ans A D) All of the above
Ans D

245. Which was the world’s first microcomputer 252. Which statement is valid about
computer
that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip? program?
A) IBM PS/2 A) High level languages must be converted into
B) HP-9830 machine language to execute
B) High level language programs are more B) Computers are reliable because they use
efficient and faster to execute electronic component which have very low
C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high failure rate
level language program than in low level C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer
programs from boredom
D) All of above D) All of above
Ans A Ans D

253. By programmable machine we mean 258. FORTRAN is

A) computers A) File Translation
B) modern television B) Format Translation
C) washing machines C) Formula Translation
D) anything that can be set to perform different D) Floppy Translation
tasks with suitable programs Ans C
Ans A
259. The programs which are as permanent as

254. Which of the following is a secondary hardware and stored in ROM is known as
memory device? A) Hardware
A) Keyboard B) Software
B) Disk C) Firmware
C) ALU D) ROM ware
D) All of the above Ans C
Ans B
260. Which of the following memories must be

255. The memory which is programmed at the refreshed many times per second?
time it is manufactured A) Static RAM
A) ROM B) Dynamic RAM
B) RAM C) EPROM
C) PROM D) ROM
D) EPROM Ans B
Ans C

256. One of the popular mass storage device is 261. What do you call the translator which
CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for? takes assembly language program as input &
A) Compactable Read Only Memory produce machine language code as output?
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory A) Compiler
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory B) Interpreter
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory C) Debugger
Ans D D) Assembler
Ans D

257. Identify the true statement

A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer
from GIGO
262. Serial access memories are useful in A) Daisy wheel printer
applications where B) Line printer
A) Data consists of numbers C) Laser printer
B) Short access time is required D) Thermal printer
C) Each stored word is processed differently Ans C
D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in
serial form \Ans D 269. What is the path from which data flow in a
computer system is known as

263. In ________ mode, the communication A) Car

channel is used in both directions at the same B) Bus
time? C) Truck
A) Full-duplex D) Road
B) Simplex Ans B
C) Half-duplex
D) None of the above 270. Which term is used to describe RAM?
Ans A A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
B) Static RAM (SRAM)

264. Who invented Slide Rules? C) Video RAM (VRAM)

A) John Napier D) All of the above
B) William Oughtred Ans D
C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Blaise Pascal 271. In which year was chip used inside the
Ans B computer for the first time?

265. The proper definition of a modern digital A) 1964

computer is B) 1975
A) An electronic automated machine that can C) 1999
solve problems involving words and numbers D) 1944
B) A more sophistic and modified electronic Ans B
pocket calculator
C) Any machine that can perform mathematical 272. Assembly language started to be used
from
operations A) first generation computers
D) A machine that works on binary code B) second generation computers
Ans A C) third generation computers
D) fourth generation computers

266. Memory is made up of Ans B

A) Set of wires
B) Set of circuits 273. Which technology is more reliable?
C) Large number of cells A) Mechanical
D) All of these B) Electro-Mechanical
Ans C C) Electronic
D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of

267. Which of the following is the most above are reliable

powerful computers? Ans C
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers 274. Which of the following is not an XT
C) Micro Computers microprocessor?
D) Super Computers A) 8006
Ans D B) 8086
C) 8088

268. Which of the printers used in conjunction D) None of above

with computers uses dry ink powder? Ans D
B) 116

275. Hard disk is coated in both side with C) 58

A) Magnetic metallic oxide D) 76
B) Optical metallic oxide Ans A
C) Carbon layer
D) All of the above 281. Following IC chip integrates 100
Ans A thousands electronic components per chip
A) SSI

276. ASCII stands for B) MSI

A) American Stable Code for International C) LSI
Interchange D) VLSI
B) American Standard Case for Institutional Ans C
Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Information 282. An application program that helps the
Interchange user to change any number and immediately
D) American Standard Code for Interchange see the result of that change is
Information A) Desktop publishing program
Ans C B) Database
C) Spreadsheet

277. Raw facts and figures about any D) All of above

particular topic are Ans C
A) Information
B) facts 283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a
C) data machine called the Analytical Engine which he
D) none of above showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year
Ans C was it exhibition?
A) 1820

278. A computer can solve more than one kind B) 1860

of problem. This is related to which of the C) 1855
following characteristics? D) 1870
A) Accuracy Ans C
B) Reliability 284. What is the name of the new color laptop
C) Versatility computer which is powered by a 386 processor
D) Automatic at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
Ans C A) AX3/33
B) NEC-20

279. From which generation computers the C) Magnum 2000

printers were used? D) HCL-3000
A) first Ans A
B) second 285. In analog computer
C) third A) Input is first converted to digital form
D) fourth B) Input is never converted to digital form
Ans B C) Output is displayed in digital form
D) All of the above

280. How many symbols exist in Baudot code? Ans B

A) 32
286. Which of the following computer is not D) 1991
invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly? Ans D
A) ENIAC
B) EDVAC 293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT
C) UNIVAC act like
D) EDSAC A) an amplifier
Ans D B) a switch
C) a router

287. When was the company named IBM? D) None of above

A) 1914 Ans C
B) 1924
C) 1975 294. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks
D) None of above are
Ans B A) More expensive
B) More portable

288. Which of the following storage device can C) Less rigid

store the largest amount of data? D) Slowly accessed
A) Hard Disks Ans A
B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks 295. Which of the following is the most quickly
D) DVDs accessible storage?
Ans A A) RAM
B) Registers

289. Who invented Mark I? C) Disks

A) Howard Aikin D) Pen Drive
B) J. P. Eckert Ans B
C) John Mauchley
D) John v. Atanasoff 296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is
Ans A A) 81
B) 72

290. ALU is C) 71
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit D) None of above
B) Array Logic Unit Ans B
C) Application Logic Unit
D) None of above 297. Excessive parallel processing is related to
Ans A A) First generation
 B) Fourth generation

291. A computer program that converts an C) Fifth Generation

entire program into machine language at one D) Third generation
time is called a/an Ans C
A) Interpreter
B) CPU 298. Second generation computers were
C) Compiler developed during
D) Simulator A) 1949 to 1955
Ans C B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970

292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple D) 1970 to 1990
Computers Inc. decide to join hands? Ans B
A) 1978
B) 1984 299. What do you call a single point on a
C) 1990 computer screen?
A) Cell 304. Can you tell what passes into and out from
B) Element the computer via its ports?
C) Pixel A) Data
D) Bit B) Bytes
Ans C C) Graphics

D) Pictures
300. Mostly which of the following device is Ans A
used to carry user files?
A) Floppy Disk 305. An output device that uses words or
B) Hard Disk messages recorded on a magnetic medium to
C) RAM produce audio response is
D) CDROM A) Magnetic tape
Ans A B) Voice response unit
C) Voice recognition unit

301. Which of the following computer D) Voice band

implemented binary numbers, perform Ans B
calculations using electronics and implemented
separate computation and memory for the first 306. Which of the items below are considered
time? removable storage media?
A) Mark I A) Removable hard disk cartridges
B) ABC B) (Magneto-optical) disk
C) Z3 C) Flexible disks cartridges
D) None of above D) All of the above
Ans B Ans D

302. FORTRAN is a programming language. 307. Which of the following is not purely
What does FORTRAN stand for? output device?
A) File Translation A) Screen
B) Format Translation B) Printer
C) Formula Translation C) Speaker
D) Floppy Translation D) Plotter
Ans C Ans A

303. Which of the following memories needs 308. Who developed a mechanical device in the
refreshing? 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple,
A) SRAM divide and find square roots?
B) DRAM A) Napier
C) ROM B) Babbage
D) All of above C) Pascal
Ans B D) Leibniz
Ans D
309. The first Macintosh computer was from Ans C
A) First generation
B) Second generation 316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide
C) Third generation non-volatile direct access storage of data and
D) Fourth generation that have no moving parts are known as
Ans D A) Magnetic core memory
B) Magnetic tape memory

310. Which of the following is not a form of C) Magnetic disk memory

data? D) Magnetic bubble memory
A) numbers and characters Ans D
B) images
C) sound 317. A collection of related instructions
D) none of above organized for a common purpose is referred to
Ans D as
A) File

311. Which is not a computer classification? B) Database

A) mainframe C) Program
B) maxframe D) None of above
C) mini Ans C
D) notebook
Ans B 318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of
repeatability and

312. The control unit of a microprocessor A) Buffer size

A) Stores data in the memory B) Resolution
B) Accepts input data from keyboard C) Vertical dimensions
C) Performs arithmetic/logic function D) Intelligence
D) None of above Ans B
Ans D
319. Computer instructions written with the use

313. Which of the following is internal of English words instead of binary machine
memory? code is called
A) Disks A) Mnemonics
B) Pen Drives B) Symbolic code
C) RAM C) Gray codes
D) CDs D) Opcode
Ans C Ans B
314. Which operation is not performed by 320. Which language is directly understood by
computer the computer without translation program?
A) Inputting A) Machine language
B) Processing B) Assembly language
C) Controlling C) High level language
D) Understanding D) None of above
Ans D Ans A

315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible 321. On which aspect the analog computers
are
plastic material are also called? better than digital?
A) Hard disks A) Speed
B) High-density disks B) Accuracy
C) Diskettes C) Reliability
D) Templates D) Automatic
Ans B A) One stable state
B) Two stable state

322. Which of the following processors use C) Three stable state

RISC technology? D) None of above
A) 486dx Ans B
B) Power PC
C) 486sx 328. Which of the following is used for
D) 6340 manufacturing chips?
Ans A A) Control bus
B) Control unit

323. Which of the following machine was not C) Parity unit

invented by Charles Babbage? D) Semiconductor
A) Tabulating Machine Ans D
B) Analytical Engine
C) Difference Engine 329. Which of the following is not a micro
D) Both C and D computer?
Ans A A) Laptop PCs
B) Tablet PCs

324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in C) Desktop PCs

its internal memory D) None of above
A) 100 Ans D
B) 20
C) 80 330. The value of each bead in earth is
D) 40 A) 1
Ans B B) 3
C) 5

325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the D) 7

science of Ans A
A) Genetics
B) Control and communication 331. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
C) Molecular biology A) 1416
D) Biochemistry B) 1614
Ans B C) 1641
D) 1804

326. Why ABC is considered electro-Ans B

mechanical computer?
A) Because it was invented before electronic 332. Which of the following terms is the most
computers were developed closely related to main memory?
B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to A) Non volatile
rotate and move to produce result B) Permanent
C) Because they use the flow of electrons in C) Control unit
different component D) Temporary
D) None of above Ans D
Ans B

327. Binary circuit elements have

 A) input unit, output unit, control unit
333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer
and when was it introduced? B) input unit, output unit, control unit and
A) PDP-I, 1958 storage
B) IBM System/36, 1960 C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit
C) PDP-II, 1961 and storage unit
D) VAX 11/780, 1962 D) input, output and storage units
Ans A Ans C

334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or 340. The first general purpose electronic digital
terminals usually under the control of one computer in the world was
master is A) UNIVAC
A) Cylinder B) EDVAC
B) Surface C) ENIAC
C) Track D) All of above
D) Cluster Ans A
Ans D
341. Signals can be analog or digital and a

335. The word length of a computer is computer that processes the both type of signals
measured in is known as
A) Bytes A) Analog computer
B) Millimeters B) Digital Computer
C) Meters C) Hybrid Computer
D) Bits D) Mainframe Computer
Ans D Ans C

336. What type of memory is not directly 342. High level language is also called
addressable by the CPU and requires special A) Problem oriented language
softw3are called EMS (expanded memory B) Business oriented language
specification)? C) Mathematically oriented language
A) Extended D) All of the above
B) Expanded Ans D
C) Base
D) Conventional 343. Human beings are referred to as
Ans B Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico
Sapiens?
337. Which unit holds data permanently? A) Monitor
A) Input unit B) Hardware
B) Secondary storage unit C) Robot
C) Output Unit D) Computer
D) Primary Memory Unit Ans D
Ans B
344. Which of the following file organization is

338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It most efficient for a file with a high degree of
must be_______ file activity?
A) Formatted A) Sequential
B) Reformatted B) ISAM
C) Addressed C) VSAM
D) None of the above D) B-Tree Index
Ans A Ans A

339. Computer system comprises of major units

345. Which of the following is associated with Ans A
error detector?
A) Odd parity bit 351. Number crunchier is the informal name
B) Even parity bit for
C) Both of the above A) Mini computer
D) None of above B) Super computer
Ans C C) Microcomputer
D) Mainframe computer

346. Magnetic tape can serve as Ans B

A) Secondary storage media
B) Output media 352. RATS stand for
C) Input media A) Regression Analysis Time Series
D) All of the above B) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
Ans A C) Real Analysis Series
D) All of above

347. Which company is the biggest player in the Ans A

microprocessor industry?
A) Motorola 353. Which technology is used in Compact
B) IBM disks?
C) Intel A) Mechanical
D) AMD B) Electrical
Ans C C) Electro Magnetic
D) Laser

348. The first digital computer built with IC Ans D

chips was known as
A) IBM 7090 354. Different components of the motherboard
B) Apple ? 1 of a PC unit are linked together by sets of
C) IBM System / 360 parallel electrical conducting lines. What are
D) VAX-10 these lines called?
Ans C A) Conductors
B) Buses

349. EBCDIC can code up to how many C) Connectors

different characters? D) Consecutives
A) 256 Ans B
B) 16
C) 32 355. Which is the first electronic digital
D) 64 computer?
Ans A A) ENIAC
B) MARK I

350. MICR stands for C) Z3

A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader D) ABC
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader Ans D
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
D) None
356. Which of the following is a storage device? B) J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
A) Tape C) Maurice Wilkes
B) Hard Disk D) Howard Aiken
C) Floppy Disk Ans C
D) All of the above
Ans D 363. EEPROM stands for
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read

357. The metal disks, which are permanently Only Memory

housed in, sealed and contamination free B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read
containers are called Only Memory
A) Hard disks C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
B) Floppy disk Memory
C) Winchester disk D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) Flexible disk Memory
Ans C Ans A

358. A computer program that converts an 364. Which of the following is a class of
entire program into machine language is called computers based on model?
a/an A) Digital Computer
A) Interpreter B) Hybrid Computers
B) Simulator C) Analog Computers
C) Compiler D) AT Computers
D) Commander Ans B
Ans C
365. What are the computers called that

359. Intel corporation produces chips for which performs calculations and comparisons
computers? usually in the binary numbering system?
A) IBM PCs A) Analog Computers
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs B) Digital Computers
C) Both of above C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above D) None of above
Ans A Ans D

360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel 366. ASCII stands for
corporation was called A) American Standard Code for Information
A) 8008 Interchange
B) 8080 B) American Scientific Code for International
C) 4004 Interchange
D) 8800 C) American Standard Code for Intelligence
Ans C Interchange
D) American Scientific Code for Information

361. Which of the following is not a class of Interchange

computers based on size? Ans A
A) Mainframe Computers
B) Mini Computers 367. The data recording format in most of the
C) Micro Computers modern magnetic tape is
D) Super Computers A) 7-bit ASCII
Ans D B) 7-bit EBCDIC
C) 8-bit ASCII

362. Who invented EDSAC? D) 8-bit EBCDIC

A) John v. Neumann Ans D
368. Why ABC computer is called so? 374. Which unit converts user data into
A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and machine readable form?
Berry A) Input unit
B) Because it was thought to be the first B) Output unit
computer so named with first alphabets of C) ALU
English D) Control Unit
C) Both of above are the reason to name the Ans A
computer ABC
D) None of above are true 375. Which unit is known as nerve center of
Ans B computer?
A) ALU

369. Who designed the first electronics B) CU

computer ? ENIAC/ C) Memory
A) Von Neumann D) Registers
B) Joseph M Jacquard Ans A
C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
D) All of above 376. What does the disk drive of a computer
Ans C do?
A) Rotate the disk

370. Central Processing Unit is combination of B) Read the disk

A) Control and storage C) Load a program from the disk into the
B) Control and output unit memory
C) Arithmetic logic and input unit D) Both b and c
D) Arithmetic logic and control unit Ans D
Ans D
377. Access time is

371. IBM 1401 computer was A) seek time + latency time

A) Mainframe Computer B) seek time
B) Mini Computers C) seek time
C) Micro Computers D) latency time
D) None of above Ans A
Ans A
378. Who invented the microprocessor?

372. Time during which a job is processed by A) Marcian E Huff

the computer is B) Herman H Goldstein
A) Delay times C) Joseph Jacquard
B) Real time D) All of above
C) Execution time Ans A
D) Down time
Ans C 379. MICR stands for
A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader

373. CD-ROM stands for B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader

A) Compactable Read Only Memory C) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory D) None of the above
C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory Ans A
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
Ans D
380. The Width of a processor’s data path is 386. Through which device the main
measured in bits. Which of the following are components of the computer communicate with
common data paths? each other?
A) 8 bits A) Keyboard
B) 12 bits B) System Bus
C) 16 bits C) Monitor
D) 32 bits D) Memory
Ans A Ans B

381. MSI is the abbreviation of 387. What type of device is computer keyboard?
A) Medium Scale Integrated A) Memory
B) Medium System Integrated B) Output
C) Medium Scale Intelligent
D) Medium System Intelligent C) Storage
Ans A D) Input
Ans B

382. IMB launched its first personal computer

called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, 388. Which is the limitation of high level
disk drives from Tandon, operating system language?
from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the A) Lower efficiency
application software from everywhere. Can you B) Machine dependence
name the country which contribute C) machine level coding
A) India D) None of above
B) China Ans A
C) Germany
D) Taiwan 389. An example of a digital device can be
Ans D A) Digital clock
B) Automobile speed meter

383. Which statement is valid about C) Clock with a dial and two hands
interpreter? D) All of the above
A) It translates one instruction at a time Ans A
B) Object code is saved for future use
C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary 390. Which of the following is not true?
D) All of above A) Transistors are much smaller
Ans B B) Transistors produce low heat
C) Transistors were less reliable
384. Easily reloctable language is D) Transistors were used in radios and other
A) Machine language electronic devices
B) Assembly language Ans C
C) High level language
D) Medium level language 391. A characteristic of card systems is:
Ans B A) Slowness in processing data
B) Using cards as records of transactions

385. Which of the following memories needs C) Needing a larger DP staff

refresh? D) All of the above
A) SRAM Ans D
B) DRAM
C) ROM 392. The full form of EEPROM is
D) All of above A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
Ans B Only Memory
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only A) SRAM
Memory B) DRAM
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read C) ROM
Only Memory D) All of the above
D) None of the above Ans B
Ans A
399. A typical personal computer used for

393. The original ASCII code used__bits of business purposes would have__ of RAM.
each byte, reserving that last bit for error A) 4 KB
checking B) 16 K
A) 5 C) 64 K
B) 6 D) 256 K
C) 7 Ans D
D) 8
Ans C 400. The ALU of a computer normally contains
a number of high speed storage element called

394. A computer programmer A) Semiconductor memory

A) Does all the thinking for a computer B) Registers
B) Can enter input data quickly C) Hard disks
C) Can operate all types of computer equipments D) Magnetic disk
D) Can draw only flowchart Ans B
Ans A
401. Which was the computer conceived by

395. Fifth generation computer is also known Babbage?

as A) Analytical Engine
A) Knowledge information processing system B) Arithmetic Machine
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI) C) Donald Kunth
C) Both of above D) All of above
D) None of above Ans A
Ans A
402. The processing speed of first generation

396. The commonly used standard data code to computers was

represent alphabetical, numerical and A) milliseconds
punctuation characters used in electronic data B) microseconds
processing system is called C) nanoseconds
A) ASCII D) picoseconds
B) EBCDIC Ans A
C) BCD
D) All of above 403. Model 5100 was ______ in 1957.
Ans D A) The first PC built by IBM
B) The first PC built by Apple

397. Which of the following have low failure C) The first PC built by Motorola
rate? D) The first PC built by Intel Visit
A) mechanical devices Ans A
B) electronic devices
C) electro-mechanical devices
D) None of above
Ans B

398. Which of the following memories need

refresh?
404. VGA is
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter
Ans A

405. 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
Ans A

406. Which of the following is not a class based on size?

A) Mainframe Computer
B) Micro Computer
C) Mini Computer
D) Digital Computer
Ans D

407. 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
Ans D

408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?

A) Hard Disks
B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs
Ans A
409. 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
Ans D

410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from

A) Latin language
B) Greek Language
C) Sanskrit language
D) Ancient Egypt
Ans A

411. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

A) Parallel only
B) Sequentially only
C) Both sequentially and parallel
D) All of above
Ans C

412. 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
Ans C

413. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
A) CPU
B) Memory
C) Mass storage
D) Secondary storage
Ans C

414. 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
Ans B

415. 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
Ans D
416. 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
Ans D

417. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer?

A) PIM/m
B) ICL 2950
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above
Ans A

418. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for

A) Direct access
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
D) None of above
Ans C

419. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?

A) IBM 360
B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8
D) HP2115
Ans B

420. 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
Ans C

421. 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
Ans D

422. 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
Ans C
423. 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
Ans C

424. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
B) Workers
C) Foremen
D) Managers
Ans D

425. Which is valid statement

A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes
Ans A

426. 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
Ans A

427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator

A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) John Mauchly
C) Blaise Pascal
D) Howard Aiken

Ans C

428. The most important advantage of a video Ans B

disk is
A) Compactness 432. Cursor is a ____
B) Potential capacity A) Pixel
C) Durability B) Thin blinking line
D) Cost effectiveness C) Pointing device
Ans B D) None of these
Ans B

433. Which device is used to backup the data?

A) Floppy Disk
B) Tape
C) Network Drive
429. Which of the following generation D) All of the above
computers had expensive operation cost? Ans D
A) First
B) Second 434. Which of the following printers are you
C) Third sure will not to use if your objective is to print
D) Fourth on multi carbon forms?
Ans A A) Daisy wheel
B) Dot matrix

430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer C) Laser

class of: D) Thimble
A) Small-scale computer Ans C
B) Medium-scale computer
C) Large-scale computer 435. Which of the following items are examples
D) Super computer of storage devices?
Ans A A) Floppy / hard disks
B) CD-ROMs

431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer C) Tape devices

A) Petal printer D) All of the above
B) Golf ball printer Ans D
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer
436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular
character coding systems. What does ASCII 442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
stand for? A) heaven
A) American Stable Code for International B) sky
Interchange C) earth
B) American Standard Case for Institutional D) floor
Interchange Ans C
C) American Standard Code for Information
Interchange 443. All modern computer operate on
D) American Standard Code for Interchange A) Information
Information B) Floppies
Ans C C) Data
D) Word

437. Which computers are used as servers for Ans C

any medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer 444. The computer that can input analog
B) Mini Computers signals and return result in digital form
C) Micro Computers A) Analog Computers
D) Super Computers B) Digital Computers
Ans B C) Hybrid Computers
D) Mainframe Computers

438. Slide Rules was invented in Ans C

A) 1614
B) 1617 445. Offline device is
C) 1620 A) A device which is not connected to CPU
D) None of above B) A device which is connected to CPU
Ans C C) A direct access storage device
D) An I/O device

439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to Ans A

__________data?
A) 680 KB 446. What is the latest write-once optical
B) 680 Bytes storage media?
C) 680 MB A) Digital paper
D) 680 GB B) Magneto-optical disk
Ans C C) WORM disk
D) CD-ROM disk
440. Which of the following required large Ans D
computer memory?
A) Imaging 447. Which of the following programming
B) Graphics language started from second generation?
C) Voice A) LISP
D) All of above B) C
Ans D C) QBASIC
D) FORTRAN

441. Which was the computer conceived by Ans D

Babbage?
A) Analytical engine 448. Which one of the following input device is
B) Arithmetic machine user-programmable?
C) Donald Knuth A) Dumb terminal
D) All of above B) Smart terminal
Ans A C) VDT
D) Intelligent terminal B) 30 or 70
Ans D C) 28 or 72
D) 30 or 72

449. Floppy disks typically in diameter Ans D

A) 3?
B) 5.25? 451. Dot-matrix is a type of
C) 8? A) Tape
D) All of above B) Printer
Ans D C) Disk
D) Bus

450. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ Ans B

connectors (pins)
A) 9 or 32
452. Which is not consisted in a processor D) Plotter
A) ALU Ans C
B) CU
C) Memory 459. Programs are executed on the basis of a
D) Registers priority number in a
Ans C A) Batch processing system
B) Multiprogramming

453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in C) Time sharing

Nepal. It belonged to D) None of these
A) First Generation Ans B
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generation 460. When was Apple Macintosh II
D) Froth Generation microcomputer introduced in the market?
Ans B A) 1964
B) 1970

454. The Third Generation Computer was made C) 1983

with ________. D) 1986
A) Vacuum Tube Ans C
B) Discrete Components
C) IC 461. Wh
en was the world’s first laptop
D) Bio Chips computer introduced in the market and by
Ans C whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard

455. Which of the following are the two main B) Epson, 1981
components of the CPU? C) Laplink traveling software In1982
A) Control Unit and Registers D) Tandy model-2000, 1985
B) Registers and Main Memory Ans B
C) Control unit and ALU
D) ALU and bus 462. Today
’s computer giant IBM was earlier
Ans C known by different name which was changed
in 1924. What was that name?

456. Fifth generation computer is also known A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
as B) The Tabulator Ltd.
A) Knowledge information processing system C) International Computer Ltd.
B) Very large scale integration D) None of above
C) Both of above Ans B
D) None of above
Ans A 463. The personnel who deals with the

457. Second Generation computers were computer and its management put together
developed during are called
A) 1949 to 1955 A) Software
B) 1956 to 1965 B) Human ware
C) 1965 to 1970 C) Firmware
D) 1970 to 1990 D) Hardware
Ans B Ans B

458. What is the name of the computer terminal 464. Which of the following is input device?
which gives paper printout? A) scanner
A) Display screen B) speaker
B) Soft copy terminal C) monitor
C) Hard copy terminal D) projector
Ans A B) soft output
C) both hard and soft output

465. Which of the following is true? D) neither hard nor soft output
A) Fields are composed of bytes Ans B
B) Records are composed of fields
C) Fields are composed of characters 471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT
D) All of above stand for
Ans D A) Additional Terminals
B) Advance technology
C) Applied technology
466. Who built the world’s first electronic
calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs D) Advanced terminology
and batteries? Ans B
A) Claude Shannon
B) Konrard Zues 472. Size of the primary memory of a PC
C) George Stibits ranges between
D) Howard H. Aiken A) 2KB to 8KB
Ans C B) 64KB & 256KB
C) 256KB & 640KB

467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in D) None of these

Networking, what is its full form? Ans C
A) WAP Area Network
B) Wide Area Network 473. What is the number of read-write heads
C) Wide Array of Network in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
D) Wireless Access Network A) 9
Ans B B) 16
C) 18

468. In which language is source program D) 27

written? Ans A
A) English
B) Symbolic 474. Apple company used chips from ______
C) High level for its computers
D) Temporary A) Intel
Ans C B) Motorola
C) Both of above

469. Which of the following is correct acronym D) None of above

of VGA? Ans B
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array 475. Which of the following is a feature of
C) Volatile Graphics Array fifth generation computers?
D) Video Graphics Adapter A) Use of natural language
Ans A B) artificial intelligence
C) bio-chips

470. A song being played on computer speaker D) All of above

is Ans D
A) hard output
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal
Society for his 482. Pick the one that is used for logical
A) Difference Engine operations or comparisons such as less than
B) Analytic Engine equal to or greater than.
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage B) Control Unit
Ans A C) Both of above
D) None of above

477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 Ans A

million instruction per second and with the
word length of around 64 bits is known as 483. The operating speed of third generation
A) Super computer computer was
B) Mini computer A) Milliseconds
C) Micro computer B) Microseconds
D) Macro computer C) Nanoseconds
Ans A D) Picoseconds
Ans C

478. When we look at the cost, which of the

following computer is most expensive? 484. Which of the following is true?
A) Mainframe Computer A) Mark I was 8 feet long
B) Mini Computers B) Mark I was 2 feet long
C) Micro Computers C) Mark I was 40 feet long
D) Super Computers D) None of above
Ans D Ans D

479. Which of the following will happen when 485. Charles Babbage is considered the father
data is entered into a memory location? of modern computers because
A) It will add to the content of the location A) of his difference engine
B) It will change the address of the memory B) of his analytical engine
location C) his concept of input, mill and output
C) It will erase the previous content D) All of above
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some Ans C
data at the location
Ans C 486. Which of the following is used only for
data entry and storage, and never for

480. Which device is used as the standard processing?

pointing device in a Graphical User A) Mouse
Environment? B) Dumb terminal
A) Keyboard C) Micro computer
B) Mouse D) Dedicated data entry system
C) Joystick Ans B
D) Track ball
Ans B 487. What was the first computer brought in
Nepal?

481. Mini computers and micro computers are A) ICL/2950

from which generation of computers? B) ENIAC
A) First C) IBM 1401
B) Second D) None of above
C) Third Ans C
D) Fourth
Ans D
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data
entry system is 493. The computer that process both analog and
A) A large percentage of editing can be digital is called
performed at the time of data entry A) Analog computer
B) Key verification is easily performed B) Digital computer
C) The tape is reusable C) Hybrid computer
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur. D) Mainframe computer
Ans C Ans C

489. Basic is ________ language. 494. What was the name of the first
A) a procedural commercially available microprocessor chip?
B) an object oriented A) Intel 308
C) both A and B B) Intel 33
D) none of the above C) Intel 4004
Ans A D) Motorola 639
Ans C

490. A computer Program that translates one

program instruction at a time into machine 495. Which of the following class of computers
language is called a/an can process physical quantities such as speed?
A) Interpreter A) Analog Computers
B) CPU B) Digital Computers
C) Compiler C) Hybrid Computers
D) Simulator D) None of above
Ans A Ans A

491. Which of the following have the fastest

access time? 496. How many types of storage loops exists in
A) Semiconductor Memories magnetic bubble memory
B) Magnetic Disks A) 8
C) Magnetic Tapes B) 4
D) Compact Disks C) 16
Ans A D) 2
Ans D

492. The first electronic general purpose digital

computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called 497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based
ENIAC did not work on the stored program PC/AT?
concept. How many numbers could it store in A) 1982
its internal memory? B) 1984
A) 100 C) 1985
B) 20 D) 1989
C) 40 Ans B
D) 80
Ans B

498. The silicon chips used for data processing C) Transfer method
are called D) Density method
A) RAM chips Ans A
B) ROM chips
C) Micro processors 505. What is System Analysis?
D) PROM chips A) The design of the screen the user will see and
Ans C use to enter or display data
B) System analysis defines the format and type

499. Which computers used operating systems of data the program will use
by Microsoft? C) System Analysis involves creating formal
A) IBM PCs model of the problem to be solved
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs D) None of the above
C) IBM Compatibles Ans C
D) Both A & C
Ans D 506. Which of the following devices have a
limitation that we can only store information to

500. One of the main feature that distinguish it but cannot erase or modify it?
microprocessors from micro-computer is A) Floppy Disk
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors B) Hard Disk
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors C) Tape Drive
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device D) CDROM
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time Ans D
Ans C
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the

501. Napier’s Bones were invented in form of circular plate?

A) 1614 A) Disk
B) 1617 B) CPU
C) 1620 C) Printer
D) None of above D) ALU
Ans B Ans A

502. One computer that is not considered a 508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
portable computer is A) Matrix printer
A) Minicomputer B) Impact printer
B) A laptop computer C) Laser printer
C) Tablet PC D) Manual printer
D) All of the above Ans B
Ans A
509. A number system that has eight different

503. Computers built before the First symbols to represent any quantity is known as
Generation of computers were: A) Binary
A) Mechanical B) Octal
B) Electro-mechanical C) Decimal
C) Electrical D) Hexadecimal
D) None of these Ans B
Ans B
510. The two basic types of record access

504. Which of the following is a way to access methods are:

secondary memory? A) Sequential and random
A) Random access memory B) Sequential and indexed
B) Action method C) Direct and immediate
D) Online and real time C) MS-Excel
Ans A D) Netscape
Ans B

511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with

which generation? 517. Which converts the user data into
A) First Generation machine readable form?
B) Second Generation A) input unit, output unit, control unit
C) Fifth Generation B) central processing unit
D) Sixth Generation C) output unit
Ans C D) decoder unit
Ans A

512. One of a class of storage device devices

that can access storage locations in any order is 518. In what respect human beings are
A) DTE superior to computers?
B) DASD A) Diligence
C) DDE B) Intelligence
D) DDE C) Slavery
Ans B D) Reliability
Ans B

513. The actual execution of instructions

happens in 519. As compared to the secondary memory,
A) ALU the primary memory of a computer is
B) CU A) Large
C) Memory B) Cheap
D) None of above C) Fast
Ans A D) Slow
Ans C

514. Floppy disks are available in

A) Single side single density 520. The language that the computer can
B) Single side double density understand and execute is called
C) Both of above A) Machine language
D) None of above B) Application software
Ans C C) System program
D) All of above

515. Which of the following is not electro-Ans A

mechanical computer?
A) Z3 521. How was the generation of computer
B) ABC classified?
C) mark I A) by the device used in memory & processor
D) ENIAC B) by the speed of computer
Ans D C) by the model of the computer
D) by the accuracy of computer

516. Which of the following is a programming Ans A

language?
A) Lotus
B) Pascal

522. Which of the following is not a feature of B) 100 KIPS

first generation computers C) 1 MIPS
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main D) None of these
electronic component Ans B
B) They consumed lots of electricity and
produced excessive heat 529. Circular division of disks to store and
C) They used machine language and assembly retrieve data are known as
language to program the machine A) tracks
D) None of above B) sectors
Ans C C) cycles
D) rings

523. CAD stands for Ans A

A) Computer aided design
B) Computer algorithm for design 530. Which statement is valid?
C) Computer application in design A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
D) All of the above B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
Ans A C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes

524. Which of the following memories has the Ans A

shortest access times?
A) Cache memory 531. The least significant bit of the binary
B) Magnetic bubble memory number, which is equivalent to any odd
C) Magnetic core memory decimal number, is:
D) RAM A) 0
Ans A B) 1
C) 1 or 0

525. A small or intelligent device is so called D) 3

because it contains within it a Ans A
A) Computer
B) Microcomputer 532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that
C) Programmable senses the movement by the change in its
D) Sensor capacitance,
Ans D A) Capacitance keyboard
B) Mechanical keyboard

526. Which of the following is not a primary C) Qwerty keyboard

storage device? D) Dvorak keyboard
A) Magnetic tape Ans A
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk 533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
D) All of above A) John Napier
Ans D B) William Oughtred
C) Gottfried Leibnitz

527. Who invented Analytical engine? D) Blaise Pascal

A) Blaise Pascal Ans C
B) George Bool
C) Charles Babbage 534. A term used to describe interconnected
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith computer configuration is
Ans C A) Multiprogramming
B) Modulation

528. CPU speed of a personal computer is C) Multiprocessing

A) 32 KIPS D) Micro program sequence
Ans A 540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard,
which standard is used for converting the

535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette keystroke into the corresponding bits?
A) ANSI
drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should
face B) ASCII
A) East C) EBCDIC
B) North D) ISO
C) South Ans A
D) Up
Ans D 541. In order to play and hear sound on a
computer, one needs:

536. Most of the inexpensive personal A) a sound card and speakers

computers do not have any disk or diskette B) a microphone
drive. What is the name of such computes? C) all of them required
A) Home computers D) none of them required
B) Diskless computers Ans A
C) Dedicated computers
D) General purpose computers 542. Which of the following devices can be
Ans B sued to directly image printed text?
A) OCR

537. What is a light pen? B) OMR

A) Mechanical Input device C) MICR
B) Optical input device D) All of above
C) Electronic input device Ans A
D) Optical output device
Ans B 543. For which of the following computers
c
an’t be used?
538. Which of the following class of computers A) gathering data
can not support multiple users simultaneously? B) calculating data
A) Mainframe Computer C) comparing data
B) Mini Computers D) Arranging data
C) Micro Computers Ans A
D) All of them can support
Ans C 544. Which of the following is called low level
languages?

539. Which of the following is considered first A) Machine language

computer in the world? B) Assembly language
A) Z3 C) Both of the above
B) ABC D) None of above
C) Mark I Ans C
D) None of above
Ans C
545. A factor which would strongly influence a 551. A set of rods where numbers were carved
business person to adopt a computer is its and used for multiplication and division aids is
A) Accuracy known as
B) Reliability A) Pascaline
C) Speed B) Napier’s Bones
D) All of above C) Stepped Reckoner
Ans D D) Slide Rule
Ans B

546. Who invented punched cards?

A) Charles Babbage 552. Seek time is
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith A) time to position the head over proper track
C) Howard Aikin B) time to position the head over proper sector
D) Joseph Jacquard C) time to position the head over proper cylinder
Ans D D) none of above
Ans A

547. Each model of a computer has a unique

A) Assembly of a computer 553. Tape speed is measured in
B) Machine language A) Feet per second
C) High level language B) Inch per second
D) All of the above C) Meter per second
Ans B D) Centimeter per second
Ans B

548. Which of the following is not a primary

storage device? 554. Punched cards were first introduced by
A) Magnetic tape A) Powers
B) Magnetic disk B) Pascal
C) Optical disk C) Jacquard
D) All of the above D) Herman Hollerith
Ans D Ans D

549. In a punched card system, data is 555. Which computer support co-processors?
processed by a A) XT computer
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting B) AT computers
machine C) None of these
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and D) Both of these
billing machine Ans B
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and 556. A floppy disk contains
sorter A) Circular tracks only
Ans D B) Sectors only
C) Both circular tracks and sectors

550. Which device is required for the Internet D) None of the above
connection? Ans C
A) Joystick
B) Modem 557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
C) CD Drive A) 1.40 MB
D) NIC Card B) 1.44 GB
Ans B C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB
Ans D
558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was a secondary storage device into the computer
long ignored because memory is called
A) He made the computers secretly A) Duping
B) his computers were very complicated and it B) Booting
took time for the people to recognize its power C) Padding
C) of political reasons. He was German. D) CPS
D) All of the above Ans B
Ans C
565. MSI stands for

559. Any method for controlling access to or A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
use of memory is known B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
A) Memory map C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
B) Memory protection D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
C) Memory management Ans A
D) Memory instruction
Ans B 566. A Pixel is _________
A) A computer program that draws picture

560. In what respect computers are superior to B) A picture stored in secondary memory
human beings? C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
A) Diligence D) None of these
B) Intelligence Ans C
C) Both of above
D) None of above 567. A/n _____ Device is any device that
Ans A provides information, which is sent to the CPU
A) Input

561. Com in Latin is B) Output

A) intensifying prefix C) CPU
B) intensifying suffix D) Memory
C) a term that means to reckon Ans A
D) None of above
Ans A 568. What was the nick name of the computer
used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb

562. The system unit of a personal computer project?

typically contains all of the following except: A) ENIAC
A) Microprocessor B) EDSAC
B) Disk controller C) MANIAC
C) Serial interface D) UNIVAC
D) Modem Ans C
Ans D

563. Which of the following is related to fifth

generation computers?
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
D) Only b
Ans AS

564. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from

569. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
A) RAM
B) ROM
C) ERAM
D) RW / RAM
Ans B

570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
Ans D

571. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
A) IBM
B) Seagate
C) Microsoft
D) 3M
Ans B

572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from

A) First generation
B) Second generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
Ans D

573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators?

A) Accuracy
B) Storage
C) Versatility
D) Automatic
Ans C

574. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location
where the next instruction is located?
A) Memory address register
B) Memory data register
C) Instruction register
D) Program counter
Ans D

575. Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?
A) Electronic Computers
B) Analog Computers
C) Digital Computers
D) Hybrid Computers
Ans A

576. Which of the following is not a type of Software

A) System Software
B) Application Software
C) Utility Software
D) Entertainment Software
Ans D

577. Who invented the high level language C?

A) Dennis M. Ritchie
B) Niklaus Writh
C) Seymour Papert
D) Donald Kunth
Ans A

578. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
A) Operating system extensions
B) Cookies
C) Diagnostic software
D) Boot diskettes
Ans C

579. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being
processed
by the CPU?
A) Mass memory
B) Internal memory
C) Non-volatile memory
D) PROM
Ans b

580. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM
Corporation?
A) ASCII
B) Hollerith Code
C) Baudot Code
D) EBCDIC Code
Ans D

581. When was the transistors invented?

A) 1948
B) 1938
C) 1958
D) 1968
Ans A

582. In the third Generation of computers

A) Distributed data processing first became popular
B) An operating system was first developed
C) High level procedural language were first used
D) Online real time systems first become popular
Ans D

583. Most important advantage of an IC is its

A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
B) Extremely high reliability
C) Reduced cost
D) Lower power consumption
Ans b

584. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
C) Personal Computing
D) Interface Age
Ans B

585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full form?
A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
Ans A

586. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer
at
the same time?
A) Terminal
B) Light pen
C) Digitizer
D) Mouse
Ans a

587. Which of the following is not an output device?

A) Scanner
B) Printer
C) Flat Screen
D) Touch Screen
Ans D

588. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is
the common name for such boards?
A) Daughterboard
B) Motherboard
C) Father board
D) Childboard
Ans b
Multiples of bytes
Decimal
Value Metric
1000 kB kilobyte
10002 MB megabyte
10003 GB gigabyte
10004 TB terabyte
10005 PB petabyte
10006 EB exabyte
10007 ZB zettabyte
10008 YB yottabyte
Binary
Value IEC JEDEC
1024 KiB kibibyte KB kilobyte
10242 MiB mebibyte MB megabyte
10243 GiB gibibyte GB gigabyte
10244 TiB tebibyte –
10245 PiB pebibyte –
10246 EiB exbibyte –
10247 ZiB zebibyte –
10248 YiB yobibyte

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11-C 12-C 13-D 14-C 15-C 16-B 17-B 18-B 19-C 20-D
21-B 22-D 23-C 24-B 25-A 26-B 27-B 28-A 29-B 30-D
31-B 32-D 33-A 34-A 35-A 36-D 37-A 38-C 39-B 40-B
41-C 42-B 43-C 44-D 45-C 46-A 47-B 48-D 49-A 50-B
51-D 52-B 53-B 54-D 55-C 56-C 57-C 58-C 59-B 60-B
61-C 62-B 63-D 64-A 65-D 66-D 67-C 68-A 69-B 70-C
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81-C 82-D 83-C 84-B 85-D 86-D 87-A 88-C 89-D 90-D
91-D 92-C 93-C 94-A 95-D 96-B 97-D 98-C 99-C 100-B
101-B 102-C 103-B 104-B 105-B 106-C 107-B 108-C 109-C 110-C
111-C 112-D 113-A 114-C 115-B 116-B 117-C 118-C 119-A 120-D
121-A 122-A 123-A 124-B 125-A 126-D 127-B 128-C 129-B 130-B
131-C 132-A 133-A 134-B 135-B 136-A 137-B 138-A 139-B 140-D
141-C 142-C 143-D 144-B 145-C 146-C 147-C 148-C 149-C 150-A
151-C 152-D 153-B 154-D 155-C 156-D 157-A 158-B 159-B 160-B
161-B 162-A 163-B 164-A 165-B 166-A 167-B 168-B 169-C 170-D
171-C 172-A 173-A 174-A 175-C 176-A 177-C 178-A 179-C 180-A
181-A 182-A 183-C 184-A 185-D 186-D 187-C 188-B 189-C 190-A
191-C 192-A 193-C 194-A 195-A 196-A 197-A 198-D 199-B 200-A
201-B 202-A 203-D 204-D 205-B 206-B 207-C 208-C 209-A 210-D
211-C 212-B 213-C 214-D 215-D 216-B 217-D 218-A 219-B 220-C
221-D 222-A 223-C 224-B 225-A 226-D 227-D 228-C 229-D 230-A
231-D 232-C 233-A 234-D 235-B 236-A 237-A 238-B 239-A 240-C
241-D 242-C 243-A 244-A 245-C 246-A 247-D 248-D 249-C 250-D
251-D 252-A 253-A 254-B 255-C 256-D 257-D 258-C 259-C 260-B
261-D 262-D 263-A 264-B 265-A 266-C 267-D 268-C 269-B 270-D
271-B 272-B 273-C 274-D 275-A 276-C 277-C 278-C 279-B 280-A
281-C 282-C 283-C 284-A 285-B 286-D 287-B 288-A 289-A 290-A
291-C 292-D 293-C 294-A 295-B 296-B 297-C 298-B 299-C 300-A
301-B 302-C 303-B 304-A 305-B 306-D 307-A 308-D 309-D 310-D
311-B 312-D 313-C 314-D 315-C 316-D 317-C 318-B 319-B 320-A
321-B 322-B 323-A 324-B 325-B 326-B 327-B 328-D 329-D 330-A
331-B 332-D 333-A 334-D 335-D 336-B 337-B 338-A 339-C 340-A
341-C 342-D 343-D 344-A 345-C 346-A 347-C 348-C 349-A 350-A
351-b 352-A 353-D 354-B 355-D 356-D 357-C 358-C 359-A 360-C
361-D 362-C 363-A 364-D 365-B 366-A 367-D 368-B 369-C 370-D
371-A 372-C 373-D 374-A 375-A 376-D 377-A 378-A 379-A 380-A
381-A 382-D 383-B 384-B 385-B 386-B 387-D 388-A 389-A 390-C
391-D 392-A 393-C 394-A 395-A 396-D 397-B 398-B 399-D 400-B
401-A 402-A 403-A 404-A 405-A 406-D 407-D 408-A 409-D 410-A
411-C 412-C 413-C 414-B 415-D 416-D 417-A 418-C 419-B 420-C
421-D 422-C 423-C 424-D 425-A 426-A 427-C 428-B 429-A 430-A
431-B 432-B 433-D 434-C 435-D 436-C 437-B 438-C 439-C 440-D
441-A 442-C 443-C 444-C 445-A 446-D 447-D 448-D 449-D 450-D
451-B 452-C 453-B 454-C 455-C 456-A 457-B 458-C 459-B 460-C
461-B 462-B 463-B 464-A 465-D 466-C 467-B 468-C 469-A 470-B
471-B 472-C 473-A 474-B 475-D 476-A 477-A 478-D 479-C
480-B
481-D 482-A 483-C 484-D 485-C 486-B 487-C 488-C 489-A 490-A
491-A 492-B 493-C 494-C 495-A 496-D 497-B 498-C 499-D 500-C
501-B 502-A 503-B 504-A 505-C 506-D 507-A 508-B 509-B 510-A
511-C 512-B 513-A 514-C 515-D 516-B 517-A 518-B 519-C 520-A
521-A 522-C 523-A 524-A 525-D 526-D 527-C 528-B 529-A 530-A
531-A 532-A 533-C 534-A 535-D 536-B 537-B 538-C 539-C 540-A
541-A 542-A 543-A 544-C 545-D 546-D 547-B 548-D 549-D 550-B
551-B 552-A 553-B 554-D 555-B 556-C 557-D 558-C 559-B 560-A
561-A 562-D 563-A 564-B 565-A 566-C 567-A 568-C 569-B 570-D
571-B 572-D 573-C 574-D 575-A 576-D 577-A 578-C 579-B 580-D
581-A 582-D 583-B 584-B 585-A 586-A 587-D 588-B