General Computer Test - 103

 

1. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

A) Analytical Engine

B) Arithmetic Machine

C) Donald Kunth

D) All of above

 

2. The processing speed of first generation computers was

A) milliseconds

B) microseconds

 C) nanoseconds

 D) picoseconds

 

3. Model 5100 was in 1957.

A) The first PC built by IBM

B) The first PC built by Apple

C) The first PC built by Motorola

D) The first PC built by Intel

 

4. VGA is

A) Video Graphics Array

B) Visual Graphics Array

C) Volatile Graphics Array

D) Video Graphics Adapter

 

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

 

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

A) Mainframe Computer

B) Micro Computer

C) Mini Computer

D) Digital Computer

 

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

 

8. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?

A) Hard Disks

B) Flash Disks

C) Blu-Ray Disks

D) DVDs

 

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

 

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

A) Latin language

B) Greek Language

C) Sanskrit language

D) Ancient Egypt

 

11. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

A) Parallel only

B) Sequentially only

C) Both sequentially and parallel

D) All of above

 

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

 

13. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is

A) CPU

B) Memory

C) Mass storage

D) Secondary storage

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

18. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for

A) Direct access

B) Sequential access

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 

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

A) IBM 360

B) IBM 1401

C) PDP-8

D) HP2115

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?

A) Consumers

B) Workers

C) Foremen

D) Managers

 

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

1-A        2-A        3-A        4-A        5-A        6-D        7-D        8-A        9-D        10-A

11-C      12-C      13-C      14-B      15-D      16-D      17-A      18-C      19-B      20-C

21-D      22-C      23-C      24-D      25-A