Question 1

Which is the highest form?

Accepted Answer

A) data 
B) information 
C) knowledge 
D) all of above 
A) data 
B) information 
C) knowledge 
D) all of above C

Question 2

An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is

Accepted Answer

A) on-line thesaurus 
B) multiprogramming 
C) over lapped processing 
D) outline processor 
A) on-line thesaurus 
B) multiprogramming 
C) over lapped processing 
D) outline processor C

Question 3

Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

Accepted Answer

A) bits 
B) bytes 
C) hertz 
D) clock cycles 
A) bits 
B) bytes 
C) hertz 
D) clock cycles B

Question 4

What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?

Accepted Answer

A) mark i 
B) abc 
C) z3 
D) none of above 
A) mark i 
B) abc 
C) z3 
D) none of above

Question 5

The earliest calculating devices are

Accepted Answer

A) abacus 
B) clock 
C) difference engine 
D) none of these 
A) abacus 
B) clock 
C) difference engine 
D) none of these

Question 6

Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?

Accepted Answer

A) pascal 
B) hollerith 
C) babbage 
D) jacquard 
A) pascal 
B) hollerith 
C) babbage 
D) jacquard

Question 7

Who suggested Stored Program Concept

Accepted Answer

A) john mauchley 
B) j.p. eckert 
C) john neumann 
D) joseph jacquard 
A) john mauchley 
B) j.p. eckert 
C) john neumann 
D) joseph jacquard

Question 8

Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?

Accepted Answer

A) basic, cobol, fortran 
B) prolog 2, expert systems 
C) knowledge based systems 
D) assembly languages 
A) basic, cobol, fortran 
B) prolog 2, expert systems 
C) knowledge based systems 
D) assembly languages

Question 9

Who invented vacuum tubes?

Accepted Answer

A) john bardeen 
B) william shockley 
C) lee de forest 
D) all of above 
A) john bardeen 
B) william shockley 
C) lee de forest 
D) all of above

Question 10

Which is not a comptuer of first generation?

Accepted Answer

A) eniac 
B) univac 
C) ibm 360 
D) ibm 1401 
A) eniac 
B) univac 
C) ibm 360 
D) ibm 1401

Question 11

The full form of ALU is

Accepted Answer

A) arithmetic logic unit 
B) array logic unit 
C) application logic unit 
D) none of above 
A) arithmetic logic unit 
B) array logic unit 
C) application logic unit 
D) none of above

Question 12

The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in

Accepted Answer

A) first generation 
B) second generation 
C) third generation 
D) fourth generation 
A) first generation 
B) second generation 
C) third generation 
D) fourth generation

Question 13

Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as

Accepted Answer

A) pc 
B) memory address registers 
C) general purpose register 
D) flags 
A) pc 
B) memory address registers 
C) general purpose register 
D) flags

Question 14

What produces useful information out of data?

Accepted Answer

A) computer 
B) processing 
C) programming 
D) none of above 
A) computer 
B) processing 
C) programming 
D) none of above

Question 15

Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

Accepted Answer

A) pc 
B) flags 
C) memory address registers 
D) general purpose registers 
A) pc 
B) flags 
C) memory address registers 
D) general purpose registers

Question 16

Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

Accepted Answer

A) input unit 
B) output unit 
C) alu 
D) control unit 
A) input unit 
B) output unit 
C) alu 
D) control unit

Question 17

Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

Accepted Answer

A) 8 
B) 5 ¼ 
C) 3 ½ 
D) 5 ½ 
A) 8 
B) 5 ¼ 
C) 3 ½ 
D) 5 ½

Question 18

Word length of a Personal Computer is ___

Accepted Answer

A) 4 bits 
B) 8 bits 
C) 16 bits 
D) 64 bits 
A) 4 bits 
B) 8 bits 
C) 16 bits 
D) 64 bits

Question 19

The personal computer industry was started by

Accepted Answer

A) ibm 
B) apple 
C) compaq 
D) hcl 
A) ibm 
B) apple 
C) compaq 
D) hcl

Question 20

What is an interpreter?

Accepted Answer

A) an interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run 
B) an interpreter is the representation of the system being designed 
C) an interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution 
D) none of the above 
A) an interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run 
B) an interpreter is the representation of the system being designed 
C) an interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution 
D) none of the above

Which is the highest form?

An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is

Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?

The earliest calculating devices are

Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?

Who suggested Stored Program Concept

Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?

Who invented vacuum tubes?

Which is not a comptuer of first generation?

The full form of ALU is

The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in

Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as

What produces useful information out of data?

Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

Word length of a Personal Computer is ___

The personal computer industry was started by

What is an interpreter?

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Which is the highest form?

An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is

Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?

The earliest calculating devices are

Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?

Who suggested Stored Program Concept

Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?

Who invented vacuum tubes?

Which is not a comptuer of first generation?

The full form of ALU is

The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in

Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as

What produces useful information out of data?

Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

Word length of a Personal Computer is ___

The personal computer industry was started by

What is an interpreter?

Computer Technology

Computer Hardware and Terminology

Computer Technology and History: Part A

Computer Memory, Programming Languages, and Hardware

Computer Science and Technology

Computer Science Components, Systems, and Development

Computer Terminology and Concepts

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