Deck 3: Computer Technology and History: Part A

Question 1

Which is used for manufacturing chips?

A)bus
B)control unit
C)semiconductors
D)a and b only

Answer 1

semiconductors

Question 2

The value of each bead in heaven is

A)1
B)3
C)5
D)7

Answer 2

5

Question 3

The first computer introduced in Nepal was

A)ibm 1400
B)ibm 1401
C)ibm 1402
D)ibm1402

Answer 3

ibm 1401

Question 4

Instruction in computer languages consists of

A)opcode
B)operand
C)both of above
D)none of above

Question 5

Which generation of computer is still under development

A)fourth generation
B)fifth generation
C)sixth generation
D)seventh generation

Question 6

A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____

A)counter
B)loader
C)adder
D)shift register

Question 7

Which was the most popular first generation computer?

A)ibm 1650
B)ibm 360
C)ibm 1130
D)ibm 2700

Question 8

Which is considered a direct entry input device?

A)optical scanner
B)mouse and digitizer
C)light pen
D)all of the above

Question 9

A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is

A)process control
B)alu
C)register unit
D)process description

Question 10

When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

A)hewlett-packard, 1980
B)epson, 1981
C)laplink traveling software inc, 1982
D)tandy model-200, 1985

Question 11

From which generation operating systems were developed?

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

Question 12

The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was

A)ibm
B)super univac
C)radio shaks
D)data general corporation

Question 13

How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

A)10
B)11
C)8
D)12

Question 14

Properly arranged data is called

A)field
B)words
C)information
D)file

Question 15

Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?

A)because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong
B)because they can stop or allow the flow of current
C)both of above
D)none of above

Question 16

John Napier invented Logarithm in

A)1614
B)1617
C)1620
D)none of above

Question 17

An integrated circuit is

A)a complicated circuit
B)an integrating device
C)much costlier than a single transistor
D)fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

Question 18

What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?

A)bus control
B)interrupts
C)bus arbitration
D)status

Question 19

Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is

A)stationary
B)difficult to move
C)dragged
D)moved in small steps

Question 20

Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?

A)magnetic drum
B)hard disks
C)floppy
D)all of above

Question 21

Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several

A)personal computers
B)workstations
C)dumb terminals
D)mainframes

Question 22

What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?

A)grater than
B)less than
C)equal to
D)all of the above

Question 23

The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is

A)editing
B)writing
C)formatting
D)all of above

Question 24

Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of

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