Computer Fundamental Basic MCQs (Long Quiz) (Part 13)
This is the quiz about basics of Computer Fundamental . Students and new learner's can test their knowledge.
1. The first mechanical calculating machine was made by
Blaise Pascal
Charles Babbage
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2. Which programming language is much in vogue among users of microcomputers
LOGO
FORTH
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3. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?
Instruction Register
Program Counter
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4. Which is not a factor when categorizing a computer?
Cost of the system
Where it was purchased
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5. Which of the following is a system programming language for micro-computers in the Intel family.
LOGO
PCM
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6. Sequential file organization is most appropriate for which of the following applications?
payroll
airline reservations
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7. Who is called the "grand father" of the computer?
Charles Babbage
Joseph Jacquard
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8. Which input device is able to scan & interpret an entire page that is typed in a special font
Page reader
Optical card readers
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9. A half byte is know is
Bit
Nibble
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10. Which language is used in the areas of pattern recognition, artificial intelligence & for simulation of games.
APL
LISP
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11. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
IBM
Intel
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12. A medium for transferring data between two locations is called
Communication channel
Network
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13. An adder in which the bits of the operands are added one after another is
Full-adder
Serial adder
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14. The OR, XOR & AND functions can be performed by _____ of the computer in a CPU.
ALU
Register
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15. A prewritten program that's sold to perform a common task is called an application
System software
Package
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16. Locations in the main memory of a computer are called
Alphabets
Words
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17. The minimum number of MOS transistors required to make a dynamic RAM cell is
1
2
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18. A machine associated with card-based data processing is
Collator
Cartridge
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19. The process of fetching and executing instructions, one at a time, in the order of increasing addresses is known as
instruction execution
straight line sequencing
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20. What is the term which represents the use of links between information of all sorts whether text, graphics, video oi audio-based?
Hypertext
Hypermedia
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21. Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to
Simplicity
Stability
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22. What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters?
ASSH
ASCII
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23. A sizeable geographical area with communication based on the telephone system is though as
Local area network
Wide area network
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24. A Winchester disk is a
Disk Stack
Removable disk
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25. Which one of the following is the first second-generation computer?
IBM 7090
IBM 7099
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26. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?
The clock speed of the microprocessor
The revolutions per minute of the printer disk
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27. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
control unit
semiconductor
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28. Which of the following terms applies to communication between separate computer systems?
Applications software
Connectivity
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29. Output hardware is often categorized according to whether it:
requires a large amount of electricity to work
produces hardcopy or softcopy
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30. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
control unit
temporary
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