Computer MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Which of the following is not valid statement?
Hard is referred to mean something temporary
Hard is used to mean something tangible
Soft is used to mean something permanent
Soft is used to mean something tangible

2. Digital devices are
Digital Clock
Automobile speed meter
Clock with a dial and two hands
All of them

3. Primary memory stores
Data alone
Programs alone
Results alone
All of these

4. After copying the content how many times can you paste?
1
16
32
Many

5. WAN stands for
Wap Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array Net
Wireless Area Network

6. An error in computer data is called
Chip
Bug
CPU
Storage device

7. The instructions for starting the computer are house on
Random access memory
CD-Rom
Read only memory chip
All of above

8. 1 nibble equals to
1 bits
2 bits
4 bits
8 bits

9. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as
paper tapes
magnetic tape
punched papers tape
card punch

10. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
Arithmetic Operation
Logic operation
Fetch operations
Either of the above

11. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?
Microsoft
Compaq Corp
IBM
Tandy Svenson

12. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in to calculate census data.
IBM 1400
IBM 1401
ICL 2950
None of above

13. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
John v. Atanasoff
Clifford Berry
Both of above
None of above

14. Which of the following is the largest unit?
data
field
record
database file

15. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names
John Burdeen
William Shockley
Walter Brattain
Lee de Forest

16. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
It provides only sequential access to stored data
Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
All of above

17. A disadvantage of the laser printer is
It is quieter than an impact printer
It is very slow
The output is of a lower quality
None of above

18. he most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
ASCII
EBCDIC
BCD
All of above

19. Which access method is used to access cassette tape?
Direct
Sequential
Both of the above
None of the above

20. A Compiler is ____
a combination of computer hardware
a program which translates from one high-level language to another
a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language
None of these

21. Which of the following is not valid statement?
Input unit
Secondary storage unit
Output Unit
Primary Memory Unit

22. The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation

23. A name or number used to identify storage location devices?
A byte
A record
An address
All of above

24. Which of the following is not computer language?
High level language
Medium level language
Low level language
All of the above

25. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by
Read/write leads
Sectors
Track
Lower surface

26. IBM 7000 digital computer
Belongs to second generation
Uses VLSI
Employs semiconductor memory
Has modular constructions

27. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
Mark I
ABC
Zuse
UNIVAC

28. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
Greek language
Sanskrit language
Latin language
German language

29. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
It is a plastic ribbon
It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
It can be erased and reused
All of above

30. Which of the following is first generation computer?
EDSAC
IBM 1401
CDC 1604
ICL 2950

31. A hard copy would be prepared on a
Line printer
Dot matrix Printer
Typewriter terminal
All of the above

32. The term GIGO is related to which characteristics of computers?
Speed
Automatic
Accuracy
Reliability

33. Which of the following programming language were used in first generation computers?
Machine language
Assembly language
Both of above
None of above

34. To locate a data item for storage is
Field
Feed
Database
Fetch

35. Who used punched cards practically for the first time in the history of computers?
Charles Babbage
Dr. Herman Hollerith
Howard Aikin
Joseph Jacquard

36. Hard disk is coated in both sides with
Magnetic metallic oxide
Optical metallic oxide
Carbon layer
All of the above

37. Which of the following term means to reckon?
putare
com
computa
computar

38. An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is
Keyboard
Terminal
Printer
Plotter

39. Which of the following is first generation of computer
EDSAC
IBM-1401
CDC-1604
ICL-2900

40. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
A byte
A record
An address
All of above

41. Computer professionals working in a computer centre are
Software
Firmware
Hardware
Humanware

42. The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was
UNIVAC
EDVAC
ENIAC
All of above

43. The contents of information are stored in
Memory data register
Memory address register
Memory arithmetic registers
Memory access register

44. Which of the following is correct full form of BCD?
Binary Coded Decimal
Bit Coded Decimal
Binary Coded Digit
Bit Coded Digit

45. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?
IBM PS/2
HP-9830
DeskPro-386
IBM-360

46. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set of variables is termed as
data
information
both of above
none of above

47. Main storage is also called
Accumulator
Control Unit
Register Unit
Memory

48. Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?
Resolution
Color depth
Refresh rate
All of the alcove

49. For what Antikyathera was used?
For counting
For Calculating tax collection
For calculating astronomical positions
For calculating firing weapons

50. Memory unit is one part of
Input device
Control unit
Output device
Central Processing Unit