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1. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
Hewlett-Packard
Epson 1981
Laplink traveling software In1982
Tandy model-2000 1985
2. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name?
Computer Tabulating Recording Co
The Tabulator Ltd.
International Computer Ltd.
None of above
3. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called
Software
Human ware
Firmware
Hardware
4. Which of the following is input device?
scanner
speaker
monitor
projector
5. Which of the following is true?
Fields are composed of bytes
Records are composed of fields
Fields are composed of characters
All of above
6. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays light bulbs and batteries?
Claude Shannon
Konrard Zues
George Stibits
Howard H. Aiken
7. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Newtorking what is its full form?
WAP Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array of Network
Wireless Access Network
8. In which language is source program written?
English
Symbolic
High level
Temporary
9. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
Video Graphics Array
Visual Graphics Array
Volatile Graphics Array
Video Graphics Adapter
10. A song being played on comptuer speaker is
hard output
soft output
both hard and soft output
neither hard nor soft output
11. In the IBM PC-At what do the words AT stand for
Additional Terminals
Advance technology
Applied technology
Advanced terminology
12. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
2KB to 8KB
64KB & 256KB
256KB & 640KB
None of these
13. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
9
16
18
27
14. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
Intel
Motorola
Both of above
None of above
15. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
Use of natural language
artificial intelligence
bio-chips
All of above
16. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his
Difference Engine
Analytic Engine
Binary System in Analytic Engine
His concept of input mill output and storage
17. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
Super computer
Mini computer
Micro computer
Macro computer
18. When we look at the cost which of the following computer is most expensive?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
19. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
It will add to the content of the location
It will change the address of the memory location
It will erase the previous content
It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
20. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
Keyboard
Mouse
Joystick
Track ball
21. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
22. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Control Unit
Both of above
None of above
23. The operating speed of third generation computer was
Milliseconds
Microseconds
Nanoseconds
Picoseconds
24. Which of the following is true?
Mark I was 8 feet long
Mark I was 2 feet long
Mark I was 40 feet long
None of above
25. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern computers because
of his difference engine
of his analytical engine
his concept of input mill and output
All of above
26. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage and never for processing?
Mouse
Dumb terminal
Micro computer
Dedicated data entry system
27. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
ICL/2950
ENIAC
IBM 1401
None of above
28. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
Key verification is easily performed
The tape is reusable
Keying errors can be detected as they occur.
29. Basic is ________ language.
a procedural
an object oriented
both A and B
none of the above
30. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator
31. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
Semiconductor Memories
Magnetic Disks
Magnetic Tapes
Compact Disks
32. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
100
20
40
80
33. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
Analog computer
Digital computer
Hybrid computer
Mainframe computer
34. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
Intel 308
Intel 33
Intel 4004
Motorola 639
35. Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
Analog Computers
Digital Computers
Hybrid Computers
None of above
36. ow many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memory
8
4
16
2
37. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
1982
1984
1985
1989
38. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
RAM chips
ROM chips
Micro processors
PROM chips
39. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
IBM PCs
Apple/Macintosh PCs
IBM Compatibles
Both A & C
40. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
Words are usually large in microprocessors
Words are shorter in microprocessors
Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
41. Napier’s Bones were invented in
1614
1617
1620
None of above
42. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
Minicomput
A laptop computer
Tablet PC
All of the above
43. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were:
Mechanical
Electro-mechanical
Electrical
None of these
44. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
Random access memory
Action method
Transfer method
Density method
45. What is System Analysis?
The design of the screen the user will see and use to enter or display data
System analysis defines the format and type of data the program will use
system Analysis involves creating formal model of the problem to be solved
None of the above
46. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Tape Drive
CDROM
47. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
Disk
CPU
Printer
ALU
48. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
Matrix printer
Impact printer
Laser printer
Manual printer
49. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as
Binary
Octal
Decimal
Hexadecimal
50. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as
Binary
Octal
Decimal
Hexadecimal
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