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Computer Quiz -18 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 18 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 171. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing? A) Disk unit B) Control unit C) ALU D) Modem Q 172. ABC is a A) Special purpose computer B) General purpose computer C) All Purpose Computer D) None of above Q 173. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is A) ASCII B) BCD C) EBCDIC D) All of above Q 174. When was the X window system born? A) 1984 B) 1989 C) 1988 D) 1990 Q 175. What is the first stage in software development? A) Specification and design B) Testing C) System Analysis D) Maintenance Q 176. Which of the following is valid statement? A) Data in

Computer Quiz -17 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 17 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 161. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form? A) Input unit B) Output unit C) ALU D) Control Unit Q 162. The full form of ALU is A) Arithmetic Logic Unit B) Array Logic Unit C) Application Logic Unit D) None of above Q 163. What produces useful information out of data? A) Computer B) Processing C) Programming D) None of the above Q 164. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage? A) Pascaline B) Difference Engine C) Analytical Engine D) None of above Q 165. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of A) Speed B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Cost Q 166. Which numb

Computer Quiz -16 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 16 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 151. Which is the highest form? A) Data B) Information C) Knowledge D) All of above Q 152. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? A) Pascal B) Hollerith C) Babbage D) Jacquard Q 153. What is an interpreter? 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 Q 154. Which is a semi conductor memory? A) Dynamic B) Static C) Bubble D) Both a & b Q 155. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables. A) 2 pair B) 3 pair C) 4 pair D) 5 pair Q 156. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk? A) 8? B) 5 ¼? C) 3 ½? D) 5 ½? Q 157. The earliest c

Computer Quiz -15 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 15 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 141. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes? A) They were larger in size B) They consumed a lot of electricity C) They produced heat and often burned out D) The operation cost was high Q 142. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as A) PC B) Memory address registers C) General purpose register D) Flags Q 143. Which is not a computer of first generation? A) ENIAC B) UNIVAC C) IBM 360 D) IBM 1401 Q 144. 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 A) PC B) Flags C) Memory Address Registers D) General Purpose Registers

Computer Quiz -14 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits? A) Jack Kilby B) Robert Noyce C) Both of above D) None of above Q 132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under? A) System Software B) Application Software C) Utilities D) None of the above Q 133. One computer that is not considered a portable is A) Minicomputer B) Laptop computer C) Notebook computer D) All of above Q 134. Which of the following is not an electronic computer? A) ENIAC B) ABC C) UNIVAC D) EDVAC Q 135. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? A) Pixel B) Reverse video C) Touch screen D) Cursor

Computer Quiz -13 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 13 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 121. The advantage of COM are its __ and __ A) Compact size; speed readability B) Compact size, speed C) Readability; speed D) Low cost; readability Q 122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of _______ A) Basic Input Output System B) Best Input Output System C) Basic Input Output Symbol D) Base Input Output System Q 123. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? A) Laser printer B) Inkjet printer C) Daisywheel printer D) Dot matrix printer Q 124. IBM 1401 is A) First Generation Computer B) Second Generation Computer C) Third Generation Computer D) Fourth Generation Computer Q 125. Most of the first generation computers were A) Special purpose

Computer Quiz -12 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 12 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 111. Which of the following statement is false? A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years B) There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers C) All electronic computers are digital computers D) All of above are false Q 112. Which of the following require large computers memory? A) Imaging B) Graphics C) Voice D) All of Above Q 113. Which of the following is machine independence program? A) High level language B) Low level language C) Assembly language D) Machine language Q 114. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed? A) 1880 B) 1990 C) 1944 D) None of above Q 115. The first machine to success

Computer Quiz -11 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 11 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 101. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS? A) Operating Systems B) Parallel Processing C) ULSI D) None of above Q 102. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system? A) Magnetic core B) Semiconductor C) Magnetic tape D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape Q 103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying capacities A) Memory or video B) Magnetic or optical C) Optical or memory D) Video or magnetic Q 104. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as A) System software B) Application software C) Utility programs D) Operating system Q 105. Com

Computer Quiz -10 -General Knowledge Questions and Answers (MCQ's) COMPUTER PART - 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 91. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time? A) Light pen B) Mouse C) Digitizer D) Terminal Q 92. Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored Program Concept? A) UNIVAC B) ENIAC C) EDSAC D) None of above Q 93. The term gigabyte refers to A) 1024 bytes B) 1024 kilobytes C) 1024 megabytes D) 1024 gigabyte Q 94. in which year was UK’s premier computing event started? A) 1980 B) 1985 C) 1986 D) 1987 Q 95. Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known as A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Versatility D)Automa

Computer Quiz COMPUTER PART - 9 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 81. 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 Q 82. 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 Q 83. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is A) Editing B) Writing C) Formatting D) All of above Q 84. 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 Q 85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to A) Know the memory capacity B) Id

Computer Quiz COMPUTER PART - 8 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 71. 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 Q 72. 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 Q 73. Properly arranged data is called A) Field B) Words C) Information D) File Q 74. A computer consists of A) A central processing unit B) A memory C) Input and output unit D) All of the above Q 75. 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 Q 76. John Napier in

Computer Quiz COMPUTER PART - 7 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 61. Instruction in computer languages consists of A) OPCODE B) OPERAND C) Both of above D) None of above Q 62. Which generation of computer is still under development? A) Fourth Generation B) Fifth Generation C) Sixth Generation D) Seventh Generation Q 63. A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____ A) Counter B) Loader C) Adder D) Shift register Q 64. Which was the most popular first generation computer? A) IBM 650 B) IBM 360 C) IBM 1130 D) IBM 2700 Q 65. Which is considered a direct entry input device? A) Optical scanner B) Mouse and digitizer C) Light pen D) All of the above Q 66. A set of information that defines the status of resources

Computer Quiz COMPUTER PART - 6 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Q 51. Abacus was the first A) Electronic computer B) Mechanical computer C) Electronic calculator D) Mechanical calculator Q 52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be? A) 216 B) 65,536 C) 64K D) Any of the above Q 53. Instructions and memory address are represented by A) Character code B) Binary codes C) Binary word D) Parity bit Q 54. The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the: A) Data collection terminal B) OCR register terminal C) Video Display terminal D) POS terminal Q 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is called ____ A) Counter B) Adder C) Register D) None of the above