301 to 400 computer fundamental mcq questions

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301 to 400 Computer FundamentalMCQ Questions

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301. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations

using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?

A) Mark I

B) ABC

C) Z3

D) None of above

302. FO!"# is a programming language. What does FO!"# stand for?

A) File Translation

B) Format Translation

C) Formula Translation

D) Floppy Translation

303. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?

A) SAM

B) DAM

C) !M

D) All of above

30$. %an you tell what passes into and out from the computer &ia its ports?

A) Data

B) Bytes

C) "rap#i$s

D) %i$tures

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30'. "n output de&ice that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce

audio response is

A) Ma+neti$ tape

B) ,oi$e response unit

C) ,oi$e re$o+nition unit

D) ,oi$e ban&

30(. Which of the items below are considered remo&able storage media?

A) emovable #ar& &isk $artri&+es

B) -Ma+neto.opti$al) &isk

C) Fle/ible &isks $artri&+es

D) All of t#e above

30). Which of the following is not purely output de&ice?

A) S$reen

B) %rinter

C) Speaker

D) %lotter

30*. Who de&eloped a mechanical de&ice in the 1) th century that could add, subtract, multiple,

di&ide and find s+uare roots?

A) Napier

B) Babba+e

C) %as$al

D) 0eibni1

30. !he first -acintosh computer was from

A) First +eneration

B) Se$on& +eneration

C) T#ir& +eneration

D) Fourt# +eneration


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310. Which of the following is not a form of data?

A) numbers an& $#ara$ters

B) ima+es

C) soun&

D) none of above

311. Which is not a computer classification?

A) mainframe

B) ma/frame

C) mini

D) notebook

312. !he control unit of a microprocessor

A) Stores &ata in t#e memory

B) A$$epts input &ata from keyboar&

C) %erforms arit#meti$2lo+i$ fun$tion

D) None of above

313. Which of the following is internal memory?

A) Disks

B) %en Drives

C) AM

D) CDs

31$. Which operation is not performed by computer

A) Inputtin+

B) %ro$essin+

C) Controllin+

D) n&erstan&in+

31'. Floppy diss which are made from fle/ible plastic material are also called?

A) 4ar& &isks


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B) 4i+#.&ensity &isks

C) Diskettes

D) Templates

31(. !he magnetic storage chip used to pro&ide non&olatile direct access storage of data and

that ha&e no mo&ing parts are nown as

A) Ma+neti$ $ore memory

B) Ma+neti$ tape memory

C) Ma+neti$ &isk memory

D) Ma+neti$ bubble memory

31). " collection of related instructions organied for a common purpose is referred to as

A) File

B) Database

C) %ro+ram

D) None of above

31*. lotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and

A) Buffer si1e

B) esolution

C) ,erti$al &imensions

D) Intelli+en$e

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31. %omputer instructions written with the use of nglish words instead of binary machine

code is called

A) Mnemoni$s

B) Symboli$ $o&e

C) "ray $o&es

D) !p$o&e


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320. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?

A) Ma$#ine lan+ua+e

B) Assembly lan+ua+e

C) 4i+# level lan+ua+e

D) None of above

321. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?

A) Spee&

B) A$$ura$y

C) eliability

D) Automati$

322. Which of the following processors use 45% technology?

A) 678&/

B) %o'er %C

C) 678s/

D) 8369

323. Which of the following machine was not in&ented by %harles 6abbage?

A) Tabulatin+ Ma$#ine

B) Analyti$al :n+ine

C) Differen$e :n+ine

D) Bot# C an& D

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32$. 7ow many numbers could #4"% store in its internal memory

A) ;99

B)


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32'. !he sub8ect of cybernetics deals with the science of

A) "eneti$s

B) Control an& $ommuni$ation

C) Mole$ular biolo+y

D) Bio$#emistry

32(. Why "6% is considered electromechanical computer?

A) Be$ause it 'as invente& before ele$troni$ $omputers 'ere &evelope&

B) Be$ause t#ere are '#eels= &rums= bars to rotate an& move to pro&u$e result

C) Be$ause t#ey use t#e flo' of ele$trons in &ifferent $omponent

D) None of above

32). 6inary circuit elements ha&e

A) !ne stable state

B) T'o stable state

C) T#ree stable state

D) None of above

32*. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

A) Control bus

B) Control unit

C) %arity unit

D) Semi$on&u$tor

32. Which of the following is not a micro computer?

A) 0aptop %Cs

B) Tablet %Cs

C) Desktop %Cs

D) None of above

330. !he &alue of each bead in earth is

A) ;


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B) 3

C) >

D) ?

331. When did 9ohn #apier de&elop logarithm?

A) ;6;8

B) ;8;6

C) ;86;

D) ;796

332. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?

A) Non volatile

B) %ermanent

C) Control unit

D) Temporary

333. Which was the world:s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

A) %D%.I= ;@>7

B) IBM System238= ;@89

C) %D%.II= ;@8;

D) ,A ;;2?79= ;@8<

33$. " group of magnetic tapes, &ideos or terminals usually under the control of one master is

A) Cylin&er

B) Surfa$e

C) Tra$k

D) Cluster

33'. !he word length of a computer is measured in

A) Bytes

B) Millimeters


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C) Meters

D) Bits

33(. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the %; and re+uires special

softw3are called -5 >>>>>>

A) Formatte&

B) eformatte&

C) A&&resse&

D) None of t#e above

33. %omputer system comprises of ma8or units

A) input unit= output unit= $ontrol unit

B) input unit= output unit= $ontrol unit an& stora+e

C) input unit= output unit= $entral pro$essin+ unit an& stora+e unit

D) input= output an& stora+e units

3$0. !he first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was

A) NI,AC

B) :D,AC


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C) :NIAC

D) All of above

3$1. 5ignals can be analog or digital and a computer that processes the both type of signals is

nown as

A) Analo+ $omputer

B) Di+ital Computer

C) 4ybri& Computer

D) Mainframe Computer

3$2. 7igh le&el language is also called

A) %roblem oriente& lan+ua+e

B) Business oriente& lan+ua+e

C) Mat#emati$ally oriente& lan+ua+e

D) All of t#e above

3$3. 7uman beings are referred to as 7omosapinens, which de&ice is called 5ilico 5apiens?

A) Monitor

B) 4ar&'are

C) obot

D) Computer

3$$. Which of the following file organiation is most efficient for a file with a high degree of

file acti&ity?

A) Seuential

B) ISAM

C) ,SAM

D) B.Tree In&e/

3$'. Which of the following is associated with error detector?

A) !&& parity bit

B) :ven parity bit


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C) Bot# of t#e above

D) None of above

3$(. -agnetic tape can ser&e as

A) Se$on&ary stora+e me&ia

B) !utput me&ia

C) Input me&ia

D) All of t#e above

3$). Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?

A) Motorola

B) IBM

C) Intel

D) AMD

3$*. !he first digital computer built with 4% chips was nown as

A) IBM ?9@9

B) Apple ;

C) IBM System 2 389

D) ,A.;9

3$. 6%4% can code up to how many different characters?

A) 8

B) ;8

C) 3<

D) 86

3'0. -4% stands for

A) Ma+neti$ Ink C#ara$ter ea&er

B) Ma+neti$ Ink Co&e ea&er

C) Ma+neti$ Ink Cases ea&er

D) None


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3'1. #umber crunchier is the informal name for

A) Mini $omputer

B) Super $omputer

C) Mi$ro$omputer

D) Mainframe $omputer

3'2. "!5 stand for

A) e+ression Analysis Time Series

B) e+ression Analysis Time S#arin+

C) eal Analysis Series

D) All of above

3'3. Which technology is used in %ompact diss?

A) Me$#ani$al

B) :le$tri$al

C) :le$tro Ma+neti$

D) 0aser

3'$. ifferent components of the motherboard of a % unit are lined together by sets of

parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?

A) Con&u$tors

B) Buses

C) Conne$tors

D) Conse$utive

3''. Which is the first electronic digital computer?

A) :NIAC

B) MA I

C) Z3

D) ABC


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3'(. Which of the following is a storage de&ice?

A) Tape

B) 4ar& Disk

C) Floppy Disk

D) All of t#e above

3'). !he metal diss, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free

containers are called

A) 4ar& &isks

B) Floppy &isk

C) Ein$#ester &isk

D) Fle/ible &isk

3'*. " computer program that con&erts an entire program into machine language is called

a@an

A) Interpreter

B) Simulator

C) Compiler

D) Comman&er

3'. 4ntel corporation produces chips for which computers?

A) IBM %Cs

B) Apple2Ma$intos# %Cs

C) Bot# of above

D) None of above

3(0. !he first microprocessor built by the 4ntel corporation was called

A) 7997

B) 7979

C) 6996

D) 7799


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3(1. Which of the following is not a class of computers based on sie?

A) Mainframe Computers

B) Mini Computers

C) Mi$ro Computers

D) Super Computers

3(2. Who in&ented 5"%?

A) o#n v* Neumann

B) *p* :$kert an& o#n Mau$#ley

C) Mauri$e Eilkes

D) 4o'ar& Aiken

3(3. O- stands for

A) :le$tri$ally :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

B) :le$troni$ :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

C) :asily :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

D) :asily :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

3($. Which of the following is a class of computers based on model?

A) Di+ital Computer

B) 4ybri& Computers

C) Analo+ Computers

D) AT Computers

3('. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the

binary numbering system?

A) Analo+ Computers

B) Di+ital Computers

C) 4ybri& Computers

D) None of above


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3((. "5%44 stands for

A) Ameri$an Stan&ar& Co&e for Information Inter$#an+e

B) Ameri$an S$ientifi$ Co&e for International Inter$#an+e

C) Ameri$an Stan&ar& Co&e for Intelli+en$e Inter$#an+e

D) Ameri$an S$ientifi$ Co&e for Information Inter$#an+e

3(). !he data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is

A) ?.bit ASCII

B) ?.bit :BCDIC

C) 7.bit ASCII

D) 7.bit :BCDIC

3(*. Why "6% computer is called so?

A) Be$ause it 'as &evelope& by Atanasoff an& Berry

B) Be$ause it 'as t#ou+#t to be t#e first $omputer so name& 'it# first alp#abets of :n+lis#

C) Bot# of above are t#e reason to name t#e $omputer ABC

D) None of above are true

3(. Who designed the first electronics computer ? #4"%@

A) ,on Neumann

B) osep# M a$uar&

C) * %* :$kert an& * E* Mau$#ly

D) All of above

3)0. %entral rocessing ;nit is combination of

A) Control an& stora+e

B) Control an& output unit

C) Arit#meti$ lo+i$ an& input unit

D) Arit#meti$ lo+i$ an& $ontrol unit

3)1. 46- 1$01 computer was

A) Mainframe Computer


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B) Mini Computers

C) Mi$ro Computers

D) None of above

3)2. !ime during which a 8ob is processed by the computer is

A) Delay times

B) eal time

C) :/e$ution time

D) Do'n time

3)3. %O- stands for

A) Compa$table ea& !nly Memory

B) Compa$t Data ea& !nly Memory

C) Compa$table Disk ea& !nly Memory

D) Compa$t Disk ea& !nly Memory

3)$. Which unit con&erts user data into machine readable form?

A) Input unit

B) !utput unit

C) A0

D) Control nit

3)'. Which unit is nown as ner&e center of computer?

A) A0

B) C

C) Memory

D) e+isters

3)(. What does the dis dri&e of a computer do?

A) otate t#e &isk

B) ea& t#e &isk


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C) 0oa& a pro+ram from t#e &isk into t#e memory

D) Bot# b an& $

3)). "ccess time is

A) seek time G laten$y time

B) seek time

C) seek time

D) laten$y time

3)*. Who in&ented the microprocessor?

A) Mar$ian : 4uff

B) 4erman 4 "ol&stein

C) osep# a$uar&

D) All of above

3). -4% stands for

A) Ma+neti$ Ink C#ara$ter ea&er

B) Ma+neti$ Ink Co&e ea&er

C) Ma+neti$ Ink Case ea&er


3*0. !he Width of a processor:s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are

common data paths?

A) 7 bits

B) ;< bits

C) ;8 bits

D) 3< bits

3*1. -54 is the abbre&iation of

A) Me&ium S$ale Inte+rate&

B) Me&ium System Inte+rate&


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C) Me&ium S$ale Intelli+ent

D) Me&ium System Intelli+ent

3*2. 4-6 launched its first personal computer called 46-% in 1*1. 4t had chips from

4ntel, dis dri&es from !andon, operating system from -icrosoft, the printer from pson and

the application software from e&erywhere. %an you name the country which contributed

A) In&ia

B) C#ina

C) "ermany

D) Tai'an

3*3. Which statement is &alid about interpreter?

A) It translates one instru$tion at a time

B) !bHe$t $o&e is save& for future use

C) epeate& interpretation is not ne$essary

D) All of above

3*$. asily reloctable language is

A) Ma$#ine lan+ua+e

B) Assembly lan+ua+e

C) 4i+# level lan+ua+e

D) Me&ium level lan+ua+e

3*'. Which of the following memories needs refresh?

A) SAM

B) DAM

C) !M

D) All of above

3*(. !hrough which de&ice the main components of the computer communicate with each

other?

A) eyboar&


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B) System Bus

C) Monitor

D) Memory

3*). What type of de&ice is computer eyboard?

A) Memory

B) !utput

C) Stora+e

D) Input

3**. Which is the limitation of high le&el language?

A) 0o'er effi$ien$y

B) Ma$#ine &epen&en$e

C) ma$#ine level $o&in+

D) None of above

3*. "n e/ample of a digital de&ice can be

A) Di+ital $lo$k

B) Automobile spee& meter

C) Clo$k 'it# a &ial an& t'o #an&s

D) All of t#e above

30. Which of the following is not true?

A) Transistors are mu$# smaller

B) Transistors pro&u$e lo' #eat

C) Transistors 'ere less reliable

D) Transistors 'ere use& in ra&ios an& ot#er ele$troni$ &evi$es

31. " characteristic of card systems isA

A) Slo'ness in pro$essin+ &ata

B) sin+ $ar&s as re$or&s of transa$tions


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C) Nee&in+ a lar+er D% staff

D) All of t#e above

32. !he full form of O- is

A) :le$tri$ally :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

B) :asily :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory

C) :le$troni$ :rasable %ro+rammable ea& !nly Memory


33. !he original "5%44 code used>>bits of each byte, reser&ing that last bit for error

checing

A) >

B) 8

C) ?

D) 7

3$. " computer programmer

A) Does all t#e t#inkin+ for a $omputer

B) Can enter input &ata ui$kly

C) Can operate all types of $omputer euipments

D) Can &ra' only flo'$#art

3'. Fifth generation computer is also nown as

A) no'le&+e information pro$essin+ system

B) ,ery lar+e s$ale inte+ration -,0SI)

C) Bot# of above

D) None of above

3(. !he commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and

punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called

A) ASCII

B) :BCDIC


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C) BCD

D) All of above

3). Which of the following ha&e low failure rate?

A) me$#ani$al &evi$es

B) ele$troni$ &evi$es

C) ele$tro.me$#ani$al &evi$es

D) None of above

3*. Which of the following memories need refresh?

A) SAM

B) DAM

C) !M

D) All of t#e above

3. " typical personal computer used for business purposes would ha&e>> of "-.

A) 6 B

B) ;8

C) 86

D) 8

$00. !he "B; of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called

A) Semi$on&u$tor memory

B) e+isters

C) 4ar& &isks

D) Ma+neti$ &isk


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