R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Computer Computer Basics MCQS Paper 2

Which was the most popular first generation computer?

1. IBM 1650
2. IBM 360
3. IBM 1130
4. IBM 2700

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which is considered a direct entry input device?

1. Optical scanner
2. Mouse and digitizer
3. Light pen
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is

1. Process control
2. ALU
3. Register Unit
4. Process description

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Each set of Napier?s bones consisted of ______ rods

1. 5
2. 9
3. 11
4. 13

✅ Correct Answer: 3

BCD is

1. Binary Coded Decimal
2. Bit Coded Decimal
3. Binary Coded Digit
4. Bit Coded Digit

✅ Correct Answer: 1

When was the world?s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

1. Hewlett-Packard 1980
2. Epson 1981
3. Laplink Traveling Software Inc 1982
4. Tandy Model-200 1985

✅ Correct Answer: 2

From which generation operating systems were developed?

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was

1. IBM
2. Super UNIVAC
3. Radio Shaks
4. Data General Corporation

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 8
4. 12

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Properly arranged data is called

1. Field
2. Words
3. Information
4. File

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A computer consists of

1. A central processing unit
2. A memory
3. Input and output unit
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?

1. Because they can amplify the weak signals and make them strong
2. Because they can stop or allow the flow of current
3. Both of above
4. None of above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

John Napier invented Logarithm in

1. 1614
2. 1617
3. 1620
4. None of above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An integrated circuit is

1. A complicated circuit
2. An integrating device
3. Much costlier than a single transistor
4. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?

1. Bus control
2. Interrupts
3. Bus arbitration
4. Status

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface the trackball is

1. Stationary
2. Difficult to move
3. Dragged
4. Moved in small steps

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?

1. Magnetic drum
2. Hard Disks
3. Floppy
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several

1. Personal computers
2. Workstations
3. Dumb terminals
4. Mainframes

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?

1. Grater than
2. Less than
3. Equal to
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is

1. Editing
2. Writing
3. Formatting
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of

1. first generation
2. second generation
3. third generation
4. fourth generation

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Algorithm and Flow chart help us to

1. Know the memory capacity
2. Identify the base of a number system
3. Direct the output to a printer
4. Specify the problem completely and clearly

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which statement is valid about computer program?

1. It is understood by a computer
2. It is understood by programmer
3. It is understood user
4. Both a & b

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The difference between memory and storage is that memory is _____ and storage is __

1. Temporary permanent
2. Permanent temporary
3. Slow fast
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

When was Pascaline invented

1. 1617
2. 1620
3. 1642
4. 1837

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following statement is valid?

1. Lady Augusta is the first programmer
2. Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron a famous English poet
3. ADA is a programming language developed by US Defense
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A compiler is a translating program which

1. Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language
2. Translates entire source program into machine language program
3. It is not involved in program?s execution
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?

1. Light pen
2. Mouse
3. Digitizer
4. Terminal

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is the first computer to use Stored Program Concept?

1. UNIVAC
2. ENIAC
3. EDSAC
4. None of above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The term gigabyte refers to

1. 1024 bytes
2. 1024 kilobytes
3. 1024 megabytes
4. 1024 gigabyte

✅ Correct Answer: 3

in which year was UK?s premier computing event called ?The which computer? started?

1. 1980
2. 1985
3. 1986
4. 1987

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Once you load the suitable program and provide required data computer does not need human intervention. This feature is known as

1. Accuracy
2. Reliability
3. Versatility
4. Automatic

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is a brand?

1. The name of companies that made computers
2. The name of product a company gives to identify its product in market
3. A name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Machine language is

1. Machine dependent
2. Difficult to program
3. Error prone
4. All of above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A byte consists of

1. One bit
2. Four bits
3. Eight bits
4. Sixteen bits

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not

1. Fast
2. Powerful
3. Infallible
4. Cheap

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is the date when Babbage conceived Analytical engine

1. 1642
2. 1837
3. 1880
4. 1850

✅ Correct Answer: 2