Computer MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not
Fast
Powerful
nfallible
Cheap

2. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
Pixel
Reverse video
Touch screen
Cursor

3. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
Daughter board
Motherboard
Father board
Breadboard

4. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?
Motherboard
Breadboard
Daughter board
Grandmother board

5. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Which is used by one person only
Which is assigned one and only one task
Which uses one kind of software
Which is meant for application software

6. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem

7. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
Simulator
Compiler
Commander

8. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator

9. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
Computer
Microcomputer
Programmable
. Sensor

10. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
Boot
Bug
Biff
Strap

11. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is
Bug
Vice
Lice
Worm

12. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has
Multivibrator
Flip-flop
Logic gates
Laten

13. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
Spam
Trash
Calibri
Courier

14. DOS stands for
Disk Operating System
Disk operating session
Digital Operating System
Digital Open system

15. Who is the chief of Microsoft
Babbage
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton
none of these

16. Which of the following are input devices?
Keyboard
Mouse
Card reader
Any of these

17. Examples of output devices are
Screen
Printer
Speaker
All of these

18. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer
Control unit
Central Processing unit
Arithmetic and language unit
Monitor

19. IBM stands for
Internal Business Management
International Business Management
International Business Machines
Internal Business Machines

20. translates and executes program at run time line by line
Compiler
Interpreter
Linker
Loader

21. is an OOP principle
Structured programming
Procedural programming
Inheritance
Linking

22. COBOL is widely used in applications
Commercial
Scientific
Space
Mathematical

23. RAM stands for
Random origin money
Random only memory
Read only memory
Random access memory

24. 1 Byte =?
8 bits
4 bits
2 bits
9 bits

25. SMPS stands for
Switched mode Power Supply
Start mode power supply
Store mode power supply
Single mode power supply

26. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as
Modem
Multiplexer
Modulator
Demodulator

27. VDU is also called
Screen
Monitor
Both 1 & 2 d
printer

28. BIOS stands for
Basic Input Output system
Binary Input output system
Basic Input Off system
all the above

29. Father of C programming language
Dennis Ritchie
Prof John Keenly
Thomas Kurtz
Bill Gates

30. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer
programs
processors
input devices
memory modules