01 Introduction to the Computer (Part 01)
20 Feb 2015
1. A(n) system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an items tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.
(1) POS
(2) PSS
(3) inventory
(4) data mining
(5) None of these
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
(1) gathering data
(2) storing the data or information
(3) analyzing the data or information
(4) processing data into information
(5) None of these
3. Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:
(1) simulation.
(2) computer forensics.
(3) robotics.
(4) forecasting.
(5) None of these
4. _______ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.
(1) Nanoscience
(2) Nanotechnology
(3) Simulation
(4) None of these
(5) Artificial intelligence (AI)
5. ________ are specially designed computers that perform complex calculations extremely rapidly.
(1) Servers
(2) Mainframes
(3) Laptops
(4) Supercomputers
(5) None of these
6. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer?
(1) Process ’ Output ’ Input ’ Storage
(2) Input ’ Output ’ Process ’ Storage
(3) Process ’ Storage ’ Input ’ Output
(4) None of these
(5) Input ’ Process ’ Output a Storage
7. In analog computer
(1) Input Is first converted to digital form
(2) Output is displayed in digital form
(3) Input is never converted to digital form
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
8. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed.
(1) Parallel only
(2) Sequentially only
(3) All the above
(4) None of these
(5) Both sequentially and parallel
9. Who designed the first electronics computer ENIAC?
(1) Bill Gates
(2) Joseph M. Jacquard
(3) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
(4) Van-Neumann
(5) None of these
10. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
(1) 1978
(2) 1984
(3) 1991
(4) 1990
(5) None of these
11. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
(1) Monitor
(2) Computer
(3) Robot
(4) Hardware
(5) None of these
12. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not
(1) Infallible
(2) Powerful
(3) Fast
(4) Cheap
(5) None of these
13. IBM launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon,operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed the video display?
(1) India
(2) Taiwan
(3) Germany
(4) China
(5) None of these
14. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
(1) Which is assigned one and only one task
(2) Which is used by one person only
(3) Which uses one kind of software
(4) Which is meant for application software
(5) None of these
15. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
(1) None of these
(2) Mini computer
(3) Micro computer
(4) Macro computer
(5) Super computer
16. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of ... or ... media with varying capacities
(1) Magnetic or optical
(2) Optical or memory
(3) Video or magnetic
(4) None of these
(5) Memory or video
17. A hybrid computer
(1) Resembles digital computer
(2) Resembles analog computer
(3) None of the above
(4) Resembles both a digital and analog computer
(5) None of these
18. The personal computer industry was started by
(1) Apple
(2) IBM
(3) Compaq
(4) HCL
(5) None of these
19. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
(1) Additional Terminals
(2) Applied technology
(3) Advance technology
(4) Advanced terminology
(5) None of these
20. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
(1) IBM 360
(2) IBM 1650
(3) IBM 1 130
(4) IBM 2700
(5) None of these
Answers: 1. (2) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (5) 5. (4) 6. (5) 7. (3) 8. (5) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (2) 12. (1)
13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (5) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (2)
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