02 Introduction to the Computer (Part 02)
21 Feb 2015
21. One millisecond is
(1) 1000 seconds
(2) 10 seconds
(3) 10 seconds
(4) 10000 seconds
(5) None of these
22. Number crunchier is the informal name for
(1) Mini computer
(2) Mainframe computer
(3) Microcomputer
(4) Super computer
(5) None of these
23. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
(1) Motorola
(2) IBM
(3) AMD
(4) Intel
(5) None of these
24. Symbolic logic was discovered by
(1) Herman Hollerith
(2) George Boole
(3) Van Neumann
(4) Basic Pascal
(5) None of these
25. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H- bomb project?
(1) MANIAC
(2) EDSAC
(3) ENIAC
(4) UNTVAC
(5) None of these
26. Computer operators
(1) writes computer programs for specific problems
(2) ENIAC
(3) normally require a college degree in computer science
(4) operate the device which input and output data from the computer
(5) None of these
27. The first electronic computer in the world was
(1) UNIVAC
(2) EDVAC
(3) ENIAC
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
28. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
(1) Analytical engine
(2) Arithmetic machine
(3) Both the above
(4) Donald Knuth
(5) None of these
29. Offline device is
(1) A direct access storage device
(2) A device which is connected to CPU
(3) A device which is not connected to CPU
(4) An I/O device
(5) None of these
30. Microprocessors can be used to make
(1) Computer
(2) Digital systems
(3) Calculators
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
31. Which American Computer Company is called big blue?
(1) IBM
(2) Compaq Corp
(3) Microsoft
(4) Tandy Sevenson
(5) None of these
32.The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Motley and Accrete called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
(1) 100
(2) 80
(3) 40
(4) 20
(5) None of these
33. The digital computer was developed primarily in
(1) USSR
(2) USA
(3) Japan
(4) UK
(5) None of these
34. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of
(1) Genetics
(2) Molecular biology
(3) Control and communications
(4) Biochemistry
(5) None of these
35. Most of the inexpensive personal computer does not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computers?
(1) Diskless computers
(2) Home computers
(3) Dedicated computer
(4) General computer
(5) None of these
36. Which of the following required large computer memory?
(1) Imaging
(2) Graphics
(3) Voice
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
37. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
(1) MIPS
(2) MPG
(3) EFTS
(4) CFPS
(5) None of these
38. Who invented the microprocessor?
(1) Bill Gates
(2) Herman H Goldstein
(3) Joseph Jacquard
(4) MarcianEHuff
(5) None of these
39. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
(1) Mini computer
(2) A laptop computer
(3) Minicomputer
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
40. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
(1) Epson, 1981
(2) Hewlett-Packard
(3) Laplink traveling software Inc. 1982
(4) Tandy model-2000, 1985
(5) None of these
Answers: 21. (1) 22. (4) 23. (4) 24. (2) 25. (1) 26. (4) 27. (5) 28. (4) 29. (3) 30. (4) 31. (1) 32. (4)
33. (2) 34. (3) 35. (2) 36. (4) 37. (1) 38. (4) 39. (3) 40. (1)
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