(a) Arithmetic operation
(b) Logical operation
(c) Storage and relative
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
2. The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was-
(a) Joseph Marie Jacquard
(b) John Mauchly
(c) Blaise Pascal
(d) Harward Ailken
(e) None o0f these
3. Floppy Disk Drives were first introduced by which of the following computer manufacturers ?
(a) IBM
(b) Sony
(c) Panasonic
(d) Compaq
(e) None of these
4. Which electronic component was use in second generation ?
(a) Vacuum tubes
(b) Transistors
(c) IC chips
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
5. What was the size of chip used in third generation ?
(a) less then 8 mm
(b) less then 5 mm
(c) less then 2 mm
(d) less then 3 mm
(e) None of these
6. Integrated circuits contained-
(a) vaccum tube
(b) transistor
(c) condensor
(d) resistance
(e) None of these
7. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits-
(a) ANSI
(b) ASCII
(c) EBCDIC
(d) ISO
(e) None of these
8. Which of the following is the binary equivalent of the octal number 13.54?
(a) 1101.1110
(b) 1011.1100
(c) 1100.1100
(d) 1011.101100
(e) None of these
9. The ASCII is a subset of __________________.
(a) 8-bit EBCDIC
(b) 8-bit ECBDIC
(c) 8-bit ECBDCI
(d) 8-bit EBCDCE
(e) None of these
10. The oldest form of computer language is called _____________.
(a) Machine language
(b) BASIC
(c) FORTRAN
(d) COBOL
(e) None of these
11. Which type of computers accuracy is superhigh.
(a) Optical
(b) Hidden
(c) Hybrid
(d) Digital
(e) None of these
12. A modern digital computer has:
(a) Extremely high speed
(b) Large memory
(c) Almost unlimited array
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
13. A complete microcomputer system consists of :
(a) Microprocessor
(b) Memory
(c) Peripheral equipment
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
14. Which is used for manufacturing chips ?
(a) Bus
(b) Control unit
(c) Semiconductors
(d) A and B only
(e) None of these
15. The CPU chips used in a computer is partially made up of :
(a) copper
(b) iron
(c) gold and silver
(d) silica
(e) None of these
Answers
1. All of the above
2. Blaise Pascal
3. IBM
4. Vacuum tubes
5. less then 5 mm
6. transistor
7. ASCII
8. 1011.101100
9. 8-bit EBCDIC
10. Machine language
11. Digital
12. All of these
13. All of the above
14. Semiconductors
15. silica
