Computer Science Quiz Questions and Answers

1. The term ‘Computer’ is derived from……….? Latin

2. Who is the inventor of “Difference Engine”? Charles Babbage
3. Who is the father of Computer? Charles Babbage
4. Who is the father of Computer science? Allen Turing
5. Who is the father of personal computer? Edward Robert
6. A CPU contains? a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
7. Which of the following controls the process of interaction between the
user and the operating system? User interface
8. The first computers were programmed using? machine language
9. ……….is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the
sharing of information between computing devices? network
10. Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system
are called? Passwords
11. You organize files by storing them in? folders
12. What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common
resource in a computer network?                 Printers
13. Which device is required for the Internet connection? Modem
14. What is a light pen? Optical input device
15. UNIVAC is? Universal Automatic Computer
16. CD-ROM stands for? Compactable Read Only Memory
17. ALU is? Arithmetic Logic Unit
18. VGA is? Video Graphics Array
19. IBM 1401 is Second Generation Computer
20. MSI stands for? Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
 21. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is? 1.44 MB ( Computer Science
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22. WAN stands for? Wide Area Network
23. MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Reader
24. EBCDIC stands for? Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
Code
25. CAD stands for ?Computer aided design
26. Junk e-mail is also called? spam
27. Hackers does? break into other people’s computers
28. What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a
client-server system? Microcomputer
29. A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not have the? Operating System
30. The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is
called line spacing
31. Example of non-numeric data is Employee address
32. What is embedded system? The computer and software system that
control the machine 
33. First page of Website is termed as? Homepage
34. ………………… Is the appearance of typed characters? Format
35. When a file is saved for the first time it must be given a name to
identify it
36. Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can
be connected by the use of corporate WAN
37. Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses
them? Main memory
38. …………… represents raw facts, where-as…………….. is data made
meaningful. Data, information
39. What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical
power.
40. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible
faults and their causes? diagnostic software
41. Which programming languages are classified as low level
languages? Assembly languages
42. Which of the following is not anti- viruses’ software? Oracle
43. Which device is required for the Internet connection? Modem
44. What does DMA stand for? Direct Memory Access
45. Which of the following is a storage device? All of the above
46. When did John Napier develop logarithm? 1614
47. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data? 680 MB
48. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision
making by? Managers
49. What is a light pen? Optical input device
50. BCD is? Binary Coded Decimal
51. ASCII stands for? American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
52. Which of the following is first generation of computer? EDSAC
53. Chief component of first generation computer was Vacuum Tubes
and Valves
54. FORTRAN is? Formula Translation
55. EEPROM stands for? Electronic Erasable Programmable? Read Only
Memory
56. Second Generation computers were developed during ?1956 to 1965
57. The computer size was very large in ?First Generation
58. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation
computers Fourth Generation
59. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed
text? OCR
60. The output quality of a printer is measured by? Dot per sq. inch
61. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC? J. Presper
Eckert and John W Mauchly
62. Who invented the high level language “C”? Dennis M. Ritchie
63. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer
equipment refers to ? Peopleware
64. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Indecide to join
hands? 1991  ( Computer Science Quiz )
65. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is
called Sillico Sapiens? Computer
66. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the
alternative computer jargon for it?                 Glitch
67. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the
screen which requires operator attention? Reverse video
68. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main
circuit board.What is the common name for such boards? Motherboard
69. 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
70. What is meant by a dedicated computer? Which is assigned one and
only one task
71. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine
language is called a/an ? Compiler
72. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a
time into machine language is called a/an? Interpreter
73. A small or intelligent device is so called because ? it contains within
it a ? Sensor 
74. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working
correctly is known as ?Bug
75. 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
Worm
76. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has? Flip-flop
77. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is
known as ? Spam
78. DOS stands for? Disk Operating System
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80. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer? Central
Processing unit
81. IBM stands for? International Business Machines
82. translates and executes program at run time line by line Interpreter
83. ……………… is an OOP principle? Inheritance
84. COBOL is widely used in applications involving? Commercial
85. RAM stands for? Random access memory
86. 1 Byte =? 8 bits
87. SMPS stands for? Switched mode Power Supply
88. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as
Modem
89. VDU is also called? Both 1 & 2
90. BIOS stands for?                 Basic Input Output system
91. Father of C programming language? Dennis Ritchie
92. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing
tasks are referred to as computer? programs
93. An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be
processed is? Memory
94. _________ is the key to close a selected drop -down list and cancel a
command and close a dialog box.? ESC
95. Data becomes ……………. when it is presented in a format that people
can understand and use? information
96. …………. Is the functional key to display save-as box? F12
97. The term …………. designates equipment that might be added to a
computer system to enhance its functionality? peripheral device
98. A ………… is a microprocessor -based computing device ?personal
computer
99. RAM can be treated as the ……… for the computer’s processor?
waiting room
100. To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a
communication channel is? File transfer
101. The primary function of the ………… is to set up the hardware and load
and start an operating system?                 BIOS
102. What kind of memory is both static and non -volatile? ROM
103. ___________is computer software designed to operate the computer
hardware and to provide platform for running application software?
System software
104. The ……… is the amount of data that a storage device can move from
the storage medium to the Computer per second data? transfer rate 
105. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as ……. ?Off-line
device
106. What is the other name for programmed chip? LSIC
107. On-line real time systems become popular in ……….. generation?
Third Generation
108. You use a(n) ….., such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information?
input device
109. …………. is the ability of a device to “jump” directly to the requested
data? Random access
110. …………. provides process and memory management services that
allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously?
Multitasking
111. The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical
operations is called ?Processing
112. ALU and Control Unit jointly known as ?CPU
113. RAM is an example of? Primary memory
114. Magnetic disk is an example of? Secondary memory
115. Which one of the following is NOT a computer language? MS-Excel
116. RAM is also called as Read / Write? Memory
117. ………… Store data or information temporarily and pass it on as
directed by the control unit      ?           Register