Chapter1-Computer System

MCQ Questions

1.Tabulating machine is invented by

(a)Blaize Pascal

(b) Herman Hollerith

(c)Charles Babbage

(d) Joseph Mary Jacquard

2._____is known to be the first programmer.

(a)Lady Ada Lovelace

(b) Charles Babbage

(c)Bill Gates

(d) Gottfried Leibniz

3.printers are being used ni manufacturing industries to create prototypes of products.

(a) Inkjet

(b) Laserjet

(c) Dot matrix

(d) 3D-printer

4.While processing, the CPU stores the data as well as instructions ni its local memory called

(a) Information (b) ICS

(c) Registers (d) None of these

5.Who introduced the concept of stored program computer which was capable of storing data as wel
as program ni the memory

(a)John Von Neumann

(b)Charles Babbage

(c)Herman Hollerith

(d) John WMauchly

6.____is a silicon chip which contains entire electronic circuit on a very small area.

(a)CPU
(b) Integrated Circuit

(c)RAM

(d) ROM

7.Data entered through input device is temporarily stored in the memory

(a) cache

(b) secondary

(c) main

(d) None of these

8.___ is the first binary programmable computer based on Von Neumann architecture.

(a) Analytical Engine

(b) Difference Engine

(c) ENIAC

(d) Pascaline

9.____ introduced its first personal computer (PC) for the home user ni 1981

(a) Microsoft

(b) HP

(c) Apple

(d) IBM

10.1001 is an example for

(a)Bit

(b) Byte

(c) Nibble

(d) None

11.1 Zettabyte =

(a)1024 YB

(b) 1024 EB

(c) 1024 PB

(d) 1024 TB
12.SLSI means

(a) Super Large-Scale Integration

(b) Super Large System Integration

(c) System Large Scale Integration

(d) Super Long Scale Integration

13.The startup program (boot loader) that loads the operating system into primary memory, is stored
in—————

(a)RAM

(b) ROM

(c)Cache memory

(d) Secondary memory

14.Example for FOSS is

(a) Mozilla Firefox. (b) Skype

(c) Adobe Reader (d) Tally

15.Examples of operating systems with gesture-based interface include

(a) Ubuntu

(b)iOS

(c) Macintosh

(d) Unix

16.Information about the processes being executed on a computer can be activated using

(a) CtrI+Alt+Delete

(b)Windows key

(c) F10

(d)CtrI+Shift+Delete

17.Input device used to enter audio-based command is

(a) OCR

(b)Speaker

(c) MICR

(d)None of these
18.Compiler is

(a) Programming tool. (b) System software

(c) Application software. (d) None of these

19.To speed up the operations of the CPU, a very high-speed memory is placed between the CPU
and the primary memory known as

(a) cache

(b)registers

(c)ROM

(d)main memory

20.The secondary memory is

(a) volatile

(b) non-volatile

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d)None of these

21._____s bidirectional.

(a) Data bus

(b)Address bus

(c) Control Bus

(d)All of these

22.______is the maximum number of bits that a microprocessor can process at a time.

(a)Memory Size

(b)Clock Speed

(c) Word size

(d) Cores

23.CPU with four cores is called as

(a) dual-core processor

(b) quad-core processor

(c) octa-core processor

(d) None of these

24._____is embedded in smart home appliances.

(a) Microprocessor

(b)Microcontroller

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d)None

25.An image is a collection of pixels

(a) Red, Gray, Blue

(b)Red, Green, Black

(c) Red, Green, Blue

(d)Red, Green, White

26.Online railway ticket bookings shows

(a) Structured data

(b)Unstructured data

(c) Semi-structured data

(d)Al of theses

27.Example for semi structured data are

(a) HTML page

(b)csv file

(c) email document

(d)Al of these

28.Fetching data from the storage devices, for its processing as per the user requirement is called

(a) Data entry

(b) Data Capturing

(c) Data Storage

(d) Data Retrieval

29.Examples of system software include

(a) Operating systems

(b) System utilities

(c) Device drivers

(d) All of these

30.Fedora is an example of

(a)System Utility

(b) Operating System

(c)Programming Language

(d) Application software

31.Example for system utilities

(a) anti-virus software

(b) defragmentation tool

(c) formatting utility

(d) All of these

32.IDLE in Python is an example for

(a) Code editor

(b) Compiler

(c) Interpreter

(d) Translator

33.____are machine dependent languages

(a)Assembly languages

(b) High level languages

(c)Middle level languages

(d) None

34.The program code written in assembly or high-level language is called

(a) Object code

(b) Program code

(c) Machine code

(d) None

35.C++, Java, Python is an example of

(a)Assembly languages

(b) High level languages

(c) Middle level languages

(d) Machine level languages

36.___translates one line at a time instead of the whole program at one go.

(a) Compiler

(b) Assembler

(c) Interpreter

(d) None of these

37.Example for DIE

(a) Netbeans

(b) Eclipse

(c) Atom

(d) All of these

38._____is a not a generalized software but tailor-made software.

(a) Accounting software

(b)iTunes

(C) GIMP

(d) Adobe Photoshop

39.Fedora is an example of

(a)System Utility

(b) Operating System

(c) Programming Language

(d) Application software

40.In Android OS (reference to voice based interface) we have

(a) Siri

(b) OK Google

(c) Cortana

(d) None

41.Function of Operating System is

(a) Memory Management

(b) Device Management

(c) File Management

(d) All of these

42.Operating System with touch-based interface is

(a) Android

(b) iOS

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

43.____lets users run programs or give instructions to the computer in the form of icons, menus and
other visual options.

(a) Graphical User Interface

(b) Command Based Interface

(c) Touch Based Interface

(d) Voice Based Interface

44.Which of these computer languages do we use in artificial intelligence?

(a) PROLOG

(b) FORTRAN

(c) COBOL

(d) C

45.Example of operating systems with command-based interface is

Windows 8

(b) Linux

(c) Dos

(d) Ubuntu

46.Which of the following are application software?

(a) Adobe Photoshop

(b)Websites

(c)School Management Software

(d)All of these

47.A Computer system can work without

(a) Application software

(b) System software

(C) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

48.Writing code in______language is more difficult than writing code in Python.

(a) Machine

(b) High level

(c) Low level

(d) None of these

49. Threats with digital data is

(a) tI can be deleted by accidently.

(b)Storage devices can malfunction or crash down resulting ni the deletion of data stored.

(c) Hacker or malware can steal the digital data intentionally.

(d) All of these

50. Which of the following devices are used to capture data in digital format?

(a) Barcode reader (b) OCR

(c) QR code scanner (d) All of these

51.Suppose there is a computer with RAM but no secondary storage. Can we install a software on
that computer?

(a Yes

(b) No

(c) Depends upon the processor

(d) Depends upon the RAM

52. Arrange Petabyte(PB), Yottabyte(YB) and Zettabyte(ZB) in increasing order.

(a) PB, YB, ZB

(b) ZB, YB, PB

(c) PB, ZB, YB

(d) YB, ZB, PB

53._____is the computer program that would convert an assembly language to the machine
language.

(a) Interpreter

(b) Compiler

(c) Assembler

(d) None of these

54.A _____ is useful for a visually challenged person to understand the textual output generated by
computers.

(a)Braille display monitor

(b)LED monitor

(c) 3-D model

(d)Braile keyboards

55.The first generation of computers used for switching circuits and magnetic drums for memory.

(a) Transistors

(b)Vacuum tubes

(c) ICS

(d)Microprocessors

56. Uses of Super Computers include:

(a) Weather forecasting

(b)Animated graphics like in Hollywood movies

(c) Space science

(d)All of these

57.MOUSE stands for

(a) Mechanically operated user single engine

(b)Machine operated user single engine

(c) Manually operated user single engine

(d)None of these

58. 2^100 bytes = 1024 Bronto bytes =

(a)1Geop byte

(b)1 Yotta byte

(c)1Peta byte

(d)1Zeta byte

59. ENIAC stands for

(a)Electronic Numerical Integrator and computer

(b)Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer

(c) Electrical Numerical Integrator and calculator

(d)Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

60.Charles Babbage, British mathematician and engineer, designed an automatic calculating machine
called Difference Engine in the year

(a) 1722

(b) 1822

(c) 1900

(d) 1902