Basic Computer Question With Answer

1. The main electronic component used in first generation computers was
A) Transistors
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
C) Integrated Circuits
D) None of above

2. Laptop computer when first introduced in the world and which company invented that?  
A) Compack, 1985
B) Epson,1981
C) IBM, 1983
D) Apple, 1977 

3. One Microsecond is
A) 1 second
B) 10000^th of a seconds
C) 1000000^th of a seconds
D) 100000^th of a seconds

4. The output quality of a printer is measured by
A) Dot per sq. inch
B) Dot per inch
C) Dots printed per unit time
D) All of the above

5. Which of the following was a special purpose computer?
A) ABC
B) ENIAC
C) EDVAC
D) All of the above

6. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?
A) Mark I
B) ABC
C) Z3
D) None of above

7. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
C) Compact Disk
D) Magneto Optic Disk

8. Which computer was considered the first electronic computer until 1973 when court invalidated the patent?
A) ENIAC
B) MARK I
C) Z3
D) ABC

9. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
A) Path
B) Address bus
C) Route
D) All of the above

10. Who is the legend of computer world?
A) Bill Cosby
B) Bill Clinton
C) Bill Gates
D) IBM

11. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs
A) Dot matrix printer
B) Digital plotter
C) Line printer
D) All of the above

12. Which one of the following in the first program of Microsoft?
A) Windows XP
B) Windows 98
C) Windows 97
D) MS DOS

13. Where is the headquarters of Intel located?
A) Tucson, Arizona
B) Richmond, Virgina
C) Santa Clara, California
D) None of these 

14.  Who is father of Microcomputer?

A)  Dr. Howard H. Aeiken
B)  John Atanasoff
C)  H Edward Roberts
D)  Bill Gates

15. 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?
A) Motherboard
B) Breadboard
C) Daughter board
D) Grandmother board

16. The first Internet based news agency of Bangladesh is
A)  E-News
B)  BD News
C) Both of above
D) None of above

17. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
A) Pulse code modulation
B) Pulse stretcher
C) Query processing
D) Queue management

18. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
A) It is an output device
B) It is an input device
C) It is a peripheral device
D) It is hardware item

19. Which is the fastest computer?
A) Super Computer
B) Mainframe Computer
C) Notebook Computer
D) Minicomputer

20. When was vacuum tube invented?
A) 1900
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1880