Basic Computer Questions With Ansers

1. A system is
A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
B) input unit
C) input and output unit
D) input, output and storage units
2. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A) COBOl
B) BASIC
C) C
D) LISP
3. The translator program used in assembly language is called
A) Compiler
B) Interpreter
C) Assembler
D) Translator
4. EEPROM stands for
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
D) None of the above
5. Regarding data, computers are very good at
A) store
B) Processing
C) retrieve
D) All of above
6. Bit map terminal
A) support display containing multiple window
B) require considerable amount of video RAM
C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance
D) all of above
7. First generation computers used _________ for memory
A) vacuum tubes
B) silicon chips
C) magnetic drum
D) RAM
8. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
A) ROM
B) RAM
C) EPROM
D) None of above
9. EPROM can be used for
A) Erasing the contents of ROM
B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
D) Duplicating ROM
10. ENIAC uses
A) Decimal Numbering System
B) Octal Numbering System
C) Binary Numbering System
D) Hexadecial Numbering System
11. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
A) EFTS
B) MPG
C) MIPS  (a unit of computing speed equivalent to a million instructions per second)
D) CPS
12. which of the following is problem oriented language?
A) High level language
B) Machine language
C) Assembly language
D) Low level language
13. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
A) 2 byte
B) 32 byte
C) 4 byte
D) 8 byte
94. The term GIGO is related to
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Versatility
D) Automatic
15. Web cam is an
A) input unit device
B) output unit device
C) processing device
D) Input and Output device
16. Bit stands for
A) Binary digits
B) bit of system
C) a part of byte
D) All of above
17. Access time is
A) seek time + latency time
B) seek time
C) seek time ? latency time
D) latency time
18. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?
A) Input device
B) Output device
C) Memory
D) Microprocessor
19. Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
A) Floppy Disk
B) CD-ROM
C) Hard Disk
D) None of these
20. Symbolic logic was discovered by
A) George Boole
B) Herman Hollerith
C) Van Neumann
D) Basic Pascal