Model Set-7
1. The earliest device that qualifies as a digital computer is
(A) EDSAC
(B) Abacus
(C) ENIAC
(D) EDVAC
2. An error in computer data is called
(A) Chip
(B) Bug
(C) CPU
(D) Storage devices
3. A new technology which provides the ability to create
an artificial world and have people interact with it is called
(A) Virtual
reality
(B) Alternative reality
(C) 3-D reality
(D) None of the above
4. Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour Aubrey Papert?
(A) APL
(B) COBOL
(C) LOGO
(D) FORTRAN
5. Which term is not used to describe the memory component of a
computer?
(A) ROM
(B) PROM
(C) RAM
(D) SAM
6. The smallest logical data entity is called a data item or
data
(A) Base
(B) Field
(C) Bank
(D) Collection
7. The process used to set up a programs once the system is
operational is
(A) Operating
system
(B) Black bon
(C) Boot strap
(D) Utility
8. The CPU chip used in a computer is partially made out of
(A) Silica
(B) Carbon
(C) Copper
(D) Gold
9. Ethernet uses
(A) Bus
topology
(B) Ring topology
(C) Star topology
(D) Tree topology
10. A computer program that converts an entire program into
machine language at one time is called a/an
(A) Interpreter
(B) Simulator
(C) Compiler
(D) Commander
11. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of
arithmetic and logical operations was:
(A) ENIAC
(B) Mark I
(C) Analytic engine
(D) UNIVAC-I
12. The time for which a piece of equipment operates is called
(A) Seek
time
(B) Effective time
(C) Access time
(D) Real time
13. A number that is used to control the form of another number
is known as
(A) Map
(B) Mask
(C) Marker
(D) None of the above
14. Accessing records from a file directly without searching
from the beginning of the file is
(A) Time
sharing
(B) Random
(C) Direct access
(D) Access time
15. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O
operations is a:
(A) Chip
(B) Buffer
(C) Register
(D) Core
16. The person contributing the idea of the stored program was
(A) John
von Neumann
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Howard Aiken
(D) Basic Pascal
17. What is meant by computer literacy?
(A) Knowing
what a computer can and cannot do
(B) Ability to write computer programs
(C) Knowing computer related vocabulary
(D) Ability to assemble computers
18. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was
called
(A) 8008
(B) 8080
(C) 4004
(D) 8800
19. A printer in which the characters are embossed on a band is
(A) Dot-matrix
(B) Laser
(C) Golf-ball
(D) Chain
20. What is the name given to the weapons which use computerized
guidance
system?
(A) Guided
weapons
(B) Smart weapons
(C) Dumb weapons
(D) None of the above
21. Which of the following languages is often translated to
pseudo code?
(A) Assembly
(B) FORTRAN
(C) PASCAL
(D) BASIC
22. What was the name of the first commercially available
microprocessor chip?
(A) Intel
8008
(B) Intel 8080
(C) Intel 4004
(D) Motorola 6809
23. Arranging data in a specific order is called
(A) Merging
(B) Sorting
(C) Classification
(D) Verification
24. The complete picture of data stored in database is known as
(A) Record
(B) Schema
(C) System flowchart
(D) None of the above
25. The flow and timing to data to and from the microprocessor
is regulated by
(A) Control
pins
(B) Address pins
(C) Data pins
(D) Power pins
1. (B) Abacus
2. (B) Bug
3. (A) Virtual reality
4. (C) LOGO
5. (D) SAM
6. (B) Field
7. (C) Boot strap
8. (A) Silica
9. (A) Bus topology
10. (C) Compiler
11. (B) Mark I
12. (B) Effective time
13. (B) Mask
14. (C) Direct access
15. (B) Buffer
16. (A) John von Neumann
17. (A) Knowing what a computer can and cannot do
18. (C) 4004
19. (D) Chain
20. (B) Smart
weapons
21. (C) PASCAL
22. (C) Intel 4004
23. (B) Sorting
24. (B) Schema
25. (A) Control pins