Solved MCQs on Computer Basics

1

. ALU stands for

• Arithmetic Logic Unit
• Application Logic Unit
• Array Logic Unit
• None of above

A. Arithmetic Logic Unit

2

. The brain of any computer system is

• ALU
• CPU
• None of above
• Memory
• Control Unit

B. CPU

3

. What difference does the 5th generation computer have from other generation computers?

• Technological advancement
• Object Oriented Programming
• Scientific code
• All of the above

D. All of the above

Explanation : The key technologies for the Fifth Generation Computer System (FGCS) seem to be VLSI architecture, parallel processing such as data flow control, logic programming, knowledge base based on relational database, and applied artificial intelligence and pattern processing.Inference machines and relational algebra.

4

. Which of the following computer generation uses concept of artificial intelligence?

• First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Forth Generation

D. Forth Generation

5

. When a key is pressed on keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits

• ANSI
• ASCII
• EBCDIC
• ISO

B. ASCII

6

. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Joystick
• trackball

B. Mouse

7

. Which of the following is valid storage type?

• CPU
• Keyboard
• Pen Drive
• Track Ball
• None of the above

C. Pen Drive

8

. The section of the CPU that is responsible for performing mathematical operations

• Memory
• Register Unit
• Control Unit
• ALU
• None of the above

D. ALU

9

. Any storage device added to computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as:

• Floppy disk
• Hard Disk
• Backing store
• Punched Card
• None of the above

A. Floppy disk

10

. The list of coded instructions is called

• Computer Program
• Algorithm
• Flowchart
• Utility Program

A. Computer Program

1

. Source code is available to view, modify and redistribute in

• Open Source
• Closed Source
• Proprietary
• Licensed
• None of the above

A. Open Source

2

. Which of the following is not input device

• Touch Pad
• Mouse
• Printer

C. Printer

3

. MS Word is example of Closed Source Software

• True
• False

A. True

4

. Software required to run the hardware is known as

• Joystick
• Task Manager
• Task Bar
• Program Manager
• Device Driver

E. Device Driver

5

. Which the following is application software?

• Compiler
• Power Point
• Debugger

B. Power Point

6

. Which of the following is system software?

• Linux
• Word
• Excel
• Tally

A. Linux

7

. The Programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

• Hardware
• Software
• Firmware
• ROMware

C. Firmware

8

. Which of the following is invalid type of memory

• RAM (Random Access Memory)
• ROM (Read Only Memory)
• PRAM (Programmable Read Access Only Memory )
• EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only

C. PRAM (Programmable Read Access Only Memory )

9

. C langauge were used in________of computers

• A First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Fifth Generation

B. Second Generation

10

. which of the following is not component of computer system?

• Input Device
• Stepper Motor
• Memory
• None of the above

B. Stepper Motor

1

. Which of the following is not output device?

• Printer
• VDU
• Scanner
• All

C. Scanner

2

. Joystick is used for____________

• Gaming
• Weather forecast
• Word Processing

A. Gaming

3

. Trackball is output device

• True
• False

B. False

4

. ALU is part of Memory

• True
• False

B. False

5

. CPU consist of

• ALU+CU
• ROM+ALU
• RAM+ROM
• None
• All

A. ALU+CU

6

. _______is Volatile Memory

• ROM
• EPROME
• RAM
• None

C. RAM

7

. _____________ is non volatile memory

• RAM
• EERAM
• ROM
• PROME

C. ROM

8

. Which of the following is the Valid Measurement unit of memory

• GB
• MB
• KB
• All

D. All

9

. Hardware can work without device driver

• True
• False

B. False

10

. Which of the following if not OS

• Android
• MAC
• Samsung
• LINUX

C. Samsung

1

. DVD is having more storage capacity than CD

• True
• False

A. True

2

. Tally is __________

• Open S/W
• Closed S/W
• Application s/w
• System s/w

C. Application s/w

3

. VLSI is used in _________ Generation of computer

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

D. Fourth

4

. __________ Interprets and executes set of instruction

• CPU
• VDU
• Printer
• Scanner

A. CPU

5

. __________consists of set of instruction

• Software
• Hardware
• Program
• None of this

C. Program

6

. ___________consists of set of program s

• Scanner
• VDU
• Software

C. Software

7

. Paint brush is text editor

• True
• False

B. False

8

. Notepad is text editor

• True
• False
• None of this

A. True

9

. Keyboard Converts typed in character to ___________code

• EBCIDIC
• ASCII
• Decimal
• Binary

B. ASCII

10

. __________Unit control the operation of CPU

• ALU
• RAM
• CU
• BU

C. CU

1

. Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?

• Electronic Computers
• Digital Computers
• None
• all

C. None

2

. Which one of the following is not a feature of third generation languages?

• They need to get translated
• They are easy to use than MMLs
• They are faster than MLLs
• They use compilers and interpreters

C. They are faster than MLLs

3

. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?

• RAM
• RW/RAM
• ERAM

B. RW/RAM

4

. LSI,VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?

• Fifth
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

D. Fourth

5

. Which characteristics of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculation?

• Accuracy
• Storage
• Versatility
• Automatic

B. Storage

 

1

. Microsoft .NET is _________

• Open Source
• Closed Source
• Browser
• All of above

B. Closed Source

2

. ls the windows command

• True
• False

B. False

3

. Which of the following command gives the list of the users in the systems

• whoami
• ps
• ds
• who

D. who

4

. ________is the linux flavor which runs from CD

• Knopix
• SUSE
• Fedora
• Ubuntu

A. Knopix

5

. OSF stands for___________

• O.S. Factory
• Open system foundation
• Open software foundation
• None

C. Open software foundation

6

. Open source software are very costly

• True
• False

B. False

7

. Internet Explorer comes along with ________

• Linux
• Windows
• MAC
• Android

B. Windows

8

. which browser comes with linux by default

• Mozilla Firebox
• IE
• Opera
• None

A. Mozilla Firebox

9

. BOSS is developed in _______

• USA
• UK
• India
• China

C. India

10

. Which of the following is the closed source

• 3D Max
• Blender
• Linux

A. 3D Max

1

. PHP is the Open Source

• True
• False

A. True

2

. _______ Determines which piece of large program need to be recompiled

• rpm
• make
• yum
• None of above

B. make

3

. ________Execute a command as another user

• who
• tty
• chmod
• sudo

D. sudo

4

. ________ is used to install and remove packages and control downloading them from a repository

• rpm
• who
• yum
• ls

A. rpm

5

. Which of the following is not flavor of linux?

• Mandrake
• SUSAN
• Redhat
• Fedora

B. SUSAN

6

. 7-zip is ___________

• File achiever
• Web browser
• Editor
• None of above

A. File achiever

7

. Ubuntu is windows based

• True
• False

B. False

8

. ________ is HTTP web server

• Lucene
• Fedora
• Perl
• Apache

D. Apache

9

. Symbian is valid Linux Based Shell

• True
• False

A. True

10

. Following is valid Linux based Shell

• C-shell
• D-shell
• K-shell
• None of above

A. C-shell

 

1

. Eclipse is an IDE developed in________

• C
• c++
• java
• python

A. C

2

. IDE consists of

• sources code editor
• automation tool builder
• Interpreter or dedugger or both
• all of this

C. Interpreter or dedugger or both

3

. CDT in Eclipse is environment for java developers

• true
• false

B. false

4

. Eclipse is an_________

• compiler
• IDE
• Interpreter
• All Of Mentioned

D. All Of Mentioned

5

. Source code for python is freely available.

• true
• false

A. true

6

. Eclipse is closed source

• true
• false

B. false

7

. CDT does not provide content assistant provider.

• true
• false

A. true

8

. Eclipse supports programming in PHP

• true
• false

A. true

9

. Eclipse supports programming in Ruby.

• true
• false

A. true

10

. Eclipse supports programming in Perl

• true
• false

A. true

1

. The term ‘Computer’ is derived from……….

• Latin
• German
• French
• Arabic

A. Latin

2

. Who is the inventor of “Difference Engine”?

• Allen Turing
• Charles Babbage
• Simur Cray
• Augusta Adaming

B. Charles Babbage

3

. Who is the father of Computer?

• Allen Turing
• Charles Babbage
• Simur Cray
• Augusta Adaming

B. Charles Babbage

4

. Who is the father of Computer science?

• Allen Turing
• Charles Babbage
• Simur Cray
• Augusta Adaming

A. Allen Turing

5

. Who is the father of personal computer?

• Edward Robert
• Allen Turing
• Charles Babbage
• None of these

A. Edward Robert

6

. A CPU contains

• a card reader and a printing device
• an analytical engine and a control unit
• a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
• an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader

C. 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
• Language translator
• Platform
• Screen saver

A. User interface

8

. The first computers were programmed using

• assembly language
• machine language
• source code
• object code

B. machine language

9

. ……….is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices

• network
• peripheral
• expansion board
• digital device

A. network

10

. Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called

• Entry codes
• Passwords
• Security commands
• Code words

B. Passwords