COMPUTER MCQS

1. Which of the following is not a programming language?

A. BASIC
B. FORTRAN
C. LASER
D. PASCAL
(e) All are programming languages

C. LASER
2. The technical term not related to computer systems is -------.

A. Virus
B. Winchester Disk
C. Mouse
D. FIFO System

D. FIFO System
3. „Foxpro‟ is -----------.

A. A medicine
B. A disease
C. A computer language
D. An animal

C. A computer language
4. Super Computer was invented by -------.

A. J. H. Van Tassel
B. J. C. Perrier

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C. W. L. Judson
D. A. J. Gamerin

A. J. H. Van Tassel
5. Which of the following terms is not associated with computers?

A. Frankland reaction
B. Database
C. Binary
D. Windows

A. Frankland reaction
6. The special files of DOS are ----------.

A. COM
B. EXE
C. BATCH
D. All of these

D. All of these

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7. “Binary Codes” as used in computer sciences are codes made up of which of the following
two numbers?

A. 0 and 9
B. 1 and 3
C. 0 and 1
D. 9 and 1

C. 0 and 1
8. Bill Gates is more well-known as ---------.

A. The CEO of Apple Macintosh

B. The CEO of IBM
C. The owner of Microsoft Corporation
D. The inventor of the personal computer

C. The owner of Microsoft Corporation

9. Which of the following is the unit to express the memory of a computer?
A. Compiler
B. Bus
C. Byte
D. Clone
(e) CAD

C. Byte

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10. Which one of the following characteristics is absent in a computer, however sophisticated it
may be?

A. High speed
B. intelligence
C. Accuracy
D. Perfect Memory

B. intelligence
11. FORTRAN, a computer programming language is mainly used for ----------.

A. Business applications
B. Scientific Research
C. Word Processing
D. Tabulation

B. Scientific Research
12. The INTERNET is -------

A. The inter-state network of the power grid

B. Computer-based databank and communication highway
C. International network of narcotic smugglers
D. An organisation under the UN

B. Computer-based databank and communication highway

13. Which was the first company in the world to manufacture computers for commercial use?

A. Remington Rand
B. IBM
C. Hewlett-Packard
D. Apple Computers

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A. Remington Rand
14. By what name the international computer giant IBM was known before the year 1924?

A. International Tabulating Machines

B. international Computer Corp
C. Computer Tabulating & Recording Company
D. Remington Rand

C. Computer Tabulating & Recording Company

15. Which of the following computers was the first to use the concept of stored programs?

A. Markl
B. ENIAC
C. EDSAC
D. UNIVAC-I

A. Markl
16. Which company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal
computers?

A. Apple Computer
B. IBM
C. HP
D. Compaq

A. Apple Computer
17. Which Intel microprocessor started the PC revolution?

A. 4004
B. 8008
C. 8086

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D. 8080

D. 8080
18. Intel is the largest manufacturer of the microprocessor. What does the name “Intel” stand for?

(3) International Electricals

B. International Electronics
C. Integrated Electronics
D. Integrated Electricals

C. Integrated Electronics
19. Computing power is measured in MIPS. What do the letters in it stand for?

A. Million Integrated Circuits per Square inch

B. Mega Instructions per Second
C. Million Instructions per Second
D. Minimum Instructions per second

C. Million Instructions per Second

20. To date how many generations of computers have been developed?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

C. 5

21. A single worksheet contains -----------.

A. 65536 columns

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B. 256 columns
C. 2365 rows
D. None

B. 256 columns
22. PC (personal computer) was originally a trade name of ----------.

A. IBM
B. Apple Computers
C. Hewlett-Packard
D. Remington Rand

A. IBM
23. GW-BASIC is one of the earlier version of BASIC. What does GW stand for?

A. Gates William
B. Great Work
C. Good Wordprocessor
D. Gee Whiz

D. Gee Whiz

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24. In 1971, he put together all the elements of a computer processor on a single chip slightly
larger than one square inch. The result of his efforts was the Intel 4004. the world‟s first
commercially available microprocessor. Who was he?

A. Steve Wozniak
B. Steve Jobs
C. Bob Metcalf
D. Dr Ted Hoff

D. Dr Ted Hoff
25. The power of a supercomputer is measured in terms of:

A. MIPS (Million Instructions per Second) B. BIPS (Billion Instructions per Second)
C. TIPS (Trillion Instructions per Second)
D. FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second)

D. FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second)

26. Which was the first truly electronic computer?
A. ENIAC
B. UNIVAC
C. IBM
D. EDSAC

A. ENIAC
27. In Internet etiquette. typing in all capital letters is considered rude. Why?

A. It is stressful on the eyes

B. It looks ugly
C. it consumes more memory
D. It is like shouting

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D. It is like shouting
28. A computer virus is actually

A. A small malicious program is written in machine language

B. The microorganism which develops on a floppy diskette if left unused for a long time
C. Microorganisms which develop on the hard disk
D. A human virus which makes human beings computer addicts

A. A small malicious program is written in machine language

29. Who created World Wide Web (WWW)?

A. Ward Christensen
B. Marcian Hoff
C. Tim Berner
D. Robert Noyce

C. Tim Berner
30. The first sentence uttered by Neil Armstrong upon reaching the moon in 1969 was, “One
small step for man, a giant step for the mankind.” These words came through on which make
of transponder?

A. Motorola
B. Nokia
C. General Dynamics
D. NASA

A. Motorola

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31. What is the name of the computer virus which originated from Lahore, Pakistan in January
1986 and which can infect only 5.25-inch floppies?

A. Den Zuk Virus

B. Brain virus
C. Zero bug virus
D. Pielvirus

B. Brain virus
32. A hard disk becomes totally inaccessible when a computer virus corrupts its:

A. Partition table
B. File Allocation Table (FAT)
C. Route directory
D. Boot sector

A. Partition table
33. What is the name of the professor who coined the name virus for self-replicating
programs?

A. John von Neumann

B. Ken Thompson
C. John Mcafee
D. Fred Cohen

D. Fred Cohen
34. Microprocessors were introduced the first time in ------.

A. 2nd generation computers

B. 3rd generation computers
C. 5th generation computers
D. 4th generation computers

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D. 4th generation computers
35. Our personal computer belongs to -------.

A. 2nd generation computers

B. 3rd generation computers
C. 4th generation computers
D. None of these

C. 4th generation of computers

36. Optical device was used in which of the following computers for the first time.

A. 3rd generation computers

B. 1st generation computers
C. Microcomputer generation
D. No computer generation as yet

C. Microcomputer generation
37. The idea of computers with thinking power was initiated in

A. 5th generation computers

B. 4th generation computers
C. No computer generation supports that idea
D. 3rd generation computers

A. 5th generation computers

38. Hybrid computer is--------.

A. An analog computer
B. A digital computer
C. Pascal calculator
D. Combination of analog and digital computer

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D. Combination of analog and digital computer
39. The interface between user and computer is--------.

A. Programming
B. Hardware
C. Memory
D. Microprocessor

A. Programming
40. BASIC stands for-------.

A. Basic Assembly Symbols for Instruction Code

B. Beginner‟s Assembler Symbols for interpreter Code
C. Basic Assembler System for Instruction Compilation
D. Beginner‟s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
D. Beginner‟s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

41. The input for a compiler is ------.

A. Object code
B. Source program
C. Machine language
D. Assembler

B. Source program
42. The output of a compiler is ------.

A. Object code
B. Source program
C. Machine language

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D. Assembler

A. Object code
43. The input of an interpreter is ------.

A. Object code
B. Source program
C. Machine language
D. Program statement

D. Program statement
44. The capacity of computer bus depends upon -------.

A. Capacity of CPU
B. Capacity of the microprocessor
C. The number of data lines it contains
D. The system software

C. The number of data lines it contains

45. Computer buses are as -----.

A. Data and control

B. Address and data
C. Address, data and control
D. There is no concept of buses in computer system

C. Address, data and control

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46. A bus with 32 data line can transport how many bits at a time-----.

A. 8 bits
B. 16 bits
C. 1024 bits
D. 32 bits

D. 32 bits
47. A group of parallel wires which provides an electrical path between CPU, memory and
other devices is called----.

A. Processing
B. Input devices
C. BUS
D. Software

C. BUS
48. The link between I/O devices and system board is provided by-----.

A. Main memory
B. Secondary memory
C. Port
D. Communication software

C. Port

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49. The peripheral devices used to get information for the computer are called-----.

A. Simple devices
B. Hardware devices
C. Output device
D. Digital device

C. Output device
50. WORM stands for------.

A. Write once read many

B. Writable on ROM
C. The writer of Random Memory
D. The writer of Read-only Memory

A. Write once read many

51. Which of the tracks of hard disk does not contain data?

A. Every track contains data

B. The middletrack
C. Each alternating track of the hard disk
D. The top and bottom track

D. The top and bottom track

52. Which one of the followings is referred to as “volatile memory”?

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