Computer History MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers Page 2

51. What is a light pen?

1. Mechanical Input device
2. Optical input device
3. Electronic input device
4. Optical output device

52. BCD is

1. Binary Coded Decimal
2. Bit Coded Decimal
3. Binary Coded Digit
4. Bit Coded Digit

53. ASCII stands for

1. American Stable Code for International Interchange
2. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
3. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
4. American Standard Code for Interchange Information

54. Which of the following is first generation of computer?

1. EDSAC
2. IBM-1401
3. CDC-1604
4. ICL-2900

55. Chief component of first generation computer was

1. Transistors
2. Vacuum Tubes and Valves
3. Integrated Circuits
4. None of above

56. FORTRAN is

1. File Translation
2. Format Translation
3. Formula Translation
4. Floppy Translation

57. EEPROM stands for

1. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
2. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
3. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
4. None of the above

58. Second Generation computers were developed during

1. 1949 to 1955
2. 1956 to 1965
3. 1965 to 1970
4. 1970 to 1990

59. The computer size was very large in

1. First Generation
2. Second Generation
3. Third Generation
4. Fourth Generation

60. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers

1. First Generation
2. Second Generation
3. Third Generation
4. Fourth Generation

61. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?

1. OCR
2. OMR
3. MICR
4. All of above

62. The output quality of a printer is measured by

1. Dot per inch
2. Dot per sq. inch
3. Dots printed per unit time
4. All of above

63. In analogue computer

1. Input is first converted to digital form
2. Input is never converted to digital form
3. Output is displayed in digital form
4. All of above

64. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

1. Parallel only
2. Sequentially only
3. Both sequentially and parallel
4. All of above

65. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?

1. Van-Neumann
2. Joseph M. Jacquard
3. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
4. All of above

66. Who invented the high level language C?

1. Dennis M. Ritchie
2. Niklaus Writh
3. Seymour Papert
4. Donald Kunth

67. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to

1. Console-operator
2. Programmer
3. Peopleware
4. System Analyst

68. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers In decide to join hands?

1. 1978
2. 1984
3. 1990
4. 1991

69. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?

1. Monitor
2. Hardware
3. Robot
4. Computer

70. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

1. Leech
2. Squid
3. Slug
4. Glitch

71. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not

1. Fast
2. Powerful
3. Infallible
4. Cheap

72. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requiresoperator attention?

1. Pixel
2. Reverse video
3. Touch screen
4. Cursor

73. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit boar

1. What is the common name for such boards?
2. Daughter board
3. Motherboard
4. Father board d.Breadboard

74. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active componentsare mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?

1. Motherboard
2. Breadboard
3. Daughter board
4. Grandmother board

75. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

1. Which is used by one person only
2. Which is assigned one and only one task
3. Which uses one kind of software
4. Which is meant for application software