Computer Fundamental MCQ Solved Paper for SSC CHSL

1. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?
A. 1880
B. 1990
C. 1944
D. None of above
Answer : C

2. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
A. Operating Systems
B. Parallel Processing
C. ULSI
D. None of above
Answer : B

3. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
A. ROM
B. RAM
C. EPROM
D. None of above
Answer : B

4. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
A. Speed
B. Accuracy
C. Reliability
D. Automatic
Answer : B

5. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
A. Mechanical
B. Electrical
C. Electro Magnetic
D. Laser
Answer : D

6. Which of the following is true?
A. Fields are composed of bytes
B. Records are composed of fields
C. Fields are composed of characters
D. All of above
Answer : D

7. Who used punched cards practically for the first time in the history of computers?
A. Charles Babbage
B. Dr. Herman Hollerith
C. Howard Aikin
D. Joseph Jacquard
Answer : B

8. All modern computer operate on
A. Information
B. Floppies
C. Data
D. Word
Answer : C

9. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several
A. Personal computers
B. Workstations
C. Dumb terminals
D. Mainframes
Answer : C

10. The digital computer was developed primarily in
A. USSR
B. Japan
C. USA
D. UK
Answer : C

11. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
A. Pulse code modulation
B. Pulse stretcher
C. Query processing
D. Queue management
Answer : A

12. Which of the following is not an input device?
A. OCR
B. Optical scanners
C. Voice recognition device
D. COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
Answer : D

13. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs
A. Dot matrix printer
B. Digital plotter
C. Line printer
D. All of the above
Answer : B

14. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
A. 1820
B. 1860
C. 1855
D. 1870
Answer : C

15. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?
A. Tabulating Machine
B. Analytical Engine
C. Difference Engine
D. Both C and D
Answer : D

16. Todays computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?
A. Tabulator Machine Co.
B. The Tabulator Ltd.
C. Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
D. International Computer Ltd.
Answer : C

17. Main storage is also called
A. Accumulator
B. Control Unit
C. Register Unit
D. Memory
Answer : D

18. Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into pictorial form on paper.
A. Mouse
B. Plotter
C. Touch panel
D. Card punch
Answer : B

19. How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 8
D. 12
Answer : B

20. What is a brand?
A. The name of companies that made computers
B. The name of product a company gives to identify its product in market
C. A name of class to indicate all similar products from different companies
D. All of above
Answer : B

21. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
A. Computer
B. Microcomputer
C. Programmable
D. Sensor
Answer : D

22. Which of the following is not true?
A. Transistors are much smaller
B. Transistors produce low heat
C. Transistors were less reliable
D. Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices
Answer : C

23. The brain of any computer system is
A. ALU
B. Memory
C. CPU
D. Control unit
Answer : C

24. A notation used to express clearly on algorithm is known as
A. Algorithmic language
B. Assembly language
C. Machine language
D. Hih level language
Answer : A

25. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
A. Floppy Disk
B. Hard Disk
C. Tape Drive
D. CDROM
Answer : D

26. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
A. Z3
B. ABC
C. mark I
D. ENIAC
Answer : D

27. Which of the following require large computers memory?
A. Imaging
B. Graphics
C. Voice
D. All of Above
Answer : D

28. An index register that is automatically incremented or decremented with each use is
A. Auto index
B. Asynchronous
C. Assembler
D. Compiler
Answer : A

29. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____
A. Business Applications
B. Marketing Applications
C. Scientific Applications
D. None of the above
Answer : C

30. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
A. Parallel only
B. Sequentially only
C. Both sequentially and parallel
D. All of above
Answer : C

31. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
A. Interpreter
B. CPU
C. Compiler
D. Simulator
Answer : A

32. A number which is stored and processed but not in the standard exponential form is called
A. Floating point number
B. Fixed point number
C. Octal number
D. Decimal number
Answer : B

33. 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
Answer : D

34. First page of Website is termed as-
A. Homepage
B. Index
C. JAVA script
D. Bookmark
Answer : A

35. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer?
A. Accuracy
B. Reliability
C. Versatility
D. Automatic
Answer : B

36. 1 Byte =?
A. 8 bits
B. 4 bits
C. 2 bits
D. 9 bits
Answer : A

37. A name or number used to identify storage location devices?
A. A byte
B. A record
C. An address
D. All of above
Answer : A

38. What is an interpreter?
A. An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run
B. An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed
C. An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution
D. None of the above
Answer : B

39. Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?
A. SSI
B. MSI
C. LSI
D. Both a and b
Answer : D

40. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
A. IBM 650
B. IBM 360
C. IBM 1130
D. IBM 2700
Answer : A

41. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
A. PC
B. Memory address registers
C. General purpose register
D. Flags
Answer : C

42. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
A. Read-out
B. Read from
C. Read
D. All of above
Answer : D

43. Which of the following contains permanent data and gets updated during the processing of transactions?
A. Operating System File
B. Transaction file
C. Software File
D. Master file
Answer : D

44. Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called
A. Entry codes
B. Passwords
C. Security commands
D. Code words
Answer : B

45. Compression of digital data for efficient storage is
A. Buffer
B. CPU
C. Packing
D. Field
Answer : C

46. Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it
A. Accuracy
B. Reliability
C. Diligence
D. Versatility
Answer : C

47. A hybrid computer
A. Resembles digital computer
B. Resembles analogue computer
C. Resembles both a digital and analogue computer
D. None of the above
Answer : C

48. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
A. Pulse code modulation
B. Pulse stretcher
C. Query processing
D. Queue management
Answer : A

49. COBOL is an acronym for________
A. Common Business Oriented Language
B. Computer Business Oriented Language
C. Common Business Operated Language
D. Common Business Organized Language
Answer : A

50. Punched cards were first introduced by
A. Powers
B. Pascal
C. Jacquard
D. Herman Hollerith
Answer : D