ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does EBCDIC stand for?
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Correct Answer :
A. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
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Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
Z3
ABC
Mark I
None of above
Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
IBM
Seagate
Microsoft
3M
Which is the highest form?
Data
Information
Knowledge
All of above
Hackers
all have the same motive
break into other people's computers
may legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage
are people who are allergic to computers
A modem is connected to
a telephone line
a keyboard
a printer
a monitor
Memory unit is one part of
Input device
Control unit
Output device
Central Processing Unit
Current SIMMs have either or connectors (pins)
9 or 32
30 or 70
28 or 72
30 or 72
What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
Digital paper
Magneto-optical disk
WORM disk
CD-ROM disk
The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
Control section
Primary memory
External memory
Cache memory
MICR stands for
Magnetic Ink Character Reader
Magnetic Ink Code Reader
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
None
A floppy disk contains
Circular tracks only
Sectors only
Both circular tracks and sectors
None of the above
Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
Floppy Disk
CD-ROM
Hard Disk
None of these
When a file is saved for the first time
a copy is automatically printed
it must be given a name to identify it
it does not need a name
it only needs a name if it is not going to be printed
Slide Rules was invented in
1614
1617
1620
None of above
One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
Words are usually large in microprocessors
Words are shorter in microprocessors
Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
Mark I is also known as
American Sequence Controlled Calculator
Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
American Sequence Controlled Computer
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
When was vacuum tube invented?
1900
1906
1910
1880
On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
Speed
Accuracy
Reliability
Automatic
The personal computer industry was started by
IBM
Apple
Compaq
HCL
The examination and changing of single bits or small groups of his within a word is called
Bit
Byte
Bit manipulation
Bit slice
Access time is
seek time + latency time
seek time
seek time
latency time
The processing speed of first generation computers was
milliseconds
microseconds
nanoseconds
picoseconds
ALU and Control Unit jointly known as
RAM
ROM
CPU
PC
In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
Parallel only
Sequentially only
Both sequentially and parallel
All of above
In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
Parallel only
Sequentially only
Both sequentially and parallel
All of above
Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
Know the memory capacity
Identify the base of a number system
Direct the output to a printer
Specify the problem completely and clearly
UNIVAC is
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
Instruction in computer languages consists of
OPCODE
OPERAND
Both of above
None of above
Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as
PC
Flags
Memory Address Registers
General Purpose Registers
A compiler means
A person who compiles source programs
The same thing as a programmer
Keypunch operator
A program which translates source program into object program