IBM 1401 computer was
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
None of above
Correct Answer :
A. Mainframe Computer
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Intel corporation produces chips for which computers?
IBM PCs
Apple/Macintosh PCs
Both of above
None of above
Magnetic tape can serve as
Secondary storage media
Output media
Input media
All of the above
Which of the following can store information in the form of microscopic pits on metal disks.
Laser disks
Tape cassettes
RAM cartridge
Punched cards
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?
Pascal
Hollerith
Babbage
Jacquard
A song being played on computer speaker is
hard output
soft output
both hard and soft output
neither hard nor soft output
How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
10
11
8
12
What is a compiler?
A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step
A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution
None of the above
Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
IBM PCs
Apple/Macintosh PCs
IBM Compatibles
Both A & C
Help Menu is available at which button?
End
Start
Turnoff
Restart
A number that is used to control the form of another number is known as
Map
Mask
Mamtossa
Marker
The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the :
digital divide
Internet divide
Web divide
E-illiteracy
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
Speed
Accuracy
Reliability
Cost
Which of the following is/ are operating systems
Windows
Unix
OS/2
All of these
What type of device is computer keyboard?
Memory
Output
Storage
Input
What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?
They were larger in size
They consumed a lot of electricity
They produced heat and often burned out
The operation cost was high
MICR stands for
Magnetic Ink Character Reader
Magnetic Ink Code Reader
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
None
The lower deck of an abacus is known as
heaven
sky
earth
floor
An integrated circuit is
A complicated circuit
An integrating device
Much costlier than a single transistor
Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
UNIVAC is
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
One millisecond is
1 second
10th of a seconds
1000th of a seconds
10000th of a seconds
An application suitable for sequential processing is
Processing of grades
Payroll processing
Both a and b
All of above
Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
ROM
RAM
EPROM
None of above
What are the stages in the compilation process?
Feasibility study, system design and testing
Implementation and documentation
Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
None of the above
The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
Simulator
Compiler
Commander
Software in computer
Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
Increase the speed of central processing unit
Both of above
None of above
________ is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data
Sequential access
Random access
Quick access
All of the above
Who is the father of personal computer?
Edward Robert
Allen Turing
Charles Babbage
None of these
Which device of computer operation dispenses with the use of the keyboard?
Joystick
Light pen
Mouse
Touch
Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?
Bits
Bytes
Hertz
Clock cycles