The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
100
20
40
80
Correct Answer :
B. 20
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Who invented the microprocessor?
Marcian E Huff
Herman H Goldstein
Joseph Jacquard
All of above
Which is another name for functional language?
Machine
Application language
Low-level language
High-level language
What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?
Grater than
Less than
Equal to
All of the above
An input /output device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is
Keyboard
Terminal
Printer
Plotter
Which is considered a direct entry input device?
Optical scanner
Mouse and digitizer
Light pen
All of the above
A device designed to read information encoded into a small plastic card is
Magnetic tape
Badge reader
Tape puncher
Card puncher
Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Tape Drive
CDROM
The advantage of COM are its __ and __
Compact size; speed readability
Compact size, speed
Readability; speed
Low cost; readability
A dumb terminal has
an embedded microprocessor
extensive memory
independent processing capability
a keyboard and screen
IBM System/360 is
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
None of above
UNIVAC is
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
A) Process control
ALU
Register Unit
Process description
Process control
Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
Data
Bytes
Graphics
Pictures
Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
Motorola
IBM
Intel
AMD
What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
Pixel
Reverse video
Touch screen
Cursor
How many bit code is used by Murray code for TELEPRINTER machines.
4
5
9
25
Which one is the largest space?
kilobyte
petabyte
terrabyte
gigabyte
The brain of any computer system is
ALU
Memory
CPU
Control unit
Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Compact Disk
Magneto Optic Disk
To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/n
RGB monitor
Plotter
Ink-jet printer
Laser printer
The term gigabyte refers to
1024 bytes
1024 kilobytes
1024 megabytes
1024 gigabyte
Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
It will add to the content of the location
It will change the address of the memory location
It will erase the previous content
It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
A hybrid computer
Resembles digital computer
Resembles analogue computer
Resembles both a digital and analogue computer
None of the above
Digital devices are
Digital Clock
Automobile speed meter
Clock with a dial and two hands
All of them
Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Father of "C" programming language
Dennis Ritchie
Prof John Keenly
Thomas Kurtz
Bill Gates
Word length of a Personal Computer is
4 bits
8 bits
16 bits
64 bits
Software in computer
Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
Increase the speed of central processing unit
Both of above
None of above
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
Light pen
Mouse
Digitizer
Terminal
A byte consists of
One bit
Four bits
Eight bits
Sixteen bits