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When was Pascaline invented?

A. 1617

B. 1620

C. 1642

D. 1837

Correct Answer :

C. 1642


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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

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The advantage of COM are its and

A. Compact size; speed readability

B. Compact size, speed

C. Readability; speed

D. Low cost; readability

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What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?

A. Light pen

B. Mouse

C. Digitizer

D. Terminal

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First generation computers used _________ for memory

A. vacuum tubes

B. silicon chips

C. magnetic drum

D. RAM

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Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

A. Laser printer

B. Ink jet printer

C. Plotter

D. Dot matrix printer

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Which term is used to describe RAM?

A. Dynamic RAM (DRAM)

B. Static RAM (SRAM)

C. Video RAM (VRAM)

D. All of the above

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A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____

A. Counter

B. Loader

C. Adder

D. Shift register

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The instructions for starting the computer are house on

A. Random access memory

B. CD-Rom

C. Read only memory chip

D. All of above

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Which was the most popular first generation computer?

A. IBM 1650

B. IBM 360

C. IBM 1130

D. IBM 2700

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Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

A. Analytical Engine

B. Arithmetic Machine

C. Donald Kunth

D. All of above

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The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics of computers?

A. Speed

B. Automatic

C. Accuracy

D. Reliability

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The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called

A. Read-out

B. Read from

C. Read

D. All of above

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Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known

A. Memory map

B. Memory protection

C. Memory management

D. Memory instruction

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What is the date when Babbage conceived Analytical engine

A. 1642

B. 1837

C. 1880

D. 1850

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In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicised:

A. E-mail virus.

B. Macro virus.

C. Trojan horse.

D. Time bomb.

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The personal computer industry was started by

A. IBM

B. Apple

C. Compaq

D. HCL

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Fifth generation computer is also known as

A. Knowledge information processing system

B. Very large scale integration (VLSI)

C. Both of above

D. None of above

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An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is

A. Desktop publishing program

B. Database

C. Spreadsheet

D. All of above

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What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?

A. Operating Systems

B. Paralled Processing

C. ULSI

D. None of above

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Which is the largest computer?

A. Mainframe Computer

B. Mini Computers

C. Micro Computers

D. Super Computers

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Properly arranged data is called

A. Field

B. Words

C. Information

D. File

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What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself?

A. Time bomb

B. Worm

C. Melissa virus

D. Macro virus

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ENIAC uses

A. Decimal Numbering System

B. Octal Numbering System

C. Binary Numbering System

D. Hexadecimal Numbering System

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Software in computer

A. Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine

B. Increase the speed of central processing unit

C. Both of above

D. None of above

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Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?

A. It is an output device

B. It is an input device

C. It is a peripheral device

D. It is hardware item

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The device that can both feed data into and accept data from a computer is

A. ALU

B. CPU

C. Input-Output device

D. All of the above

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What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network?

A. Printers

B. Speakers

C. Floppy disk drives

D. Keyboards

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The digital computer was developed primarily in

A. USSR

B. Japan

C. USA

D. UK

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Web cam is an

A. input unit device

B. output unit device

C. processing device

D. Input and Output device

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Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?

A. Removable hard disk cartridges

B. (Magneto-optical) disk

C. Flexible disks cartridges

D. All of the above