Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
None of above
Correct Answer :
C. They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
Related Questions
The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Which device is used to backup the data?
Floppy Disk
Tape
Network Drive
All of the above
The personal computer industry was started by
IBM
Apple
Compaq
HCL
The symbols used in an assembly language are
Codes
Mnemonics
Assembler
All of the above
Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Control Unit
Both of above
None of above
SMPS stands for
Switched mode Power Supply
Start mode power supply
Store mode power supply
Single mode power supply
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
Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is
Stationary
Difficult to move
Dragged
Moved in small steps
FORTRAN is
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation
A language which is close to that used within the computer is
High-level language
Assembly language
Low-level language
All of the above
Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
Hard Disks
Flash Disks
Blu-Ray Disks
DVDs
Computer system comprises of major units
input unit, output unit, control unit
input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit
input, output and storage units
WAN is a most used abbreviation in Networking, what is its full form?
WAP Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array of Network
Wireless Access Network
Which of the following is the coding of data so that is can't be easily understood if intercepted.
Barcode
Decoder
Encryption
Mnemonics
The brain of any computer system is
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
Which of the following class of computers cannot support multiple users simultaneously?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
All of them can support
The brain of any computer system is
ALU
Memory
CPU
Control unit
in which year was UKs premier computing event called ?The which computer? started?
1980
1985
1986
1987
How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
10
11
8
12
The processing speed of first generation computers was
milliseconds
microseconds
nanoseconds
picoseconds
Which unit converts user data into machine readable form?
Input unit
Output unit
ALU
Control Unit
Which of the following is associated with error detector?
Odd parity bit
Even parity bit
Both of the above
None of above
What is the first stage in software development?
Specification and design
Testing
System Analysis
Maintenance
Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?
Pascaline
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
None of above
The typical computer criminal is a(n):
Young hacker.
Trusted employee with no criminal record.
Trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record.
Overseas young cracker.
________printer is the cheapest in terms of price and operating cost
Inkjet
Laser
Thermal
Dot matrix
The basic operations performed by a computer are
Arithmetic operation
Logical operation
Storage and relative
All the above
Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called
Mnemonics
Symbolic code
Gray codes
Opcode
The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called:
robotics
simulation
computer forensics
animation
An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is
On-line thesaurus
Multiprogramming
Over lapped processing
Outline processor