Computer Fundamental MCQ

1. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?

a. OCR

2. The output quality of a printer is measured by

b. Dot per sq. inch

3. In analog computer

b. Input is never converted to digital form

4. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

c. Both sequentially and parallel

5. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?

c.  J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly

6. Who invented the high level language c?

a. Dennis M. Ritchie

7. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to

c. People-ware

8. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?

d. 1991

9. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?

d. Computer

10. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

d. Glitch

11. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not

c. Infallible

12. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?

b. Reverse video

13. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed the video display?

d. Taiwan

14. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

b. Motherboard

15. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?

a. Motherboard

16. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

b. Which is assigned one and only one task

17. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:

d. Modem

18. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an

c. Compiler

19. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an

a. Interpreter

20. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a

d. Sensor