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Q1. A computer is an ______________ device.
a. Electronic
b. Electrical
c. Mechanical
d.None of the above
Q2. A computer takes ________________ , ________________ it and gives __________________.
a. process, input, output
b. input, output, process
c. input, process, output
d. None of the above
Q3. CPU stands for ___________________
a. Central Processor Unit
b. Central Processing Unit
c. Control Processing Unit
d. None of the above
Q4. CPU is called _____________ of computer.
a. Heart
b. Brain
c. Eyes
d. None of the above
Q5. CPU can be placed on one or more microchips called IC. Here IC stands for ___________
a. Integrated Circuit
b. Internal Circuit
c. Interesting Circuit
d. None of the above
Q6. The ICs are made up of _______________ materials.
a. Conductor
b. Insulator
c. Resistor
d. Semiconductor
Q7. ALU stands for __________
a. Arithmetic Logic Unit
b. Arithmetic Logic Universe
c. Arithmetic Logic gates Unit
d. None of the above
Q8. CPU has two main components ______________ and _________
a. ALU and Memory Unit
b. CU and ALU
c. Input and Output Unit
d. None of the above
Q9. Devices which feed data into the computer are called ___________
a. Output devices
b. Storage devices
c. Input devices
d. None of the above
Q10. Example of input device is :
a. Keyboard
b. Scanner
c. Microphone
d. All of the above
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Q11. Which keyboard is available to help the visually impaired for entering data into a computer?
a. Digital Keyboard
b. Analog Keyboard
c. Braille Keyboard
d. None of the above
Q12. Data entered through input device is temporarily stored in ____
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. Hard disk
d. All of the above
Q13. Which of the following is a type of printer?
a. ink jet
b. laser jet
c. Dot Matrix
d. All of the above
Q14. Which of the following is latest in printer?
a. inkjet printer
b. laserjet printer
c. DotMatrix Printer
d. 3D Printer
Q15. Which of the following is used to make replica of objects?
a. Inkjet Printer
b. Laserjet Printer
c. 3D Printer
d. None of the above
Q16. Which of the following output device create the hardcopy of document?
a. Printer
b. Monitor
c. Speaker
d. All of the above
Q17. A punched card is a piece of stiff paper that stores digital data in the form of ___________
a. Box
b. Holes
c. Dots
d. None of the above
Q18. Who invented a mechanical calculator known as Pascal calculator?
a. Bliss Pascal
b. John Pascal
c. Blaise Pascal
d. None of the above
Q19. ____________ was a mechanical device capable of doing simple arithmetic calculations only.
a. Abacus
b. Calculator
c. Turing Machine
d. None of the above
Q20. The size of computer drastically reduced because of _________
a. Transistors
b. Integrated Circuits
c. Resistors
d. None of the above
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Q21. ___________ introduced its first personal computer (PC) for the home user
a. IBM
b. Apple
c. Microsoft
d. None of the above
Q22. Which of the following is Graphical User Interface based OS?
a. UNIX
b. DOS
c. WINDOWS
d. All of the above
Q23. A computer system needs memory to store ____
a. data
b. instructions for processing
c. result of program
d. All of the above
Q24. The primary memory also termed as ____________
a. Main memory
b. Secondary Memory
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q25. _____________is used to store data, instructions and results permanently for future use.
a. Primary Memory
b. Secondary Memory
c. Main Memory
d. None of the above
Q26. The binary digits 0 and 1, which are the basic units of memory, are called ____________
a. bits
b. bytes
c. nibble
d. None of the above
Q27. Combination of 4 bit is called a _________
a. Byte
b. Nibble
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q28. 01000110, 01111100, 10000001 are examples of _________
a. bit
b. Byte
c. Nibble
d. None of the above
Q29. 1KB = _______ bits
a. 1024
b. 8192
c. 2 raise to power 10
d. None of the above
Q30. Arrange Terabyte(TB), Zettabyte(ZB) and Gigabyte(GB) in increasing order.
a. TB , ZB , GB
b. GB , TB , ZB
c. ZB , TB , GB
d. None of the above
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Q31. RAM is an example of _________
a. Primary Memory
b. Secondary Memory
c. Cache Memory
d. None of the above
Q32. ROM stands for ____
a. Random Only Memory
b. Read Only Memory
c. Reader Only Memory
d. None of the above
Q33. Which of the following is volatile memory?
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q34. Whenever the computer is started or a software application is launched, the required program is loaded into ___________ for processing.
a. ROM
b. CPU
c. RAM
d. CU
Q35. In which of the following , data gets erased when power is switched off?
a. ROM
b. RAM
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q36. The startup program that loads the operating system into primary memory, is stored in ______________
a. ROM
b. RAM
c. CPU
d. ALU
Q37. A high speed memory is placed between the CPU and the primary memory is known as ___
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. Secondary memory
d. Cache memory
Q38. Suppose there is a computer with RAM but no secondary storage. Can we install a software on that computer.(Yes/No)
a. Yes
b. No
Q39. Which of the following is the fastest memory?
a. Primary memory
b. Secondary memory
c. Cache Memory
d. None of the above
Q40. 3TB = ___________GB
a. 1024
b. 3072
c. 2048
d. None of the above
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Q41. Which of the following devices are used to capture data in digital format?
a. Bar code Reader
b. OCR
c. QR code scanner
d. All of the above
Q42. _____________ is fetching data from the storage devices for processing.
a. Data Capturing
b. Data Storage
c. Data Retrieval
d. None of the above
Q43. _____________ is the process of gathering data from different sources in the digital form.
a. Data Capturing
b. Data Storage
c. Data Retrieval
d. None of the above
Q44. In large organizations, computers with larger and faster storage called __________ are deployed to store vast amount of data.
a. Call Center
b. Data Center
c. Data Point
d. Data Servers
Q45. Threats associated with digital data is _________
a. It can be deleted by mistake.
b. Hacker can steal the digital data.
c. Storage devices can malfunction resulting in the deletion of data stored.
d. All of the above
Q46. ____________ is a process of retrieving deleted, corrupted and lost data from secondary storage devices.
a. Data Capturing
b. Data Storage
c. Data Retrieval
d. Data recovery
Q47. Shortcut to delete a file permanently is ________________
a. Shift + Del
b. Shift + Alt + Del
c. Alt + Del
d. None of the above
Q48. Physical component of computer is called _______________
a. Hardware
b. Software
c. Freeware
d. None of the above
Q49. ____________________ is a component of computer system, which we cannot touch or view physically.
a. Hardware
b. Software
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q50. Which of the following is not a Software?
a. RAM
b. keyboard
c. printer
d. All of the above
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Q51. Which of the following is not the category of Software?
a. System Software
b. Application Software
c. Systematic Software
d. None of the above
Q52. Which of the following is not a system software?
a. Operating System
b. System Utilities
c. Microsoft Word
d. Device Drivers
Q53. First system software which is to be installed in computer to make it functional?
a. Device Driver
b. Programming Tools
c. Operating System
d. System Utilities
Q54. Example of Operating System is _________________
a. Windows
b. Macintosh
c. iOS
d. All of the above
Q55. Disk defragmentation tool, Antivirus are examples of __________________________
a. Operating System
b. Programming tools
c. System Utilities
d. Device Drivers
Q56. Which of the following utility is installed along with Operating System?
a. Disk compression software
b. Disk cleaner tool
c. System restore utility
d. None of the above
Q57. Which of the following is required to ensure proper functioning of a particular device?
a. Device Driver
b. Antivirus Software
c. Disk Cleaner
d. Disk Compression Software
Q58. __________ acts as an interface between the operating system and the attached device.
a. Programming tools
b. Device driver
c. System Utility
d. None of the above
Q59. FOSS stands for ___________
a. Free and Open Source Software
b. Freeware and Open Source Software
c. Fresh and Open Source Software
d. None of the above
Q60. ____________ are required to convert high level language to machine language.
a. Operating System
b. Language translator
c. System Utility
d. None of the above
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Q61. Writing code in ____________ language is more difficult then writing code in Python.
a. Machine
b. High level language
c. Low Language
d. None of the above
Q62. Which of the following language uses 0 and 1 for writing instruction?
a. High Level Language
b. Machine Language
c. Assembly Language
d. None of the above
Q63. Low level language include __________
a. Assembly Language
b. Machine Language
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q64. Which of the following language do not require any translator?
a. Assembly Language
b. Machine Language
c. High Level Language
d. None of the above
Q65. Low-level languages are machine ___________ languages.
a. dependent
b. independent
c. interdependent
d. None of the above
Q66. Which of the following is low level language?
a. C++
b. Qbasic
c. VB
d. None of the above
Q67. The program code written in assembly or high-level language is called _____________
a. Source Code
b. Object Code
c. Machine Code
d. All of the above
Q68. Language translator convert _________
a. object code into source code
b. source code into object code
c. object code into machine code
d. None of the above
Q69. Which of the following is not a language translator?
a. Compiler
b. Interpreter
c. Assembler
d. Converter
Q70. Which language translator convert/translate the program line by line?
a. Interpreter
b. Compiler
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
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Q71. A computer system can work without _______
a. Application Software.
b. System Software
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q72. Which of the following are application software?
a. Adobe Photoshop
b. GIMP
c. school management Software
d. All of the above
Q73. Which of the following are general purpose application software?
a. Accounting Software
b. GIMP
c. school management Software
d. All of the above
Q74. Those software which are free to use and their source code is also available is called ______
a. Freeware
b. FreeSoft
c. Free and Open Source Software
d. None of the above
Q75. Those software which are free to use and their source code may not be available is called ______
a. Freeware
b. Cost Free Software
c. Free and Open Source Software
d. None of the above
Q76. Which of the following are example of FOSS?
a. LibreOffice
b. Ubuntu
c. Mozilla Firefox
d. All of the above
Q77. When the software to be used has to be purchased from the vendor who has the copyright of the software, then it is called ______________
a. Open Source Software
b. Freeware
c. Proprietary software
d. None of the above
Q78. Which of the following is not a proprietary software?
a. Windows
b. Tally
c. Mozilla Firefox
d. None of the above
Q79. Which of the following manages all the resources of a computer, CPU, RAM, Disk, input-output devices.
a. Language Translator
b. Device Drivers
c. Operating System
d. None of the above
Q80. Which of the following is not the operating system for PC/Laptop/Computer?
a. Windows
b. iOS
c. Linux
d. Macintosh
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Q81. Which of the following operating system do not have command based interface?
a. MS-DOS
b. UNIX
c. Ubuntu
d. None of the above
Q82. ______________ lets users run programs or give instructions to the computer in the form of icons, menus and other visual options.
a. Graphical User Interface
b. Command-based Interface
c. Touch-based Interface
d. Voice-based Interface
Q83. Operating system with touch based interface is ______________
a. Android
b. iOS
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q84. In Android operating system (reference to Voice-based Interface ) we have __________________
a. Siri
b. OK Google
c. Cortana
d. None of the above
Q85. Function of Operating System is _______________
a. Memory Management
b. Device Management
c. File Management
d. All of the above
Q86. Which of the following device is used to enter textual data?
a. Mouse
b. Keyboard
c. Printer
d. None of the above
Q87. Which of the following device is used to make hard copy of a text file?
a. Scanner
b. Keyboard
c. Printer
d. None of the above
Q88. Which of the following device is used to build 3D models?
a. Scanner
b. Speaker
c. 3D-Printer
d. 3D-Monitor
Q89. Which of the following is System Software?
a. Ubuntu
b. Text Editor
c. MS Word
d. Internet Explorer
Q90. Data are transferred between different components of a computer system using physical wires called ______________
a. Bus
b. USB
c. Network
d. None of the above
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