1. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured<\/p>\n
a. POM<\/p>\n
b. RAM<\/p>\n
c. PROM<\/p>\n
d. EPROM<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: a<\/p>\n
2. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?<\/p>\n
a. Magnetic core<\/p>\n
b. Semiconductor<\/p>\n
c. Magnetic tape<\/p>\n
d. Both a and b<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
3. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as<\/p>\n
a. PC<\/p>\n
b. Memory address registers<\/p>\n
c. General purpose register<\/p>\n
d. Flags<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
4. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computers is<\/p>\n
a. Words are usually larger in microprocessors<\/p>\n
b. Words are shorter in microprocessors<\/p>\n
c. Microprocessor does not contain I\/O devices<\/p>\n
d. Exactly the same as the machine cycle time<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
5. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:<\/p>\n
a. 0<\/p>\n
b. 1<\/p>\n
c. 1 or 0<\/p>\n
d. 3<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: a<\/p>\n
6. What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?<\/p>\n
a. Bus control<\/p>\n
b. Interrupts<\/p>\n
c. Bus arbitration<\/p>\n
d. Status<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
7. When was the world\u0393\u00c7\u00d6s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?<\/p>\n
a. Hewlett-Packard<\/p>\n
b. Epson, 1981<\/p>\n
c. Laplink traveling software Inc. 1982<\/p>\n
d. Tandy model-2000, 1985<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: b<\/p>\n
8. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called<\/p>\n
a. 8008<\/p>\n
b. 8080<\/p>\n
c. 4004<\/p>\n
d. 8800<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
9. Who built the world\u0393\u00c7\u00d6s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries\/<\/p>\n
a. Claude Shannon<\/p>\n
b. Konrard Zues<\/p>\n
c. George Stibits<\/p>\n
d. Howard H. Aiken<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
10. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?<\/p>\n
a. Napier<\/p>\n
b. Babbage<\/p>\n
c. Pascal<\/p>\n
d. Leibniz<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: d<\/p>\n
11. IBM 7000 digital computer<\/p>\n
a. Belongs to second generation<\/p>\n
b. Uses VLSI<\/p>\n
c. Employs semi conductor memory<\/p>\n
d. Has modular constructions<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: d<\/p>\n
12. An integrated circuit is<\/p>\n
a. A complicated circuit<\/p>\n
b. An integrating device<\/p>\n
c. Much costlier than a single transistor<\/p>\n
d. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: d<\/p>\n
13. Most important advantage of an IC is its<\/p>\n
a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure<\/p>\n
b. Extremely high reliability<\/p>\n
c. Reduced cost<\/p>\n
d. Low powers consumption<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: b<\/p>\n
14. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:<\/p>\n
a. ENIAC<\/p>\n
b. Mark-I<\/p>\n
c. Analytic Engine<\/p>\n
d. UNIVAC-1<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: b<\/p>\n
15. In the third Generation of computers<\/p>\n
a. Distributed data processing first became popular<\/p>\n
b. An operating system was first developed<\/p>\n
c. High level procedural language were first used<\/p>\n
d. Online real time systems first become popular<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: d<\/p>\n
16. An IBM system\/38 represents the computer class of:<\/p>\n
a. Small scale computer<\/p>\n
b. Medium scale computer<\/p>\n
c. Large scale computer<\/p>\n
d. Super computer<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: a<\/p>\n
17. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was<\/p>\n
a. IBM<\/p>\n
b. Super UNIVAC<\/p>\n
c. Radio Shaks<\/p>\n
d. Data General Corporation<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
18. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of<\/p>\n
a. Speed<\/p>\n
b. Accuracy<\/p>\n
c. Reliability<\/p>\n
d. Cost<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: b<\/p>\n
19. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the analytical engine, which he showed at the parts exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?<\/p>\n
a. 1820<\/p>\n
b. 1860<\/p>\n
c. 1855<\/p>\n
d. 1970<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: c<\/p>\n
20. Which was the world\u0393\u00c7\u00d6s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?<\/p>\n
a. PDP-I, 1958<\/p>\n
b. IBM System\/36, 1960<\/p>\n
c. PDP-II, 1961<\/p>\n
d. VAX 11\/780, 1962<\/p>\n
Correct Answer: a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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