1.
What is the name of the printer which prints all the A's in a line before all the B's?
Answer: Option 'C'
Line printer
2.
A hashing scheme is used with
Answer: Option 'B'
direct file organization
3.
What is the name of the logic circuit which can add two binary digits?
Answer: Option 'B'
Half adder
4.
A stand-alone system which produces one page of printed output at a time is
Answer: Option 'A'
Page printer
5.
The output quality of a printer is measured by
Answer: Option 'C'
Dot per sq. inch
Basic Computer Knowledge Quiz
6.
A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
Answer: Option 'A'
Pulse code modulation
7.
Which access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape?
Answer: Option 'B'
Sequential
8.
In comparison with static RAM memory, the dynamic RAM memory has
Answer: Option 'D'
higher bit density and lower power consumption
9.
Which is a unit representing the no bits of discrete.
Answer: Option 'A'
Baud
10.
In synchronous transmission data from various users
Answer: Option 'B'
Do not require header
11.
A computer also known as server computer, is
Answer: Option 'C'
minicomputer
12.
How many types of storage loops exist in magnetic bubble memory?
Answer: Option 'D'
2
13.
A memory that holds micro programs is
Answer: Option 'B'
ROM
14.
A typical modern computer uses
Answer: Option 'A'
Alan Turing
15.
Codes consisting of light and dark marks which may be optically read is known as
Answer: Option 'B'
Bar code
16.
The 2's complement of a binary no. is obtained by adding.....to its 1's complement.
Answer: Option 'B'
1
17.
The brain of any computer system is
Answer: Option 'C'
CPU
18.
Second Generation computers were developed during
Answer: Option 'C'
Second generation computers used transistors as Their main electronic component. Was transistor invented by Bell Lab Scientists John Burdeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley in 1947 and won the Nobel Prize in 1956 profit It was not used in computers till 1956. The second generation continued up to the implementation of IC chips invented by Jack Kilby in Texas instruments in 1958.
Basic Computer Knowledge Quiz
19.
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a weaving machine?
Answer: Option 'D'
jacquard
20.
Which of the following statements is true?
Answer: Option 'B'
Some form of training is necessary for employees who will work with computers
21.
Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into pictorial form on paper.
Answer: Option 'B'
Plotter
22.
Which network is a packet switching network?
Answer: Option 'D'
EuroNET
23.
The bubbles in a bubble memory pack are created with the help of?
Answer: Option 'B'
Magnetic field
24.
What is the name of the computer which was first used for programming and playing of music?
Answer: Option 'A'
ELLIAC
25.
Analog computer works on the supply of
Answer: Option 'A'
continuous electrical pulses