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July 20, 2017

Computer Knowledge Quiz from Previous Papers - Set 2

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  1. Non - Physical components of the computer are referred to as 
    1. CPU
    2. Software
    3. Hardware
    4. Program
    5. None of these
  2. Computers use the ________________ number system to store data and perform calculations. 
    1. binary
    2. decimal
    3. octal
    4. hexadecimal
    5. None of these
  3. A computer system includes
    1. hardware
    2. softawre
    3. peripheral devices
    4. all of these
    5. none of these
  4. Which of the following is not a basic function of a computer ? 
    1. Accept input
    2. Scan data
    3. Process data
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
  5. Information that comes from external source and fed into computer software is called 
    1. output
    2. input
    3. throughput
    4. reports
    5. None of these
  6. A computer can perform which of the following tasks ?
    1. Computation
    2. Storing data
    3. Processing
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
  7. Which one of the following is / are characteristic (s)  or function (s) of computer ?
    1. Data collection
    2. Data processing
    3. Data storage
    4. Data output
    5. All of these
  8. Abacus was developed by 
    1. India
    2. China
    3. America
    4. Unan
    5. Germany
  9. Which of the following device used 'set of beads' to represent the unit of data ?
    1. ENIAC
    2. EDVAC
    3. Abacus
    4. MARK - 1
    5. None of these
  10. The counting board in which numbers are represented called Abacus. By what name is it known in Japan ?
    1. Suanpan
    2. Soroban
    3. Napier's beads
    4. Suharto
    5. None of these
  11. Antikyathera mechanism was mainly used to perform
    1. Astronomical calculation 
    2. Logarithm
    3. Trigonometry
    4. Time calculation
    5. All of these
  12. Rabdologia was the technology used for calculation purpose introduced in 
    1. 1617
    2. 18011824
    3. 1901
    4. 1917
  13. Napier's Bones performs
    1. addition and subtractoin
    2. only addition
    3. only subtraction
    4. age calculation
    5. multiplication and division
  14. Computer's basic architecture was developed by 
    1. Charles Babbage
    2. Blaise Pascal
    3. Steve Newton
    4. John Von Neumann
    5. Henery Johns
  15. In which year slide rule was developed ?
    1. 1605
    2. 1620
    3. 1750
    4. 1855
    5. 1898
  16. Slide rule is also known as _______________ in United States 
    1. Slipstick
    2. Larvace
    3. Scale of US
    4. US rule
    5. Fed rule
  17. Pascaline is also known as 
    1. mechanical machine
    2. adding machine
    3. division machine
    4. difference machine
    5. None of these
  18. Who described the feature 'Read one card at a time' of tabulating machine ?
    1. Herman Hollerith
    2. John Von Newmann
    3. Howard Aiken
    4. John Pele
    5. Ada Byron
  19. What do you mean by Jacquard loom ?
    1. A bird found in Japan
    2. A weaving machine used punched cards
    3. The first computer controlled loom
    4. A machine for writing math tables
    5. None of the above
  20. _________ was the first computer programmer in the history of computer
    1. Ian Morre
    2. Christopher Kyana
    3. Joseph Jade
    4. Lisa Babage
    5. Ada Byron


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