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Introduction to computer - Test Set 6

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20 questions

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  1. Question 1

    The data or information used to run a computer is called
    1. Hardware
    2. Peripheral
    3. CPU
    4. None of these
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  2. Question 2

    When information is fed into the computer, which of the following is created?
    1. Data
    2. Ideas
    3. Objects
    4. Facts
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following is an example of non-numeric data?
    1. Name of the employee
    2. Test score
    3. Bank account number
    4. All of these
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  4. Question 4

    Computer has four main functions
    1. Input, processing, output and storage
    2. Learning, thinking, output and intelligence
    3. Data, information, bits and bytes
    4. Hardware, software, modeling and operations
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  5. Question 5

    Which of the following functions does a computer not perform?
    1. Processing
    2. Understanding
    3. Controlling
    4. Inputting
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  6. Question 6

    Output is
    1. received from the user
    2. provided to the user
    3. provided to processor by user
    4. All of the above
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  7. Question 7

    The name of the first electronic digital computer of the world is
    1. Param
    2. Prolog
    3. UNIVAC
    4. ENAIC
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  8. Question 8

    The first mechanical calculator was called
    1. Calculator
    2. OPT
    3. Galileo
    4. Pascaline
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  9. Question 9

    Which of the following is considered the first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage?
    1. UNIVAC
    2. Abacus
    3. Analytical Engine
    4. ENIAC
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  10. Question 10

    ___________ invented mechanical calculator for adding numbers.
    1. Charles Babbage
    2. Newton
    3. Blaise Pascal
    4. Piano
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  11. Question 11

    What is the full form of ENIAC in the field of computing?
    1. Electronic Numerical Integrated Advanced Computer
    2. Electronic Nerves Integration and Computer
    3. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
    4. Electronic Numerical Integration and Computing
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  12. Question 12

    Which of the following universities designed and developed the first electronic computer ENIAC?
    1. Howard University
    2. University of Pennsylvania
    3. Stanford University
    4. Oxford University
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  13. Question 13

    What was the name of the first computer without mechanical parts built by J W Mauchly and J Presper Eckert?
    1. EDVAC
    2. Mark I
    3. ENIAC
    4. Mark II
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  14. Question 14

    Who among the following created the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC) with memory that stores programs as well as data?
    1. Thomas H Floor
    2. Arthur Samuel
    3. Bletchley Park
    4. John von Neumann
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  15. Question 15

    Who invented EDSAC?
    1. Howard H. Aiken
    2. Maurice Wilkes
    3. John von Neumann
    4. Herman Hollerith
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  16. Question 16

    Who is the father of computer?
    1. James Gosling
    2. Dennis Ritchie
    3. Charles Babbage
    4. More than one of the above
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  17. Question 17

    Who is considered the father of modern computers?
    1. Gordon E. Moore
    2. Alan Turing
    3. Charles Babbage
    4. James Gosling
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  18. Question 18

    Which was the first programmable general purpose computer in the world?
    1. ENIAC
    2. Mark I
    3. Napier’s bones
    4. Pascaline
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  19. Question 19

    In which generation were computers bulky, vacuum based and costly?
    1. Fourth generation
    2. Third generation
    3. First generation
    4. Fifth generation
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  20. Question 20

    Assembly language is an example of______ generation programming language.
    1. First
    2. Second
    3. Third
    4. Fourth
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