COMPUTER AWARENESS - BASICS MCQS SET 34

COMPUTER AWARENESS - BASICS MCQS SET 34

1. Which American computer company is called Big Blue?
A) Microsoft        B) Compaq Corp        C) IBM            D) Tandy Svenson

2. It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in to calculate census data.
A) IBM 1400        B) IBM 1401        C) ICL 2950        D) None of above

3. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
A) John v. Atanasoff        B) Clifford Berry        C) Both of above    

D) None of above

4. Which of the following is the largest unit?
A) data        B) field        C) record        D) database file

5. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names
A) John Burdeen    B) William Shockley    C) Walter Brattain    D) Lee de Forest

6. Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
B) It provides only sequential access to stored data
C) Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
D) All of above

7. A disadvantage of the laser printer is
A) It is quieter than an impact printer            B) It is very slow   
C) The output is of a lower quality            D) None of the above

8. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
A) ASCII        B) EBCDIC        C) BCD            D) All of above

9. Which access method is used to access cassette tape?
A) Direct        B) Sequential        C) Both of the above        

D) None of the above

10. A Compiler is ____
A) a combination of computer hardware
B) a program which translates from one high-level language to another
C) a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language
D) None of these
ANSWER: 

1.C
2.B
3.C
4.D
5.D
6.B
7.D
8.A
9.B
10.C