COMPUTER BASIC MCQs

 

Knowledge about COMPUTER

 • Half byte = 1nibble = 4 bits

 • Bit means Binary Digit

 • 1 byte = 8 bits

 • 1 mega byte = 1048576 bytes

 • 1 kilo byte = 1024 bytes

 • A combination of 16 bits are called word.

 • A terabyte = 1 trillion bytes

 • Our PC belongs to 4th generation

 • Fred Cohen coined the word computer virus

 • First computer virus was created in 1970 at Bell laboratories

 • WORM means Write Once Read Many

 • Power of a super computer is measured in FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second)

 • WWW/http: (hypertext transfer protocol) was created by Tim Burner Lee in 1992

 • Intel means Integrated Electronics

 • 1 worksheet contains 256 columns

 • G.W.Basic G.W stands for Gate Way

 • Super Computer was created by J.H.Van Tassel

 • CORBA is Common Object Request Broker Architecture

 • URL is Uniform or Universal Resource Locator

 • Intel invented RAM chip

 • Information stored on disk as series of bumps on its shiny side.

 • DVDs hold more information than CDs. They use smaller bumps and have two reflective layers

 • Recordable CDs do not have bumps. There are patches of color on disk to change the reflected laser light

 • In 1951 Univac – 1, the world’s first commercial computer was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. They built ENIAC, the first electronic computer in 1946

 • In 1968 mainframe was built.

 • In 1976 first supercomputer the Cray-1 was developed

 • In 1981 IBM produce the IBM PC.

 • In 1998 IBM made quantum computer

 • Super computers uses parallel processing

 • In 1974, computer games were introduced.

 • PROM is the abbreviation of programmable read only memory

 • What was the world’s first high level programming language 1957: IBM FORTRAN

 • A JPEG is a picture file format - what does JPEG stand for: Joint Photographic Experts Group

 • During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps

 • Registers are temporary storage areas within the CPU.

 • First apple computer was built in garage.

 • The language of small talk is object oriented.

 • Shell is an operating environment.

 • Virtual memory is also known as virtual page.

 • NOS refer to operating systems for a network.

 • In EBCDIC each character is denoted by 8 bits.

 • Diodes are used in analog computer circuits as limiter.

 • Wetware stands for any organic intelligence.

 • GIGO stands for garbage in garbage out.

 • Application of flip-flap are counters, shift register and transfer register.

 • Bootstrap is associated with computer.

 • FORTRAN stands for formula translator.

 • A group of character that is termed as a single entity is called word.

 • Clip art is a computer prepared art.

 • Mark sensing is another term for OMR.

 • Authorization to make multiple software copies is called site licensing.

 • Antivirus is also known as vaccines.

 • Free software is also known as public domain software.

 • In computer DFD stands for Data Flow Diagram.

 • Cyber Space is called to Virtual world of the computer.

 • What does the sun in SUN Microsystems stand for Stanford University Network

 • What does Intel stand for- Integrated Electronics

 • All PCs have a BIOS what does bios stand for-Basic Input Output System

 • What is the common name for an integrated circuit A Chip

 • In WWW terms what does i.e. mean on a domain name-Ireland

 • What company introduced the first commercial minicomputer 65 DEC

 • Name the first web browser publicly available NCSA Mosaic

 • The world’s most powerful super computer is called ASCI white.

 • World Wide Web was invented in 1993 by Tim Bareness Lee.

 • The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.

 • The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.

 • The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible using microprocessors.

 • The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.

 • A pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 million transistors.

 • Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus were initial desktop computers.

 • Binary digits are briefed as bit.

 • A collection of bits is called byte.

 • The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units was Apple II.

 • ‘PARAM’ is a supercomputer.

 • Father of the Computer.. Charles Babbage

 • First artificial satellite was Sputnik-I sent by Soviet Union on October 4, 1957

 • What country launched its first space rocket January 1961-Italy

 • First human in space is Yuri Gagrin 1961 on USSR • First space scientist was Henry Quendish

 • First woman in space was Valentine Khurachoof in 14 June, 1963

 • Apollo XI enabled man to step on moon

 ▪ Generators convert mechanical energy into electricity. Nuclear energy is a cheap source of abundant electricity.