451. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape
B) Printer ✔
C) Disk
D) Bus
452. Which is not consisted in a processor
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory ✔
D) Registers
453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged to
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation ✔
C) Third Generation
D) Froth Generation
454. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Discrete Components
C) IC ✔
D) Bio Chips
455. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
A) Control Unit and Registers ✔
B) Registers and Main Memory
C) Control unit and ALU
D) ALU and bus
456. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Knowledge information processing system ✔
B) Very large scale integration
C) Both of above
D) None of above
457. Second Generation computers were developed during
A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965 ✔
C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990
458. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
A) Display screen
B) Soft copy terminal
C) Hard copy terminal ✔
D) Plotter
459. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a
A) Batch processing system
B) Multiprogramming ✔
C) Time sharing
D) None of these
460. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
A) 1964
B) 1970
C) 1983 ✔
D) 1986
461. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard
B) Epson, 1981 ✔
C) Laplink traveling software In1982
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985
462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name?
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
B) The Tabulator Ltd. ✔
C) International Computer Ltd.
D) None of above
463. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called
A) Software
B) Human ware ✔
C) Firmware
D) Hardware
464. Which of the following is input device?
A) scanner ✔
B) speaker
C) monitor
D) projector
465. Which of the following is true?
A) Fields are composed of bytes
B) Records are composed of fields
C) Fields are composed of characters
D) All of above ✔
466. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A) Claude Shannon
B) Konrard Zues
C) George Stibits ✔
D) Howard H. Aiken
467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Networking, what is its full form?
A) WAP Area Network
B) Wide Area Network ✔
C) Wide Array of Network
D) Wireless Access Network
468. In which language is source program written?
A) English
B) Symbolic
C) High level ✔
D) Temporary
469. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
A) Video Graphics Array ✔
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter
470. A song being played on computer speaker is
A) hard output
B) soft output ✔
C) both hard and soft output
D) neither hard nor soft output
471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A) Additional Terminals
B) Advance technology ✔
C) Applied technology
D) Advanced terminology
472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB
C) 256KB & 640KB ✔
D) None of these
473. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9trac magnetic tape?
A) 9 ✔
B) 16
C) 18
D) 27
474. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
A) Intel
B) Motorola ✔
C) Both of above
D) None of above
475. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
A) Use of natural language
B) artificial intelligence
C) bio-chips
D) All of above ✔
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his
A) Difference Engine ✔
B) Analytic Engine
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage
477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A) Super computer ✔
B) Mini computer
C) Micro computer
D) Macro computer
478. When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is most expensive?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers ✔
479. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
A) It will add to the content of the location
B) It will change the address of the memory location
C) It will erase the previous content ✔
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
480. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse ✔
C) Joystick
D) Track ball
481. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth ✔
482. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit ✔
B) Control Unit
C) Both of above
D) None of above
483. The operating speed of third generation computer was
A) Milliseconds
B) Microseconds
C) Nanoseconds ✔
D) Picoseconds
484. Which of the following is true?
A) Mark I was 8 feet long
B) Mark I was 2 feet long
C) Mark I was 40 feet long
D) None of above ✔
485. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern computers because
A) of his difference engine
B) of his analytical engine
C) his concept of input, mill and output ✔
D) All of above
486. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
A) Mouse
B) Dumb terminal ✔
C) Micro computer
D) Dedicated data entry system
487. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
A) ICL/2950
B) ENIAC
C) IBM 1401 ✔
D) None of above
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
B) Key verification is easily performed
C) The tape is reusable ✔
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur.
489. Basic is ________ language.
A) a procedural ✔
B) an object oriented
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
490. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
A) Interpreter ✔
B) CPU
C) Compiler
D) Simulator
491. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
A) Semiconductor Memories ✔
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Magnetic Tapes
D) Compact Disks
492. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
A) 100
B) 20 ✔
C) 40
D) 80
493. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer ✔
D) Mainframe computer
494. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
A) Intel 308
B) Intel 33
C) Intel 4004 ✔
D) Motorola 639
495. Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
A) Analog Computers ✔
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above
496. How many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memory
A) 8
B) 4
C) 16
D) 2 ✔
497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A) 1982
B) 1984 ✔
C) 1985
D) 1989
498. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) RAM chips
B) ROM chips
C) Micro processors ✔
D) PROM chips
499. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
C) IBM Compatibles
D) Both A & C ✔
500. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device ✔
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
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