MCQ in Computer Fundamentals Part 21 | ECE Board Exam

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 21 of the Series in Computer Fundamentals as one of the Electronics Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Exam Questions in Electronics Engineering field, Electronics Books, Journals and other Electronics References.

MCQ Topic Outline included in ECE Board Exam Syllabi

• MCQ in analog and Digital System
• MCQ in Binary Number System
• MCQ in Boolean Algebra
• MCQ in Mathematical Logic and Switching Networks
• MCQ in Basic digital Circuits (logic gates, flip-flops, multivibrators, etc)
• MCQ in Static and dynamic Memory Devices
• MCQ in Programming and Machine Languages
• MCQ in Information and Acquisition Processing
• MCQ in Analog / Digital Conversion
• MCQ in Computer Networking

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⇐ MCQ in Computer Fundamentals Part 20 | ECE Board Exam

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1001. Which statement is valid about computer program?

A. High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute

B. High level language programs are more efficient and faster to execute

C. It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than in low level programs

D. All of above

1002. By programmable machine we mean

A. computers

B. modern television

C. washing machines

D. anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable programs

1003. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?

A. Keyboard

B. Disk

C. ALU

D. All of the above

1004. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured

A. ROM

B. RAM

C. PROM

D. EPROM

1005. One of the popular mass storage devices is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for?

A. Compactable Read Only Memory

B. Compact Data Read Only Memory

C. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory

D. Compact Disk Read Only Memory

1006. Identify the true statement

A. Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer from GIGO

B. Computers are reliable because they use electronic component which have very low failure rate

C. Computer is never tired and does not suffer from boredom

D. All of above

1007. FORTRAN is

A. File Translation

B. Format Translation

C. Formula Translation

D. Floppy Translation

1008. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

A. Hardware

B. Software

C. Firmware

D. ROM ware

1009. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?

A. Static RAM

B. Dynamic RAM

C. EPROM

D. ROM

1010. What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?

A. Compiler

B. Interpreter

C. Debugger

D. Assembler

1011. Serial access memories are useful in applications where

A. Data consists of numbers

B. Short access time is required

C. Each stored word is processed differently

D. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form

1012. In ________ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?

A. Full duplex

B. Simplex

C. Half-duplex

D. None of the above

1013. Who invented Slide Rules?

A. John Napier

B. William Oughtred

C. Gottfried Leibnitz

D. Blaise Pascal

1014. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is

A. An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers

B. A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator

C. Any machine that can perform mathematical operations

D. A machine that works on binary code

1015. Memory is made up of

A. Set of wires

B. Set of circuits

C. Large number of cells

D. All of these

1016. Which of the following is the most powerful computers?

A. Mainframe Computer

B. Mini Computers

C. Micro Computers

D. Super Computers

1017. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?

A. Daisy wheel printer

B. Line printer

C. Laser printer

D. Thermal printer

1018. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as

A. Car

B. Bus

C. Truck

D. Road

1019. Which term is used to describe RAM?

A. Dynamic RAM (DRAM)

B. Static RAM (SRAM)

C. Video RAM (VRAM)

D. All of the above

1020. In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?

A. 1964

B. 1975

C. 1999

D. 1944

1021. Assembly language started to be used from

A. first generation computers

B. second generation computers

C. third generation computers

D. fourth generation computers

1022. Which technology is more reliable?

A. Mechanical

B. Electro-Mechanical

C. Electronic

D. For reliability it does not matter. So, all of above are reliable

1023. Which of the following is not an XT microprocessor?

A. 8006

B. 8086

C. 8088

D. None of above

1024. Hard disk is coated in both side with

A. Magnetic metallic oxide

B. Optical metallic oxide

C. Carbon layer

D. All of the above

1025. ASCII stands for

A. American Stable Code for International Interchange

B. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange

C. American Standard Code for Information Interchange

D. American Standard Code for Interchange Information

1026. Access time is

A. seek time + latency time

B. seek time

C. seek time

D. latency time

1027. Who invented the microprocessor?

A. Marcian E Huff

B. Herman H Goldstein

C. Joseph Jacquard

D. All of above

1028. MICR stands for

A. Magnetic Ink Character Reader

B. Magnetic Ink Code Reader

C. Magnetic Ink Case Reader

D. None of the above

1029. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths?

A. 8 bits

B. 12 bits

C. 16 bits

D. 32 bits

1030. MSI is the abbreviation of

A. Medium Scale Integrated

B. Medium System Integrated

C. Medium Scale Intelligent

D. Medium System Intelligent

1031. IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contribute?

A. India

B. China

C. Germany

D. Taiwan

1032. Which statement is valid about interpreter?

A. It translates one instruction at a time

B. Object code is saved for future use

C. Repeated interpretation is not necessary

D. All of above

1033. Easily relocatable language is

A. Machine language

B. Assembly language

C. High level language

D. Medium level language

1034. Which of the following memories needs refresh?

A. SRAM

B. DRAM

C. ROM

D. All of above

1035. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?

A. Keyboard

B. System Bus

C. Monitor

D. Memory

1036. What type of device is computer keyboard?

A. Memory

B. Output

C. Storage

D. Input

1037. Which is the limitation of high-level language?

A. Lower efficiency

B. Machine dependence

C. machine level coding

D. None of above

1038. An example of a digital device can be

A. Digital clock

B. Automobile speed meter

C. Clock with a dial and two hands

D. All of the above

1039. Which of the following is not true?

A. Transistors are much smaller

B. Transistors produce low heat

C. Transistors were less reliable

D. Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices

1040. A characteristic of card systems is:

A. Slowness in processing data

B. Using cards as records of transactions

C. Needing a larger DP staff

D. All of the above

1041. The full form of EEPROM is

A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

B. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

C. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

D. None of the above

1042. The original ASCII code used __ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking

A. 5

B. 6

C. 7

D. 8

1043. A computer programmer

A. Does all the thinking for a computer

B. Can enter input data quickly

C. Can operate all types of computer’s equipment

D. Can draw only flowchart

1044. Fifth generation computer is also known as

A. Knowledge information processing system

B. Very large-scale integration (VLSI)

C. Both of above

D. None of above

1045. The 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

1046. Which of the following have low failure rate?

A. mechanical devices

B. electronic devices

C. electro-mechanical devices

D. None of above

1047. Which of the following memories need refresh?

A. SRAM

B. DRAM

C. ROM

D. All of the above

1048. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have __ of RAM.

A. 4 KB

B. 16 K

C. 64 K

D. 256 K

1049. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high-speed storage element called

A. Semiconductor memory

B. Registers

C. Hard disks

D. Magnetic disk

1050. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

A. Analytical Engine

B. Arithmetic Machine

C. Donald Kunth

D. All of above

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