MCQ in Computer Fundamentals Part 24 | ECE Board Exam

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 24 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 23 | ECE Board Exam

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1151. RATS stand for

A. Regression Analysis Time Series

B. Regression Analysis Time Sharing

C. Real Analysis Series

D. All of the above

1152. Which technology is used in Compact disks?

A. Mechanical

B. Electrical

C. Electro Magnetic

D. Laser

1153. Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?

A. Conductors

B. Buses

C. Connectors

D. Consecutives

1154. Which is the first electronic digital computer?

A. ENIAC

B. MARK I

C. Z3

D. ABC

1155. Which of the following is a storage device?

A. Tape

B. Hard Disk

C. Floppy Disk

D. All of the above

1156. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called

A. Hard disks

B. Floppy disk

C. Winchester disk

D. Flexible disk

1157. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an

A. Interpreter

B. Simulator

C. Compiler

D. Commander

1158. Intel corporation produces chips for which computers?

A. IBM PCs

B. Apple/Macintosh PCs

C. Both of above

D. None of above

1159. The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called

A. 8008

B. 8080

C. 4004

D. 8800

1160. Which of the following is not a class of computers based on size?

A. Mainframe Computers

B. Mini Computers

C. Micro Computers

D. Super Computers

1161. Who invented EDSAC?

A. John v. Neumann

B. J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley

C. Maurice Wilkes

D. Howard Aiken

1162. EEPROM stands for

A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

B. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

C. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

D. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

1163. Which of the following is a class of computers based on model?

A. Digital Computer

B. Hybrid Computers

C. Analog Computers

D. AT Computers

1164. What are the computers called that performs calculations and comparisons usually in the binary numbering system?

A. Analog Computers

B. Digital Computers

C. Hybrid Computers

D. None of above

1165. ASCII stands for

A. American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B. American Scientific Code for International Interchange

C. American Standard Code for Intelligence Interchange

D. American Scientific Code for Information Interchange

1166. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is

A. 7-bit ASCII

B. 7-bit EBCDIC

C. 8-bit ASCII

D. 8-bit EBCDIC

1167. Why ABC computer is called so?

A. Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry

B. Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English

C. Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC

D. None of above are true

1168. Who designed the first electronics computer? ENIAC

A. Von Neumann

B. Joseph M Jacquard

C. J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly

D. All of above

1169. Central Processing Unit is combination of

A. Control and storage

B. Control and output unit

C. Arithmetic logic and input unit

D. Arithmetic logic and control unit

1170. IBM 1401 computer was

A. Mainframe Computer

B. Mini Computers

C. Micro Computers

D. None of above

1171. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is

A. Delay times

B. Real time

C. Execution time

D. Down time

1172. CD-ROM stands for

A. Compactable Read Only Memory

B. Compact Data Read Only Memory

C. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory

D. Compact Disk Read Only Memory

1173. Which unit converts user data into machine readable form?

A. Input unit

B. Output unit

C. ALU

D. Control Unit

1174. Which unit is known as nerve center of computer?

A. ALU

B. CU

C. Memory

D. Registers

1175. What does the disk drive of a computer do?

A. Rotate the disk

B. Read the disk

C. Load a program from the disk into the memory

D. Both b and c

1176. Which of the following is a multi-processing system?

A. mvs

B. UNIX

C. os/2

D. all of the above

1177. Which of the following operating system allows multi-tasking?

A. os/2

B. windows

C. amiga

D. all of the above

1178. which of the following is not a real time operating system?

A. blmx

B. ccp

C. ctos

D. dos

1179. _______is a program informing a program an event has occurred

A. virus

B. compiler

C. interrupt

D. none of the above

1180. PCs support _____ types of software interrupts

A. 128

B. 256

C. 32

D. none of the above

1181. Which of the following is an example of system software?

A. word processors

B. spread sheets

C. games

D. none of the above

1182. Which spread sheet package was later sold to Lotus Development Corp.?

A. corel quattro pro

B. open office calc

C. VisiCalc

D. all of the above

1183. Which one of the following is a characteristic of a spreadsheet application?

A. data forms

B. presentation

C. data retrieval

D. all of the above

1184. ____ includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function

A. application software

B. presentation software

C. system software

D. none of the above

1185. World wide web is made of documents created with language called

A. html

B. url

C. httl

D. htrl

1186. To access and display documents on the web you must have a communication standard called

A. http

B. url

C. dns

D. html

1187. The standard that allows you to enter the name and location of information and the method for transporting the information over the internet

A. http

B. url

C. dns

D. html

1188. As you scroll through a webpage it is likely you will see some underlined text or text in different colors. These represent

A. bookmark

B. hypertext links

C. ftp

D. graphic images

1189. The major categories for top-level domain are

A. com

B. edu

C. gov

D. all of the above

1190. What defines the different aspects of web page including heading levels, bold italics, images, paragraph

A. html

B. httl

C. htrl

D. htpl

1191. The process of visiting websites on internet hosted by various companies, organizations etc is called

A. navigation

B. browsing

C. patrolling

D. none of the above

1192. Which of the following is a search engine?

A. Alta vista

B. excite

C. lycos

D. all of the above

1193. Which is the tool that provides a single interface that enables users to search many different search engines, indexes, databases simultaneously?

A. web index

B. search engines

C. meta search engines

D. none of the above

1194. One way of protecting the email message is

A. caching

B. encryption

C. mirroring

D. shadowing

1195. The feature of an email program which allows you to store the information about the people with whom you correspond is?

A. index

B. folders

C. address book

D. none of the above

1196. The default priority of an e-mail message is

A. high

B. low

C. normal

D. none

1197. which of the following is a telecommunication processor

A. modem

B. multiplexer

C. concentrator

D. all of the above

1198. which of the following is a function a telecommunication software

A. modulation

B. demodulation

C. access control

D. all of the above

1199. WAN stands for

A. wire and network

B. wire accessible network

C. widely accessible network

D. wide area network

1200. LSI stans for

A. light sensitive instrument

B. large scale integration

C. logical sample integration

D. none of the above

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