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1. Which of the following is NOT a hardware of a computer? 

A. windows 

B. monitor 

C. Central Processing Unit 

D. Key Board 

2. The central processing unit consists of 

A. The arithmetic logic unit 

B. The registers 

C. The control unit 

D. All the above 

3. Which of the following was not used in first generation computers? 

A. punch cards 

B. magnetic core 

C. vacuum tubes 

D. all of the above 

4. The computer keyboard in English normally uses 

A. Abcdef base 
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B. QWERT base 

C. Asdfg base 

D. None of these 

5. In this generation transistors replaced vacuum tubes 

A. First generation computers 

B. Second generation computers 

C. Third generation computers 

D. Fourth generation computers 

6. One trillionth of a second is 

A. minute 

B. micro sound 

C. pico second 

D. mille second 

7. The —– is the administrative section of the computer system. 

A. Memory Unit 

B. Control Unit 

C. Input Unit 
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D. Central Processing Unit 

8. Integrated circuits are classified on the basis of 

A. number of transistors 

B. type of computer 

C. manufacturing company 

D. none of the above 

9. The base of the hexadecimal number system is 

A. 2 

B. 8 

C. 10 

D. 16 

10. To recall all the deleted records, which command can be used? 

A. RECALL 

B. RECALL ALL 

C. Both (a) and (b) 

D. None of the above 

11. —– was the precursor to internet as we know it today. 

A. TELNET 

B. ARPANET 

C. USENET 

D. None of these

12. Which statement transfers the pointers to the first value of the data list? 

A. data 

B. read 

C. restore 

D. input 

13. Sending an e–mail is similiar to 

A. writing a letter 

B. narrating a story 

C. picturing an event 

D. creating a drawing 

14. AltaVista is a —– 

A. Virus 
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B. Vista Theme 

C. Windows OS 

D. Search engine 

15. Data communications involving telegraph lines uses 

A. narrowband channels 

B. simplex lines 

C. c 

D. dialed service 

16. The processing of input to output is directed by 

A. Hardware 

B. Printer 

C. Software 

D. None of these 

17. Various kinds of users in SFMS are namely 

A. Authorizer 

B. Super users 

C. Creator and verifier 

D. All the above 

18. —– normally certifies a site on the internet as a secure site. 

A. CRA 

B. Verisign 

C. Crisil 

D. None of these 

19. State the valid console command. 

A. broadcast 

B. ebablelogin 

C. dos 

D. all the above 

20. Which command can be used to copy files in UNIX? 

A. copy 

B. ncopy 

C. cp 

D. none of these 

21. Transmission of data in one direction is called 

A. duplex 

B. triplex 

C. simplex 

D. None of these 

22. The disk placed for the easy reading on computer is 

A. disk drive 

B. modem 

C. hard drive 

D. USB Port 

23. Which of the following provides the means of information for separate keys and 
separate instructions? 

A. scanner 

B. c 

C. modem 

D. keyboard 

24. Following is not true for magnetic tape 

A. highly reliable 
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B. low cost 

C. direct access storage mediun 

D. compact and portable 

25. Which of the following is a Web browser? 

A. word 

B. paint 

C. powerPoint 

D. fire box 

26. The computer is 

A. Mechanical device 

B. Not a data processor 

C. A data processor 

D. None of these 

27. Data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called 

A. ringers 

B. tracks 

C. rounders 
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D. sectors 

28. A group of characters that have a predefined meaning 

A. keyboard 

B. field 

C. database 

D. file 

29. The —— contents of computer are lost after shut down the computer. 

A. output 

B. input 

C. memory 

D. none of these 

30. What is the fullform of PC? 

A. Painful Creation 

B. Production Computer 

C. Personal Computer 

D. Process Control 

31. Who probably has least technical knowledge? 

A. system analyst 

B. programmer 

C. computer professional 

D. user 

32. An automatic machine that is made toper forms routine human tasks is 

A. tanker 

B. robot 

C. computer 

D. none of these 

33. Shortcut DELETE is for 

A. paste something 

B. undo something 

C. delete something 

D. none of these 

34. A method of providing virtual memory is 

A. paging 

B. fragmentation 
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C. defragmentation 

D. segmentation 

35. The keyboard and mouse of a computer are the most commonly used 

A. Processing unit 

B. Output unit 

C. Input Unit 

D. None of these 

36. Comparing with secondary storage, primary storage is 

A. slow and inexpnesive 

B. fast and inexpensive 

C. slow and expensive 

D. fast and expensive 

37. Following is not a non impact printer 

A. Laser printer 

B. Thermal printer 

C. Dot matrix printer 

D. Ink jet printer

38. The following is an example of application software 

A. Security software 

B. Command system 

C. Operating system 

D. CAD/CAM system 

39. Program promised by publisher but never released 

A. Shareware 

B. Software 

C. Vaporware 

D. Mindware 

40. Which of the following is widely used in academic testing? 

A. POS 

B. OCR 

C. MICR 

D. OMR 

41. A file containing relatively permanent data is 

A. transaction file 
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B. random file 

C. sequential file 

D. master file 

42. The octal equivalent of a binary number 01001 is 

A. 11 

B. 12 

C. 22 

D. 51 

43. A storage medium that retains its contents even in the absence of power is 
referred as 

A. volatile storage 

B. non volatile storage 

C. primary storage 

D. secondary storage 

44. In computer terminology zeros and ones are called 

A. on and off 
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B. bytes 

C. bits 

D. binary digits 

45. State the correct external command? 

A. Chkdsk.exe 

B. Attrib.exe 

C. Restore.exe 

D. Backup.exe 

46. A class can inherit 

A. exactly 3 superclasses 

B. any number of superclasses 

C. A single superclass 

D. none of the superclass 

47. A device or system not directly connected to the CPU is 

A. online 

B. offline 
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C. parallel line 

D. all the above 

48. The secondary storage device that follows the sequential mode of access is 

A. magnetic disk 

B. magnetic tape 

C. optical disk 

D. None of these 

49. Fifth generation computers are likely to exhibit 

A. artificial intelligence 

B. advanced parallel processing 

C. heuristic behaviour 

D. All of the above 

50. Which of the following refers to the fastest, biggest and most expensive 
computers? 

A. Laptops 

B. Personal Computers 
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C. Supercomputers 

D. Notebooks