Computer Awareness Multiple Choice Question MCQ
Categories: UNITED STATE COMPUTER EDUCATION
1. Who is the father of Computers? a) James Gosling b) Charles Babbage c) Dennis Ritchie d) Bjarne Stroustrup Answer: b 2. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation of COMPUTER? a) Commonly Occupied Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research b) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Environmental Research c) Commonly Oriented Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research d) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research Answer: d 3. Which of the following is the correct definition of Computer? a) Computer is a machine or device that can be programmed to perform arithmetical or logic operation sequences automatically b) Computer understands only binary language which is written in the form of 0s & 1s c) Computer is a programmable electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes the data d) All of the mentioned Answer: d 4. What is the full form of CPU? a) Computer Processing Unit b) Computer Principle Unit c) Central Processing Unit d) Control Processing Unit Answer: c 5. Which of the following language does the computer understand? a) Computer understands only C Language b) Computer understands only Assembly Language c) Computer understands only Binary Language d) Computer understands only BASIC Answer: c 6. Which of the following computer language is written in binary codes only? a) pascal b) machine language c) C d) C# Answer: b 7. Which of the following is the brain of the computer? a) Central Processing Unit b) Memory c) Arithmetic and Logic unit d) Control unit Answer: a 8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer? a) Versatility b) Accuracy c) Diligence d) I.Q. Answer: d 9. Which of the following is the smallest unit of data in a computer? a) Bit b) KB c) Nibble d) Byte Answer: a 10. Which of the following unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user into a computer understandable format? a) Output Unit b) Input Unit c) Memory Unit d) Arithmetic & Logic Unit Answer: b 11. Which of the following monitor looks like a television and are normally used with non-portable computer systems? a) LED b) LCD c) CRT d) Flat Panel Monitors Answer: c 12. Which of the following is not a type of computer code? a) EDIC b) ASCII c) BCD d) EBCDIC Answer: a 13. Which of the following part of a processor contains the hardware necessary to perform all the operations required by a computer? a) Controller b) Registers c) Cache d) Data path Answer: d 14. Which of the following is designed to control the operations of a computer? a) User b) Application Software c) System Software d) Utility Software Answer: c 15. Which of the following device use positional notation to represent a decimal number? a) Pascaline b) Abacus c) Computer d) Calculator Answer: b 16. Which of the following is used in EBCDIC? a) Super Computers b) Mainframes c) Machine Codes d) Programming Answer: b 17. Which of the following are physical devices of a computer? a) Hardware b) Software c) System Software d) Package Answer: a 18. Which of the following defines the assigned ordering among the characters used by the computer? a) Accumulation b) Sorting c) Collating Sequence d) Unicode Answer: c 19. Which of the following storage is a system where a robotic arm will connect or disconnect off-line mass storage media according to the computer operating system demands? a) Magnetic b) Secondary c) Virtual d) Tertiary Answer: d 20. Which of the following is known as the interval between the instant a computer makes a request for the transfer of data from a disk system to the primary storage and the instance the operation is completed? a) Disk utilization time b) Drive utilization time c) Disk access time d) Disk arrival time Answer: d