There are lots of MCQs related to the “Information and Communication Technology (ICT)” for UGC NET Examination Preparation. You can take practice everyday for best result. ICT Basics Computer Terms The Internet and E-mail Miscellaneous MCQs on ICT Computer Terms 0% 1 Created on February 03, 2022 By mr.yashrajNTA UGC NET/SET/JRF Paper 1 Teaching and Research Aptitude Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - MCQ 2 1 / 68 A computer consists of A central processing unit A memory Input and output unit All the above 2 / 68 A typical modern computer uses LSI chips Vacuum tubes Valves All the above 3 / 68 Which of the following is the correct statement?[December 2004] Computers can be used for diagnosing the difficulty of a student in learning a subject. Psychological testing can be done with the help of a computer, provided that a software is available. A set of instructions is called a programme. All the above 4 / 68 Which of the following statements is not correct?[December 2004] Computer is capable of processing only digital signal. Computer is capable of analysing both quantitative and qualitative data. Appropriate software is required for processing the data. Computer is capable of processing digital as well as analogue signals. 5 / 68 Which of the following statements is correct?[December 2004] Virus improves the speed of processing information through the computer. The internet does not allow a virus to spread. Virus is a part of software. Virus is an operating system. 6 / 68 Which of the following is not the characteristic of a computer? [December 2005] Computer is an electrical machine. Computer cannot think on its own. Computer processes an information error free. Computer can hold data for any length of time. 7 / 68 Which of the following is the appropriate definition of a computer? [December 2006] Computer is a machine that can process the information. Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process both quantitative and qualitative data quickly and accurately. Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process only quantitative data. Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process only qualitative data. 8 / 68 The pioneer organization in personal computer industry is IBM Apple Compaq Infosys 9 / 68 Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory? Non-volatile Permanent Control unit Temporary 10 / 68 Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? Control bus Control unit Parity unit Semiconductor 11 / 68 Group of instructions to direct the functioning of a computer is called Storage Memory Program Byte 12 / 68 The main component of first generation computer was Transistors Vacuum tubes and valves Integrated circuits None of the above 13 / 68 FORTRAN is the acronym for File translation Format translation Formula translation Floppy translation 14 / 68 In analogue computer Input is first converted to digital form. Input is never converted to digital form Output is displayed in digital form. All the above 15 / 68 A hybrid computer Resembles a digital computer Resembles an analogue computer Resembles both a digital and analogue computer. None of the above 16 / 68 In the latest generation computers, the instructions are executed Parallely only Sequentially only Both sequentially and parallely All the above 17 / 68 Who designed the first electronics computer called ENIAC? John von Neumann Joseph M. Jacquard J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly None of the above 18 / 68 The hexadecimal number system consists of the symbols 0–7 0–9, A–F 0–7, A–F None of the above 19 / 68 The binary equivalent of (-15)10 is (two’s complement system is used) 11110001 11110000 10001111 None of the above 20 / 68 1 GB is equal to(a) 230 bits(b) 230 bytes(c) 220 bits(d) 220 bytes (a) (b) (c) (d) 21 / 68 All computers such as big, medium or small must have ALU Control unit Primary storage All of these 22 / 68 A byte consists of One bit Four bits Eight bits Sixteen bits 23 / 68 Which of the following is/are example/s of operating systems?I. Unix/BSDII. GNU/LinuxIII. WindowsIV. Mac OS: Mac OS X I, II and III II, III and IV I, III and IV All of these 24 / 68 System software designed to help in analysing, monitoring, configuring, optimizing settings and maintaining the computer are known as Application software Utility software Groupware None of the above 25 / 68 The general term used for the software that can be copied and used without payment to the author(s), although there may be some restrictions on distribution is Spyware Freeware Malware None of these 26 / 68 The silicon chips used for data processing are called RAM chips ROM chips Microprocessors PROM chips 27 / 68 The metal disks, which are permanently housed in sealed and contamination free containers are called Hard disks Floppy disks Winchester disks Flexible disks 28 / 68 All modern computers operate on Information Floppies Data Word 29 / 68 Instructions and memory address are represented by Character code Binary codes Binary word Parity bit 30 / 68 The computer size was very large in First generation Second generation Third generation Fourth generation 31 / 68 Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers First generation Second generation Third generation Fourth generation 32 / 68 UNIVAC is Universal automatic computer Universal array computer Unique automatic computer Unvalued automatic computer 33 / 68 Which of the following programming languages is widely used in computer science, engineering and also in business? COBOL FORTRAN PASCAL LISP 34 / 68 The first electronic digital computer contained Electronic valves Vacuum tube Transistors Semiconductor memory 35 / 68 The name of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing’s (C-DAC’s) next generation high performance, scalable, computing cluster, breaking the barrier of computing power of one teraflop is Param Chakra Shri None of the above 36 / 68 Normally, these computers are used in banking, airlines and railways, etc., for their applications. They can accommodate more than 1,000 workstations simultaneously and can process data at a very high speed and can support concurrent programmes. These are Mainframe computers Micro computers Workstations Super computers 37 / 68 Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? Bus Control unit Semiconductors a and b only 38 / 68 Which of the following is the most powerful computer? Minicomputer Microcomputer Mainframe computer Supercomputer 39 / 68 In which of the following languages, a source programme is written? English Symbolic High-level Temporary 40 / 68 The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer are called Compiler system hardware controller Operating system None of the above 41 / 68 A software that converts a program in assembly language into machine language is called Compiler Assembler Interpreter None of these 42 / 68 A software which converts a high-level language program to machine language in one go is called Compiler Assembler Interpreter Loader 43 / 68 A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an Interpreter Simulator Compiler Commander 44 / 68 A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an Interpreter CPU Compiler Simulator 45 / 68 A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a Computer Microcomputer Programmable Sensor 46 / 68 Which of the following belongs to the first generation of computers? AC IBM 1401 IBM 8090 UNIVAC 47 / 68 A collection of eight bits is called Byte Word File Folder 48 / 68 The brain of a computer which keeps peripherals under its control is called [December 2007] Common power unit Common processing unit Central power unit Central processing unit 49 / 68 Central processing unit consists of Input, output and processor. Input, output, processor and browser. Control unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage Control unit, processor and primary storage. 50 / 68 ALU stands for Arithmetic Logic Unit Array Logic Unit Application Logic Unit None of the above 51 / 68 The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from Primary memory Control section External memory Cache memory 52 / 68 It contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands. It is a Menu bar Toolbar Window None of these 53 / 68 The type of keys Ctrl, Shift and Alt belong to is Adjustment Function Modifier Alphanumeric 54 / 68 Which of the following is a part of the central processing unit? Printer Keyboard Arithmetic logic unit None of the above 55 / 68 The instructions for starting the computer are set up on Random access memory CD-ROM Read-only memory chip All the above 56 / 68 The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high-speed storage elements called Semiconductor memory Registers Hard disks Magnetic disk 57 / 68 A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its Accuracy Reliability Speed All of these 58 / 68 The keyboard of a computer is encoded in Baudot code ASCII code BCDIC code EBCDIC code 59 / 68 EBCDIC stands for Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code Extended Binary Case Decimal Inter-change Code 60 / 68 EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters? 256 16 32 64 61 / 68 BCD is Binary Coded Decimal Bit Coded Decimal Binary Coded Digit Bit Coded Digit 62 / 68 ASCII stands for American Stable Code for International Interchange American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange American Standard Code for Information Interchange American Standard Code for Interchange Information 63 / 68 CD ROM stands for [December 2007] Computer Disk Read-only Memory Compact Disk Read-over Memory Compact Disk Read-only Memory Computer Disk Read-over Memory 64 / 68 Data can be saved on backing storage medium known as [December 2007] Compact disk recordable Computer disk rewriteable Compact disk rewritable Computer data rewritable 65 / 68 RAM means [December 2007] Random Access Memory Rigid Access memory Rapid Access Memory Revolving Access memory 66 / 68 Microprocessing is made for [December 2008] Computer Digital system Calculator Electronic goods 67 / 68 Which is the largest unit of storage among the following? [December 2009] Terabyte Megabyte Kilobyte Gigabyte 68 / 68 In comparison to secondary storage, primary storage is Slower and less expensive Faster and more expensive Faster and less expensive Slower and more expensive Your score isThe average score is 73% LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz 0% 0 Created on February 03, 2022 By mr.yashrajNTA UGC NET/SET/JRF Paper 1 Teaching and Research Aptitude Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - MCQ 3 1 / 66 The two kinds of main memory are ROM and RAM. Primary and secondary. Floppy diskette and compact diskette. None of the above 2 / 66 The act of retrieving existing data from the memory is called Read-out Read from Read All of these 3 / 66 RAM is used as short memory as it is Expensive Small capacity Programmable Volatile 4 / 66 The computer memory used for temporary storage of data and program is called ROM RAM EROM EPROM 5 / 66 The memory which is programmed at the time of its manufacturing is ROM RAM PROM EPROM 6 / 66 Which of the following is a secondary memory device? CPU ALU Floppy diskette None of the above 7 / 66 The most important advantage of a video disk is Compactness Potential capacity Durability Cost effectiveness 8 / 66 Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called? Hard disks High-density disks Diskettes Templates 9 / 66 What is the latest write-once optical storage media? Digital paper Magneto-optical disk WORM disk CD-ROM disk 10 / 66 Regarding a VDU, which statement is more correct? It is an output device. It is an input device. It is a peripheral device. It is a hardware item. 11 / 66 The two main memory types are Primary and secondary Random and sequential. ROM and RAM. All the above 12 / 66 Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location? It will add to the content of the location. It will change the address of the memory location. It will erase the previous content. It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location. 13 / 66 A storage area used to store data to compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is Memory Buffer Accumulator Address 14 / 66 Which of the following memories allow simultaneous read and write operations? ROM RAM EPROM None of these 15 / 66 Which of the following memories has the shortest access times? Cache memory Magnetic bubble memory Magnetic core memory RAM 16 / 66 To locate a data item for storage is Field Feed Database Fetch 17 / 66 The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that has no moving parts is known as Magnetic core memory Magnetic tape memory Magnetic disk memory Magnetic bubble memory 18 / 66 The OCR stands for Operational Character Reader Optical Character Reader Only Character Reader None of the above 19 / 66 As compared to secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is Large Cheap Fast Slow 20 / 66 Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory? Random access memory Action method Transfer method Density method 21 / 66 A CD-RW disk Has faster access than other disks. Is a type of optical disk. Can be written only once. Can be erased and rewritten. 22 / 66 EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory Easily Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory Electronic Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory None of the above 23 / 66 VGA denotes Video Graphics Array Visual Graphics Array Volatile Graphics Array Video Graphics Adapter 24 / 66 MSI stands for Medium Scale Integrated Circuits Medium System Integrated Circuits Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit Medium System Intelligent Circuit 25 / 66 WAN stands for WAP Area Network Wide Area Network Wide Array Net Wireless Area Network 26 / 66 MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Reader Magnetic Ink Code Reader Magnetic Ink Cases Reader None of the above 27 / 66 Which of the following devices can be used to directly image printed text? OCR OMR MICR All the above 28 / 66 The output quality of a printer is measured by Dot per inch Dot per square inch Dots printed per unit time All the above 29 / 66 Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? Laser printer Inkjet printer Daisywheel printer Dot matrix printer 30 / 66 An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is Magnetic tape Voice response unit Voice recognition unit Voice band 31 / 66 An error in the software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it? Leech Squid Slug Glitch 32 / 66 Errors in computer programme are called Follies Mistakes Bugs Spam 33 / 66 Modern computers are very reliable but they are not Fast Powerful Infallible Cheap 34 / 66 Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards? Daughter board Motherboard Father board Dash board 35 / 66 What is meant by a dedicated computer? Which is used by one person only. Which is assigned one and only one task. Which uses one kind of software. Which is meant for application software. 36 / 66 The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except Microprocessor Disk controller Serial interface Modem 37 / 66 Programs designed to perform specific tasks are known as System software Application software Utility programs Operating system 38 / 66 The time during which a job is processed by the computer is Delay time Real time Execution time Down time 39 / 66 An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is Online thesaurus Multiprogramming Overlapped processing Outline processor 40 / 66 The term gigabyte refers to 1024 bytes 1024 kilobytes 1024 megabytes 1024 gigabyte 41 / 66 The device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU is termed as Input Output CPU Memory 42 / 66 The type of media with varying capacities that is used in the storage subsystem in a microcomputer is Memory or video Magnetic or optical Optical or memory Video or magnetic 43 / 66 Which is considered a direct entry input device? Optical scanner Mouse and digitizer Light pen All the above 44 / 66 The computer code for interchange of information between terminals is ASCII BCD EBCDIC All of the above 45 / 66 On the keyboard of a computer, each character has an ASCII value which stands for American Stock Code for Information Interchange American Standard Code for Information Interchange African Standard Code for Information Interchange Adaptable Standard Code for Information Interchange 46 / 66 Which part of the CPU performs calculations and makes decisions? Arithmetic logic unit Alternating logic unit Alternate local unit American logic unit 47 / 66 Dpi stands for Dots per inch Digits per unit Dots pixel inch Diagrams per inch 48 / 66 The process of laying out a document with texts, graphics, headlines and photographs is involved in Deck top publishing Desktop printing Desktop publishing Deck top printing 49 / 66 The transfer of data from one application to another line is known as Dynamic disk exchange Dodgy data exchange Dogmatic data exchange Dynamic data exchange 50 / 66 An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is Desktop publishing program Database Spreadsheet All the above 51 / 66 CAD stands for Computer Aided Design Computer Algorithm for Design Computer Application in Design All the above 52 / 66 Which of the following is required when more than one person use a central computer at the same time? Terminal Light pen Digitizer Mouse 53 / 66 Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing? Mouse Dumb terminal Microcomputer Dedicated data entry system 54 / 66 Which of the following will be required to produce high quality graphics? RGB monitor Plotter Inkjet printer Laser printer 55 / 66 Magnetic tapes can serve as Secondary storage media Output media Input media All the above 56 / 66 If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, then the number of addresses will be 216 65, 536 64K Any of these 57 / 66 The two major types of computer chips are External memory chip Primary memory chip Microprocessor chip Both (b) and (c) 58 / 66 What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer? To produce result. To compare numbers. To control the flow of information. To do mathematical works 59 / 66 The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform Arithmetic operations Logical operation Fetch operations Either of the above 60 / 66 Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers use dry ink powder? Daisy wheel printer Line printer Laser printer Thermal printer 61 / 66 Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction? Laser printer Inkjet printer Plotter Dot matrix printer 62 / 66 A 32-bit microprocessor has a word length equal to 2 byte 32 byte 4 byte 8 byte 63 / 66 An error in computer data is called Chip Bug CPU Storage device 64 / 66 A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is Process control ALU Register unit Process description 65 / 66 Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known as Memory map Memory protection Memory management Memory instruction 66 / 66 The accounting software Tally was developed by HCL TCS Infosys Wipro Your score isThe average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Pages 1 2 3 4
