UGC-Information and Communication Technology (ICT) MCQ

A computer consists of

A typical modern computer uses

Which of the following is the correct statement?
[December 2004]

Which of the following statements is not correct?
[December 2004]

Which of the following statements is correct?
[December 2004]

Which of the following is not the characteristic of a computer? [December 2005]

Which of the following is the appropriate definition of a computer? [December 2006]

The pioneer organization in personal computer industry is

Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?

Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

Group of instructions to direct the functioning of a computer is called

The main component of first generation computer was

FORTRAN is the acronym for

In analogue computer

A hybrid computer

In the latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

Who designed the first electronics computer called ENIAC?

The hexadecimal number system consists of the symbols

The binary equivalent of (-15)10 is (two’s complement system is used)

1 GB is equal to

(a) 2³⁰ bits

(b) 2³⁰ bytes

(c) 2²⁰ bits

(d) 2²⁰ bytes

All computers such as big, medium or small must have

A byte consists of

Which of the following is/are example/s of operating systems?
I. Unix/BSD
II. GNU/Linux
III. Windows
IV. Mac OS: Mac OS X

System software designed to help in analysing, monitoring, configuring, optimizing settings and maintaining the computer are known as

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

The silicon chips used for data processing are called

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

All modern computers operate on

Instructions and memory address are represented by

The computer size was very large in

Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers

UNIVAC is

Which of the following programming languages is widely used in computer science, engineering and also in business?

The first electronic digital computer contained

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

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

Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

Which of the following is the most powerful computer?

In which of the following languages, a source programme is written?

The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer are called

A software that converts a program in assembly language into machine language is called

A software which converts a high-level language program to machine language in one go is called

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

A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an

A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a

Which of the following belongs to the first generation of computers?

A collection of eight bits is called

The brain of a computer which keeps peripherals under its control is called [December 2007]

Central processing unit consists of

ALU stands for

The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from

It contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands. It is a

The type of keys Ctrl, Shift and Alt belong to is

Which of the following is a part of the central processing unit?

The instructions for starting the computer are set up on

The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high-speed storage elements called

A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its

The keyboard of a computer is encoded in

EBCDIC stands for

EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?

BCD is

ASCII stands for

CD ROM stands for [December 2007]

Data can be saved on backing storage medium known as [December 2007]

RAM means [December 2007]

Microprocessing is made for [December 2008]

Which is the largest unit of storage among the following? [December 2009]

In comparison to secondary storage, primary storage is

The two kinds of main memory are

The act of retrieving existing data from the memory is called

RAM is used as short memory as it is

The computer memory used for temporary storage of data and program is called

The memory which is programmed at the time of its manufacturing is

Which of the following is a secondary memory device?

The most important advantage of a video disk is

Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?

What is the latest write-once optical storage media?

Regarding a VDU, which statement is more correct?

The two main memory types are

Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?

A storage area used to store data to compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is

Which of the following memories allow simultaneous read and write operations?

Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?

To locate a data item for storage is

The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that has no moving parts is known as

The OCR stands for

As compared to secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is

Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?

A CD-RW disk

EEPROM stands for

VGA denotes

MSI stands for

WAN stands for

MICR stands for

Which of the following devices can be used to directly image printed text?

The output quality of a printer is measured by

Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?

An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is

An error in the software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

Errors in computer programme are called

Modern computers are very reliable but they are not

Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

What is meant by a dedicated computer?

The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except

Programs designed to perform specific tasks are known as

The time during which a job is processed by the computer is

An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is

The term gigabyte refers to

The device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU is termed as

The type of media with varying capacities that is used in the storage subsystem in a microcomputer is

Which is considered a direct entry input device?

The computer code for interchange of information between terminals is

On the keyboard of a computer, each character has an ASCII value which stands for

Which part of the CPU performs calculations and makes decisions?

Dpi stands for

The process of laying out a document with texts, graphics, headlines and photographs is involved in

The transfer of data from one application to another line is known as

An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is

CAD stands for

Which of the following is required when more than one person use a central computer at the same time?

Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?

Which of the following will be required to produce high quality graphics?

Magnetic tapes can serve as

If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, then the number of addresses will be

The two major types of computer chips are

What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform

Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers use dry ink powder?

Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

A 32-bit microprocessor has a word length equal to

An error in computer data is called

A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is

Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known as

The accounting software Tally was developed by