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This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Computer Fundamentals Set 25

Q1 | Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
  • Joseph Marie Jacquard
  • John Mauchly
  • Blaise Pascal
  • Howard Aiken
Q2 | The most important advantage of a video disk is
  • Compactness
  • Potential capacity
  • Durability
  • Cost effectiveness
Q3 | Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Fourth
Q4 | An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
  • Small-scale computer
  • Medium-scale computer
  • Large-scale computer
  • Super computer
Q5 | Another word for a daisy wheel printer
  • Petal printer
  • Golf ball printer
  • Laser printer
  • Line printer
Q6 | Cursor is a ____
  • Pixel
  • Thin blinking line
  • Pointing device
  • None of these
Q7 | Which device is used to backup the data?
  • Floppy Disk
  • Tape
  • Network Drive
  • All of the above
Q8 | Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
  • Daisy wheel
  • Dot matrix
  • Laser
  • Thimble
Q9 | Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
  • Floppy / hard disks
  • CD-ROMs
  • Tape devices
  • All of the above
Q10 | ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand 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
Q11 | Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
  • Mainframe Computer
  • Mini Computers
  • Micro Computers
  • Super Computers
Q12 | Slide Rules was invented in
  • 1614
  • 1617
  • 1620
  • None of above
Q13 | A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
  • 680 KB
  • 680 Bytes
  • 680 MB
  • 680 GB
Q14 | Which of the following required large computer memory?
  • Imaging
  • Graphics
  • Voice
  • All of above
Q15 | Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
  • Analytical engine
  • Arithmetic machine
  • Donald Knuth
  • All of above
Q16 | The lower deck of an abacus is known as
  • heaven
  • sky
  • earth
  • floor
Q17 | All modern computer operate on
  • Information
  • Floppies
  • Data
  • Word
Q18 | The computer that can input analog signals and return result in digital form
  • Analog Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Hybrid Computers
  • Mainframe Computers
Q19 | Offline device is
  • A device which is not connected to CPU
  • A device which is connected to CPU
  • A direct access storage device
  • An I/O device
Q20 | What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
  • Digital paper
  • Magneto-optical disk
  • WORM disk
  • CD-ROM disk
Q21 | Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
  • LISP
  • C
  • QBASIC
  • FORTRAN
Q22 | Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?
  • Dumb terminal
  • Smart terminal
  • VDT
  • Intelligent terminal
Q23 | Floppy disks typically in diameter
  • 3?
  • 5.25?
  • 8?
  • All of above
Q24 | Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
  • 9 or 32
  • 30 or 70
  • 28 or 72
  • 30 or 72
Q25 | Dot-matrix is a type of
  • Tape
  • Printer
  • Disk
  • Bus