Computer Knowledge Quiz

1. A computer can perform which of the following tasks :
(A) Computation
(B) Communication
(C) Processing
(D) All


2. CPU stands for :
(A) Computer Processing Unit
(B) Central Processing Unit
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Communication Processing Unit


3. In which type of computer, data are represented as discrete signals :
(A) Analog computer
(B) Digital computer
(C) Both
(D) None


4. Which of the following is available in form of a PC now?
(A) Mainframe
(B) Microcomputer
(C) Minicomputer
(D) Both (B) & (C)


5. PARAM is an example of :
(A) Super computer
(B) PC
(C) Laptop
(D) PDA


6. Who developed the ‘analytical engine’?
(A) Jacquard Loom
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Shannon
(D) IBM


7. Which of the following is an input device?
(A) VDU
(B) Printer
(C) Plotter
(D) MICR


8. First Generation of computer were based on which technology :
(A) Transistor
(B) Vacuum Tube
(C) LSI
(D) VLSI


9. Microprocessor was introduced in which generation of computer :
(A) Second Generation
(B) Fourth Generation
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Third Generation


10. GUI stands for :
(A) Graphical User Interface
(B) Graph Use Interface
(C) Graphical Universal Interface
(D) None of these


11. The time taken by CPU to retrieve and interpret the instruction to be executed is called as :
(A) Instruction cycle
(B) Fetch cycle
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of these


12. Which of the following is responsible for all types of calculations :
(A) ALU
(B) Control Unit
(C) Registers
(D) BUS