Fundamental Of IT and Programming(Ch-1)

Sikkim Manipal University

1. Who is Father of Computer?
(a)Charles Bags
(b)Chary Babbage
(c)Charles Babbage
(d)Fugsuk Wangadu
2. Who is First Programmer?
(a) Lady August
(b)Lady Gaga
(c)Lady Charles Augusta
(d)Lady Augusta
3. Which of the following is the most important input device?
(a) Printer
(b) USB
(c) Keyboard
(d) Speaker
4.The Most important component in the computer is the_____
(a) Hard Disk Drive
(b) Mother Board
(c) RAM
(d) CPU
5. Floppy storage capacity is ________________.
(a) 1GB
(b) 4.5 MB
(c) 1KB
(d) 512 MB
6. Hard drive is ________________ Device.
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Storage
(d) O/S
7. The most popular keyboard used today is the ____________ Keys.
(a) 207
(b) 100
(c) 107
(d) 98
8. Bar-Code Reader is __________________ device.
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Storage
(d) O/S

9. __________are useful for menu-based applications.

(a)Bar Code Readers
(b)Optical Character Readers

(c)Light pens
(d)Joy Sticks
10. What is the electronic brain of the computer?
(a)Monitor
(b)Central processing unit (CPU)
(c)Processor
(d)Hard disk
11. Identify the following statements about the computer as True or False:
(i) The computer is a very high speed electronic device.
(ii) The computer has internal storage (memory) as well as external or
secondary storage.
(a) True, (ii) True
(b) True, (ii) False
(c) False, (ii) False
(d) False, (ii) True
12. Identify the following statements about the desktop personal computer as
True or False:
(i) The desktop personal computer is the most popular model of personal
computer.
(ii) In the desktop personal computer, monitor is usually placed on the control
unit.
(a) True, (ii) True
(b) True, (ii) False
(c) False, (ii) False
(d) False, (ii) True
13. The CRT full form of ___________________.
(a) Cartoon Ray Tube
(b) Compact Ray Tube
(c) Cathode Ray Tube
(d) Cathode Ret Tube
14. Joystick is ______________ Device.
(a) Storage
(b) Output
(c) Input
(d) O/S
15. Computer is ________________ Device.
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c)Electronic
(d) O/S
16. Liquid Crystal Display is __________________ Device.
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Electronic
(d) O/S
17. Web camera is ____________________ Device.

(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Electronic
(d) O/S
18. 1 MB = __________________ Bytes.
(a) 1073741824
(b)1048576
(c) 1024
(d) 1099511627776
19. 10, 995, 116, 27,776 bytes = __________________.
(a) 1 MB
(b) 1TB
(c) 1GB
(d) 1KB
20. 240=____________________.
(a) 1KB
(b) 1GB
(c) 1TB
(d) 1MB
21. 1073741824 bytes = ____________.
(a) 220
(b) 230
(c) 240
(d) 230
22.RAM is Short for ________________________.
(a) Readily accessible Memory
(b) Recently Access Memory
(c) Random Access Memory
(d) Read and Modify
23. URL Full Form is ______________________ .
(a) Uniform Resource Locator
(b) Uniform Rescore Location
(c)Uniform serial Bus
(d) None
24.The arithmetic logic unit, ALU, is responsible for __________and __________.
(a) Algebraic expressions, logical comparisons
(b) Mathematical calculations, logical comparisons
(c) Mathematical calculations, algebraic expressions
(d) Boolean expressions, logical comparisons
25.8 bits=_________ Byte.
(a) 1 Byte
(b) 1 Kilobyte
(c) 1 Megabyte
(d) 1 Gigabyte
26. A __________is a device that receves information and manipulates it for be
some Result based on programs or sequence of instruction on how the data

to processed.
(a)Computer
(b)CPU
(c)Keyboard
(d)Mouse
27.Technically a computer is a _________machine.
(a)Mechanical
(b)Programmable
(c)Physically
(d)None
28.The arpanet was foind in the year ______.
(a) 1969
(b)1978
(c)1989
(d)1997
29.Invention of_________ made smaller and less expensive computers possible.
(a)Vacuum
(b) Transistor
(c)Integrated Circuit
(d)None
30.______was an important counting machine in ancient Babylon.
(a) Abacus
(b) Chary Babbage
(c) Fugsuk Wangadu
(d) Charles Bags
31.The sped of computer is measured in __________or __________.
(a)Mhz,Ghz.
(b)Kg,Mhz
(c)Kb,Gb
(d)TB,KB
32.Any device used to assist in the entry of data into a computer is known as ______.
(a)Output
(b)Input
(c)Process
(d)Storage
33._________device is categorized as a pointing device because it is used to
point and select an option on the monitor.
(a)Keyboard
(b)Mouse
(c)Monitor
(d)CPU
34.keyboard has _______ function keys.
(a)11
(b)14

(c)12
(d)5
35.The ______is known as the eyes of computers.
(a)Scanner
(b)Printer
(c)Fax
(d)Monitor
36.CCD stands for______.
(a)Charge couple devices
(b)Chargeable couple device
(c)Changing couple device
(d)None
37.A device used to read handmade mark, handwritten characters, machine written characters
and special symbol is known as _________.
(a)Optical character reader
(b)Barcode reader
(c)Graphical reader
(d)Optical reader
38.OCR read the characters at the rate of _______characters per second.
(a)2500
(b)3000
(c)2300
(d)2600
39.A _______device is attached to a computer to record sound.
(a) Microphone
(b)Phone
(c)Mobile Phone
(d)Camera
40.The ______unit coordinate the activities of all other units in the system.
(a)CPU
(b)CU
(c)ALU
(d)PC
41. ________is an electronic circuit used to carry out the arithmetic operation.
(a)Arithmetic-logic unit
(b)Control Processing Unit
(c)Counter Pc
(d)Control unit
42.The _______unit is used to store data temporarily.
(a)Storage Unit
(b)Memory Unit
(c)(a) & (b)
(d)None
43.ROM stands for________
(a)Random Access Memory
(b)Read Only Memory

(c)Read memory Unit

(d)Read only Memory
44.Floppy disks is example of___________ devices.
(a) Secondary memory
(b)Main memory
(c)Storage
(d)Primary memory
45._______printer form the image on the page by spraying the droplet of ink from the print
head.
(a)Ink jet
(b)Non-ink Jet
(c)Plotter
(d)None
46.PPM stand for_____.
(a) Pages per Minute.
(b)Pages per Month
(c)Pages per Hours
(d)Pages per Second
47.__________printer is very fast printer compare to others
(a)Ink-jet
(b)Laser
(c)Non-Ink Jet
(d)None
48.Tft stand for ________.
(a)Transform fast time
(b)Thin film transistor
(c)Transport first time
(d)Thin transistor film

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49.Third Generation in ___________________.
(a)1964-1975
(b)1950-1975
(c)1962- 1970
(d)1962-1977
50.Fifth Generation in ____________________.
(a)1975-Past
(b)1990-Present
(c)1989-Present
(d)Present
51.First generation: - There machines and other their times were built by using thousands of
______________________.
(a) A Transistor
(b) An IC Chip

(c)A Vacuum tube

(d) Diode
52. Second generation: - There machines and other times were built by using thousands of
________________.
(a) The Vacuum Tube
(b) Microprocessors
(c) Transistor
(d) IC
53. Fourth Generation in ___________________.
(a)1975-1989
(b) 1989 Present
(c) 1942-1955
(d) 1955-1964
54.A large, high-powered computer that can perform billions of calculations from
multiplesources at one time:
(a) Mainframe
(b) Desktop
(c) Minicomputer
(d) Supercomputer
55. __________systems are used for personal computers. Examples of these systems
are:DOS, Windows XP, Macintosh OS, Linux, etc.)
(a)Mainframe operating
(b)Handheld operating
(c)Embedded operating
(d)Desktop operating
56. First Computer Company is _________________.
(a) Sony
(b) Apple
(c) IBM
(d) HCL
57.Workstation computers are __________and __________computers.
(a) Cheap, strong
(b) Cheap, powerful
(c) Cheap, advanced
(d) Expensive, powerful
58.Full form of SMPS is__________________.
(a) System mode power system
(b) System power supply
(c) Switch mode power supply
(d) Switch mode power system
59. IBM Full Form is ______________________ .
(a) International Business Machines
(b)International Machine
(c)Internal Business Machine

(d)None
60. First generation in _________________.
(a) 1942-1955
(b) 1955-1945
(c) 1964-1975
(d) 1975-1989
61.What is the example of handheld computers?
(a)Personal Digital Assistance
(b)Cellular telephone
(C)H/PC Pro device
(d)All of these
62.The basic material used to make computer chips:
(a) Aluminum
(b) Silicon
(c) Steel
(d) Plastic
63.The development of ________circuit was hallmark of the third generation of computers.
(a)Integrated circuits
(b)Vacuum tube
(c)Transistor
(d)None
64._______is the material used to make computer chips, transistor, silicon and other electronic
circuits and switching devices
(a)Aluminum
(b)Steel
(c)Plastic
(d)Silicon
65.The number of bits processed in a single instructruction is known as_______
(a)Bandwidth
(b)Bandclock
(c)Sandwhich
(d)None
66.The instruction per second the processor can execute is _____________
(a)Clock Hour
(b)Clock Speed
(c)Clock Mim
(d)Clock second
67. ________is the branch of computer science concern with making computers behave like
human.
(a) Artificial inteligance
(b)Artificial
(c)InteliganceArtifical
(d)None
68.Microcomputer was developed in year _______.
(a)1989
(b)1980

(c)1997
(d)1967
69.PDA stands for_____
(a)Personal device assistance
(b)Personal digital assistance
(d)Personal divide assistance
(d)Personal divine assistance
70.The example of super computers are________
(a)Cray-1,Cray-2
(b)Cray-2,Cray-1
(c)Cray-3,Cray-1
(d)Cray-1,Cray-3
71. Personal computers are available on two model _______& _________
(a)Desktop & PC
(b)Desktop & Monitor
(c)Desktop & tower pcs
(d)Desktop & Mouse

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72.The unique number that names a memory cell is called its __________.
(a) Program counter
(b) Content
(c) Address
(d) Notations
73.Information in cache RAM may be stored based upon two principles, namely
__________locality and __________locality.
(a) Spatial, permanent
(b) Spatial, temporal
(c) Temporal, permanent
(d) Spatial, vertical
74.The flash memory is distributed into a __________type flash memory and a
__________type flash memory.
(a) NAND, NOR
(b) AND, OR
(c) AND, NOR
(d) OR, NO

75. A small, fast memory that acts as a buffer between a device that uses a large amount of
memory and a large, slower main memory:
(a) Cache
(b) Primary

(c) Main
(d) Secondary
76.Two types of computer memory are_____________
(a)Primary
(b)Secondary
(c)Primary and secondary
(d)None
77.Example of secondary memory are ________
(a)Flopy disc
(b)Magnetic disc
(c)(a) & (b)
(d)Tape drive
78.Whenever the computer is switched off _________memory is lost.
(a)Primary
(b)Secondary
(c)Storage
(d)Process
79.The primary computer memory is made up of_________ cells.
(a)Storage
(b)Memory
(c)Process
(d)Secondary
80.Memory cell contents are limited to number between ___to _____.
(a)0 to 299
(b)1 to 100
(c)0 to 255
(d)0 to 200
81.The term_______ derives from the fact that the cpu can retrieve data from anyIndividual
location.
(a)Random
(b)Constant
(c)Fixed
(d)None
82.________is volatile memory
(a)Rom
(b)Ram
(c)(a) & (b)
(d)None

83.Two types of ram are_____ and______

(a)Sram, Dram
(b)Sram, Drum
(c)Drum, Sram

(d)Drum, Sram
84.Prom stands for_____
(a)Programmable rom only memory
(b)Programmable random only memory
(c)Programmable read only memory
(d)Programmable real only memory
85.Eprom stands for ______
(a)Electronica erasable read only memory
(b)Electrical erasable random only memory
(c)Electronically erasable real only memory
(d) Electronically erasable read only memory.
86._______is a nonvolatile memory
(a)EPROM
(b)Prom
(c)Rom
(d)Ram
87.The capacity of external memory is measured in_______
(a)Terabytes
(b)Megabytes
(c)Kilobytes
(d)Gigabytes
88.CD-ROM stands for________
(a)Complete disc read only memory
(b)Compact disc rom only memory
(c)Compact disc read only memory
(d)Complete disc rom only memory
89._________storage was first used for audio recording.
(a)Magnetic tape
(b)Magnetic
(c)Magnetic disc
(d)Flopy disc
90.A state in which capacitor is fully charged is ____
(a)2
(b)1
(c)3
(d)5
91. A ______is a storage device which uses four semiconductor switches to store 0 and 1.
(a)Flipflop
(b)S-R Filpflop
(c)J-K Filpflop
(d)None

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92.________is a general term for organized collection of computer data and instruction.

(a)Computer Hardware
(b)Computer software
(c)Programming Software
(d)Application Software
93.._______is used to run the computer hardware
(a)Application software
(b)Programming Software
(c)System software
(d)Computer Hardware
94.________ usually provides tools to assist a programmer in writing computer program and
software using programming languages.
(a)Application software
(b)System software
(c)Computer Hardware
(d)Programming software
95._______allows users to accomplish one or more specific tasks.
(a)Computer Hardware
(b)Application software
(c)System software
(d)Programming Software
96.Example of operating system are________.
(a)Windows vista
(b)Windows xp
(c)Windows 95
(d)All
97.________is most prominent example of open source and free software
(a)Mac OS
(b)Unix
(c)Linux
(d)Solaris
98.The _____is the core of unix operating system
(a)Unix
(b)Mac Os
(c)Linux
(d)Kernel
99._______is an operating system to coordinate various parts of the computer the processor
,the on board memory.
(a)Linux
(b)Unix
(c)Mac Os
(d)Solaris
100.Mac os was named by the ______company.
(a)Nokia
(b)IBM
(c)Sony

(d)Apple
101._______ is the operating system developed by sun micro system.
(a)Mac OS
(b)Solaris
(c)Unix
(d)Linux
102.________is a computer application used for the production of any sort of printable
material.
(a)Power-point
(b)Spreadsheet
(c)Word processor
(d)Microsoft access
103. ________provides advanced and powerful tolls for managing your databases.
(a) Power-point
(b)Spreadsheet
(c)Word processor
(d)Microsoft access
104._______is a class of s/w used for creating and editing images
(a)Medical Science application software
(b)Environmental Science application software
(c) Engineering application software
(d)Graphic application s/w
105.________ software used by various specialist in achieving high degree of accuracy and
precision
(a)Engineering software
(b)Medical Science application software
(c)Environmental Science application software
(d)Graphic application s/w
106.AutoCAD is a suite of CAD software products for __________and __________design
anddrafting.
(a) 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional
(b) 2-dimensional, 1-dimensional
(c) 1-dimensional, 3-dimensional
(d) 2-dimensional, multidimensional
107. MS-DOS full Form is _______________________.
(a)Microsoft Word
(b)Microsoft Disk Operating System
(c)Microsoft Dos Operating System
(d)Microprocessors Disk Open system

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108.____________is a series of processes that, if followed can lead to the
development methodology.
(a)Software development methodology

(b)Analysis and Design

(c)Software Design
(d)Software Testing
109.Algorithm+ Data structures =
(a)Database
(b)Software
(c)Operating System
(d)Programs
110. A ___________is a set of mechanism for performing certain action on
certain data.
(a)Software Design
(b)Software system
(c)Software Testing
(d)None
111. ____________translates the user needs into system requirement and
responsibility.
(a)Transformation 2
(b)Transformation 3
(c)Transformation1
(d)Transformation 4
112.___________begins with the problem statement and ends with a detailed
design that can be transformed into an operational system.
(a)Transformation 3
(b)Transformation 4
(c)Transformation 1
(d)Transformation 2
113._____________refines the detailed design into the system development that will satisfy
users needs.
(a)Transformation 1
(b)Transformation3
(c)Transformation 2
(d)Transformation 4
114.Exercise of determining correctness is known as ________
(a)Verification
(b)Validation
(c)Correspondence
(d)Correctness
115._________measure the consistency of the product requirement with respect to design
Specification
(a)Validation
(b)Correctness
(c)Correspondence
(d)Verification
116.__________model is used to describe the logical data structure being used.
(a)Structural model
(b)A data-flow model

(c)Entity relationship model

(d)Relational model
117. ___________the system component and their interactions are documented.
(a)A data-flow model
(b)Relational model
(c)Entity relationship model
(d)Structural model
118.____________are used to display the relationship between the component
making up the design.
(a)Graphical notation
(b)Program description languages
(c)Informal text
(d)None
119._________languages use control and structuring constructs based on
programming languages.
(a)Structured programming
(b)Program description languages
(c)Functional programming
(d)Logic programming
120. __________is much of the information that is associated with a design
cannot expressed formally.
(a)Program description languages
(b)Graphical notation
(c)Informal text
(d)None
121. In _____the system is viewed as a collection of objects rather than
functions.
(a)Object-oriented design
(b)Functional design
(c)Design quality
(d)Design Testing
122.________is commonly used to refer to a category of entities that share a
common characteristics.
(a)The Object-Oriented Paradigm
(b)Paradigm
(c)Logic programming Paradigms
(d)Functional programming Paradigms
123.The Latin word imperium means____
(a)To Function
(b)To Design
(c)To command
(d)To Testing
124. Engineering and scientific software has been characterized by
__________algorithms
(a)Testing function
(b)Number testing

(c)Number Function
(d)Number crunching
125. ________software makes use of non numerical algorithm to solve complex
problems that are not amenable to computation.
(a)Artificial intelligence
(b)Web-based software
(c)Embedded software
d)Engineering and scientific software
125.________s/w resides only in read only memory and is used to control
products and system for consumer and industrial market.
(a)Web-based software
(b)Embeded software.
(c)Artificial intelligence
(d)Engineering and scientific software
126. ______s/w monitors controls real world events as they occur is called real
time.
(a) Engineering and scientific software
(b) Web-based software
(c) Real time software
(d) Business Software
127.__________allow the intention of the designer to be expressed rather than
the details ofhow the design is to be implemented.
(a)Graphical notations
(b)Program description languages
(c)Informal texts
(d)Formal texts
128.Identify the following descriptions of verification and validation as True or
False:
(i) Verification Task of predicting correspondence.
(ii) Validation Exercise of determining correctness.
(a)True, True
(b)True, False
(c)False, False
(d)False, True
129. Identify the following statements about structured methods as True or
False:
(i)In a structural model, the system is modeled using the data
transformations, which take place as it is processed.
(ii)An entity-relation model is used to describe the logical data, structures
being used.
(a)True,True
(b)True, False
(c)False, False
(d) False, True
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130.________is a platform that controls the implementation of application

program and actsas an interface between the user and computer hardware.
(a)Operating system
(b) Early system
(c) Simple Batch Systems
(d) Real-time Operating System
131.A_______ is used tp translate a high level language program into assembly
language or machine code.
(a)Assembler
(b)Compiler
(c)Linker
(d)Interpreter
132. A _________is used to translate an assembly language program into
machine code.
(a)Compiler
(b Linker
(c)Assembler
(d)Interpreter
133.A_______ is used to combine reloadable object files into executable files.
(a)Interpreter
(b)Compile
(c) Assembler
(d)Linker
134.The ________function of an operating system allocates computer resources
such as cpu time, main memory and secondary storage.
(a)Resource management
(b)Data Management
(c)Job management:
(d)Task Management
135. ________keeps track of the data on the disc and other storage devices.
(a)Job management
(b)Data management
(c)Resource management
(d)Task Management
136._________controls the order and time in which applications are run and is
more.Sophisticated in the mainframe environment.
(a)Task Management
(b)Data management
(c)Job management
(d)Resource management
137. _________is the ability to simultaneously execute multiple programs.
(a)Data management
(b)Job management
(c)Resource management

(d)Task management
138.__________ controls peripheral devices by sending them commands in their
proprietarycommand language.
(a)Device Management
(b)Data management
(c)Job management
(d)Resource management
139.__________management controls peripheral devices by sending them
commands in their propriety command language.
(a)User interface
(b)Device
(c)Task
(d)None
140.______interacts with the operating system through the user interface and
interested in the look and feel of the operating system.
(a)Device
(b)Task
(c)User
(d)None of these
141.________system guarantees that critical tasks complete at a specified time.
(a)Soft real time
(b)Band real time
(c)Pure real time
(d)Hard real time
142.________system a critical real time task gets priority over other tasks.
(a)Soft real time
(b)Hard real time
(c)Band real time
(d)Pure real time
143. A_____ is a collection of related information defined by its creator.
(a)Data
(b)File
(c)Program
(d)None
144. ______subsystem hides the peculiarities of specific hardware devices from the user.
(a)Processor
(b)Data
(c) I/O
(d)File

145.An ______in one part of system may cause malfunctioning of the complete system.
(a)Modified
(b)Design
(c)Testing

(d)Error
146. Which paradigms treat values as single entities?
(a)Object-Oriented
(b)Imperative
(c)Logic programming
(d)Functional programming
147. An interface between the user and computer hardware:
(a)Hard disk
(b)Operating system
(c)Database
(d)Processor
148. __________controls the order and time in which applications are run and is
moresophisticated in the mainframe environment where scheduling the
daily work is animportant routine.
(a)Job management
(b)Data management
(c)Task management
(d)Device management
149. Identify the following statements about the working of an assembler and a
compiler asTrue or False:
(i) An assembler is used to translate a high-level language program into assembly language.
(ii) A compiler is used to translate an assembly language program into machine code.
(a) True, True
(b) True, False
(c) False,True
(d) False, False
150. Which of the following is responsible for booting the computer?
(a) Hard disk
(b) Memory
(c) CPU
(d) Operating system

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151.The device which is used to adapt the information into another signal which
is capableof passing on to a suitable medium:
(a)Receiver

(b)Transmitter
(c)Communication system
(d)Demodulator
152.In which communication, data transfer occurs in either direction, but not
simultaneously?
(a)Simplex communication
(b)Full-duplex communication
(c)Half-duplex communication
(d)Double-duplex communication
153.In which topology, each node of the network is connected to two other
nodes in the network?
(a)Star
(b)Bus
(c)Ring
(d)Tree
154.OSI stands for:
(a)Oracle Systems Interconnection
(b)Open Suitable Interconnection
(c)Open Systems Interaction
(d)Open Systems Interconnection
155.Identify the following statements about transmission medium as True or
False:
(i)Guided media provides a guided (by a solid medium) path for propagation of signals, such
as twisted pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers etc.
(ii)Unguided media employ an antenna for transmitting through air, vacuum or water.
(a)True, True
(b)True, False
(c)False, True
(d)False, False
156.A __________topology does not depend on the __________layout of the
network.
(a)Physical, logical
(b)Network, physical
(c)Network, logical
(d)Logical, physical
157.The __________layer is responsible for the source-to-destination delivery
of a packet, possibly across multiple networks, and the __________layer
acts asthe network dialogcontroller.
(a)Network, session
(b)Transport, physical
(c)Application, data link
(d)Presentation, network
158.In _______ topology, if network cable is entire network comes down.
(a)Bus
(b)Star
(c)Mesh

(d)Ring
159.In TCP/IP _______ layer of Application ,Presentation and Session layers
Of OSI Model.
(a)Internetwork layer
(b)Application layer
(c)Transport layer
(d)Network interface
160.What is the size of network bits & Host bits of class A of IP address?
(a)7 bits and 24 bits
(b)14 bits and 16 bits
(c)21 bits and 8 bits
(d)None
161.What type of network is commonly used in an international organization?
(a)LAN
(b)WAN
(c)MAN
(d)None
162.The _______ protocol allows users to send e-mail from a web browser and
the _______protocol is used to establish an online connection to remote
machines.
(a)Mailto, telnet
(b)Gopher, FTP
(c)NNTP, FTP
(d)None
163. Which of the following layers are connected with logical addressing and
Physically addressing in OSI reference model?
(a)Physical layer, Application layer
(b)Physical layer, Data link layer
(c)Data link layer, Transport layer
(d)Network layer, Data link layer