Important Question in Computer

Computer Fundamentals and PC Applications.

Review Question

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1. Where does a computer add and compare data?
2. Computer can not do anything without a ..............
3. The word 'computer' usually refers to the central processor unit plus ......
4. A computer is a box full of electronic .............
5. What hardware was used by first generation computers?
6. Processors of all computers, whether micro mini or mainframe must have ............
7. The basic components of a modern digital computer are :
8. A typical modern computer uses ...........
9. A Integrated Circuit (IC) is .............
10. A computer program consists of ...........
11. Which is the most powerful type of computers?
12. The most common input device used today is .........
13. What is the control unit's function in the CPU?
14. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
15. Where was the India's first computer installed and when?
16. The first electronic digital computer contained?
17. The first computer made available for commercial use was......
18. The first computer used to store a program ............
19. Who is called the "Grand father" of the computer?
20. The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called
21. The fifth generation digital computer will be
22. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?
23. The transistorized computer circuits were introduced in the
24. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was
25. Linkage between the CPU and the users is provided by
26. EBCDIC can code up up to how many different characters?
27. Magnetic tape can serve as
28. The two main components of the cpu are
29. A character is represented in EBCDIC by
30. The cpu chip used in a computer is partially made out of
31. Which is the computer memory that does not forget?
32. An error in computer data is called
33. A Winchesters disk is a
34. Which holds the ROM, CPU, RAM and expansion cards?
35. The instructions for starting the computer are housed on
36. Which is responsible for coordinating various operations using timing signals?
37. The register which keeps track of the executing of a program and which contains the memory address of the instruction that is to be executed next is
38. The register which contains the data to be written into or readout of the addressed location is know as
39. The register which holds the address of the location to or from which data are to be transferred is known as
40. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called
41. Memories in which any location can be reached in a fixed (and shot) amount of time time after specifying its address is called
42. A device or peripheral equipment which is not in direct communication with CPU of a computer is known as
43. A storage device used to compensate the difference in flow of data, is known as
44. Which of the registers hold the information before it goes to the decoder
45. How many units in a single bus structure communicate at a time?
46. CD-ROM has how many Tracks
47. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
48. The access method used for cassette tape is
49. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is ............. and storage is .............
50. The first electronics computer in the world was

Answer :

1. CPU chip
2. Program
3. Internal memory
4. Switching devices
5. Valves
6. 1. ALU
   2. Primary storage
   3. Control Unit.
7. 1. Input device
   2. Output device
   3. Central Unit.
8. LSI chips and VLSI chips
9. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
10. Algorithms written in computer's language
11. Super computer
12. Keyboard and Mouse
13. To decode program instructions
14. Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit, and primary storage
15. Indian statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955
16. Electronic valves
17. UNIVAC
18. EDSAC
19. Charles Babbage
20. Analytical Engine
21. Artificial intelligence
22. Dr. Herman Hollerith
23. Second generation
24. Mark-I
25. Peripheral
26. 256
27. 1. Input media
    2. output media
    3. Secondary storage media
28. Control unit and ALU
29. Eight bits
30. Silica
31. ROM
32. Bug
33. Disk Stack or Disk Pack
34. Mother board
35. Read-only memory chips
36. Control Unit
37. Program counter
38. Memory data register
39. Memory address register
40. Registers
41. Random Access Memory
42. Off-line device
43. Buffer
44. Data register
45. Two
46. One
47. An address
48. Sequential
49. Temporary, Permanent
50. ENIAC