Fundamentals of Computers MCQ Questions – Now the last set containing another 88 multiple choice questions for Fundamentals of Computers. Here we present from Q.No. 501 to 588 objective questions from the Computer Fundamental MCQ Bank. You can find other sets of this series by following the links at the bottom of this page.
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Questions:
501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above
502. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
A) Minicomputer
B) A laptop computer
C) Tablet PC
D) All of the above
503. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were:
A) Mechanical
B) Electro-mechanical
C) Electrical
D) None of these
504. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
A) Random access memory
B) Action method
C) Transfer method
D) Density method
505. What is System Analysis?
A) The design of the screen the user will see and use to enter or display data
B) System analysis defines the format and type of data the program will use
C) System Analysis involves creating formal model of the problem to be solved
D) None of the above
506. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
C) Tape Drive
D) CDROM
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
A) Disk
B) CPU
C) Printer
D) ALU
508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
A) Matrix printer
B) Impact printer
C) Laser printer
D) Manual printer
509. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as
A) Binary
B) Octal
C) Decimal
D) Hexadecimal
510. The two basic types of record access methods are:
A) Sequential and random
B) Sequential and indexed
C) Direct and immediate
D) Online and real time
511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Fifth Generation
D) Sixth Generation
512. One of a class of storage device devices that can access storage locations in any order is
A) DTE
B) DASD
C) DDE
D) DDE
513. The actual execution of instructions happens in
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) None of above
514. Floppy disks are available in
A) Single side single density
B) Single side double density
C) Both of above
D) None of above
515. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) mark I
D) ENIAC
516. Which of the following is a programming language?
A) Lotus
B) Pascal
C) MS-Excel
D) Netscape
517. Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
A) input unit, outpu unit, control unit
B) central processing unit
C) output unit
D) decoder unit
518. In what respect human beings are superior to computers?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Slavery
D) Reliability
519. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
A) Large
B) Cheap
C) Fast
D) Slow
520. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
A) Machine language
B) Application software
C) System program
D) All of above
521. How was the generation of computer classified?
A) by the device used in memory & processor
B) by the speed of computer
C) by the model of the computer
D) by the accuracy of computer
522. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
C) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
D) None of above
523. CAD stands for
A) Computer aided design
B) Computer algorithm for design
C) Computer application in design
D) All of the above
524. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
A) Cache memory
B) Magnetic bubble memory
C) Magnetic core memory
D) RAM
525. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
A) Computer
B) Microcomputer
C) Programmable
D) Sensor
526. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of above
527. Who invented Analytical engine?
A) Blaise Pascal
B) George Bool
C) Charles Babbage
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith
528. CPU speed of a personal computer is
A) 32 KIPS
B) 100 KIPS
C) 1 MIPS
D) None of these
529. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
A) tracks
B) sectors
C) cycles
D) rings
530. Which statement is valid?
A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
531. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 1 or 0
D) 3
532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance,
A) Capacitance keyboard
B) Mechanical keyboard
C) Qwerty keyboard
D) Dvorak keyboard
533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
A) John Napier
B) William Oughtred
C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Blaise Pascal
534. A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
A) Multiprogramming
B) Modulation
C) Multiprocessing
D) Micro program sequence
535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should face
A) East
B) North
C) South
D) Up
536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
A) Home computers
B) Diskless computers
C) Dedicated computers
D) General purpose computers
537. What is a light pen?
A) Mechanical Input device
B) Optical input device
C) Electronic input device
D) Optical output device
538. Which of the following class of computers can not support multiple users simultaneously?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) All of them can support
539. Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) Mark I
D) None of abobe
540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
A) ANSI
B) ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) ISO
541. In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs:
A) a sound card and speakers
B) a microphone
C) all of them required
D) none of them required
542. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
A) OCR
B) OMR
C) MICR
D) All of above
543. For which of the following computers can’t be used?
A) gathering data
B) calculating data
C) comparing data
D) Arranging data
544. Which of the following is called low level languages?
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) Both of the above
D) None of above
545. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Speed
D) All of above
546. Who invented punched cards?
A) Charles Babbage
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin
D) Joseph Jacquard
547. Each model of a computer has a unique
A) Assembly of a computer
B) Machine language
C) High level language
D) All of the above
548. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of the above
549. In a punched card system, data is processed by a
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
550. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
A) Joystick
B) Modem
C) CD Drive
D) NIC Card
551. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for multiplication and division aids is known as
A) Pascaline
B) Napier’s Bones
C) Stepped Reckoner
D) Slide Rule
552. Seek time is
A) time to position the head over proper track
B) time to position the head over proper sector
C) time to position the head over proper cylinder
D) none of above
553. Tape speed is measured in
A) Feet per second
B) Inch per second
C) Meter per second
D) Centimeter per second
554. Punched cards were first introduced by
A) Powers
B) Pascal
C) Jacquard
D) Herman Hollerith
555. Which computer support co-processors?
A) XT computer
B) AT comptuers
C) None of these
D) Both of these
556. A floppy disk contains
A) Circular tracks only
B) Sectors only
C) Both circular tracks and sectors
D) None of the above
557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
A) 1.40 MB
B) 1.44 GB
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB
558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
A) He made the computers secretly
B) his computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
C) of political reasons. He was German.
D) All of the above
559. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
A) Memory map
B) Memory protection
C) Memory management
D) Memory instruction
560. In what respect computers are superior to human beings?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Both of above
D) None of above
561. Com in Latin is
A) intensifying prefix
B) intensifying suffix
C) a term that means to reckon
D) None of above
562. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
A) Microprocessor
B) Disk controller
C) Serial interface
D) Modem
563. Which of the following is related to fifth generation computers?
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
D) Only b
564. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called
A) Duping
B) Booting
C) Padding
D) CPS
565. MSI stands for
A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
566. A Pixel is _________
A) A computer program that draws picture
B) A picture stored in secondary memory
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
D) None of these
567. A/n _____ Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU
A) Input
B) Output
C) CPU
D) Memory
568. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
A) ENIAC
B) EDSAC
C) MANIAC
D) UNIVAC
569. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
A) RAM
B) ROM
C) ERAM
D) RW / RAM
570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
571. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
A) IBM
B) Seagate
C) Microsoft
D) 3M
572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from
A) First generation
B) Second generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators?
A) Accuracy
B) Storage
C) Versatility
D) Automatic
574. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?
A) Memory address register
B) Memory data register
C) Instruction register
D) Program counter
575. Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?
A) Electronic Computers
B) Analog Computers
C) Digital Computers
D) Hybrid Computers
576. Which of the following is not a type of Software
A) System Software
B) Application Software
C) Utility Software
D) Entertainment Software
577. Who invented the high level language C?
A) Dennis M. Ritchie
B) Niklaus Writh
C) Seymour Papert
D) Donald Kunth
578. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
A) Operating system extensions
B) Cookies
C) Diagnostic software
D) Boot diskettes
579. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
A) Mass memory
B) Internal memory
C) Non-volatile memory
D) PROM
580. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
A) ASCII
B) Hollerith Code
C) Baudot Code
D) EBCDIC Code
581. When was the transistors invented?
A) 1948
B) 1938
C) 1958
D) 1968
582. In the third Generation of computers
A) Distributed data processing first became popular
B) An operating system was first developed
C) High level procedural language were first used
D) Online real time systems first become popular
583. Most important advantage of an IC is its
A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
B) Extremely high reliability
C) Reduced cost
D) Lower power consumption
584. Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
C) Personal Computing
D) Interface Age
585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full form?
A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
586. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
A) Terminal
B) Light pen
C) Digitizer
D) Mouse
587. Which of the following is not an output device?
A) Portable Projector
B) Printer
C) Flat Screen
D) Touch Screen
588. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
A) Daughterboard
B) Motherboard
C) Father board
D) Childboard
Answers to 4th Set of Computer Fundamental MCQs
| 501-B | 502-A | 503-B | 504-A | 505-C | 506-D | 507-A | 508-B | 509-B | 510-A |
| 511-C | 512-B | 513-A | 514-C | 515-D | 516-B | 517-A | 518-B | 519-C | 520-A |
| 521-A | 522-C | 523-A | 524-A | 525-D | 526-D | 527-C | 528-B | 529-A | 530-A |
| 531-B | 532-A | 533-C | 534-A | 535-D | 536-B | 537-B | 538-C | 539-C | 540-A |
| 541-A | 542-A | 543-A | 544-C | 545-D | 546-D | 547-B | 548-D | 549-D | 550-B |
| 551-B | 552-A | 553-B | 554-D | 555-B | 556-C | 557-D | 558-C | 559-B | 560-A |
| 561-A | 562-D | 563-A | 564-B | 565-A | 566-C | 567-A | 568-C | 569-B | 570-D |
| 571-B | 572-D | 573-C | 574-D | 575-A | 576-D | 577-A | 578-C | 579-B | 580-D |
| 581-A | 582-B | 583-B | 584-B | 585-A | 586-A | 587-D | 588-B |
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Hemant says
582. In the third Generation of computers
A) Distributed data processing first became popular
B) An operating system was first developed
C) High level procedural language were first used
D) Online real time systems first become popular
given Answer is D but I think B should be correct.
Suresh Khanal says
Thank you Hemant, you pointed out the error.The answer is updated now.
razoanevronidu says
For Q. no. 587, given Answer is D but Correct ans is (A)
razoanevronidu says
573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculators?
A) Accuracy
B) Storage
C) Versatility
D) Automati
Given ans C but I think correct ans is B
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Mithun says
501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above
I think the correct is A.
Suresh Khanal says
Mithun,
In 1614 John Napier invented Logarithm. Napier’s bones were used to calculate using principles of the logarithm. So 1617 is the correct answer. Please see https://mcqsets.com/s/fundamentals/history-of-computers-calculating-devices/ for more.
Sabina Khadgi says
sir q. no. 522 ma malae ta lag6 ans. b . tara c kasari vayo? plz. sir ali bujhae dinu paryo.
Suresh Khanal says
First generation computers used vacuum tubes. There were 18000 vacuum tubes used in one computer. So many vacuum tubes definitely consumed lot of electricity and as you know the bulbs produce heat. So option b is not the correct answer.
Sabina Khadgi says
when a key is presed on a keyboard, which standard is used for converting the key stroke into the correspondig bits?
a.ANSI
B.ACD
C.EBCDIC
D.ISO
SIR YO QUES. MA ANS.A HO KI C?CLEAAR GARIDINUPARYP.
Suresh Khanal says
Is that option ACD or ASCII?
We don’t have ISO standard for keystroke encoding 🙂 So that option is invalid
ASCII and EBCDIC are character encoding mechanisms popular some time back. ASCII was in use with 7 bits encoding and IBM tried to implement EBCDIC with 8 bits but later on IBM itself left it.
Later on after ANSI defined the standard for character encoding. Thus option A is the correct answer for this question.
Sabina Khadgi says
..SIR Q.NO .531 KO ANS. TA BOOK MA C CHA NI .KASARI ANS. A VAYO?
Suresh Khanal says
The correct answer of 531 is B. Sorry for the mistake and thank you very much for pointing out this mistake.
Ajay Rauniyar says
531. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 1 or 0
D) 3
given ans B) 1, but i think A) 0, which one is correct sir…
Suresh Khanal says
Ajay,
Why do you think the least significant bit of the binary number should be 0 to represent odd decimal number?
Ajay Rauniyar says
540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
A) ANSI
B) ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) ISO
given ans A) but my opinion B) which one is correct sir ..
Suresh Khanal says
I’ve already answered for this question. Please read answer to Sabina’s question above.
Bigyan Shrestha says
536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
A) Home computers
B) Diskless computers
C) Dedicated computers
D) General purpose computers
Home computer or diskless computers which is correct one
Suresh Khanal says
Why do you think Home computers should be the correct answer?
Tarkraj says
Sir, question no 570, there will be given question is LSI VLSI And ULSI
If there is LSI and VLSI the ans will be 4th generation. ULSI is related to 5th generation .
Suresh Khanal says
Tarkaraj, offering great tarka?
There’s no Fifth Generation in option for this question. 😀
Sabina Khadgi says
which of the following term is most closely related to auxilliary memory?
a.NOn volatile b. Permanent
c.Both a and b d.temporary
ans. is c in book
which of the following is most closely related to auxiliary memory?
a.Non volatile b Permanent
c.control unit d.Temporary
ans is d in book . i am confused here bcz same ques. but ans. is different , so plz clearify me………….
Suresh Khanal says
The first question is fine. The second question is wrong.
Sabina Khadgi says
storage capacity of hard disk is measured in
a.TB b.GB c.MB d ALL
sir ans. b ho ki all ho.