Computer History

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1.What was the name of first computer designed by Charles Babbage?
a) Analytical Engine
b) Difference Engine
c) Colossus
d) ENIAC

2.Which was the first electronics digital programmable
computing device?
a) Analytical Engine
b) Difference Engine
c) Colossus
d) ENIAC

3.EDSAC stands for
a) .Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
b) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
c) Electronic Data Storage Automatic Calculator
d) Electronic Data Storage Automatic Computer

4.EDVAC stands for __________
a) .Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator
b) Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
c) Electronic Data Variable Automatic Calculator
d) Electronic Data Variable Automatic Computer

5.Which was the first commercial computer?
a) UNIVAC 1
b) Analytical Engine
c) Difference Engine
d) Colossus

Q6.Which electronic components are used in First Generation Computers?
A. Transistors
B. Integrated Circuits
C. Vacuum Tubes
D. VLSI Microprocessor

Q7. __________ is used as a programming language in first
generation computers?
a) FORTRAN
b) COBOL
c) BASIC
d) Machine Language

8.Who invented the punch card?
a) Charles Babbage
b) Semen Korsakov
c) Herman Hollerith
d) Joseph Marie Jacquard

Generation (period) Key hardware technologies Key software technologies Key characteristics
Some representative systems First (1942-1955) Vacuum tubes electromagnetic relay
memory punched cards secondary storage machine and assembly language
Bulk in Size highly unreliable, limited commercial use Costly , difficult to use
ENIAC,DVAC,EDSAC,UNIVAC I , IBM 701 Second b( 1955-1964) Transistors ; magnetic
core memory ;
magnetic tapes and disks secondary Batch operating system, high level
programming languages , scientific and commercial applications
faster, smaller, more reliable and easier program ; commercial production was still
difficult and costly Honeywell ,IBM 7030 , CDC 1604, UNIVAC LARC Third
(1964-1975) Ics with SSI and MSI TECHNOLOGIES ;
larger magnetic core memory ; larger capacity magnetic disks and tapes
secondary storage; minicomputers Time sharing OS High level
programming language faster, smaller, more reliable, and cheaper
to produce commercially , easier to use and easier to
upgrade IBM360/370, PDP-8, PDP-11, CDC 6600.

Generation (period) Key hardware Technologies Key software
technologies Key characteristics Some representative systems
Fourth (1975-1989) ICs with VLSI technology, microprocessors ,
semiconductors, hard disks, magnetic tapes, floppy disks storage
media Os for PCs; GUI; multiple windows on single terminal screen,
UNIX OS, C,PC based applications Small affordable reliable and easy to
use PCs ; more powerful and reliable mainframe systems IBM PC and its
clones Apple 2 ,TRS -80 , VAX 9000, CRAY1,2,X/MP Fifth (1989- present )
Microprocessors, optical disks, Portable storage devices

www, multimedia applications ,Internet based applications
Portable computers , more powerful, cheaper and easier to
use , very fast processing time IBM notebooks, Pentium Pcs ,
SUN workstations PARAM 1000.

9.Which of the following shutdown method is often called Warm Boot?
a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate

10.______ is most often done after fixing a problem, adding a new program or
making configuration change
a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate

11 If a computer provides database services to other, then it will be known as ?
a) Web server
b) Application server
c) Database server
d) FTP server

12.What is the meaning of “Hibernate” in Windows XP/Windows 7?
a. Restart the Computer in safe mode
b. Restart the Computer in hibernate mode
c. Shutdown the Computer terminating all the running applications
d. Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications

13.In ROM BIOS, the acronym BIOS stands for :
a) Basic Intuitive Output Set
b) Basic Input Output System
c) Basic Industry Operating System
d) Basic Input Organizational System

14.The operating system does all of the following excepta)
Provide a way for the user to interact with the computer.
b) Manage the central processing unit (CPU).
c) Manage memory and storage.
d) Enable users to perform a specific task as document editing.

15.All of the following are steps involved in the boot process
excepta)
Load the operating system in to RAM.
b) The power on self test.
c) Activate the basic input/ output system (BIOS).
d) Load application programs.

16.Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are attached and operational is the
____ Process.
a) Configuration
b) CMOS
c) POST
d) ROM

17.Process of Combining strings is known as————
a) Compiling
b) Combining
c) Attaching
d) Concatenation

18.A program that performs a useful task while
simultaneously allowing destructive acts is:
a) Worm
b) Trojan Horse
c) Virus
d) Macro Virus

20.Memories which can be read only are
called __________.
a) RAM
b) ROM
c) DRAM
d) Virtual Memory

19.DNS in internet technology stands for
a) Distributed Name System
b) Data Name System
c) Dynamic Name System
d) Domain Name System

21.Which of the following statements is true ?
a. Minicomputer works faster than Microcomputer
b. Microcomputer works faster than Minicomputer
c. Speed of both the computers is the same
d. The speeds of both these computers cannot be compared with the speed of advanced

22.Which device is required for the Internet connection?
a. Joystick
b. Modem
c. CD Drive
d. NIC Card

23.VGA is
a. Video Graphics Array
b. Visual Graphics Array
c. Volatile Graphics Array
d. Video Graphics Adapter

• Video Graphics Array is a standard type of connection for video devices
such as monitors and projectors.

24.CAD stands for
a. Computer aided design
b. Computer algorithm for design
c. Computer application in design
d. Computer analogue design

25.The process of transferring files from a computer on the
Internet to your computer is called
A. Downloading
B. uploading
C. FTP
D. JPEG

26.High density double sided floppy disks could store _____ of data
A) 1.40 MB
B) 1.44 GB
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB

27.Virtual memory is –
a) an extremely large main memory
b) an extremely large secondary memory
c) an illusion of an extremely large memory
d) a type of memory used in super computers

Fragmentation is –
a) dividing the secondary memory into equal sized fragments
b) dividing the main memory into equal size fragment
c) fragments of memory words used in a page
d) fragments of memory words unused in a page

Which memory unit has lowest access time?
(a) Cache
(b)Registers
(c)Magnetic Disk
(d)Main Memory

Cache memory-
(a) has greater capacity than RAM
(b)is faster to access than CPU Registers
(c)is permanent storage
(d)faster to access than RAM