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Applied computer and Information Technology
Question Bank
1. Gigabyte is approximately equal to
* 1 million bytes
2. LAN means.. ..
* Local area network
3. WAN stands for
* Wide area network
4. What is a group of independent computers attached to one another through communication media
* Network
5. Copy an item- How?
*Highlight the item, right click & select copy. Highlight the item, press ctrl+c
6. The task bar at the bottom of your screen shows:
*Displays icons and titles of all programs or folders currently active on your screen.
7. Which law summarized the improvement of computer hardware theory?
* Moore's First Law
8. The computer device most widely used is...
* Intemal hard disk
9. A Particular task is done by which software?
* Program
10. Whom do you think father of modem computers?
* Charles Babbage
11. How many generations of computers do we have?
* Five
12. What did the first generation computers use for circuitry?
* Vacuum tube
13. The period of First generation computers starts --
*1940-1956
14. What is the period of Second generation computers?
*1956-1963
15. The Third generation computers' period is
* 1964-1975
16. What is the period of Fourth generation computers?
*1975-1989
17. VLSI technology is used in which generation computers.
* Fourth
18. Different types of modern digital computers are under which generation
* Fifth
19. Name the fastest type of computer that can perform complex operations at very high speed.
* Super Computer
20. The computer's input device is _
* Keyboard
21. What is the main working memory of the computer?
* RAM
22. RAM means..
* Random access memory
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23. A special type of memory chip holding software which can be read but not written to
* ROM
24. A byte is equal to how many bits.
*8
25. . When you start your computer, which program loads automatically
* OS
26. . Finite number of sequential instructions is.. ..
* Algorithm
27. . Artificial intelligence is used in... ... computer knowledge.
* PROLOG
28. . How many types of memory. ...
*2
29. . Primary memory is found available in form of ___ chips
* Silicon
30. . Ram is considered what type of memory.
* Primary
31. . How many types of Ram...
*2
32. . Rom can only do __ operations.
* Read
33. . Rom is which type of memory.. ...
* Non-volatile
34. . Auxiliary memory is called...
* Secondary
35. . MS-DOS is which type of operating system.
* Text based
36. . __ is the first widely installed operating system which is used in the personal computers
*Pc-Dos
37. . Mainframe computer stores
* Large volumes of data
38. . By parallel computing __
* Many calculations done simultaneously
39. . Excess of internal storage is called...
* Overflow
40. . For real time applications what type of operating system we use
*Real time operating system
41. What is the fundamental purpose of BIOS?
* Initialize and test system hardware components
42. Who invented the term BIOS?
* Gary kildall
43. What can the system analyst do?
* Design structure of program
44. What is the process of Debugging?
* Checking errors in the program
45. BASIC is a family of which programming
* General purpose and high-level
46. The original basic language was designed in which year.....
* 1964
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Applied computer and Information Technology
Question Bank
1. Gigabyte is approximately equal to
* 1 million bytes
2. LAN means.. ..
* Local area network
3. WAN stands for
* Wide area network
4. What is a group of independent computers attached to one another through communication media
* Network
5. Copy an item- How?
*Highlight the item, right click & select copy. Highlight the item, press ctrl+c
6. The task bar at the bottom of your screen shows:
*Displays icons and titles of all programs or folders currently active on your screen.
7. Which law summarized the improvement of computer hardware theory?
* Moore's First Law
8. The computer device most widely used is...
* Intemal hard disk
9. A Particular task is done by which software?
* Program
10. Whom do you think father of modem computers?
* Charles Babbage
11. How many generations of computers do we have?
* Five
12. What did the first generation computers use for circuitry?
* Vacuum tube
13. The period of First generation computers starts --
*1940-1956
14. What is the period of Second generation computers?
*1956-1963
15. The Third generation computers' period is
* 1964-1975
16. What is the period of Fourth generation computers?
*1975-1989
17. VLSI technology is used in which generation computers.
* Fourth
18. Different types of modern digital computers are under which generation
* Fifth
19. Name the fastest type of computer that can perform complex operations at very high speed.
* Super Computer
20. The computer's input device is _
* Keyboard
21. What is the main working memory of the computer?
* RAM
22. RAM means..
* Random access memory
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23. A special type of memory chip holding software which can be read but not written to
* ROM
24. A byte is equal to how many bits.
*8
25. . When you start your computer, which program loads automatically
* OS
26. . Finite number of sequential instructions is.. ..
* Algorithm
27. . Artificial intelligence is used in... ... computer knowledge.
* PROLOG
28. . How many types of memory. ...
*2
29. . Primary memory is found available in form of ___ chips
* Silicon
30. . Ram is considered what type of memory.
* Primary
31. . How many types of Ram...
*2
32. . Rom can only do __ operations.
* Read
33. . Rom is which type of memory.. ...
* Non-volatile
34. . Auxiliary memory is called...
* Secondary
35. . MS-DOS is which type of operating system.
* Text based
36. . __ is the first widely installed operating system which is used in the personal computers
*Pc-Dos
37. . Mainframe computer stores
* Large volumes of data
38. . By parallel computing __
* Many calculations done simultaneously
39. . Excess of internal storage is called...
* Overflow
40. . For real time applications what type of operating system we use
*Real time operating system
41. What is the fundamental purpose of BIOS?
* Initialize and test system hardware components
42. Who invented the term BIOS?
* Gary kildall
43. What can the system analyst do?
* Design structure of program
44. What is the process of Debugging?
* Checking errors in the program
45. BASIC is a family of which programming
* General purpose and high-level
46. The original basic language was designed in which year.....
* 1964
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