INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS ACTUAL
TEST PAPER WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Who was the first programmer?
Answer: Lovelace
●● In which hardware generation were integrated circuits introduced?
Answer: third
●● Magnetic disks were introduced in the second generation of
computer hardware.
Answer: True
●● A systems programmer writes programs that make it easier for others
to program.
Answer: True
●● A computer that has a parallel architecture uses multiple central
processing units.
Answer: True
●● What is the largest digit in the octal number system?
,Answer: 7
●● Which of the following describes the number 0 and any number that
can be obtained by repeatedly adding one
to it?
Answer: natural number
●● What is a group of eight binary digits called?
Answer: BYTE
●● The category of numbers called integers includes negative numbers.
Answer: TRUE
●● The letter C is used to represent the number 11 in hexadecimal.
Answer: FALSE
●● There is one set of underlying principles governing all numbers
systems.
Answer: TRUE
●● What is the minimum number of bits needed to represent 6 things?
Answer: 3
, ●● Which of the following is not a raster graphics format?
Answer: FLASH
●● Which audio format is the most popular today?
Answer: MP3
●● Which text compression technique replaces a long series of repeated
characters with a count of the repetition?
Answer: run length encoding
●● It's possible to represent four things with two bits.
Answer: TRUE
●● Audio data is often represented on a computer by sampling the
continuous signal that represents a sound
wave.
Answer: TRUE
●● Thicker monitors produce more vibrant colors because they have a
higher color depth.
Answer: FALSE
●● Which gate does the following Boolean expression represent?
TEST PAPER WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Who was the first programmer?
Answer: Lovelace
●● In which hardware generation were integrated circuits introduced?
Answer: third
●● Magnetic disks were introduced in the second generation of
computer hardware.
Answer: True
●● A systems programmer writes programs that make it easier for others
to program.
Answer: True
●● A computer that has a parallel architecture uses multiple central
processing units.
Answer: True
●● What is the largest digit in the octal number system?
,Answer: 7
●● Which of the following describes the number 0 and any number that
can be obtained by repeatedly adding one
to it?
Answer: natural number
●● What is a group of eight binary digits called?
Answer: BYTE
●● The category of numbers called integers includes negative numbers.
Answer: TRUE
●● The letter C is used to represent the number 11 in hexadecimal.
Answer: FALSE
●● There is one set of underlying principles governing all numbers
systems.
Answer: TRUE
●● What is the minimum number of bits needed to represent 6 things?
Answer: 3
, ●● Which of the following is not a raster graphics format?
Answer: FLASH
●● Which audio format is the most popular today?
Answer: MP3
●● Which text compression technique replaces a long series of repeated
characters with a count of the repetition?
Answer: run length encoding
●● It's possible to represent four things with two bits.
Answer: TRUE
●● Audio data is often represented on a computer by sampling the
continuous signal that represents a sound
wave.
Answer: TRUE
●● Thicker monitors produce more vibrant colors because they have a
higher color depth.
Answer: FALSE
●● Which gate does the following Boolean expression represent?
