This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Technology > Computers Electronics Communication – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Computers Electronics Communication Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not an examples of software? A) Floppy disks. B) Hard discs. C) Magnetic tapes. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. The memory of the computer is measured in bytes. How many bytes make a megabyte? A) 1, 048, 376. B) 1, 048, 576. C) 1, 058, 576. D) 1, 046, 576. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1, 048, 576. 3. Which of the following can be used as a printer in word processing? A) Laser printer. B) Dot matrix printer. C) Daisy wheel printer. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 4. A kilo byte is a group of ..... bytes. A) 2024. B) 1024. C) 124. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1024. 5. The writing of instructions in a language for control of computer is called. A) Application. B) Software. C) Programming. D) Word-processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Programming. 6. Which memory can be read or written? A) ROM. B) RAM. C) Both ROM and RAM. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RAM. 7. The programmes and date or the instruction are called the ..... of the system. A) Electronics. B) Software. C) Physics. D) Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Software. 8. What is a hybrid computer? A) Combination of analogue and. B) Pure analogue computer. C) Pure digital computer. D) None these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Combination of analogue and. 9. A giga byte is a group of 1024. A) Bits. B) Kilo bytes. C) Mega bytes. D) Kilo kilo bytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mega bytes. 10. Which computer is used in medium sized organizations and laboratories? A) Pocket. B) Mini. C) Calculating. D) Macro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mini. 11. With respect to hardware generations, programming languages have ..... generations. A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 12. Which input device is used for playing computer games? A) Keypad. B) Keyboard. C) Joystick. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joystick. 13. Date stored for long long term retention in called. A) Archive. B) Access. C) Backing. D) Retrieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archive. 14. Which is the oldest storage medium? A) Floppy disk. B) Magnetic tape. C) Audio tape. D) Hard disk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnetic tape. 15. The ..... of a Computer is measured in terms of its processing speed, memory capacity and back-up size. A) Time. B) Language. C) Power. D) Accuracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power. 16. A chip is made from a very thin flake of an elemental called. A) Iron. B) Silicon. C) Aluminum. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon. 17. The first floppy disk was developed by IBM in. A) 1970. B) 1972. C) 1974. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1972. 18. The web refers to all those interconnected data sources you get there via the. A) Computer. B) Microprocessor. C) DOS. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internet. 19. Which of the following is an example of special purpose analogue computer? A) Planimeters. B) Scale models. C) Slide rule. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 20. The millennium bug is named. A) Y4 k. B) Yo k. C) Y2 k2. D) Y2 k. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Y2 k. 21. Nibble is smaller than byte, it is a group of ..... bits. A) 4. B) 3. C) 10. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 22. Low level symbolic languages are called ..... generation languages. A) Second. B) Third. C) Fourth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second. 23. A number indicating a specific location of memory is called. A) Address. B) Area. C) Location. D) Specified region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Address. 24. A byte is a unit for measurement for computer memory capacity.It is a group of ..... bits. A) 10. B) 6. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 25. A floppy disk is a circular piece of mylar or other plastic like material coated with. A) Iron oxide. B) Nickel oxide. C) Iron sulphide. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron oxide. 26. Which is the most widely used programming language in schools, colleges and universities? A) DOS. B) BASIC. C) FORTRAN. D) PASCAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BASIC. 27. Monochrome is a ..... colour. A) Tri. B) Single. C) Bi. D) Mega. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single. 28. A programme is a sequence of ..... to be performed. A) Works. B) Programmes. C) Instructions. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instructions. 29. Which of the following is not an input device of a computers? A) Keyboard. B) Light pen. C) Mouse. D) Compiler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compiler. 30. The number code used by computer is called. A) Logarithmic. B) Decimal. C) Binary system. D) Mathematical system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binary system. 31. The functions of the analogue computer is only to. A) Copy. B) Imitate. C) Compare. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 32. Radio is based on the principle that electrical signals can travel without a wire, So it is also called. A) Electronic signal. B) Speedometer. C) Transmitor. D) Wireless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wireless. 33. ..... can be defined as the machines which can do calculation or process data with high accuracy and great speed. A) Calculator. B) Abacus. C) Computer. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Computer. 34. ..... computers are large sized computers, also called main frame computers. A) Super. B) Macro. C) Laptop. D) Analog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macro. 35. A machine languages is the most fundamental programming languages which is directly understood by the. A) System software. B) Word processor. C) Computer. D) Microprocessor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microprocessor. 36. There are ..... major types of computers. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 37. There are ..... application softwares. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 38. Hard disk is fixed disk which has a great capacity of storing date normally calculated in ..... A) Mega bytes. B) Bytes. C) Kilo bytes. D) Tera bytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mega bytes. 39. ..... worlds on production of suitable electromagnetic signals that can be transmitted, received and converted back to the original pattern. A) Tape recorder. B) Transistor. C) Radar. D) TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TV. 40. There are ..... types of monitors. A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 41. Which computer has a memory and solve problems by counting precisely, adding, subtracting multiplying, diving and comparing? A) Hybrid computer. B) Analogue computer. C) Quality computer. D) Digital computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digital computer. 42. The internet is like the ..... system, which ties callers around the world together via web of data-transmission lines. A) Phone. B) Intelligence. C) Mechanical. D) Micro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phone. 43. A tera byte is a group of ..... giga bytes. A) 2041. B) 10024. C) 1024. D) 124. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1024. 44. Name the simplest calculator that has been used for thousands of years. A) Acabus. B) Abacus. C) Stonehenge. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abacus. 45. ..... is an alphabet, numeric, punctuation marks etc. A) Storage. B) Word. C) Character. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character. 46. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)performs actual ..... of date, which includes addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A) Organizing. B) Processing. C) Programming. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processing. 47. There are ..... types of memories. A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 48. In the field of business, internet will work as world wide ..... in the near future. A) Boss. B) Manager. C) Companion. D) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manager. 49. For word processing, what input device must be used? A) Modem. B) Mouse. C) Joystick. D) Keyboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keyboard. 50. Brain virus was the first virusdeveloped by two ..... brothers. A) American. B) Japanese. C) German. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 51. The time needed to access data from disk is called. A) More time. B) Set time. C) Access time. D) Warm time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Access time. 52. An integrated circuit is a group of electronics parts joined together in a protective ease. It is also called as. A) Byte. B) Bit. C) Chip. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chip. 53. In ..... programming programming are written as lists of instructions, which the computer obeys in sequence. A) Procedural. B) Instructional. C) Internal. D) Preferential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedural. 54. The common ..... words are used as instructions in third generation. A) Greek. B) Latin. C) English. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English. 55. COBOL is a language for..... applications. A) Scientific. B) Commerce. C) Business. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business. 56. A TV like device called ..... is used to display result on a screen. A) Monitor. B) Modem. C) CPU. D) Printer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monitor. 57. The bacteria are..... that do not explicitly damage any file. A) Information. B) Systems. C) Programmes. D) Networks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Programmes. 58. Electronic mail (E.....mail) is the information directed to specific users, screens or held in computer mail box for access by users who type in. A) Papers. B) Systems. C) Computers. D) Codes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Codes. 59. High level symbolic languages are..... generation. A) Fifth. B) Fourth. C) Third. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third. 60. Which of the following was discovered by Germans during World War- Two? A) Hard disc. B) Keypad. C) Magnetic Tape. D) Floppy disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetic Tape. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesComputers Electronics Communication Quiz 2Units Abbreviations Inventions Discoveries Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books