COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

In 1830, Charles Babbage disigned a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?

1855

None of these

1820

1860

1870

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The horizontal and vertical lines on a spreadsheet are called:

Grid-lines

Block lines

Sheets

Cells

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A microprocessor integrates the arithmetic logic and control circuitry of a computer into one chip. The first microprocessor was built by a group of engineers at the Intel Corpn. Can you tell who headed this group?

Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff

Victor Poor

None of these

Stan Mazor

Seymour Cray

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The ............ operating system was initially created in the early 1970s at AT & T's Bell Labs.

Linux

GNU

DOS

None of these

Unix

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The function of CPU is

None of these

to provide a hard copy

to read, interpret and process the information and instruction

to provide external storage of text

to communicate with the operator

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Which of the following is directry controlled from a keyboard.

Magnetic tape

Card punch

None of these

Punched paper tape

Magnetic disk

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Which of the following is used to insure the high quality of computer output?

liquid crystal display

output controls

voice output systems

computer output microfilm

None of these

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GUI stands for

Graphical Universal Interface

Graphical Unique Interface

Graph Use Interface

Graphical User Interface

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Which of the following is used as "Input device" for the computer?

TV

VDU

Printer

Light pen

None of these

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The time for which a piece of equipment operates is called

Access time

Effective time

Seek time

Real time

None of these

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