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  1. What type of magnetic material is normally used in bubble memories?

  2. A.

     Magnetic core

    B.

     Cobalt

    C.

     Garnet

    D.

     Metallic

    E.

     None of the above


  3. A byte is comprised of:

  4. A.

     One bit

    B.

     Four bits

    C.

     Eight bits

    D.

     Sixteen bits

    E.

     None of the above


  5. Which of the following printer can be classified as a page-at-a-time printer?

  6. A.

     Laser printer

    B.

     Dot-matrix printer

    C.

     Thermal printer

    D.

     Inkjet printer

    E.

     None of the above


  7. The CPU of a computer transfers print output to a temporary disk memory at high speed and then gets back to processing another job without waiting for the output to got to the printer. In this way, the CPU does not remain idle due to its own high speed as compared to the low speed of the printer. What is the name of this memory?

  8. A.

     External memory

    B.

     I/O memory

    C.

     ROM

    D.

     Buffer memory

    E.

     None of the above


  9. Which of the following registers hold the information before it goes to the decoder

  10. A.

     control register

    B.

     data register

    C.

     accumulator

    D.

     address register

    E.

     None of the above


  11. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for

  12. A.

     doing quick mathematical calculations

    B.

     input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data

    C.

     electronic data processing

    D.

     performing repetitive tasks accurately

    E.

     None of the above


  13. A typical modern computer uses

  14. A.

     LSI chips

    B.

     Vacuum tubes

    C.

     Valves

    D.

     All the above

    E.

     None of the above


  15. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) had huge advantage over Mark I because it used electronic valves in place of the electromagnetic switches. In the beginning, ENIAC was used for calculating the path of artillery shells. For which other was weapon design was it utilized?

  16. A.

     hydrogen bomb

    B.

     atom bomb

    C.

     agnimissile

    D.

     fighter aircraft

    E.

     None of the above


  17. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?

  18. A.

     J Presper Eckert

    B.

     Charles Babbage

    C.

     Dr. Herman Hollerith

    D.

     Blaise Pascal

    E.

     None of the above


  19. When did Hewlett-Packard Inc. Introduce its first HP-110 laptop computer?

  20. A.

     1984

    B.

     1986

    C.

     1990

    D.

     1995

    E.

     None of the above