Monday, 7 May 2018

Daily Computer Quiz - 8th May 2018

Q1. IBM was provided software for PC DOS by which of the following company?

(a) Microsoft
(b) Sony
(c) Google
(d) Apple
(e) None of the above

Ans.(a)
Microsoft provided Operating System to IBM PC DOS

Q2. Which of the following was used to program the first computer?
(a) Assembly language
(b) Machine language
(c) Source code
(d) Object code
(e) ASCII code

Ans.(b)
Earliest computers used Machine language.

Q3. Charles Babbage is known to have conceived which of the following earliest Computing machine?
(a) Analytical engine
(b) ENIAC
(c) UNIVAC
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Ans.(a)
The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage's difference engine, a design for a mechanical computer.

Q4. In second generation, which type of memory was used to store data?
(a) Paper tapes
(b) Magnetic drum
(c) Magnetic core
(d) Magnetic tape
(e) Magnetic disk

Ans.(c)
In second generation, magnetic cores were used as primary memory and magnetic tape and magnetic disks as secondary storage devices. In this generation assembly language and high-level programming languages like FORTRAN, COBOL were used.

Q5. The first electronic digital computer contained _________?
(a) Electronic valves
(b) Neural Networks
(c) Fuzzy Logic
(d) Semiconductor memory
(e) None of these

Ans.(a)
The first electronic digital computer contained electronic valves.

Q6. What is the blinking symbol on the screen that shows where the next character will appear?
(a) Cursor
(b) Delete key
(c) Arrow key
(d) Return key
(e) None of these

Ans.(a)
In computer user interfaces, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device.

Q7. The dual-port version of DRAM formerly used in graphics adaptors is
(a) FPM DRAM
(b) EDORAM
(c) VRAM
(d) DDRSDRAM
(e) None of these

Ans.(c)
Video RAM, or VRAM, is a dual-ported variant of dynamic RAM (DRAM), which was once commonly used to store the framebuffer in some graphics adapters.

Q8. Which of the following is a term related with printer?
(a) DVD
(b) Cartridge
(c) Hard-disk
(d) Keyboard
(e) None of these

Ans.(b)
An ink cartridge or inkjet cartridge is a component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink that is deposited onto paper during printing.

Q9. To justify the selected text, the shortcut key is _______.
(a) Ctrl+1
(b) Ctrl+J
(c) Ctrl+U
(d) Ctrl+Alt+K
(e) None of these

Ans.(b)
Ctrl+J is used to justify the selected text.

Q10. Trackball is an example of a/an
(a) Programming device
(b) Pointing device
(c) Output device
(d) Software device
(e) Printing device

Ans.(b)
Trackball is an example of a pointing device (mouse).

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