This set of Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) of Computer Fundamentals Based on “Basic Question on Computer Awareness”.
MCQ on Computer Fundamentals – Basic Question on Computer Awareness
Let’s start MCQs
01) What is computer?
A) computer is an electronic device
B) that processes data according to instructions
C) which provided in the form of programs
D) All the above
Correct answer is option “D”
02) What is the definition of computer?
A) Computer is a device which accepts information and manipulates it for some result based on a program
B) Computer is a device which accepts information and manipulates its own no need any program to process
C) Computer is a manual device which accepts information and manipulates it for some result based on a program
D) Computer is an electrical device which accepts information and manipulates it for some result based on a program
Correct answer is option “A”
03) What is computer basic?
A) fundamental knowledge about the computer how computers works
B) skills needed to operate and understand computers
C) using basic software and navigation including internet
D) All the above
Correct answer is option “D”
04) Who is known as the father of computers from the following?
A) John von Neumann
B) Charles Babbage
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “B”
05) Who is known as the father of Computer Science from the following?
A) John von Neumann
B) Charles Babbage
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “D”
06) Who is the Inventor of the World Wide Web from the following?
A) John von Neumann
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “B”
07) Who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel from the following?
A) John von Neumann
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “C”
08) Who played a major role in shaping the modern digital age computer from the following?
A) John von Neumann
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “A”
09) Which of the following computer scientist known for co-founding of Google and inventor of PageRank?
A) John von Neumann
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Linus Torvalds
D) Larry Page
Correct answer is option “D”
10) The origin of Google has with a research project that was begun in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in Stanford, California. What was the name of research project from the following?
A) The ENIAC
B) The BackRub
C) The Colossus
D) The Differential Analyzer
Correct answer is option “B”
11) The project “BackRub” initially involved an unofficial third founder. He was the lead programmer and wrote much of the code for the original Google Search engine, but he left before Google was officially founded as a company? What was the name of the unofficial third founder from the following?
A) Ada Lovelace
B) Grace Hoppe
C) Scott Hassan
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “C”
12) What is the full form of CPU?
A) Central Programming Unit
B) Chief Processing Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
D) Central Personal Unit
Correct answer is option “C”
13) What is RAM in a computer?
A) Random-access memory
B) Readable-access memory
C) Random-accurate memory
D) Readymade-access memory
Correct answer is option “A”
14) What is ROM stands for in a computer?
A) Read-only memory
B) Random-only memory
C) Read-official memory
D) Random-official memory
Correct answer is option “A”
15) Which of the following type of computer memory
– That can only be read from not written to
– It is a type of storage that contains data that can’t be changed or modified
– Retains its contents even after the power to the device it’s installed in has been turned off?
A) Central Programming Unit
B) Random access memory
C) Central memory Unit
D) Read-only memory
Correct answer is option “D”
16) Which of the following memory is volatile?
A) CPU
B) RAM
C) ROM
D) Program
Correct answer is option “B”
17) What is the full form of OS?
A) Operating System
B) Operation System
C) Open System
D) Opinion System
Correct answer is option “A”
18) The collection of facts, figures, or other information that can be processed by a computer or used for analysis is called_______.
A) Program
B) Operating System
C) Out put information
D) Data
Correct answer is option “D”
19) Who is known as the father of AI?
A) John McCarthy
B) Grace Hoppe
C) Scott Hassan
D) Alan Turing
Correct answer is option “A”
20) What is the name of the component in the computer that has the following qualities –
– The logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions to drive a computer.
– It is seen as the main and most crucial integrated circuitry (IC) chip in a computer.
– It is responsible for interpreting most of computers commands.
A) Hard disk
B) Monitor
C) Processor
D) ROM
Correct answer is option “C”
21) What is the name of the drive to use the storage of data, which uses integrated circuits to store data persistently, unlike traditional spinning disks called hard disk drives?
A) HDD
B) SSD
C) Floppy Drive
D) Pen Drive
Correct answer is option “B”
22) Which one of the following is treated as the first laptop created by Adam Osborne in the year 1981?
A) Osborne
B) Osborne 1
C) Adam
D) Adam 1
Correct answer is option “B”
23) Which term is used to describe the physical aspects of a computer?
A) CPU
B) Desktop
C) Hardware
D) Software
Correct answer is option “C”
24) Which term is used to for the set of instructions that tell a computer what to do?
A) CPU
B) Desktop
C) Hardware
D) Software
Correct answer is option “D”
25) A spreadsheet program of Microsoft and a component of its Office product group for business applications is known by which of the following term?
A) MS Excel
B) MS office
C) PowerPoint
D) Paintbrush
Correct answer is option “A”
26) What is the term from the following used for a presentation program of Microsoft which is used primarily for creating slide shows to accompany presentations?
A) MS Excel
B) MS office
C) Power point
D) Paintbrush
Correct answer is option “C”
27) What is the full form of HTML from the following which is the standard markup language for creating Web pages?
A) Higher Text Markup Language
B) Higher Test Markup Language
C) Hyper Tech Markup Language
D) Hyper Text Markup Language
Correct answer is option “D”
28) What is the full form of IP in the term IP Address?
A) Internet Presence
B) Internet Protocol
C) International Protocol
D) International Presence
Correct answer is option “B”
29) What is the term used for the computer’s memory which is directly accessible by the CPU. It stores the data and instructions the CPU needs for active processing but it is volatile?
A) Permanent memory
B) Primary memory
C) Principal memory
D) Partial memory
Correct answer is option “B”
30) What is the term used for the memory which is a persistent and non-volatile storage area in a computer system that’s used to store data and programs for long-term use?
A) Secondary memory
B) Second memory
C) Special memory
D) Scheduled memory
Correct answer is option “A”
31) What is the term used for a high-speed data storage area that holds frequently used data for faster access and acting as a buffer between the main memory and the processor while computing?
A) Primary memory
B) Secondary memory
C) Cache memory
D) Computer memory
Correct answer is option “C”
32) What is the term used in computer architecture which is a digital circuit within the Central Processing Unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic and logic operations on data?
A) Input Unit
B) Output Unit
C) Control Unit
D) Arithmetic Logic Unit
Correct answer is option “D”
33) Commonly there are four types of processors include –
01) Central Processing Unit
02) Graphics Processing Unit
03) Digital Signal Processor
04) Internet Processor
05) Network Processor
Which of the not a type of the processor among the option?
A) Option 2
B) Option 3
C) Option 4
D) Option 5
Correct answer is option “C”
34) What is the term used for the first firmware stored on a chip on the motherboard of a computer which is the first software to run the computer when the power of the computer on and initializing the hardware and help in loading the operating system.
A) BIOS
B) Hardware Instructions
C) Software Instructions
D) Operating System
Correct answer is option “A”
35) What is the full form of BIOS?
A) Balance Input Output System
B) Bifurcation Input Output System
C) Basic Instructions for Operating System
D) Basic Input Output System
Correct answer is option “D”
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