Fundamentals of Computer Programming-I

Multiple Choice Questions

Question Bank

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PART A

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Q.1 ALU stands for

(a) Arithmetic Logic Unit

(c) Application Logic Unit

UNIT I Introduction to Computers

(b) Array Logic Unit

(d) None of above

Q.2 The brain of any computer system is

(a) ALU (c) CPU

(d) None of above

(b) Memory

(d) Control Unit

Q.3 What difference does the 5th generation computer have from other generation computers?

(a) Technological advancement

(c) Object Oriented Programming

(e) None of the above

(b) Scientific code

(d) All of the above

Q.4 Which of the following computer generation uses concept of artificial intelligence?

(a) First Generation(b) Second Generation(c) Third Generation(d) Forth Generation Q.5 When a key is pressed on keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits

(a)ANSI(b) ASCII(c) EBCDIC(d) ISO

Q.6 Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment

(a) Keyboard(b) Mouse(c) Joystick(d) trackball

Q.7 Which of the following is valid storage type?

(a) CPU (b) Keyboard(c) Pen Drive(d) Track Ball(e) None of the above

Q.8 The section of the CPU that is responsible for performing mathematical operations

(a)Memory(b) Register Unit(c)Control Unit(d)ALU(e) None of the above

Q.9 Any storage device added to computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as: (a)Floppy disk(b)Hard Disk(c)Backing store(d) Punched Card(e) None of the above Q.10 The list of coded instructions is called

(a)Computer Program(b)Algorithm (c) Flowchart (d)Utility Program

Q.11 Source code is available to view, modify and redistribute in

(e) None of the above

(a)Open Source(b) Closed

Source

(c)Proprietary(d) Licensed(e) None of the above

Q.12 Which of the following is not input device

(a) Touch Pad(b) Mouse(c)Printer

Q.13 MS Word is example of Closed Source Software

(a) True(b) False

Q.14 Software required to run the hardware is known as

(d) Joystick

(a)Task Manager(b) Task Bar(c) Program Manager(d) Device Driver

Q.15 Which the following is application software?

(a)Compiler(b)Power Point(c)Debugger

Q.16 Which of the following is system software?

(d) None of the above

(a)Linux(b)Word(c)Excel(d)Tally

Q.17 The Programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as (a)Hardware(b)Software(c)Firmware(d)ROMware Q.18 Which of the following is invalid type of memory

(a)RAM (Random Access Memory)

(c)PRAM (Programmable Read AccessOnly Memory )

Q 19 =Cs were used in of computers

(b)ROM (Read Only Memory)

(d)EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only

(a)A First Generation(b) Second Generation(c)Third Generation(d) Fifth Generation

Q.20 which of the following is not component of computer system?

(a)Input Device(b) Stepper Motor(c)Memory(d)None of the above

Q.21 Which of the following is not output device? (a)Printer(b)VDU(c)Scanner(d)All Q.22 Joystick is used for_

(a)Gaming(b)Weather forecast (c)Word Processing

Q.23 Trackball is output device

(a)True(b)False

(d)All

Q.24 ALU is part of Memory

(a)True(b)False

Q.25 CPU consist of

(a)ALU+CU(b)ROM+ALU(c)RAM+ROM(d)None

Q.26 is Volatile Memory

(a)ROM(b)EPROME(c)RAM(d)None

Q.27 is non volatile memory

(a)RAM(b)EERAM(c)ROM

Q.28 Which of the following is the Valid Measurement unit of memory

(a)GB(b)MB(c)KB(d)All

Q.29 Hardware can work without device driver

(d)PROME

(a)True

Q.30 Which of the following if not OS

(a)Android(b) MAC

(b)False

(c)Samsung(d)LINUX

Q.31 DVD is having more storage capacity than CD

(a)True

Q.32 Tally is

(b)False

(a) Open S/W(b) Closed S/W(c)Application s/w(d)System s/w

Q.33 VLSI is used in Generation of computer

(a)First(b)Second(c)Third(d)Fourth

Q.34 Interprets and executes set of instruction

(a)CPU(b)VDU(c)Printer

Q.35 consists of set of instruction

(d)Scanner

(a)Software(b)Hardware(c)Program(d)None of this

Q.36 consists of set of program s

(a)Scanner(b)VDU(c)Software

Q.37 Paint brush is text editor

(a)True(b)False

Q.38 Notepad is text editor

(a)True(b)False

Q.39 Keyboard Converts typed in character to

code

(a)EBCIDIC(b)ASCII

Q.40 Unit control the operation of CPU

(a)ALU(b)RAM(c)CU(d)BU

(d)None of this

(c)Decimal(d)Binary

Q.41 Which one of the following is not a feature of third generation languages?

(a) They need to get translated

(c) They are easy to use than MMLs

(b) They are faster than MLLs

(d) They use compilers and interpreters

Q.42 Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?

(a)RAM(b)RAM(c)ERAM(d)RW/RAM

Q.43 LSI,VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?

(a)Firth(b)Second(c)Third(d)Fourth

Q.44 Which characteristics of computer distinguishes it from electronic calculation?

(a)Accuracy(b)Storage(c)Versatility(d)Automatic

Q.45 Which of the following is not the classification of computers based on application?

(a) Electronic Computers

(c)Digital Computers

Answer Keys

(b)Analog Computers

(d)Hybrid Computers

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UNIT II Introduction to Open Source Operating Systems

Q.1 Source code is not available for user in

(a)Open Source(b)Bharat OS Q.2 Linux is closed source (a)True

Q.3 Bash is the (a)Shell(b)Compiler Q.4 BOSS is developed by

(a) NASA(b)IUCCA

Q.5 BOSS is developed over

(c)Linux OS (b)False (c)None

(c)C-DAC(d)NASDAQ

(d)None

(a)Mandrake(b)SUSE(c)Fedora(d)Debian

Q.6 Android is desktop OS (a)True(b)False Q.7 3DBlender is close source (a)True(b)False

Q.8 Mozilla Firefox is

(a)Browser(b)Editor

Q.9 Google chrome is

(c)Compiler(d)None of Above

(a)Compiler(b)OS(c)Editor(d) None of Above

Q.10 Windows OS is a closed source

(a)True(b)False

Q.11 Microsoft .NET is

(a)Open Source(b)Closed Source(c)Browser(d)All of above

Q.12 Is the windows command

(a)True(b)False

Q.13 Which of the following command gives the list of the users in the systems

(a)whoami(b)ps(c)ds(d)who Q.14 is the linux flavor which runs from CD (a)Knopix(b)SUSE(c)Fedora(d)Ubuntu Q.15 OSF stands for

(a) O.S. Factory

(c)Opensystem foundation

(b)Open software foundation

(d)None

Q.16 Open source software are very costly

(a)True(b)False

Q.17 Internet Explorer comes along with

(a)Linux(b)Windows(c)MAC(d)Android

Q.18 which browser comes with linux by default

(a)Mozilla Firebox(b)IE

(c)Opera

Q.19 BOSS is developed in

(d)None

(a)USA(b)UK(c)India(d)China

Q.20 Which of the following is the closed source

(a)3D Max(b)Blender(c)Linux

Q.21 PHP is the Open Source

(a)True(b)False

(d)Android

Q.22 Determines which piece of large program need to be recompiled (a)rpm(b)make(c)yum(d)None of above Q.23 Execute a command as another user

(a)who(b)tty(c)chmod(d)sudo

Q.24 is used to install and remove packages and control downloading them from a repository

(a)rpm(b)who(c)yum(d)Is

Q.25 Which of the following is not flavor of

linux?

(a)Mandrake(b)SUSAN

Q.26 7-zip is

(c)Redhat(d)Fedora

(a)File achiever(b)Web browser(c)Editor(d)None of above

Q.27 Ubuntu is windows based

(a)True(b)False

Q.28 is HTTP web server

(a)Lucene(b)Fedora

Q.29 Symbian is valid Linux Based Shell

(a)True(b)False

Q.30 Following is valid Linux based

Shell

(c)Perl(d)Apache

(a)C-shell(b)D-shell(c)K-shell(d)None of above

Q.31 Shell is the exclusive feature of

(a)UNIX(b)DOS

Q.32 Operating system is

(a)Hardware

(c)System software(d)Application software

(b)Software which manage resources of the system

(c)Software which performs computation(d)None

Q.33 A system call is a method by whic