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Computer Basics

MCQs about Computer Basics cover the topics related to software, hardware, input devices, output devices, CPU, RAM, ROM, and secondary storage, etc.

MCQs about Computer covering the general topics fo the preparation of computer-related degrees such as ICS, BS Computer Science, and different Computer-related certificates.

1. Which of the following is not an output device?

 
 
 
 

2. A set of instructions given to the computer to solve a problem is called

 
 
 
 

3. Data and programs not being used by the computer are stored in

 
 
 
 

4. Leaser beam technology is used in

 
 
 
 

5. The primary storage unit is also called

 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following is a common input device?

 
 
 
 

7. The unit that executes program instructions is called

 
 
 
 

8. Another name of secondary storage is

 
 
 
 

9. The unit that coordinates different devices of the computer system is called

 
 
 
 

10. Which of the following device does not use magnetic media for storing data?

 
 
 
 

11. When CPU executes an instruction, which of the following happens first?

 
 
 
 

12. CPU is an example of

 
 
 
 

13. Which of the following is not a type of memory?

 
 
 
 

14. The electrical paths that carry data from one computer device to another are called

 
 
 
 

15. An inkjet printer is an example of

 
 
 
 

16. Computer operations are synchronized by

 
 
 
 

17. A set of instructions that run the computer are

 
 
 
 

18. Which of the following is not another name of computer memory?

 
 
 
 

19. A computer bus consists of

 
 
 
 

20. Cursor on the screen can be moved by

 
 
 
 

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The greatest scientists of their era, Abu Jaffar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi (780-850), Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954), and John Von Neuman (1903-1957) took part in the invention of computers. A mathematician and a scientist (of France) Blaise Pascal developed the first mechanical computing machine called “Paccaline” in 1642. Leibnitz’s invented the machine and named it the “Multiplier Wheel” to perform basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The “MUltiplier Wheel” machine was further modified in 1971.

In 1833 Charles Babbage invented the “Analytical Engine” which was the first programmable computer. The basic units of the Analytical Engine were (I) A storage, (ii) A mill and (iii) A control unit. Mauchly and J.P. Ekert at Moor School of Engineering in the USA gave the name to the computer as “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)”.

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