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  1. A microprocessor integrates the arithmetic logic and control circuitry of a computer into one chip. The first microprocessor was built by a group of engineers at the Intel Corpn. Can you tell who headed this group?

  2. A.

     Victor Poor

    B.

     Stan Mazor

    C.

     Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff

    D.

     Seymour Cray

    E.

     None of the above

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  3. In the IBM PC-AT, what do the words AT stand for?

  4. A.

     Additional terminals

    B.

     Advance technology

    C.

     Applied technology

    D.

     Advanced terminology

    E.

     None of the above

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  5. The punched card used in the IBM System/3 contains

  6. A.

     80 columns

    B.

     120 columns

    C.

     96 columns

    D.

     126 columns

    E.

     None of the above

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  7. Which of the following is associated with networks?

  8. A.

     Download, node

    B.

     Star topology

    C.

     Point-to-Point

    D.

     Both (A) and (B)

    E.

     None of the above

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  9. Which was the first computer to use transistors instead of vacuum tubes?

  10. A.

     Intel-650

    B.

     Burroughs E-101

    C.

     Datamatic-1000

    D.

     IBM-1401

    E.

     None of the above

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  11. A CPU's processing power is measured in:

  12. A.

     IPS

    B.

     CIPS

    C.

     MIPS

    D.

     nano-seconds

    E.

     None of the above

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  13. The binary equivalent of the Hexadecimal number 7BD is

  14. A.

     11110111101

    B.

     1.1101E+11

    C.

     1.0111E+11

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  15. Which of the following is non-impact printer?

  16. A.

     Drum printer

    B.

     Line printer

    C.

     Chain printer

    D.

     Laser printer

    E.

     None of the above

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  17. In which year was the PC voted 'The Machine of the Year's by the American Time magazine?

  18. A.

     1970

    B.

     1975

    C.

     1983

    D.

     1987

    E.

     None of the above

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  19. When used with I/O devices, the term intelligent implies

  20. A.

     a color output capability

    B.

     speech processing capability

    C.

     high speed printing capability

    D.

     feature to support offline and online tasks

    E.

     None of the above

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