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Top 50 Computer Science General Knowledge Questions And Answers

Top 50 Computer Science General Knowledge Questions And Answers

 

Computer Science General Knowledge Questions And Answers

1. The term ‘Computer’ is derived from?

Latin

 2. Who is the father of modern Computer?

Charles Babbage

 

3. Who is the father of Internet ?

Vint Cerf

4. The term gigabyte refers to

 1024 megabytes

 

  5. In which year was UK’s premier computing event started?

 1980

 

6. A device that converts drawing, printed text or other images into digital form is?

Scanner

 7. WWW stands for?

 World Wide Web

 

8.    John Napier invented Logarithm in

 1614

 

9.    An integrated circuit is?

 Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

10.UNIVAC is stands for?

 Universal Automatic Computer

11.The brain of any computer system is?

CPU

12. CLI stands for?

Command Line Interface

 

 

13.Which technology is used in compact disks?

 Laser

14. 1 Gigabyte is equal to ?

1024 megabytes

 

15. The brain of any computer system is?

 

 CPU

 

16.  The computer that process both analog and digital is called?

Hybrid computer

 

17. CD-ROM stands for?

Compact Disk Read Only Memory

18. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?

 Microcomputers

19. ALU stands for?

 Arithmetic Logic Unit

20. One millisecond is?

 1000th of a seconds

 

21.    The output quality of a printer is measured by?

Dot per inch

 

22.VGA stands for?

 Video Graphics Array

 

23. MSI stands for?

 Medium Scale Integrated Circuits

24.    A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as?

 Pulse code modulation

 

25. WAN stands for?

 Wide Area Network

 

26. Who is the father of Computer science?

Allen Turing

 

  

27.    When was vacuum tube invented?

1906

 

28.The first computers were programmed using?

Machine language

 

 

29. Which device is required for the Internet connection?

  Modem

30. UNIVAC is?

Universal Automatic Computer

 

31. MICR stands for?

 Magnetic Ink Character Reader

 

32. EBCDIC stands for?

 Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

  

33.    A set of flip flops integrated together is called?     

Register

 

34. LAN Stands for?

Local Area Network.

35.    The first computer introduced in Nepal was?

 IBM 1401

36.    Which generation of computer is still under development?

 Fifth Generation

37. WAN stands for?

Wide Area Network

 

38. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of ?

Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage

 

39. RJ45 UTP cable has?

 4 pair 

 

40. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

  5 ½?

 

41. The earliest calculating devices are?

 Abacus

 

42. Word length of a Personal Computer is?     

 8 bits

43. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?

 ABC 

 

44. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a resident package

 Memory

45. Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?

 Output unit

 

46. The full form of ALU is?

 Arithmetic Logic Unit

47. What produces useful information out of data?

 Processing

48. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?



They produced heat and often burned out 

49. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of?

 Accuracy

50. Who invented vacuum tubes?

Lee de Forest





51. Who suggested Stored Program Concept ?

John Neumann