Computer Science & Information Technology

1. Which of the following is the first calculating device?

1. Abacus
2. Calculator
3. Turing Machine
4. Pascaline

Answer: A

2. Who invented mechanical calculator called Pascaline?

1. Charles Babbage
2. Blaise Pascal
3. Alan Turing
4. Lee De Forest

Answer: B

3. Who among the following considered as the 'father of artificial intelligence'?

1. Charles Babbage
2. Lee De Forest
3. John McCarthy
4. JP Eckert

Answer: C

4. Which was the world's first successful electronic computer?

1. PARAM
2. CRAY-1
3. Pascaline
4. ENIAC electronic Numerical Integrator and computer

Answer: D

5. Who among the following used the term computer worm for the first time?

1. John Brunner
2. Alan Turing
3. John McCarthy
4. JP Eckert

Answer: A

6. Which was first virus detected on ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet in the early 1970s?

1. Exe Flie
2. Creeper Virus
3. Peeper Virus
4. Trozen horse

Answer: B

7. Find out the correct definition of Wide Area Network (WAN)?

1. It is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer.
2. It is a collection of computers interconnected with each other through cables to share their data, information and other common hardware resources.
3. A computer network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network, whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional or national boundaries).
4. A computer network covering a small physical area like a home, office or small groups of buildings, such as a school or an airport.

Answer: C

8. Select the example of application software of computer:

1. Ms Word
2. Ms Excel
3. Both A and B
4. MS-DOS

Answer: C

9. Which of the following is also called translator?

1. Data representation
2. MS-DOS
3. Operating System
4. Language Processor

Answer: D

10. How the quality of printer is measured?

1. Alphabet per strike
2. Words per Inch
3. Strike per Inch
4. Dots per Inch

Answer: D