Digital Fluency

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Computer is a
a) Mechanical device b) electronic device c) electrical device d)all of the
above
2. Who is the father of personal computer?
a) Edward Robert b) Allen Turing c) Charles Babbage d) None of these

3. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation of COMPUTER?

a) Commonly Occupied Machines Used in Technical and Educational
Research
b) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Environmental
Research
c) Commonly Oriented Machines Used in Technical and Educational
Research
d) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational
Research
Answer: d
4. Which unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user
into computer understandable format?
a. Memory Unit b) Arithmetic & Logic Unit c) Input Unit d) Output
Unit

5. The only language which the computer understands is

a)Assembly Language b) Binary Language c) BASIC d) C Language
6. UNIVAC is
a. Universal Automatic Computer
b. Universal Array Computer
c. Unique Automatic Computer
d. Unvalued Automatic Computer
7. RAM stands for
a) Random Access Memory b) Random Auxiliary Memory c) Random Aerial
Memory d) None of the above
8. I Generation of computer is developed in the year
 a) 1970 b) 1940 c) 1965 d) present
9. Keyboard is which device
a) Output device b) parallel device c) serial device d) Input
device
10. All mathematical calculations can be done in
a) CPU unit b) ALU Unit c) Input Unit d) None of the above.
11. Which of the following is not a function of the Input Unit?
a) It reads instructions and data from the outside world.
b) It converts the data into computer acceptable format.
c) It makes the data into user understandable format.
d) It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further
processing

12. The smallest unit of data in computer is ________________

a) Byte b) Nibble c) Bit d) KB
13. Expand DVD
a) Disk versatile desk b) Disk voice desk c) Digital versatile disk
d) all of the above
14. VDU stands for __________
a) Virtual Display Unit b) Visual Display Unit c) Virtual Detection
Unit d) Visual Detection Unit
15. O.S Stands for a) Operating System b) Operand System
c) Optical System d) Open System
16. How many Keys are in the Keyboard ? a) 104 b) 101 c) 106
d) 108

17. A non-erasable disk that stores digitized audio information is _____

a. CD b) CD-ROM c) DVD-R d) DVD-RW

18. CD-ROM stands for

a. Compactabe Read Only Memory
b. Compact Data Read Only Memory
c. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
d. Compact Disk Read Only Memory
19. A device that allows users to feed data into a computer for analysis and
storage and to give commands to the computer is called
a) Output device b) Input device c) Memory d) Both
a and b

20. Which of the following groups are only input devices?

a) Mouse, keyboard, monitor, Joystick
b) Mouse, keyboard, printer, Light pen
c) Mouse, keyboard, Scanner, Joystick, Light pen
d) Mouse, keyboard, Trackball, Touch Screen, Microphone e) Both c and d

21. FORTRAN is
a) File Translation b) Format Translation c) Formula Translation d)
Floppy Translation
22. DOS stands for
a. Disk Operating System b. Disk operating session c. Digital Operating
System d. Digital Open system
23. RAM stands for
a. Random origin money b. Random only memory c. Read only memory
d. Random access memory
24. Which of the following computer language is written in binary codes
only?
a) pascal
b) machine language
c) C
d) C#
Answer: b.
25. Which of the following is the brain of the computer?
a) Central Processing Unit
b) Memory
c) Arithmetic and Logic unit
d) Control unit
Answer: a
Explanation: The CPU is referred to as the brain of a computer.
It consists of a control unit and an arithmetic and logic unit. It is
responsible for performing all the processes and operations.
26. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer?
a) Versatility
b) Accuracy
c) Diligence
d) I.Q.
 Answer: d

27. Which of the following is the smallest unit of data in a computer?

a) Bit
b) KB
c) Nibble
d) Byte
Answer: a

Explanation: A bit is defined as the smallest unit of data in a computer

system. It is used as a short form of Binary Digit. A bit can have only two
values 0 or 1. A nibble comprises 4 bits, a byte is a collection of 8 bits
whereas KB (Kilobyte) is equal to 1024 bytes.
28. Which of the following unit is responsible for converting the data
received from the user into a computer understandable format?
a) Output Unit
b) Input Unit
c) Memory Unit
d) Arithmetic & Logic Unit
Answer : a
29. Which of the following monitor looks like a television and are normally
used with non-portable computer systems?
a) LED
b) LCD
c) CRT
d) Flat Panel Monitors
Answer: c
Explanation: A CRT (or the Cathode Ray Tube) Monitor looks like a
television ideally. The flat-panel monitors are thinner and lighter in
comparison
30. Expand ROM
a) Read only memory b) random only memory
c) Right only memory d) all of the above
31. Which of the following is not a pointing device?
a) Mouse b) Joystick c) Light pen d) Digitizer

32. The OCR stands for

(a) Outsized Character Reader
(b) Optical Character Reader
(c) Operational Character Reader
 (d) Only Character Reader
33. Second Generation computers were developed during
a) 1949 to 1955 b) 1956 to 1965 c) 1965 to 1970 d) 1970 to 1990
34. The main electronic component in second genetation computer is …….
a) Vaccum tubes b) Transistors c) IC chip d)None
35. Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
a. Printer b. Key board c. Mouse d. Arithmetic & Logic
unit
36. The computer size was very large in
a. First Generation b. Second Generation c. Third Generation
d. Fourth Generation
37. Expand HTTP
a) Hyper text time protocol b) Hyper time text protocol c) Hyper text transfer
protocol
d) all of the above
38. WWW Stands for
a) Wide world Web b) World Wide Web c) Web World Wide d) all of the above
39. A Software which translates from high level language to machine
language
a) Editor b) Operating Systemc) Compiler d) all of the above
40. Which of the following is used in EBCDIC?
a) Super Computers
b) Mainframes
c) Machine Codes
d) Programming
Answer: b
Explanation: This concept of EBCDIC was invented by IBM. It is mainly
used in the IBM mainframe environment. So basically, mainframes use
EBCDIC codes.
41. Which of the following are physical devices of a computer?
a) Hardware
b) Software
c) System Software
d) Package
Answer: a
Explanation: Hardware refers to the physical devices of a computer system.
Software refers to a collection of programs. A program is a sequence of
instructions
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42. Which of the following devices provides the communication between a

computer and the outer world?
a) Compact
b) I/O
c) Drivers
d) Storage
Answer: b
43. Which of the following is known as the language made up of
binary-coded instructions?
a) High level
b) BASIC
c) C
d) Machine
Answer: d
Explanation: The language made up of binary-coded instructions built into
the hardware of a particular computer and used directly by the computer
is machine language.

44. ALU Stands for

a) Application Logic Unit b) Arithmetic Logic Unit c) Array Logic Unit d) Access
Logic Unit
45. The brain of any computer system is
a) ALU b) CPU c) Memory d) Keyboard
46. Which of the following of Computer Generation uses the Vacuum tubes
hardware’s?
a) I Generation b) II Generation c) III Generation d) IV Generation
47. Which device is used as the Pointing device in a Graphical user
Environment?
a) Keyboard b) Joystick c) Mouse d) Trackball
48. The section of the CPU that is responsible for performing mathematical
operations
a) Memoryb) Control Unit c) ALU d) Register Unit
49. Acts as Intermediate between the User
and Computer hardware
a)Compiler b) Editor c) Operating System

50. Computer Monitor is also known as

a) DVU b) UVD c) VDU d) VUD
51. An Interface between the Computer Hardware and Application program
a) Operating System b) Compiler c) Linker d) Loader
52. Which of the following is not an Operating System
a) Windows b) Linux c) Oracle d) DOS

53. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer?

a) Versatility b) Accuracy c) Diligence d) I.Q.
54. Which of the following are physical devices of a computer?
a) Hardware b) Software c) System Software d) Package
55. Which of the following computers are lower than mainframe
computers in terms of speed and storage capacity?
a) Mainframes b) Hybrid c) Mini d) Super