CH-1 BASICS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

1. Choose the correct option.

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

i. Speaker ii. Mouse iii. Printer iv. Monitor

b. Which one of the following is the “brain” of a computer?

i) CPU ii) ALU iii) CU iv) MU

c. A collection of eight bits is called ———

i. Byte ii. Word iii. Record iv. Nibble

d. Second-generation computers were manufactured using which technology

i. Vacuum tubes ii. Transistors iii. ICs iv. None of these

e. Storage of IKB means the following number of bytes

i. 1000 ii. 1024 iii. 1064 iv. 1012

f. Which of the following is not hardware?

i. Hard disk ii. Printer iii. Assembler iv. CPU

g. Fourth generation computers used

i. Vacuum tubes ii. Transistors iii. Microprocessors iv. ICs

h. Which one of the following is a special-purpose application software?

i. Word-processing software ii. Operating system software iii. Compiler iv. Payroll system

i. The base of Octal Number System is

I. 2 ii. 10 iii. 16 iv. 8

j. Who is known as the father of the modern computer?

i. Charles Babbage ii. Blaise Pascal iii. Herman Hollerith iv. John Atanasoff