Monday 25 February 2013

Computers Aptitude for Bank Exams History and its Generation


Computer History and its Generation


1)      Early calculating devices included __________and ___________
a)      Abacus & slide Rule                                 c) Abacus & Punch Card
b)      Tabulating Machine & Abacus                  d)  None

2)      The Slide rule is mechanical computing device was invented by_________
a)       Charles Babbage                                     c) Joseph Marie Jacquard
b)       William oughtred                                      d) None

3)      Punched cards were invented by _____________
a)      William oughtred                                       c) Joseph Marie Jacquard
b)      Charles Babbage                                      d) None

4)      First generation computers used ____________ for input & output devices
a)      Abacus                                                         c) Punched card
b)      Slide rule                                                      d) b & c

5)      In 1896, Hollerith founded the tabulating machine company later years it become the _______________ company
a)      IBM                                                                c) Wipro
b)      HCL                                                               d) None

6)      The design of the Analytical engine by _______________ is considered to be first design for the computer.
a)      Charles Babbage                                      c) Oughtred
b)      Jacquard                                                  d) b&c

7)      The ____________ was the first commercial computer developed for U.S census Bureau
a)      UNIVAC                                                       c) Vaccum tubes
b)      ENIAC                                                         d) None

8)      The ____________  was the first general purpose Electronic computer
a)      UNIVAC                                                       c) a & b
b)      ENIAC                                                         d) None

9)      In the second generation of computers, vaccum tubes are replaced by ____________
a)      IC                                                               c) Silicon chips
b)      Transistors                                                  d) All the above

10)   Third generation computer used ____________  in place of Transistors
a)      IC                                                               c) Vaccum tubes
b)      Silicon chip                                                  d) None

11)   Fourth generation computers used ____________ which could embed several thousand IC’s together on a single chip
a)      Microprocessor                                        c) Transistors
b)      Silicon chip                                              d) b&c

12)   Fifth generation computer venture into new field of  ____________
a)      Artificial Intelligence                               c) Microprocessor
b)      IC                                                        d) None

13)   What difference does the fifth generation computer have from the other generation computer?
a)      Technological advancement                                c) Punched card
b)      Scientific code                                           d) None

14)   Human beings are referred to as Homo-sapiens.  Which device is called Silicon-Sapiens
a)      Monitor                                                       c) Robot
b)      Hardware                                                   d) Computer

15)   First generation computers accepted instruction in____________  language
a)      Machine-level                                           c) a & b
b)      Assembly                                                 d) None

16)   Second generation computers accepted instruction in____________  language
a)      Mnemonics                                                c) Machine
b)      Assembly                                                  d) a & c

17)   The symbols used in assembly language_________________
a)      Mnemonics                                                   c) Assembler
b)      Codes                                                          d) None

18)   1GLS & 2GLS are tightly linked to the underlying_________of the computer
a)      Codes                                                           c) Assembler
b)      Architecture                                                  d) None

19)   ___________ introduce a High-level of automation in programming
a)      1GLS                                                             c) 3GLS
b)      2GLS                                                            d) 4GLS

20)   ___________  is an example of modern 3GLS
a)      FORTRAN,COBOL,PASCAL                    c) a & b
b)      C, C++,java                                                 d) None

21)   ____________  is an example of modern 4GL
a)      SQL, ORACLE                                            c) PASCAL
b)      Report Builder                                              d) a & b

22)   __________  generation languages deals with artificial intelligence
a)      1st                                                                  c) 4th
b)      2nd                                                                d) 5th

23)   ____________ is an example of  5GL
a)      PASCAL                                                        c) Mercury
b)      PROLOG                                                       d) b & c

24)   The work done by the computer is called_________________
a)      Program                                                          c) data
b)      Process                                                           d) None

25)   Computer can only understand ____________________ language
a)      Machine-level                                                  c) High-level
b)      Assembly                                                        d) None


Answers:


1)      Abacus & Slide rule 2)      William ought red 3)      Joseph Marie Jacquard 4)      Punched card
5)      International business machine(IBM) 6)      Charles Babbage 7)      ENIAC 8)      UNIVAC
9)      Transistors 10)   IC 11)   Microprocessor 12)   Artificial intelligence 13)   Technological advancement
14)   Computer 15)   Machine-level language 16)   Assembly languages 17)   Mnemonics 18)   Architecture
19)   3GLs 20)   a) & b) 21)   a) & b) 22)   5th 23)   b) & c) 24)   process 25)   machine-level language

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