Basic Computer Fundamentals
Basic Computer Fundamentals
91. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?
- Napier
- Babbage
- Pascal
- Leibniz
92. IBM 7000 digital computer
- Belongs to second generation
- Uses VLSI
- Employs semi conductor memory
- Has modular constructions
93. An integrated circuit is
- A complicated circuit
- An integrating device
- Much costlier than a single transistor
- Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
94. Most important advantage of an IC is its
- Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
- Extremely high reliability
- Reduced cost
- Low powers consumption
95. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
- ENIAC
- Mark-I
- Analytic Engine
- UNIVAC-1
96. In the third Generation of computers
- Distributed data processing first became popular
- operating system was first developed
- High level procedural language were first used
- Online real time systems first become popular
97. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
- Small scale computer
- Medium scale computer
- Large scale computer
- Super computer
98. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
- IBM
- Super UNIVAC
- Radio Shaks
- Data General Corporation
99. . A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Reliability
- Cost
100. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the analytical engine, which he showed at the parts exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?
- 1820
- 1820
- 1855
- 1970