CS101-Intro to Computing Quiz MCQS #Objective #Questions #Midterm
1) If a computer could pass the Turing test then it would be able to:
a.
Win a million-dollar
prize
b.
Think like human
beings
c.
Think but slower
than human
d.
Do the things
faster
2)
The name of first
commercially available PC was:
a.
UNIVAC 1
b.
ENIAC
c.
EDVAC
d.
Altair 8800
3)
Babbage’s
Analytical Engine could store information permanently in:
a.
Magnetic tape
b.
Floppy Disk
c.
Punched Cards
d.
None
4)
Punched cards
were replaced by:
a.
Floppy disk
b.
Zip drives
c.
Magnetic Storage
d.
none
5)
Vacuum tubes were
replaced by:
a.
transistors
b.
electrodes
c.
electric relays
d.
none
6)
WWW stands for:
a.
Wide world web
b.
world wide web
c.
world white web
d.
world web wide
7)
Supercomputers
are used in:
a.
weather
forecasting
b.
Airplane
manufacturing
c.
atomic bomb
experiments
d.
all of the given
8)
____ is a client
program that uses http to make requests to web servers throughout the internet
on behalf of the user web application:
a.
web browser
b.
internet
c.
application
d.
HTML
9)
The weaknesses of
the computer are:
a.
pattern
recognition and storage
b.
speed and innovative
ideas
c.
pattern
recognition and innovative ideas
d.
speed and storage
10) ___
contains the name of the protocol required to access the resource, a domain
name, that identifies a specific computer on the internet and a pathname on the
computer:
a.
HTML
b.
HTTP
c.
URL
d.
WWW
11)
Web standards are
being developed by:
a.
Mozilla
b.
Microsoft
c.
IBM
d.
World wide web
consortium
12)
Ada, Countess of
Lovelace developed first:
a.
Computer Website
b.
Computer Program
c.
Analytical Engine
13)
Charles Babbage
was a/an:
a.
Mathematician
b.
computer
scientist
c.
physician
d.
analyst
14) ___
is the best-known builder for supercomputers:
a.
Sun
b.
Cray Research
c.
Microsoft
d.
Apple
15)
Cray-1 was first
commercial ___ computer:
a.
Super
b.
mini
c.
micro
d.
personal
16)
The world first
computer program was written to compute:
a.
simple sequence
b.
multiple sequence
c.
Bernoulli’s
sequence
d.
increasing sequence
17)
The key strengths
of computers are:
a.
speed
b.
storage
c.
do not get bored
d.
all of the given
18) British
scientist named John A. Fleming made a vacuum tube known today as a diode. Then
the diode was known as a “valve”, is it true?
a.
True
b.
false
19)
“Every minute
dies a man, and one and sixteenth is born” said by?
a.
Alfred, lord Tennyson
b.
Charles Babbage
c.
Ada, countess of Lovelace
d.
Babbage and lord Tennyson
20) Human
are better than computer at:
a.
efficiency
b.
accuracy
c.
pattern recognition
d.
none
21)
URL is a/an:
a.
device
b.
component
c.
address
d.
tool
22) First
web browser with a GUI was generally available in:
a.
1992
b.
1993
c.
1994
d.
1995
23) Web
is a unique invention by humans in terms that it is:
a.
accessible to
only the owner who control it
b.
accessible from
particular locations only
c.
accessible to all
humans
d.
accessible to
only the educational institutes
24) URL
http://www.msn.com_ ___ identifies a domain
name:
a.
http
b.
www
c.
msn
d.
com
25) The
memory size of the Altair 8800 was:
a.
128 bytes
b.
128 K bytes
c.
256 K bytes
d.
256 bytes
26) Using
only HTML, we can create:
a.
dynamic web pages
b.
static web pages
c.
both static and
dynamic
d.
none
27) Computers
are good at:
a.
speed
b.
storage
c.
never bored
d.
all of the given
28) Web
pages developed for humans as well computer understandings are called as:
a.
static web pages
b.
semantic web
pages
c.
dynamic web pages
d.
Java web pages
29) What
is the key feature of computer which is against human nature?
a.
Can’t get bored
b.
pattern
recognition
c.
repetition
d.
none
30) The
first ___ was invented at Bell laboratories on December 16, 1947 by William Shockley
a.
transistor
b.
vacuum tube
c.
punch card
d.
transmitter
31)
Deep blue was the
name of:
a.
computer
b.
human
c.
city
d.
game
32) The
browser breaks down the URL into __ parts:
a.
2
b.
3
c.
4
d.
5
33) First
computer network was:
a.
NSFNET
b.
FIRSTNET
c.
ARPANET
d.
ORPHANET
34) Ada
write a computer program for:
a.
Analytical Engine
b.
difference engine
c.
Harvard mark 1
d.
mechanical engine
35) Which
of the following is Not true about modern computers?
a.
More powerful
b.
smaller in size
c.
consume less
energy
d.
costly
36) The
name of very first computer was:
a.
ABC
b.
BCD
c.
EDC
d.
NONE
37) CERN
released WWW in:
a.
1992
b.
1993
c.
1994
d.
none
38) The
greatest, shared resource of information created by humankind is:
a.
Web
b.
dictionary
c.
vocabulary
d.
glossary
39) ___
translates
symbol of higher level language into machine language:
a.
Computer
b.
transistor
c.
compiler
d.
device
40) A
user may access any item on the web through a:
a.
HTTP
b.
SMTP
c.
URL
d.
None
41) ARPANET
splits into two nets to keep military and non-military network sites separate,
named:
a.
ARPANET AND
MILNET
b.
MICRONET AND
MILNET
c.
PICONET AND
ARPANET
d.
None
42) In
1997, _____ a supercomputer designed by IBM beat the world chess champion, Gary:
a.
ABC
b.
Deep Blue
c.
Altair 8800
d.
None
43) Babbage’s
Analytical Engine-1833 was:
a.
Crank driven
b.
Machine driven
c.
car driven
d.
rubber driven
44)Punch
cards were invented by:
a.
Charles Babbage
b.
Ada
c.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
d.
None
45) Turing
machine was introduced by Alan Turing in:
a.
1935
b.
1936
c.
1937
d.
1938
46) ENIAC
contained ___ vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors and 10, 000 capacitors:
a.
17,468
b.
16,468
c.
18,468
d.
None
47) Compared
to vacuum tubes, transistors offer:
a.
smaller size
b.
better
reliability
c.
lower power
consumption and cost
d.
All of the given
48)Floppy
disk was invented in ___ by Yoshiro Nakumatt’s:
a.
Turkey
b.
Tokyo
c.
Canada
d.
UK
49) World’s
first universal microprocessor was:
a.
4004
b.
4002
c.
5004
d.
8008
50) First
web browser with a graphical user interface was generally available in 1993:
a.
Yahoo
b.
Mosaic
c.
Google
d.
None
51)
Idea of semantic
web given by WWW inventor:
a.
Tim Berners-Lee
b.
Charles Babbage
c.
Alan Turing
d.
IBM
52) In
____ TCP/IP protocols became the only set of protocols used on the ARPANET:
a.
1973
b.
1983
c.
1972
d.
None
53) HTTP
stands for: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
54) ENIAC
stands for: Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
55) ARPANET
stands for: Advanced Research Projects Agency
56) URL
stands for: Universal Resource Locator
57) HTML
stands for: Hypertext Markup language
58) ABC
stands for: Atanasoff-Berry Computer