An integrated circuit is:
- (A)Â A complicated circuit
- (B)Â Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
- (C)Â An integrating device
- (D)Â Much costlier than a single transistor
- (B)Â Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
Most important advantage of an IC is its:
- (A)Â Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
- (B)Â Extremely high reliability
- (C)Â Reduced cost
- (D)Â Low powers consumption
- (B)Â Extremely high reliability
in the third Generation of computers:
- (A)Â Distributed data processing firs became popular:
- (B)Â An operating system was first developed
- (C)Â High level procedural language were first used
- (D)Â Online real time systems first become popular
- (D)Â Online real time systems first become popular
An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
- (A)Â Small scale computer
- (B)Â Medium scale computer
- (C)Â Large scale computer
- (D)Â Super computer
- (B)Â Medium scale computer
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of:
- (A)Â Speed
- (B)Â Accuracy
- (C)Â Reliability
- (D)Â Cost
- (D)Â Cost
In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytic engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?
- (A)Â 1820
- (B)Â 1860
- (C)Â 1855
- (D)Â 1970
- (C)Â 1855
Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
- (A)Â Control Unit and Registers
- (B)Â Registers and Main Memory
- (C)Â Control unit and ALU
- (D)Â ALU and bus
- (C)Â Control unit and ALU
Different components the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines What are these lines called?
- (A)Â Conductors
- (B)Â Buses
- (C)Â Connectors
- (D) Consecutive
- (B)Â Buses
The language that the computer can understand and execute is called:
- (A)Â Machine language
- (B)Â Application software
- (C)Â System program
- (D)Â All of the above
- (A)Â Machine language
The first generation computer were characterized by:
- (A)Â Micro processor chips
- (B)Â Transistors
- (C)Â Integrated circuits
- (D)Â Thermionic valves
- (D)Â Thermionic valves