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General Computer Knowledge 
Who is the father of Computer Science?
Answer: Charles Babbage 
In a computer, most processing takes place in _______?
Answer: CPU 
In which type of computer, data are represented as discrete signals?
Answer: Digital Computer 
Scientific Name of Computer?
Answer: Sillico sapiens 
Display feature that highlights areas requiring attention?
Answer: Reverse Video 
Computers that combine measuring and counting are called?
Answer: Hybrid Computer 
What is FORTRAN?
Answer: Formula Translation 
What translates and executes program line by line at runtime?
Answer: Interpreter 
What converts an entire program into machine language?
Answer: Compiler 
Who is the father of personal computer?
Answer: Edward Robert 
Memory & Storage 
EEPROM stands for _______?
Answer: Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 
Who developed the first electronic computer?
Answer: J.V. Atanasoff Which programming languages are low-level languages?
Answer: Assembly Language 
The first web browser?
Answer: Mosaic 
First page of a website?
Answer: Homepage 
IBM stands for?
Answer: International Business Machines 
Networking & Internet
Office LANs scattered geographically are connected by?
Answer: WAN (Wide Area Network) 
Moving a copy of a file from one computer to another is called?
Answer: File Transfer 
Large transaction processing systems use?
Answer: Batch Processing 
MICR stands for?
Answer: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 
Name of 1st electronic computer?
Answer: ENIAC Number of different characters in ASCII?
Answer: 1024 
MSIC stands for?
Answer: Medium Scale Integrated Circuits 
The scrambling of code is called?
Answer: Encryption 
First computers were programmed using?
Answer: Machine Language Software & Programming 
A fault in a computer program preventing correct operation is?
Answer: Bug 
Button for uppercase/lowercase letters and symbols?
Answer: Shift 
Booting process performs?
Answer: Power On Self Test (POST) Software used by end users like Word, PowerPoint?
Answer: Application Software 
Unit of printer output quality?
Answer: Dot per inch (DPI) Switching device of fifth-generation computers?
Answer: VLSI Unit KIPS measures speed of?
Answer: Processor DOS stands for?
Answer: Disk Operating System Joystick is used for?
Answer: Computer Gaming 
1999 Melissa virus type?
Answer: E-mail virus 
Command to reboot computer?
Answer: Ctrl + Alt + Del 
Correcting errors in a program?
Answer: Debugging 
BCD stands for?
Answer: Binary Coded Decimal Type of virus that reproduces using computer hosts?
Answer: Worm SMTP, FTP, DNS are applications of which layer?
Answer: Application Layer Document & File Management
Which command selects the whole document?
Answer: Ctrl + A COBOL stands for?
Answer: Common Business Oriented Language 
OS ability to run more than one application at a time?
Answer: Multitasking Functional key to display Save-As box?
Answer: F12 Full form of NOS?
Answer: Network Operating System Something with easily understood instructions?
Answer: Analog Data 
A modem is connected to?
Answer: Telephone Line 
Refresh Rate of monitor is measured in?
Answer: Hertz (Hz) Chief component of first generation computer?
Answer: Vacuum Tubes & Valves 
Father of Computer Mouse?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart Security & Malware 
Program performing useful tasks but also destructive acts?
Answer: Trojan Horse 
Geometric arrangement of devices on network?
Answer: Topology 
Basic goal of computer process?
Answer: Convert data into Information Where are CPU and memory located?
Answer: Motherboard Founder of IBM Company?
Answer: Thomas J. Watson An image on computer screen is made up of?
Answer: Pixels 
Full form of MAN?
Answer: Metropolitan Area Network 
DOS command to recover accidentally deleted files?
Answer: UNDELETE 
Program that converts entire program into machine language at once?
Answer: Compiler Year Microsoft was founded?
Answer: 1975 Operating Systems & Hardware
Personal computer OS with graphic desktop environment?
Answer: Windows 
Light pen and joystick are?
Answer: Input Devices A half byte is also called?
Answer: Nibble SMPS stands for?
Answer: Switched Mode Power Supply Change appearance/positioning of text in MS Word?
Answer: Formatting 
Approximately a million bytes?
Answer: Megabyte Daisy wheel, Drum, Chain etc are?
Answer: Printers XML stands for?
Answer: Extensible Markup Language HTTP protocol scheme type?
Answer: Request/Response Magnetic disk is an example of?
Answer: Secondary Memory Networking & Protocols
OSI full form?
Answer: Open System Interconnection Type of storage device is BIOS?
Answer: Primary Extension type of Excel 2007 files?
Answer: .xlsx Collecting personal info while posing as another?
Answer: Identity Theft 
Amount of vertical space between lines in document?
Answer: Line Spacing 
Computer cannot boot without?
Answer: Operating System Other name for programmed chip?
Answer: LSIC Normal CD-ROM storage capacity?
Answer: 680 MB 
DMA stands for?
Answer: Direct Memory Access Full form of LAN?
Answer: Local Area Network Programming & Software
ASCII stands for?
Answer: American Standard Code for Information Interchange Second Generation computers developed during?
Answer: 1956-1965 
IBM and Apple joined hands in?
Answer: 1991 
Memory that is both static and non-volatile?
Answer: ROM Alternative term for bug?
Answer: Glitch Unwanted bulk messages?
Answer: Spam Common name for stealing passwords?
Answer: Spoofing BIOS stands for?
Answer: Basic Input Output System Father of C programming language?
Answer: Dennis Ritchie 
RAM can be treated as?
Answer: Waiting Room 
Computers manipulate data in many ways, called?
Answer: Processing Joshy, Perfumes are examples of?
Answer: Viruses 
Recover deleted/damaged files is called?
Answer: Computer Forensics Where does most data go first in memory hierarchy?
Answer: RAM Help Menu is available at which button?
Answer: Start 
File containing permanent data updated during processing?
Answer: Master File DVD is an example of?
Answer: Optical Disc Most common tool to restrict computer access?
Answer: Passwords 
Technology that stores only essential instructions on microprocessor chip?
Answer: RISC 
Application that gathers user info and sends it online?
Answer: Spybot Last edited: