Computer Basics Quiz

Conversion of binary number 1010101000010111 to hexadecimal number is:

• 1011

• A17

• AA17 (16)

• A17

Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a weaving machine?

• Turing

• Babbage

• Jacquard

• Pascal

Storage on PC allows you to store files until something erases it, but memory loses its contents whenever its _____ is lost:

• Access

• Power

• Space

• Size

The central processor of a modern digital computer consists of:

• RAM and Control Unit

• Control Unit and Primary Memory

• ALU and RAM

• Motherboard and CPU

A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations is a:

• Cache

• Buffer

• Register

• Memory

The person contributing the idea of the stored program was:

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

• Bill Gates

Which of the following is not a part of the CPU program unit:

• ALU

• Program Unit

• Control Unit

• Registers

Transistorized computer circuits were introduced in the:

• First generation

• Second generation

• Third generation

• Fourth generation

Those microcomputers which have the same operating characteristics as the IBM microcomputers are called?

• IBM Clones

• Personal Computers

• Macintosh

• Workstations

The invention of the slide rule is attributed to:

• Blaise Pascal

• John Napier

• Oughtred

• René Descartes