Annexure V a – Question Bank – Certificate in Computer Basics IECD Institute for Entrepreneurship and Career Development Bharathidasan University,Tiruchirappalli – 620 023 Certificate in Computer Basics Course Code –CCB UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER 1. The first fully electronic computer was ____________. a) UNIVAC b) ENIAC c) IBM 360 d) PDP11 2. ENIAC handled numbers in ______ form. a) Binary b) Octal c) Decimal d) Hexadecimal 3. Father of computer is________. a) Charles Babbage b) Mauchly c) Martyn d) Eckert 4. ______ constructed ENIAC computer. a) Charles Babbage b) Mauchly& Eckert c) Martyn d) Charlie 5. ______ is an example of first generation computers. a) UNIVAC b) IBM 140, CDC 1640 c) IBM 360, PDP11 d) Pentium Core i5 6. _________ is the basic component used in first generation computers. a) Transistors b) Vaccum tubes c) ICs d) Microprocessor 7. In the year _____, first generation computer was established. a) 1971-present b) 1956-1963 c) 1964-1971 d) 1940-1956 8. _____ is an example of second generation computers. a) UNIVAC b) IBM 140, UNIVAC III, CDC 1640 c) IBM 360,PDP11 d) Pentium Core i5 9. _________ is the basic component used in Second generation computers. a) Transistors b) Vacuum tubes c) Integrated Circuits d) Microprocessor 10. In the year _____, second generation computer was established. a) 1971-present b) 1956-1963 c) 1964-1971 d) 1940-1956 11. ______ is an example of third generation computers. a) UNIVAC b) IBM 140, CDC 1640 c) IBM 360&370, PDP11 d) Pentium Core i5 12. Multi programming was introduced in __________ generation. a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth 84 | Train the Trainers : Teacher’s Hand b ook 13. In the year _____, third generation computer was established. a) 1971-present b) 1956-1963 c) 1964-1971 d) 1940-1956 14. _________ is the basic component used in third generation computers. a) Transistors b) Vacuum tubes c) Integrated Circuits d) Microprocessor 15. _________ is the basic component used in fourth generation computers. a) Transistors b) Vacuum tubes c) ICs d) Microprocessor 16. Advantage of computer is ________. a) Diligence b) Depends on electricity c) Do not think by itself d) Cannot learn by experiences 17. ______ is an example of fourth generation computers. a) UNIVAC b) IBM 140, CDC 1640 c) IBM 360, PDP11 d) Pentium Core i5 18. In the year _____, fourth generation computer was established. a) 1971-present b) 1956-1963 c) 1964-1971 d) 1940-1956 19. AI stands for __________, which the computer have in fifth generation computers. a) Artificial instrument b) Active intelligence c) Artificial intelligence d) Active Instrument 20. _________ is used in fifth generation computers. a) Transistors b) Voice recognition c) Integrated Circuits d) Microprocessor 21. Voice or Pattern reorganization is part of _____________ generation. a) Second b) Fourth c) Fifth d) Third 22. Expansion of VLSIC is __________. a) Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits b) Very Large Scale Industry Circuits c) Very Large Secure Integrated Circuits d) Very Large Secure Industry Circuits 23. System that are interconnected are called _________. a) Internet b) Super Computer c) Server d) Mini computer 24. Mini Computers are also known as _________. a)Mid rate Computers b) Mid range computers c ) Low level System d) High range computers 25. Super computer consists of integrated ________. a) Micro processors b) Macro processor c) Semi processor d) Micro server 85 | Train the Trainers : Teacher’s Hand b ook Answers Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans 1 B 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 B 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 C 15 D 16 A 17 D 18 A 19 C 20 B 21 C 22 A 23 A 24 B 25 A 86 | Train the Trainers : Teacher’s Hand b ook Unit II - HARDWARE & SOFTWARE 1. A ______ is a mouse lying on its back. a) Track ball b) Joystick c) Light pen d) Note taker 2. _______ is an input device that enables you to enter drawings and sketches into the computer and it has 16 buttons. a) Mouse b) Touch screen c) Digitized tablet d) Joystick 3. ___________ is an input device that can read text or illustrations printed on paper. a) Mouse b) Scanner c) Digital camera d) Joystick 4. Images can be put into a computer using _____________. a) Mouse b) MICR c) OCR d) Digital camera 5. ________ is a pointing device that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching the screen. a) Touch sensitive screen b) MICR c) OCR d) Digital camera 6. Expand OCR _______. a) Optical Character Reader b) Optical Character Recognition c) Optical Code Reader d) Optical Card Reader 7. ____________ is an input device which reads a magnetic strip on ATM, Credit card etc. a) OMR b) OCR c) Magnetic Reader d) Bar code reader 8. ________ is a device that captures natural handwriting on a surface onto a computer. a) Magnetic reader b) Touch pad c) OCR d) Notes taker 9. _________ serves as a voice input device. a) Microphone b) Scanner c) Digital camera d) Joystick 10. ________ is used as a pointing device on some portable computers (Laptop). a) Light pen b) Touch pad c)Joystick d) Notes taker 11. _________ is similar to mouse except you can directly move the pointer and select the objects on the screen by pointing it with a pen. a) Digitized tablet b) Joystick c) Touch screen d) Light pen 12. _______ Monitors are also called as RGB (Red Green Blue) monitors. a) Monochrome b) Grey scale c) Colour d) RGB 13. ________ is a device that prints text or illustrations on paper (hard copy). a) Monitor b) printer c) scanner d) Notes taker 14. __________ Printers are capable of printing entire line at a time. a) Daisy wheel b) Thermal c) Laser d) Line 87 | Train the Trainers : Teacher’s Hand b ook 15. ________ Printer looks like a typewriter and is used in Railway Ticket Counter. a) Dot Matrix b) Laser c) Plotters d) Inkjet 16. ________ Printers are used in Fax machines and calculator and the printed matters on the paper fade after a week or two. a) Laser b) Plotters c) Inkjet d) Thermal 17. ______ Printer produces very good quality of graphic images. a) Laser b) Plotters c) Inkjet d) Thermal 18. _______ controls the operation of input and output devices. a) IO System b) IO Device c) Control Unit d) Memory Unit 19. ________ Printer use colour cartridges which combine Magenta, Yellow and Cyan links to create colour tones. a) Laser b) Plotters c) Inkjet d) Thermal 20. _______ enables the computer to input, output and record sound. a) Headphone b) Sound card c) scanner d) Microphone 21. ________ is the brain of the computer system. a) ALU b) MU c) CPU d) CU 22. _______ is also called as VDU (Visual Display Unit). a) Printers b) Monitors c) Plotters d) Scanners 23. ________ controls the entire system. a) ALU b) MU c) CU d) Monitor 24. __________ Unit is used to store the data in the storage devices. a) ALU b) MU c) CU d) Monitor 25. ___________ Unit performs logical operations and Arithmetic calculations. a) ALU b) MU c) CU d) Monitor Answers Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans Q.NO Ans 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 B 7 C 8 D 9 A 10 B 11 D 12 C 13 B 14 D 15 A 16 D 17 A 18 A 19 C 20 B 21 C 22 B 23 C 24 B 25 A 88 | Train the Trainers : Teacher’s Hand b ook UNIT III - OPERATING SYSTEM 1. Which command is used to list the files and directories in the root directory? a) Dir b) List c) Display d) Open 2. Which command is is used to view all the files and directories in page wise? a) dir/f b) dir/v c) dir/p d) dir/a 3. Which command is used to view all the files and directories in width wise? a) dir/ww b) dir/w c) dir/p d) dir/a 4. Which command is used to view all the files and directories in the subdirectories of the current drive? a) dir/s b) dir/c c) dir/sub d) dir/d 5. Which command is used to create a directory or sub directory? a) DIR b) CHDIR (or) CD c) RMDIR d) MKDIR (or) MD 6. Which command is used to change the current directory? a) CHDIR (or) CD b) DELDIR c) RMDIR d) MKDIR (or) MD 7. Which command is used to rename the file name? a. Ren<new file name><old file name> b. Rename <old file name> <new file name> b. Ren<old file name> <new file name> d. Change<old file name> <new file name> 8. Which command is used to copy the information’s typed on the screen? a) copy <filename.extension> b) copy con<filename.extension> c) type <filename.extension> d) type con <filename.extension> 9. Which command is used to view the contents of the file? a) copy <filename.extension> b) copy con<filename.extension> c) type <filename.extension> d) type con <filename.extension> 10. Which command is used to remove one or more specified files from the directory? a) erase<filename.extension> b) del<filename.extension> c) del dir <filename.extension> d) erase dir<filename.extension> 11.