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1. Which Microsoft-based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web?
[A] Active Channel
[B] Active Desktop
[C] ActiveX
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [ActiveX ]
Notes:
ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. It is used till IE11 but not Microsoft Edge.
2. A DSLAM is a device used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to route incoming DSL connections to the Internet. What is its correct full form?
[A] Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
[B] Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplier
[C] Digital Service Line Access Multiplexer
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: A [Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer ]
Notes:
A digital subscriber line access multiplexer is a network device which is located in telephone exchanges. It connects multiple customer digital subscriber line interfaces to a high-speed digital communications channel using multiplexing techniques.
3. Which of the following is a suitable term for any programmable content of a hardware device configurations and data for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices, etc?
[A] Hardware
[B] Software
[C] Firmware
[D] Malware
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Correct Answer: C [Firmware]
Notes:
A firmware refers to a computer programme which is “embedded” in a hardware device and is an essential part of the hardware. It is sometimes also called embedded software. One example is a TV remote set which has a software embedded that can understand and control the TV. TV itself has its own firmware on its motherboard.
4. Which among the following was the first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the Internet?
[A] TELNET
[B] ARPANET
[C] USENET
[D] ALOHAnet
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Correct Answer: B [ARPANET]
Notes:
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network or ARPANET was the first wide-area packet-switching network with distributed control. It is the predecessor of Internet. It is one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite which became the technical foundation of the Internet.
5. Modern computers follow a generalised set of instructions to perform any function. What are these instructions better known as?
[A] Language
[B] Instructions
[C] Commands
[D] Programs
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Correct Answer: D [Programs]
Notes:
Computers follow a generalised set of instructions to perform various functions. These are known as programs. These let the computers to perform a huge range of tasks.
6. Which of the following can change the sequence of instructions to be fetched by the processor?
[A] Jumps
[B] Subroutine Calls
[C] Returns
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Processors usually get instructions from memory but the sequence is usually changed by placing of a new value in the PC like branches also called jumps, subroutine calls and returns.
7. Which of the following was the first commercial transistor computer?
[A] EDSAC
[B] Metrovick 950
[C] SIRAC
[D] Zuse Z4
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Correct Answer: B [Metrovick 950]
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Metrovick 950 was the first commercial transistor computer.
8. What is the meaning of the Greek word analogon from which the word analog has been derived?
[A] According to an Equation
[B] According to a Sum
[C] According to a Ratio
[D] According to a Dividend
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Correct Answer: C [According to a Ratio ]
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The word analog is derived from the Greek word analogon which means according to a ratio.
9. Which of the following are the core mathematical operations which are used in an electric analog computer?
[A] Integration
[B] Exponentiation
[C] Inversion
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
The core mathematical operations which are used in an electric analog computer are- integration, exponentiation, inversion, addition, multiplication, logarithm and division.
10. Who had invented the magnetic card system for program storage?
[A] Pier Giorgio Perotto
[B] Stan Frankel
[C] John Mauchly
[D] Victor Glushkov
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Correct Answer: A [Pier Giorgio Perotto]
Notes:
Pier Giorgio Perotto had first developed the magnetic card system for program storage. It is a type of card which can store data by modification of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on a card.
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