Basic Hardware interview questions

A computer programmer

1. Can operate all types of computer equipment
2. Can draw only flowchart
3. Can enter input data quickly
4. Does all the thinking for a computer

When was the first solid state computer produced and by which country?

1. 1960, USA
2. 1960, Germany
3. 1964, Japan
4. 1965, UK

A computer program consists of

1. Algorithms written in computer’s language
2. Program flowchart
3. Discrete logical steps
4. System flowchart

When was the IBM XT microcomputer released in the market?

1. 1970
2. 1971
3. 1986
4. 1987

Which part interprets program instructions and initiate control operations.

1. Logic unit
2. Control unit
3. Storage unit
4. Input

A group of integrated parts is called

1. Circuits
2. System analysis
3. Swapping
4. System

Which type device is a piece of equipment that receives information from a CPU?

1. Memory
2. CPU
3. Input
4. Output

Which of the following holds data and processing instructions temporarily until the CPU needs it?

1. Coprocessor chips
2. Main memory
3. Control unit
4. ROM

The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from

1. Control section
2. Cache memory
3. External memory
4. Primary memory

Symbolic logic was discovered by

1. Basic Pascal
2. Van Neumann
3. Herman Hollerith
4. George Boole

A business can prosper in rapidly changing markets while offering its customers individualized solutions to their needs through

1. Agile competitor
2. Virtual company
3. Strategic business use of internet technologies
4. Total quality management

A turnaround document is

1. Output at one point which later comes back as an input
2. Circulated among all the heads of departments of an organization
3. Circulated among all the staff of an organization
4. All of these

Serve as consultants to end users. The best will be

1. Expert systems
2. Knowledge management system
3. Business information systems
4. Integrated information systems

Managers who are potential users of the MIS

1. Select the optimum equipment configurations
2. Evaluate alternative equipment configurations
3. Evaluate alternative equipment configurations
4. Describe information needs

The advantage of using prewritten software packages is

1. Eliminates program testing
2. Eliminates writing program
3. Save time and cost
4. All of these

The transistor was invented by

1. William Shockley
2. Lovelace
3. Leibnitz
4. Meghnath shah

Which was the first company in the world to build computer for sale?

1. Remington Rand corporation
2. English Electric Computer Ltd.
3. Sperry Univac
4. International Business Machines

The first mechanical computer designed by Babbage was called

1. Calculator
2. Abacus
3. Analytical Engine
4. All of these

Most mainframe computers are basically

1. 4 bit machines
2. 8 bit machines
3. 16 bit machines
4. 32 bit machines

Integrated circuit, solid state technology was used in following generation of computers.

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

The major operational problem of the early first generation computers was

1. Limited capabilities
2. Difficulty in operating
3. Inaccurate results
4. Poor reliability

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

1. Jacquard
2. Babbage
3. Hollerith
4. Pascal

IBM-1401, cdc-6600, ibm-7030 etc. belong to the

1. First generation computers
2. Second generation computers
3. Third generation computers
4. Fourth generation computers

The first large commercial magnetic disk storage device was introduced in 1956 by

1. Hewlett Packard
2. Digital Equipment  corporation
3. IBM
4. Texas Instrument

The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operation was

1. Calvine-I
2. Analytic Engine
3. Mark I
4. ENIAC

The oldest device for performing calculations which is used even now is

1. Abacus
2. Difference engine
3. Analytical engine
4. Sextant

The magnetic tapes consist of a plastic tape with surface coating of magnetic material. When was it invented?

1. 1946
2. 1964
3. 1968
4. 1972

A digital computer is based on the principal of

1. Counting
2. Multiplication
3. Logic
4. Measurement