Multiple choice questions about computer basics, history, and components.

Here are the answers to the multiple-choice questions:

1. The term 'Computer' is derived from

a) Latin

2. Who is the father of Computer?

a) Charles Babbage

3. The basic operations performed by a computer are

d) All the above

4. Who is the father of Internet?

d) Vint Cerf

5. If a computer has more than one processor then it is known as ___?

b) Multiprocessor

6. A light sensitive device that converts drawing, printed text or other images into digital form is ___?

c) Scanner

7. WWW stands for ___?

a) World Wide Web

8. What type of operating system MS-DOS is?

b) Command Line Interface

9. A collection of system programs that controls and coordinates the overall operations of a computer system is called ___?

a) Operating system

10. Gigabyte is equal to ___?

c) 1024 megabytes

11. The brain of any computer system is ___?

a) CPU

12. Which of the following are components of the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

d) Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit

13. Computer that processes both analog and digital is called ___?

a) Hybrid computer

14. CD-ROM stands for ___?

d) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

15. ALU is ___?

c) Arithmetic Logic Unit

16. VGA is ___?

a) Video Graphics Array

17. WAN stands for ___?

c) Wide Area Network

18. ___ is called the father of modern digital computer?

b) Allen Turing

19. Which of the following controls the process of interaction between the user and the operating system?

b) User interface

20. What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a Computer Network?

b) Printers