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GATE - Computer Science

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Who is the father of Punched Card Processing?

  1. J. Presper Eckert

  2. Charles Babbage

  3. Dr. Herman Hollerith

  4. Blaise Pascal

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dr. Herman Hollerith is regarded as the father of modern machine data processing. He patented a complete system for processing cards.

Which of the following options is a six-digit card field used for a postal code?

  1. A letter field

  2. An alphabetic field

  3. A numeric field

  4. An alphanumeric field

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A postal number code is a code used by the India Post and the Indian Postal Administration. The code is six digits long in a numeric field.

Which of the following is not an output device for a computer?

  1. Printer

  2. Keyboard

  3. VDU

  4. CRT

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A keyboard is an input device which allows us to give instructions to the computer.

CD-TV is basically a PC without keyboard or floppy disk drive, but with a remote control and a CD-ROM drive. Which company announced this system?

  1. Commodore

  2. Toshiba

  3. Philips

  4. Sony

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The CD-TV was intended as a media appliance rather than a personal computer. Commodore announced the CD-TV in the 1990 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.

Which American computer company is called Big Blue?

  1. IBM

  2. Microsoft Corporation

  3. Compaq Corporation

  4. Tandy Svenson

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

IBM's nickname (Big Blue) is a phrase that may have been originally suggested by IBM's army of uniformly dressed salesmen.

From which of the following is a beam of light used to record and retrieve data on an optical disk?

  1. Coloured light

  2. Laser

  3. Polarised light

  4. Un-polarised light

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The data is stored on the disc with a laser or stamping machine. Optical discs are most commonly used for storing music and allow a narrower light beam.

Which of the following scientists designed the first electronics computer ENIAC?

  1. Van-Neumann

  2. Joseph M Juoquard

  3. J. Presper Ecket and John W Mauchly

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Von Neumann's design led eventually to the construction of the ENIAC computer in 1952, which is the first computer of this type to be actually constructed.

Which of the following file organisations is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?

  1. ISAM

  2. VSAM

  3. Sequential

  4. B-Tree index

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sequential file organizations are efficient ways for the selection of files or loading data from servers with a high degree of file activity.

The personal computer industry was started by

  1. IBM

  2. HCL

  3. Compaq

  4. Apple

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smart phone, and the iPad tablet computer. It is the company which introduced the personal computer.

Which of the following types of information is included in third generation computers?

  1. They were the first to use integrated circuitry.

  2. They were the first to use built-in error detecting devices.

  3. They used transistors instead of vacuum tubes.

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The development of the integrated circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers.

Which of the following tables is/are permanent database(s) in the general mode of compiler?

  1. Literal

  2. Terminal

  3. Identifier

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Terminal tables have permanent database entries for each terminal symbol. In this, data structures used by compiler keep the track of terminal tables of the syntactic analysis.

Floppy disks which are made from a flexible plastic material are also called

  1. hard disks

  2. diskettes

  3. templates

  4. high density disks

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A floppy disk, also called a diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium.

Computers are being increasingly used for putting together different notes and pieces of music in order to make new sounds. What is this process called?

  1. Music creation

  2. Music synthesis

  3. Speech synthesis

  4. Compumusic

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Music synthesiser is also called electronic sound synthesiser. It is like a machine which electronically generates and modifies sounds, with the use of digital sounds.

Which of the following is a possible operation performed in a sequence?

  1. Conditional branch

  2. Instruction fetch

  3. Initiation of interrupt process

  4. Operand fetch

  5. -


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When PC content means data is stored in memory, it gets a new address in a proper sequence, which represents a function call to match with its interrupt service initiation process in sequential order.

People who enter data into a computer through visual display terminals often suffer from eye strain due to poorly lit monitors or develop muscle stiffness. What is the name of the subject which studies the user machine interface as it relates to physical comfort?

  1. Office automation

  2. User-friendliness

  3. Computer stationery

  4. Ergonomics

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system.

Which of the following softwares can be legally compiled and is free of cost?

  1. Firmware

  2. Shareware

  3. Public domain

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Public domain software means there is no ownership as copyright, trademark or patent. These have been placed in the public domain.

Which of the following is/are the tasks of lexical analysis?

  1. Build a uniform symbol table

  2. Build an identifier table

  3. Parse the source program into basic tokens

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lexical analysis includes the process of converting the characters into tokens. It is combined with the parser, which analyses the syntax of programming languages.

What is the byte capacity of a drum which is 5 inches high, 10 inches in diameter and which has 60 tracks per inch and a bit density of 800 bits per inch?

  1. 942000 bytes

  2. 9712478 bytes

  3. 192300 bytes

  4. 14384 bytes

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We can calculate it by using method below Total capacity = (aerial density)*(total surface area) Aerial density = 60 * 800 = 48000 bits per inch Total surface area = 2 * pi * r * h = 2 * pi * 5 * 5 = 50 * pi Total capacity = (50 * 3.14 * 48000)/8 = 942000 bytes

What type of data structures are consisted of several fields, some or all which have instances of the same data structures?

  1. Field

  2. Bead

  3. Database

  4. Data Collection

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bead data structures are those which have instances of the same data structure in several fields of the data structures.

Which of the following is a packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in1979?

  1. LAN

  2. Euronet

  3. Star network

  4. Broadband network

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Euronet is a global leader in processing secure electronic financial and payment transactions, which is sponsored by EEC.

A user defined block of pixels that can be placed anywhere on the screen is called

  1. sprite

  2. stack

  3. spooling

  4. station

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

These can display upto 64 hardware sprites on the screen and 16 per scanline.

Which of the following methods is used for implementing a memory management system?

  1. Buddy System

  2. Bridgeware

  3. Broadband Coaxial System

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Buddy Systems are used for splitting memory into different parts which is why it is used for implementing a memory management system.

Which of the following is not a graphics package category?

  1. Design package

  2. Paint package

  3. Presentation package

  4. Mind-ware package

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mind-ware packages are used in networking, maintenance and implementation.

What is the of hardware and software package that is ready for use as soon as it is installed?

  1. Hands-on system

  2. Quick Implementation system

  3. Operational system

  4. Turnkey computer system

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Turnkey Computer System is the premier provider of accounting and management solutions to the feed yard industry and also has been customized for a particular application.

The disk driven component used to position read/write heads over a specific track is known as

  1. acoustic couple

  2. access arm

  3. cluster

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Access arm moves the read/write head across the surface of the disk of a phonograph.

Which of the following techniques stores a program on disk and then transfers it into main storage?

  1. Thrashing

  2. Spooling

  3. Swapping

  4. All of the above

  5. -


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Swapping is a technique, which enables the computer to execute programs and manipulate data files larger than the main memory.

Which of the following is not shared by the threads of the same process?

  1. Address space

  2. Message queue

  3. Stack

  4. File descriptor table

  5. -


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Stack represents LIFO (last in first out). It is a common data structure, which maintains them into particular order but not in the same process.

Which of the following has the highest access time?

  1. Cache

  2. Floppy disk

  3. Magnetic disk

  4. Swapping device

  5. -


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Magnetic disks have the highest access time among others, which is 50 to 150 nanoseconds.

Which of the following is a system programming language for microcomputers in the Intel family?

  1. LOGO

  2. PC/M

  3. SNOBOL

  4. PL/1

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

PC/M stands for programming language for micro computers. Because it gives high speed input/output operations and user friendly command language.

Which of the following regular expressions is not equivalent to the regular expression represented as (a + b + c)*?

  1. (a*b* + c*)*

  2. ((ab)* + c*)*

  3. (a*b*c*)*

  4. (a* + b* + c*)*

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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