University Asst EXam 2016 : Answer Keys Explained

University Assistant Exam 2016: Held on 24-May-2016

1. Who is considered to be the first programmer?

(A) Ada Lovelace 

(B) Alan Turing

(C) Charles Babbage

(D) Von Neumann

Answer: (A)

Ada Lovelace is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.in the mid-1800s. The daughter of famed poet Lord Byron, Augusta Ada Byron.

2. An attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users is called:

(A)Malware Attack

(B) Worms Attack

(C) Denial-of-service attack

(D) Adware attack

Answer: (C)

Denial of Service ( DoS ) attack

In computing, a denial-of-service (DoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users, such as to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet.

3. A computer program that is used to convert an assembly language to machine language is:

(A) Compiler

(B) Interpreter

(C) Assembler

(D) Comparator

Answer: (C)

Assembler

An assembly language is a low-level programming language for microprocessors and other programmable devices. 

4. Codes consisting of light and dark marks of various thickness which may be optically read is known as :

(A) Operand

(B) Bar code

(C) Decoder

(D) Opcode

Answer: (B)

Norman Joseph Woodland was the inventor of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952.

5.The inventor of world wide web :

(A) Tim Berners Lee

(B) Marc Andreessen

(C) James H Clark

(D) Robert Cailliau

Answer: (A)

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.