Vaidikalaya

MCQ On Stored Program Concept

Q1. What is the core idea of the stored program concept?.
  1. Program instructions are hardwired into the computer's hardware.
  2. Program instructions and data are stored in the same memory.
  3. Programs must be physically rewired for each new task.
  4. Only data is stored in the computer's memory, not instructions.

Answer: b, Program instructions and data are stored in the same memory

Q2. Who is primarily credited with proposing the stored program concept?.
  1. Alan Turing
  2. Bill Gates
  3. John Von Neumann
  4. Charles Babbage

Answer: c, John Von Neumann

Q3. The architecture based on the stored program concept is known as the:.
  1. ENIAC architecture
  2. Hardwired architecture
  3. Turing machine
  4. Von Neumann architecture

Answer: d, Von Neumann architecture

Q4. What is a key advantage of the stored program concept?.
  1. It requires no memory.
  2. It makes computers inflexible and difficult to reprogram.
  3. It allows computers to be re-programmable by loading different instructions.
  4. It uses separate hardware for each specific program.

Answer: c, It allows computers to be re-programmable by loading different instructions

Q5. Which of these was a computer designed using the stored program concept?.
  1. ENIAC
  2. EDVAC
  3. UNIVAC
  4. ENIAC

Answer: b, EDVAC

Q6. Which of the following is an example of a computer that did NOT originally use the stored program concept?.
  1. IBM PC.
  2. EDVAC
  3. Manchester Mark I.
  4. ENIAC.

Answer: d, ENIAC

Q7. Who is most commonly credited with proposing the stored program concept in the mid-1940s?.
  1. Charles Babbage.
  2. Alan Turing.
  3. John von Neumann.
  4. Bill Gates.

Answer: c, John von Neumann.

Q8. The primary memory where both instructions and data are stored is typically referred to as....
  1. a hard disk.
  2. Random Access Memory (RAM).
  3.  a cache.
  4. a register. 

Answer: b, Random Access Memory (RAM).