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A string of binary digits treated as a unit is called a.

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bit

byte

word

character

A standardized business language is

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CODASYL

BASIC

COBOL

Ada

A hybrid computer is the one having combined properties of

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super and microcomputers

mini and microcomputers

analog and digital computers

none of the above

A letter, number, or a special character is represented by a.

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bit

kilobyte

byte

megabyte

Following devices are used in simplex mode

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Radio

Television

a , b

Multiplexers

For calculating taxes, input to a computer could be.

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numbers representing wages

income

tax tables

all of the above

_______ pointing devices has a vertical handle like a gearshift lever:

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Light pen

Pointing stick

Trackball

Joystick

Which input device is often attached to laptop computers.

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trackball

inscriber

graphics display

wand reader

The information that is to be transferred from one location to another is called:

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Signals

Data

Sender

Message

The number of bytes in the following number (1111, 1011, 0111,0100,1010) is.

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5

2 1/2

10

1 2/4

___________coding scheme is used by IBM

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Unicode

ASCII

EBCDIC

BCD

Program maintenance means

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Maintaining a program exactly the way it was initially developed

Changing a program due to changes in the organization

Removing the errors from a program

Changing a program due to changes in the organization

A bar code reader is an example of a(n).

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processing device

storage device

Input device

output device

Assigning more sector to outer hard disk is called

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zone recording

randomizing

sectoring

data transfer

Which one is not network topology?

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Star

Ring

Circle

Bus

Programs written to cause computers to function in a desired way are called.

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hardware

instruction

software

algorithm

The accuracy of analog computers as compared to digital computer is.

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more

less

nearly same

unpredictable

The first computer to use electrical power was developed by.

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Herman Hollerith

Thomes J. Watson

John V. Atanasoff

Howard Aiken

Who developed the first automatic electronic digital computer prototype between 1935 and 1942.

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John Atanasoff

J. Presper Eckert

William Shockley

Thomas J.Watson

IBM stands for

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International Business Machine

International Binary Machine

Internal Business Machine

International Business Microsoft

In computer science, by information we mean

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Any output coming out form

Processed data put in intelligent form

A report printed by computer

Plural of data

The term "time slicing" need not apply to.

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On line transacting processing

Batch processing

Real time processing

None of the above

How many types of data transmission modes are there?

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2

3

4

5

Excess-3 code is known as

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Weighted code

cyclic redundancy code

algebraic code

self complementing

DASD refers to.

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disk storage

track

tape storage

sorting

Arrow keys are also known as :

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Function keys

Cursor control keys

Toggle keys

Special keys

When all hardware, software, storage, and processing is housed in one location it is called.

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a time-sharing system

centralized processing

a DDP system

a host computer system

The speed at which a disk can find data being bought is called

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access time

data transfer rate

direct time

cylinder time

In the course of a systems project, systems design

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follows systems analysis

follows development

precedes systems analysis

is the fourth phase

A microprocessor has memory location from 0000 to 3FFF, each storing one byte. The number of bytes, the memory can stored is.

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8,192

16,384

32,768

4,096

The mechanism for reading or writing data in a disk is called

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track

rorational delay

access arm

seek time

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