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___________ convert high level language into low level langage.

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Google

Assembler

Web page

Compiler

The best graphic to show the relative proportions of the parts to a whole is a.

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Line chart

Bar chart

pie chart

scatter chart

The number A9/d in Hexadecimal system is equivalent to which number in binary system.

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10101011101

101010011101

101110011101

101010011111

The use of computer for business applications in attractive because of its.

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Accuracy

Reliability

Speed

All of the above

Computer people who design, write, test, and implement programs are.

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Programmers

Computer operators

Data entry operators

System analysis

Computers that ae used in consumer goods, such as cars, are called.

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Enhanced

Software

Analog

Embedded

The branch of computing that attempts to make the computer exhibit imagination and insight is called

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Artificial intelligence

Multimedia

Hypermedia

Computer graphics

Natural languages are advantageous to programmers because they.

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Use words that people speak and write

Eliminate the computers demand for technical detail

Are less expensive

Use the binary system

The history of computer is divided into the following generations.

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Two

Three

Four

Five

UNIX is a /an

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word processor

Operating system

Botha a and b

None of these

Using computer to design and manufacture products is called

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Inseribing

Detalling

CAD/CAM

Imaging

The Macintosh user interface can accurately be described with which of the following terms?

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GUI

Menu driven

Incon based

All of these terms describe the Mac user interface.

The program that contains instructions to operate a device is called.

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Device driver

Device linking

Device operator

Device system

Computer crime are usually

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Easy to detect

Prosecuted

blue collar crimes

Discovered accidentally

An operating system is a.

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System software

System utility

Software pakage

Application software

Who Invented the modem?

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IBM

DEC

AT & T information system, USA

Apple computers Inc.

Digital sound in a multimedia production can come from.

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A standard audio compact disc in a CD-Rom drive controlled by computer

Data in the computer's memory

A synthesizer controlled by a computer

All of the above

A dot or symbol on a line graph.

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Label

Variable

axis

data point

Which of the following would work to keep a class gradebook that automatically upgrades totals when grades are entered?

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Word processor

Spread sheet

MS-DOS

None of these

Software that is free for the taking, with no strings attached, is called.

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Public domain

Share ware

Copy righted

Copy protected

Which of the following access methods listens to the cable for network traffic before sending data?

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Token passing

Polling

CSMA/CA

CSMA/CD

Programming and testing are elements of

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systems analysis

System development

systems design

Implementation

Storing records one after another in a file in an ascending or descending order determined by the record keyis called.

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Sequential processing

Serial processing

Batch processing

All of the above

___________ is are the most powerful computers.

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Super minis

Supere micros

Super mainframe

Super computers

Temporary storage areas within the CPU are called.

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ROMs

Registers

Accumulators

Addresses

In a spreadsheet program an _______ typically appears on the screen as a grid of numbered rows and alphabetically lettered columns.

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Cell

Address

Location

Worksheet

Relevant knowledge produced as output of data processing operations and acquired to enhance understanding and to achieve specific purpose ins called.

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Data

Fact

Source

Information

Step - by-step instructions that run the computer are.

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Hardware

Documents

Program

CPU

The binary addition, (1+1) will result in

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0

1

0 with no carry

1 with 1 carry

0 with 1 carry

Computer user who are not computer procfessionals are sometimes called.

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Librarians

Peripheral users

Information officers

End users

The small logical data entity in organizing data for computer processing is.

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File

Field

Record

Data base

PIMs can be especially useful.

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For people with busy schedules

With laptop and notebook computers

For people with many customers and clients

All of the above

The highest level language are called.

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4 GLs

High level

Assembly

Natural

While the details of the querying process vary, this is consistent from database program to database program.

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Software applications

Documentation

Underlying logic

User interface

Implementation of a program involves.

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Compilation of the program

Debugging the program

Testing the program with data

All of the above

Which one of the following commands deletes all files and subdirectories in a directory?

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DELL

DELETE

DELL TREE

None of these

What is an advantage of object oriented graphics over bitmapped graphics?

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It's faster

It requires less processing

It allows ahading of individual pixels

Objects can be easily rearranged at any time

Software programs designed to allow several networked users to work on the same documents at the same time are called.

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share ware

groupware

Bulletin boards

LANs

When all hardware, sofware, 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 Acronym SILK represents.

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The name of a new desktop computer with futuristic capabilities.

One researcher's vision of the themes emerging in user interface technology

The minimum qualifications of a software agent.

A new type of multimedia software application

A control structure used to make logical decision is the

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Sequence control structure

Selection control structure

Repetition control structire

a and b

When a database stores procedures or instructions along with data, rather than in table sor hierarchies, it is called.

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Graphical user interface

User friendly

Object oriented

Query format

Which one of the following is a graphical shell?

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UNIX

Page

GUI

Utility program

Most computers have two separate memory caches L1 cache, located on the _____________ and L2 cache, located between the CPU and DRAM.

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RAM

ROM

CPU

EEPROM

Today, the most popular desktop computing environments are.

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MS-DOS , Macintosh, and Windows

OS/2 , UNIX, and MS-DOS

PS/2 , OS/2, and UNIX

MS-DOS , P(C) DOS, and BASIC

A series of instructions that transforms input into output is called.

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A menu

A program

Hardware

None of these

What is an expression in a computer programme.

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a combination of variables, constants and operators.

A set of instructions

A set of information

None of these

A digital computer performs its computations by.

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Mechanical means

Analogy

Pressing

Counting

A disabled student uses a computer and modem to earn a college degree without leaving home. This is an example of.

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Visualization

Distance learning

CAD/CAM

Virtual reality

A set of software tools for automated design is called.

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Prototypes

Data flow diagrams

CASE

Ganit clrarts

Idea processors take a variety of forms, but most are built around this concept.

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Writing

Reading

Processing

Outlining

Booting is a process in which

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User programs are bought in memory

I/O files are collected and organized on disk

A portion of the operating system is loaded into memory

None of the above

Which of the following statement concerning touch screens is false?

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they respond when the user points or touches different screen regions

They are effective when users are unfamiliar with computers.

They are used in public places, such as libraries and airports

they are particularly popular with artists and designers.

Which of the following IC logic family has maximum fan out capacity?

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TTL

DTL

MOS

CMOS

LAN stand for.

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Little Area network

Local Area Network

Logical Ara network

Low Area network

program need to be entered into the computer's memory saved as a disk file and translated into the computer's native machine language before they can be executed or run . to enter and save a program, you can use an.

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Fornatter

CAD program

Text editor

Interpreter

A string of letters and numbers known only by the user and the computer is called a

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Login Name

Command

Password

Code

Computers process instructions in their"native" language, whichis called.

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COBOL

Machine language

BASIC

Natural language

Computer scientist still have not.

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Developed tools that will allow programmers to quickly produce error free software.

Gotten anywhere past the theory of virtual reality

Developed the first intelligent agent

Had any real success with speech recognition

People on a LAN can share.

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Printer

CD/ROM disk drive

Modem

All of above

Software program designed to be managed, rather than manipulated by the user, are called.

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Icons

knowledge workers

Enablers

Agents

The date gathering vehicle that permits high-volume anonymous answers.

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observation

unstructured interview

questionnaire

Structured interview

Which one of the following is database management system.

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MS Word

Corel draw

Power point

MS Access

FORTRAN is an acronym for

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Formula translator

Formula transducer

For translating high level language

both a and b

Assuming 8 bit of data, 1 bit for parity, 1 start bit and 2 stop bits, the number of characters that 1200 BPS communication line can transmit is.

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10 CPS

100 CPS

12 CPS

120 CPS

OCR -A is a

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Plotter

Wand reader

Standard type face

barcode

What technique is used to move text with a word processor.?

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Cut and paste

Drag and Drop

Both a and b

Neither a nor b

Another name for virtual memory is.

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Virtual page

Foreground

Back ground

Utiligy

The box representing the intersection of a row and a column of a spreadsheet is called an

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Address

Cell

Axis

Matrix

Relativity permanent data is continue in.

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A field

A unsection

Memory

A master file

Researchers today are developing RISC processors and parallel processing in a quest for.

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Smaller computers

A society that only uses embedded computer

Speed

Agents