Question # 1

An analog computer can be worked directly with

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Magnetic tapes

Punched card

Magnetic disk

None of the above

Which of the following is associated with optics.

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Winchester

RAM

CD ROM

None of these

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

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File

Field

Record

Data base

Document imaging system include.

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Scanners

Magnetic and optical storage disk drives

Fax machines

All of the above

The entire new system is used by a portion of the users.

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Direct conversion

Pilot conversion

File conversion

Parallel conversion

Soft ware that is designed to be used by work groups rather than individuals is called.

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Multipurpose software

Group ware

Multi user software

Shareware

A spell checker that cheeks every word as it is typed and beeps or flashes each time a word is typed incorrectly is called an.

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Idea processor

Interactive spelling checker

Batch spelling checker

Believability index

This type of system software stands between the software application and the hardware.

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Multitask

Operating system

Utility program

Peripheral device

The technique in shared system that avoid interspersed printout from several programs is.

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Paging

Queuing

Slicing

Spooling

One of the more computers connected to a hub computer is.

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Ring network

Node

Information utility

Star network

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

With the onset of the _________ governments sought to develop computers to exploit their potential.

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First world war.

Second World war

Civil War

None of these

The abacus emerged in _______________

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Asia Minor

Central Asia

Europe

America

To activate an object, send

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a message

an instance

a method

an attribute

Take turn time- sharing.

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Spooling

Interfacing

Roun (d) robin scheduling

Prompting.

In computer terminology,the term wetware stand for .

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Artificial intelligence

Any organic intelligence

Molecular biology

Molecular scale computer

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

The process of executing several programs simultaneously by the use of more than one processing unit is called.

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Multiprogramming

Time sharing

Multiprocessing

Batch processing

The basic operation performed by a computer is.

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Arithmetic operations

Logic operations

Storage and retrieval operations

All of above

Data and instructions are put into primary storage by

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Memory

The control unit

Secoundary storage

The ALU

Which of the following is associated with second generation computers.

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Transistors

Magnetic core memory

High level procedural language

All of above

"Hot Spots" that respond to mouse clicks in a Hyper Card stack are called.

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Buttons

Fields

Links

Cards

A floppy disk is a __________ generation computer invention.

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1st

2nd

3rd

4th

A group of related characters that are treated as a single unit is called.

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data

Information

Field

Record

Each location in primary storage is assigned a unique.

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Data

field

Name

Address

Arranging classified data in a predetermined sequence to facilitate processing is called.

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Storing

Sorting

Processing

Classifying

Computer follows a simple rule called GIGO,GIGO stand for

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Good input, good output

Great instructions, great output

Garbage in , garbage out

Gated input, gated output

A fast and accurate electronic data manipulation system that can accept and store data, process it, and provide output results as per the instructions of stored progrm is called.

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Calculator

Manipulator

Information machine

Computer

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

If using verification with the find and replace feature, this is called.

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Verified replace

Questionable replace

Conditional place

What if replace

Which one of the following is another name of pointer?

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Cursor

Pixtel

Monochrome

Icon

The most common storage devices in a computer system are.

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Printers and monitors

Disk drives and printers

Disk drives and tape drives

Tape drives and keyboards

Instructional software is often referred to as

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Eduware

Courseware

Firmware

School ware

Scheduling deadlines and milestones can be shown on a

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System survey

Decision table

Prototype

Gantt chart

A computer can be defined as an electronic device that can .

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Carry out arithmetic operation

Carry out logical operation

Do complicated calculation

Accept and process data by implementing sequentially a set of stored instructions.

Which one of these forms of storage does not retain information when the machine's power is turned off?

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RAM

ROM

Floppy disk

Har disk

Which of the following is an acronym for a computer department.

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MIS

PDA

CPU

LAN

The concept of relational model was created in?

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1945

1964

1955

1970

Computer performs following operation on data.

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Storage/retrieval

Calculation

Logic/comparison

All of the above

The computer"therapist" ELIZA is an example of what branch of artificial intelligence?

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Natural language programming

Robotics

Automatic programming

Searching

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

Which of the following statements concerning integrated circuits is false?

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They made machines physically larger

They are less prone to failure than vacuum tubes

They provide faster electrical transfer than transistors

They use less electrical power than their predecessors.

If users of different systems use programs with incompatible file formats, they need ___________ to read and modify each other's files.

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An emulator package

Data translation software

File transfer softeare

None of these

Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO which me.

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Garbage input good output

Garbage in garbage out

Great instructions gret output

good input and good output

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.

A plan to trace data to its source is called.

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an audit trail

a vector

Sampling

Volume testing

At the beginning of the instruction cycle, the contents of the instruction Register specify.

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Operand for the instruction being executed.

Instruction itself

Operand for the instruction to be executed next

None of the above

In computer science , by information we mean.

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Any output coming out form computer

Processed data put in intelligent form

A report printed by computer

Plural of data

UNIX is an example of a

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Memory management

Generic operating system

NOS

Utility program

Typical gray scale graphics allow each pixel to appear as black, white or gray by

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Assigning 1 bit per pixel

By mixing black and white pixels to produce gray

Assigning 8 bits per pixel ,allowing for 256 shades of gray

None of these

Page frames are typically

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1 K or 2 K Bytes

3 K or 4 K Bytes

2 K or 3 K Bytes

2 K or 4 K Bytes

The operation of arithmetic logic unit is directed by.

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the ALU Itself

Program

Control Unit

Memory unit

A digital computer performs its computations by___________

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Mechanical means

Analogy

guessing

Counting

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.

A virus program is usually hidden in.

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The operating system only

An application program only

The disk drive

The operating system of application programs

Type of relationships are.

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3

5

7

8

Before a sequential file can be updated the transactions must first be

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Numbred

Sorted

Update

labeled

The SDLC is defined as a project involving.

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two phases

Four phases

Three phases

Five phases

The primary limitation of audio digitizers is that

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The require artificial intelligence software to be correctly interpreted

They cannot store input in memory

there is not software currently available to perform needed functions

They cannot capture music

The first commercial computer, delivered in 1951, is called.

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Mark -1

Analytical machine

Atanasoff Berry Computer

UNIACI

Screen output is also called.

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Hard copy

Soft copy

Daisy wheel

Resolution

A computer can't do anything without

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Program

Input Device

Output Device

VDU

One of the primary limitations of ASCII is that.

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It does not facilitate multilingual computing

It has a character set of over 200

The patterns are ot ordered

It uses only upperecase letters.

Desirable features of analog and digital computers are combined to make __________ computers.

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Mini computer

Hybrid computer

Micro computer

None of these

The device used with satellite transmission that ensures that strong outgoing signals do not interface with weak incoming signals is called.

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Microwave

Transponder

Cable

Modem

Cabling on a linear bus topology can be extended using which of the following.

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Terminator

Barrel connector

Network adapter card

Medium attachement unit

A network of geographically distant computers and terminals is called a.

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bus

WAN

Gate way

LAN

Language was developed in

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1945

1956

1972

1977

A language designed to generate routing business reports is.

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COBOL

LISP

RPG

ALGOL

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

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Device driver

Device linking

Device operator

Device system

Programming and testing are elements of

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systems analysis

System development

systems design

Implementation