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Electronic banking.

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Token ring

Mosale

EFT

BBS

The binary information contained in a computer is referred to as.

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Hard ware

Memory

Program

Instruction

The program that uses a personal computer to transform written words into polished, printed publicatios is called.

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A spreadsheet

Telecommunications

Desktop publishing

A database

Which of the following is not considered a benefit of telecommuting.

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Reduced use of fossil fuels

Saving the time usually spent commuting

Reduced social contact

Increased productivity

When a secretary is moved from a job that involves filing, dictation, and reception work to a repetitive keyboarding job, it is called.

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up skilling

Computer monitoring

Information overload

De skilling

Information travels between components of a computer through groups of wire called.

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Cards

Busses

Slots

Ports

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator belongs to the.

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First Generation digital computer

Second generation computer

Third generation computer

Fourth generation computers

An analog computer can be worked directly with

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Magnetic tapes

Punched card

Magnetic disk

None of the above

IBM's System/360 family of computers was introduced during the .

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1950s

Third generation

Second generation

1990s

The number of bits devoted to each pixel in a bitmapped graphics program is referred to as.

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Pixel depth

Resolution

Pixel strength

Density

A hybrid computer is the one having combined properties of.

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Super and microcompuers

Mini and microcomputers

Analog and digital computers

None of the above

The major disadvantage of pipelining is

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Initial se up time

If a branch instruction is encountered the pipe has to be flushed

High cost of individual dedicated units.

All of above

A computer can be defined as an electronic device that can that most precise definition.

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Carry out logical functions.

Carry out arithmetical operations

Accept and process data using a set of stored instructions.

Present information on a VDU

The microphone converts the sound into.

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Mechanical signals

Electrical signals

Computer file

Software

The portions of a program ignored by the computer since they are only included to help the readerunderstand the program are called.

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Variables

Declarations

Reminder notes

Comments

The main advantage of computer assisted instruction (CAI) is

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It's inexpensive

It can replace out of date textbooks

It exposes students todifferentuser interfaces

It allow individuals to learn at their own pace

To reduce costs for multiple copies, or to remove restrictions on software copying and use at a network site, a company can sometimes purchase a .

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Standard licence

Site licence

Net work licence

b or c

Broadband fiber optic cables can simultaneously transmit.

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Telephone cells and television signals

Two way computer communications

Software and firmware

a and b

The computer program consists of mainly the following number of parts.

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2

3

4

5

An ___________ is also defined as a set of mathematically meaningful symbols, letters and numbers.

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Documentation

Expression

Programme

none of these

Programming and testing are elements of

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systems analysis

System development

systems design

Implementation

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

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bit

Byte

word

character

Which one of the following is a graphical shell?

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UNIX

Page

GUI

Utility program

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

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Hard ware

Instruction

Software

Algorithm

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 number A9D in Hexadecimal system is equivalent to which number in octal system.

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5235

5335

5135

5233

CPU stand for

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Central processing unit

Central process unit

Commercial process unit

None of the above

For many who understand computers, the biggest issue of concern related to autonomous military system is.

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The unpredictability of the enemy

The these systems might not react quickly enough to an attack

Software reliability

Hardware capacity

Ports that require bits to travel through one at a time are called ______ ports.

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Parallel

Serial

Network

Opem

In the field of computer science a computer architecture specialist.

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Designs buildings on the computer

Deals with the way hardware and software work together

Deals with the way a construction worker and a contractor work together

There's no such thing as a computer architecture specialist

IBM's system family of computers was introduced during the .

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First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Forth generation

Copyright are issued by the Federal Government to protect.

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The pricing of software

Intellectual property

Textbooks only

The author's identity

Historically, the first computer were use for.

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Text processing

Data storage

Simulation and modeling

Arithmetic calculations

Present day of computers in research labs can.

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Recognize some forms of natural language input

Create artistic drawings

Learn

All of the above

The heart of a digital computer is.

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Control unit

Memory unit

Logic unit

Visual display unit

Retaining data for future reference is called.

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Sorting

Storing

Memorizing

Outputting

What is meant by the portion of the program that explains the program?

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Manual

Documentation

Expression

None of these

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.

What layer of OSI model does data compression?

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Network

Presentation

Data link

Physical

Another name for an antivirus.

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Vaccine

Worm

Trojan horse

DES

The hyper card program might be most appropriate for dealing with which of the following projects ?

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Typing traditional terms papers

Creating an interactive newsletter

Mail merging junk mail

Writing parallel programs

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

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Ring network

Node

Information utility

Star network

Spell checkers cannot detect.

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Errors of context

Word not int the checkers dictionary

All misspelled proper names

All of the above

What major area of artificial intelligence deals with distinguishing eats from dogs in a computer's view?

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Pattern recognition

Expert systems

Resolution analysis

Natural language

The history of first generation computers extends from 1945 to.

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1953

1954

1955

1956

A driver is.

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Hardware

A peripheral device

A card

Software

DROP TABLE statement is used for.

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Deleting record

Inserting record

Deleting table

Retirieving records

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

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Direct conversion

Pilot conversion

File conversion

Parallel conversion

Data is represented on a computer by means of a two-state on/off system called.

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The otcal system

The binary system

A word

ROM

Which of the following storage devices the cannot support both direct

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Magnetic drum

Magnetic tape

Megnetic disk

None of the above

What are the three things that can be in the cell of a spreadsheet/

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Numeric values, Letters, symbols

Percents, ranges, numeric values

numeric values, labels, formulas

Numeric values, tables, sums

A computer is very high speed, accuracy and reliability .Its intelligent quotient could be of the order of.

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0

10

15

20

Binary number 10101101 is equivalent in decimal form to.

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170

171

173

174

The people who will have contact with the system, such as employees and customers, are

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Programmers

System analysis

User

Client

Which one of the following is database management system.

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MS Word

Corel draw

Power point

MS Access

Which of the following is termed ad minimum error code?

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Binary code

Gary code

Excess 3- code

Octal code

A computer is very high speed, accuracy and reliability. Its intelligent quotient could be of the order of.

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0

10

15

20

An intelligent terminal is a terminal that.

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Translates intelligence for the business computer

Uses a computer for organizing data

Manages CPU in a sequential order

Feed input or outpur

In a data flow diagram, a destination for data outside the system is called a

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Vector

File

Sink

Source

Distributed, parallel computing systems,inspired by the structure of the human brain are called.

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Kurzweil machines

Speech synthesizers

Neural networks

Robots

Communication circuits tht transmit data in both directions but not at the same time are operating in

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Simplex mode

Half Duplex mode

Full Duplex mode

None of above

A data base files is a collection of which of.

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Cells

Records

Keys

Name and address

What is a major problem of using computer in education?

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The students can't work at their own pace

Creativity is eliminated by computers

The lack of teacher training

The students must work without a teacher

A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer or between two computers is called.

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Modems

Protocol

bps

Transmissons

A systems analyst would observe the flow of data and interrelations of people with in an organization during.

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Detail design

Preliminary design

System analysis

A system survey

The most common from of computer crime is.

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Stealing hardware

Theft of money, goods, information, and computer resources

Spying on other people in the network

Writing viruses.

In preparing a program, desk cheeking and translation are example of.

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Coding

Planning

Testing

Documenting

NOS refers to

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The default drive

Booting

Operating system for a network

Roun ,robin scheduling

WAN stand for

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World area network

Wide Area network

Westran Area network

Wilson Ara network

Software to peruse the internet:

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gate way

EFT

Browser

Teleconferencing