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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

An analog computer produces its results int he form of .

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Codes '0' and '1' s

Numbers

Log format

Graphs

What is the standard method of allowing only known and authorized users on a multi user computer system.

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Identification by fingerprints.

Passwords and or login name

Expert systems

voice recognition

CPU stand for

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Central processing unit

Central process unit

Commercial process unit

None of the above

All of the following are normally input devices except for

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A digital camera

A mouse

An LCD

A digitizer

A virust that replicates itself is called a.

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bug

worm

Vaccine

bomb

During the development of a program, drawing a flowchart is a means. to

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Plan to solution

Code the program

Define the problem

Analyze the problem

The following register keeps track of the program during Execution.

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Address register

Program counter

Data register

Accumulator

The length of IP address is.

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8 bits

16 bits

32 bits

64 bits

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

Pickup the wrong statement A digital computer can read/write data from/on

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Punched cards and tapes

Magnetic disks and taps

Floppy disk

Printer

A computer devices its basic strength from

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Speed

Accuracy

Memory

All of above

The "what you are" criterion for computer system access involves.

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a badge

biometrics

a pass word

a magnetized card

What the control unit gets an instruction it is called.

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E-mail

Machine time

I-time

ALU time

A program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer is called.

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Application softwere

Function software

Controlling software

Operating system

The unit that transforms data into information is the

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CPU

ROM

DVD

OCR

The main characteristic of fifth generation computers is.

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Artificial intelligence.

Windows operation

All of the above

None of these

A modem can.

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Be used as a regular phone when needed

Convert analog signals to digital signals

Provide user iterface with the operating system

Only be installed inside th comuter chassis

Spelling checker program use.

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tab settings

Pagination

Function keys

a dictionary

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

During E-time the ALUThe heard of a digital computer is.

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Control unit

Memory unit

Logic unit

Visual display unit

Most word processors today include this feature, which compares teh words ina document with words in a disk based dictionary.

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rhymer

Spell checker

Outliner

Processor

What is the best reason for using a simulation to model long range movements of the Earth's continents?

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The speed of simulation

Operator safety

The simulation is less work

Simulations are always occurate

The software tools that allow a computer to be used for specific purposes are called.

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Firmware

Terminals

Hardware

Application programme.

Which of the following is not a category of network problems.

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Newsgroup problems

Physical problems

Electrical problems

Viruses

SQL stand for.

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Structure Query language

Super Query language

Superior Query languae

Selected Query langauge.

Corel Daaw is a/an

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Word processor

Operating system

Graphics/drawing software

None of these

What type of translator software translates an entire program into machine language before passing it on to the computer?

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Compiler

Interpreter

Pascal

Text editor

Memory is devided into many numerically addressed.

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Logic

Location

Codes

cell

Pixel depth is one of two technological factors limiting an artist's ability to create realistic images with a bitmapped graphics program. The other factor is.

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Imaging

Resolution

Pixel strength

Monitor measurement

The language named for a French mathematician is.

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C

Ada

COBOL

Pascal

A floppy disk is a __________ generation computer invention.

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1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Which of the following functions is used to get the current date?

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Excel()

Today ( )

Month ( )

year ( )

Which statement is used to retrieve data front database table.

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INSERT INTO

DROP TABLE

UPDATE

SELECT

Which of the following keyboard shortcut is used to change the case?

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Ctrl + F3

Shift + F3

Alt + F3

Ctrl+Shift +F3

A computer based system in which a telephone message is recorded in digital form and then forwarded to other is.

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A teleconferencing

Voice mail

A bulletin board

Telecommuting

The weakest link in any computer system is the

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People in it

Hardware

Password

Software

Scheduling deadlines and milestones can be shown on a

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System survey

Decision table

Prototype

Gantt chart

Mark sensing is another term for

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MICR

OMR

POS

VGA

A collection of software that controls the overall operation of a comptuer is called.

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Application software

Programming language

Operating System

System software

May experts predict that the most important enhancement to the user interface of the future will be.

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A new menu structure.

Talk writers

Knowledge

A new type of pointing device.

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

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Hard ware

Memory

Program

Instruction

Offices that are set up so workers can commute to a location near their home are called.

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Regional work centers

Portable computer centers

BEHEMOTHS

Modem stations

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

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bus

WAN

Gate way

LAN

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

An application package is used to.

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Meet specific needs of a user

Run the computer system better

Run the compiler smoothly

Enable operating system control harware better

The types of modulation that changes the height of the signal is called.

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frequency

phase

amplitude

Prophase

Which of the the following is an e-mail client?

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Internet explorer

Out explorer

Google

None of the abvoe

The largest mainframe database are referred to as.

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Distributed

Centralized

Real time

time managers

A flip-flop is a

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monostable device

bistable device

astable device

oscillatory device

What is telecommuting?

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A special form of electronic mail

a new trend in robotics that may take the place of cars.

A trend towards working at home using personal computers and modems

None of these

One safeguard against theft or alteration of data is the use of .

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DES

Identical passwords

The trojan Horse

Data diddling

A computer has a word length of 32 bits. The maximum address that can be generated is.

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2 ³²

2^32-1

2^31-1

None of these

Data gathering and data analysis take place.

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After the system survey

After system Analysis

During evaluation

This types of font allow more room for wide characters like we than for narrow characters like is.

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Sans serif

Proportionally spaced

Courier

None of these

A clip-on identification card with an embedded chip to signal its wearer's location.

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Antivirus

Active badge

Site license

Consortium

The key factor in a computer installation that has met with disaster is the.

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Equipment replacement

Loss of hardware

Insurance coverage

Loss of processing ability

What is pioneer in the field of computer languages who played an important role in the development of COBOL.

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Grace M. Hopper

Howard H. Aiken

John Von Neumann

Thomas J. Watson

Transmitting a file from a BBS to personal computer is called.

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Booting

Downloading

Uploading

Everypting

The lowest level of programming language is.

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Nonprocedural language

Assembly language

BASIC

Machine language

Centralized processing but with access from terminals is known as.

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DDP

A ring network

Telecommuting

A teleprocessing system.

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.

Data and instructions are put into primary storage by

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Memory

The control unit

Secoundary storage

The ALU

Hashing , to get an address, is the process of applying a formula to a .

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Key

Record

File

Character

A hardware register used to hold the results or partial results of arithmetic and logical operations is called.

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Accumulator

Instruction Register

Status Register

Stack pointer

The programming language that was designed to encourage programmers to write structured program was.

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PASCAL

COBOL

BASIC

FORTRAN

Pick up the wrong statement in the analogy of mechanical and electrical devices.

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Resistance is analog of damping

Inductance is analog of mass

Capacitance is analog of spring constant

Charge is analog of displacement.

An online meeting between two or more people is called.

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Telecommuting

Group ware

A conference

A teleconference

COBOL and FORTRAN are examples of.

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Machine languages

High level languages

Assembly languages

Obsolete languages

Charles Babbage workd closely with ______ to develop his device.

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Ada Lovelace

Joseph Marie Charles

Herman Hollerith Jacquard

Lord Byron.

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