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Primary storage for the UNIVAC was via

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Punched cards

Transistors

Magnetic cores

Disk packs

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

After stating the solution to a problem in pseudocode, the next step would be

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Testing the program

Coding the program

Documenting the program

Translating the program

Present day speech recognition is best suited to which situation?

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Recognition of single letters of the alphabet

Words spoken in context

Foreign language translations

One user's voice pattern

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

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10101011101

101010011101

101110011101

101010011111

When a user issues a command to find all the records that match a set of criteria, it is called a.

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Merge

File

Query

Sort

The data base command that arranges records in alphabetic or numeric order is called.

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Sort

Select

Search

Query

Error messages provided by a compiler are called

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Bug

Diagnostic

Translations

Mistakes

How many pairs of computers can simultaneously communicate on Ethernet LAN?

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1

2

3

Multiple

The number 10000 would appear just immediately after

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FFFF (hex)

1111 (binary)

7777 (octal)

All of above

The main advantage of analog computers compared to digital computes is that they are more.

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Efficient in continuous calculations such as differentiation and integration

Efficient in handling vast data

Accurate and precise

Reliable.

A set of software tools for automated design is called.

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Prototypes

Data flow diagrams

CASE

Ganit clrarts

Which of the following is decreasing as computer technology progresses.

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Hardware reliability

Efficiency

Speed

Hardware cost.

A data coding scheme that is the American standard is.

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ASCII

KB

SIMM

Gigabyte

In one were to allow 6 bits per symbol, then following number of different symbols could be encoded.

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16

32

64

128

Research is bringing down the cost of solid state semiconductor storage , which me.

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the cost computers will rise.

Rewritable cards will probably replace most disks and ROM

Storage capacity will become fixed

We will conserve our store of silicon.

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

The abacus emerged in _______________

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Asia Minor

Central Asia

Europe

America

A program that performs a useful task and at the same, time, carries out some secret destructive act, is known as a.

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Sabotage

Trojan horse

Worm

Logic bomb

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

Which of the following topologies is passive?

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Star topology

Ring topology

Bus topology

Hybrid topology

Which of the following can be used to launch Word Art?

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Status bar

Ruler

Standard tool bar

Drawing tool bar

The smallest unit of information is an

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Byte

Element

Bit

Atom

Another name for an antivirus.

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Vaccine

Worm

Trojan horse

DES

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 software program designed to replicate the decision making process of a human expert is called an

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Knowledge base

Data base

Expert system

Artifical domain

In which processing method any file record can be directly located and updated without the need to read preceding file records

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Batch

Serial

Random

sequential

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

Pick out the wrong statement about computers.

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It is logical machine

It can access any piece of information that it hs in store.

It is devoid of emotion, has no feelings or instincts

It approaches its information is unrestricted manner.

The person who requests study or work on a system is the.

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Client

Analyst

Change agent

User

Pick out the WRONG statement

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Information stored in RAM can be changed by over writing it.

Information stored in ROM can not be changed by over writing it.

Information Can be stored in any location of RAM

Computer main memory can be accessed only sequentially

You want to produce personalized form letters, so you sue the ____ capability of the word processor.

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Sort

Mail merge

Style and grammar checker

Desktop publishing

A proprogrammed formula

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Function

range

group

cell

Which of the following lists best describe the advantages of electronic mail.

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Quick, time shifted, usually has graphics, cheap

Long distance, quick, time shifted, can send data

Communicates attitude, can send data, time shifted popular

Trouble free, quick, time shifted, usually has a voice

A specialist who interviews and observes an expert and constructs their words and actions into a knowledge base is called a.

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Knowledge trainer

Knowledge engineer

Knowledge gatherer

Knowledge expert

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

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Writing

Reading

Processing

Outlining

What are string constants?

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A set of positive and negative numbers.

A set of characters enclosed in quotation marks.

Both of these

None of these

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 following command duplicates the contents of one disk another.

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BACKUP

COPY

DELL

DISKCOPY

A computer derives its basic strength from.

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Speed

Accuracy

Memory

All of above

Which of the following is a major benefit of drill and practice computer assisted instructions

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Students who use CAI develop their social skills

There is immediate feedback for the student

All strudents can learn at the same, fixed pace none of the above.

None of the above

Another name for virtual memory is.

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Virtual page

Foreground

Back ground

Utiligy

The first few working computers.

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Were all made by American scientists

Were used almost exclusively for text processing

Generally had back and white CRT screens

Were, for the most part, developed for wartime uses.

Time sharing of resources by users is usually

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Based on time slices

Based on input

Event driven

Operated by spooling

What is the name of the process of finding and removing errors from a computer program?

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Scanning

Refreshing

Debugging

None of these

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

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

The major operational problem of the early first generation computers was.

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Inaccurate results

Poor reliability

delayed results

Limited capabilities

The general purpose processor on chip is otherwise known as the

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ENIAC

Microcomputer

Pocket calculator

Microprocessor

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

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Storing

Sorting

Processing

Classifying

The different memory locations are identified by hexadecimal numbers called.

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ASCII code

Bytes

BCD Numbers

Addresses

LAN stand for.

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Little Area network

Local Area Network

Logical Ara network

Low Area network

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

Stored instructions and data in a digital computer consist of.

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Alphabets

Numerals

Characters

Bits

A program called an ___________ translates each assembly language instruction into a machine language instruction.

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Compiler

Assembler

Interpreter

Translator

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

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5235

5335

5135

5233

Software that translates assembly language into machine language is

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A binary translator

A compiler

An assembler

A link loader

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

A computer programme is a list of __________ that tells the computer what to do and how to do.

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Documents

Information

Instructions

Alphabets

Word processing electronic filling and electronic mail are part of .

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Office automation

Electronic typewriter

Electronic industry

None of the above

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

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Manual

Documentation

Expression

None of these

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

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Ring network

Node

Information utility

Star network

CBT stand for.

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Certificate based training

Computer based trade

Computer base training

Computer based transfer

Management of an operating system is handled by

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By interpreter

The supervisor program

Utility program

The CPU

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

Four digit binary number 1011 is represented in the decimal system by.

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7

9

11

13

A program that can identify unnecessary words and wordy phrases in called.

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Indexing program

Grammar/Style program

From letter program

Thesaurus program

The computer dedicated to screening access to a network from outside the network

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hot site

cold site

vaccine

firewall

Window is a product of.

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AT & T

Corel

Microsoft

None of thes

A digital computer is also called._________computer.

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Mini computer

Micro compuer

Mechanical computer

None of these