Question # 1

A large, room sized computer is referred to as an

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Microcomputer

Main frame

Embedded comptuer

Workstation

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

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MIS

PDA

CPU

LAN

Which of the following components is the "brain" of the computer

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Memory

CPU

Input

Output

An approach to increae speed is

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CISC

Parallel processing

Serial processing

CMOS

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

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Key

Record

File

Character

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

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1950s

Third generation

Second generation

1990s

A set of software tools for automated design is called.

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Prototypes

Data flow diagrams

CASE

Ganit clrarts

Real time computing is possible because of the following number of storage locations.

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Storage capability

High speed

Accuracy

Versatility

The process of converting from analog to digital is called.

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Modulation

Line switching

Telecommuting

Demodulation

One complement of 1011.010 is

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0100.101

1011.101

0100.010

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

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Progmmers

Users

Client

System analysis

A computer derives its basic strength from.

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Speed

Accuracy

Memory

All of above

Screen displays for video games and embellished photographic images involve the use of.

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Bitmapped image editing

Object oriented drawing

Illustration software

One of these

The operation of arithmetic logic unit is directed by.

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the ALU Itself

Program

Control Unit

Memory unit

Temporary storage areas within the CPU are called.

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ROMs

Registers

Accumulators

Addresses

The memory area for programs with highest priority.

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Frames

Foreground

Page table

Dafault drive

Information transformations are performed by the

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Central processing unit

Input devices

Out put devices

File description

_________ are the computers designed for complex scientific job.

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Mainframe computers

Mini computers

Micro computer

Super computers

Monochrome graphics programs are efficient and easy to learn but limited in their ability to produce.

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Realistic images

Simulated shades of gray

One bit graphics

Single colors

An automated factory is more efficient than a traditional factory because.

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Integration of planning and manufacturing is tighter

Materials and machines spend less time sitting idle

Wast in facilities, raw material and labor is reduced

All of the above

The arrangement in which most of the processing is done by the server.

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Simplex transmission

Electronic data interchange

File server

Client/Server

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

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

The result of a formula in a cell

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Label

range

Value

Displayed value

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

The largest mainframe database are referred to as.

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Distributed

Centralized

Real time

time managers

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

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Ring network

Node

Information utility

Star network

Logical security for on line systems is achieved primarily by_ and authorization codes.

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MIS

Passwords

Tactical

None of the abvoe

A chart of positions and departments within an organization .

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A data flow diagram

A project management report

An organization chart

A Gantt chart

Productivity tools that help computer users solve problems are called.

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Systems software programs

Translator program

Application program

None of above

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.

Data and program not being used by computr are stored in.

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Secondary storage

Cache

Primary storage

Printer

Retaining data for future reference is called.

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Sorting

Storing

Memorizing

Outputting

Smart cards.

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Have a microprocessor and memory in them

Are currently only used for checking and credit card services.

a and b

None of these

Security protection for personal computers includes

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Internal components

Lock and cable

Soft ware

all of these

The active cell.

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Current cell

Formula

Range

Cell address

The complex set of electrical circuitry that executes program instructions is called the.

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Register

CPU

Accumulator

Bus line

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 set of choice on the screen is called an

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Menu

Editor

Reverse video

Template

Which of the following is not used in educational software?

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Simulation

Drill and practice

Hypermedia

All of these are used

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

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

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2

3

4

5

One form of build in software protection for data is.

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Secured waste

applicant screeining

User profile

Auditor checks

The ENIAC, using ABC principles was designed by.

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Charles Babbage

Bell Laboratories

John V. Atanasoff

Mauchly and Echert

What is the maximum length of variable name in C language?

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20

31

250

253

During E-time the ALU

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Examines the instruction

Enters the instruction

Executes the instruction

Elicits the instruction

____________ operating systems are used to control machinery scientific instruments and industrial systems.

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Batch

Single User

Real time

All of the above

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

A cross between a computer language and plain English is called.

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COBOL

Assembler

Algorithm

Pseudocode

Second generation computers belong to.

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1956-1963

1945-1956

1964-1971

1971 - Present

What is the best definition of hypermedia?

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It is the processing of data at high speed

It is the use fo animation to illustrate a subject

It links huge amounts of data in virtually any pattern

It is the use of satellites to ransfer data

The device are used by a person or other system to communicate with a computer are called.

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Communication devices

I/O devices

message devices

All of the above

Which of the following is associated with optics.

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Winchester

RAM

CD ROM

None of these

Historically , the first computers were used for.

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Text processing

Data storage

Simulation and modelling

Arithmetic calculations

In EBCDIC coded each character is denoted by.

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3 bits

4 bits

5 bits

8 bits

An example of a high level language is.

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DOS

An algorithm

FORTRAN

An assembler

DROP TABLE statement is used for.

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Deleting record

Inserting record

Deleting table

Retirieving records

Management of an operating system is handled by

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By interpreter

The supervisor program

Utility program

The CPU

A computer is capable of performing almost any task, provided that it can be.

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Coded

Memorized

Analyzed

Reduced to a series of logical steps

Base 8 is often used in computing because

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There are 8 bit in a byte

Calculations become casier by using base 8

Electronic circuits can be made economically

It can represent long string of binary I's in a more compact form.

Who Invented the modem?

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IBM

DEC

AT & T information system, USA

Apple computers Inc.

Violations of the rules of grammar of a programming language are called.

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Syntax errors

Programming errors

Translator errors

Logic errors

Which key is used for moving cursor to next field of table?

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Ctrl

Alt

Tab

Spacebar

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

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 following are all programming languages except for.

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FORTRAN

C

Pascal

MS-DOS

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

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PASCAL

COBOL

BASIC

FORTRAN

Rearranging of data in a sequence is called.

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updating

Editing

Batching

Sorting

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

The language small talk is.

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Procedural oriented

Document oriented

Problem oriented

Object oriented

In C language , how many types of loop statements are available.

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2

3

6

9