Question # 1

Smallest unit of memory is

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Byte

Bits

Character

Word

Steps wise refinement is similar to.

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The process of developing a table of contents

The development of an outline of a paper

Writing an abstract after writing a paper

Writing an introduction to a paper

Which one of the following is another name of pointer?

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Cursor

Pixtel

Monochrome

Icon

The memory area for programs with highest priority.

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Frames

Foreground

Page table

Dafault drive

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

Characteristic of digital computer are.

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Versatile and large memory

Speed and accuracy

Aase of communication, simulation and automation

All of the above

Software to use the internet is.

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Gateway

EFT

Browser

Teleconferencing

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

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

Screen output is also called.

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Hard copy

Soft copy

Daisy wheel

Resolution

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

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

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

For calculating taxes, input to computer could be

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Numbers representing wages

Income

Tax tables

All of the above

In preparing a program, one should first.

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Plan the solution

Code the program

Document the problem

Define the problem

_________ is pictorial representation of a program or software function or feature.

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Picture

Symbol

Icon

Graphical Image

The switching circuitry housed in vacuum tubes was replaced by.

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An integrated circuit, then a mini processor , then a microprocessor

A transistor, then a microprocessor, then an integrated circuit.

A microprocessor, then an integrated circuit, then a transisotor

A transistor, then an integrated circuit, then a microprocessor.

Which of the following is true about macros?

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Macros are essential for word processing

Macros are most useful for creative rather than repetitive tasks

Macros can reduce the likelihood of errors

Macros are a specialized form of simulation

First generation computers were characterized by the use of the .

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Microprocessor

Vacuum tube

Transistor

Integrated circuit

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

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Natural language programming

Robotics

Automatic programming

Searching

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

Binary number 10101101 is equivalent in decimal form to.

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170

171

173

174

Which of the following devices use reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized answer sheets and similar forms?

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Bar code readers

Optical Mark readers

Magnetic ink character readers

Wand readers

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

What are Numeric constants?

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A set of positive and negative numbers

A sets of characters enclosed in quotation marks.

both of these

None of these

Which of the following is not hardware.

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Meganetic tap

Printer

Assembler

VDU Terminal

True color is photo quality and typically uses ___________ bits of memory for each pixel on the screen.

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2

4

24 or 32

8 or 6

CPU stand for

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Central processing unit

Central process unit

Commercial process unit

None of the above

The form of computer assisted instruction known as drill and practice.

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Helps students lern to think in ways that aren't possible otherwise

Does Not help students learn to think, but helps students memorize facts and skills

Doesn't help students learn to think better or to memorize facts and sills, in fact, it's nearly worthless

Allow students to program computers with easy-to understand languages.

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

A COBOL program has how may divisions.

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two

four

five

seven

A management information system (MIS) can be used by.

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Only top -level managers in the company

Only mid - level managers in the company

Only low level managers in the company

Only MIS can be used by all levels of management

Main memory of personal computer is called.

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PROM

ROM

EPROM

RAM

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

In the preliminary design phase, the analyst may prepare alternative.

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Candidates

Organization charts

Questionnaires

Decision tables

program need to be entered into the computer's memory saved as a disk file and translated into the computer's native machine language before they can be executed or run . to enter and save a program, you can use an.

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Fornatter

CAD program

Text editor

Interpreter

Historically , the first computers were used for.

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Text processing

Data storage

Simulation and modelling

Arithmetic calculations

Another name for an operating environment is.

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Page

Layer

Shell

Supervisor

The software that allows the user to manipulate photographs and other higher resolution images is called.

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Analog camera

CAD

FAX

Digital image processing software

The CPU Comprises of.

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Memory, VDU, and printer

Input device, output device, and memory

Store, arithmetic and logic unit, and control unit

Software, hardware, and power supply unit.