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A data communication facility on which data can be transmitted in two direction is referred as.

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Duplex

Simplex

Triplex

None

An error in software of hardware is called a bug What is the alternative computer program for it.

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Leech

Suid

Slug

Glitch

Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory.

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Random access memory

Action method

Transfer method

Density method

Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computer.

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Medical

Clerical and law

Accounting

None of above

Today's computer gain IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name.

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Tabulator Machine co

Computer Tabulating Recording Co

The tabulator Ltd.

International Computer Ltd.

What is the meant by a dedicated computer.

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Which is used by one person only

Which is assigned one and only one task

Which uses one kind of software

Which is meant for application software

The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the

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Block definition

Record contain clause

Blocking factor

Record per block factor

Which American computer company is called big blue.

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Microsoft

Compa crop

IBM

Tandy Syenson

Microprocessor can be used to make

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Computers

Digital system

Calculators

All above

A characteristic of card system is.

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Slowness in processing data

Using cards as record of transactions

Needing a larger DP staff

All of the above

The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance.

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Capacitance keyboard

Mechanical keyboard

Werty key board

Dvorak keyboard

Microsoft Excel is.

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Financial planning package

Electronic spreadsheet

Graphics package

Data base management package.

Which number system is commonalty used as a shortcut notation of groups of four binary digits.

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Binary

Decimal

Octal

hexadecimal

An device is any device that provides information which is sent to the CPU

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Input

Output

CPU

Memory

The metal disks, which are permanently housed in sealed and contamination free containers are called.

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Hard Disks

Floppy disk

Winchester disk

Flexible disk

Each model of a computer has a unique.

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Assembly of a computer

Machine language

High level language

All of the above

In the third generation of computers.

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Distributed data processing first became popular

An operating system was first developed

High level prcedu 7 ral language were firs used.

On line real time system first became popular

Which of the following is not true for a magnetic tape

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It is expensive relative to magnetic tape

it provides only sequential access to stored data.

Users can easily update records by writing over the old data

All of above

One computer that is not considered a portable is.

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Minicomputer

laptop computer

Notebook computer

All of above

The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is

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7-bit ASCII

7-bIt EBCDIC

8-bit ASCII

8-bit EBCDIC

Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines What are these lines called.

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Conductors

Buses

Connectors

Connectively

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