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What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout. |
Display screen
Soft copy terminal
Hard copy terminal
Plotter
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2 |
Regarding a VDU which statement is more correct. |
It is an output device
it is an input divice
It is a peripheral devices
It is hardware item
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3 |
Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called. |
Hard disks
High density disks
Diskettes
Templates
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4 |
As computer to diskettes the hard disks are |
More expensive
More portable
Less rigit
Slowly accessed
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5 |
Before a disk drive can access any sector record a computer program has to provide the record's disk address What information does this address specify. |
Track number
Sector number
All of above
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6 |
What is the number of read write heads in the drive for a 9 trac magnetic tape. |
9
16
18
27
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7 |
The most important advantage of a video disk is |
Compactness
Potential capacity
Durability
Cost effectiveness
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8 |
What is the latest write once optical storage media. |
Digital paper
Magneto optical disk
WORM disk
CD-ROM Disk
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9 |
Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM corporation. |
ASCII
Hollerith Code
Baudot code
EBCDIC Code
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10 |
Instructions and memory address are represented by. |
Character code
Binary codes
Binary word
Parity bit
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11 |
All modern computer operate on |
Information
Floppies
Data
Word
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12 |
The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called. |
Read out
Read from
Read
All of above
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13 |
The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from |
Primary memory
Control section
External memory
Cache memory
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14 |
Which one of the following characteristics is absent in a computer however sophisticated it may be. |
High speed
Intelligence
Accuracy
Perfect Memory
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15 |
Which of the following is the unit to express the memory of a computer. |
Compiler
Byte
Bus
Clone
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16 |
Bill Gates is more well knonw as |
The CEO of apple Macintosh
The CEO of IBM
The owner of Microsoft corporation
The inentor of the personal computer
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17 |
Binary codes as used in computer sciences are codes made up of witch of the following two numbers. |
0 and 9
1 and 3
0 and 1
9 and 1
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18 |
The special files of DOS are |
COM
EXE
BATCH
All of these
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19 |
Which of the following terms in not associated with computers. |
Frank land reaction
Data base
Binary
Windows
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20 |
Super computer was invested by |
J.H. Van Tassel
J.C. Perrier
W.L Judson
A.J garnering.
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21 |
Fox Pro is |
A medicine
A disease
A computer language
A animal
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22 |
The technical term not related to computer system. |
Virus
Winchester Disk
Mouse
FIFO system
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23 |
Which of the following is not a programming lanbguage. |
Basic
FORTRAN
LASER
PASCAL
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24 |
A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a |
Computer
Microcomputer
Programmable
Sensor
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25 |
A computer program that translate one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a |
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator
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26 |
The computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a. |
Interpreter
Simulator
Compiler
Commander
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27 |
The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except. |
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem
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28 |
What is the meant by a dedicated computer. |
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
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29 |
In most IBM PCs the CPU the device drives memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board What is the name of this board. |
Mother board
Breadboard
Daughter board
Grandmother board
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30 |
Personal Computer use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board What is the common name for such boards. |
Daughter board
Motherboard
Father board
Breadboard
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