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Pick out the wrong definition |
Access time - time needed to access the output
EDP- acronym for Electronic Data Processing
COBOL - a language used for business data processing
Control unit - heart of a computer
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2 |
Which of the following is not hardware |
Magnetic tap
Printer
VDU terminal
Assembler
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3 |
When the control unit gets an instruction it is called |
E-mail
machine time
I-time
ALU time
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4 |
Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO which meas |
Garbage input good output
garbage in garbage out
great instruction great output
good input good output
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5 |
Error reports are an example of |
sheduled report
on-demand reports
exception reports
external reports
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6 |
A parallel interface |
transmit one bit at a time
transmit one or more bits at a time using a single wire
transmit 8 or more bits at a time using as many wires
cannot be used to connect a printer to a PC
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7 |
Which of the following description relates to a floppy diskette |
9-track 1600 BPI
double sided double density
33 Mhz - zero-wait time
40 MB capacity
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8 |
The output of a sequential circuit depends upon |
present input
past inputs
both a and b
none of a and b
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9 |
The number 7F00 in Hexadecimal when multiplied by 61 us |
7F16
167F00
7F006
None of these
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10 |
Which of the following is associated with optics |
Winchester
RAM
CD-ROM
None of these
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11 |
Excess-3 code is known as |
Weighted code
cyclic redundancy code
algebraic code
self complementing
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12 |
Distribution data entry means that data can be |
Entered at different location where it originates
Sent to different locations from a central place
Access from different places known as distribution points
Distributed through a network
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13 |
Temporary storage areas within the CPU are called |
ROMs
Registers
Accumulators
Address
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14 |
Implementation of a program involves |
Compilation of the program
Debugging the program
Testing the program with data
All of the above
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15 |
A conceptual error in a program is a/an |
Logical error
Execution error
Syntactical error
None of the above
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