Question # 1

In BASIC,Which one of the following is something that does not change its values during execution of the program?

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Variable

Constant

Command

None of these

Storage of 1 K means that it has following number of storage location.

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1000

964

1024

1032

Spreadsheet program that include macro capabilities.

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Can automate repetitive spreadsheet construction tasks

Are necessary for block modeling

Are necessary to create work sheets with linked cells

Aren't possible in a mouse based graphic user interface.

In Multiprogramming, the process of confining each program to certain defined limits in memory is called.

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Spooling

Time sharing

Program scheduling

Memory protection

The concept of relational model was created in?

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1945

1964

1955

1970

The language named for a French mathematician is.

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C

Ada

COBOL

Pascal

Computer program consists of

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Instructions

Data

Low level language

Both a and b

Type of language processors are.

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2

3

4

8

The disadvantages of analog computer over the digital computer lies in its.

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Set up being closely resembling the physical system

Having parallel struc

Being readily tied up with a physical system without uinsg expensive inter phase.

Need for scaling, limited number of units, limited accuracy

Main memory of personal computer is called.

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PROM

ROM

EPROM

RAM

Computer operation s are synchronized by

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The CPU clock

Megabytes

The binary system

E-time

Pick up the wrong statement in the analogy of mechanical and electrical devices.

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Resistance is analog of damping

Inductance is analog of mass

Capacitance is analog of spring constant

Charge is analog of displacement.

A virus program is usually hidden in.

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The operating system only

An application program only

The disk drive

The operating system of application programs

A standardized business language is.

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CODASYL

BASIC

COBOL

Ada

A temporary lincup of print requests waiting to be printed on a printer.

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Print request

Print queue

Print Waiting

None of the abvoe

BCD code is.

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4 bits code

5 bits code

6 bits code

8 bits code

A microprocessor has memory location from 0000 to 3 FFF, each storing one byte. The number of bytes, the memory can stored is.

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8,192

16,384

32,768

4,096

UNIX is a /an

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word processor

Operating system

Botha a and b

None of these

What is an expression in a computer programme.

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a combination of variables, constants and operators.

A set of instructions

A set of information

None of these

In one were to allow 6 bits per symbol, then following number of different symbols could be encoded.

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16

32

64

128

A letter, number, or a special character is represented by a

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bit

kilobyte

Megabyte

byte

While database contains only facts, a knowledge base also contains.

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a system for determining and changing the relationship between facts.

Rigidly organized categories

A comprehensive dictionary

All of the above

The analog computer deals directly with.

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Number of pulses

Measured values of continuous physical magnitudes

Signal in the form of 0 or 1

Signal in discrete values from 0 to 9

Pick out the WRONG statement

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Information stored in RAM can be changed by over writing it.

Information stored in ROM can not be changed by over writing it.

Information Can be stored in any location of RAM

Computer main memory can be accessed only sequentially

A program written when the programmer is employed by an organization is owned by

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The programmer

no one

The organization

The state

When all access and processing is done in one location, a computer system is said to be

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Networked

Distributed

Contralized

Linked

Which component is responsible for comparing the contents of two pieces of data?

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ALU

Control Unit

Memory

None

Ragged right means the right margin is set to be

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Uneven

even

Variable

wide

The computer dedicated to screening access to a network from outside the network

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hot site

cold site

vaccine

firewall

One of the advantages of electronic mail over the telephones for short communications is that.

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E-mail is secure against wiretapping

E-mail demands the immediate attention of the recipient

E-mail systems cost less than phone systems

E-mail does not demand the immediate attention of the recipient

Which of the following is associated with second generation computer.

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Transistor

Magnetic core memory

High level procedural language

All of above

The first commercial computer, delivered in 1951, is called.

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Mark -1

Analytical machine

Atanasoff Berry Computer

UNIACI

A bus line consists of

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Registers

Accumulators

Parallel data paths

Machinie cycles

Which of the following functions is used to get the current date?

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Excel()

Today ( )

Month ( )

year ( )

An ___________ is also defined as a set of mathematically meaningful symbols, letters and numbers.

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Documentation

Expression

Programme

none of these

What is a computer program?

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A type of peripheral

A set of instructions

A form of data

A type of processor

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

A conceptual error in a program is a/an

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Logical error

Execution error

Syntactical error

None of these

A built in number that identifies a location in storage.

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Character

word

byte

address

Which university built the first all electronic computer in late 1945?

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University of portland

University of California

University of Pennsylvania

University of Taxes

Three major issue that have an impact on the success of successes of educational technology.

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Money, teacher training, motivation of students.

Money, teacher training, restructuring of schools.

Geographical location of school,parental communitment, student interest.

IQ of the students teacher interest, student involvemnt.

Pocket electronic translators provide world travelers instant access to.

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Networks

Common words

Whole sentences

Syntax

CPU is divided into how many parts.

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2

3

5

6

A software program designed to replicate the decision making process of a human expert is called an

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Knowledge base

Data base

Expert system

Artifical domain

The Acronym SILK represents.

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The name of a new desktop computer with futuristic capabilities.

One researcher's vision of the themes emerging in user interface technology

The minimum qualifications of a software agent.

A new type of multimedia software application

Registers that collect the results of computations are.

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General purpose

Main storage

Storage Registers

Accumulators

Most worksheet include_____ at the tops of columns and at the edge of rows.

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Grids

Addresses

Locators

Labels

Parallel processing is normally under

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Batch processing Mode

On-line processing mode

Batch and online mode

None of above

Cabling on a linear bus topology can be extended using which of the following.

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Terminator

Barrel connector

Network adapter card

Medium attachement unit

A program that can identify unnecessary ward and word phrase is called an.

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Pull down menu

Headers

block

Halftone

Many experts predict that internet will be replaced by.

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Prodigy

Milnet

UREN

Usenet

MS-DOS is a/an

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Word processor

Operating system

both a and b

None of these

A typical microcomputer has 64 K memory, It has 65,536 registers, each register storing 1 byte. Each register is called.

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Memory location

Address

Byte

Word

Which of the following cannot be entered into a typical spreadsheet cell.

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A formula

A numeric value

Graphics

All of the above are legal

Centralized processing but with access from terminals is known as.

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DDP

A ring network

Telecommuting

A teleprocessing system.

The following registers, respectively are used for selecting an instruction , reading into the register, and interpreting.

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Sequence, instruction, decoder

Accumulator, storage, address

Decoder, address, instruction

Accumulator, address, decoder

How many types or layouts of forms are available in MS-Access.

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2

4

5

8

The preliminary investigation of a systems project is also called.

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Analysis survey

System design

Feasibility study

Evaluation

The first apple computer was built is.

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a garage

a ware house

An apartment

A factory

A program called an ___________ translates each assembly language instruction into a machine language instruction.

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Compiler

Assembler

Interpreter

Translator

Integrated circuits are housed in .

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Vacuum tubes

Transistors

Software

Silicon chips

A fourth generation language used for database retrieval.

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High level language

Assembly language

Query langauge

Procedural language

___________ convert high level language into low level langage.

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Google

Assembler

Web page

Compiler

Data communication requires only a:

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Sender

Receiver

Transmission medium

All of above

An empty shell in which a company may embedded chip to signal its wearer's location.

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hot site

Cold site

Restoration site

Hard ware

Which of the following would work to keep a class gradebook that automatically upgrades totals when grades are entered?

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Word processor

Spread sheet

MS-DOS

None of these

"Hot Spots" that respond to mouse clicks in a Hyper Card stack are called.

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Buttons

Fields

Links

Cards

Most of the errors in computer system could be attributed due to

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virus

Programming errors

Data entry

Hardware problem

First generation computers were characterized by the use of the______

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Microprocessor

Vacuum tube

Transister

Integrated circuit

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

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Ring network

Node

Information utility

Star network

Temporary storage areas within the CPU are called.

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ROMs

Registers

Accumulators

Addresses