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The term'word' in computer terminology refers to.

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Bit formed into groups

Coded instructions

Memory size

Language used

The process of detecting, locating, and correcting logic errors is called.

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Desk-cheeking

translation

debugging

Documenting

What type of translator software translates an entire program into machine language before passing it on to the computer?

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Compiler

Interpreter

Pascal

Text editor

Another name for a logic chip is.

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PROM

ROM

Memory

Microprocessor

A chart of positions and departments within an organization is.

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A data flow diagram

A project management report

An organization chart

A Gantt charet

Information travels between components of a computer through groups of wires called.

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Cards

Busses

Slots

Ports

K Represents.

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100010

210

102410

10002

You want to produce personalized form letters, so you sue the ____ capability of the word processor.

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Sort

Mail merge

Style and grammar checker

Desktop publishing

The use of computer for business applications in attractive because of its.

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Accuracy

Reliability

Speed

All of the above

10 -point Helvetica, 10-point Times, 10-point Avant Grade, and 10-point Zapf chancery are all examples of.

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serifs

text justifications

fonts

pixels

In the paperless office of the future, it is predicated that.

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Magnetic archives will replace fill cabinets

Electronic communication will replace memos and letters

Information utilities will replace newspapers

All of the above

The operation of arithmetic logic unit "ALU" is directed by

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Memory unit

Control unit

Program

The ALU itself

The people who will have contact with the system, such as employers and customers, are.

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Progmmers

Users

Client

System analysis

When a program becomes a part of the silicon chip it is called.

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Software

Firmware

embedded

Hardware

When a user issues a command to find all the records that match a set of criteria, it is called a.

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Merge

File

Query

Sort

A computer cime in which money is embezzled in small amount over time is.

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The salami technique

The Trojan Horse

Blue collar crime

Data diddling

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.

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.

If a processor does not have direct and unassisted access to data items, these items are said to be.

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Off line

On line

Time shared

None of these

The problem of protecting the privacy in computer system is aggravated by the increased use of.

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Command line user interfaces

Workstations

New CPU hardware

Networks

FDDI is a.

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Ring network

Star network

Mes network

bus network

A word processor can be used to.

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Write text

Edit text

Print text

All of above

To open a version of a document means to copy it back from.

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Printed copy

floppy disk into the computer's memory

Hard disk into the computer's memory

Either b or c

The focus of the fifth generation is .

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Connectivity

Symbolic languages

Silicon

Memory chips

Most computers have two separate memory caches L1 cache, located on the _____________ and L2 cache, located between the CPU and DRAM.

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RAM

ROM

CPU

EEPROM

UNIX is an example of a

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Memory management

Generic operating system

NOS

Utility program

When thomas J. Watson Sr. took over the computing tabulating Recording company, he renamed it.

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Digital Equipment Corporation

International Business Machines

Sperry UNIVAC

Social Security Administration

Which one of the following is a graphical shell?

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UNIX

Page

GUI

Utility program

Smart cards.

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Have a microprocessor and memory in them

Are currently only used for checking and credit card services.

a and b

None of these

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

Tool to change PROM chips are called.

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Chip kits

RAM Burners

PROM Burner

None of these

What is query

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Question or inquiry

Answer

Command

Form

In EBCDIC coded each character is denoted by.

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3 bits

4 bits

5 bits

8 bits

SQL stand for.

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Structure Query language

Super Query language

Superior Query languae

Selected Query langauge.

Computer that are used to control temperature and humidity in buildings are considered to be.

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Software

Special purpose

Non- programmable

Analytical engines

A physical system can be modeled by a set of

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Boolean equations

Logic equations

Differential equations

Linear algebraic equations

Screen displays for video games and embellished photographic images involve the use of.

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Bitmapped image editing

Object oriented drawing

Illustration software

One of these

A flip-flop is a

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monostable device

bistable device

astable device

oscillatory device

The types of modulation that changes the height of the signal is called.

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frequency

phase

amplitude

Prophase

When the word processor automatically transports, along with the cursor, any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line, it is called.

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Transpositioning

Word wrap

Editing

Formatting

When a bank teller uses a computer terminal to known the balance in a customer's account it is an example of.

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On-line updating

Off line processing

On line query

On-line processing

In developing a program, documentation should be done.

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as the last step

Throughout the process

Only to explain errors

Only during the design phase

How many input leads will be required for a chip containing our two input NOT gates?

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7

12

13

14

Secured waste, auditor cheeks, and applicant screening all aid

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data security

built in software protection

License protection

piracy detection

Computer that used transistors by transferring electricity across a resistor were considered to be.

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First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

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

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Excel()

Today ( )

Month ( )

year ( )

Type of language processors are.

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2

3

4

8

Data items are generally classified into which type of codes

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Numeric

Alphanumeric

Character

All of the above

CBT stand for.

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Certificate based training

Computer based trade

Computer base training

Computer based transfer

The number 10000 would appear just immediately after

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FFFF (hex)

1111 (binary)

7777 (octal)

All of above

Computer crime is likely to continue to grow unless.

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Electronic bulletin board operators are held responsible for information others post on their BBS.

Corporations and government agencies recognize the importance of security with their walls.

Law-enforcement agencies stop worrying about corporate insiders and, instead, increase their efforts to arrest teenage hackers.

We decide that freedom of the press does not apply to on-line magazines.

Programming and testing are elements of

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systems analysis

System development

systems design

Implementation

Information transformations are performed by the

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Central processing unit

Input devices

Out put devices

File description

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

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Terminator

Barrel connector

Network adapter card

Medium attachment.

The time between the user's request and the computer's reply

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Concurrent time

Response time

Allocation time

Event time

The operation of arithmetic logic unit is directed by.

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the ALU Itself

Program

Control Unit

Memory unit

Phase one of a system project involves

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A system survey

Data gathering

A system analysis

Questionnaires

The entire new system is used by a portion of the users.

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Direct conversion

Pilot conversion

File conversion

Parallel conversion

Which one of the following is the main component of DBMS?

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Database program

IDE

GUI

Application Program

Which of the following is not true about object oriented graphics?

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Object can be rearranged and moved around

Multiple objects can be grouped together

Printout resolution is determined by the printer, not by the software

All of these statements are true

Historically , the first computers were used for.

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Text processing

Data storage

Simulation and modelling

Arithmetic calculations

the abacus emerged about__________ years ago in Asia Minor.

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4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

Most modern word processors allow users to control the formats of .

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Individual characters

Lines

Paragraphs

all of the above

What enables a computer to work with a printer?

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Protocols

Drivers

Packet processor

HCL

Communication circuits tht transmit data in both directions but not at the same time are operating in

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Simplex mode

Half Duplex mode

Full Duplex mode

None of above

The arrangement in which most of the processing is done by the server.

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Simplex transmission

Electronic data interchange

File server

Client/Server

A control structure used to make logical decision is the

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Sequence control structure

Selection control structure

Repetition control structire

a and b

Present day speech recognition is best suited to which situation?

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Recognition of single letters of the alphabet

Words spoken in context

Foreign language translations

One user's voice pattern

A fourth generation language used for database retrieval.

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High level language

Assembly language

Query langauge

Procedural language

The __________ command moves text from one document to another.

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Cut and paste

Format

Search

Replace

125₈(octal) in decimal equivalent is equal to.

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85₁₀

83₁₀

84₁₀

86₁₀