Question # 1

The process of writing a program from an algorithm is called.

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Coding

Decoding

Encoding

Encrypting

A program that can identify unnecessary words and wordy phrases in called.

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Indexing program

Grammar/Style program

From letter program

Thesaurus program

The basic operation performed by a computer is.

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Arithmetic operations

Logic operations

Storage and retrieval operations

All of above

Which menu of MS-Access contains the command "New"?

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File

Edit

View

Format

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

The purpose of intellectual property law is to.

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Allow the creator to make money

Justly reward mental labor

Encourage innovation

All of the above

For many who understand computers, the biggest issue of concern related to autonomous military system is.

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The unpredictability of the enemy

The these systems might not react quickly enough to an attack

Software reliability

Hardware capacity

INSERT INTO statement is used for.

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Retrieving record

Adding new record

Changing values

Deleting record

Data items are generally classified into which type of codes

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Numeric

Alphanumeric

Character

All of the above

Comments in the program itself are part of.

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Compiling

Translating

Linking

Documenting

Booting is a process in which

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User programs are bought in memory

I/O files are collected and organized on disk

A portion of the operating system is loaded into memory

None of the above

What are string constants?

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A set of positive and negative numbers.

A set of characters enclosed in quotation marks.

Both of these

None of these

Which of the following is not hardware.

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Meganetic tap

Printer

Assembler

VDU Terminal

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

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Progmmers

Users

Client

System analysis

In anticipation of physical destruction, every computer organization should have a.

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Biometrics scheme

Disaster recovery plan

DES

Set of active badges

Violations of the rules of grammar of a programming language are called.

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Syntax errors

Programming errors

Translator errors

Logic errors

Binary number 10101101 is equivalent in decimal form to.

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170

171

173

174

What is telecommuting?

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A special form of electronic mail

a new trend in robotics that may take the place of cars.

A trend towards working at home using personal computers and modems

None of these

_________ computers are special purpose computers.

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Digital

Hybrid

Microcomputer

Supper Computer

Error in computer results could be due to

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Encoding of data

Transmission of data

Manipulation of data

All of the abvoe

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

A program whose sabotage depends on certain condition is called a.

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bug

worm

Vaccine

bomb

Phase one of a system project involves.

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A system survey

Data gathering

A system analysis

questionnaires

Software that sotes a picture, not as a collection of dots, but as a collection of lines and shapes is called ________ software.

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Painting

Drawing

Modeling

Dragging

Four digit binary number 1011 is represented in the decimal system by.

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7

9

11

13

How many types of modems are available in the market?

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2

3

5

6

A fourth generation language used for database retrieval.

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High level language

Assembly language

Query langauge

Procedural language

Memory capacity may be expresed in .

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Microseconds

Kilobytes

Bits

Cycles

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

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Pull down menu

Headers

block

Halftone

LAN stand for.

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Little Area network

Local Area Network

Logical Ara network

Low Area network

Information .

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Is a marketable commodity

Can be stolen while leaving the original behind

Should be free, according to the original hacker ethic .

All of the above

Hashing , to get an address, is the process of applying a formula to a .

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Key

Record

File

Character

Software which coordinates hardware operations and does the behind the scenes work that a computer user seldom sees is called.

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A translator program

An application program

A database

Systems sofware

A computer is capable of performing almost any task, provided that it can be.

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Coded

Memorized

Analyzed

Reduced to a series of logical steps

A computer process information.

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as directed by teh operator

Automatically

At once

Gradually and enventually

Testing of each individual program or module is called.

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Program testing

Volume testing

System testing

Unit testing

An analog computer can be worked directly with

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Magnetic tapes

Punched card

Magnetic disk

None of the above

When a database stores procedures or instructions along with data, rather than in table sor hierarchies, it is called.

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Graphical user interface

User friendly

Object oriented

Query format

Screen output is also called.

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Hard copy

Soft copy

Daisy wheel

Resolution

The factor not necessary for calculating the storage capacity of a disk is.

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Track density

Recording density

Diameter of the disk

None of abvoe

A flashing cursor is sometimes called an

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ENTER key

Ready signal

Insertion bar

C

To activate an object, send

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a message

an instance

a method

an attribute

The earliest file management systems that required users to accumulate transaction and feed them into computers in large groups used.

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Transaction processing

Interactive processing

Decentralized processing

Batch processing

In multiprogramming, two or more programs can be executed.

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By optimizing computer

With two computer

Simultaneously

Concurrently

CD(C) 6600, IBM-1401, IBM-7030 etc. belong to the

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First generation of computer

Second generation computer

Third generation computer

Fourth generation computer

Error reports are an example of.

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Scheduled report

On demand reports

Exception reports

External reports

Centralized processing but with access from terminals is known as.

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DDP

A ring network

Telecommuting

A teleprocessing system.

Another name for available for purchase software is.

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Secondary software

System software

Packaged software

Peripheral software

Micro processor is based on

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Thermionic values

Transistors

Single integrated circuit or chip

Integrated circuit

Will are the two inherent characteristics computers have that most leave them open to attack or operating error?

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A computer is difficult to hide/hardware is portable.

Every computer network is easily accessible/files are easy to copy

A computer will do exactly what it's programmed to do a computer can do only what what it's programmed to do.

Computers are so programmable that they don't have any inherent characteristics.

The lowest level of management is concerned with

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Operational information

Traditional information

Long term planning

Strategic information

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

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

Software to peruse the internet:

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gate way

EFT

Browser

Teleconferencing

A string of letters and numbers known only by the user and the computer is called a

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Login Name

Command

Password

Code

The sequence of instruction telling the machine to perform a particular sequence of operation is called.

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Program

Hardware

Algorithm

Debugging

Most word processors today include this feature, which compares teh words ina document with words in a disk based dictionary.

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rhymer

Spell checker

Outliner

Processor

The set of choice on the screen is called an

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Menu

Editor

Reverse video

Template

Computer program consists of

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Instructions

Data

Low level language

Both a and b

Which of these is a well known example of system software.

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Hyper card

Microsoft works

MS-DOS

All of these are system software.

FORTRAN is an acronym for

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Formula translator

Formula transducer

For translating high level language

both a and b

Computer scientist still have not.

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Developed tools that will allow programmers to quickly produce error free software.

Gotten anywhere past the theory of virtual reality

Developed the first intelligent agent

Had any real success with speech recognition

Language was developed in

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1945

1956

1972

1977

The language small talk is.

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Procedural oriented

Document oriented

Problem oriented

Object oriented

What technique is used to move text with a word processor.?

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Cut and paste

Drag and Drop

Both a and b

Neither a nor b

The signal that the computer is awaiting a command from the user

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Promt

Time slice

Event

Interrupt

Text information in a cell.

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Label

formula

value

cell address

The active cell.

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Current cell

Formula

Range

Cell address

Take turn time- sharing.

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Spooling

Interfacing

Roun (d) robin scheduling

Prompting.

A language designed to generate routing business reports is.

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COBOL

LISP

RPG

ALGOL

The largest mainframe database are referred to as.

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Distributed

Centralized

Real time

time managers