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GAT Subject Computer Science Online MCQs MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
An operating system is a
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Set for user
Form of time sharing
Set of programs
Supervisor program
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Question # 2
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
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Question # 3
When usere view and change values interactively while using a database, the process is referred to as.
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Batching
Real time
High speed
Just in time
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Question # 4
Centralized processing but with access from terminals is known as.
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DDP
A ring network
Telecommuting
A teleprocessing system.
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Question # 5
COBOL and FORTRAN are examples of.
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Machine languages
High level languages
Assembly languages
Obsolete languages
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Question # 6
The decimal numbering system uses___________ digits
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Two
Eight
Nine
Ten
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Question # 7
A driver is.
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Hardware
A peripheral device
A card
Software
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Question # 8
Which of the following is associated with second generation computers.
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Transistors
Magnetic core memory
High level procedural language
All of above
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Question # 9
Ragged right means the right margin is set to be
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Uneven
even
Variable
wide
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Question # 10
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
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Question # 11
Which of the following is not a advantage of an integrated package.
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Generally less expensive than purchasing individual packages
Are not copyrighted so multiple copies can be made
User don't need to memorize as many commands
Allow for quick and easy transfer between applications.
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Question # 12
Natural languages are advantageous to programmers because they.
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Use words that people speak and write
Eliminate the computers demand for technical detail
Are less expensive
Use the binary system
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Question # 13
Which of the following functions is used to get the current date?
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Excel()
Today ( )
Month ( )
year ( )
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Question # 14
Type of relationships are.
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3
5
7
8
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Question # 15
Software program designed to be managed, rather than manipulated by the user, are called.
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Icons
knowledge workers
Enablers
Agents
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Question # 16
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
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Question # 17
The software that allows the user to manipulate photographs and other higher resolution images is called.
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Analog camera
CAD
FAX
Digital image processing software
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Question # 18
Which of the following commands changes any or all of the target words to a different word and comes in handy when you'v misspelled the same word or name throughout your document?
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The replace command
The edit command
The cut-and paste command
None of the above
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Question # 19
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
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Question # 20
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
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Question # 21
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
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Question # 22
Picture that represent files, folders, and disks are called.
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Windows
Menu
Icons
GUIs
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Question # 23
The "what you are" criterion for computer system access involves.
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a badge
biometrics
a pass word
a magnetized card
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Question # 24
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
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Question # 25
Why are computer crimes so hard to detect?
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Disk can easily be creased to get rid of the evidence.
Someone can steal information and leave the original behind.
Most computer crimes are committed by insiders.
All of these make computer crimes hard to detect
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Question # 26
CPU stand for
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Central processing unit
Central process unit
Commercial process unit
None of the above
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Question # 27
The programming language that was designed to encourage programmers to write structured program was.
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PASCAL
COBOL
BASIC
FORTRAN
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Question # 28
Which of the following is not hardware.
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Meganetic tap
Printer
Assembler
VDU Terminal
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Question # 29
If the experts are right, we can expect the price - to - performance ratio of hardware.
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To double every year or two for several years.
To go down every year or two for several years
To stay the same for a while
None of the abvoe
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Question # 30
The ENIAC, using ABC principles was designed by.
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Charles Babbage
Bell Laboratories
John V. Atanasoff
Mauchly and Echert
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Question # 31
How many pairs of computers can simultaneously communicate on Ethernet LAN?
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1
2
3
Multiple
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Question # 32
What enables a computer to work with a printer?
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Protocols
Drivers
Packet processor
HCL
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Question # 33
Binary systems use a base of.
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Eight
Two
Ten
zero
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Question # 34
The person who fills the role of change agent is the
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System user
System analyst
Administrator
client
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Question # 35
If a disk can hold 800 K bytes of information . It can store a text file of about.
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800,000 words
800 words
800 megabytes
800,000 characters.
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Question # 36
Much early AI work focused on game like checkers and chess because.
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They are easy to represent in the computer's digital memory
They have clearly defined rules
The goals of the game are unmistakable
All of the abvoe
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Question # 37
Business quality graphics
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Stacked bar
Analytical
Legend
Presentation
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Question # 38
The major operational problem of the early first generation computers was.
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Inaccurate results
Poor reliability
delayed results
Limited capabilities
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Question # 39
Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company eventually became .
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IBM
AT & T
Apple
General Electric
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Question # 40
DROP TABLE statement is used for.
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Deleting record
Inserting record
Deleting table
Retirieving records
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Question # 41
Computers process instructions in their"native" language, whichis called.
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COBOL
Machine language
BASIC
Natural language
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Question # 42
The computer dedicated to screening access to a network from outside the network
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hot site
cold site
vaccine
firewall
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Question # 43
What layer of the OSI model does data compression?
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Network
Data Link
Presentation
Physical
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Question # 44
An automated factory is more efficient than a traditional factory because.
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Integration of planning and manufacturing is tighter
Materials and machines spend less time sitting idle
Wast in facilities, raw material and labor is reduced
All of the above
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Question # 45
The name for the screen clarity is.
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Resolution
Discrete
Pixel
LCD
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Question # 46
A connection for similar networks.
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Satellite
gateway
bridge
fax
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Question # 47
A basic operation performed by a computer is.
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Arithmetic operation
Logic operations
Storage and retrieval operations
All of above
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Question # 48
A Computer devices its basic strength from
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Speed
Accuracy
Memory
All of the above
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Question # 49
Rearranging data is a new sequence is known as.
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Up dating
Batching
Sorting
Summarising
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Question # 50
Computer prepared art.
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cell
clip art
analytical
range
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Question # 51
Microwave transmission, coaxial cables, and fiber optics are examples of.
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modems
communication links
gateways
ring network
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Question # 52
An operating system is a.
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System software
System utility
Software pakage
Application software
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Question # 53
The branch of computing that attempts to make the computer exhibit imagination and insight is called
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Artificial intelligence
Multimedia
Hypermedia
Computer graphics
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Question # 54
A computer is capable of performing almost any task, provided that it cab be
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Coded
Memorized
Analyzed
Reduced to a series of logical steps.
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Question # 55
The programming language LOGO
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Tells a turtle to draw graphics on a screen
I sued to teach young children programming and problem solving skills
A and b
Neither a nor b and true
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Question # 56
The entire new system is used by a portion of the users.
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Direct conversion
Pilot conversion
File conversion
Parallel conversion
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Question # 57
IBM-1401, CD(C) 6600, IBM-7030 ect. belong to the
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First Generation computer
Second generation computer
Third generation computers
Fourth generation computers
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Question # 58
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
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Question # 59
MS-DOS is a product of
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AT & T
Corel
Microsoft
None of these
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Question # 60
LAN stand for.
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Little Area network
Local Area Network
Logical Ara network
Low Area network
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Question # 61
The most powerful computers are.
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Super minis
Super Micros
Super mainframe
Super Computers
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Question # 62
Which of the following statements concerning integrated circuits is false?
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They made machines physically larger
They are less prone to failure than vacuum tubes
They provide faster electrical transfer than transistors
They use less electrical power than their predecessors.
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Question # 63
A portable operating system.
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Generic
Backup
Allocated
Utility
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Question # 64
People whose jobs will be changed or eliminated by computers in the coming decade include.
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Factory workers
Clerical workers
Farmers
All of th abvoe
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Question # 65
Language was developed in
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1945
1956
1972
1977
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Question # 66
Tool to change PROM chips are called.
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Chip kits
RAM Burners
PROM Burner
None of these
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Question # 67
The first apple computer was built is.
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a garage
a ware house
An apartment
A factory
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Question # 68
One safeguard against theft or alteration of data is the use of .
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DES
Identical passwords
The trojan Horse
Data diddling
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Question # 69
Data communication requires only a:
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Sender
Receiver
Transmission medium
All of above
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Question # 70
Another name for an antivirus:
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Vaccine
Worm
Trojan Horse
DES
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Question # 71
Most of the errors in computer system could be attributed due to
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virus
Programming errors
Data entry
Hardware problem
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