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The principles of the relational data base systems were introduced by.

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Dr. James

Dr. Thompson

Dr. E.F. simon

Dr. E.F.Codd

Another name for an operating environment is.

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Page

Layer

Shell

Supervisor

What is an advantage of object oriented graphics over bitmapped graphics?

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It's faster

It requires less processing

It allows ahading of individual pixels

Objects can be easily rearranged at any time

CPU stand for

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Central processing unit

Central process unit

Commercial process unit

None of the above

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

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Cards

Busses

Slots

Ports

In computer terminology,the term wetware stand for .

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Artificial intelligence

Any organic intelligence

Molecular biology

Molecular scale computer

Which one of the following is a graphical shell?

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UNIX

Page

GUI

Utility program

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

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ALU

Control Unit

Memory

None

An Icon present on the Windows desktop that enable users to view, drives, folders, and files is called.

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My Documents

My Computers

Internet Explorer

Opera Explorer

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

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Desk-cheeking

translation

debugging

Documenting

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 memory chip has 1 K bytes of memory. What is the highest available memory address in the octal system.

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1023

1777

7777

None of these

LAN stand for.

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Little Area network

Local Area Network

Logical Ara network

Low Area network

What the control unit gets an instruction it is called.

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E-mail

Machine time

I-time

ALU time

Digital sound in a multimedia production can come from.

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A standard audio compact disc in a CD-Rom drive controlled by computer

Data in the computer's memory

A synthesizer controlled by a computer

All of the above

In computer science , by information we mean.

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Any output coming out form computer

Processed data put in intelligent form

A report printed by computer

Plural of data

A hybrid computer is the one having combined properties of.

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Super and microcompuers

Mini and microcomputers

Analog and digital computers

None of the above

According to the FBI, the average computer crime is worth.

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About the same as a car theft

Left than most other crime because information is free

For more than most other crime

the FBI doesn't know because computer crime to a relatively new type of crime.

Binary coded decimal numbers express each decimal digit as .

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Binary digits

Nibble

Word

Byte

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

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Excel()

Today ( )

Month ( )

year ( )

Characteristic of digital computer are.

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Versatile and large memory

Speed and accuracy

Aase of communication, simulation and automation

All of the above

The Mark-I was built by

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Thomas Watson

Dr. John Mauchly

John V. Atanasoff

Howard Aiken

A digital computer performs its computations by___________

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Mechanical means

Analogy

guessing

Counting

The operation of arithmetic logic unit is directed by.

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the ALU Itself

Program

Control Unit

Memory unit

Steve Wozniak and Steve Job major contribution to the world of computers was.

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popularizing the personal computer

Developing the BASIC language

Introducing the concept of computer assisted instruction

Founding Microsoft

Most spreadsheet will allow you to careate______ between worksheets, so when values change in one the others are updated automatically.

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Templates

Macros

Links

None of these

In the computer world the word digital mean information that in an.

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Discrete units

Units that can be counted

Continous, smooth form

a and b

A type of computer that is faster because it has fewer instructions.

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Symbolic

RISC

ASCII-8

ROM Burner

A fourth generation language used for database retrieval.

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High level language

Assembly language

Query langauge

Procedural language

The CPU Comprises of.

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Memory, VDU, and printer

Input device, output device, and memory

Store, arithmetic and logic unit, and control unit

Software, hardware, and power supply unit.

Testing of each individual program or module is called.

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Program testing

Volume testing

System testing

Unit testing

A language designed to generate routing business reports is.

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COBOL

LISP

RPG

ALGOL

Instructional software is often referred to as.

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Eduware

Courseware

Firmware

School ware

Which file processing will be suited to obtain upto the minute information is response to inquires from on line station without delay

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Random access or on - line

Sequential

Batch

Serial

The benefits of using a database include all but one of the following.

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Easier to retrieve information quickly and flexibly

Easy to organize infomation

Easy to print and distribute information

Easy to protect privacy of data

A network type in which all computers have equal status.

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Communication links

peer to peer

WAN

direct connect

What major area of artificial intelligence deals with distinguishing eats from dogs in a computer's view?

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Pattern recognition

Expert systems

Resolution analysis

Natural language

When all hardware, sofware, storage, and processing is housed in one location it is called.

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A time sharing system

Centralized processing

A DDP system

A host computer system.

IBM's System/360 family of computers was introduced during the .

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1950s

Third generation

Second generation

1990s

Productivity tools that help computer users solve problems are called.

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Systems software programs

Translator program

Application program

None of above

INSERT INTO statement is used for.

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Retrieving record

Adding new record

Changing values

Deleting record

What are the three things that can be in the cell of a spreadsheet/

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Numeric values, Letters, symbols

Percents, ranges, numeric values

numeric values, labels, formulas

Numeric values, tables, sums

Base 8 is often used in computing because

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There are 8 bit in a byte

Calculations become casier by using base 8

Electronic circuits can be made economically

It can represent long string of binary I's in a more compact form.

One common problem with computer monitoring is that workers who are monitored may

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Develop carpal tunnel syndrome

Assume that if it's not being counted, it's not important enough to do

Require ongoing training

Come in contact with computer viruses

Which of the following is an acronym for a computer department.

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MIS

PDA

CPU

LAN

A data arranged in intelligible form is called.

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Processed data

Program

Sofware

Information

The largest mainframe database are referred to as.

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Distributed

Centralized

Real time

time managers

A computer based system in which a telephone message is recorded in digital form and then forwarded to other is.

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A teleconferencing

Voice mail

A bulletin board

Telecommuting

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

May experts predict that the most important enhancement to the user interface of the future will be.

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A new menu structure.

Talk writers

Knowledge

A new type of pointing device.

Who Invented the modem?

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IBM

DEC

AT & T information system, USA

Apple computers Inc.

How many pairs of computers can simultaneously communicate on Ethernet LAN?

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1

2

3

Multiple

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

Program maintenance means.

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Maintaining a program exactly the way it was initially developed

Changing a program due to changes in the organization

A dopting an altogether new program

Removing the errors from a program

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

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

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Coded

Memorized

Analyzed

Reduced to series of logical steps.

Formula can be applied on:

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Values

Labels

Unmerged cells

None of the above

The following register keeps track of the program during Execution.

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Address register

Program counter

Data register

Accumulator

When a database receives data in the form of text files created with word processors, spreadsheets, or other data bases, the process is called.

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Searching

Exporting

Importing

None of these

Which of the following can be used to launch Word Art?

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Status bar

Ruler

Standard tool bar

Drawing tool bar

___________ means rearranging of data in a sequence.

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Editing

Updating

Batching

Sorting

Which one of the following commands displays the volume label and serial number if they exist

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VOL

VOLU

VALUM

VOLUME

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

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

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

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Programmers

System analysis

User

Client

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.

Charles Babbage worked closely with__ to develop his device.

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Ada Lovelace

Joseph Marie Charles

Herman Hollerith Charles

Lord Byron

_____________ are programs which are written to cause computers to function in a desired way.

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Hardware

Instruction

Software

Sorting

Terminal is a:

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Device to give power supply to computer

Point at which data centers or leaves the computer.

The last instruction in a program

Any input/output device

Another name for an antivirus:

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Vaccine

Worm

Trojan Horse

DES

The microphone converts the sound into.

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Mechanical signals

Electrical signals

Computer file

Software