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Program written to cause computers to function in a desired way are called.

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Hard ware

Instruction

Software

Algorithm

The language small talk is.

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Procedural oriented

Document oriented

Problem oriented

Object oriented

A chart of positions and departments within an organization .

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A data flow diagram

A project management report

An organization chart

A Gantt chart

Integrated circuits are housed in .

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Vacuum tubes

Transistors

Software

Silicon chips

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 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

The term"time slicing"need not apply to.

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On line transacting processing.

Batch processing

Real time processing

None of above

Spelling checker program use.

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tab settings

Pagination

Function keys

a dictionary

PDP-5,PDP-9,IBM-360 series and IBM-370 series belong to the

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First generation computers

Second generation computers

Third generation computers

Fourth generation computers

The concurrent processing of computer program via terminals on one computer system is an example.of.

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Realtime processing

Time sharing

Interactive processing

All of the above

An assembly language uses.

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English words

Mnemonic codes

Os and Is

Binary digits

Which one of the following statements is wrong in the analogy of mechanical and electrical devices?

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Resistance is analog of damping

Inductance is analog of mass

Capacities is analog of spring constant

Charge is analog of displacement

What is the turing test?

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A spreadsheet cross -check

A test for machine cognition

A database selection rule

A test for electronics reliability

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

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

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VOL

VOLU

VALUM

VOLUME

The data base command that arranges records in alphabetic or numeric order is called.

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Sort

Select

Search

Query

This types of font allow more room for wide characters like we than for narrow characters like is.

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Sans serif

Proportionally spaced

Courier

None of these

Data and stored instructions in a digital computer consists of .

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Numerals

Alphabets

Characters

Bits

An important point about hypertext and othe forms of hypermedia is that

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Data can be stored in a sequential format

It is more prone to viruses than other media

Data can be linked in any conceivable way

They can be transmitted over networks more quickly than oil a media

The person who requests study or work on a system is the.

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Client

Analyst

Change agent

User

A computer is very high speed, accuracy and reliability. Its intelligent quotient could be of the order of.

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0

10

15

20

A digital computer performs its computations by.

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Mechanical means

Analogy

Pressing

Counting

The number A9D in Hexadecimal system is equivalent to which number in octal system.

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5235

5335

5135

5233

The sequential organization is most suitable for.

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Master files in a batch processing environment

Master files on direct access device

Transaction files

None of the abvoe

The emerging standard for programming complex queries in a database is called.

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SOL

COBOL

1-2-3

Word perfect

Which of the following is decreasing as computer technology progresses.

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Hardware reliability

Efficiency

Speed

Hardware cost.

In preparing a program, desk cheeking and translation are example of.

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Coding

Planning

Testing

Documenting

Binary coded decimal numbers express each decimal digit as .

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Binary digits

Nibble

Word

Byte

In desktop publishing systems, this software is used to combine the source documents into a coherent, visually appealing publication.

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Page layout software

Database software

Spreadsheet software

Telecommunication software

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

True color is photo quality and typically uses ___________ bits of memory for each pixel on the screen.

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2

4

24 or 32

8 or 6

The command to transfer text to another location without deleting it from its original location is.

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Scroll

Copy

Search

Move

Who Invented the modem?

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IBM

DEC

AT & T information system, USA

Apple computers Inc.

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

An intelligent terminal is a terminal that.

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Translates intelligence for the business computer

Uses a computer for organizing data

Manages CPU in a sequential order

Feed input or outpur

LAN stand for.

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Little Area network

Local Area Network

Logical Ara network

Low Area network

The Media Access Control sublayer resides in which OSI layer?

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Physical

Data link

Net work

Transport

MS-DOS is an example of _____________ interface.

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GUI

CLI

MAC

All of the above

Summarizes inforamation related to a graph.

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plot area

label

axis

title

CPU is divided into how many parts.

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2

3

5

6

The history of first generation computers extends from 1945 to.

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1953

1954

1955

1956

Which of the following is not a category of network problems.

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Newsgroup problems

Physical problems

Electrical problems

Viruses

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

Typical gray scale graphics allow each pixel to appear as black, white or gray by

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Assigning 1 bit per pixel

By mixing black and white pixels to produce gray

Assigning 8 bits per pixel ,allowing for 256 shades of gray

None of these

The programming language that was designed to encourage programmers to write structured program was.

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PASCAL

COBOL

BASIC

FORTRAN

program need to be entered into the computer's memory saved as a disk file and translated into the computer's native machine language before they can be executed or run . to enter and save a program, you can use an.

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Fornatter

CAD program

Text editor

Interpreter

The weakest link in any computer system is the

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People in it

Hardware

Password

Software

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

The set of choice on the screen is called an

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Menu

Editor

Reverse video

Template

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

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

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Database program

IDE

GUI

Application Program

Popular object -orinted languages.

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Pascal, Modul 3

C++ , Smalltalk

LOGO, PRO LOGO

COBOL + BASIC

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

A built in number that identifies a location in storage.

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Character

word

byte

address

Programming and testing are elements of.

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System analysis

System development

Implementation

System design

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

Historically , the first computers were used for.

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Text processing

Data storage

Simulation and modelling

Arithmetic calculations

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

The binary number 10101011 is equal to the hexadecimal number

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AD

CD

AB

BC

A flip-flop is a

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monostable device

bistable device

astable device

oscillatory device

Computer class rooms.

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Improve memorization skills, but provide no help with learning analytical skills

Decrease school budgets by replacing teachers.

Allow students to work at their own pace

Improve student analytical sills, but provide no help with creative work

Computers that deal with discreae data are called.

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Discrete computers

Digital computers

Analog computers

Micro computers

What layer of the OSI model does data compression?

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Network

Data Link

Presentation

Physical

Pictures on a monitor are composed of tiny dots called.

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A pixels

CRTs

VDTs

Elements.

The most common from of computer crime is.

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Stealing hardware

Theft of money, goods, information, and computer resources

Spying on other people in the network

Writing viruses.

A LAN is a combination of.

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Network adapter cards

LAN Cables

LAN Application software

All of above

Point of sale terminal to.

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Terminals associated with MICR

Smart terminal

Terminal associated with OCR

None of abvoe

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

Programming and testing are elements of

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systems analysis

System development

systems design

Implementation

ROM store data

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Direct

Permanent

Temporary

Provisional