Question # 1

____________ operating systems are used to control machinery scientific instruments and industrial systems.

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Batch

Single User

Real time

All of the above

Multimedia documents can contain.

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Animation computer graphics that move on the screen

Video information film clips shown on the computer's screen

Audio information music, sound effects, and spoken words

All of the above

A data base record is broken down into

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Fields

Relations

Tracks

Forms

Magnetic characters are produced on your bank cheeks by.

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bar code reader

MICR inscribers

mice

microfiche

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

How many types or layouts of forms are available in MS-Access.

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2

4

5

8

Now a day computers all over the world can talk to each other which is one of the special accessories essential for this purpose?

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Fax card

Modem Card

Network adapter card

DVD

Which of the following is a major benefit of drill and practice computer assisted instructions

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Students who use CAI develop their social skills

There is immediate feedback for the student

All strudents can learn at the same, fixed pace none of the above.

None of the above

Storing records one after another in a file in an ascending or descending order determined by the record keyis called.

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Sequential processing

Serial processing

Batch processing

All of the above

The major operational problem of the early firs generation computers was.

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Inaccurate results

Poor reliability

Delayed results

Limited capabilities

The device are used by a person or other system to communicate with a computer are called.

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Communication devices

I/O devices

message devices

All of the above

An analog computer produces its results inthe form of .

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Numbers

Codes of '0' s and '1' s

Log format

Graphs

___________ is an external example of hardware.

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Monitor

Sound card

Modem

None of these

While database contains only facts, a knowledge base also contains.

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a system for determining and changing the relationship between facts.

Rigidly organized categories

A comprehensive dictionary

All of the above

The device used with satellite transmission that ensures that strong outgoing signals do not interface with weak incoming signals is called.

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Microwave

Transponder

Cable

Modem

A program called an ___________ translates each assembly language instruction into a machine language instruction.

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Compiler

Assembler

Interpreter

Translator

A person who gains illegal access to a computer system.

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Hacker

Worm

Software

Zapper

Types of software that can be freely distributed without violating copyright laws are called.

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Shereware

Public domain

Copy protected

a and b

Page frames are typically

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1 K or 2 K Bytes

3 K or 4 K Bytes

2 K or 3 K Bytes

2 K or 4 K Bytes

What is an expression in a computer programme.

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a combination of variables, constants and operators.

A set of instructions

A set of information

None of these

The size of the printed characters is called.

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Point size

Word size

Print size

None of these

The first few working computers.

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Were all made by American scientists

Were used almost exclusively for text processing

Generally had back and white CRT screens

Were, for the most part, developed for wartime uses.

The complex set of electrical circuitry that executes program instructions is called the.

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Register

CPU

Accumulator

Bus line

What is MICR?

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Magic in Character Redo

Magnetic ink character

Magnetic ink character Reader

None of these

An operating system is a.

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System software

System utility

Software pakage

Application software

Step - by-step instructions that run the computer are.

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Hardware

Documents

Program

CPU

Computer conferencing.

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Requires that each participant have a modem

Allow prticipants to examine documents and comments from geographically remote sites

Is an example of batch, rather than interactive computer g

Always includes voice communication

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

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Accuracy

Reliability

Speed

All of the above

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

A storage of binary digits treated as a unit is called.

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bit

Byte

word

character

Primary storage for the UNIVAC was via

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Punched cards

Transistors

Magnetic cores

Disk packs

An error in a computer hardware and software is called a bug another name for it is.

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Glitch

Hacker

Virus

Pixel

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

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Database program

IDE

GUI

Application Program

___________ convert high level language into low level langage.

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Google

Assembler

Web page

Compiler

An online meeting between two or more people is called.

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Telecommuting

Group ware

A conference

A teleconference

This spreadsheet capability not only allows for easy correction of errors, but also makes it easy to try out different values while searching for solutions.

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Automatic recalculation

Replication of values

Predefined function

Linking

_________ are used for translating assembly language code to machine code.

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Interpreters.

Assemblers

Compiler

None of these

A driver is.

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Hardware

A peripheral device

A card

Software

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

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Desk-cheeking

translation

debugging

Documenting

A computer product becomes so entrenched that humans use it without conscious though.

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The product has failed and will no longer sell

It will soon be replaced.

The product has succeeded enough to move into the fourth phase of any information technology or media.

The product will never be replaced by new inventions.

A LAN is a combination of.

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Network adapter cards

LAN Cables

LAN Application software

All of above

A Hybrid computer is the one having combined properties of.

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Super and microcomputers

Mini and microcomputers

Analog and digital computers

None of the above

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

Software program designed to be managed, rather than manipulated by the user, are called.

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Icons

knowledge workers

Enablers

Agents

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

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Client

Analyst

Change agent

User

Which of the following components is the "brain" of the computer

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Memory

CPU

Input

Output

A letter, number, or a special character is represented by a

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bit

kilobyte

Megabyte

byte

The first high level language to be introduced was.

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COBOL

FORTRAN

PASCAL

ADA

Diodes are used in analog computer circuit as

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Phase shifter

Rectifler

Binary logic

Limiter

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 main advantage of hexadecimal number is the case of conversion from hexadecimal to.

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ASCII code

Binary

Octal

Decimal

Which one of the following is another name of pointer?

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Cursor

Pixtel

Monochrome

Icon

A group of electronic , magnetic, or mechanical devices that store data is called.

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Register

Address

Program

Software

A computer can be defined as an electronic device that can .

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Carry out arithmetic operation

Carry out logical operation

Do complicated calculation

Accept and process data by implementing sequentially a set of stored instructions.

The number of bits devoted to each pixel in a bitmapped graphics program is referred to as.

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Pixel depth

Resolution

Pixel strength

Density

Which SQL statements is used for changing the values of specified fields?

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Update

Select form

Delete form

Insert into

The major operational problem of the early first generation computers was.

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Inaccurate results

Poor reliability

delayed results

Limited capabilities

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

___________ are used for translating high language instructions in to machines code or an object code.

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Interpreters

Assemblers

Compiler

None of these

Intersection of a row and column.

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Active address

cursor

cell

formula

A physical system can be modeled by a set of

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Boolean equations

Logic equations

Differential equations

Linear algebraic equations

People who prepare data for processing are.

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Programmer

Librarians

Printers

Data entry operators

Electric spreadsheets are appropriate tools for all of the following except.

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Developing financial models

Answering what if questions

Keeping student grade records for a class

Spreadsheets are appropriate for all of these applications.

Which of the following lists best describe the advantages of electronic mail.

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Quick, time shifted, usually has graphics, cheap

Long distance, quick, time shifted, can send data

Communicates attitude, can send data, time shifted popular

Trouble free, quick, time shifted, usually has a voice

ROM store data

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Direct

Permanent

Temporary

Provisional

The key factor in a computer installation that has met with disaster is the.

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Equipment replacement

Loss of hardware

Insurance coverage

Loss of processing ability

A computer has a word length of 32 bits. The maximum address that can be generated is.

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2 ³²

2^32-1

2^31-1

None of these

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

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Hardware

Instruction

Software

Sorting

The person who fills the role of change agent is the

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System user

System analyst

Administrator

client

The form of computer assisted instruction known as drill and practice.

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Helps students lern to think in ways that aren't possible otherwise

Does Not help students learn to think, but helps students memorize facts and skills

Doesn't help students learn to think better or to memorize facts and sills, in fact, it's nearly worthless

Allow students to program computers with easy-to understand languages.

The smallest unit of information is an

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Byte

Element

Bit

Atom