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UNIX is an example of a

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Memory management

Generic operating system

NOS

Utility program

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company eventually became .

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IBM

AT & T

Apple

General Electric

Pick out the WRONG statement

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Information stored in RAM can be changed by over writing it.

Information stored in ROM can not be changed by over writing it.

Information Can be stored in any location of RAM

Computer main memory can be accessed only sequentially

Provides direct access to any byte on the chip

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RAM

ROM

Cache RAM

Operating System

A device that connects multiple nodes to the network is.

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A modem

A repeater

A router

A hub

Information transformations are performed by the

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Central processing unit

Input devices

Out put devices

File description

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

In the paperless office of the future, it is predicated that.

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Magnetic archives will replace fill cabinets

Electronic communication will replace memos and letters

Information utilities will replace newspapers

All of the above

Corel Daaw is a/an

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Word processor

Operating system

Graphics/drawing software

None of these

Rearranging data is a new sequence is known as.

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Up dating

Batching

Sorting

Summarising

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

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Sort

Select

Search

Query

Binary systems use a base of.

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Eight

Two

Ten

zero

Which of the following is increasing as computer technology progresses?

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Hardware reliability

Efficiency

Speed

All of these are increasing.

The program that uses a personal computer to transform written words into polished, printed publicatios is called.

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A spreadsheet

Telecommunications

Desktop publishing

A database

A language designed to generate routing business reports is.

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COBOL

LISP

RPG

ALGOL

The highest level language are called.

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4 GLs

High level

Assembly

Natural

The process of converting English-Like instructions to zero and ones is performed by.

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The programmer

The monitor

The translator program

Busses

A basic operation performed by a computer is.

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Arithmetic operation

Logic operations

Storage and retrieval operations

All of above

Integrated circuits are housed in .

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Vacuum tubes

Transistors

Software

Silicon chips

One of the primary limitations of ASCII is that.

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It does not facilitate multilingual computing

It has a character set of over 200

The patterns are ot ordered

It uses only upperecase letters.

One form of build in software protection for data is.

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Secured waste

applicant screeining

User profile

Auditor checks

The problem of protecting the privacy in computer system is aggravated by the increased use of.

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Command line user interfaces

Workstations

New CPU hardware

Networks

The following register keeps track of the program during Execution.

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Address register

Program counter

Data register

Accumulator

Which of the following descriptions relates to a floppy diskette.

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9 - track 1600 BPI

Double - sided double density

33 Mhz- zero -waid time

40 MB capacity

A fourth generation language used for database retrieval.

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High level language

Assembly language

Query langauge

Procedural language

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

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ASCII code

Binary

Octal

Decimal

Pocket electronic translators provide world travelers instant access to.

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Networks

Common words

Whole sentences

Syntax

Copyright are issued by the Federal Government to protect.

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The pricing of software

Intellectual property

Textbooks only

The author's identity

Many experts predict that internet will be replaced by.

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Prodigy

Milnet

UREN

Usenet

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

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Inaccurate results

Poor reliability

delayed results

Limited capabilities

ROM store data

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Direct

Permanent

Temporary

Provisional

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

FDDI is a.

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Ring network

Star network

Mes network

bus network

The most widely available multi user operating system for workstations and academic micro computers today is.

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OS/2

UNIX

PC-DOS

MS-DOS

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

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Newsgroup problems

Physical problems

Electrical problems

Viruses

A bus line consists of

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Registers

Accumulators

Parallel data paths

Machinie cycles

A portable operating system.

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Generic

Backup

Allocated

Utility

Binary number 10101101 is equivalent in decimal form to.

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170

171

173

174

The transfer of encoded information from one location to another by a communication channel is called.

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Data processing

Data distribution

Data communication

Data encryption

This works like a specialized prefabricated worksheet, automatically recalculating as a number is entered or changed.

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Tax preparation software

Audit trials

Mathematics processors

Transaction software

An empty shell in which a company may embedded chip to signal its wearer's location.

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hot site

Cold site

Restoration site

Hard ware

The computer term MIDI is a name for.

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A military informational display system

A tool for creating many indiviual data interfaces

A macintosh tool use to search for file IDs

A standard interface for connecting computers and electronic musical instruments

An analog computer produces its results inthe form of .

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Numbers

Codes of '0' s and '1' s

Log format

Graphs

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

A data coding scheme that is the American standard is.

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ASCII

KB

SIMM

Gigabyte

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

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SOL

COBOL

1-2-3

Word perfect

When a user issues a command to find all the records that match a set of criteria, it is called a.

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Merge

File

Query

Sort

Parallel processing is normally under

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Batch processing Mode

On-line processing mode

Batch and online mode

None of above

A program that provides synonyms is called an

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indexing program

editing program

form letter program

thesaurus program

_________ are the computers designed for complex scientific job.

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Mainframe computers

Mini computers

Micro computer

Super computers

The kind of interview where all questions are planned in advance is called.

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Preplanned

Structured

Observation

Unstructured

In the field of computer science a computer architecture specialist.

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Designs buildings on the computer

Deals with the way hardware and software work together

Deals with the way a construction worker and a contractor work together

There's no such thing as a computer architecture specialist

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

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bit

kilobyte

Megabyte

byte

Another name for a logic chip is.

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PROM

ROM

Memory

Microprocessor

A specialist who interviews and observes an expert and constructs their words and actions into a knowledge base is called a.

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Knowledge trainer

Knowledge engineer

Knowledge gatherer

Knowledge expert

Operating systems.

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Communicate with peripherals

Manage memory

Coordinate concurrent processing of jobs

Performs all of these tasks.

A standardized business language is.

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CODASYL

BASIC

COBOL

Ada

Spell checkers cannot detect.

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Errors of context

Word not int the checkers dictionary

All misspelled proper names

All of the above

What service does a typical computer bulletin board provide?

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It allows users to send and receive e-mail

It gives special interest groups a communication tool

It allows group projects to develop

All of the above

Ragged right means the right margin is set to be

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Uneven

even

Variable

wide

A computer cime in which money is embezzled in small amount over time is.

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The salami technique

The Trojan Horse

Blue collar crime

Data diddling

The most common output of computer tax calculation would be:

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Taxes owed

Deductions

wages

Number of exemptions.

The result of a formula in a cell

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Label

range

Value

Displayed value

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

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

Cabling on a linear bus topology can be extended using which of the following.

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Terminator

Barrel connector

Network adapter card

Medium attachement unit

Testing of each individual program or module is called.

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Program testing

Volume testing

System testing

Unit testing

The number 7F00 in Hexadecimal when multiplied by 61 is.

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7F16

167F00

7F006

None of these

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

For creating and editing legal documents which application package would be most useful.

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Spreadsheet

Word processing

Graphics

Communication