Question # 1

Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine.

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Pascal

Jauard

Hollerith

Babbage

A term associated with the companion of processing speeds of different computer system is.

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EFTS

MPG

CFPS

MIPS

Which one of the following input device is user programmable.

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Dumb terminal

Smart terminal

VDT

Intelligent terminal

A computer consists of.

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A central processing unit

A memory

Input and output unit

All of the above

A computer program that translate one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a

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Interpreter

CPU

Compiler

Simulator

Multi user system provided cost saving for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several

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Personal computers

Workstations

Dumb terminals

Main frames

What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer.

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Grater than

Less than

Eual to

All of the above

The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured.

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POM

RAM

PROM

EPROM

A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a

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Computer

Microcomputer

Programmable

Sensor

Floppy disk typically in diameter

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3 inches

25 inches

5 inches

All above

The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and locial operations was.

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ENIAC

Mark -1

Analytic Engine

UNIVAC -1

CD-ROM

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Is a semiconductor memory

Memory register

Magnetic memory

none of the abvoe

One of the class of storage device devices that can access storage location in any order is.

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DTE

DASID

DDE

DCD

Which is the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text.

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OCR

OMR

MICR

All of above

Microsoft Excel is.

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Financial planning package

Electronic spreadsheet

Graphics package

Data base management package.

The subdivision of fields.

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Always done to give the programmer greater flexibility

Dependent on programming language used.

Never accomplished on fields containing numeric data

All above

A floppy disk contains

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Circular tracks only

Sectors only

Both circular tracks and sectors

All of the above

In analog computer

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In put is first converted to digital form

Input is never converted to digital form

Out put is displayed in digital form

A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for.

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During wick mathematical calculations

Input, storage manipulation and outputting data

Electronic data processing

Performing repetitive tasks accurately

On a PC how much memory is available to application software.

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1024 KB

640 KB

560 KB

760 KB

Time, during which a job is processed by the computer is

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Delay times

Real time

Execution time

Down time

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