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1 Who observed, "future wars will start in the circuits of computers rather than in the minds of men" ?
2 What hardware was used by first generation computers /
8 Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit
9 A CPU's processing power is measured in
10 Control unit is often called the of a digital computer
11 The central processor of modern digital computer consists of
12 Processors of all computers, whether micro, mini mainframe, must have
13 The first AT Systems have
14 A digital computer is based on the principle of
15 How many types of storage loops exist in magnetic bubble memory
16 The linking of computers with a communication system is called
17 Standardisation means
18 Which memory is nonvolatile and may be written only once
19 For creating and editing legal documents which application packaged would be most useful
20 Word-processing is used for
21 The analog computer deals directly with
22 Transistor was invented in
23 Integrated circuits are classified according to the
24 1 K bits equals to the
25 The first microprocessor was introduced in
26 In the past, microchip manufacturing has been a particular source of controversy between the U.S. companies and the Japanese companies who have been charged with dumping microchips in the
U.S. What is meant by the word "dumping" ?
27 The biggest manufacturer workstation is
28 It has been found that about 30 percent of the people feel 'computer anzious'. Out of these, about 3 to 5 percent suffer from serious computer phobia. What is the technical name for this feeling of fear ?
29 Networking is a connection of two or more
30 Today motherboard typically use
31 Memory access in RICS architecture is limited to instructions
32 What was the nickname of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H- bomb project ?
33 A stack pointer is
34 If a computer is on but does not respond to a system reset, what is it said to be ?
35 Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computers ?
36 The number of children in family is a quantity.
37 Which of the following belongs to the first generation of computers ?
38 Fifth generation computers are likely to exhibit
39 How many input lines are needed to construct 1024 bit coincident core plane
40 In terms of processing power there is a class of computers between mini computers and microcomputers known as
41 Through a computer can replace people in dull and routine tasks, yet it lacks
42 The digital computer was developed primarily in
43 In computer jargon, wetware means
44 Scientists at the University of Edinburg. Scotland have devised to video camera-on- a-chip which consists of lenses smaller than match-head on an 8 mm chip. Can you name the two scientists who have developed this chip ?
45 Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77?
46 "The three most important inventions of this century are the nuclear bomb, the high yield hybrid speed, and the computer". Can you name the person who made this statement
47 In 1990, the US Department of Commerce permitted export of computers with aprocessing data rate (PDR) of 275 of India. Higher PDR rating means more powerful and varsatile computing powess. Which PDR is called the China Green Line ?
48 Which of the following is not currently a topic in computer science ?
49 A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and hae people interact with it is called
50 What is the name given to the molecular- scale computer ?
51 Human beings are referred to as Homosapiens. Which device is called Silico Sapiens ?
52 No computer can do anything without a
53 An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it ?
54 What is the name of the modern film in which a computer manages to capture and impregnate a human woman ?
55 If a computer had no decision making function, what will it be reduced to /
56 When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc.decide to join hands ?
57 The word 'computer' usually referes to the central processor units plus
58 Apple Computer Inc. was established in 1977 by a couple of yound computer engineers with the idea of manufacturing low price computers for the use of small businesses. Why did they call their company Apple ?
59 In computer technology, what is meant by the phrase "state-of-the-art" ?
60 A 'number crunching' computer is one that can handle
61 The analog computer measures dimensions and its circuits use the differential and integral equations of continuous variables. The digital computer counts units and its circuits use
62 A computer is a box full of electronic
63 The pieces fo equipment which are attached to the CPU of a computer and which it can access are called
64 The physical equipments made of various metals, silicon and plastic components that make up the parts of a computer is called
65 Who in 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD0-ROM XA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of intergrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk ?
66 With the development of digital computers, there has been an increasing study of the relationship among computers, the human nervous system and the human thinking process. The origin of this field of study is attributed to
67 The attribution of human from or qualities to things such as machines or computers is called
68 When RET instruction at the end of a subroutine is executed
69 A computer can only do what it is told to but it does it at a very fast speed and with cent percent accuracy. Can you guess the Inteligence Quotient (IQ) of a modern degital computer ?
70 A NOR gate is ON only when all its inputs are
71 Which of the following does not describe one or more characteristics of a Computer ?
72 Computers are extermely fast and have fantastic memories. However, the only thing they can remember is
73 Preparing a magnetic disk for data storage is called
74 How does a computer solve a problem ?
75 Which part of the computer were is used for calculating and comparing ?
76 Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its port
77 The data between the computer and peripherals always passes via an input/output
78 An error in computer data is called
79 Every thing a computer does is controlled by its
80 All modern computers operate on
81 How many full adders are needed to add two 4-bit numbers with a parallel adder ?
82 What is needed to assemble a logic network for adding three digits ?
83 When did IBM introduced the 80286-based PC/AT?
84 What is the number of binary digits which can be added by a full-adder ?
85 The first electronic general prupose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in tis internal memory ?
86 Which of the following is not a basic configuration used in data communication network
87 In data transmission, the bit coding scheme used torepresent a byte is typically
88 Which of the following is true of parallel transmission
89 Which of the following is not a device used in data communication?
90 which of the following is not one of the major compnents of a decision-support system?
91 A decision-suopport system is intended to rpduce information to support which type of decisions?
92 The major function of the language system is
93 Which of the following is not true ofnonprocedural language?
94 A central purpose of most decisio-support system is
95 Which American computer company is called Big Blue ?
96 Where does a computer add, compare and shuffle its data ?
97 When was the X window System born ?
98 What is the name of the logic circuit which can add two binary digits ?
99 The control data register hold the present Microinstruction is some time called
100 The subject of Cybernetics deals with the science of
101 Pipelining strategy is called implement
102 Part of the computer where data and instructions are held is
103 A microprocessor is ----- on a chip
104 A device used to bring information into a computer is
105 The sectionof the CPU that selects, interprets and sees to the execution of program instructions
106 A third and last component of CPU is
107 A stack is
108 The radix of a number system
109 When a subroutine is called the address of the instruction following the CALL instruction is stored in/on the
110 Computer memory
111 Whenever the POP H instruction is executed,
112 Pipeline processing uses the technique
113 Control memory address register specifies the address of the
114 Micro instructions are stored in
115 During execution subroutine return address is stored in
116 A control unit whose binary control variables are stored in memory is known as
117 A Microprogram written as string of 0'S and 1'S is a
118 A Microprogram sequencer perform the operation
119 A microprocessor consists of
120 The stack is list of the type
121 The operation performed onstack are
122 A stack organised computerhas
123 The effecting address is the address of the operand in an instructinof type
124 Program counter of CPU store the addres of the instruction
125 States bits of the CPU are stored ina flag
126 Interrupts which are initiated by an instruction are
127 A memory that is a part of acontrol unit is referred to as
128 Who coordinates the sequencing of events within the central processor of a computer?
129 What is a Jacquard loom ?
130 What is meant by computer literacy ?
131 Which of the following does not contain a microprocessor ?
132 One of the most impressive features of a modern digital computer is its speed. A fast computer is able to do more calculations in one minute than a person using a pencil and paper can do in
133 Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a weaving maching ?
134 A computer has no more sense than a ligh
135 A computer enthusiast is
136 One computer that isnot considered a portable computer is
137 The word size of a microprocessor refers to
138 Which major development led to the production of microcomputers?
139 A complete microcomputer system consists of
140 Intel 80486 Pipelining implements stages
141 A computer program that converts an entire program into machien language at one time is called a/an
142 Interrupts which are initiated by an I/O dive are
143 The microprocessor of a computer cannot operate on any information if that information is not in its
144 The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
145 Which type of ocmputers use the 8 bit code called EBCDIC?
146 Arthmetic instructions provide
147 Branch instructions are used to
148 CPU doe not perform the operation
149 The most common addressing techniques employed by a CPU is
150 In immediate addressing the operand is placed
151 The register are essential to instruction execution
152 Control unit operation is performed
153 Hartwired control unit is implemented by
154 What is meant by a dedicated computer
155 Which of the following isn't a type of computer facility ?
156 The first machanical computer designed by Babbage was called
157 What of the following terms is related to a monitor ?
158 Which kind of storage device can be carried around ?
159 Which of the following people probably has the least amoutn of technical knowledge ?
160 Which of the following devices allows the user to add components and capabilities to a computer system ?
161 Which of the following terms applies to communication between separate comoputer systems ?
162 People typically interface with a computer- based system when:
163 The following typically happens in the output phase of a computer-based information system:
164 Which of the following best describes a computer-based information system ?
165 Which of the following is an example processing activities ?
166 Which of the following pieces of hardsare is used the most in the input phase of a computer-based information system ?
167 Which of the following is not a factor when categorizing a computer ?
168 Which of the following might occur when an organization uses on-line processing ?
169 software instructions intended to satisfy a user's specific processing needs are called
170 The principal advantage of the centralised approach to organizing a computer facility is :
171 Which of the following isn't used in the storage phase of a computer based information system ?
172 The person contributing the idea of the stored program was
173 Transistorized computer circuit were introduced in the
174 The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
175 The "Father of Punched Card Processing" was
176 The punched card used in IBM System/3 contains
177 First integrated circuit chip was developed by
178 The main distinguishing features of fifth generatin digital computers will be
179 Mark the WRONG statement
180 Which of the following statements best describes the batch method of input ?
181 What is the name of the structured design technique that uses meetings to review programming logic?
182 Instructions for execution by a computer are given in ......... language.
183 A program written in machine language is called ...... Program
184 A source program is the program written in .......... Language
185 The use of a computer to get information from a data bank is called
186 A ADU is used as
187 A computer program consists of
188 Hexadecimal numbers are a mixture of
189 Which of the following is a high-level language?
190 The language that doesn't require the user to learn a specific vocabulary or syntax is:
191 The input code of the compiler as well as assembler is called
192 Which of the following is the most powerful type of computer
193 In a compiler organization, what is the designation of a person who prepares data for computer input using either floppy disks or optical scanning sheets or video display terminals?
194 The counting board in which numbers are represented asbeads strung on wires is commonyl called abacus. By what name is it known in Japan
195 What is the name of the program coding that is unnecessarily complex and difficult to follow?
196 Which of the following is not an advantage of stored programs ?
197 All of the following are examples of input devices except:
198 Which of the following is not true of primary storage ?
199 What is the control unit's function in the CPU?
200 The ascending order of a data heriarchy is:
201 Which of the following is not true of immediate processing ?
202 Which of the following statements is true?
203 is the product of data processing
204 The most common input device used today is the
205 What is the name of the programming technique which emphasizes breaking large and complex tasks into successively smaller sections?
206 The "slow sequential output by speech or manual actions" is a characteristics of man for the task
207 The individual who catalogs storage media is the :
208 The data processing job expected to further becrease in the 1990s is that of ;
209 Which of the following statements is true ?
210 The computer device primarily used to provide hardcopy is the :
211 The term interchangaeable with control clerk is :
212 In computer terminology, inforamtion means
213 Data processing is
214 Which one of the following can read data and convert them to a form that a computer can use ?
215 is a technique in which man and machine are blended into a problem-solving team, intimately coupling the best characteristcs of each.
216 The characteristic(s) of man for the task "method of logic and reasoning" is (are)
217 Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs, via CRTs, on one computer system ?
218 The characteristic(s) of computer for the task "method of information input" is(are)
219 The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best examplifies the processing mode of :
220 Which of the following characteristic(s) is (are) affect the design of a CAD system?
221 The is usually used for straight forward computing processes involving no interaction between the user and the machine.
222 The is normally used for running programs which require and produce only small amounts of data, but which need to interact with the user.
223 The is normally used where a high degree of interaction is necessary.
224 The command used to change the justification and/orrotate the text of an associate dimension is
225 The text justification option that prompts the user for two endpoints and the text height so the text is adjusted between the two points at the specified height is
226 The option of the DTEXT command used for determining a specific text alignment mode is
227 From the following list, the most efficient command used to edit text by performing a spell check is
228 The Draw command that prompts the user for "First corners:" and "Other corner:" is
229 Who launched IBM's first PC in 1981
230 The CPU (central processing unit) consist of :
231 The characteristic(s) of computer for the task "level of intelligence" is (are)
232 Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiply, divide and find square roots
233 What is the name of theearliest calculating machine which was based on concepts found in modern computers but was unfortunately never build
234 Who is called the "grandfather' of the computer
235 In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which the showd at the Paries Exhibition. In which year was it exhibited
236 Data System management has long-term viability as a separate business function because
237 To be information, data must be
238 A teleprocessing system may be
239 Data management systems may be implemented as
240 A data system for calculating measures used in statistical inference is an example of a
241 Strategic planning is
242 The unit of hardware an operator uses to monitor computer processing is the
243 For the purposes of defining data needs, responsibility area is
244 Most computers understand programs written in
245 Computing systems can be effective in generating strategic information because
246 Electronics images of people speaking that are used in computer security operations are referred to as :
247 The repeated access of a particular flight number from an airline reservation system is an example of :
248 A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its:
249 The total number of messages handled by a comoputerized telephone system on a daily basis s an example of :
250 Which of the following statements is true ?
251 The average cost of computerised theft is estimated at :
252 The status of all data handled by a DP center is determined by a :
253 The individual within the operations group who ordinarily uses a variety of keyboard devices is the :
254 An example of providing supervisory information by the use of a computing system is
255 First generation computer systems used :
256 Which of the following affects processing power ?
257 Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM) of a digital computer (Mark the wrong statement
258 Which of the following is a secondary memory device ;
259 Following is a way to acces secondary memory
260 The two kinds of main memory are :
261 A hard copy would be prepared on a
262 A dot matrix printer
263 Most of the errors blamed on computers are actually due to
264 The NOT symbol at the output of an OR gate converts it into a/an gate
265 Computer memory consists of microchips
266 Backing storage is so named because it
267 An advantage of overlapped processing activities is ;
268 A computer-controlled device for training exercise that duplicates the work environmnet is a:
269 The comparison of data inside the arithmetic logic unit is referred to as a :
270 A characteristic of the ASCII code is :
271 Which of the following allows users to specify what the computer is supposed to do rather than how the computer is supposed to do it?
272 Which of the following hardware components is the most volatile ?
273 Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips ?
274 Which of the following are th two main components of the CPU ?
275 Which of the following holds data and processing instructions temporarily until the CPU needs it ?
276 Which of the following is true ?
277 List of detailed instructions that directs a computer is called which one of the following
278 A typical modern computer uses
279 Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) are called the of a computer
280 The basic components of a modern digital comoputer are :
281 The languages in which computer programs are usually written differ from the language that the computer directly 'obyes' or 'understands'. Who performs the translation?
282 A visual display unit or terminal (which is right?)
283 What is the most significant difference between a simple desk calculator and computer ? Choose from the following
284 An integrated circuit (IC) is
285 A computer programmer
286 As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
287 Which of the following is the most characteristic of ROM ?
288 The term "memory" applies to which one of the following ?
289 Which one of the following can produce the final product of machine processing in aform usable by humans ?
290 Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU ?
291 The binary system uses powers of for positional values
292 The essential features of a number system are
293 The term used to defend all input and output devices in a computer system is
294 The function of CPU is
295 Which of the following is not connected with backing or back-up storage ?
296 A hybrid computer ?
297 Main memory contains ?
298 in a computer, RAM is used as a short memory because it
299 In computer terminology a compiler means
300 A modern fast mainframe digital computer can perform up to operations per second
301 A term used interchangeably with diskette is :
302 A characteristic normally associated with a large-scale computer system is:
303 A software package generally used within a distributed word processing system is :
304 An advantage of a distributed word processing network is:
305 ROM is composed of:
306 Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory ?
307 The BCD code for the character W is composed of :
308 A modern delectronic computer is a machine that is meant for
309 The operation of a digital computer is based on principle
310 The proper definition of a modern digital computer is
311 A modern digital computer has
312 The EBCDIC code for the character X with odd parity is :
313 Mark the WRONG Statement-A digital computer scores over an analog computer in terms of
314 A peripheral device used in a word processing system is :
315 The first machine to success fully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operation was
316 In reference to a computer, an assembler is a
317 What is the name of the language which consists of strings of 1s and 0s and is the only one which the computer can understand directly?
318 The only language which is machine specific and which a computer understand directly is called
319 Compilers and interpreters are themselves
320 What is the name of the output from either a compiler or an assembler
321 Whereas a higher level language could remain the same from one computer to another, each computer requires its own
322 A characteristic of card system is :
323 Advances in computer hardware and software are generally classified into generations. We are currentrly in which generation
324 The field name assigned to card fields should
325 Which of the following was (were) not used in first-generation computers ?
326 Which of the followings was not associated with second-generation computers ?
327 The card type that requires you to return a portion of it with payment is the:
328 A five-digit card field used for postal ZIP codes is defined as :
329 The gangpunching of cards is performed on the:
330 What is the name of the computer programming language which is widely used in computer science and engineering as well as business?
331 Which of the following fields in a student file can be used as a primary key ?
332 The very small and cheap computer build in to many home deveices is called computer
333 The advantages of magnetic tape include all of the following except:
334 Currently the most popular from of secondary storage is:
335 Which of the following is an example of nonvolatile memory ?
336 can be programmed one time by either the manufacturer or the computer user. Once programmed, it cannot be modified :
337 The CPU can perform read or write operations at any point in time :
338 The parity bit is added for purposes
339 Wompared with secondary storeage, primiary storage, primary storage is :
340 Which file organization is allowed by a direct
-access storage device ?
341 Which of the following is used to check for errors in RAM chips ?
342 Which of the following are used to quickly accept, store and transfer data and instructions that are being used immediately by the CPU ?
343 Why is the width of a data bus so important to the processing speed of a computer ?
344 Which of the following is not true of a magnetic disk ?
345 The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babage was called :
346 The modern abacus which uses small beads strung on conting frames is still being used in some oriental countries like China and Japan, How would you classify this calculator ?
347 Which of the following is true of the digital computers ?
348 Which of the following is not true of primary storage ?
349 The technique of placing software or programs in a ROM semiconductor chip is called :
350 IBM 7000 digital computer
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