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Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern computers because

A. of his difference engine

B. of his analytical engine

C. his concept of input, mill and output

D. All of above

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C. his concept of input, mill and output


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Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to

A. Console-operator

B. Programmer

C. Peopleware

D. System Analyst

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________is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices.

A. network

B. peripheral

C. expansion board

D. digital device

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A song being played on computer speaker is

A. hard output

B. soft output

C. both hard and soft output

D. neither hard nor soft output

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Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?

A. Floppy Disk

B. Hard Disk

C. Tape Drive

D. CDROM

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Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym-

A. CD

B. DVD

C. ROM

D. RW

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EEPROM stands for

A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

B. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

C. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

D. None of the above

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A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
A) Process control

A. ALU

B. Register Unit

C. Process description

D. Process control

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Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

A. Bits

B. Bytes

C. Hertz

D. Clock cycles

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Examples of output devices are

A. Screen

B. Printer

C. Speaker

D. All of these

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The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called

A. Sorting

B. Classifying

C. Reproducing

D. Summarizing

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The first generation of computers available was based on the bit micro processors.

A. 4

B. 8

C. 16

D. 64

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The radian of a number system

A. Is variable

B. Has nothing to do with digit position value

C. Equals the number of its distinct counting digits

D. Is always an even number

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The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

A. ENIAC

B. Mark-I

C. Analytic Engine

D. UNIVAC-1

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Compression of digital data for efficient storage is

A. Buffer

B. CPU

C. Packing

D. Field

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Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour Cray?

A. APL

B. COBOL

C. LOGO

D. FORTRAN

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Instruction in computer languages consists of

A. OPCODE

B. OPERAND

C. Both of above

D. None of above

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Daisy wheel, Drum, chain etc are the ________

A. Flow chart

B. Mouse

C. Key board

D. Printers

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________ are used to identify a user who returns to a Website

A. Cookies

B. Plug-ins

C. Scripts

D. ASPs

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The advantage of COM are its and

A. Compact size; speed readability

B. Compact size, speed

C. Readability; speed

D. Low cost; readability

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Which statement is valid about interpreter?

A. It translates one instruction at a time

B. Object code is saved for future use

C. Repeated interpretation is not necessary

D. All of above

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The full form of EEPROM is

A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

B. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

C. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

D. None of the above

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ASCII stands for

A. American standard code for information interchange

B. All purpose scientific code for information interchange

C. American security code for information interchange

D. American Scientific code for information interchange

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Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?

A. ASCII

B. Hollerith Code

C. Baudot Code

D. EBCDIC Code

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Today's computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name?

A. Computer Tabulating Recording Co.

B. The Tabulator Ltd.

C. International Computer Ltd.

D. None of above

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Who is the father of Computer science?

A. Allen Turing

B. Charles Babbage

C. Simur Cray

D. Augusta Adaming

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Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?

A. SSI

B. MSI

C. LSI

D. Both a and b

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which of the following is problem oriented language?

A. High level language

B. Machine language

C. Assembly language

D. Low level language

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

A. Pascal

B. Hollerith

C. Babbage

D. Jacquard

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Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them?

A. Main memory

B. Secondary memory

C. Disk memory

D. Programme memory

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Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as

A. Floppy disk

B. Hard disk

C. Backing store

D. Punched card