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RATS stand for
Regression Analysis Time Series
Regression Analysis Time Sharing
Real Analysis Series
All of above
Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
system software
application software
utility programs
operating system
Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?
Mark I
ABC
Z3
None of above
A device for converting handwritten impressions into coded characters & positional coordinates for input to a computer is
Touch panel
Mouse
Wand
Writing tablet
In _____ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?
Full-duplex
Simplex
Half-duplex
None of the above
________ printer is a non-impact printer and is quite in working
Inkjet
Laser
Thermal
Dot matrix
Which device is required for the Internet connection?
Joystick
Modem
CD Drive
NIC Card
People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
IBM PCs
Apple/Macintosh PCs
IBM Compatibles
Both A & C
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
gathering data
processing data into information
analysing the data or information
storing the data or information
Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage?
Pascaline
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
None of above
What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as
Car
Bus
Truck
Road
A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
EFTS
MPG
MIPS
CPS
The two major types of computer chips are
External memory chip
Primary memory chip
Microprocessor chip
Both b and c
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
RJ45 UTP cable has _____ Cables.
2 pair
3 pair
4 pair
5 pair
The personnel who deals with the computer & its management put together are called
Software
Human ware
Firmware
Hardware
Who invented Integrated Circuits?
Jack Kilby
Robert Noyce
Both of above
None of above
The personal computer industry was started by
IBM
Apple
Compaq
HCL
Symbolic logic was discovered by
George Boole
Herman Hollerith
Van Neumann
Basic Pascal
Access time is
seek time + latency time
seek time
seek time
latency time
Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it
Accuracy
Reliability
Diligence
Versatility
IBM stands for
Internal Business Management
International Business Management
International Business Machines
Internal Business Machines
Which of the following was a special purpose computer?
All of the above
ENIAC
EDVAC
ABC
What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?
Bus control
Interrupts
Bus arbitration
Status
MSI is the abbreviation of
Medium Scale Integrated
Medium System Integrated
Medium Scale Intelligent
Medium System Intelligent
Who built the first Mechanical Calculator?
Joseph Marie Jacquard
John Mauchly
Blaise Pascal
Howard Aiken
Which of the following is not an electronic computer?
ENIAC
ABC
UNIVAC
EDVAC
The first computers were programmed using
assembly language
machine language
source code
object code
Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the records disk address. What information does this address specify?
Track number
All of above
Sector number
Surface number