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  1. A connection between two end points, either physical or logical, over which data may travel in both directions simultaneously is called _____

  2. A.

     Dump point

    B.

     Datalink

    C.

     Duplex

    D.

     Networks

    E.

     None of the above


  3. Which is part of a computer system, enables human operators to communicate with the computer.

  4. A.

     Console

    B.

     Keyboard

    C.

     Printer

    D.

     CPU

    E.

     None of the above


  5. Who invented the microprocessor?

  6. A.

     Marcian E Hoff

    B.

     Herman H Goldstein

    C.

     Joseph Jacquard

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  7. Sending data from one place to another, by physical or electronic means is

  8. A.

     E-mail

    B.

     Internet

    C.

     Data transmission

    D.

     Distributed processing

    E.

     None of the above


  9. A method for representing digital data analog signals by changing the phase of the analog carrier to represent the digital information is known as

  10. A.

     PIA

    B.

     PSK

    C.

     PM

    D.

     PM

    E.

     None of the above


  11. A device that stores one item of information is

  12. A.

     Memory element

    B.

     Block Compaction

    C.

     MDR

    D.

     Memory guard

    E.

     None of the above


  13. MODULA is a

  14. A.

     Programming language

    B.

     Low-level language

    C.

     Assembly language

    D.

     Machine language

    E.

     None of the above


  15. A register in which of the following that holds the current instruction while it is being executed is called instruction register.

  16. A.

     ALU

    B.

     CPU

    C.

     Memory

    D.

     Address

    E.

     None of the above


  17. The OCR stand for?

  18. A.

     Outsized character reader

    B.

     Optical character recognition

    C.

     Operational character reader

    D.

     Only character reader

    E.

     None of the above


  19. Which of the following is a data communication link that connects more than two stations, nodes etc

  20. A.

     Multipoint connection

    B.

     Multipoint line

    C.

     Multiple chain

    D.

     Multilinked

    E.

     None of the above