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  1. Which was the first commercial computer built by M.V. Wilkies.

  2. A.

     Super computer

    B.

     LEO

    C.

     Mainframe

    D.

     Micro computer

    E.

     None of the above


  3. Disketts and hard disks are

  4. A.

     Direct access devices

    B.

     Sequential access devices

    C.

     Slower than magnetic tape

    D.

     Used only in mainframe computers

    E.

     None of the above


  5. If you see a diskette with a piece of foil covering its notch, it is said to be

  6. A.

     write-protected

    B.

     copy-protected

    C.

     write-enabled

    D.

     foil-covered

    E.

     None of the above


  7. No computer can do anything without a

  8. A.

     program

    B.

     memory

    C.

     chip

    D.

     output device

    E.

     None of the above


  9. The estimation of the value of a function at a point beyond the interval in which the data lies is called known as

  10. A.

     Interpolation

    B.

     Simulation

    C.

     Emulation

    D.

     Extra polation

    E.

     None of the above


  11. An input device that is able to interpret pencil marks on paper media is known as

  12. A.

     Magnetic disk

    B.

     Optical Mark Reader

    C.

     Card Puncher

    D.

     Magnetic tape

    E.

     None of the above


  13. Front-end processor is a _____ designed specifically to handle the communications processing task.

  14. A.

     ALU

    B.

     Control unit

    C.

     CPU

    D.

     Register

    E.

     None of the above


  15. The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is

  16. A.

     Data transmission

    B.

     Data collection

    C.

     Relocation

    D.

     Database

    E.

     None of the above


  17. Arranging data in a specific order is called

  18. A.

     Merging

    B.

     Sorting

    C.

     Classification

    D.

     Verification

    E.

     None of the above


  19. The area of computer science which is concerned with the display of pictures is

  20. A.

     Networks

    B.

     Graphics

    C.

     Designing

    D.

     Architecture

    E.

     None of the above