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  1. A digital device that processes data is known as

  2. A.

     Data processor

    B.

     Data entry

    C.

     DBMS

    D.

     Database

    E.

     None of the above


  3. A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as

  4. A.

     Utility programs

    B.

     System software

    C.

     Operating system

    D.

     Application package

    E.

     None of the above


  5. Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?

  6. A.

     Sony

    B.

     Philips

    C.

     Microsoft

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  7. Third generation computers

  8. A.

     Were the first to use integrated circuitry

    B.

     Were the first to use built-in error detecting devices

    C.

     Used transistors insted of vaccum tubes

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  9. What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention?

  10. A.

     Pixel

    B.

     Reverse video

    C.

     Touch screen

    D.

     Cursor

    E.

     None of the above


  11. To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is

  12. A.

     Rerun

    B.

     Reset

    C.

     Remote

    D.

     Release

    E.

     None of the above


  13. Which is used to store firmware.

  14. A.

     RAM

    B.

     ROM

    C.

     PROM

    D.

     EPROM

    E.

     None of the above


  15. Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?

  16. A.

     Magnetic tape

    B.

     Magnetic disk

    C.

     Optical disk

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  17. A device that prints one character at a time is kknown as

  18. A.

     Laser printer

    B.

     Line printer

    C.

     Character printer

    D.

     Dot-Matrix printer

    E.

     None of the above


  19. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is

  20. A.

     Retrieving

    B.

     Sorting

    C.

     Balleting

    D.

     Lock-out

    E.

     None of the above