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  1. 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?

  2. A.
    Bus control
    B.
    Interrupts
    C.
    Bus arbitration
    D.
    Status
    E.
    None of the above

  3. The analog computer measures dimensions and its circuits use the differential and integral equations of continuous variables. The digital computer counts units and its circuits use

  4. A.
    Logic gates
    B.
    Discrete switches
    C.
    Boolean algebra id) Bayes' theorem
    D.
    None of the above

  5. In synchronous transmission data from various users

  6. A.
    Require header
    B.
    Do not require header
    C.
    Sometimes require header
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  7. General purpose computers are those that can be adopted to countless uses simply by changing its

  8. A.
    keyboard
    B.
    printer
    C.
    program
    D.
    display screen
    E.
    None of the above

  9. What is the name of the visible silver rectangle which separates the take-up portion of the magnetic tape from the data recording portion?

  10. A.
    Load maker
    B.
    Load marker
    C.
    Tape separator
    D.
    Tape marker
    E.
    None of the above

  11. A part located in the central processing unit that stores data & information is known as

  12. A.
    Core memory
    B.
    PROM
    C.
    EPROM
    D.
    ROM
    E.
    None of the above

  13. A software package to perform calculations on data arranged in an array is

  14. A.
    System software
    B.
    Utility programs
    C.
    Electronic spread sheet
    D.
    Application programs
    E.
    None of the above

  15. What was the name of the first stored program electronic computer which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University in England?

  16. A.
    EDVAC
    B.
    EDSAC
    C.
    UNIVAC
    D.
    MARK-I
    E.
    None of the above

  17. A computer with CPU speed around 100 million instructions per second & with the word length of around 64 bits is known as

  18. A.
    Super computer
    B.
    Mini computer
    C.
    Micro computer
    D.
    Micro computer
    E.
    None of the above

  19. A computer program consists of

  20. A.
    System flowchart
    B.
    Program flowchart
    C.
    Algorithms written in computer's language
    D.
    Discrete logical steps.
    E.
    None of the above