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  1. When an input electrical signal A=10100 is applied to a NOT gate, its output signal is

  2. A.
    01011
    B.
    10001
    C.
    10101
    D.
    00101
    E.
    None of the above

  3. The first practical commercial typewriter was invented in 1867 in the United States by

  4. A.
    Christopher Latham Sholes
    B.
    Carlos Glidden
    C.
    Samuel Soule
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  5. What is meant by quad-density (QD) diskette?

  6. A.
    It is double-sided disk
    B.
    It is double density disk
    C.
    It has double the number of tracks per inch
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  7. Large computer system typically uses:

  8. A.
    Line printers
    B.
    Ink-jet printers
    C.
    Dot-matrix printers
    D.
    Daisy wheel printers
    E.
    None of the above

  9. First generation computers are characterised by

  10. A.
    Vaccum tubes and magnetic drum
    B.
    Minicomputers
    C.
    Magnetic tape and transistors
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  11. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?

  12. A.
    Data
    B.
    Bytes
    C.
    Graphics
    D.
    Pictures
    E.
    None of the above

  13. What is the general name of the device which produces hardcopy graphics?

  14. A.
    COM
    B.
    Plotter
    C.
    Printer
    D.
    Microfilm
    E.
    None of the above

  15. When a disk stack is serviced by a comb-like access mechanism, there is one read/write head for each

  16. A.
    disk
    B.
    disk surface
    C.
    track
    D.
    cylinder
    E.
    None of the above

  17. In which year was UK's premier computing event called "The Which Computer" started?

  18. A.
    1980
    B.
    1985
    C.
    1986
    D.
    1987
    E.
    None of the above

  19. In comparison to the internal (main) memory, tape or disk memory is

  20. A.
    slower and more expensive
    B.
    slower and less expensive
    C.
    faster and more expensive
    D.
    faster and less expensive
    E.
    None of the above