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  1. The input and output devices are located away from the central computer facility in which particular type of processing.

  2. A.
    Time sharing
    B.
    Batch processing
    C.
    Interactive mode
    D.
    Real time processing
    E.
    None of the above

  3. Which is a swapping device is used to hold the images of pages in main memory.

  4. A.
    Plex
    B.
    Paging drum
    C.
    Card punch
    D.
    Optical mark reader
    E.
    None of the above

  5. A section of code that may only be executed by one process at any one time is

  6. A.
    CPM
    B.
    Critical resource
    C.
    Critical region
    D.
    Gray code
    E.
    None of the above

  7. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance. What are these keyboards called?

  8. A.
    Capacitance keyboards
    B.
    Mechanical keyboards
    C.
    Qwerty keyboards
    D.
    Dvorak keyboards
    E.
    None of the above

  9. A step-by-step procedure used to solve a problem is called

  10. A.
    Operating system
    B.
    Algorithm
    C.
    Application program
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  11. Which memory is nonvolatile and may be written only once?

  12. A.
    RAM
    B.
    EE-ROM
    C.
    RAM
    D.
    PROM
    E.
    None of the above

  13. A random-access data storage device which gives rapid access to data is

  14. A.
    Magnetic tape
    B.
    Punched card
    C.
    Disk storage unit
    D.
    Buffer
    E.
    None of the above

  15. A card on the top of pack of cards containing information about the cards in the pack is

  16. A.
    Punched card
    B.
    Card punch
    C.
    Reader card
    D.
    Punched paper tape
    E.
    None of the above

  17. Which term is used to describe RAM?

  18. A.
    Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
    B.
    Static RAM (SRAM)
    C.
    Video RAM (VRAM)
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  19. A type of core store that has a lower access time than the devices used for working store in the same processor is known as

  20. A.
    core memory
    B.
    buffer
    C.
    fast core
    D.
    address register
    E.
    None of the above