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  1.  The most common storage device for the personal computer is the ............................... .

  2. A.

    floopy disk

    B.

    USB thumb drive

    C.

    zip disk

    D.

    hard disk drive


  3.  Which of the following could be digital input devices for computers?

  4. A.

    Digital camcorder

    B.

    Microphone

    C.

    Scanner

    D.

    All of the above


  5.  The light pen was developed in

  6. A.

    1950

    B.

    1942

    C.

    1948

    D.

    1956


  7.  The two main components of the CPU is

  8. A.

    Registers and main memory

    B.

    ALU and bus

    C.

    Control unit and registers

    D.

    Control unit and ALU


  9.  Transmission and presentation of text and graphics is called

  10. A.

    Video text

    B.

     Tele-text

    C.

    Network

    D.

    Telematique


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

  12. A.

    Data transmission

    B.

    Database

    C.

    Relocation

    D.

    Data collection 


  13.  A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

  14. A.

    Utilities

    B.

    System diagnostics

    C.

    System analysis

    D.

    System software


  15.  What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

  16. A.

    Games

    B.

    Donald Knuth

    C.

    Arithmetic Machine

    D.

    Analytical Engine


  17.  A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is

  18. A.

    ANSI

    B.

    ASCn

    C.

    EBCDIC

    D.

    BCD


  19.  Which of the following is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on.

  20. A.

    Warmboot

    B.

    Autoboot

    C.

    Authentication

    D.

    Boot