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  1. The first microprocessors produced by Intel Corpn. and Texas Instruments were used primarily to control small

  2. A.

     microwave ovens

    B.

     washing machines

    C.

     calculators

    D.

     personal computers

    E.

     robotics


  3. Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & electro photographic techniques.

  4. A.

     Laser printers

    B.

     Dot-Matrix

    C.

     Line printer

    D.

     Daisy wheel

    E.

     None of the above


  5. A billionth of a second is defined as a:

  6. A.

     millisecond

    B.

     microsecond

    C.

     nanosecond

    D.

     picoseconds

    E.

     None of the above


  7. Which of the following is not currently a topic in computer science?

  8. A.

     Speech recognition

    B.

     Artificial intelligence

    C.

     Thermodynamics

    D.

     Multiprocessing

    E.

     None of the above


  9. Where have the program and data to be located before the ALU and control unit of a computer can operate on it?

  10. A.

     Internal memory

    B.

     Secondary memory

    C.

     Microprocessor

    D.

     Magnetic tapes

    E.

     None of the above


  11. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?

  12. A.

     1964

    B.

     1970

    C.

     1987

    D.

     1986

    E.

     None of the above


  13. Control Unit of a digital computer is often called the

  14. A.

     Clock

    B.

     Nerve center

    C.

     ICs

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  15. The unit of a computer system that executes program, communicates with and often controls the operation of other subsystems of the computer is known as

  16. A.

     CPU

    B.

     Control Unit

    C.

     I/O unit

    D.

     Peripheral unit

    E.

     None of the above


  17. Human beings are referred to as Homosapiens. Which device is called Silico sapiens?

  18. A.

     Monitor

    B.

     Hardware

    C.

     Robot

    D.

     Computer

    E.

     None of the above


  19. Which access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape

  20. A.

     direct

    B.

     sequential

    C.

     random

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above