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  1. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

  2. A.

     Which is used by one person only

    B.

     Which is assigned one and only one task

    C.

     Which uses on kind of software

    D.

     Which is meant for application software only

    E.

     None of the above


  3. Which of the following is the user programmed semiconductor memory?

  4. A.

     SRAM

    B.

     DRAM

    C.

     EPROM

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  5. An instruction that transfers program control to one or more possible paths is known as

  6. A.

     Utility program

    B.

     System software

    C.

     Broadband channel

    D.

     Application program

    E.

     None of the above


  7. The two kinds of main Memory are:

  8. A.

     Primary and secondary

    B.

     Random and sequential

    C.

     ROM and RAM

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  9. Name of the first guided weapon in the world which used a programmable digital computer:

  10. A.

     Sting Ray Torpedo

    B.

     Mk 46 Torpedo

    C.

     Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)

    D.

     Tomahawk Missile

    E.

     None of the above


  11. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as

  12. A.

     System software

    B.

     Application software

    C.

     Utility programs

    D.

     Operating system

    E.

     None of the above


  13. What is the name given to the weapons which use computerised guidance system?

  14. A.

     Guided weapons

    B.

     Smart weapons

    C.

     Dumb weapons

    D.

     Starwars weapons

    E.

     None of the above


  15. A monitor's _____ is the distance between the holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharp the dots appear.

  16. A.

     refresh rate

    B.

     dot pitch

    C.

     resolution

    D.

     color depth

    E.

     None of the above


  17. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called

  18. A.

     semiconductor memory

    B.

     registers

    C.

     hard disk

    D.

     magnetic disk

    E.

     None of the above


  19. What is the name of the printer which prints all the A's in a line before all the B's?

  20. A.

     Thermal printer

    B.

     Electrostatic printer

    C.

     Line printer

    D.

     Ink-jet printer

    E.

     None of the above