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  1. When was punched-card equipment used for the first time to process the British census?

  2. A.

     1910

    B.

     1907

    C.

     1911

    D.

     1914

    E.

     None of the above


  3. A hashing scheme is used with

  4. A.

     sequential file organization

    B.

     direct file organization

    C.

     indexed sequential file organization

    D.

     partitioned file organization

    E.

     None of the above


  5. The time taken for the read/write head to move to the correct track on the magnetic disk is called

  6. A.

     epoch delay

    B.

     latency delay

    C.

     seek time

    D.

     approach time

    E.

     None of the above


  7. A computer has a 1024K memory. What does the letter K stand for

  8. A.

     Kilometre

    B.

     Thousand

    C.

     1024

    D.

     MB

    E.

     None of the above


  9. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called

  10. A.

     Mnemonics

    B.

     Symbolic code

    C.

     Gray code

    D.

     Op-code

    E.

     None of the above


  11. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:

  12. A.

     microprocessor

    B.

     disk controller

    C.

     serial interface

    D.

     modem

    E.

     All of the above are contained


  13. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?

  14. A.

     control unit and registers

    B.

     registers and main memory

    C.

     control unit and ALU

    D.

     ALU and bus

    E.

     None of the above


  15. A characteristic of card systems is:

  16. A.

     slowness in processing data

    B.

     using cards as records of transactions

    C.

     needing a larger DP staff

    D.

     all the above

    E.

     None of the above


  17. A directly accessible appointment calendar is a feature of a _____ resident package.

  18. A.

     CPU

    B.

     Memory

    C.

     Buffer

    D.

     ALU

    E.

     None of the above


  19. 1024 bytes represent a

  20. A.

     Megabyte

    B.

     Gigabyte

    C.

     Kilobyte

    D.

     None of the above

    E.

     Storage