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  1. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?

    2. A.

     Digital paper
    B.

     Magneto-optical disk
    C.

     WORM disk
    D.

     CD-ROM disk
    E.

     None of the above

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  2. The data processing job expected to further decrease in the 1996s is that of:

    3. A.

     Keypuncher
    B.

     Data entry clerk
    C.

     Computer operator
    D.

     Programmer
    E.

     None of the above

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  3. A computer has no more sense than a light

    4. A.

     bulb
    B.

     pen
    C.

     switch
    D.

     pad
    E.

     None of the above

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  4. The first large scale electronic computer which became operational in 1946 and contained approximately 18000 vacuum tubes and could perform 300 multiplications per second was known as

    5. A.

     ILLIAC
    B.

     ENIAC
    C.

     JOHNIAC
    D.

     EDSAC
    E.

     None of the above

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  5. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an

    6. A.

     interpreter
    B.

     simulator
    C.

     compiler
    D.

     commander
    E.

     None of the above

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  6. A logic gate is an electronic circuit which

    7. A.

     makes logic decisions
    B.

     allows electron flow only in one direction
    C.

     works on binary algebra
    D.

     alternates between 0 and 1 values
    E.

     None of the above

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  7. Identity the advantages that Micro Channel Architecture offers over ISA.

    8. A.

     Automatic System Configuration
    B.

     Less Interference
    C.

     Multiple device handling (the system allows expansion boards to take complete of the bus for certain operations)
    D.

     Greater data transfer rates
    E.

     All of the above

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  8. Computer scientists are exploring the possibility of culturing bacteria to create living chips which have digital electronic properties. What are these chips called?

    9. A.

     bacterial chips
    B.

     biochips
    C.

     natural chips
    D.

     neural chips
    E.

     None of the above

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  9. What is the name of the storage device which is used to compensate for the difference in rates of flow of data from once device to another?

    10. A.

     Cache
    B.

     Concentrator
    C.

     Buffer
    D.

     I/O device
    E.

     None of the above

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  10. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

    11. A.

     Parallely only
    B.

     Sequentially only
    C.

     Both sequentially an parallely
    D.

     All of the above
    E.

     None of the above

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