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  1. Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?

  2. A.
    Sony
    B.
    Philips
    C.
    Microsoft
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  3. Third generation computers

  4. A.
    Were the first to use integrated circuitry
    B.
    Were the first to use built-in error detecting devices
    C.
    Used transistors insted of vaccum tubes
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  5. What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention?

  6. A.
    Pixel
    B.
    Reverse video
    C.
    Touch screen
    D.
    Cursor
    E.
    None of the above

  7. To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is

  8. A.
    Rerun
    B.
    Reset
    C.
    Remote
    D.
    Release
    E.
    None of the above

  9. Which is used to store firmware.

  10. A.
    RAM
    B.
    ROM
    C.
    PROM
    D.
    EPROM
    E.
    None of the above

  11. Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?

  12. A.
    Magnetic tape
    B.
    Magnetic disk
    C.
    Optical disk
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

  13. A device that prints one character at a ! time is kknown as

  14. A.
    Laser printer
    B.
    Line printer
    C.
    Character printer
    D.
    Dot-Matrix printer
    E.
    None of the above

  15. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is

  16. A.
    Retrieving
    B.
    Sorting
    C.
    Balleting
    D.
    Lock-out
    E.
    None of the above

  17. A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is _____

  18. A.
    Data element
    B.
    Elementary data item
    C.
    Data entry
    D.
    Database management
    E.
    None of the above

  19. A computer is a box full of electronic

  20. A.
    Switching devices
    B.
    Chips
    C.
    Circuits
    D.
    Registers
    E.
    None of the above