29 Introduction to the Computer (Part 29)
21 Mar 2015
561.Which of the following floppy sizes exists?
(1) 5.25 inches
(2) 4.75 inches
(3) 6 inches
(4) 8 inches
(5) None of them
562.A characteristic of card system is
(1) slowness in processing data
(2) using cards as records of transactions
(3) needing a larger data staff
(4) All of these
(5) None of them
563.The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of
(1) batch processing
(2) real-time processing
(3) time-sharing
(4) off-line processing
(5) None of them
564.Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs via CRTs, on one computer system?
(1) Time sharing
(2) On-line processing
(3) Interactive processing
(4) All of these
(5) None of them
565.The retrieval of information from the computer is defined as
(1) collection of data
(2) data retrieval operations
(3) output
(4) data output collection
(5) None of them
566.An advantage of a distributed word processing network is
(1) increased number of reports handled
(2) less delay in inter-off ice communications
(3) greater corporate control over outputs
(4) All of these
(5) None of them
567.The individual within the operations group who ordinarily uses a variety of keyboard devices, is the
(1) Data Clerk
(2) Keypunch Operator
(3) Data Entry Clerk
(4) Computer Operator
(5) None of them
568.Which one of the following is not a computer language?
(1) BASIC
(2) COBOL
(3) LOTUS
(4) FORTRAN
(5) None of them
569.Which of the following packages is used for composition in printing press?
(1) Lotus
(2) dBase
(3) Page Maker
(4) Word Perfect
(5) None of them
570.Which one of the following is not a programming language of a computer?
(1) BASIC
(2) FORTRAN
(3) LASER
(4) PASCAL
(5) None of them
571.In computer language, one kilobyte equls
(1) 1000 bytes
(2) 1024 bytes
(3) 100 bytes
(4) 8 bytes
(5) None of them
572.‘Foxpro’ is
(1) a medicine
(2) a disease
(3) a computer language
(4) an animal
(5) None of them
573.The brain of a computer is
(1) CPU
(2) CD
(3) Floppy disc
(4) Megabyte
(5) None of them
574.The most widely used commercial programming computer language is
(1) BASIC
(2) COBOL
(3) FORTRAN
(4) PASCAL
(5) None of them
575.Who was the inventor of mechanical calculator for adding numbers?
(1) Charles Babbage
(2) Peano
(3) Newton
(4) Pascal
(5) None of them
576.Who wrote the book ‘Computer Liberation and Dream Machine’, the first book on personal computers?
(1) John McCarthy
(2) Ted Nelson
(3) Niklaus Wirth
(4) Karl Capek
(5) None of them
577.Charles Babbage invented
(1) ENIAC
(2) Difference engine
(3) Electronic computer
(4) Punched card
(5) None of them
578.Transistors are associated with which computer system?
(1) First generation
(2) Fifth generation
(3) Second generation
(4) None of these
(5) None of them
579.First generation computer systems used
(1) Transistors
(2) Vacuum tubes
(3) Magnetic cores
(4) Silicon chips
(5) None of them
580.Which one of the following is a stored program machine?
(1) Micro-processor
(2) Calculator
(3) Analog-computer
(4) Micro-computer
(5) None of them
Answers: 561. (1) 562. (4) 563. (1) 564. (4) 565. (3) 566. (2) 567. (3) 568. (3) 569. (3) 570. (3) 571. (2) 572. (3) 573. (1) 574. (2) 575. (4) 576. (2) 577. (2) 578. (3) 579. (2) 580. (4)
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