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  1.  The most common storage device for the personal computer is the ............................... .

    2. A.

    floopy disk
    B.

    USB thumb drive
    C.

    zip disk
    D.

    hard disk drive

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  2.  Which of the following could be digital input devices for computers?

    3. A.

    Digital camcorder
    B.

    Microphone
    C.

    Scanner
    D.

    All of the above

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  3.  The light pen was developed in

    4. A.

    1950
    B.

    1942
    C.

    1948
    D.

    1956

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  4.  The two main components of the CPU is

    5. A.

    Registers and main memory
    B.

    ALU and bus
    C.

    Control unit and registers
    D.

    Control unit and ALU

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  5.  Transmission and presentation of text and graphics is called

    6. A.

    Video text
    B.

     Tele-text
    C.

    Network
    D.

    Telematique

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  6.  The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is

    7. A.

    Data transmission
    B.

    Database
    C.

    Relocation
    D.

    Data collection 

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  7.  A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

    8. A.

    Utilities
    B.

    System diagnostics
    C.

    System analysis
    D.

    System software

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  8.  What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

    9. A.

    Games
    B.

    Donald Knuth
    C.

    Arithmetic Machine
    D.

    Analytical Engine

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  9.  A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is

    10. A.

    ANSI
    B.

    ASCn
    C.

    EBCDIC
    D.

    BCD

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  10.  Which of the following is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on.

    11. A.

    Warmboot
    B.

    Autoboot
    C.

    Authentication
    D.

    Boot

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