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  1. Large computer system typically uses:

  2. A.

     Line printers

    B.

     Ink-jet printers

    C.

     Dot-matrix printers

    D.

     Daisy wheel printers

    E.

     None of the above

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  3. First generation computers are characterised by

  4. A.

     Vacuum tubes and magnetic drum

    B.

     Minicomputers

    C.

     Magnetic tape and transistors

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  5. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?

  6. A.

     Data

    B.

     Bytes

    C.

     Graphics

    D.

     Pictures

    E.

     None of the above

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  7. What is the general name of the device which produces hardcopy graphics?

  8. A.

     COM

    B.

     Plotter

    C.

     Printer

    D.

     Microfilm

    E.

     None of the above

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  9. When a disk stack is serviced by a comb-like access mechanism, there is one read/write head for each

  10. A.

     disk

    B.

     disk surface

    C.

     track

    D.

     cylinder

    E.

     None of the above

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  11. In which year was UK's premier computing event called "The Which Computer" started?

  12. A.

     1980

    B.

     1985

    C.

     1986

    D.

     1987

    E.

     None of the above

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  13. In comparison to the internal (main) memory, tape or disk memory is

  14. A.

     slower and more expensive

    B.

     slower and less expensive

    C.

     faster and more expensive

    D.

     faster and less expensive

    E.

     None of the above

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  15. Which of the following input/output devices is not associated with personal computers?

  16. A.

     mice

    B.

     color monitors

    C.

     punched cards

    D.

     dot-matrix printers

    E.

     optical scanners

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  17. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from

  18. A.

     primary memory

    B.

     control section

    C.

     external memory

    D.

     cache memory

    E.

     None of the above

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  19. The heart of any computer is the

  20. A.

     CPU

    B.

     Memory

    C.

     I/O Unit

    D.

     Disks

    E.

     None of the above

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