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  1. Super-computers

  2. A.

     Are found at thousands of sites around the world

    B.

     Can now fit on a single silicon chip

    C.

     Are usually designed to process accounting applications

    D.

     Are not fast enough for some applications

    E.

     None of the above

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  3. A special type of device which uses an ordinary telephone with a computer is

  4. A.

     Light pen

    B.

     Mouse

    C.

     Acoustic couple

    D.

     Touch panel

    E.

     None of the above

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  5. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?

  6. A.

     100

    B.

     20

    C.

     40

    D.

     80

    E.

     None of the above

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  7. A hand-held device for optically reading bar codes on goods, labels & shelves is

  8. A.

     Wand

    B.

     Touch tablet

    C.

     Mouse

    D.

     Light pen

    E.

     None of the above

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  9. In analog computer

  10. A.

     Input is first converted to digital form

    B.

     Input is never converted to digital form

    C.

     Output is displayed in digital form

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  11. The decimal equivalent of the binary number 11100001111 is

  12. A.

     1806

    B.

     1807

    C.

     2806

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  13. A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permenently is

  14. A.

     fixed disk

    B.

     disk cartridge

    C.

     card punch

    D.

     card reader

    E.

     None of the above

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  15. The benefit of using computers are that

  16. A.

     Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data

    B.

     Computers produce accurate output even when the input is incorrect

    C.

     Computers are designed to the inflexible

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  17. Which is a Common-Business oriented language.

  18. A.

     SNOBOL

    B.

     BASIC

    C.

     COBOL

    D.

     C

    E.

     None of the above

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  19. Software instructions intended to satisfy a user's specific processing needs are called _____.

  20. A.

     Systems software

    B.

     A microcomputer

    C.

     Documentation

    D.

     Applications software

    E.

     All of the above

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