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  1. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are

  2. A.
    more expensive
    B.
    more portable
    C.
    less rigid
    D.
    slowly accessed
    E.
    None of the above

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  3. What is the name given to the molecular-scale computer?

  4. A.
    Femtocomputer
    B.
    Nanocomputer
    C.
    Supercomputer
    D.
    Microcomputer
    E.
    None of the above

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  5. Who is considered the 'father' of the minicomputer and one of the founder fathers of the modern computer industry world-wide?

  6. A.
    George Tate
    B.
    Kenneth H. Olsen
    C.
    Seymour Cray
    D.
    Basic Pascal
    E.
    None of the above

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  7. The first microprocessors produced by Intel Corpn. and Texas Instruments were used primarily to control small

  8. A.
    microwave ovens
    B.
    washing machines
    C.
    calculators
    D.
    personal computers
    E.
    robotics

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  9. Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & electro photographic techniques.

  10. A.
    Laser printers
    B.
    Dot-Matrix
    C.
    Line printer
    D.
    Daisy wheel
    E.
    None of the above

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  11. A billionth of a second is defined as a:

  12. A.
    millisecond
    B.
    microsecond
    C.
    nanosecond
    D.
    picoseconds
    E.
    None of the above

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  13. Which of the following is not currently a topic in computer science?

  14. A.
    Speech recognition
    B.
    Artificial intelligence
    C.
    Thermodynamics
    D.
    Multiprocessing
    E.
    None of the above

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  15. Where have the program and data to be located before the ALU and control unit of a computer can operate on it?

  16. A.
    Internal memory
    B.
    Secondary memory
    C.
    Microprocessor
    D.
    Magnetic tapes
    E.
    None of the above

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  17. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?

  18. A.
    1964
    B.
    1970
    C.
    1983
    D.
    1986
    E.
    None of the above

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  19. Control Unit of a digital computer is often called the

  20. A.
    Clock
    B.
    Nerve center
    C.
    ICs
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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