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  1. A typical modern computer uses

  2. A.
    LSI chips
    B.
    Vacuum tubes
    C.
    Valves
    D.
    All the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  3. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) had huge advantage over Mark I because it used electronic valves in place of the electromagnetic switches. In the beginning, ENIAC was used for calculating the path of artillery shells. For which other was weapon design was it utilized?

  4. A.
    hydrogen bomb
    B.
    atom bomb
    C.
    agnimissile
    D.
    fighter aircraft
    E.
    None of the above

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  5. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?

  6. A.
    J Presper Eckert
    B.
    Charles Babbage
    C.
    Dr. Herman Hollerith
    D.
    Blaise Pascal
    E.
    None of the above

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  7. When did Hewlett-Packard Inc. Introduce its first HP-110 laptop computer?

  8. A.
    1984
    B.
    1986
    C.
    1990
    D.
    1995
    E.
    None of the above

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  9. The computer program language which is widely used in computer science and engineering and also in business is

  10. A.
    COBOL
    B.
    FORTRAN
    C.
    PASCAL
    D.
    LISP
    E.
    None of the above

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  11. A 'number crunching' computer is one that can handle

  12. A.
    large spreadsheets
    B.
    large alphanumeric data
    C.
    large volume of numbers
    D.
    only numbers
    E.
    None of the above

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  13. The barcode which is used on all types of items, is read by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device?

  14. A.
    Laser scanner
    B.
    Wand
    C.
    OCR
    D.
    MICR
    E.
    None of the above

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  15. A processing unit that coordinates networks and data communication is known as

  16. A.
    Control unit
    B.
    Communications processor
    C.
    Register unit
    D.
    CPU
    E.
    None of the above

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  17. A type of line printer that uses an embossed steel band to form the letters printed on the paper is

  18. A.
    Golf ball printer
    B.
    Dot-matrix printer
    C.
    Laser printer
    D.
    Band printer
    E.
    None of the above

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  19. Which memory system is not as a mass memory medium?

  20. A.
    semiconductor memory
    B.
    magnetic tape
    C.
    magnetic disk
    D.
    magnetic drum
    E.
    None of the above

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