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  1. The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is (are)

  2. A.
    Fewer people, less management and shorter transition in learning time
    B.
    Improved debugging capability, and superior documentation
    C.
    A greater degree of machine independence
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  3. Addressing modes

  4. A.
    defines the fundamental method of determining effective operand addresses
    B.
    are variations in the use of fundamental addressing structures, or some associated actions which are related to addressing.
    C.
    performs indicated operations on two fast registers of the machine and leave the result in one of the registers.
    D.
    all of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  5. In which way(s) a macro processor for assembly language can be implemented:

  6. A.
    independent two-pass processor
    B.
    independent one-pass processor
    C.
    processor incorporated into pass 1 of a standard two-pass assembler
    D.
    all of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  7. Which of the following is a type of systems software used on microcomputers?

  8. A.
    MS-DOS
    B.
    PC-DOS
    C.
    Unix
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  9. The working set theory of programming behaviour of processes running within an operating system involves

  10. A.
    the collection of pages that a process accesses
    B.
    disk scheduling mechanisms
    C.
    coalescing holes in memory
    D.
    assigning the CPU to processes
    E.
    None of the above

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  11. Operating system is

  12. A.
    A collection of hardware components
    B.
    A collection of input-output devices
    C.
    A collection of software routines
    D.
    All of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  13. A file organization component of a VSAM file is:

  14. A.
    relative record data set
    B.
    keyed sequential data set
    C.
    entry sequential data set
    D.
    all of the above
    E.
    None of the above

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  15. What is the name given to the software which can be legally compiled and often used for free?

  16. A.
    Shareware program
    B.
    Public domain program
    C.
    Firmware program
    D.
    Mindware
    E.
    None of the above

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  17. The SJF algorithm executes first the job

  18. A.
    that last entered the queue
    B.
    that first entered the queue
    C.
    that has been in the queue the longest
    D.
    with the least processor needs
    E.
    None of the above

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