Practice Test: Question Set - 45
1. Which of the following are often used to ensure that data has been accurately input to the computer?
- (A) Digitizers
- (B) Light pens
- (C) Keyboards
- (D) Input
controls
2. Codes consisting of light and dark marks which may be optically read is known as
- (A) Mnemonics
- (B) Bar
code
- (C) Decoder
- (D) None
of the above
3. The report card and merit list forms the
- (A) Output data
- (B) Data
processing
- (C) Central
Processing
- (D) Input data
4. Data division is the third division of a _______ program.
- (A) COBOL
- (B) BASIC
- (C) PASCAL
- (D) FORTH
5. A memory that does not change its contents without external causes is known as
- (A) Dynamic
memory
- (B) Static
memory
- (C) RAM
- (D) EEPROM
6. Which of the following is the coding of data so that is can't be easily understood if intercepted.
- (A) Barcode
- (B) Decoder
- (C) Encryption
- (D) Mnemonics
7. A notation for defining the form and structure of data is known as
- (A) Data
description language
- (B) Binary
language
- (C) Data
channel
- (D) Data
definition language
8. Which of the following is a machine for reading documents that are encoded in a way that is readable by person and machine?
- (A) Document
reader
- (B) Distributed
system
- (C) Artificial
intelligence
- (D) Document
sorter
9. Which company produces processors for the Apple Macintosh?
- (A) IBM
- (B) Motorola
- (C) Intel
- (D) AMD
10. A monitor's _______ is the distance between the holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharp the dots appear.
- (A) Refresh rate
- (B) Dot pitch
- (C) Resolution
- (D) Color depth
11. The first microprocessors produced by Intel Corpn. and Texas Instruments were used primarily to control small
- (A) Microwave
ovens
- (B) Washing
machines
- (C) Calculators
- (D) Personal
computers
12. The most important advantage of a video disk is
- (A) Compactness
- (B) Potential
capacity
- (C) Durability
- (D) Cost
effectiveness
13. Where was the India's first computer installed and when?
- (A) Institute of
Social Science, Agra, 1955
- (B) Indian
Institute of Statistics, Delhi, 1957
- (C) Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955
- (D) Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971
14. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
- (A) 1964
- (B) 1970
- (C) 1983
- (D) 1986
15. The software used to convert source program instructions to object instruction is known as
- (A) Compiler
- (B) Assembler
- (C) Interpreter
- (D) Language
processor
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