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  • Question
  • Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as


  • Options
  • A. Floppy disk
  • B. Hard disk
  • C. Backing store
  • D. Punched card
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • Backing store 


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    • 1. Which of the following languages is more suited to a structured program?

    • Options
    • A. PL/1
    • B. FORTRAN
    • C. BASIC
    • D. PASCAL
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The time for which a piece of equipment operates is called

    • Options
    • A. Seek time
    • B. Effective time
    • C. Access time
    • D. Real time
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. A computer assisted method for the recording and analyzing of existing or hypothetical systems is

    • Options
    • A. Data transmission
    • B. Data flow
    • C. Data capture
    • D. Data processing
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The time required for the fetching and execution of one simple machine instruction is

    • Options
    • A. Delay time
    • B. CPU cycle
    • C. Real time
    • D. Seek time
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which computer has been designed to be as compact as possible?

    • Options
    • A. Mini
    • B. Super computer
    • C. Micro computer
    • D. Mainframe
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and sees to the execution of program instructions

    • Options
    • A. Memory
    • B. Register unit
    • C. Control unit
    • D. ALU
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The process of communicating with a file from a terminal is

    • Options
    • A. Interactive
    • B. Interrogation
    • C. Heuristic
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into pictorial form on paper.

    • Options
    • A. Mouse
    • B. Plotter
    • C. Touch panel
    • D. Card punch
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which type of system puts the user into direct conversation with the computer through a keyboard?

    • Options
    • A. Real time processing
    • B. Interactive computer
    • C. Batch processing
    • D. Time sharing
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The microcomputer, Intel MCS-80 is based on the widely used Intel

    • Options
    • A. 8080 microprocessor
    • B. 8085 microprocessor
    • C. 8086 microprocessor
    • D. 8082 microprocessor
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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