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Information in a memory that is no longer valid or wanted is known as
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A. non-volatile
B. volatile
C. surplus
D. garbage
E. None of the above
Correct Answer
garbage
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1. Which of the following is a measure to test how good or bad a modular design is
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A. Module strength
B. Module coupling
C. Static analysis
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Module strength
2. Which policy replace a page if it is not in the favoured subset of a process's pages?
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A. FIFO
B. LRU
C. LFU
D. Working set
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Working set
3. The instruction register
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A. is a hardware memory device which denotes the location of the current instruction being executed.
B. is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.
C. contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.
D. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the MAR after a "read" or the new contents of the memory prior to a "write".
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.
4. Which of the following statements is not true about the FORTRAN language?
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A. FORTRAN is a high level language
B. A FORTRAN program, written for the IBM-PC, is totally different from a FORTRAN program written for execution on the SUN machine
C. FORTRAN is extensively used to write programs for performing scientific computations
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: A FORTRAN program, written for the IBM-PC, is totally different from a FORTRAN program written for execution on the SUN machine
5. Multiprogramming systems:
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A. are easier to develop than single programming system
B. execute each job faster
C. execute more jobs in the same time period
D. are used only on large mainframe computers
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: execute more jobs in the same time period
6. The principles of structured programming forbid the use of
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A. WHILE-DO
B. GOTO
C. IF-THEN-ELSE
D. DO-WHILE
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: GOTO
7. Which of the following filename extension suggests that the file is a backup copy of another file?
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A. TXT
B. COM
C. BAS
D. BAK
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: BAK
8. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as
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A. Algorithm
B. Decision Table
C. Program
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Program
9. An instruction in a programming language that is replaced by a sequence of instructions prior to assembly or compiling is known as
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A. procedure name
B. macro
C. label
D. literal
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: macro
10. A program
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A. is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.
B. is the device where information is stored
C. is a sequence of instructions
D. is typically characterized by interactive processing and time of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user.
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: is a sequence of instructions
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