ATTENTION:
Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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GST103
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1. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.
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2. OCR stands for_______________
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3. The _____________ keypad contains a set of keys required for typing or entering number digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 into the computer store.
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4. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.
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5. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.
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6. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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7. CPU stands for Central ____________ Unit.
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8. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.
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9. All the electronic components in a PC are mounted on a piece of fiberglass called the____________.
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10. A ______________ works by dividing an image into microscopic rows and columns and measuring, like the film in a camera how much light reflects from each individual intersection of the rows and columns.
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11. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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12. A ______________ is a computer program that accepts a source program in one high-level language, reads and translates the entire user’s program into an equivalent program in machine language, called the object program or object code
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13. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________
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14. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks
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15. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities
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16. SSI stands for_______________
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17. FORTRAN was developed in the year_____________
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18. _______________ is an application mainly designed for numerical figures and reports
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19. ______________ counts the data it deals with whether representing numbers, letters or other symbols, are converted into binary form on input to the computer.
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20. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.
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21. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________
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22. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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23. An _____________ is a program that acts as an interface between a user of a computer and the computer hardware.
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24. An _____________ is a computer program that accepts a source program in assembly language program reads and translates the entire program into an equivalent program in machine language called the object
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25. A _______________ is the unit of work in a system
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26. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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27. ______________ is like laptop computers but smaller in size, although small but comprises all the components of a full system.
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28. A _____________ is an organized collection of data that allows for modification taking care of different users view.
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29. _______________ refers to a mechanism for controlling the access of programs, processes, or users to the resources defined by a computer controls to be imposed, together with some means of enforcement.
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30. LARC stands for______________
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31. The earliest PCs were equipped with a CPU from Intel Corporation called the____________.
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32. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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33. MSI is the acronym for______________
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34. _______________ refers to the suits of programs that facilitates the optimal use of the hardware systems and or provide a suitable environment for the writing, editing, debugging, testing and running of User Programs.
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35. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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36. WAN stands for____________
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37. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.
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38. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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39. The ______________ranges from the building housing the other elements of the computing system namely the computer and the users, the furniture and auxiliary devices
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40. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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41. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface
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42. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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43. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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44. The computer system is made up of the hardware and _____________.
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45. A printed material is often called _____________
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46. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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47. A _____________is basically defined as a tool or machine used for processing data to give required information.
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48. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.
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49. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.
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50. The basic types of computer are Digital, Analog and ________________
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