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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. ______________ are peripheral devices used to digitize (convert to electronic format) artwork, photographs, text or other items from hard copy.
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2. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.
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3. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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4. The manual data processing operations entail considerable_____________.
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5. SSI stands for_______________
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6. FORTRAN was developed in the year_____________
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7. ______________ 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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8. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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9. There are ____________ types of electronic computers.
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10. _______________ 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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11. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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12. _______________ 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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13. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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14. _______________ is an application mainly designed for numerical figures and reports
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15. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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16. By the 1950s programmers were using a symbolic notation known as ______________
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17. A printed material is often called _____________
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18. The physical components of the computer are called the_______________
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19. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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20. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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21. 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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22. The computer system is made up of the hardware and _____________.
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23. Computers use disk to store______________.
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24. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.
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25. A ____________ language is computer dependent.
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26. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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27. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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28. COBOL was introduced in the year____________
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29. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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30. WAN stands for____________
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31. When a computer is switched on and running a program, ____________is used for purposes such as holding the program and its data
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32. A _______________ is the unit of work in a system
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33. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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34. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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35. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.
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36. The earliest attempt to build an electronic computer was by J. V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State, in
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37. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.
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38. ALU is the acronym for______________
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39. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________
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40. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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41. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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42. 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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43. _____________ is referred to as processed data or a meaningful statement
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44. The mechanical operations are basically ____________in nature.
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45. A _____________ is the computer component that lets you create copies of the information stored in your computer on paper.
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46. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.
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47. The computer hardware are driven by the_______________
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48. Third Generation was between ______________
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49. A ____________ is simply an input device built to help the user control this on-screen pointer in as natural and efficient a manner as possible.
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50. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________
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