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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. _____________ is one of the greatest threats to computers and computer applications.
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2. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities
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3. _______________ 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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4. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.
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5. A _____________is basically defined as a tool or machine used for processing data to give required information.
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6. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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7. The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may ______________ programs.
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8. 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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9. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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10. LAN stands for_______________
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11. 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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12. ______________is used for purposes such as holding the program and its data
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13. COBOL was introduced in the year____________
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14. WAN stands for____________
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15. A small battery powers a ___________ to keep track of the time when the PC is turned off.
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16. ______________ are used with game software and help the user more effectively control the actions of computer-simulated airplanes or arcade-style games.
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17. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks
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18. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.
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19. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________
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20. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________
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21. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.
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22. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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23. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________
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24. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.
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25. CPU stands for Central ____________ Unit.
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26. The term_____________ is generally reserved for a machine that is an order of magnitude more powerful than other machines of its era.
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27. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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28. Third Generation was between ______________
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29. ______________ are peripheral devices used to digitize (convert to electronic format) artwork, photographs, text or other items from hard copy.
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30. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.
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31. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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32. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.
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33. 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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34. A _______________ is the unit of work in a system
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35. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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36. Most of today’s computers are______________ computers
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37. ______________ 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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38. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________
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39. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.
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40. Troe or False. Today computer is still confined the laboratory
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41. The physical components of the computer are called the_______________
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42. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.
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43. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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44. 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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45. ENIAC is the acronym for_______________
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46. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.
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47. _______________ 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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48. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.
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49. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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50. In_____________, Seymour Cray developed the CDC 6600
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