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. _______________ 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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2. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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3. LAN stands for_______________
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Most of today’s computers are______________ computers
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8. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________
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9. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.
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10. SSI stands for_______________
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11. LARC stands for______________
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12. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.
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13. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.
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14. ______________ are peripheral devices used to digitize (convert to electronic format) artwork, photographs, text or other items from hard copy.
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15. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.
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16. 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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17. 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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18. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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19. A _____________ is a collection of related information defined by its creator.
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20. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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21. There are ____________ types of electronic computers.
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22. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks
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23. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.
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24. The speed of a CPU is measured in ____________
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25. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.
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26. By the 1950s programmers were using a symbolic notation known as ______________
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27. An _____________ is a program that acts as an interface between a user of a computer and the computer hardware.
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28. A _____________ is a series of coded instructions showing the logical steps the computer follows to solve a given problem.
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29. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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30. 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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31. The earliest PCs were equipped with a CPU from Intel Corporation called the____________.
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32. MSI is the acronym for______________
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33. WAN stands for____________
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34. ALU is the acronym for______________
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35. COBOL was introduced in the year____________
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36. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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37. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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38. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.
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39. A machine language is ______________ dependent
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40. ENIAC is the acronym for_______________
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41. The computer system is made up of the ______________and_______________.
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42. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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43. ______________is used for purposes such as holding the program and its data
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44. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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45. The Second Generation of computer was_____________
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46. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________
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47. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.
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48. The _____________is the longest key found on most keyboards and it erases characters at the cursor position or gives blank space when pressed.
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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. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface
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