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. _____________ is one of the greatest threats to computers and computer applications.
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2. The earliest PCs were equipped with a CPU from Intel Corporation called the____________.
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3. A machine language is ______________ dependent
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4. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.
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5. _______________ 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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6. Computers use disk to store______________.
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7. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks
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8. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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9. A ______________ computer is one that is designed to solve a restricted class of problems.
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10. The computer hardware are driven by the_______________
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11. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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12. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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13. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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14. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.
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15. MSI is the acronym for______________
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16. An _____________ is a program that acts as an interface between a user of a computer and the computer hardware.
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17. LARC stands for______________
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18. Troe or False. Today computer is still confined the laboratory
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19. 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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20. ALU is the acronym for______________
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21. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________
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22. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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23. 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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24. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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25. The computer system is made up of the ______________and_______________.
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26. LAN stands for_______________
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27. WAN stands for____________
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28. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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29. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.
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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. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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32. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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33. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.
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34. A ____________ language is computer dependent.
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35. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface
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36. 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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37. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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38. SSI stands for_______________
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39. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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40. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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41. 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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42. 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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43. ______________ 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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44. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________
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45. FORTRAN was developed in the year_____________
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46. The _____________ Key deletes the characters to the left of the cursor when pressed and all other characters to the right of the cursor are shifted one space to the left.
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47. A _____________ is a series of coded instructions showing the logical steps the computer follows to solve a given problem.
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48. A printed material is often called _____________
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49. 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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50. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.
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