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 measures rather than counts.
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2. A small battery powers a ___________ to keep track of the time when the PC is turned off.
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3. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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4. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.
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5. 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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6. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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7. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________
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8. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.
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9. Series of programs linked together make up a ______________
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10. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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11. ENIAC is the acronym for_______________
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12. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.
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13. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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14. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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15. In_____________, Seymour Cray developed the CDC 6600
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16. 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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17. The mechanical operations are basically ____________in nature.
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18. All the electronic components in a PC are mounted on a piece of fiberglass called the____________.
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19. A ____________ language is computer dependent.
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20. A _____________ is a series of coded instructions showing the logical steps the computer follows to solve a given problem.
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21. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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22. The physical components of the computer are called the_______________
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23. LARC stands for______________
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24. _______________ is an application mainly designed for numerical figures and reports
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25. MSI is the acronym for______________
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26. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.
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27. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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28. OCR stands for_______________
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29. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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30. UPS stands for_____________
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31. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.
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32. Third Generation was between ______________
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33. By the 1950s programmers were using a symbolic notation known as ______________
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34. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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35. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.
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36. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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37. 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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38. 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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39. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.
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40. 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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41. _____________ is one of the greatest threats to computers and computer applications.
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42. 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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43. The speed of a CPU is measured in ____________
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44. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities
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45. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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46. The Second Generation of computer was_____________
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47. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.
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48. ______________ are peripheral devices used to digitize (convert to electronic format) artwork, photographs, text or other items from hard copy.
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49. 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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50. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________
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