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. COBOL was introduced in the year____________
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2. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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3. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.
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4. The speed of a CPU is measured in ____________
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5. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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6. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________
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7. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.
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8. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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9. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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10. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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11. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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12. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________
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13. A _____________ is a collection of related information defined by its creator.
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14. The computer hardware are driven by the_______________
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15. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.
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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. There are ____________ types of electronic computers.
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18. 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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19. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________
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20. A _____________ is an organized collection of data that allows for modification taking care of different users view.
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21. UPS stands for_____________
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22. A small battery powers a ___________ to keep track of the time when the PC is turned off.
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23. LAN stands for_______________
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24. SSI stands for_______________
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25. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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26. WAN stands for____________
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27. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.
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28. _____________ is one of the greatest threats to computers and computer applications.
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29. A printed material is often called _____________
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30. OCR stands for_______________
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31. By the 1950s programmers were using a symbolic notation known as ______________
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32. 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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33. _____________ is referred to as processed data or a meaningful statement
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34. The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may ______________ programs.
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35. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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36. A machine language is ______________ dependent
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37. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.
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38. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________
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39. The earliest PCs were equipped with a CPU from Intel Corporation called the____________.
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40. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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41. ALU is the acronym for______________
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42. The computer system is made up of the ______________and_______________.
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43. 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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44. A _____________ is the computer component that lets you create copies of the information stored in your computer on paper.
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45. Third Generation was between ______________
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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. FORTRAN was developed in the year_____________
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48. 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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49. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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50. _______________ 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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