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. LAN stands for_______________
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2. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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3. A _______________ is the unit of work in a system
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4. The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may ______________ programs.
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5. A ____________ language is computer dependent.
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6. A _____________is made up of group of instructions to perform a task.
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7. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.
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8. 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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9. MSI is the acronym for______________
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10. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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11. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.
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12. The computer hardware comprises the input unit, processing unit and_____________.
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13. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities
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14. _______________ 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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15. OCR stands for_______________
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16. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.
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17. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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18. The computer system is made up of the ______________and_______________.
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19. The computer system is made up of the hardware and _____________.
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20. ______________ are peripheral devices used to digitize (convert to electronic format) artwork, photographs, text or other items from hard copy.
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21. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.
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22. UPS stands for_____________
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23. Troe or False. Today computer is still confined the laboratory
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24. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface
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25. WAN stands for____________
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26. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.
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27. 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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28. Most of today’s computers are______________ computers
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29. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.
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30. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.
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31. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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32. ROM is the acronym for____________
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33. _______________ 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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34. A _____________ is a series of coded instructions showing the logical steps the computer follows to solve a given problem.
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35. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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36. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.
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37. A _____________ is a collection of related information defined by its creator.
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38. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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39. 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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40. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.
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41. ALU is the acronym for______________
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42. The Second Generation of computer was_____________
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43. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.
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44. ______________ 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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45. Series of programs linked together make up a ______________
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46. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________
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47. 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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48. LARC stands for______________
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49. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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50. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height
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