1.Which of the following packages is used for composition in printing press?
(a) Lotus
(b) dBase
(c) Pagemaker
(d) Wordperfect
2. Which one of the following is not a computer language?
(a) BASIC
(b) COBOL
(c) LOTUS
(d) FORTRAN
3. The individual within the operations group who ordinarily uses a variety of keyboard devices, is the
(a) Data Clerk
(b) Keypunch Operator
(c) Data Entry Clerk
(d) Computer Operator
4. An advantage of a distributed word processing network is
(a) increased number of reports handled
(b) less delay in inter-office communications
(c) greater corporate control over outputs
(d) All of these
5.The retrieval of information from the computer is defined as
(a) collection of data
(b) data retrieval operations
(c) output
(d) data output collection
6. Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs via CRTs, on one computer system?
(a) Time sharing
(b) On-line processing
(c) Interactive processing
(d) All of these
7.The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of
(a) batch processing
(b) real-time processing
(c) time-sharing
(d) off-line processing
8. A characteristic of card system is
(a) slowness in processing data
(b) using cards as records of transactions
(c) needing a larger data staff
(d) All of these
9. Which of the following floppy sizes exists?
(a) 5.25 inches
(b) 4.75 inches
(c) 6 inches
(d) 8 inches
10. MS-DOS is the name of a/an
(a) Application software
(b) Hardware
(c) System software
(d) None of these
11. A peripheral device used in a word processing system is
(a) Floppy disk
(b) Magnetic card reader
(c) CRT
(d) All of these
12. A term used interchangeably with diskette is
(a) Disk cartridge
(b) Disk pack
(c) Floppy disk
(d) Packette disk
13. An I/O device which provides photographic outputs for printing galleys, is the
(a) Camera printer
(b) Automatic typesetter
(c) Radix printer
(d) All of these
14. Which one of the following a file?
(a) Floppy disk
(b) Magnetic drum
(c) magnetic tape
(d) None of these
15.A decimal equivalent of m second is
(a) 0.000001 sec
(b) 1000000 sec
(c) 0.001 sec
(d)1000 sec
16. A characteristic of the ASCII code is
(a) its limitation to a maximum of 96 character configuration
(b) its use of the zone codes 1010, 1011 and 1100
(c) its independence from Hollerith code
(d) All of these
17. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations, is a
(a) Channel
(b) Buffer
(c) Register
(d) Core
18. The computer code for interchange of information between terminals is
(a) ASCII
(b) BCD
(c) BCDIC
(d) Hollerith
19. ROM is composed of
(a) Magnetic cores
(b) Micro-processors
(c) Photoelectric cells
(d) Floppy disks
20. Which of the following is true?
(a) Plotters are not available for microcomputer systems
(b) Micro-computer are not programmed like conventional computers
(c) Mini-computers are task-oriented
(d) The contents of ROM are easily changed
21. Magnetic disk a medium known as
(a) Serial access
(b) Direct access
(c) Sequential access
(d) Sequential and rotational access
22. A dot-matrix printer
(a) is an input-output device
(b) is an output device only
(c) is an input device only
(d) None of these
Ans (b)
23.An octal number 237 is equal to the binary number
(a) 010 011 111
(b) 010 111 011
(c) 011 101 101
(d) 011 000 001
24. A term associated with the comparison of processing speed is
(a) FFTS
(b) MPG
(c) MIPS
(d) CPS
25. The maximum size of a memory addressed by 12 bits is
(a) 1 K bytes
(b) 16 K bytes
(c) 32 K bytes
(d) 4 K bytes
Answers:
1-c; 2-c; 3-c; 4-b; 5-c; 6-d; 7-a; 8-d; 9-a; 10-c; 11-d; 12-c; 13-d; 14-d; 15-a; 16-c; 17-b; 18-a; 19-b; 20-c; 21-b; 22-b; 23-a; 24-c; 25-d.
