A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs
A. Dot matrix printer
B. Digital plotter
C. Line printer
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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A printed document reader which scans the characters and then encodes them in a computer-compatible code for direct transmission to the computer is called
A. Optical character reader
B. Kurzweil Data Entry Machine (KDEM)
C. MICR
D. Laser scanner
E. None of the above
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The equipment with which the computer talks to its users is called a
A. word processor
B. peripheral
C. software
D. diskette
E. None of the above
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In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of a register?
A. Absolute mode
B. Indirect mode
C. Immediate mode
D. Index mode
E. None of the above
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The term gigabyte refers to
A. 1024 bytes
B. 1024 kilobytes
C. 1024 megabytes
D. 1024 gigabytes
E. None of the above
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The CPU chip used in a computer is partially made out of
A. silica
B. carbon
C. copper
D. gold
E. silver
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Which of the following best describes a computer-based information system?
A. A system in which a computer is used to turn data into information
B. Inputting data
C. Processing data
D. Performing complex mathematical calculations
E. Data is put into the computer for processing
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Accessing records from a file directly without searching from the beginning of the file is
A. Time sharing
B. Random
C. Direct access
D. Access time
E. None of the above
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EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?
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When did IBM close the last of its punched card manufacturing plant?
A. June, 1989
B. December, 1984
C. March, 1982
D. November, 1979
E. None of the above
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The monitor of a computer is connected to it by a
A. Wire
B. Cable
C. Bus
D. Line driver
E. Modem
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In a punched card system, data is processed by a
A. keypunch machine, sorter, and posting machine
B. accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
C. sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
D. accounting machine, keypunch machine, and sorter
E. None of the above
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A single bus structure is primarily found in
A. Main frames
B. Super computers
C. High performance machines
D. Mini-and micro-computers
E. None of the above
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What is the highest address possible if 16 bits are used for each address?
A. 65536
B. 12868
C. 16556
D. 643897
E. None of the above
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An integrated circuit is
A. a complicated circuit
B. an integrating device
C. much costlier than a single transistor
D. fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
E. None of the above
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Which of the following memories contains a thin film of magnetic material sandwitched between two permanent bias magnets?
A. ROM
B. Magnetic disk
C. Core memory
D. Bubble memory
E. None of the above
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Which of the following bus types are used by the Apple Macintosh computer?
A. ISA
B. NuBus
C. EISA
D. MCA
E. PCI Bus
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When the time to establish link is large and the size of data is small, the preferred mode of data transfer is
A. Circuit switching
B. Packet switching
C. Time division multiplexing
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Group of instructions that directs a computer is called
A. Storage
B. Memory
C. Logic
D. Program
E. None of the above
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A computer-controlled device for training exercises that duplicates the work environment is a:
A. simulator
B. duplicator
C. trainer
D. COM device
E. None of the above
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