Distributed data processing configuration where all activities passes through a centrally located computer is:
- (A) Ring network
- (B) Spider network
- (C) Hierarchical network
- (D) Data control network
- (C) Hierarchical network
Communications device, combines transmissions from several devices into on line is:
- (A) Concentrator
- (B) Modifier
- (C) Multiplexer
- (D) Full-duplex line
- (C) Multiplexer
A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have ________ of RAM.
- (A) 4 KB
- (B) 16 KB
- (C) 64 KB
- (D) 256 KB
- (D) 256 KB
What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
- (A)Â ENIAC
- (B)Â EDSAC
- (C)Â MANIAC
- (D)Â UNIVAC
- (C)Â MANIAC
The word length of a computer is measured in:
- (A)Â Bytes
- (B)Â Millimeters
- (C)Â Meters
- (D)Â Bits
- (D)Â Bits
What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?
- (A)Â Grater than
- (B)Â Less than
- (C)Â Equal to
- (D)Â All of these
- (D)Â All of these
Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
- (A)Â Disk unit
- (B)Â Control unit
- (C)Â ALU
- (D)Â Modem
- (C)Â ALU
Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
- (A)Â Data
- (B)Â Bytes
- (C)Â Graphics v
- (D)Â Pictures
- (A)Â Data
Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
- (A)Â Mass memory
- (B)Â Internal memory
- (C)Â Non-volatile memory
- (D)Â PROM
- (B)Â Internal memory
Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called:
- (A)Â Mnemonics
- (B)Â Symbolic code
- (C)Â Gray codes
- (D)Â Opcode
- (A)Â Mnemonics