COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

The benefit of using computers are that

All of these

Computers produce accurate output even when the input is incorrect

Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data

None of these

Computers are designed to the inflexible

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To what temporary area can you store text and other data, and later paste them to another location?

None of these

ROM

The hard disk

CD-ROM

The clipboard

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An input device that uses switch contacts placed under a plastic pad which may be inscribed with symbols is known as

Touch pad

Punched paper tape

Magnetic disk

None of these

Punched card

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Which company produces processors for the Apple Macintosh?

Intel

IBM

Motorola

AMD

Cyrix

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The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is

EBCDIC

BCD

All of these

None of these

ASCII

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Sometime data are gathered over a period of time and collected into a group before entering them into a computer for processing. What type of processing is it called?

Sequential processing

None of these

Group processing

Batch processing

Interactive processing

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HTML viruses infect:

A web page in the HTML code

Both a web page and the computer that is viewing it.

None of the listed here

Your computer

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An error is also known as:

Bug

Debug

Cursor

Icon

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Which of the following are likely to jam the read/write head of a disk pack?

Finger print smudge

Dust

None of these

All of these

Smoke particle

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A computer programmer

None of these

can draw only flowchart

can enter input data quickly

can operate all types of computer equipment

does all the thinking for a computer

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