COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

LISP was developed by

John Napier

John Mc Carthy

Blaise Pascal

None of these

Dr. Hollerith

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Computer scientists are exploring the possibility of culturing bacteria to create living chips which have digital electronic properties. What are these chips called?

natural chips

neural chips

biochips

bacterial chips

None of these

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A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is

Broadband network

Star network

LAN

Euronet

None of these

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One of a class of storage devices that can access storage locations in any order is

None of these

DTE

DASD

DDC

DDE

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Which of the following is the product of data processing?

Data

Software Program

System

Information

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Control Unit of a digital computer is often called the

Nerve center

All of these

Clock

None of these

ICs

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Which of the following tasks is not suited for sequential processing by a computer?

Inventory control

Preparing of mailing labels

Accounting for credit card purchases

Processing payroll cheques

None of these

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A general purpose single-user microcomputer designed to be operated by one person at a time is

Special-purpose computer

None of these

KIPS

PC

M

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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of open-source operating systems over proprietary versions?

Availability of technical support

Ability to modify code

None of these

Availability of source code

Free use and distribution

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Which of the following memory is volatile

ROM

RAM

EPROM

PROM

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