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1.
What is the main purpose of a data link content monitor?
to detect problems in protocols
to determine the type of transmission used in a data link
to determine the type of switching used in a data link.
to determine the flow of data
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2.
The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is (are)
Fewer people, less management and shorter transition in learning time
Improved debugging capability, and superior documentation
A greater degree of machine independence
All of the above
None of the above
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3.
Which command will be used with vi editor to append text at end of line?
A
a
i
I
None of the above
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4.
The File that contains a set of instructions which are performed when a user logs in, is
.exrc
.profile
.autoexec
autoexec.bat
None of the above
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5.
A program component that allows structuring of a program in an unusual way is known as
Correlation
Coroutine
Diagonalization
Quene
None of the above
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6.
COM1 is typically represented by which of the following?
15 pin port
9 pin male port
9 pin female port
25 pin male port
None of the above
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7.
Your modem does not respond when you try to dial out. You try another modem on another computer and get the same result. What is the most likely problem?
defective modem
defective computer
software bug
bad phone line
virus
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8.
Which of the following is not an output device of a computer?
Printer
keyboard
VDU
CRT screen
All of the above
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9.
An advantage of blocking a tape is that
additional processing time is consumed
the direct file method can be emulated
tapes contain less data and longer tapes
less tape is used to store the same amount of data
None of the above
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10.
Which 8-bit chip was used in many of Tandy's TRS-80 computers?
Z-8000
Motorola 6809
Z-8088
Z-80
None of the above
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11.
A large computer designed to handle complex scientific calculations
may use only a firmed word-length storage approach
will likely require a character addressable storage unit
must use fixed length words of four character each
will not use numbered address locations
None of the above
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12.
The imitation of one device or system by another is
Simulation
Emulation
Resilience
Compaction
None of the above
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13.
PROLOG is an AI programming language which solves problems with a form of symbolic logic known as predicate calculus. It was developed in 1972 at the University of Marseilles by a team of specialists. Can you name the person who headed this team?
Alain Colmerauer
Nicklaus Wirth
Seymour Papert
John McCarthy
None of the above
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14.
Adding a new account to the chart of accounts at the beginning of an accounting period is a
simple revision
moderately complex revision
complex revision
All of the above
None of the above
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15.
Cost-Benefit analysis
evaluates the tangible and non-tangible factors
compares the cost, with the benefits, of introducing a computer-based system
estimates the hardware and software costs
All of the above
None of the above
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16.
The calculation instructions in an algorithm should state _____.
Only what is to be calculated
Only how to calculate something
Both what is to be calculated and how to calculate it
Both what is to be calculated and why is it calculated
None of the above
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17.
VLSI (very large scale integrated circuits) logic:
will not be available in this decade
means more costly electronic products in the future
will result in lower cost, higher capability electronic equipment
All of the above
None of the above
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18.
A normal C++ operator that acts in special ways on newly defined data types is said to be
glorified
encapsulated
classified
overloaded
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19.
If you assign a default value to any variable in a function prototype's parameter list, then _____
all other parameters in the function prototype must have default values
all parameters to the right of that variable must have default values
all parameters to the left of that variable must have default values
no other parameters in that prototype can have default values
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20.
The body of a C++ function is surrounded by _____
parentheses
angle brackets
curly brackets
square brackets
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