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A computer can perform 30 identical tasks in 6 hour. At that rate, what is the minimum number of computers that should be assigned to complete 80 of the tasks within 3 hours?
A 12
B 7
C 6
D 16
A computer can perform 30 identical tasks in 6 hour. At that rate, what is the minimum number of computers that should be assigned to complete 80 of the tasks within 3 hours ?
A 12
B 7
C 6
D 16
Sequential retrieval on a primary key for sequential file storage has which of the following features?
A Very fast
B Moderately fast
C Slow
D Impractical
A certain city uses a computer system as part of its taxation of real estate. Which one of the following tasks would the computer be least able to do?
A Decide how much money should be raised through real estate taxes
B Keep records of tax rates that apply to different kinds of real estate
C Compute tax due for each property owner each quarter
D Keep records of all assessment
E Record and credit tax payments received from property owners
Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly of any computer is p. The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of q. What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?
A pq + (1 - p) (1 - q)
B (1 - q)p
C (1 - p)q
D pq
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?
A Interactive processing
B Sequential processing
C Batch processing
D Group processing
E None of the above
Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs, via CRTs, on one computer system?
A Time-sharing
B Online processing
C Interactive processing
D All the above processing
E None of the above
The processing, which normally consists of a small computer with one or more peripheral devices, connected via a high-speed line to the large control computer is known as
A On-line processing
B Remote-terminal processing
C Batch mode processing
D Intelligent terminal Processing
E None of the above
The Central Processing Unit is an embeded chip that acts as the 'brains' of a computer. What Intel chip was used in the Altair (the first real personal computer)?
A 6502
B 8080
C 6400
D 8286
Which of the following storage and retrieval methods would be well suited to your processing requirements if you only need to retrieve records one at a time and there is no fixed pattern to the requests for data and records?
A indexed sectors
B sequential
C direct
D indexed direct
E None of the above

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