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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
Which type of processing that produces output results immediately after input data are entered into a computer system
A Time-sharing
B Interactive
C Batch processing
D Real-time 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
Danielle has been visiting friends in Ridge-wood for the past two weeks. She is leaving tomorrow morning and her flight is very early. Most of her friends live fairly close to the airport. Madison lives ten miles away. Frances lives five miles away, Samantha, seven miles. Alexis is farther away than Frances, but closer than Samantha. Approximately how far away from the airport is Alexis?
A nine miles
B seven miles
C eight miles
D six miles
A remote batch-processing operation in which data is solely input to a central computer would require a:
A telegraph line
B simplex lines
C mixedband channel
D All the above
E None of the above
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
..... is the tem used to define all output and input devices in the computer system?
A Software
B Monitor
C Hardware
D None of these
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
The CPU of a computer transfers print output to a temporary disk memory at high speed and then gets back to processing another job without waiting for the output to got to the printer. In this way, the CPU does not remain idle due to its own high speed as compared to the low speed of the printer. What is the name of this memory?
A External memory
B I/O memory
C ROM
D Buffer memory
E None of the above
The ALU of a central processing unit does the essential maths work for the computer. What does the control unit do?
A Communicates its results
B Activates the output device
C Monitors the flow of information
D Control the printer
E None of the above

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