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The basic components of a modern digital computer are :
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
A typical digital computer system has four basic functional elements:
1) Input-output equipment,
2) Main memory,
3) Control unit, and
4) Arithmetic-logic unit.
Any of a number of devices is used to enter data and program instructions into a computer and to gain access to the results of the processing operation.
12
What does that acronym EGA stand for?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Enhanced Graphics Adapter is an IBM PC computer display standard from 1984 that superseded and exceeded the capabilities of the CGA standard introduced with the original IBM PC, and was itself superseded by the VGA standard in 1987.
13
A beam of light used to record and retrieve data on optical disks is known as
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In optical-storage technology, a laser beam encodes digital data onto an optical, or laser, disk in the form of tiny pits arranged in concentric tracks on the disk's surface.
14
Punched-card equipment was first introduced in Britain in 1904 by a small company. What was the name of that company?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Tabulator Ltd punched-card equipment was first introduced in Britain in 1904 by a small company. Punched card equipment sold by IBM after 1931, you will find complete hardware support for IBM's alphanumeric Hollerith code, but you will also find that the majority of the machines sold were limited to numeric applications.
15
The computer translates the condition of each switch to a number. What number is represented by the ON state?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The computer translates the condition of each switch to a number. 1 represents a value, e.g. on, go, present, all clear, etc. 0 represents no value, e.g. off, stop, absence, not clear, etc. Digital signal is 0 or 1.
16
A disk with usable recording surfaces on each side is known as
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In computer science, a double-sided disk is a disk of which both sides are used to store data. Early floppy disks only used one surface for recording. The term single-sided disk was not common until the introduction of the double-sided disk, which offered double the capacity in the same physical size.
17
What is a portion of memory that serves as a temporary repository for data as it waits for a given action?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
In computing, a cache is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere.
18
In serial, asynchronous transmissions, the ____ bit is used to signal the end of the character within the data frame.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
In serial, asynchronous transmissions, the stop bit is used to signal the end of the character within the data frame.
19
Which is the acronym for Algol extended for design.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a medical device designed to analyze the heart rhythm and deliver an electric shock to victims of ventricular fibrillation to restore the heart rhythm to normal. Ventricular fibrillation is the uncoordinated heart rhythm most often responsible for sudden cardiac arrest.
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Which of the following are often used to ensure that data has been accurately input to the computer?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Input controls are interactive elements of the Interfaces. It allows users to enter the information into the system's interface. Determine that appropriate input controls are used to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.