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Test 21

1. EE board September 2003, EE Board October 1999

__________is a device converting computer digital signals to analog signals for transmission over
copper telephone wires and then back to digital signals.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Fax Machine
Telegram
Telephone
Modem

2. What is the widely used 7-bit alphanumeric code?

A.
B.
C.
D.

ASCII
EBCDIC
Straight Binary Code
Gray Code

3. What is a computer programming language on which groups of 1s and 0s are used to represent
instructions and the only language a computer actually understood?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Machine Language
Application Software
High-Level Language
FORTRAN

4. An area of memory that holds the ASCII characters that are being displayed on a monitor is
called_____
A.
B.
C.
D.

Space
Start bit
Terminal
Screen image

5. Processors with more than two registers for arithmetic and logical operations are classified as:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Specific register processors

General register processors
Accumulator based
Serial number processors

6. What input device translates motions of a ball rolled on a flat surface to the monitor screen?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Wand reader
Pen
Bar Code Reader
Mouse

7. What is the system program used to translate directly an assembly language to machine language
called?
A. Assembler
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C. Interpreter
D. Debugger
8. What is operand address?
A. The binary code that represents the operation to be performed by the CPU.
B. The address of the data to be operated as the CPU executes the instruction called the op
code.
C. A short abbreviation for the operation
D. All of the choices
9. What is the standard method for coding data on 80-column, 12-row card?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Baudot code
ASCII
Hollerith code
EBCDIC

10. A software program designs to enter a computer system, usually a network, through security holes
and the replicate itself.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
HTTP

11. What refers to the computers use of hard disk storage to simulate RAM?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Volatile Memory
ROM
Data Storage
Virtual memory

12. What is set instructions that resides on a storage device, such as hard drive, and can be loaded into
memory and executed called?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Stored program
Service program
Operating program
Memory-resident program

13. Which of the following devices is NOT serially interfaced to a PC?

Mouse
Printer
Modem
All of these
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__________is a software that allows users to have fast and flexible access to information in large
documents, constructing associations among data items needed.
A. Voice mail
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B. Internet
C. E-mail
D. Hypertext
15. Which memory holds the most recently read and frequently read data in memory, making
subsequent retrieval of that data much faster than reading from a tape or disk drive or even from the
main memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Cache memory
Virtual memory
Static memory
Dynamic memory

16. A large application or program is divided into modules of equal size called_______
A.
B.
C.
D.

Pages
Sectors
Segments
Stacks

17. What 5-bit code that has long been used in Telex and teletypewriter communications?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Baudot Code
BCD
EBCDIC
ASCII

18. What is the term for a deadlock situation that occurs when a program references a different page for
almost every instruction, and there is not even enough real memory to hold most of the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Paging
Scanning
Thrashing
Handshaking

19. What is a single word memory location used to temporarily hold data during program execution?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Accumulator
Register
Buffer
Stack

20. What refers to the debugging method in which the program is executed one instruction at a time and
the register contents can be examined after each step?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Text editing
Syntax analyzing
Trace
Stacking

21. In a computer system,_______ is a hardware unit where the control keys are located.
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A.
B.
C.
D.

CPU
Keyboard
I/O section
Console

22. All are parts of the computer hardware organization except one. Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architecture
Implementation
Hardware realization
Assembler

23. The data manipulated by a program is called ______ depending on its nature and extent.
A.
B.
C.
D.

database
File
Input
All of the choices

24. Which one represent machine instructions by mnemonic names and allows memory addresses and
other to be represented by symbols rather than bit strings?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Assembler
Interpreter
Machine language
Assembly language

25. Which of the following is an instruction that causes data to be brought from memory into an
accumulator register?
A.
B.
C.
D.

LOAD
LOOP
FETCH
JUMP

26. What term is used to describe storing of data into a memory?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Writing
Loading
Reading
Memorizing

27. What register holds the data being written into or read out of the addressed memory location?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Hold register
Memory address register
Memory data register
Access register

28. What does CMOS means?

A. Complementary Main-Oxide Semiconductor
B. Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
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C. Complementary Main-Oxidation Semiconductor

D. Computer Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
29. EE Board September 2003
_______ a system software that translate a program written in a computer language by a computer
programmer (such as BASIC) into the language (machine language) that the computer understand.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Driver
Transfer program
Language translator
RAM

30.What do you call a translated program in machine language?

A.
B.
C.
D.

A source program
An object program
A machine program
A users program

31. A program designed attached in a file produce, and spread from one file to another destroying area
as claying an irritating message, or other use disrupting computer operations
A.
B.
C.
D.

Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
All of the choices

32. Which one is the portion of a circle where the instruction is sent from memory to the instructor
register?
A.
B.
C.
D.

LOAD
ACCUMULATE
EXECUTE
FETCH

33. The decimal system is composed of many numerals or symbols?

A.
B.
C.
D.

2
8
10
16

34. A special file that is used by the operating system to store the physical location of all the files on a
storage medium, such as a hard disk or floppy disk is called _______
A.
B.
C.
D.

Field
File allocation table
File format
File information table

35. What is that part of a computer instruction that defines what type of operation that the computer is to
execute on specified data?
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Machine language
Mnemonic
Assembly language
Op code

36. A digital circuit is also known as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Arithmetic circuit
Logic circuit
Electronic circuit
Sequential circuit

37. What does TTL means?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Transistor Transistor Logic

Transformer Tapped Logic
Transistorized Transmission Logic
Transmit time Logic

38. Which computer port is commonly used in order to speed up the transfer of the computer data?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Parallel port
Serial port
Video port
Modem port

39. Which device puts data on the bus during a write operation?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ALU
CPU
Keyboard
Accumulator

40. What is an instruction mnemonic?

A.
B.
C.
D.

A short abbreviation for the operation.

A binary code that represents the operation to be performed by the CPU.
A technical term sometimes added to an ICs description.
A representation of a quantity that varies in discrete steps.

41. What is the term used to described the moving of software from another computer to your own
computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Surfing
Downloading
Uploading
Accessing

42. What abbreviation represents the op code of a computer instruction?

A. ASCII
B. Mnemonic
C. Oclets
D. Algorithm
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43. Which of the following classes of mass memory devices use a laser beam to write and read onto a
specified coated disk?
A.
B.
C.
D.

RAM
ROM
Non-volatile memory
Optical disk memory

44. Which of the following is the busiest bus and the one that carries that actual data?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Address bus
Data bus
Control Bus
Microprocessor

45. HTTP:// is an identifier that appears at the beginning of most Web pages. What does HTTP stands
for?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Hypertext Time Protocol

Hypertime Text Protocol
Hypertext Transmission Process
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

46. A megabyte is exactly __________ bytes

A.
B.
C.
D.

1,000,000
999,999
1,000,001
1,048,576

47. The bus that communicates control and status information is the:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Address Bus
Data bus
Control Bus
Microprocessor

48. What do you call the program stored in ROM that loads and initializes the operating system on a
computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Bootsector program
CMOS program
BIOS program
Bootstrap program

49. What is the term for a computer or software that requests information from another computer or
server?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Host
Workstation
Client
All of the choices

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50. A software that translates a program written in a high-level language into low-level instructions before
the program is executed called_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Complier
Assembler
Integrator
Interpreter

51. The term bus refers to:

A.
B.
C.
D.

The physical path along which the signal travels

The logical path
Both the physical path and the logic path
The microprocessor peripheral that executes data

52. What computer memory is used during the first cycles of data processing activity?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read only memory

Cache memory
Hard drive memory
Program memory

53. EE Board September 2003

A parity bit is also called________ is a extra bit attached to the end of a byte of checking the accuracy.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Chip size
Check bit
Silicon type
RAM capacity

54. Which of the following belongs to a class of codes called the minimum change codes, in which only
one bit in the code group changes when going from one step to the next?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Morse code
BCD code
Excess-3 code
Gray code

55. What is the difference between the high and low frequency spectrum?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Cut-off frequency
Bandwith
Resonance frequency
Center frequency

56. What does DTML means?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Diode Transistor Macro Logic

Diode Transistor Minimum Logic
Diode Transistor Maximum Logic
Diode Transistor Micro Logic

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57. A group of records are stored in a_________

A.
B.
C.
D.

File
Database
Drive
Memory

58. Which of the followings takes the complete decimal and represents it in binary?
59. All are basic operation in Boolean algebra except:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Logical addition
Logical subtraction
Logical multiplication
Logical division

60. What is the most common type of digital IC package?

A.
B.
C.
D.

DIP
Metal Type
CMOS
TTL

61. What refers to the time with which a disk can find data being sought?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Access time
Data time rate
Transfer time
Enter time

62. Which type of database contains records in an organize, structured format?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Hierarchical database
Relational database
Ordered database
Sequential database

63. In what slot does the CD will be connected to the mother board of the computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

PCI slot
IDE slot
ISA slot
AGP slot

64. EE Board September 2003

____________two way parallel path connecting processors and memory containing addresses.
A. Buffer
B. Cache memory
C. Control bus
E. Address bus
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65. What is the smallest changeable data unit?

F.
G.
H.
I.

Bit
Byte
Nibble
Word

66. The command line in basic programming is always started by which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Integer
Alphanumeric
Machine code
Clear code

67. An instruction that alters the normal course of a program by causing it to jump to another instruction
is the________.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rotate instruction
Skip instruction
JUMP
Loop instruction

68. An instruction that causes data in the accumulator to be moved to the memory or a peripheral
register.
A.
B.
C.
D.

FETCH
STORE
LOOP
LOAD

69. What refers to a specific register that always points to the address of the next instruction to be
executed?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Instruction register
Pushdown Stack
Program counter
Control bus

70. What id the term for a high speed memory used to store a small amount of data temporarily so that
the data can be retrieved quickly?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Cache memory
Video memory
Volatile memory
Scratchpad memory

71. What program is executed on several different computers to compare their speed and performance?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Complier
Assembler
Diagnostic program
Benchmark

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72. A computer or software on the network that supplies the network with data and storage is called?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Server
Maintenance
Host
Workstation

73. Which of the following has a function of directing memory and I/Q devices transfers?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Address bus
Data bus
Control bus
Device bus

74. What is the language used in making an internet web page?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Highertext Machine language

Hypertext Mark-up language
Hightech Mark-up language
Hypertext Machine language

75. What do you mean by the acronym DTCL?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Diode Capacitor Transistor Logic

Diode Coupled Transistor Logic
Direct connected Transistor Logic
Direct Coupled Transistor Logic

76. What register holds the current instruction during the execution?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Instruction register
Pushdown register
Program register
Execution register

0
77. A BCD code has how many bits per number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
4
8
16

78. EE Board September 2003

A non-impact that forms images with little dots and produces high quality images.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Card printer
Dot-matrix printer
Computer printer
Ink jet printer

79. A nibble id composed of how many bits?

A. 2
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B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
80. The term firmware is used to described programs stored in which of the following memory hardware?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ROMs and EPROMs

RAMs and ROMs
PROMs and EPROMs
PROMs and ROMs

81. Which one refers to an assembly of computer hardware and software that enables computers to
share data, software and other resources with each other?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Local Area network

Wide Area Network
Metropolitan area Network
Multi-level Network

82. EE Board April 2001

In digital codes, how do you identify codes running from 0 to 1 or run from 0-7?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Base 10
Octal
Binary
Gray

83. What is needed to translate a high-level program into a sequence of machine instructions that
performs the desired task?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Assembler
Interpreter
Complier
Debugger

84. Text editors and formatters belong to which area of computing?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Compliers
Accounting
Assembling
Word processing

85. A computer program that appears to perform one function while actually doing something else, such
as inserting a virus into a computer system or stealing a password.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
Hypertext

86. Which one refers to a device that amplifies a signal and passes it on?
A. Repeater
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B. Amplifier
C. Trap
D. Modulator
87. What refers to characters that can be displayed or printed, including numeral and symbols?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Control Characters
Alphanumeric data
Binary characters
Alphanumeric control

88. What refers to the manner in which alphanumeric data and control characters by sequences of bits?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Controlling
Processing
Coding
Transforming

89. What type of file has a record of web site activity?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Cookie File
Java File
HTTP file
HTML file

90. What memory in a computers used to hold the computers start up routine?
A.
B.
C.
D.

RAM
CMOS
ROM
SDRAM

91. What term is used to describe retrieval of data from memory?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Unloading
Downloading
Reading
Accessing

92. What type of bus carries the memory address from the computer to the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Data bus
Address bus
Control bus
Parallel bus

93. What type of bus carries lines that control the operation of the memory from the microprocessor to
the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Data bus
Address bus
Control bus
Parallel bus

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94. What register holds the address of the word currently being accesed?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Hold register
Memory address register
Memory data register
Access register

95. EE Board October 1991

A state of the art technology designed to provide supervisory control and data acquisition capability
for industrial, commercial and utility power substation and systems.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Monitor
Cobol
SCADA
IBM PC

96. What is technique used to ensure that the bits within a memory byte are correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Handshaking
Parity
Swapping
Processing

97. What is a term for a sequence of computer instructions that perform some functions?
A. Algorithm
B. Machine language
C. Program
D. Assembly language
98. If the executable program is kept on disk or tape, it is normally referred to as _______.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Software
Firmware
Hardware
All of the choices

99. What do you call a network where people can retrieve information communicate, entertain or do
business from comfort of a PC?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Internet
Web site
Facsimile
E-mail

100. What do you call a projector that will be used to project video signals from a computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Multimedia projector
Electronic projector
Overhead projector
Laptop projector

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101. A type of a computer memory circuits that hold data, program instructions, and the operating
system while the computer is on.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Random access memory

Read-only memory
Volatile memory
CMOS

102. What refers to one or more integrated circuits that contain permanent instructions that the computer
during boot process?
A.
B.
C.
D.

CMOs
ROM
RAM
Boot Sector

103. Which of the following is used to capture real and moving objects and displays it into a computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Scanner
Video player
Electronic recorder
Digital camera

104. EE Board October 1996

Which of the following is related to a monitor?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Video display
Screen
Monochrome monitor
RGB monitor

105. Which port in a PC is a modem normally connected?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Serial port
Parallel port
Special port
Any of these

106. What is a network that continuous loop communication?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Star network
Ring network
Cascaded network
Local network

107. What do you call a group of sectors on a storage medium that, when accessed as a group speed up
a data access?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Track
Media
Cluster
Cell

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108. A computer that interacts with a television set is called.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Personal computer
Net computer
Personal digital assistant
Tele computer

109. What is the smallest unit of information handled by a computer?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Bit
Byte
Cell
Character

110. A collection of information that may be stored in more than one file is called? ________.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Databank
Database
Dataware
Data module

111. Which one is a tiny electrically operated switch that can alternate between on and off million times?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Diode
Latch
Pentode
Transistor

112. A boot disk that contains operating system files plus antivirus software is called ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Boot disk
Rescue disk
Reserve disk
Restore disk

113. What do you call viruses designed to corrupt antivirus software?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Anti-antivirus
Antivirus eradicator
Worm
Retro viruses

114. A computer that is smaller and more portable than a computer notebook. It is sometimes called
palm-top computer.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Microcomputer
Minicomputer
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Micro PC

115. What do you call a communication network covering a geographical area the size of the city or
suburban?
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Local area network

Wide area network
Metropolitan area network
Multi-level network

116. EE Board October 1997

What is a large computer is called?
A.
B.
C.
D.

A Laptop
A mega computer
A main frame computer
A desktop computer

117. This term refers to preparing the disk for usage so that the operating system can be written on it.
Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Multitasking
Formatting
Setting
Debugging

118. What is a step-by-step drawing representing a specific procedure or algorithm?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Flowchart
Block diagram
Assembler diagram
Machine code

119. What is use to translate high level statements into machine language?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Macros
Assembler
Compiler or interpreter
Loader

120. What code is widely used in mainframe computers?

A.
B.
C.
D.

BCD
Baudot code
Hollerith code
EBCDIC

121. What is RS 232C?

A.
B.
C.
D.

An interface standard
A type of computer memory
A type of computer hard disk
A computer cable connecting the hardwares

122. EE board April 1997

The term that refers to the physical equipment or components of an electronic data processing
system?
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Software
Central processing unit
Filmware
Hardware

123. Which one is NOT needed to be connect to the internet?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Modem
Security code
Telephone line
PC

124. When the computer software is easy to use. It is termed as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Custom software
Instant access software
User-friendly software
Shareware

125. What refers to a technique where each user of a computer takes turns,
Under the control of the operating system, using the entire computer
Main memory for a certain length time?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Multitasking
Time-shaking
Handshaking
Batch processing

126. A multi-user system is similar to a multi-tasking system except that all users are:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Using different programs

Using different computers
Using the same program
Using mobile computer

127. A computer virus that infects the macros that are attached to documents and spreadsheets is
called __________________
A.
B.
C.
D.

Micro virus
File virus
Document virus
0Spread sheet virus

128. What call a computer that do you receives and stores e-mail data until
Retrieved by the email account holder?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ISP
POP server
POST
MPEG

129. EE Board October 1997

In computer work, an antivirus is
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A.
B.
C.
D.

A software full of virus in order to minimize a software against a specific detect.

A specific virus that detect a program from other unprecendented attacks by other virus
A software that scans a computer system to detect viruses or other harmful software
A vaccine injected by the operator into the hard disk of a computer to remove interference

130. what do you call a microscopic plate of silicon that contains thousands of micro miniature electronic
circuit components?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Integrated transistor
Memory
Central processing unit
Microchip

131. Available for-purchase software is known as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Application software
Package software
System software
Market software

132. what code is a 7-bit code that allows only 128 different combinations and commonly used in
microcomputers
A.
B.
C.
D.

EBCDIC
ASCII
Baudot code
Hollerith code

133. what do you call a person who gains illegal access to a computer system?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Electronic enthusiast
Hacker
Computer pirate
All of the choice

134. what do you call process of retrieving a file from the internet and storing it in the PC?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Scanning
Browsing
Downloading
Uploading

135. EE board October 1997

All data processing system involve the following operations regardless of the kind of data
processed or the kind of or equipment used. Which one of the following are these?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Analyzing, logic determination and coding device

Input, processing and output
Input, storage and processing
Processing, storage an distribution

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136. What refers to a computer base system in which a telephone message is recorded in digital form
and then forwarded to others?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Voice mail
Answering machine
Teleconference
Audio conference

137. it refers to the rate at which data is sent over communication lines.
Which one?
A. Propagation rate
B. Uploading rate
C. Baud rate
D. Attenuation
138. what holds data and instructions for further manipulation in the ALU?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Register
Accumulator
Baud rate
Data bus

139. what is in a machine that implies that it is capable of absorbing and organizing new data learning
new concept, reasoning logically and responding to inquires?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Self-process intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Man-free intelligence
All of the choices

140. AT Command is used in Pc communications. What do you mean by AT?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Attention
Attraction
Attack
Attempt

141. Which of the following refers to a round piece of plastic that stores data and program as a
magnetized spot?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Digital disk
Hard disk
Floppy disk
None of these

142. EE board March 1998

It is a very powerful small components of a computer.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Diode
Triode
Chip
Internet

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143. What do you call a series of concentric or spiral storage areas created on a storage medium during
the formatting process?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Traces
Routes
Domains
Tracks

144. What do you call a device that provides the computer with electricity if the is a power failure?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Uninterruptible power supply (USP)

Automatic transfer switch (ATS)
Ordered database
Sequential database

145. what type of database stores all information in the equivalent of a matrix?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Hierarchical database
Relational database
Ordered database
Sequential database

146. what is the term for a computer professional who plans an entire computer system?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Programmer
Software developer
System analyst
All of the choice

147. what type of computer accepts input in handwriting on a screen?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Stylus computer
Pen-based computer
Touch-screen computer
All of the choice

148. EE board March 1998

A megabyte is a computer term which means
A.
B.
C.
D.

A thousands kilobytes
A million kilobytes
A group of characters that can fill a computer storage
A hundred thousand bytes

149. what is storage capacity of a 3 floppy disk?

A.
B.
C.
D.

1.44 MB
1.8 MB
1.25 MB
1.5 MB

150. What is used to gain access to internet?

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A.
B.
C.
D.

Gopher
Web page
Password
Browser

151. Which one is not data communication equipment?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Modem
Data auxiliary set
Personal computer
None of these

152. Which of the following devices merges signals?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Oscillator
Multiplexer
Demodulator
Demultiplexer

153. Which one is not required in video conferencing through a PC?

A.
B.
C.
D.

microphone
digital camera
speakers
screen filter

154. What do you call a collection of fields?

A.
B.
C.
D.

File
Record
Document
Database

155. What device is used in converting a computer digital signal to analog signals for transmission over
telephone wires?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Modem
Network hub
Digital switch
Demodulator

156. The extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) uses how many bits of each
character?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
4
8
16

157. In a network computers, what do you call the computer wherein commonly used files are stored and
accessed?
E. Network computer
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F. Host computer
G. File server
H. PC
158. EE Board October 1999
The digital system usually operates on _____ system.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Decimal
Hexadecimal
Binary
Octal

159. Which one refers to a way of sending and receiving mails between two or people through the global
computer network?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Electronic mail
Express mail
Facsimile
Internet

160. What do you call a communication network that covers a wide geographical area such as a state or
country?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Local area network

Wide area network
Metropolitan area network
Multi-level network

161. What is another term for memory?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Tape storage
Disk storage
Primary storage
Secondary storage

162. EE Board October 1998

It is the computerized data gathering, monitoring and switching equipment.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Supervising control
Remote control
SCADA
Control and monitoring system

163. What refers to the process of sending a copy of file from a local computer to a remote computer?
A. Downloading
B. Electronic mail
C. Uploading routing
164. An individual computer can be interconnected to a network of computers using which of the
following?
A. Interface
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B. Serial port
C. Modem
D. Network hub
165. What type of communication system uses light, rather than electricity to communicate?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Data communication
Optical communication
Microwave communication
Fiber optic communication

166. EE Board October 1999

_____is a device converting computer digital signals to analog signals for transmission over copper
telephones wire and then back to digital signals.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Fax machine
Modem
Telegram
Modem

167. An e-mail address should consist of which of the following?

A.
B.
C.
D.

User name and domain name

User name and user address
User name, and service provider name
User name, domain name and service provider name

168. EE Board April 2000

Maximum capacity of a recordable compact disc.
A.
B.
C.
D.

1 Gbytes
10 Gbytes
650 Mbytes
100 Mbytes

169. Which of the following is binary coding commonly used in computer?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Baudot
ASCII
BCD
EBCDIC

170. What is the name of the place in the internet which can be accessed and gather information?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Yahoo
Hotmail
Web site
Web page

171. What do you call a making of illegal copies of copyrighted software?

A. Software hacking
B. Software piracy
C. Software replication
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D. Software collaboration
172. Which one is used in the screen of a laptop computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

LCD
CRT
JRT
RSC

173. In order for a program to run, it must be placed in the computers memory by a__________.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Computer
Loader
Installer
Interpreter

174. EE Board October 2003

For PC to Pc communications, data terminal equipment is directly connected to:
A.
B.
C.
D.

DDE equipment
Telephone line
ATE equipment
DCE equipment

175. Which computer slot provides a high speed data pathway that is primarily used for graphic cards?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ISA
PCI
AGP
ADE

176. EE Board October 1999

Octal coding involves grouping the bits in_______?
A.
B.
C.
D.

6s
9s
1s
3s

177. What is used to translate an assembly language code into machine language?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Assembler
Loader
Complier
Interpreter

178. The EBCDIC allows a maximum of how many different characters?

A.
B.
C.
D.

512
256
128
64

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179. What is the network with a host computer called?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Star network
Ring network
Mesh network
Local network

180. EE Board October 2000

It refers to a device that modulates and demodulates signals transmitted over data communication
facilities.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Facsimile machine
Communication hub
Modem
Cellular phone

181. What does DTL means?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Data terminal load

Data Terminal Logic
Diode Transistor Load
Diode Transistor Logic

182. This slot in the computer typically houses a graphics card, sound card, video card, or modem.
Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.

IDE
ISA
AGP
PCI

183. What part of the microprocessor fetches and decodes the incoming instruction and generates the
signals necessary for the arithmetic and logic unit to perform the intended function?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ALU
Stack
Accumulator
Control unit

184. Which one refers to technological merger?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Digital access
Digital protocol
Digital convergence
Digital technology

185. EE Board April 2001

The process of notifying network that you are using a specific computer is called_______.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Log-in
Booting
Password
Log-out

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186. What is another term for operating system OS?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Start-up program
Computer program
Monitor program
All of the choices

187. If the program is placed in ROM or EPROM, it is referred to as_______.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Software
Firmware
Hardware
Software and firmware

188. What is the smallest type of computer in terms of physical sizes?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Minicomputer
Mainframe
Maxicomputer
Microcomputer

189. What is the Central Processing Unit ( CPU ) on a signal chip?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Integrated circuit
Microprocessor
Accumulator
ALU

190. What is the function of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Executes command and manipulates data

Holds data for further manipulation
Provides temporary data storage in sequential order
Carries the actual data

191. Which of the following is a volatile memory?

A.
B.
C.
D.

RAM
ROM
PROM
EPROM

192. What is used for temporary storage of instruction or data?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Accumulators
Registers
Program counters
Control units

193. What code results when each digit of a decimal number is represented by its binary equivalent?
A. Morse code
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B. Gray code
C. Binary-coded decimal
D. Straight binary code
194. What provide temporary data storage in sequential order usually on a last-in, first out basis?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Registers
Stacks
Accumulators
Counters

195. What refers to a program that controls the computer at its most basic level and provides the
environment for application programs?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Computer program
Multi-tasking program
Operating system
Assembly language

196. A byte is composed of how many bits?

A.
B.
C.
D.

2
4
6
8

197. What is a term used to described a copyrighted software marketed under a license that allows
users to use the software for a trial period and then send in a registration fee if they wish to continue the
use of it?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Firmware
Trial software
Shareware
Test run software

198. Data does not need to be refreshed and remains as long as the power stays on for what type of
memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Dynamic memory
Static memory
Kinetic memory
Virtual memory

199. EE Board October 1997

What is the meaning of SCADA?
A.
B.
C.
D.

System Coordinated Area Distribution Area

System Control and Data Acquisition
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Super Computer and Deck Accessibility

200. What memory contains the BIOS that is read in when the computer is first started?
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Cache memory
Virtual memory
Os system
Video memory

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