A) MAGNETIC DRUM B) VACUUM TUBE C) MAGNETIC DISK D) FLIP-FLOP A) BLAISE PASCAL B) GEORG RIEMANN C) PYTHAGORAS D) RENE DESCARTES A) SPEED, PRESTIGE, PROGRAMMERS B) ECONOMY, SPEED, ACCURACY C) BETTER SUPERVISION, SPEED, LESS MISTAKES D) LOW COST, PRESTIGE, SPEED A) PAYROLL B) REPORT PREPARATION C) REAL-TIME SIMULATIONS D) SPACE CALCULATIONS A) PROCESS CONTROL B) INFORMATION RETRIEVAL C) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE D) LINEAR PROGRAMMING A) TRUE B) FALSE A) SIMULATION B) GENERATION C) REAL-TIME D) PROCESS CONTROL A) AN AUXILIARY OPERATION B) AN ON-LINE OPERATION C) A REMOTE OPERATION D) A CPU CONTROLLED OPERATION A) TRUE B) FALSE A) CYBERNETICS B) MICROMINIATURIZATION C) MICROELECTRONICS D) DATA COMMUNICATIONS a) nim b) blackjack c) chess d) tic-tac-toe a) control the navigation of airplanes b) forecast weather c) operate without a program d) control the operations of a steel mill a) a tool for economic and business planning b) a type of control application programming c) optimum programming d) similar to interpretive programming a) design automation b) simulation c) automation d) none of above a) linear programming b) operations research c) information theory d) queuing theory a) true b) false a) process transactions by direct access devices b) are effective in process control c) vocabulary translation d) computer language translation a) syntax oriented translation b) language translation c) vocabulary translation d) computer language translation a) processing transactions as occur b) processing transactions during night c) processing high priority transactions first d) none of above a) thermometer b) odometer c) both of above d) none of above a) minicomputer b) hybrid computer c) dual computer d) d/a computer a) an analog computer b) a computer that uses small programs c) a low cost computer d) a machine similar to a real computer a) flip-flop b) register c) calculating unit d) arithmetic unit a) Remote assembler mechanism b) a kind of microcomputer memory c) an animal d) a programming language a) chief programmer b) digital computer c) analog computer d) data processing center manager a) as an input-output device b) as an input device only c) as an output device only d) as an auxiliary storage and i/o device a) to replace punched cards b) to make the computer work efficiently c) because inernal storage capacity is more expensive and relatively limited d) to help in breakdown a) magnetic core b) the ability to reason c) a panel of lights d) fast input and slow output a) to reduce weight of paper b) to allow the coding of information c) to provide identification d) none of the above a) sectors b) tracks c) records d) files a) building housing computer b) the relationship between the identified parts of a computer system c) simulation application d) none of the above a) card reader, line printer b) magnetic tape transport, typewriter c) paper tape reader, magnetic tape transport d) crt, card punch a) a real-time system b) an on-line system c) an off-line system d) a batch processing system a) is easier to use b) is easier to correct c) is more expensive d) none of above a) true b) false a) pascal b) eprom c) altair d) rpg a) calculating unit b) main frame c) peripheral unit d) none of above a) nothing b) a transfer to subroutine c) increases the value of the index register d) a transer to a designated location a) true b) false a) an audio output device b) a voice recognition device c) a com device d) none of the above a) reads cards or paper tape b) is slow compared to operating speed of com- puter c) reads cards in excess of 5000 per minute d) has memory a) word b) bit c) character d) byte a) 1600' of 1/2" tape b) 860' of 3/4" tape c) 3600' of 1/2" tape d) 2400' of 1/2" tape a) crt b) optical reader c) character reader d) fast access radar a) convey information b) move the tape c) hold parity information d) control the paper tape reader a) true b) false a) rom b) fortran c) magnetic core d) magnetic disk a) operation code b) instruction code c) symbolic code d) machnie code a) word b) byte c) cell d) buffer a) permanent storage b) firmwave c) file storage d) micrologic a) true b) false a) a storage device b) a transferring device c) an off-line device d) all of the above a) to display the contents of storage b) to start and stop computer c) to enter data into computer storage d) all of the above a) magnetic disk unit b) magnetic drum unit c) magnetic tape unit d) a and b a) true b) false a) very practical b) not very practical c) impossible d) practical in 80s a) punched card reader b) line prInter c) magnetic ink character reader d) cathode ray tube a) crt display b) plotter c) typewriter d) optical scanning unit a) magnetize b) load c) feed d) erase a) a disk that flops when data is recorded b) a flexible disk of oxide- coated mylar that is stored in paper c) a paper disk d) none of above a) an illegal operation b) a dummy operation c) a pseudo operation d) an error contained program a) low order carry b) high order carry c) high-to-low order carry d) end-around carry a) the length b) a gulp c) both of above d) none of above a) backspace tape b) return tape c) move tape d) automation a) self-test b) preventive maintenance c) hardware checkout d) midnight shift maintenance a) magnetic disk b) semiconductor storage c) magnetic tape d) punched paper tape a) punching holes in it b) magnetizing spots on it c) inter-record gaps d) a magnetic disk recorder a) true b) false a) magnetic drum b) magnetic disk c) semiconductor storage d) paper tape a) card printer b) printer c) typewriter d) magnetic tape transport a) in the first 1000 locations in memory b) anywhere in memory c) in the last 1000 memory locations d) only in the first half of memory a) a random access device b) a serial acces device c) permanent storage device d) an analog storage device a) card reader b) magnetic tape unit c) optical scanner d) keypunch a) mos b) microminiature circuits c) transistor circuits d) vacuum tube circuits a) degausser b) eraser c) oscilloscope d) emulator a) true b) false a) a metallic substance b) cloth c) gummed paper d) paper a) a device that reads marked cards b) a special type of adder c) a remote terminal d) a hardware translator that simulates the operation of another computer a) optical printer b) matrix printer c) drum printer d) chain printer a) true b) false a) mass storage b) non-erasable storage c) destructive storage d) random access storage a) is punched on cards b) contains instructions to be executed by computer c) was used only in first generation computers d) concept was described by Herman hollerith in 1842 a) magnetic rod memory b) thin film memory c) cryogenic memory d) scratch pad memory a) sequential storage b) auxiliary storage c) secondary storage d) primary storage a) digital b) distance c) similarity d) difference a) store b) spooler c) hopper d) none of the above a) transistor b) buffer c) register d) interrupt a) an error b) a malfunction c) a bug d) an MTBF a) an input device b) arithemtic-logig section c) an output device d) the storage flip-flop a) there has been a power increase b) computer is ready to stop processing c) computer has detected too large a number d) an improper instruction has been detected a) eight b) two c) six d) ten a) place b) range c) radius d) radix a) 10 b) 8 c) 2 d) 1 a) the octal system b) the binary system c) parity read operations d) a dstructive readout process a) the base six system b) the octal system c) the binary system d) hexadecimal a) 10111 b) 11000 c) 11111 d) 10101 a) 982 b) 290 c) 711 d) 1011010 a) hexadecimal number b) nine's complement number c) biquinary number d) pseudo-random number a) fortran interger b) basic number c) complex number d) double precision number a) 15632 (base 8) b) 14076 (base 8) c) (11410 (base 8) d) 361 (base 8)