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Codes consisting of light and dark marks which may be optically read is known as

Mnemonics

Bar code

Decoder

Simulator

In a client-server computer system, ______ provides the requested services.

IP address

Client

Workstations

Server

With respect to a network interface card, the term 10/100 refers to

a fiber speed

Megabits per seconds

Protocol speed

Minimum and maximum server speed

Output hardware is often categorized according to whether it:

Is expensive

Requires a large amount of electricity to work

Produces hardcopy or softcopy

Can fit on a desktop

A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an

Interpreter

Simulator

Compiler

Commander

High-level languages are not concerned with computer but with

Assembler

Machine code

Compiler

All of the above

When a hard disk drive fails which of the following prevents data loss?

CPU

RAM

RAID

CDROM

A storage area used to store data to compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is

Buffer

Memory Unit

CPU

HDD

What are the two main hardware components always busy during normal computer operation?

CPU and ROM

RAM and HDD

CPU and RAM

RAM and Motherboard

From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?

ROM BIOS

Boot.ini

CONFIG.SYS

CPU

Why motherboard is important?

It is the brain of the computer.

None of the answers are correct.

It holds start-up instructions for the operating system.

It ties all the components of the computer together.

The _____ provides a path between the CPU and peripheral devices, which are connected via interface cards.

Computer

Expansion bus

Memory

Buffer

An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital electronic circuit that

Holds all of the circuitry that ties the functions of the computer components together

Stores the data files created and used by programs

Performs logarithmic operations

Processes images so that they can be seen in the computer

Which memory stores the values of variables.

RAM

ROM

EPROM

NONE

The computer translates the condition of each switch to a number. What number is represented by the OFF state?

128

256

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