1031. A compiler means
A. A person who compiles source programs
B. The same thing as a programmer
C. Keypunch operator
D. A program which translates source program into object program
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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1032. Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
A. terminal
B. light pen
C. digitizer
D. mouse
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1033. What is the name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet?
A. A virus
B. Spybot
C. Logic bomb
D. Security patch
✅ The correct answer is option B.
1034. IBM 7000 digital computer
A. belongs to second generation
B. uses VLSI
C. employs semi conductor memory
D. has modular construction
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1035. The OR, XOR & AND functions can be performed by _____ of the computer in a CPU.
A. ALU
B. CU
C. Memory
D. Register
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1036. Hardware includes ……….
A. all devices used to input data into a computer.
B. sets of instructions that a computer runs or executes.
C. the computer and all the devices connected to it that are used to input and output data.
D. all devices involved in processing information including the central processing unit, memory and storage.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1037. The ______ storage on ROM chip, is responsible for loading the operating system from its permanent location on the hard drive in to RAM.
A. BIOS
B. API
C. Device driver
D. Supervisor program
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1038. The octal equivalent of the number 11010.1011 is
A. 32.54
B. 63.51
C. 32.27
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1039. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
A. 100
B. 20
C. 40
D. 80
✅ The correct answer is option B.
1040. The attribution of human form or qualities to things such as machines or computers is called
A. cybernetics
B. cybernation
C. artificial intelligence
D. anthropomorphism
✅ The correct answer is option D.