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1151.

How many ALU(s) is/are control by one control unit is SIMD (single instruction stream, multiple data stream) architecture?

A. one or more ALUs
B. One ALU
C. Only two ALU .
D. Impossible to say
E. None of the above
Answer» B. One ALU
Discussion
1152.

Which of the following function returns t if the object is a number in LISP?

A. (number <object>)
B. (numberp <object>)
C. (numericp <object>)
D. (numeric <object>)
E. None of the above
Answer» C. (numericp <object>)
Discussion
1153.

Which of the following have computers traditionally done better than people?

A. storing information
B. responding flexibly
C. computing numerically
D. both (a) and (c)
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1154.

In AI programming, a list may contain:

A. cells
B. fields
C. pointers
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1155.

In LISP, the function (minusp (-20 4 8 8 1) returns

A. T
B. F
C. NIL
D. -20
E. None of the above
Answer» B. F
Discussion
1156.

Special programs that assist programmers are called:

A. heuristic processors
B. symbolic programmers
C. intelligent programming tools
D. program recognizers
E. None of the above
Answer» D. program recognizers
Discussion
1157.

If the English Philosopher Thomas Hobbes could be called 'grandfather' of artificial intelligence, then who could be called its father?

A. A.M. Turning
B. John McCarthy
C. Allen Newell
D. Herbert Simon
E. None of the above
Answer» B. John McCarthy
Discussion
1158.

Which combination of keys allows you to perform a warm boot?

A. Ctrl+ESC
B. Ctrl+Alt+DEL
C. Ctrl+Shift+DEL
D. Ctrl+Shift+ENTER
E. None of the above
Answer» C. Ctrl+Shift+DEL
Discussion
1159.

Which command is used to copy all files from drive A with extension .TXT to the currently logged drive and directory?

A. COPY a: *.TXT
B. COPY *.TXT A:
C. COPY *.TXT C:
D. COPY *.TXT ALL.TXT
E. None of the above
Answer» B. COPY *.TXT A:
Discussion
1160.

Which DOS command would allow you to redirect a printer?

A. Type
B. Capture
C. Mode
D. Print
E. None of the above
Answer» D. Print
Discussion
1161.

The primary interactive method of communication used by humans is:

A. reading
B. writing
C. speaking
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
Discussion
1162.

Elementary linguistic units which are smaller than words are:

A. allophones
B. phonemes
C. syllables
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1163.

In LISP, the atom that stands for "true" is

A. t
B. ml
C. y
D. time
E. None of the above
Answer» B. ml
Discussion
1164.

If you do not know the current time, which command will you use to display the time?

A. COPY
B. VER
C. TIME
D. FORMAT
E. None of the above
Answer» D. FORMAT
Discussion
1165.

Which command of DOS is used to compare two floppy disks?

A. DISKCOPY
B. DISKCOMP
C. DISKCOPY A: B/V
D. FORMAT A: B:
E. None of the above
Answer» C. DISKCOPY A: B/V
Discussion
1166.

A series of AI systems developed by Pat Langley to explore the role of heuristics in scientific discovery.

A. RAMD
B. BACON
C. MIT
D. DU
E. None of the above
Answer» C. MIT
Discussion
1167.

A.M. turing developed a technique for determining whether a computer could or could not demonstrate the artificial Intelligence,, Presently, this technique is called

A. Turing Test
B. Algorithm
C. Boolean Algebra
D. Logarithm
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Algorithm
Discussion
1168.

Each time you turn the power switch on, which control files will the computer check?

A. COMMAND.COM, IO.SYS
B. COMMAND.COM, DATE.COM, TIME.COM
C. C0MMAND.COM, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS
D. CHKDSK.EXE
E. None of the above
Answer» D. CHKDSK.EXE
Discussion
1169.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to combine FILE1 plus FILE2 into new file named FILE3?

A. COPY FILE3 FILE1+FILE2
B. COPY FILE1+FILE2 FILE3
C. COPY FILE1+FILE2+FILE3
D. COPY FILE2 FILE1+FILE3
E. None of the above
Answer» C. COPY FILE1+FILE2+FILE3
Discussion
1170.

A mouse device may be:

A. electro-chemical
B. mechanical
C. optical
D. both b and c
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1171.

Which of the following, is a component of an expert system?

A. inference engine
B. knowledge base
C. user interface
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1172.

When MS-DOS formats a disk, it automatically creates the main directory on your disk, which is called the _____ directory.

A. main
B. root
C. area
D. border
Answer» C. area
Discussion
1173.

Which command will prevent subsequent changes to the file CBT.EXE?

A. RENAME + r CBT.EXE
B. ATTRIB + r CBT.EXE
C. COPY + r CBT.EXE
D. MODE + r CBT.EXE
E. None of the above
Answer» C. COPY + r CBT.EXE
Discussion
1174.

Which file executes commands in DOS?

A. MS-DOS.SYS
B. CONFIG.SYS
C. COMMAND.COM
D. SYSTEM.INI
E. None of the above
Answer» D. SYSTEM.INI
Discussion
1175.

What switch would you use to view Smartdrive statistics?

A. /x
B. /e:
C. /s
D. /o:n
E. None of the above
Answer» D. /o:n
Discussion
1176.

Which two of the following DOS commands are used to display or set the date and time of your computer's infernal clock?

A. VER
B. HOUR
C. DATE
D. DAY
E. None of the above
Answer» D. DAY
Discussion
1177.

Which DOS command will configure a serial printing port?

A. Parallel serial
B. Mode LPT1=C0M1
C. Direct LPTl=COMl
D. Mode printer ()-serial ()
E. None of the above
Answer» C. Direct LPTl=COMl
Discussion
1178.

Which command below will instruct DOS to do a "quick format".

A. FORMAT A: /QUICK
B. FORMAT A: /Q
C. FORMAT A: /QU
D. FORMAT A: /QF
E. None of the above
Answer» C. FORMAT A: /QU
Discussion
1179.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to display a list of deleted files that DOS can undelete?

A. UNDELETE *.*
B. UNDELETE/ALL
C. UNDELETE/LIST
D. UNDELETE
E. None of the above
Answer» D. UNDELETE
Discussion
1180.

The PATH command is usually found as part of your _____ file.

A. CONFIG.SYS
B. CONFIG.BAT
C. AUTOEXEC.SYS
D. AUTOEXEC.BAT
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1181.

Which command will be used to display a column file compression ratio for each file of Double spaced disk?

A. DIR/W
B. DIR/S
C. DIR/B
D. DIR /C (/C switch introduced in DOS version 6.00)
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1182.

The COPY command of MS-DOS, is used to:

A. copying files to transfer from one PC to another
B. copying files for safe keeping or for record purpose
C. copying files from the hard disk to floppy disks
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1183.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to copy all files from the currently logged drive and directory with the extension .TXT to the drive A?

A. COPY A: *.TXT
B. COPY *.TXT A:
C. COPY *.TXT C:
D. COPY *.TXT ALL.TXT
E. None of the above
Answer» C. COPY *.TXT C:
Discussion
1184.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to specify the size of the disk to format.

A. FORMAT/F : size
B. FORMAT/N : sector
C. FORMAT/T : tracks
D. FORMAT/V
E. None of the above
Answer» B. FORMAT/N : sector
Discussion
1185.

What command is used to reset a MODEM when using the "AT Command Set"?

A. ATR
B. ATZ
C. DTR
D. DCE
E. None of the above
Answer» C. DTR
Discussion
1186.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to force DOS to recheck all clusters when reformatting a disk?

A. FORMAT/B
B. FORMAT/S
C. FORMAT/8
D. FORMAT/C
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1187.

The _____ switch instructs DOS to display the directory list in a wide format.

A. /W
B. /O
C. /P
D. /B
E. None of the above
Answer» B. /O
Discussion
1188.

Which of the following represents a correct sequence for the boot process on a DOS machine?

A. AUTOEXECBAT, CONFIG.SYS
B. CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT
C. AUTOEXECBAT COMMAND.COM
D. CONFIG.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAT
E. None of the above
Answer» C. AUTOEXECBAT COMMAND.COM
Discussion
1189.

Match the device driver HIMEM.SYS to its operation

A. Supports (ANSI) terminal emulation
B. Manages the use of extended memory
C. Uses expanded memory on an 80386 processor
D. Supports code page switching
E. None of the above
Answer» C. Uses expanded memory on an 80386 processor
Discussion
1190.

What command can you add to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that your computer temporarily stops in the execution of the file before continuing?

A. Pause
B. Halt
C. Wait x.xx seconds
D. Wait until Files="x"
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Halt
Discussion
1191.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to sort the file in ascending order?

A. SORT filename
B. SORT < filename
C. SORT > filename
D. SORT | filename
E. None of the above
Answer» C. SORT > filename
Discussion
1192.

What file contains the list of port numbers (and associated names) monitored by inetd?

A. /etc/services
B. /etc/nsorder
C. /etc/nsswitch.conf/
D. /etc/hosts
E. None of the above
Answer» B. /etc/nsorder
Discussion
1193.

The location for subdirectories for local programs and executables for user and administrative commands, is:

A. /usr
B. /tmp
C. /opt
D. /mnt
E. None of the above
Answer» B. /tmp
Discussion
1194.

What command is used to assign executable permission to all of the files named "report"?

A. chmod ugo + x report
B. chmod u + x report
C. chmod ugo + rw report
D. chmod ugo + r report
E. None of the above
Answer» B. chmod u + x report
Discussion
1195.

LILO

A. stands for Linux loader
B. is the Linux boot loader
C. is a tool used to boot the Kernel on x86 hardware
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
1196.

What command is used to set user and group quotas?

A. /sbin/usrquota
B. /sbin/edquota
C. /sbin/quotaon
D. /sbin/quota
E. None of the above
Answer» C. /sbin/quotaon
Discussion
1197.

Where can system and mail logs be found in Ret Hat Linux?

A. /var/log
B. /etc/log
C. /mail
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» B. /etc/log
Discussion
1198.

Which of the following command can be used to rename a file in UNIX?

A. ren
B. mv
C. remove
D. change
E. None of the above
Answer» C. remove
Discussion
1199.

Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file?

A. httpd.conf
B. apache.con
C. /etc/profile
D. system.ini
E. None of the above
Answer» B. apache.con
Discussion
1200.

What shell's wild-card is used to match a single character?

A. [!ijk]
B. [ijk]
C. ?
D. *
E. None of the above
Answer» D. *
Discussion