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| 1201. |
What command is used with vi editor to move the cursor to the left? |
| A. | h |
| B. | k |
| C. | j |
| D. | i |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. k | |
| 1202. |
To build a modularized kernel, the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages must first be installed. Where will you find the kernel-headers and kernel-source? |
| A. | /usr/local |
| B. | /usr/src/linux |
| C. | /usr/sre/redhat |
| D. | /usr/bin |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. /usr/sre/redhat | |
| 1203. |
After you have compiled your kernel, what do you have to edit to boot your new kernel image? |
| A. | /boot/lilo.conf |
| B. | /etc/conf.modules |
| C. | /etc/named.boot |
| D. | /etc/lilo.conf |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1204. |
What command is used to compare the files? |
| A. | ccp |
| B. | du |
| C. | cmp |
| D. | comp |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. comp | |
| 1205. |
To invoke the LISP system, you must enter |
| A. | AI |
| B. | LISP |
| C. | CL (Common Lisp) |
| D. | both b and c |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1206. |
The Fdisk command in DOS _____ . |
| A. | Partitions the hard drive for use |
| B. | Fixes erroneous hard drive |
| C. | Formats data sectors on a hard drive |
| D. | Checks hard drive for lost clusters |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Fixes erroneous hard drive | |
| 1207. |
How would you allow device drivers and TSR's to be loaded into Upper Memory Blocks? |
| A. | DOS=High |
| B. | Devicehigh= |
| C. | Loadhigh= |
| D. | DOS=UMB |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1208. |
HIMEM.SYS controls: |
| A. | DOS=HIGH |
| B. | RMDRIVE.SYS |
| C. | SMARTDRV.SYS |
| D. | Extended Memory |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1209. |
Where would you load the mouse driver mouse.sys? |
| A. | config.sys |
| B. | autoexec.bat |
| C. | win.ini |
| D. | io.sys |
| E. | msdos.sys |
| Answer» B. autoexec.bat | |
| 1210. |
The field that investigates the mechanics of human intelligence is: |
| A. | history |
| B. | cognitive science |
| C. | psychology |
| D. | sociology |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. psychology | |
| 1211. |
Which DOS command is used to remove and scan memory and disk from viruses? |
| A. | MSAV |
| B. | DEFRAG |
| C. | SCANDISK |
| D. | VSAFE |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. DEFRAG | |
| 1212. |
To conserve battery power on your laptop computer. What DOS v6.x command should you use? |
| A. | Powermon.exe |
| B. | Power.exe |
| C. | Idel.com |
| D. | Pw.sys |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Idel.com | |
| 1213. |
Which command is used to send the contents of file named REPORT/TXT to the standard printing device? |
| A. | TYPE REPORT.TXT TO PRINTER |
| B. | TYPE REPORT.TXT > PRN |
| C. | TYPE REPORT.TXT | PRN |
| D. | TYPE REPORT.TXT | PRINTER |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. TYPE REPORT.TXT | PRN | |
| 1214. |
Which company offers the LISP machine considered to be "the most powerful symbolic processor available"? |
| A. | LMI |
| B. | Symbolics |
| C. | Xerox |
| D. | Texas Instruments |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Xerox | |
| 1215. |
Which type of actuator generates a good deal of power but tends to be messy? |
| A. | electric |
| B. | hydraulic |
| C. | pneumatic |
| D. | (B) and (c) above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. pneumatic | |
| 1216. |
A natural language generation program must decide: |
| A. | what to say |
| B. | when to say something |
| C. | why it is being used |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1217. |
A Personal Consultant knowledge base contain information in the form of: |
| A. | parameters |
| B. | contexts |
| C. | production rules |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1218. |
Which approach to speech recognition avoids the problem caused by the variation in speech patterns among different speakers? |
| A. | Continuous speech recognition |
| B. | Isolated word recognition |
| C. | Connected word recognition |
| D. | Speaker-dependent recognition |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1219. |
The characteristics of the computer system capable of thinking, reasoning and learning is known is |
| A. | machine intelligence |
| B. | human intelligence |
| C. | artificial intelligence |
| D. | virtual intelligence |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. virtual intelligence | |
| 1220. |
The area of AI that investigates methods of facilitating communication between people and computers is: |
| A. | natural language processing |
| B. | symbolic processing |
| C. | decision support |
| D. | robotics |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. symbolic processing | |
| 1221. |
In which of the following situations might a blind search be acceptable? |
| A. | real-life situation |
| B. | complex game |
| C. | small search space |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 1222. |
An expert system differs from a database program in that only an expert system: |
| A. | contains declarative knowledge |
| B. | contains procedural knowledge |
| C. | features the retrieval of stored information |
| D. | expects users to draw their own conclusions |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. features the retrieval of stored information | |
| 1223. |
The Personal Consultant is based on: |
| A. | EMYCIN |
| B. | OPS5+ |
| C. | XCON |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1224. |
When a top-level function is entered, the LISP processor do(es) |
| A. | It reads the function entered |
| B. | It evaluates the function and the function's operands |
| C. | It prints the results returned by the function. |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1225. |
Graphic interfaces were first used in a Xerox product called: |
| A. | InterLISP |
| B. | Ethernet |
| C. | Smalltalk |
| D. | ZetaLISP |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. ZetaLISP | |
| 1226. |
Artificial intelligence is |
| A. | the embodiment of human intellectual capabilities within a computer. |
| B. | a set of computer programs that produce output that would be considered to reflect intelligence if it were generated by humans. |
| C. | the study of mental faculties through the use of mental models implemented on a computer. |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1227. |
The primary method that people use to sense their environment is: |
| A. | reading |
| B. | writing |
| C. | speaking |
| D. | seeing |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1228. |
The Newell and Simon program that proved theorems of Principia Mathematica was: |
| A. | Elementary Perceiver |
| B. | General Problem Solver |
| C. | Logic Theorist |
| D. | Boolean Algebra |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Boolean Algebra | |
| 1229. |
Shaping teaching techniques to fit the learning patterns of individual students is the goal of: |
| A. | decision support |
| B. | automatic programming |
| C. | intelligent computer-assisted instruction |
| D. | expert systems |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. expert systems | |
| 1230. |
The Cedar, BBN Butterfly, Cosmic Cube and Hypercube machine can be characterized as |
| A. | SISD |
| B. | MIMD |
| C. | SIMD |
| D. | MISD |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. SIMD | |
| 1231. |
If a calculation is embedded in a form |
| A. | the result of the calculations are stored with the form |
| B. | the calculations are stored with the form |
| C. | the result of the calculations are printed in report |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. the result of the calculations are printed in report | |
| 1232. |
In SQL, which command is used to add a column/integrity constraint to a table |
| A. | ADD COLUMN |
| B. | INSERT COLUMN |
| C. | MODIFY TABLE |
| D. | ALTER TABLE |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1233. |
What name is given to the collection of facts, items of information or data which are related in some way? |
| A. | Database |
| B. | Directory information |
| C. | Information tree |
| D. | Information provider |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Directory information | |
| 1234. |
Internal auditors should review data system design before they are |
| A. | developed |
| B. | implemented |
| C. | modified |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1235. |
A database management system might consist of application programs and a software package called |
| A. | FORTRAN |
| B. | AUTOFLOW |
| C. | BPL |
| D. | TOTAL |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. TOTAL | |
| 1236. |
An audit trail |
| A. | is used to make back-up copies |
| B. | is the recorded history of operations performed on a file |
| C. | can be used to restore lost information |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. can be used to restore lost information | |
| 1237. |
In the DBM approach, application programs perform the |
| A. | storage function |
| B. | processing functions |
| C. | access control |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. access control | |
| 1238. |
The model for a _____ resembles the hierarchical model in many respects. |
| A. | Network database |
| B. | Relational database |
| C. | Distributed database |
| D. | Hierarchical database |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Relational database | |
| 1239. |
A report form |
| A. | appears on the computer monitor during data entry |
| B. | is used during report generation to format data |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 1240. |
Versatile report generators can provide |
| A. | Columnar totals |
| B. | Subtotals |
| C. | Calculations |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1241. |
A file that is organized in uniform format is formally referred to as a _____ or a database file. |
| A. | Document |
| B. | Database |
| C. | Record |
| D. | Structured data file |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1242. |
Which language has recently become the de-facto standard for interfacing application programs with relational database system? |
| A. | Oracle |
| B. | SQL |
| C. | dBASE |
| D. | 4GL |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. dBASE | |
| 1243. |
It is more accurate to define a _____ as a variety of different record types that are treated as a single unit |
| A. | Database |
| B. | Table |
| C. | Record |
| D. | Flat File |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Table | |
| 1244. |
Which command is used to select distinct subject (SUB) from the table (BOOK)? |
| A. | SELECT ALL FROM BOOK |
| B. | SELECT DISTINCT SUB FROM BOOK |
| C. | SELECT SUB FROM BOOK |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. SELECT SUB FROM BOOK | |
| 1245. |
Subschema can be used to |
| A. | create very different, personalized views of the same data |
| B. | present information in different formats |
| C. | hide sensitive information by omitting fields from the sub schema's description |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1246. |
An operational amplifier: |
| A. | can be used to subtract two or more signals |
| B. | can be used to sum two or more signals |
| C. | uses the principle of feedback |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 1247. |
The electronic component that has been the key to recent developments in automation is the: |
| A. | improved vacuum tube |
| B. | integrated circuit |
| C. | diode |
| D. | transistor |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. diode | |
| 1248. |
Which industry is the leading user of robots? |
| A. | Chemical industry |
| B. | Automobile industry |
| C. | Electronic industry |
| D. | Shipping industry |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Electronic industry | |
| 1249. |
In pen plotters, "resolution" refers to the shortest possible line, but in electrostatic plotters it refers to: |
| A. | the number of dots per inch |
| B. | the speed per inch |
| C. | dual-axis tracking |
| D. | how accurately the plotter returns to a specific point |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. the speed per inch | |
| 1250. |
The "snap" command feature in both AutoCAD and VersaCAD ensure that: |
| A. | template lines can be removed |
| B. | objects are entered at specific intervals. |
| C. | identified data are automatically segmented |
| D. | definable center markers are entered. |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. identified data are automatically segmented | |