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2851.

Expert systems are part of the general area of research known as _____

A. AI
B. ES
C. STUDENT
D. RAND
E. None of the above
Answer» B. ES
2852.

Information concerning the probability distribution of a profit rate can be generated by using:

A. electronic spreadsheet
B. artificial intelligence
C. time-series analysis
D. management science techniques
E. sensitivity analysis
Answer» E. sensitivity analysis
2853.

Which of the following is characteristic of a transaction processing system?

A. provides summary information
B. fairly easy to computerize
C. used by upper management
D. difficult to computerize
E. None of the above
Answer» F.
2854.

The educational program can be conducted by

A. personnel department instructors
B. members of the information systems staff
C. supervisors
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2855.

The teleprocessing system appropriate for a probability encoding system is

A. an on-line batch system
B. an interactive time-sharing system
C. a large-scale batch system
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» C. a large-scale batch system
2856.

Which of the following is generally true about management reports?

A. low-level managers need information in the form of detailed reports
B. reports can be issued on demand, periodically, or on the occurrence of a specific tvont
C. middle managers use exception reports
D. middle managers use a summary reports
E. All of the above
Answer» F.
2857.

The idea of "generations" of data files is closely related to

A. transaction processing
B. timesharing
C. realtime processing
D. batch processing
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2858.

The front-end processor is dedicated to perform which of the following function(s)?

A. polling
B. synchronization
C. error checking
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» F.
2859.

An EDP auditor must be an expert in

A. accounting systems
B. systems analysis
C. computerized business systems
D. computer programming
E. None of the above
Answer» D. computer programming
2860.

The characteristics of strategic decisions include all of the following except:

A. they are structured
B. they are future oriented
C. they have a high level of uncertainty
D. they are concerned with long-range plans
E. Ail of the above are characteristics
Answer» B. they are future oriented
2861.

An MIS may include operational/ tactical support, decision support, and automated _____ subsystems.

A. office
B. center
C. body
D. area
E. None of the above
Answer» B. center
2862.

Object code

A. is ready to execute
B. is the output of compilers, but not assemblers
C. must be "loaded" before execution
D. must be rewritten before execution
E. None of the above
Answer» D. must be rewritten before execution
2863.

The term "operating system" means

A. a set of programs which controls computer working
B. the way a computer operator works
C. conversion of high level language into machine code
D. the way a floppy disk drive operates
E. None of the above
Answer» B. the way a computer operator works
2864.

How many addresses are required for 25 x 40 video RAM?

A. 2000
B. 1920
C. 1000
D. 2000
E. None of the above
Answer» D. 2000
2865.

Which of the following isn't a type of computer facility?

A. decentralized
B. centralized
C. de-distributed
D. distributed
E. None of the above
Answer» D. distributed
2866.

Which protocol has been standardised by the International Standards Organisation.

A. ISAM
B. ISO
C. LISP
D. CALL
E. None of the above
Answer» C. LISP
2867.

Which of the following is the largest and most powerful computer manufacture in the world

A. IBM
B. Intel
C. Novel
D. Microsoft
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Intel
2868.

Which of the following is tactical decision?

A. capital-source decision
B. product decision
C. plant-location decision
D. budget allocation
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2869.

Purchased items are distinguished from manufactured items by

A. stock location code
B. product type code
C. item number
D. drawing number
E. None of the above
Answer» D. drawing number
2870.

Environmental information is especially important to

A. top-level managers
B. middle-level managers
C. low-level managers
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» B. middle-level managers
2871.

Capacity planning

A. requires detailed system performance information
B. is independent of the operating system
C. does not depend on the monitoring tools available
D. is not needed in small installations
E. None of the above
Answer» C. does not depend on the monitoring tools available
2872.

Poor response times are caused by

A. Processor busy
B. High I/O rate
C. High paging rates
D. Any of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2873.

Link encryption

A. is more secure than end-to-end encryption
B. is less secure than end-to-end encryption
C. can not be used in a public network
D. is used only to debug
E. None of the above
Answer» C. can not be used in a public network
2874.

A form of code that uses more than one process and processor, possibly of different type, and that may on occasions have more than one process or processor active at the same time, is known as

A. multiprogramming
B. multi threading
C. broadcasting
D. time sharing
E. None of the above
Answer» C. broadcasting
2875.

When the LOAD input of a buffer register is active, the input word is stored on the next positive _____ edge.

A. clock
B. pulse
C. register
D. transistor
E. None of the above
Answer» B. pulse
2876.

A demultiplexer is also known as

A. data selector
B. data distributor
C. multiplexer
D. encoder
E. None of the above
Answer» C. multiplexer
2877.

One way to simplify the sum-of-products equation is to use boolean algebra. Another way is the _____ map.

A. De Morgan
B. Standard
C. Schottky
D. Karnaugh
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2878.

With a JK master-slave flip-flop the master is cocked when the clock is _____ and the slave is triggered when the clock is _____

A. set, reset
B. race, no change
C. high, low
D. set, race
E. None of the above
Answer» D. set, race
2879.

Which of the following is the first integrated logic family?

A. RTL
B. DTL
C. TTL
D. MOS
E. None of the above
Answer» B. DTL
2880.

Binary means _____

A. Three
B. Four
C. Ten
D. Two
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2881.

For an input pulse train of clock period T, the delay produced by an n stage shift register is

A. (n-l)T
B. nT
C. (n+l)T
D. 2nT
E. None of the above
Answer» B. nT
2882.

_____ is the fastest logic family; it's used in high-speed applications.

A. DTL
B. TTL
C. ECL
D. MOS
E. None of the above
Answer» D. MOS
2883.

The output of the following gate is 1 only if at least one of its inputs is 0.

A. AND gate
B. OR gate
C. NAND gate
D. NOR gate
E. None of the above
Answer» D. NOR gate
2884.

The _____ is a sequence of instructions that tells the computer how to process the data.

A. data
B. program
C. controls
D. instruction
E. None of the above
Answer» C. controls
2885.

The highest decimal number that can be represented with 10 binary digits is

A. 1023
B. 1024
C. 512
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» B. 1024
2886.

The XOR gates are ideal for testing parity because even-parity words produce a _____ output and odd-parity words produce a _____ output

A. low, high
B. high, low
C. odd, even
D. even, odd
E. None of the above
Answer» B. high, low
2887.

Which of the following is not true?

A. 0X0 = 0
B. 0 x 1 = 1
C. 1 x 0 = 0
D. 1 x 1 = 1
E. None of the above
Answer» C. 1 x 0 = 0
2888.

_____ has become the most widely used bipolar family.

A. DTL
B. TTL
C. ECL
D. MOS
E. None of the above
Answer» C. ECL
2889.

In SQL, the command(s) is(are) used to create an index for a table or cluster

A. CREATE INDEX
B. MODIFY INDEX
C. SET INDEX TO FILE
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» B. MODIFY INDEX
2890.

The master slave JK flip-flop is effectively a combination of

A. an SR flip-flop and a T flip-flop
B. an SR flip-flop and a D flip-flop
C. a T flip-flop and a D flip-flop
D. two T flip-flops
E. None of the above
Answer» B. an SR flip-flop and a D flip-flop
2891.

The functional capacity for LSI devices is

A. 1 to 11 gates
B. 12 to 99 gates
C. 100 to 10,000 gates
D. more than 10,000 gates
E. None of the above
Answer» D. more than 10,000 gates
2892.

What is the 2's-complement representation of -24 in a 16-bit microcomputer?

A. 0000 0000 0001 1000
B. 1111 1111 1110 0111
C. 1111 1111 1110 1000
D. 0001 0001 1111 0011
E. None of the above
Answer» D. 0001 0001 1111 0011
2893.

Which gates is known as universal gate?

A. NOT gate
B. AND gate
C. NAND gate
D. XOR gate
E. None of the above
Answer» D. XOR gate
2894.

The frequency range : 300 kHz to 3 MHz is used for

A. AM radio transmission
B. FM radio transmission
C. TV transmission
D. microwave communications, satellite and radar
E. None of the above
Answer» B. FM radio transmission
2895.

With an IP address of 201.142.23.12, what is your default subnet mask?

A. 0.0.0.0
B. 255.0.0.0
C. 255.255.0.0
D. 255.255.255.0
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2896.

A smart modem can dial, hang up and answer incoming calls automatically. Can you tell who provides the appropriate instruction to the modem for this purpose?

A. Communications software
B. Error detecting protocols
C. Link access procedure (LAP)
D. Telecommunications
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Error detecting protocols
2897.

Which of the following device is used with an X.25 network to provide service to asynchronous terminals

A. repeater
B. bridges
C. gateway
D. Packet assembler/disassemble
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
2898.

A medium access control technique for multiple access transmission media is

A. Aloha
B. Amplitude
C. Angle modulation
D. Attenuation
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Amplitude
2899.

The core diameter of a single-mode fibers is about

A. 10 times the wavelength of the light carried in the fiber
B. 10 times the fiber radius
C. 7 times the light carried in the fiber
D. 3 times the wavelength of the light carried in the fiber
E. None of the above
Answer» B. 10 times the fiber radius
2900.

Which of the following TCP/IP protocol is used for remote terminal connection service?

A. TELNET
B. FTP
C. RARP
D. UDP
E. None of the above
Answer» B. FTP