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1. Electronic spreadsheets are most useful in a situation where relatively ............. data must be input, and but ........ calculations are required
(a) little; simple
(b) large; simple
(c) large; complex
(d) little; complex (Ans)
2. The two basic types of record-access method are:
(a) sequential and random (Ans)
(b) direct and immediate
(c) sequential and indexed
(d) on — line and real — time
(e) None of the above
3. Which file organization is allowed by a direct-access storage device ?
(a) direct only
(b) sequential and direct only
(c) indexed and direct only
(d) sequential, indexed and direct (Ans)
(e) None of the above
4. Sequential file organization is most appropriate for which of following applications ?
(a) Grocery-store checkout
(b) Bank checking account
(c) Payroll (Ans)
(d) Airline reservations
(e) None of the above
5. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity ?
(a) Sequential (Ans)
(b) ISAM
(c) VSAM
(d) B-Tree index
(e) All of the above
6. One disadvantage of a direct access file is :
(a) the delay in computing the storage address (Ans)
(b) duplication of address locations
(c) unused, but available, storage locations
(d) All of the above.
7. All computers execute
(a) BASIC programs
(b) COBOL programs
(c) Machine language programs (Ans)
(d) FORTRAN programs
(e) PL/1 programs
8. Which of the following is most oriented to scientific programming ?
(a) FORTRAN (Ans)
(b) COBOL
(c) BASIC
(d) PL/1
(e) RPG
9. All of the following are disadvantages of RPG except :
(a) it is a very machine-dependent language
(b) it is very limited in its scope
(c) is not suited for complex problems requiring extensive programming logic
(d) it has larger storage requirements (Ans)
(e) All of the above are disadvantages
10. Which of the following is not one of the processes that a high-level language program must go through before it is ready to be executed ?
(a) translation
(b) controlling (Ans)
(c) lading
(d) linking
(e) All of the above are necessary processes
11. Which of the following is not true of FORTRAN ?
(a) it was developed for scientific and mathematical applications
(b) it is one of the oldest high-level languages
(c) it is a problem-oriented language (Ans)
(d) it requires extensive internal documentation
(e) All of the above are true
12. All of the following are divisions of the COBOL program except :
(a) Input-output (Ans)
(b) Identification
(c) Procedure
(d) Data
(e) All of the above are divisions
13. In a COBOL program, the input-output section is within the .............. division.
(a) Identification
(b) procedure
(c) configuration
(d) environment (Ans)
(e) None of the above
14. Which of the following is not a characteristic of COBOL ?
(a) it is a very standardized language
(b) it is a very efficient in terms of coding and execution (Ans)
(c) it has limited facilities for mathematical notation
(d) it is very readable language
(e) All of the above are characteristics
15. Which of the following is an example of problem-oriented language ?
(a) BASIC
(b) PL/1
(c) FORTRAN
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above (Ans)
16. In the evaluation of a computer language, all of the following characteristics should be considered except ?
(a) application-oriented features
(b) efficiency
(c) readability
(d) software development aids
(e) hardware maintenance costs (Ans)
17. A factor in the selection of a source language is
(a) programmer skill
(b) language availability
(c) program compatibility with other software
(d) All of the above (Ans)
18. A computer-generated output that lets programmers follow the execution of their programs line by line is a
(a) core dump
(b) tracing routine (Ans)
(c) detail listing
(d) source listing
19. In BASIC, descriptive comments are put in the source program with the
(a) PRINT statement
(b) REMARK statement (Ans)
(c) INPUT statement
(d) DATA statement
20. Which of the following generations of languages will likely include the languages of the feature ?
(a) First generation
(b) Second generation
(c) third generation
(d) Fourth generation
(e) Fifth generation (Ans)
21. Which of the following use (s) English-like statements to represent program logic ?
(a) Flow charts
(b) ANSI symbols
(c) Pseudocode (Ans)
(d) Algorithm
(e) None of the above
22. Which of the following generation does natural language fall into ?
(a) first generation
(b) second generation
(c) third generation
(d) fourth generation
(e) fifth generation (Ans)
23. Which of the following relates to machine language ?
(a) difficult to learn
(b) first-generation language
(c) machine-independent
(d) instructions and data are represented by binary digits
(e) All of the above (Ans)
24. Which of the following might prevent a program from being modified in the future ?
(a) logic errors
(b) pseudocode
(c) lack of program documentation (Ans)
(d) syntax errors
(e) All of the above
25. Which of the following is/are used to speed up the process of designing the initial version of a software program ?
(a) ANSI
(b) BASIC
(c) Compiler
(d) Applications generator (Ans)
(e) All of the above
26. Which of the following helped develop standards for high-level programming languages ?
(a) ISO
(b) IBM
(c) CCITT
(d) AT & T
(e) ANSI (Ans)
27. The language that does not require the user to learn a specific vocabulary of syntax is :
(a) RPG (Ans)
(b) FORTRAN
(c) COBOL
(d) BASIC
(e) None of the above
28. Which of the following is a high-level language ?
(a) Ada
(b) BASIC
(c) COBOL
(d) FORTRAN
(e) All of the above (Ans)
29. Which of the following allows users to specify what the computer is supposed to do rather than how the computer is supposed to do it ?
(a) non procedural language (Ans)
(b) FORTRAN
(c) BASIC
(d) COBOL
(e) None of the above
30. A computer program consists of
(a) a completed flowchart
(b) algorithms
(c) algorithms written in computer's language (Ans)
(d) discrete logic steps
31. The use of a computer to get information from a data bank is called
(a) information withdrawal
(b) computer simulation
(c) information retrieval (Ans)
(d) full-text searching
32. The person who writes instructions that tell the computer how to handle input information is called ?
(a) data entry check
(b) computer programmer (Ans)
(c) computer operator
(d) keypunch operator
33. A computer programmer
(a) does all the thinking for a computer (Ans)
(b) can enter input data quickly
(c) can operate all types of computer equipment
(d) can draw only flowcharts
34. PILOT language is meant for
(a) tailors
(b) school-going children
(c) authors, teachers, and trainers (Ans)
(d) use in process control
35. The special-purpose computer language for process control is
(a) ADA (Ans)
(b) COMAL
(c) PL/1
(d) PASCAL
36. Low level computer language use
(a) English words
(b) Mnemonic codes (Ans)
(c) Limited grammar
(d) Mathematical symbols
37. A source program is the program written in ......... language
(a) English
(b) Symbolic
(c) High-level (Ans)
(d) Machine
38. A program written in machine language is called ............
(a) Program
(b) Assembler (Ans)
(c) object
(d) computer
(e) machine
39. Instructions for execution by a computer are given in ........... language.
(a) symbolic
(b) BASIC
(c) Machine (Ans)
(d) Compiler
40. Mark the wrong statement
(a) Digital computers work on sequential basis
(b) Programs written in high-level languages are know as source programs
(c) Every computer has its own machine language
(d) An assembler is needed to translate assembly language program into machine
(e) High-level languages are easy to learn and use but are less efficient than machine
(f) A given compiler can be used with practically all modern computers (Ans)
41. In computer terminology a compiler means
(a) a person who compiles source program
(b) the same thing as a programmer
(c) keypunch operator
(d) a program which translates source program into object program (Ans)
42. In reference to a computer, an assembles is a
(a) program (Ans)
(b) person who assembles the parts
(c) symbol
(d) language
43. Relate the following terms
a. BASIC b. FORTRAN
c. COBOL d. APPLE
e. PASCAL f. PILOT
i. Beginner's Language
ii. Teacher's Language
iii. Business Language
iv. Personal computer
v. Scientific language
vi. Structured language
(a) a-I, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv, e-v, f-vi
(b) a-I, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv, e-v, f-iv
(c) a-I, b-v, c-iii, d-iv, e-vi, f-ii (Ans)
(d) a-v, b-vi, c-iv, d-iii, e-ii, f-I
44. Which of the following language is not well suited for business applications ?
(a) COBOL
(b) PL/1
(c) Assembly (Ans)
45. Which of the following language is usually implemented with an interpreter ?
(a) Assembly
(b) PASCAL
(c) COBOL
(d) BASIC (Ans)
46. Which of the following language is often translated to pesudo code ?
(a) Assembly
(b) FORTRAN
(c) PL/1
(d) BASIC
(e) PASCAL (Ans)
47. Can you name of the most primitive computer programming language ?
(a) machine languages (Ans)
(b) assembly language
(c) 4GL
(d) high level language
48. An instruction that can be recognized and used without translation must be written in
(a) BASIC
(b) Machine code (Ans)
(c) Assembly code
(d) Source code
49. Compilers ad interpreters are themselves
(a) high level languages
(b) programs (Ans)
(c) codes
(d) mnemonics
50. What is the name of the output form wither of compiler or an assembler ?
(a) Source code
(b) Object code (Ans)
(c) Op-coded
(d) Operand
