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The term bus width in data transfer refers to the
number of wires in the bus
size of the data movement
number of bits of information the RAM can send to the CPU at the same time
number of wires in the bus that carry information to the processor at a time
The part of the computer that holds the data and programs for CPU processing is the
Address
Register
Random Access Memory
Read Only Memory
A high level language can be converted to a machine language using
a compiler
an editor
a utility program
an operating system
The four standard ports include the following buses, except
fast infrared
high performance serial
parallel
serial
A common communication pathway shared by hardware components in the computer is called
bus
channel
firmware
register
The speed of data transfer in the computer can be determined in terms of
protocol and bus speed
bus speed and width
bus speed and storage media
bus width and storage media
A high-level language program translator which converts a source code to machine readable format and executes it one line at a time is called
compiler
debugger
editor
interpreter
bus speed and bus width
Machine Language instructions are expressed in
binary
decimal
hexadecimal
octal
Data that is copied from an application is stored in the
clipboard
driver
prompt
terminal
Which of the following is not a step involved in data conversion?
Input
Output
Process
Transfer
The part labeled Y in the compiler interface in the diagram above represents
intermediate code
binary code
object code
pseudo code
The MS-Windows shortcut keys to initiate warm booting is
Alt + F4
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Ctrl + Esc
Ctrl + Shift + Del
The process of restarting a computer is known as
cold booting
warm booting
resume booting
restart booting
The shortcut command used in restarting a computer is
Ctrl + S
Ctrl + O
Del +Alt + S
Alt + Ctrl + Del
The initial screen that is displayed after a computer booting is referred to as
desktop
interface
software
taskbar
Soft boot is initiated by pressing
function key F10
main switch
bootstrap buttons
To hibernate in windows operating system means
restart the computer in safe mode
restart the computer in hibernate mode
shut down the computer and terminate all the running applications. 132
shutdown the computer without closing all the running applications
Warm boot in computing is the same as
debugging
handshake
hard boot
soft boot
The process of restarting the computer system is known as
hard booting
hot booting
Which of the options labelled I to IV give the two stages involved in booting? I. Power On Self Test II. Loading of Operating System III. Loading of email IV. Power On Safe Mode
I and II only
I and III only
II and IV only
Ill and IV only
Removing a program on a computer properly requires
deleting
archiving
disabling
uninstalling
A feature on the computer desktop that indicates the current active applications is called
icon
menu bar
ribbon
task bar
In a Windows operation involving dragging and dropping an item on the desktop, the item will be
deleted from the screen
duplicated
moved to a new location
renamed
The part of the computer system shown in the figure below is used to
perform memory test
power on or off the computer
print a document from the computer
reset the computer to factory setting
Select two stages of booting from the following list: I. Power on Self Test; II. Loading of Operating System; III. Loading of e-mails; IV. Start in safe mode.
During the booting process in Windows, the Master Root Record is loaded by the
BIOS
GRUB
Init
Kernel
Which of the following statements about warm booting is true? The computer
reloads the operating system while still running in the background
loads the operating system into memory from the power-on button
reloads the operating system into memory while still running
loads the application into memory from rest state
A small picture or object that represents a file, program, webpage or comment in windows is called
a taskbar
a toolbar
an icon
an image
