Applications of Computers in Various Industries
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What was the computation rate of the CDC 6600 in terms of floating point operations per second?

  • 10 Mflops
  • 0.5 Mflops
  • 5 Mflops
  • 1 Mflops (correct)
  • What is the primary focus of Module 6 Unit 3?

  • Preparation of customer utility bills and payment orders
  • Management information systems and high quality production control
  • Application of computers in financial market and publishing industry
  • Application of computers in science and engineering, health care, transport and communications (correct)
  • Which feature enabled the IBM 360/91 to be roughly twice as fast as the CDC 6600?

  • Separate integer and floating point functional units
  • Pipelined functional units
  • Instruction look ahead (correct)
  • Parallel processing
  • Which of the following is NOT a topic covered in the course?

    <p>Artificial intelligence and machine learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary factor contributing to the performance of the IBM 360-195?

    <p>Very fast cache memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the book written by Francis Scheid?

    <p>Schaum’s Outline Series: Computers and Programming</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following computers was NOT a pipelined vector processor?

    <p>IBM 360/91</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the programming language developed by Cambridge and the University of London in 1963?

    <p>CPL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the author of the book 'Introduction to Low Level Programming for Microprocessors'?

    <p>Chuley, J.C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary topic of discussion in Module 7 Unit 1?

    <p>Computer virus and its prevention</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following computers was developed by Westinghouse Corporation?

    <p>SOLOMON</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a area of application of computers discussed in the course?

    <p>Environmental conservation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of an intelligent computer keyboard?

    <p>It can initiate a series of actions for a computer to carry out by mere pressing a key or combination of keys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many major divisions are there in an intelligent computer keyboard?

    <p>Four</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between the 80486 and the 8088 chip?

    <p>The number of components</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the central clock in a computer?

    <p>To keep all components in time with each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the F1 key in most software packages?

    <p>To run the HELP program</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the CPU speed being measured in megahertz?

    <p>It indicates the clock speed of the CPU</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the symbol for the Control key?

    <p>CTRL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the CPU considered the most important PC component?

    <p>Because it is the centre of PC data processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are the function keys often arranged on an intelligent computer keyboard?

    <p>In two columns to the left of the main keyboard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the effects of the function keys on an intelligent computer keyboard?

    <p>The software package being used</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the trend observed in the development of CPUs over the years?

    <p>Their performance doubles every 18 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of a faster CPU clock speed on the computer's performance?

    <p>It makes the computer run faster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary limitation of flatbed scanners for OCR work?

    <p>Single-page capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of scanner is best suited for handling large volumes of text?

    <p>Sheet fed scanner</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary advantage of hand scanners over other types of scanners?

    <p>Low cost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of scanner is not suitable for scanning delicate original photographs?

    <p>Sheet fed scanner</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason why scanning multi-page documents with a flatbed scanner is slow and tedious?

    <p>Manual page removal and insertion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between a flatbed scanner and a sheet fed scanner?

    <p>Scanning mechanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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