ICT Exam Questions

1. ____ proposed binary data processing in1945

• Von Jackson Nieces

• Jarry Nov Jeck

• Neum Clark Ben

• John Von Neumanm

2-state switch values: 0/1 (e.g. true/false; off/on)

• byte

• bit

• megabyte

• giga

A beam of light used to record and retrieve data on optical disks is known as

A billionth of a second is defined as a

• minute

• millisecond

• nanosecond

• second

A central computer surrounded by one or more satellite computers is called a

• computer science

• star network

• database systems

• output

A common example of a data storage medium is

• disk

• storage

• host

A computer in a client/server relationship, e.g., a Web browser,

• network

• email

• ghost

• doc

A computer program consists of

• Algorithms written in computer's language

• Network database system

A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an

• Icon

• compiler

• memory

• package

A computer program that converts assembly language to machine language is

• processor

• Assembler