Computer interview questions – page 39

Booting the computer means

1. A.Loading resident part of the operating system into memory
2. B.Turning the computer on
3. C.Logging in
4. D.Both (a) and (b)

A visual interface

1. A.does not allow users to take short cuts
2. B.is similar to doing traditional computer programming
3. C.is easy for programmers to create
4. D.all of these

In broadest sense, the computer graphics is concerned with

1. A.Painting
2. B.Animation
3. C.Modeling
4. D.Images

In a field window system

1. A.to open a window, you must cut an existing window in two
2. B.to resize a window, you move its lower right corner
3. C.windows are allowed to overlap
4. D.al of these

A network of business partners formed to take advantage of rapidly changing market opportunities in

1. A.Agile competitor
2. B.Total quality management
3. C.Virtual company
4. D.Strategic business use of internet technologies

A company can use the internet, corporate intranets, and inter-organizational extranets for electric commerce and enterprise collaboration. The best fit will be

1. A.Internetworked enterprise
2. B.Electronic commerce
3. C.Enterprise collaboration
4. D.Client/server computing

The structure chart is

1. A.Hierarchical partitioning of the program
2. B.Statement of information processing requirement
3. C.Document of what has to be accomplished
4. D.None of these

The combination of top-down and bottom-up approach may be referred as an

1. A.Interpretive approach
2. B.Interactive approach
3. C.Integrative approach
4. D.None of these

Cost Benefit analysis

1. A.Estimates hardware and software costs
2. B.Evaluates tangible and non-tangible factors
3. C.Compares cost, with the benefits, of introducing a computer-based system
4. D.All of these

Conversion method in which users, being used to an old system, continue to use the old system, alongside the new system, is

1. A.Parallel run
2. B.Multitasking
3. C.Multiprocessing
4. D.All of these

What is the name of the arrangement whereby served central processing units share one memory?

1. A.Multiprocessing
2. B.Multiprogramming
3. C.Multitasking
4. D.All of these

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the conventional process of developing application system?

1. A.Minimized maintenance of application software
2. B.Increasing labour cost for programming and system analysis
3. C.Slow implementation of system change
4. D.Very long time span of development

Keyword typed is used to declare

1. A.A synonym for an existing type
2. B.Absence of a type
3. C.Objects that can be modified outside of a program control
4. D.A member function that is defined in a subclass

In C++ programming language, to write data that contains variables of type flat to an object of type of stream, which of the following should be used?

1. A.Put ( )
2. B.Seekg ( )
3. C.Write ( )
4. D.Insertion operator

For which of the following computer application is real time processing is not essential?

1. A.Patient record
2. B.Traffic control
3. C.Intensive care monitoring
4. D.Guided missile control

Over the last thirty years, software labour cost have _______and hardware costs have _______.

1. A.Increased/stayed approximately the same
2. B.Decreased/stayed approximately the same
3. C.Increased/decreased
4. D.Decreased/decreased

Pre specified computing is most appropriate for

1. A.Operating system software
2. B.Information system
3. C.Decision support systems
4. D.Administrative procedures

A free-form window can be

1. A.Resized
2. B.Opened
3. C.Moved
4. D.All of these

What is the name given to a program which is promised by a publisher but is never released?

1. A.Mind ware
2. B.Software
3. C.Share ware
4. D.Vapor ware

The person communicating with the manager to identify information needs is the

1. A.System analysts
2. B.Programmer
3. C.Vice president of information systems
4. D.Executive vice president

Performance monitoring and control systems for factory floor operations. The best fit will be

1. A.Strategic TPS networks
2. B.Manufacturing execution systems
3. C.Online transaction processing
4. D.Fault tolerant system

Managing systems analysis and design, computer programmer and system maintenance activities are called

1. A.System development management
2. B.Chief information officer
3. C.Information services functions
4. D.End user services

In which of the following decision-making procedures cannot be specified in advance for some complex decision situation?

1. A.Decision structure
2. B.Management support system
3. C.Management information system
4. D.Level of management decision making

All of the following tools are used for process description except

1. A.Data dictionaries
2. B.Pseudo code
3. C.Decision tables
4. D.Structured English

A programmer would most likely prepare a

1. A.Specific program flow chart
2. B.General program flow chart
3. C.Specific system flow chart
4. D.General system flow chart

Name of the programming technique which emphasizes breaking large and complex task into successively smaller sections is

1. A.Micro programming
2. B.Sub-programming
3. C.Scrambling
4. D.Structured programming

Include transaction processing, process control, and end user collaboration systems in which of the following system?

1. A.Operating support systems
2. B.Process control system
3. C.Expanding roles of information systems
4. D.Transaction processing system

The outstanding invoice file should be stored on a pardon Access storage Device

1. A.Inquiries concerning payable are to be answered on-line
2. B.Last record points to the first record
3. C.Payment recording is done in a batch code
4. D.Invoice data entry is on-line

The main activity of the design phase of the system life cycle is to

1. A.Replace the old system with the new one
2. B.Develop and test the new system
3. C.Understand the current system
4. D.Propose alternatives to the current system

Two classifications of input are

1. A.Maintenance and signal
2. B.Products and waste
3. C.Maintenance and waste
4. D.Energies and maintenance