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SOFTWARE CONCEPTS MCQs

Total Questions : 189 | Page 3 of 19 pages
Question 21. What is Software?
  1.    A type of computer code
  2.    A computer language
  3.    A set of instructions for your computer
  4.    A cover for the computer
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option E. -> None of these
Answer: (e)
Question 22. A(n) __________ language reflects the way people think mathematically.
  1.    cross-platform programming
  2.    3GL business programming
  3.    event-driven programming
  4.    functional
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> functional
Answer: (d)
Question 23. A compiler is used to translate a program written in __________.
  1.    a low level language
  2.    a high level language
  3.    assembly language
  4.    machine language
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> a high level language
Answer: (b)
Question 24. ______ is a feature for scheduling and multiprogramming to provide an economical interactive system of two or more users
  1.    Time sharing
  2.    Multitasking
  3.    Time tracing
  4.    Multiprocessing
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Time sharing
Answer: (a)
Question 25. Information that comes from an external source and fed into computer software is called
  1.    Output
  2.    Input
  3.    Throughput
  4.    Reports
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Input
Answer: (b)
Question 26. Most application software’s today come with an interface called a(n) _________.
  1.    graphical user interface
  2.    character user interface
  3.    icon user interface
  4.    button user interface
  5.    voice instruction system
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> graphical user interface
Answer: (a)
Question 27. A sales clerk at a checkout counter scanning a tag on an item rather than keying it into the system, is using __________.
  1.    input automation
  2.    item data automation
  3.    scanning automation
  4.    source data automation
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> input automation
Answer: (a)
Question 28. A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a ________.
  1.    program
  2.    command
  3.    user response
  4.    processor
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> program
Answer: (a)
Question 29. Large transaction processing systems in automated organisations use
  1.    Online processing
  2.    Batch Processing
  3.    Once-a-day Processing
  4.    End-of-day processing
  5.    Once-a-week processing
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Batch Processing
Answer: (b)
Question 30. __________ is the process of finding errors in software code.
  1.    Debugging
  2.    Compiling
  3.    Interpreting
  4.    Testing
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Testing
Answer: (d)

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