software engineering MCQs – Page 56

Practise multiple-choice questions from software engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1101. The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access control sublayer is called_____________________?
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A. physical address sublayer

B. physical signalling sublayer

C. physical data sublayer

D. none of these

1102. Which keys enable the input of numbers quickly ?
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A. Function keys

B. Arrow keys

C. Ctrl, shift and Alt

D. The numeric keypad
1103. Computer programs are written in a high-level programming language; however, the human-readable version of a program is called _______________________?
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A. instructions set

B. cache

C. source code

D. word size

1104. Capital letters on a keyboard are referred to as___________________?
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A. Upper case letters

B. Big guys

C. Caps lock key

D. Grownups

1105. The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing outgoing acknowledgements so that they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame is called__________________?
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A. none of these

B. cyclic redundancy check

C. fletchers checksum

D. piggybacking
1106. A button that makes characters either upper or lower case and numbers to symbols________________________?
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A. Icon

B. Shift key

C. Monitor

D. Mouse

1107. Which device can understand difference between data and programs ?
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A. Microprocessor

B. Memory

C. Output device

D. Input device

1108. The place where the computer stores programs and data is called ______________________ ?
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A. Storehouse

B. Memory

C. Backup

D. Storage unit
1109. Header of a frame generally contains____________________?
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A. all of these

B. addresses

C. frame identifier

D. synchronization bytes

1110. A program used to detect overall system malfunction is___________________?
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A. Utilities

B. System diagnostics

C. System analysis

D. System software

1111. The first computer was programmed using_____________________?
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A. Source code

B. Machine language

C. Assembly language

D. Apaghetti code

1112. A data warehouse is which of the following ?
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A. Contains numerous naming conventions and formats

B. Organised around important subject areas

C. Can be updated by end users

D. Contains only current data

1113. Which of the following is not a binary number ?
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A. 12340001

B. 10010111

C. 110011

D. 111111001

1114. What do you call the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a computer screen ?
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A. Cell

B. Pixel

C. Point

D. Bit

1115. Micro computer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipment______________________?
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A. Keyboard, monitor and hard drive

B. System unit, input / output and memory

C. System unit, input / output and secondary storage

D. System unit, primary storage and secondary storage

1116. A web cookie is a small piece of data__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. sent from user and stored in the server while a user is browsing a website

C. sent from root server to all servers

D. sent from a website and stored in users web browser while a user is browsing a website
1117. A key that will erase information from the computers memory and characters on the screen _____________________?
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A. trust key

B. dummy out

C. delete key

D. edit

1118. Computer_______________ is whatever is typed, submitted or transmitted to a computer system ?
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A. input

B. data

C. circuitry

D. output

1119. Hard copy of a document is______________________?
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A. Stored in floppy

B. Printed on printer

C. Store ih hard disk

D. Store in CD

1120. Pathways that support communication among the various electronics components on the computer system board are called_______________?
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A. Bus lines

B. Wire Lines

C. Gate ways

D. Logic Paths