software engineering MCQs – Page 60

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1181. Which of the following command is used to access an SMB share on a Linux system ?
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A. SMD

B. smbserver

C. smbclient

D. NFS

1182. The process of _______________ is used by large retailers to study trends?
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A. data selection

B. data conversion

C. POS

D. data mining
1183. Which one of the following computer memory is a temporary and volatile ?
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A. EEPROM

B. RAM

C. ROM

D. ERROM

1184. What shells wild-card is used to match a single character ?
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A. [ijk]

B. *

C. ?

D. [!ijk]

1185. The operating system determines the manner in which all of the following occur except________________?
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A. printer output

B. user interaction with the processor

C. user creating of a document

D. data displayed on the monitor

1186. What types of installations require a special boot disk ?
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A. PCMCIA

B. NFS

C. FTP

D. All of the above
1187. The system/370 assembler language________________?
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A. allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program

B. is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system

C. allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time

D. is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain

1188. Moves the cursor one space to the right or puts spaces in between words__________________?
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A. Control key

B. Space bar

C. Printer

D. Mouse

1189. What type of device is a computer printer ?
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A. Software

B. Output

C. Input

D. Storage

1190. Control in design of an information system is used to________________?
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A. inspect the system and check that it is built as per specifications

B. ensure that the system processes data as it was designed to and that the results are reliable

C. protect data from accidental or intentional loss

D. ensure privacy of data processed by it

1191. Systems software is a program that directs the overall operation of the computer, facilitates its use and interacts with the users. What are the different types of this software?
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A. Utilities

B. Operating system

C. Languages

D. All of the above
1192. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as______________?
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A. Decision Table

B. All of the above

C. Program

D. Algorithm

1193. The device that forwards messages/data packets between networks is known as_________________?
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A. Router

B. Bridge

C. Backbone

D. Server

1194. A microprocessor is the brain of the computer and is also called a(n)____________________?
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A. microchip

B. macrochip

C. macroprocessor

D. calculator

1195. Which command will be used with vi editor to replace text from cursor to right ?
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A. S

B. r

C. R

D. s

1196. You can use the tab key to ____________________?
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A. move a cursor across the screen

B. indent a paragraph

C. move the cursor down the screen

D. both A and B
1197. The command to count the number of files in the current directory by using pipes, is_______________?
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A. ls | wc

B. ls -l | wc -l

C. ls | wc -w

D. ls | ws -c

1198. A place in the computer system where data and programs are temporarily stored __________________?
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A. Pocket

B. Memory

C. Paste

D. Open

1199. What term is used to describe using the mouse to move an item on the screen to a new location ?
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A. Click

B. Double-click

C. Drag and drop

D. Point

1200. What command is used to remove a file ?
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A. remove

B. del

C. rm

D. mv