امتحان الفصل الدراسي البيني مارس 2008

Answer the Following Questions


Question
No. One: State whether each of the following statements is true (T) or
false (F) change the false one(s) to be true (10 Marks):
1- The CPU is the most important software component of a computer system.
2- Midrange computers are the smallest but most important category of computer systems for end users.
3- Printed reports are used as an output method in computers of both third and fourth generations.
4- RAM can be read but not erased or overwritten.
5- All computers of all sizes are being networked.
6- Operating system and database management system are good examples of system development programs.
7- Assembler languages use binary coded instructions.
8- Visual BASIC and C++ are good examples of high-level languages.
9- Application programs work as a cushion between the hardware and operating system.
10- A record is a collection of related fields.
Question No. Two: Fill in the spaces with suitable word(s): (10 Marks).
1- Computer software is typically classified into two major types of programs; ……………… and ……………….
2- Keyboard, ………………. and …………….. are good examples of input devices.
3- Computer system are typically classified as microcomputers ; ……………and ………….

4- There are two basic types of semiconductor memory: ……………… and ……….
5- While……………… is a collection of related files.
6- The storage in computer systems may be classified into …………… storage and …………….. storage.
7- There are two basic types of magnetic disk media ……………..and…………………
8- While ……………….. is called PC, ……………… is called VDU.
9-
While the speed (instruction/second) of a computer of the third
generation is ……………… the speed of a computer of the fourth generation is
….…………...
10- The first generation of computers began in the early
of …………….,but the …………… generation of computers began in the mid-1960’s.