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Although some microcomputers are powerful workstation computers, they have yet to develop the capacity to support applications with heavy mathematical computing and graphics display demands such as computer-aided design (CAD) in engineering, or investment and portfolio analysis in the securities industry. |
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Numerous studies have shown that the price of a new computer is only a small part of total cost of ownership. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Intelligent terminals use keypads, touch screens, bar code scanners, and other input means to capture data and interact with end users during a transaction, while relying on servers or other computers in the network for further transaction processing. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Personal digital assistants can be classified as information appliances. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Mid-range computers are systems of input, processing, and output. Mainframe computers, however, are systems of input, processing, and output, as well as storage and control components. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A computer is a system, an interrelated combination of components that performs the basic system functions of input, processing, output, storage, and control. The central memory is the computer's main processing component and can also be referred to as RAM. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A computer peripheral can be an input device, an output device, or a storage device. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Speech recognition can be classified as a form of output. The major disadvantage of voice computing systems is that they are not technologically or economically feasible for a variety of applications that could benefit from this form of input. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Video display remains the most common type of computer input. |
| | A) | True |
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When using a sequential storage media such as magnetic disk or CD-ROM, data are recorded in a predetermined sequence and must be retrieved in that sequence. |
| | A) | True |
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