9-47. What type of data transmission permits data transmission by radio? 1. Nonlinear 2. Nonserial 3. Serial 4. Parallel 9-48. What is the least efficient general form of input data to a computer? 1. Manual inputs from a MMI, such as a keyboard or console 2. Analog inputs from instruments or sensors 3. Digital inputs from instruments or sensors 4. Inputs from a source on or in which data has been previously stored in a form intelligible to the computer 9-49. Which of the following limitations is common to most input devices? 1. Not compatible with the computer 2. Requires single-phase power 3. Located a great distance from the computer 4. Involves some mechanical operation 9-50. The output information from a computer generally takes which of the following forms? 1. Codes and symbols displayed on a monitor screen or other device 2. Manually generated control information 3. Information recorded in ROM 4. Software documentation IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 9-51 THROUGH 9-54, SELECT FROM COLUMN B THE DEVICE THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION IN COLUMN A. A. DESCRIPTIONS B. DEVICES 9-51. 12 or more 1. SSI circuits, equvalent in 2. MSI complexity to a typical logic gate 3. LSI 9-52. Fewer than 10 4. VSLI circuits, no more complex than a typical logic gate 9-53. Contains the equivalent to 1,000 or more logic gates 9-54. Large and complex circuitry, equivalent to 100 or more logic gates 9-55. A computer program that takes certain commands and translates them into instructions necessary for a computer to execute is what type of program? 1. Converter 2. Interpreter 3. Translator 4. Compiler 9-56. What is the purpose of a subroutine? 1. To store the entire program at various places in order to ensure reliability 2. To eliminate repeating certain groups of instructions throughout the program 3. To enter administrative data relative to the program instruction 4. To “delay” a program 63