Neco 2017 Data Processing Question 18

Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2017 Neco Data Processing examination.

Neco 2017 Data Processing Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 18 NECO • 2017 • DATA_PROCESSING • objective

A data processing centre can allocate at most 120 minutes of processing time per hour. For each record, the Input stage requires 2 min, the Process stage 5 min and the Output stage 1 min; storage time is negligible. (a) Assuming the stages are performed sequentially for each record, what is the maximum number of whole records that can be completely processed in one hour? (b) If the centre can pipeline the Input and Output stages so that they occur concurrently with the Process stage, what is the new maximum number of records that can be processed in one hour?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. (a) 7 records, (b) 12 records
B. (a) 9 records, (b) 15 records
C. (a) 8 records, (b) 13 records
D. (a) 6 records, (b) 10 records
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
(a) 7 records, (b) 12 records

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This is Neco 2017 Data Processing Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Data Processing examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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