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IT FOR CSEC SAMPLE EXAM PAPERS - 2009

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1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a. It is much cheaper than using an off
a peripheral device the shelf package
a. Printer b. It does not take a long time to produce
b. Mouse c. It may not have all of the features that
c. Memory are required
d. Keyboard d. Many other companies will have this
same software
2. Which of the following is NOT an output
device 9. Which type of cable is used for cable TV?
a. Microfilm a. Aluminum-alloy
b. Modem b. Coaxial
c. Monitor c. Fiber-optic
d. Mouse d. Twisted-pair

3. Which of the following does NOT describe 10. When a floppy disk is formatted, all data is
the functions of a mouse _____
a. Has a set of keys a. Copied to the disk
b. Is a pointing device b. Deleted from the disk
c. Has a rubber ball underneath c. Read from the disk
d. Left button is used to select text d. Saved to the disk

4. A _______________ is an example of a direct 11. A concentric ring on a hard disk is referred to

data entry device as a
a. Barcode reader a. Buffer
b. Keyboard b. Cylinder
c. Mouse c. Sector
d. Plotter d. Track

5. An inkjet printer is best described as 12. A type of utility used to reduce the size of files
a. An output device is
b. An input device a. file compression program
c. A storage device b. troubleshooting program
d. A memory device c. antivirus program
d. uninstall program
6. Which of the following devices is most
suitable for signaling that there is smoke in the 13. What is the corresponding decimal value of
area 1111 (base 2)
a. A sensor a. 15
b. A mouse b. 4
c. An OCR Reader c. 64
d. A thermometer d. 32

7. The two kinds of main memory are 14. What is the corresponding decimal value of
a. Primary and secondary the octal number 44
b. Random and sequential a. 32
c. ROM and RAM b. 36
d. Hard and soft c. 97
d. 21
8. Which of the following is TRUE about writing
custom software 15. The term BCD represents
a. Byte Code Decimal
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c. Basic Coding Design ndex.htm
d. Binary Coded Design
a. http
16. A network ____ b. www.oup.com
a. Organizes data among computers c. itforcsec
b. Allows users to obtain data from a d. index.htm
central computer
c. Receives data from one computer 23. Tashera is much more interested in computer
d. Enables two or more computers to hardware and circuit design. She may want to
communicate consider a career in
a. End-user support
17. There are ____ stable states in a bistable b. Systems engineering
environment. c. Electrical engineering
a. two d. Computer science
b. three
c. four 24. A file with extension .xls is most likely
d. five associated with a
a. database
18. System utilities: b. web page
a. include features such as webpage c. picture
design d. spreadsheet
b. are loaded before the operating system
c. have to be accessed through the 25. An example of a presence check is
Internet a. Examining whether or not a field is the
d. perform functions such as checking required type in a date field
disk space b. Requiring a user to enter his or her e-
mail address twice
19. A popular computer interface is c. Testing that only letters are entered in
a. monitor a name field
b. Command-line d. Ensuring that numbers are positive in a
c. GUI quantity ordered field
d. Menu-driven
26. The Exit command is located in the
20. An electronically identified interface for _____menu
getting information into and out of a computer a. File
is called a(n) b. Window
a. Bay c. Tools
b. Interface d. Shutdown
c. Port
d. Expansion card 27. A security buffer between a company’s private
network and all external networks is called a
21. Application software does NOT include a. Firewall
a. Presentation software b. Password
b. Web browser software c. Printer
c. Word processing software d. Virus
d. Systems software
28. A computer virus is
22. What is the name of the folder that houses the a. software written with malicious intent
Web page in the fictitious URL given below? to cause annoyance or damage
b. a method of encoding a message
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c. small device that scans the messages c. 6 rows, 3 columns

on your computer d. 3 rows, 6 columns
d. tool that monitors your email 35. _____ software would be the MOST
appropriate for showing information in point
29. A _______ moves through networks and form on a large screen
operating systems by attaching itself to a. Database
different programs and databases. b. presentation
a. Firewall c. Graphics
b. Password d. Spreadsheet
c. Worm
d. Virus Questions 36 to 38 are based on the spreadsheet
below
30. In a ______network, all notes are connected to
a central hub
a. Bus
b. Star
c. Ring
d. Local

31. When saving a single document, a file name,

the drive and folder in which to store the (*** fig mcq ss ***)
document must be specified 36. Cell C4 contains
a. Only when using the Save command a. A formula
b. Only when using the Save As b. A function
command c. A range
c. Every time the Save command is used, d. A graphic
and every time the Save As command
is used 37. If the contents in cell C4 are copied to cells
d. The first time the Save command is C5 through C7, then cell C7 contains
used, and every time the Save As a. =B4*C1
command is used b. =B4*C7
c. =B7*C1
32. The minimum number of rows and columns in d. =B7*C4
a word table is
a. Zero 38. The result in cell C4 is
b. 2 rows and 1 column a. 2.7
c. 2 rows and 2 column b. 27
d. 1 row and 1 column c. 0.27
d. 0
33. What type of software is used for creating
letters and other documents? Questions 39 and 40 are based on the graphic
a. Database below:
b. Word Processor (***Fig emptyslide2***)
c. Spreadsheet
d. Operating Program

34. To create a table for 5 people, containing the

headings name, address and a reference
number at the top, you will need
a. 5 rows, 3 columns
b. 3 rows, 5 columns
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39. The graphic is called a

a. Picture
b. Rectangle
c. Screen a. a 1 and 2
d. Slide b. b 3 and 4
c. c 1 and 3
40. To add a title ‘Introduction’: d. d 2 and 4
a. Double click on the long rectangle and
type the word 43. ______ is commonly used for Web
b. Double click on the small rectangle applications is:
and type the word a. C++
c. Click on the long rectangle and type b. COBOL
the word c. HTML
d. Click on the small rectangle and type d. Lisp
the word
44. Tags used for formatting fonts in HTML are
41. The objects in the diagram below illustrate I <B></B>
II <I></I>
III <U></U>
IV <H1></H1>

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III, and IV

a. a Slide layout 45. An advantage of using HTML to create a basic

b. b Animation settings web page is that
c. c Page layouts a. all word processors can display the
d. d Color schemes document
b. all browsers can display the document
42. In the following diagram, transition effects c. it will print better than a word
been set on slide(s) processing document
d. it is easier to write in HTML

46. The part of a database that is used for easy

input of data is
a. Forms
b. Queries
c. Reports
d. Tables
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47. _____ is NOT an example of a common data 54. The following loop will be executed ______
type found in most databases times.
a. Date
b. Number FOR count := 0 to 3 DO
c. Text writeln(‘*’);
d. Key
a. 0
48. APPEND b. 3
a. Adds records to the top of a database c. 4
table d. *
b. Deletes records from the top of a 55. In Pascal, ‘initializing’ a variable means:
database table and opens the table a. creating procedures to use the variable
c. Adds record at the end of a database b. declaring the type of variable
table c. giving the variable an start value
d. Deletes record from the end of a d. writing code that uses the variable.
database table
56. To assign 5 to the variable COUNT means that
49. Instead of using symbols to represent program COUNT should be
logic, _____________________ uses a. char
statements that are English-like. b. integer
a. pseudocode c. real
b. machine language d. string
c. low-level languages
d. flowcharts 57. Programming languages that are classified as
low-level languages include
50. The only language that a computer directly I BASIC
interprets is __________ language. II Machine Code
a. assembly III Pascal
b. machine IV Assembly language
c. nonprocedural
d. procedural a. I and IV
b. I and III
51. IPO diagrams c. II and III
a. Illustrate the structure of the program d. II and IV
b. Use symbols to present activities
c. Specify the input to the program and 58. An interpreter
the output produced a. Converts the program line by line
d. Specify the logic of the program b. Converts the entire program code in
one step
52. An if-then-else structure is part of: c. Executes the program efficiently
a. sequence d. Does not have any errors
b. repetition
c. selection 59. The first step in solving a program is
d. ordering a. Develop the algorithm
b. Evaluate solutions
53. Repetitions include: c. Specification and design
a. if-then-else d. Test the solution
b. case
c. do-while 60. The term used to retrieve data from keyboard
d. sequence entry is called
a. Write
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b. Print d. Start
c. Read
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