MARKING GUIDE

S.1 COMPUTER STUDIES

SECTION A (10 MARKS)
1. The ability of computers to perform many different tasks is termed as.
A. Accuracy B. versatility C. Efficiency D.
Reliability
2. Napier John invented a rectangular rod with readings written on them
that would help users to perform divisions and multiplication by adding
number position bones in which year was it invented?
A. 1502 B. 1614 C. 1701 D. 1674.
3. Which of the following is not a characteristics of computers?
A. computational speed B. consistence
C. Dependency D. creativity
4. Which of the following was the main technological feature of the second
generation computers.
A. Vacuum tubes B. Transistors
C. integrated circuits D. VLSI
5. One of these was not a significant achievement of the 3rd generation.
A. use of key boards B. integrated circuits
C. introduction of high level programming language D. use of operating
system
6. Computers are electronic devices that accept instructions process, input
and produce..
A. information B. Data C. End users D. pre
written programs
7. The text you type using a computer is directly stored in……
A. RAM B. A file C. a directory D. ROM
8. The device most commonly used for this action is the keyboard and the
mouse. What action is referred to?
A. input B. storage C. output D. Tele communication
9. The information stored permanently on a disk is stored in ……memory.
A. secondary B. primary C. ROM D. Cache
10. Which of the following is not hardware?
A. magnetic tape B. VDU terminal
C. Assembler D. printer

SECTION B (80 MARKS)

11. The following are key board combinations, Give their uses as used in
computer studies.
(i) CTRL + U
(3mrks)
It is used for Underlining
(ii) CTRL + B
(3mrks)
Use for Bolding
(iii) Alt + F4
(3mrks)
Use for Closing or quiting a program
(vi) CTRL + Z. (3mrks)
Undo
v) CTRL + C.
(3mrks)
Use for Copying

12. What is the functions of the following keys or the keyboard.

(i) Enter key .
(3mrks)
Move the cursor the next line when pressed once
(ii) Delete key.
(3mrks)
This erases characters to the right of the cursor
(iii) Backspace key.
(3mrks)
Erase characters to the left of the cursor
(iv) End key
(3mrks)
Moves the cursor the last page of the document when
pressed once
(v) Home key.
(3mrks)
Moves the cursor the first page of the document when
pressed once

13a) Define the term pointing device.

(5mrks)
This is an input interface that allows a user to feed data into a
computer
b) List examples of pointing device.
(10mrks)
Mouse Stylus
Joystick Touch screen
Pointing stick Touch pad
Graphic tablets Light pen

14. Write the following in full.

(i) LSI.
(3mrks)
Large scale integration
(ii) IC (3mrks)
Integrated circuit
(iii) IBM (3mrks)
International business machine
(iv) COBOL (3mrks)
Common business oriented language
v) ENIVAC. (3mrks)
Universal automatic computers
15. The following are people who invented machines in the mechanical era,
write down the machines that they invented.
(i) Blaise Pascal (4mrks)
Arithmetic machine/Pascaline
(ii) Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
(4mrks)
Calculator
(iii) Charles Babbage.
(4mrks)
Analytical Engine
(iv). Herman Hollerith
(4mrks)
Tabulator
(v) Jacquard Joseph
(4mrks)
Weaving loom
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