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ICT SECOND PRELIM EXAM

Test I MULTIPLE CHOICE

DIRECTION: Write only the corresponding letters of your answer.

1. A _____ is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations
automatically via computer programming.
a. Electronics b. Computer c. Digital Electronics
2. A ______ system may include—in addition to records and statistics of products, services, clients, etc.—
information about past human experience within a specific field.
a. Tablet b. Database c. Computer
3. These costs, known as _______, include technical support, administrative costs, wasteful user operations, and
supplementary expenses (printer ink and paper costs, electricity, etc.).
a. Electronic age b. TCO c. Digital electronics
4. A ______ is a set of integrated devices that input, output, process, and store data and information.
a. Digital electronics b. Computer system c. Electromechanical age
5. ______is any information that is transferred from one location to another through some communication
method.
a. Data Transfer b. Blaise Pascal c. Charles Babbage
6. The Modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or
cable lines.
a. Alexander Graham Bell b. Modem c. Charles Babbage
7. _______is any physical device capable of storing information temporarily like RAM (random access memory), or
permanently, like ROM (read-only memory).
a. Electromechanical age b. Computer Memory c. Mechanical age
8. _____is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be
accessed without touching the preceding bytes.
a. Computer b. Calculators c. RAM
9. ______refers to the form in which data is stored, processed, and transmitted.
a. Data Representation b. Digital electronics c. Electromechanical age
10. _____is a memory management capability of an operating system (OS) that uses hardware and software to
allow a computer to compensate for physical memory shortages by temporarily transferring data from random
access memory (RAM) to disk storage.
a. Virtual Memory b. ICT c. IC

TEST II ESSAY TYPE. (10 Points each)

DIRECTION: Explain the following terms

1. Data Representation, BITS, BYTES AND WORDS.

2. ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL AND DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTERS.
3. THE MEMORY, ROM, RAM, DIRECT ACCESS MEMORY, VIRTUAL MEMORY.
4. Business usage of computers.
5. INPUT, OUTPUT, STORAGE, AND SEVERAL PERIPHERAL DEVICES INCLUDING DATA TRANSFER, MODEMS AND
MULTIPLEXERS

Prepared by:

3/E JESRALLE B. HORTELANO

Instructor