Information Technology

Test #2A – 2013

Grade 11
Duration: 60 Minutes

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. This test is consists of 60 items. You will have 60 minutes to answer them.

2. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered a, b, c, d. Read each item you are about
to answer and decide which is the best.

3. On the question paper, circle the letter that corresponds with the answer of your choice.

4. Fill in the required information on the lines below:

Name: ________________________________________________________

Teacher: ______________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________

Group: ________________

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

January 2011 (Paper 01)

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1. Which of the following is an example of the type 5. Which of the following devices is suitable for
of data that visually records meetings? input of the data in the illustration below?

a) Audio
b) Graphics
c) Text
d) Video

2. Which of the following can be considered as

peripheral devices?
a) Barcode reader
b) Joystick
a) Primary storage media
c) Light pen
b) User interfaces
d) Touch terminal
c) Secondary storage media
d) Operating systems
6. Which of the following is an example of a
manual input device?
3. Three basic operations that are performed in
CORRECT sequence by the computer are
a) Barcode reader
b) Keyboard
a) output, input, processing
c) Mouse
b) input, processing, output
d) Plotter
c) output, storage, input
d) storage, input, output
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a
hexa-decimal number?
4. Which type of interface does the following
diagram illustrate?
a) 121
b) ASCII
c) BCD
d) C

8. Which of the following is a hardware user

interface?

a) GUI
b) Icon
c) Menu
d) Touch screen
a) IDE
b) SATA
c) SCSI
d) USB

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9. Which of the following signals does the diagram 14. What is ‘encryption’?
below illustrate?
a) The use of passwords on data
b) Committing a computer crime
c) Disguising data and programs
d) Writing security code

15. Which of the following is NOT true about

writing custom software?
a) ADSL
b) Analog a) It takes a long time to produce.
c) Broadcast b) It contains all the features that are required.
d) Digital c) Many other computers will have this same
software.
10. Concentric circles on a hard disk are referred to d) It is more expensive than using an off-the-
as shelf package.

a) buffers 16. Which type of cable is used for cable TV?

b) cylinders
c) sectors a) Aluminum-alloy
d) tracks b) Co-axial
c) Fiber-optic
11. The Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) d) Twisted-pair

a) has high-speed storage areas 17. When a file is placed on a disk, the data is
b) is also called memory or main memory
c) performs mathematical calculations a) deleted from the disk
d) sequentially access and decodes program b) read from the disk
instructions c) saved to the disk
d) shared on the disk
12. To get to record number 50 from the beginning
of a tape of 100 records, you would have to 18. A type of utility file used to remove application
program is
a) convert to disk
b) fast forward to record 100, and then read a) a file compression program
backwards from there b) a trouble-shooting program
c) first read records 1 through 49 c) an antivirus program
d) go directly to record 50 d) an un-install program

13. Which of the following is NOT true of optical 19. What is the corresponding decimal equivalent for
disks? the binary number 101?

a) Pictures and text can be stored. a) 2

b) Can store large amount of data. b) 4
c) Reading and writing is through laser beans. c) 5
d) Information can be accessed faster that d) 8
magnetic disks
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20. What is the corresponding decimal value of the 25. Which of the following actions is an example of
octal number 12? a consistency check?

a) 3 a) Examining whether or not a field is the

b) 12 required type in a date field
c) 10 b) Requiring a user to enter his or her e-mail
d) 1010 address twice
c) Testing that only letters are entered in a name
21. What is the function of a network of computer? field
d) Ensuring that numbers are positive in a
a) Organizes data among computers quantity ordered field
b) Allows users to obtain data from a central
computer 26. What is the name of the folder that houses the
c) Receives data from one computer web pages in the fictitious URL given below?
d) Enable two or more computers to
communicate http://www.happy.com/fun/index.htm

22. Which of the following CANNOT represent a) http

typical bi-stabe? b) www.happy.com
c) Fun
a) 1, 0 d) Index.htm
b) On, off
c) Red, green 27. Heat sensors are used for detecting
d) Y, N
a) activity
23. What is the function of utility software? b) light
c) temperature
a) It checks the amount of memory needed to d) weight
perform tasks.
b) It can be used to split a program into 28. Which of the following is NOT a function of a
manageable blocks. firewall?
c) It coordinates the flow of information
between the input and output devices. a) Blocks external requests to connect to a
d) It perform function such as checking disk computer.
space b) Is available to all homes and businesses.
c) Prevents unauthorized access to a network or
24. Jono is interested in fixing hardware faults and computer.
malfunctions in computer equipment, and d) Protects a computer from hackers.
installing new systems. He may want to consider
a career as 29. Cable transmission media does NOT include

a) an electrical engineer a) co-axial

b) an end-user support b) fibre-optic
c) a maintenance engineer c) satellite
d) a system engineer d) twisted-pair

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30. Which of the following is an example of a 36. Assigning ‘P’ to GRADE means that GRADE
CORRECTLY formatted e-mail address? should be declared as

a) Lana.happy@net a) integer
b) @lana.happy.net b) real
c) lana@happy.net c) string
d) lana@happy@net d) char

31. Which of the following activities is involved in Items 37 – 38 are based upon the following
coding? declaration in Pascal.

a) Compiling a program Var list, index : Integer

b) Drawing a flowchart Cost : Real
c) Planning a solution to a problem Grade : Char
d) Writing a program
37. What is the output of the following fragment of
32. A series of geometrically shaped boxes code below?
connected by arrows is an example of a
For index := 1 to 4 do
a) bar chart Write (‘>’);
b) flowchart
c) program chart a) >
d) structure chart >
33. At which stage of program development should >
documentation be included? >
b) >>>>
a) After the debugging phase c) >
b) During the design phase d) There will be no output, because the code has
c) During the testing phase an error.
d) At every phase
38. What is the output of the fragment of code
34. The Pascal statement x := 4; means below?

a) storing the value 4 in a variable x Cost := 2.5;

b) storing the value x in a variable 2 While cost < 2.5 do
c) declaring the value 4 to a variable x Begin
d) declaring the value x to a variable 4 Write (‘---’)
End;
35. Which statement in Pascal does the symbol ‘:=’
represent”? a) ---
b) An error message
a) An assignment c) An infinite loop
b) A conditional d) Nothing will be printed
c) A declaration
d) A variable

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39. How many times will the loop be executed by the 43. The Pascal term used to get data typed using a
following statement? keyboard is called

For mark := -1 to 5 do a) read

Writeln(‘^’); b) input
c) write
a) -1 d) output
b) 0
c) 5 44. The Pascal code to declare an array LIST with 10
d) 7 letters is

40. The structure below represents a) VAR LIST: ARRAY[1...10] of char;

b) VAR LETTERS:ARRAY[1…10] of string;
c) VAR LIST: ARRAY[1 to 10] of char;
d) VAR LETTERS: ARRAY[1 to 10] of string;

45. A low-level language is categorized as a

a) first generation language

b) second generation language
c) third generation language
d) fourth generation language

46. Extracting information from a database can be

achieved through the use of
a) sequencing
b) repetition a) files
c) selection b) objects
d) ordering c) queries
d) reports
41. An interpreter converts
47. Modifying a table structure does NOT include
a) program code line by line
b) an entire program a) adding new fields
c) a program efficiently b) adding a record
d) the language to source code c) deleting fields
d) viewing the fields
42. The first step in solving a problem is to
48. Which of the following is NOT a data type used
a) develop the algorithm in database?
b) test the solution
c) evaluate solutions and specify the best a) Number
solution b) Logical
d) define the problem c) String
d) Date

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Items 49 – 51 refer to the spreadsheet below. Items 52 – 53 refer to the graphic below.

A B C D E F
PHONE NUMBER NUMBER STOCK RE-ORDER
MODEL
PRICE
IN STOCK SOLD BALANCE LEVEL A Click to add title
1
2 CP292 9.99 26 12 15
3 PC298 29.99 40 26 20 B Click to add subtitle
4 CP299 21.99 32 10 20
5 CP304 29.99 20 2 10
6 CP305 32.75 22 2 12
7 CP306 16.99 19 7 10
8 CP307 16.99 17 9 10
9 MB607 4.99 42 20 20 52. At which stage of a presentation will the above
10 MB608 11.99 64 32 20 slide appear?

49. The values in Column B should be formatted a) First

using the b) Second
c) Last
a) comma format d) Fourth
b) currency format
c) money format 53. To add a title ‘New Syllabus’,
d) percentage format
a) double click on the rectangle A and type the
50. Which formula should be placed in cell E2 to text
obtain the Stock Balance? b) double click on the rectangle B and type the
text
a) =C2-D2 c) click on the rectangle A and type the text
b) =C2-F2 d) click on the rectangle B and type the text
c) =D2-C2
d) =F2-D2 54. Which of the following is NOT a formatting
feature in word processing?
51. The formula to display the text ‘LOW’ in cell if
stock Balance is below the Re-order level is a) Page alignment
b) Page break
a) =if(E2<F2, “”, “LOW”) c) Page length
b) =if(E2<F2, “LOW”, “”) d) Page number
c) =if(E2>F2, “LOW”, “”)
d) =if(E2>F2, “”, “LOW” 55. Copying a paragraph and pasting it in another
document is an example of

a) a mail merge
b) a block operation
c) saving the document
d) combining document

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56. Which of the following does NOT show the text 59. Which of the following activities is NOT
at the bottom of the page? involved in testing a website?

a) Header a) Checking the hyperlinks

b) Footer b) Choosing an appropriate design
c) Footnote c) Using a test audience
d) Endnote d) Using a web browser

57. In the text ‘3x2’ the number 2 that appears raised 60. Which of the following type of software would
is an example of be the MOST appropriate for showing
information in tables and reports?
a) multiplication
b) a power a) Database
c) a subscript b) Presentation
d) a superscript c) Word processing
d) Spreadsheet
58. Linking to another webpages can be achieved by
creating a

a) layout
b) hyperlink
c) index page
d) home page

End of test