Information Technology: Model Exam

Question 1) Choose the correct answer from the given answers and put your selection in the table below.
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Answer

1. Digital computers use ………… to represent the data internally.

(a) 0s and 1s (b) continuous- time variables (c) negative values (d) real-time variables

2. Computers are characterized by …………..

(a) speed and accuracy (b) diligence and storage capability (c) versatility (d) All the previous

3. First generation computer used ………….. for hardware technology.

(a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors

4. The ………… performs arithmetic and logic operations.

(a) ALU (b) register (c) control unit (d) RAM

5. The …………. acts as a supervisor that controls and coordinates the activity of the other units of computer.
(a) memory (b) register (c) RAM (d) control unit

6. ………….. is a very high-speed memory placed in between RAM and CPU.

(a) Secondary memory (b) Resister (c) Cache (d) ROM

7. ……… is a set of electronic signal pathways that allows information and signals to travel between components inside or outside
of a computer
(a) Bus (b) Internal memory (c) CPU (d) Software
8. ROM is ……….
(a) non-volatile (b) read only memory (c) used to store BIOS (d) All the previous

9. A ………. is the smallest unit of representation of data in a computer.

(a) word (b) character (c) bit (d) byte

10. …………. are computer input devices.

(a) Keyboard and mouse (b) Monitor and printer (c) Plotters (d) USB and CD drives

11. Operating systems provide several functions such as …………

(a) user interface (b) device management (c) ALU (d) answers a and b
12. Regardless of the programming language used, the program needs to be converted into machine language so that the computer
can understand it. This statement is ……..
(a) false (b) incomplete (c) true (d) inconsistent

13. Interpreter translates ……..

(a) one line at a time (b) an entire program at once (c) one object at a time (c) answers a and b

14. The octal number system consists of ……….. digits.

(a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 8

15. The base of hexadecimal number system is ……

(a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 8

16. (23)10 = (… … … … . )2
(a) 10111 (b)1111 (c) 1101 (d) 1100

17. (11001)2 = (… … … … . )10

(a) 25 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) 32