Class: JSS1 Subject: Computer Studies

Section A

INSTRUCTION: from the options letters A through D/E, choose the

correct answer to the question 1 though 4

1. Technology is categorize in the following EXCEPT ____

a. Ancient Age
b. Electronic Age
c. Machine Age
d. Middle Age
e. Stone Age
2. The present information ages is known as ___
a. Early age
b. Electronic Age
c. Jet age
d. Mathematics age
e. Millennium age
3. The fastest way of getting information across the world is through ___
a. Internet
b. Television
c. Radio
d. Computer
e. Laptops
4. Which of these ages is characterized by the use of machines?
a. Ancient Age
b. Electronic Age
c. Industrial Age
d. Middle Age
e. Stone Age
5. The two sources of data are called
a. Primary and secondary source.
b. Primary and universal source
c. Secondary and tertiary source
d. Visible and invisible source
6. The data that has been processed is called __
a. Flowchart
b. input
c. output
d. program
e. pseudocode
7. Data are classified into
a. two division
b. Three division
c. Four division
d. One division
e. Six division
8. Data can be define as ____
a. Processed information
b. Input devices
c. Aw fact
d. Procesig device and scanner
e. Microprocessor
9. Information can be refferred to as ______
a. processed data
b. raw values
c. unprocessed data
d. raw facts
10. which of these is an ingredient of information
a. computer
b. processing
c. data
d. recipient
11. Data could get lost due to ___-
a. virus infection and accidental cause
b. increasing the rate at which data is input
c. human efficiency reduction
d. inadequate information
e. low processing speed
12. A good information requires the following
a. it must be correct
b. it must be accurate
c. it must be improper
d. it must be adequate
e. it must be useful
13. Information can be transmitted through the following ways EXCEPT ___
a. courier
b. fie fighting
c. oral
d. radio
e. television
14. Transfer of information from one location to another is called __
a. information interference
b. information location
c. information transmission
d. radio communication
e. television communication
15. The following are ancient method of information transmission EXCEPT
a. Whistling
b. Beating drum
c. Fire fighting
d. Drawing diagram
e. radio
16. The following are electronic methods of information transmsson
EXCEPT___
a. television
b. telex
c. telephone
d. Drawing diagram
e. Radio
17. The following are modes of receiving information EXCEPT ___
a. audio
b. Audio-visual
c. Telephone
d. Visual
18. The following are non-electronic means of information transmission
EXCEPT___
a. drawing
b. writing
c. telephone
d. signs
e. typing
19. Who invented mechanical calculator for adding numbers?
a. Augusta Ada
b. Blaise Pascal
c. Charles Babbage
d. Isaac Newton
e. Steve Job
20.In the olden days, counting was performed by the following EXCEPT
a. Calculators
b. Cowries
c. Fingers
 d. Stone
e. Toes
21. Artificial intelligent is a notable characteristic of __ generation
computer was
a. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd d. 4th e. 5th
22.The first generation of computers was built with ____
a. Bulbs
b. Iron
c. Silver
d. Sockets
e. Vacuum tubes.
23.In what year did computer manufactures begin replacing transistors with
integrated circuit?
a. 1951 b. 1960 c. 1961 d. 1964 e. 1974
24.Charles Babbage was he the inventors of __
a. Abacus
b. Univac
c. Adding machine
d. Different engine
25.The first digital calculating machine was developed by ___
a. William Oughtred
b. Blaise Pascal
c. Geoge Scheuts
d. J. presper
26.Analytical engine was built in the year_____
a. 1642
b. 1916
c. 1830
d. 1940
27.ENICA and UNIVAC (I) belong to which generation of computer?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 4th
d. 5th
28.The list below is example of analog computer EXCEPT ___
a. Speedometer
b. Wrist watch
c. Barometer
d. Rain gauge
Class: JSS2 Subject: Computer Studies

Section A

INSTRUCTION:

1. ____ printer strike an inked ribbon with pattern of tiny pins

a. Laser
b. Daisy
c. Ink-jet
d. Dot-matrix
e. None of the above
2. ___ is not an example of an output device.
a. Scanner
b. Multimedia woofers
c. Monitor
d. Printer
e. Computer output on microfilm
3. The ALU performs all but not one of the following ____
a. Automatic operation c. Shifting operation
 b. Logic operation d. Binding operation e. Jumping operation
4. Peripheral device refer to ___
a. CPU and input
b. Input device and man memory
c. Input device, CPU and Main memory
d. Input and output devices and Auxiliary
e. None of the above
5. ____ is NOT an example of a printer
a. Inkjet
b. Bubble jet
c. Scanner
d. Laser
e. None of the above
6. ___ is Not an example of a personal computer
a. Laptop
b. Desktop
c. Palmtop
d. Notebook
e. None of the above
7. RAM is BEST described by the following attribute____
a. Volatile with read/write access
b. Volatile with read-only access
c. Non-volatile with read/write access
d. Non-volatile with read-only access
e. Both (a) and (b)
8. What does term “hard copy” refer to?
a. Memory output
b. Scanned output
c. Printer output
d. Monitor output
e. All of the above
9. Example(s) of a system software is/are
a. Utility programs
b. Program translators
c. Operating System
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
10. Which of the following is the more direct input device?
a. Mouse
b. Keyboard
c. Camera
 d. Computer
e. Scanner
11. The hardware components of a computer system does not include
a. Printer c. BASIC e. USB storage
b. Light pen d. RAM
12. ___is not an example of an input device.
a. Scanner c. Multimedia woofers e. Keyboard
b. Light pen d. Keypunch machine
13. A computer is a ____
a. Wrist watch
b. Device that stores information
c. Device that cannot accept data
d. Device that can cook
14. A microcomputer is built on a single ___
a. Microprocessor
b. Keyboard
c. Personal computer
d. Unit casing
e. Monopoly
15. The part of the computer where all activities take place is the __
a. ALU
b. Keyboard
c. Mouse
d. Printer
e. UPS
16. The mechanism that stores data for computer usage is ___
a. CPU b. VDU c. Memory unit d. Pinter
e. UPS
17. ____ is the place where all arithmetic and logic operations are performed
in the computer
a. ALU b. ROM c. RAM d. BALI e. ALOM
18. Which of the following is Not a computer peripheral?
a. Speaker b. Floppy c. keyboard d. Mouse e. Printer
19. The device used to produce graphical output such as pie chart and graphs
is
a. Printer b. Scanner c. Joystick d. Light pen e. Plotter
20.The computer main memory is divided into _____
a. ROM and RAM c. RAM and PROM
b. ROM and PROM d. RAM and EAD e. ROM and EPROM
21. Software is generic term for ____
a. Some programs that run hardware systems
 b. All hardware that un on software systems
c. All programs that run on software systems
d. All programs that run on software systems
e. Some hardware that run on software system
22.Utility software performs the following operations
a. File copy, conversion and maintenance
b. Process control, file copy and delete
c. File maintenance, transaction processing & copy
d. File sorting, housekeeping operations and process control
e. Tracing routines, process control and copy
23.The computer system software is divide into _____
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5
24.Data are classified into ___
a. Tow division
b. Three division
c. Four division
d. Five division
e. Six division
25. The part of the computer that can NOT be seen or touched is ___
a. Machine ware
b. Peopleware
c. Hardware
d. Software
e. Homeware
26.The Microsoft word is basically designed for _____
a. Formatting word
b. Typesetting document
c. Creating graphic designs
d. Making calculations translating language
27. Which of the following is application software _____?
a. Computer
b. Payroll
c. Instruction
d. Windows
28.These are examples of generalized applicaton packages except ___
a. Payroll package for a bank
b. Word processing programs
c. Spreadsheet programs
d. None of these
e. All of these
29.Which of the following is not an applicaton package?
 a. Lotus 123
b. Excel
c. MS-DOS
d. WordPerfect
e. SPSS
30.Which of the two general types of application software?
a. Comtpilers
b. Operating system
c. Utilities
d. Spreadsheet
e. None of the above
31. What are the two genera types of application software?
a. Entertainment and productivity
b. Word processors & Database
c. General purpose & user-defined
d. Word & Excel
e. System Application software
32.Application software is designed to ____
a. Control computer operations
b. Create other application software
c. Start the computer
d. Govern the use of other programs
e. Accomplish real-world tasks
33.Dos is an acronym which stands for ___
a. Disk opening Software
b. Disk opening System
c. Disk operating Service
d. Dick operating Software
e. Disk operating System
34.A system program that manages and co-odinates the activities of the
computer hardware device is known as ___
a. Computer system
b. hardware system
c. memory system
d. network system
e. operating system
35.a collection of programs that perform a specific task is called ____
a. application software
b. information
c. program
d. operating system
 e. utility software
36. he process of restarting a computer is called _____
a. boot sector
b. boot strap
c. start-up
d. cold booting
e. warm booting
37. The following are advantages of operating system except___
a. It serves as the communication link between the user and the
computer
b. It provides automatic transmission of data or information
c. It requires the use of manual operation from someone
d. It gives control access of the computer to the user
38.A suite of program that ensures efficient use of the computing resources
is called ____
a. Operating system
b. Interpreter
c. Compiler
d. Assembler
e. Language translator
39.Which of the following is an operating system?
a. Lotus d. MS-word
b. Linux e. Sun sola
c. Microsoft Excel
40.An operating system that allows terminals to communicate with each
other in an environment where the system is host is called __
a. Multi-user operating system
b. Single-user operating system
c. Extranet operating system
d. Network operating system
e. Intranet operating system
41. Which of the following does not belong to a particular class of operating
system?
a. MS DOS
b. OS/2
c. UNIX
d. DP/M
e. Microsoft Windows
42.If a diskette is labeled as a system disk, it means that ___
a. It is a bootable diskette
b. It contains antivirus
 c. It contains virus
d. T is not formatted
43.The kind of operating system that makes the computer available for only
one user at a time is ___
a. Individual operating system
b. One-man operating system
c. Single-user operating system
d. Network operating system
44.The value of 110002 in base 10 is ____
a. 1010 b. 1810 c. 2210 d. 2410 e. 3010
45.The value of 11102 in base TEN is ___
a. 1010 b. 1110 c. 1310 d. 1410 e.1510
46.The octal system uses the digits of
a. 0 - 5 b. 0 - 7 c. 0 - 8 d. 1 – 8 e. 1 - 9
47.Identify the largest number out of 1011112, 25, 12810, 10016 and 24.
a. 1011112 b. 25 c. 12810 d. 10016 e. 24
48.Computer understands the language of ____ and ___ code
a. 0’s and 1’s
b. 0’s and 2’s
c. 1’s and 2’s
d. 1’s and 3’s
e. 3’s and 0’s
49. The computer operates on the basis of electrical state known as _____
a. 1 and 2 d. truth and False
b. Not and OR e. Yes and No
c. ON and OFF
50.The equivalence of 11002 in base 10
a. 810 d. 1210
b. 1010 e. 1410
c. 1110
51. A single binary digit that express as an On and OFF condition in numeral
is called ………
a. Bit b. Byte c. Binary d. Nibble
52.The number 12, 14 and 15 in hexadecimal are ___
a. A, C, D
b. C, D, E
c. A, B, C,
d. C, E, F,
53. Base 8 is called ____ number system.
a. binary b. hexadecimal c. number d. octal
54. Convert 5010 to base 8.
 a. 628 b. 568 c. 758 d. 468 e. 358
55.What does B stand for in hexadecimal?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13 e. 14
56.In hexadecimal, D stands for _____
a. 16 b. 15 c. 14 d. 13 e. 12
57.Evaluate: 011012 + 10112
a. 1010002 d. 1101012
b. 1010012 e. 1011002
c. 1101012
58.The capacity of a storage device is measured in the following unit
EXCEPT
a. bit b. byte c. decimal d. nibble e. word
59.Binary language is expressed as ______
a. A’s and Z’s
b. B’s and 1’s
c. 0’s and C’s
d. 0’s and R’s
e. 0’s and 1’s
60.How much memory is one megabyte?
a. About 100 bytes d. about one billion bytes
b. About 1000 bytes e. about one trillion bytes
c. About one million bytes
61. Three words converted to bytes is ___
a. 6 bytes c. 18 bytes
b. 24bytes d. 12 bytes
62.WHAT IS A NIBBLE?
a. COLLECTION OF TWO BINARY VALUES
b. COLLECTION OF FOUR BINARY VALUES
c. COLLECTION OF EIGHT BINARY VALUE
d. COLLECTION OF MULTIPLES BINARY VALUES
e. COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN BINARY VALUES
63.A terabyte equals
a. 1024bytes d. 10244
b. 10242 bytes e. 1024 bytes
3
c. 1024 bytes
64.A nibble represents ______ bits.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. 6
65. The octal system use the digits of ____
a. 0 – 5 c. 1 -8
b. 0 – 7 d. 1 – 9 e. 0 – 1
66.The symbols A, B, C, E and F in hexadecimal system is equivalent to
decimal____
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively
b. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 respectively
c. 16, 15, 14, 13 12 and 11 respectively
d. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 respectively
e. None of the above
67._____ ARE REFERRED TO AS HALF OF BYTES
a. QUAD WORD D. SINGLE WORDS
b. NIBBLE E. DECIMAL
c. BYTES
68.Convert: 110112 to base 10
a. 0 – 5 b. 0 – 7 c. 1- 8 d. 1 – 9 e. 0 – 1
69. “COBOL” AND “FORTRAN” ARE CALLED ___
a. LOW LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE
b. HIGH LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE
c. LOWER LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE
d. HIGH LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE
70.ONE OF THESE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR ___
a. INTERPRETER, COMPLIER & ASSEMBLY
b. INTERPRETER, COMPLIER & ASSEMBLER
c. INTERPRETER, TRANSLATOR & COMPLIER
d. TRANSLATOR, INTERPRETER & ASSEMBLER
71. WHAT DOES A COMPILER DO?
a. IT TAKES A SOURCE FILE AS INPUT AND PRODUCES AN
EXECUTABLE PROGRAM AS OUTPUT
b. IT TAKE A EXECUTABLE PROGRAM AS INPUT AND RUNS IT
ON THE COMPUTER
c. IT TAKES THE OUTPUT OF PROGRAM AND DISPLAY IT ON THE
COMPUTER MONITOR
d. IT TRANSLATE A PROGRAM IN MAIN MEMORY INTO A
PROGRAM ON SECONDARY MEMORY
e. AL OF THE ABOVE
72.COMPUTER PROGRAM IS ALSO REFERS TO AS ___
a. HARDWARE D. SET OF INSTRUMENT
b. SOFTWARE E. RECORD FOR THE USERS
c. INFORMATION
73.ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO
PERFORM A PARTICULAR TASK OF FUNCTION
a. FLOW CHART
b. PROGRAM
 c. PEOPLE WAR
d. MICROWAVE
74.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH LEVEL
LANGUAGE?
a. COBOL B. BASIC C. FORTRAN D. PASCAL E.
EPROM
75.A PROGRAM IS _____
a. DESIGNING PROCESS D. A SET OF
INSTRUCTIONS
b. DEFINITION OF PROBLEM E. A GAME OF
THEORY
c. PLAN OF SOLUTION
76.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE?
a. BASIC B. COBL C. FORTRAN D. PL/1 E. ALL
OF THE ABOVE
77.THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ERROR IN A PROGRAM IS CALLED ___
a. DEBUGGING B. PROGRAMMING C. DECODING
D. ASSEMBLING
78.COBOL STANDS FOR?
a. COMPUTER ORIENTED BUSINESS LANGUAGE
b. COMMON BUSINESS LANGUAGE
c. COMPUTER BOARD BUSINESS LIMITED
d. COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE
e. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Class: JSS3 Subject: Computer Studies

Section A

1. The following are example of search engine except.

a. Ask.com
b. Google.com
c. Mamma.com
d. Yahoo.com
e. www.com
2. The following are worldwide web browser software except ____
a. Goggle chrome
b. Internet explorer
 c. Internet search
d. Mozilla Firefox
3. An important communication service available on the internet is ____

a. www b. e-mail c. internet d. web cams

4. The following are related to the internet EXCEPT

a. a computer

b. e-mail

c. telegram

d. web browser

e. website

5. All of the following are the various uses of the search engines except…..

a. they are used to obtained relevant information from the internet

b. application can use search engines to search for job on the internet

c. Search engines also web browsers

d. they can be used to download information from the internet

e. all of the above

6. the benefit which the internet provides include the following EXCEPT

a. E-commerce

b. E-learning

c. Electronic mail

d. hacking

e. Research

7. The connect web pages on the internet

a. E-mail

b. hyperlink

c. Internet

d. Mail web page

e. Web site
8. The web browser is also known as

a. boot

b. fax

c. internet browser

d. search engine

e. Yahoo

9. which of these is NOT a function of the system Analyst?

a. analysis of existing system with a view of computerizing them

b. Design of computer based system, their implementation and review

c. He input data into he computer

d. Produces flowcharts for the programmer to use

e. Responsible to the data processing manger

10. one of the following is association of computer professionals in Nigeria.

a. ANA b. CAN c. COAN d. CORENT e. ICAN

11. which of the following section I not found in a computer department of

an organization?

a. account section

b. Computer engineers

c. Hardware section

d. programmers

e. Software

12. A person who write a set of instruction for the computer is called ____

a. Author

b. instructor

c. Programmer

d. Technologist

e. Writer

13. The day to day activities of the computer department is managed by ___
 a. Computer Manager

b. Computer Engineer

c. operations Manager

d. System Administrator

e. system Analysts

14. The following are source of computer virus except

a. inflected diskettes

b. E-mail

c. internet downloads

d. MacAfee virus scan

e. Illegal duplication of software

15. the program used inprotecting and defecting virus in the computer
system is called ___

a. Anti-protection program

b. Anti-virus program r

c. Diskette program

d. High level program

e. Mouse program

16. which of the following is NOT a virus warning sign?

a. illegal duplication of software

b. incomplete saving of file

c. Presence of tiny dots

d. programs take a long time to load

e. wandering across the screen

17. Avast, MacAfee, disk tool and Dr. Solomon are examples of _____

a. Computer virus

b. Computer stone

c. Computer anti-virus
 d. Computer hacker

e. Word processor

18. which of the following is a computer virus

a. Avira

b. Kaspersky

c. NOD32

d. Norton

e. Trojan Horse

19. a program needed to remove virus from a computer system is called---

a. antisoftware

b. antivirus

c. antiprogram

d. Norton

e. antidos

20.Which of the following is not a computer program?

a. November 17

b. Jerusalem doddle

c. Data lock

d. antiexe

e. disktool

21. Which of the following viruses affect the boot sector of a floppy or
hard disk?

a. Overwrite virus

b. Boot sector virus

c. Directory virus

d. resident virus

e. Polymorphic virus
Class: SS1 Subject: Computer Studies

Section A

1. Computer hardware includes the following except____

A. Motherboard B. Mouse C. Firmware

D. Power supply

2. ____ refers to the physical component that make up a computer system?

A. Software B. Window c. Application D.

hardware

3. The type of computer that processes information in a discrete form is

A. analog B. hybrid C. mini d. digital

4. The following are true of supercomputer except

A. the worlds most advanced computer

B. fastest, and they are really many computers working together

C. Its physical characteristics and low cost are appealing and useful for

its users

D. Used for complex calculations such forecasting weather and quantum

physics

5. Memory is measured in _____

A. bits B. bytes C. volts D. hertz

6. Hardware are ______

A. the instructions on which the computer works

B. the hard part of the computer

C. the physical component of the computer

D. the self part of the computer

E. The Computer and its associated programs

7. A computer is a ____

A. machine that does not follow instructions

 B. game language

C. a machine used to process data

D. all of the above

8. All except one are the major characteristics of computer ______

A. has feeling B. speed C. storage

D. versatility

9. A hybrid computer refers to combination of ____

A. analog and IBM B. Pentium and 489 C. ana log and digital

D. all of the above

10. ____ is at lowest end of the computer range in terms of speed, cost and

storage capacity.

A. Laptop B. Micro computer D. Minicomputer

D. mainframe computer

11. When classifying computer by size _____ computer has the large size

A. mini B. mainframe C. micro D. super E. none of the

above

12. Which of the following devices in not a micro computer ______

A. Notebook B. Laptop C. EDVAC D. Desktops

13. Which of the following signifies the correct association between

hardware components and its function _____?

A. Mouse to input B. Monitor to input C. CPU to storage

D. Hard disk to processing

14. A bit is simply ____

A. a 1 or 0 B. a true or false C. most basic unit of data in a computer

D. a, b and c

15. A kilobyte is equivalent to ______

A. 220 bytes B.1024 bytes C. 8,192 bits D. all of the above

16. The binary system has a base of ______

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.4

17. Data can be define as _______

A. Processed information

B. input device
 C. raw fact

D. processing device and scanner

E. microprocessor

18. How many bits make a byte?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16 E. 32

19. Information can be referred to as ____

A. processed data B. raw values C. unprocessed data D. raw fact

20.Which of these is an ingredient of information ____?

A. computer B. processing C. Data E. recipient

21. Data could get lost due to _______

A. virus infection and accidental cause

B. increasing the rate at which data is input

C. human efficiency reduction

D. inadequate information

E. low processing speed

22.A kilobyte is equivalent to _____

A. 220 bytes B.1024 bytes C. 8,192 bits D. all of the above

23.A bit is simply ____

A. a 1 or 0 B. a true or false C. most basic unit of data in a computer

D. a, b and c

24.The outcome of a processed data in a computer is known as _____

A. raw fact B. information C. database D. computer result

25.A similarity between data and information is the both ____

A. can be displayed on the monitor B. are computer input

C. are processed D. are computer result

26.All of the following are pre-computer age computing devices except

A. Abacus B. Pascaline C. analytical engine D. ENIAC

27.Who invented the first mechanical calculator in 1642?

A. Von Leibnitz B. Blaise Pascal C. Charies Babbage D. Marie

Jacquard

28.Who invented the car speedometer?

 A. Herman Hollerith B. John Meuchly C. Charles Babbage

D. Blaise Pascal

29.Who is the founder of IBM?

A. Herman Hollerith B. John Meuchly C. Charles Babbage

D. Blaise Pascal

30. Who invented the computer used for tabulating 1890 USA census?

A. Von Leibnitz B. Herman Hollerith C. Charles Babbage

D. Marie Jacquared

31. Who invented the analytical engine?

A. Herman Hollerith B. John Meuchly C. Charles Babbage

D. Blaise Pascal

32.The oldest pre-computer age computer age computing device, constructed

on wooden frame with beads sliding on wires is _____

A. abacus B. Pascaline C. analytical engine D. ENIAC

33.The mechanical device invented after Abacus is

A. Jacquard loom B. Side rule C. analytical D ENICA

34.The German mathematician who invented to calculating device to perform

true multiplication and division is __________

A. Von Leibnitz B. Herman Hollerith C. Charles Babbage

D. Marie Jacquared

35.The first calculator was built by ______

A. Marie Jacquared B. Blaise Pascal C. Charles Babbage

D. John Napier

36.Which of the following computer device did not exist in the pre-computin

age to the 19th century____?

A. Abacus B. ENIAC C. Slide Rule D. John Napier

37.The computing device invented by Charles Babbage are____

A. Difference Engine and Abacus B. Analytical Engine and Slide Rule

C. Abacus and Slide Rule D. Analytical and Difference Engines

38.The first generation computer used_____

A. vacuum tuber b. silicon c. integrated circuit D.

transistor
39.First generation computers can only be operated by

A. Casual user B. anybody C. expert D. owner

40.The second generation computer uses one of the following technologies

A. mechanical device B. Vacuum tubes C. transistors

D. integrated Circuit

41. EDVAC is an acronym for _____

A. electronic discrete variable computer

B. electronic deterministic value computer

C. electrical discrete value computer

D. electronic deterministic variable

E. none of the above

42.One of the characteristics of the fifth generation computer is not __

a. development of artificial intelligence

b. advancement in parallel processing

c. popularity of application software

d. development of natural language processing

43.The hall mark of third generation of computer is ____

A. vacuum tube B. microprocessor C. integrated circuitry

D. transistor E. very large scale integrated circuitry

44.EDVAC is an acronym for _____

A. electron data variable automatic computer

B. electronic discrete variable automatic calculator

C. electronic discrete variable automatic computer

D. C. electronic data variable automatic computer

45.A computer system whose central processing unit (CPU) is based on

microprocessor technology is known as ____

A. minicomputer B. super computer C. mainframe

D. microcomputer

46.The system unit designed to sit flat on the table with monitor placed on

top is called _____

A. laptop B. desktop C. tower D. palmtop

47.Which of these computers is designed for a mobile businessmen?

 A. laptop B. desktop C. tower D. PDA

48.The computer hardwarrre include the following except __

A. Mother board B. Mouse C. firmware D. power supply

49. _____ refers to the physical components that make up a computer

system

A. Software B. Window C. Application D. hardware

50.Which of the following is not hardware component

A. Joystick b. RAM C. OS/2 d. Keyboard

51. RAM is acronym for

A. Raid Access Memory B. random Access Memory

D. Random Auxiliary Memory

52.The C.P.U. consist of

A. control unit memory

B. ALU & control

C. I/O and memory

D. memory Unit

53.The part of a computer that does the processing is called

A. Arithmetic Unit

B. video display Unit

C. Central Processing Unit

D. The control and memory unit

54.All the following are correct of RAM except ___

A. Usually Non- volatile

B. Random only memory

C. Read Access memory D. a arid c

55.Memory which looses is contents on failure of power supply is known as

A. RAM B. ROM C. Non-volatile D. PROM

56. _____ is the brain of a computer.

A. CVU B. UPS C. MEMORY D. CPU

57.Which of the under listed is not a hardware component _____

A. mouse B. Scanjet C. complier D. Monitor

E. I/O card
58. The computer hardware can be classified into _____

A. ALU and control Unit B. system Unit and Peripheral

C. Central Processing Unit and Control Unit D. Input and output

Unit

59._____ allows you to transfer pictures and photographs to your computer

A. Camera B. Scanner C. Printer D. card

60. The standard input device attached to all computer is called ____

A. Mouse B. Monitor C. Light Pen D. keyboard

61. The major advantage offered by scanning methods of input is ______

A. security and fast B. security and large storage

C. security and error correction D. security and efficiency

E. security and quality input

62. The mouse is used to perform the following

A. point to / selecting an object B. Scanning object into the memory

C. performing data input D. a and c only

63. Peripheral devices refers to

A. CPU and input B. input device , CPU and man memory C. input

device, CPU and Memory d. Input /output and auxiliary storage

64.Which of the following is Not a computer direct input device?

A. Punched Card b. keyboard C. Mouse d. joystick

65.The unit that performs the operation like addition, subtraction,

multiplication, division, logic and comparison is called _____

A. Control B. ALU C. ROM D. input

66.The following are various actions of the mouse except ____

A. pointing B. clicking C. punching D. drag and

drop

67. The following are different types of computer keyboards except -----

A. Standard B. enhance C. uniform D. window

68.Another name for the permanent storage is ____

A. ROM B. Floppy Disk C. secondary Storage D.

Primary memory

69. The capacity of a floppy disk with 3.5 inch is ______

 A. 1.2MB B. 5.25 MB C. 1.44 MB D. 4.14 MB

70.One of the advantages of secondary memory over primary memory is ___

A. it can access data very fast B. it can store large amount of data

C. it is very close to CPU D. it randomly store data

71. Characteristics of diskette are the following except ____

A. Large data storage B. tracks and sectors

C. Write protect features D. formatted diskette E. None

of the above

72.Which of the following is an example of primary storage?

A. Hard Disk B. Floppy Disk C. CD ROM

D. ROM E. Flash drive

73. To maintan a permanent record of data and programs inside the

computer when not being used by the CPU one requires the use of

A. Peripheral device B. memory C Secondary storage RAM

D. Magnetic Floppy disk

74.The size of a 3½ high density diskette in MB is ______

A. 1.14 B. 1.24 C. 1.34 D. 1.44 E. 1.54

75. The following are secondary storage device except ____

A. RAM B. CD-ROM C. hard disk D. flash drive

76.Which of these secondary storage device is fixed permanently nside the

system unit _____

A. diskette B. flash drive C. hard disk D. magnetic

tape

77. DVD is an acronym for______

A. digital voice disk B. digital video C. disk video

digital D. digital video data

78. The property of a disk that determines the amount of data it may

contain is _____

a. Size b. volume c. storage capacity d. storage power

79. The following are output device except

A Monitor B. Printer C. Computer magic board D.

Scanner
80.Which of these are output device in a computer

A. keyboard and CUP B. monitor and Printer

C. diskette and CD D. motherboard and mouse

81. An output device is an interface between the ___

A. input device and CPU B. User and control unit

C. control unit and man memory D. the main memory and user E. User

and input device

82. The function of output devise is to _____

A. process data B. Store data C. produce/display

data

D. store input E. None of the above

83.____ is not an example of a printer.

A. Deskjet B. line printer C. inkjet D.

scanner

84.The tem “hardcopy” refers to _______

A. memory output B. scanned C. Printed output D.

monitor output

85. The printer always produces a _____

A. very fine output b. hardcopy of document C.

scanned copy of the document D. good graphical display

86. An example of impact printer is ___

A laserjet b. deskjet C. inkjet D. none of the above

87.Which of these printers is used to produce complex chart, maps, drawing

and three-dimensional illustration

A. LaserJet B. monitor C. plotter D.

thermal

88.Which of the following items best describes the tem hardcopy ___

A. Print out B. Written on a hard board

C. information stored on a hard disk D. Amount of data

89. Which of the following is Not an output device____?

A. Plotters B. Speaker C. Projectors D. Webcams

90. An operating System is ____________

 A. Application software B. System software C.

Translation software D. None of the above

91. One of these is an example of single user operating system

A. WIN 3.1 B. PC-DOS C. unix D. None of the above

92.Which of the following is not one of the major classifications of computer

software;

A. System is software B. Progamme software C. Utility

software D. Application software

93.Operating system is except

A .Manages computer resources and provide programmers wit an

interface used to access those resources

B. Processes system and responds by allocating and managing tasks and

internal system resources as a sevice to users and programs of the

system

C. controlling input and output device are carried out by other software

D. Controlling and allocating memory

94.A suite of program that ensures efficient use of computing resources is

called ___

95.A. Complire B. operating system C. assembler

D. language translator

96.A person who write instructions for the computer is called

A. a problem solver B. a system allocation C. a programmer

D. an engneer

97. System software is useful for all these except

A. Storage management B. Device allocation C. file

security D. half duplex

98.which of the under listed is not a system program?

A. Microsoft Window B. BASC interpreter C. pascal compiler

D. Microsoft Word

99.which of these is not an example of operating system?

A. Unix B. Linux C. MS-DOS D. CD ROM

100. the following are translators except ____

 A. Assemble B. excel C. Compiler

101. A major function of system software is _____

A. collection of file B. translation of machine language into

machine code C. file management D. arrangement of files in

ascending order

102. The following are example of application software except _____

A. Window Me B. Spreadsheet C. MS Word D. Corel Draw

103. _____ is the most widespread program for creating spreadsheets

A. Ms-Word B. Ms-Excel C. Ms-Access D. MS-powerPoint

104. Application software _____

A. allows and users to accomplish one or more specific tasks

B. allows programmers to write computer program

C. manages both computer hardware and software

D. controls allocating memory

105. The following are examples of utility software except ___

A. Firmware B. file manger C. disk partition D. registry cleaner

106. The following are examples of application software except ____

A. Microsoft Excel B. Microsoft Window 98 D. Peachtree

107. Which of the following is an application software _____

A. utility programs b. operating system c. word processing

programs D. language translator

108. Ready made application software with all the necessary

documentation is reefed to as ______

A. utility programs B. operating system C. application

package D. customized software

109. The following are example of accounting package except ______

A. peach tree B. DacEasy C. Tally D. MS Excel

110. Application software designed for a particular organization is

referred to as

A . application package B. system software C. integrated

software D. customized packages

111. Which of the following is a word processing software ______

 A. MS Word B. MS Excel C. MS PowerPoint D. CorelDraw

112. In a computer, the sets of instruction that direct it in performing

a particular task is called _____

A. information b. program C. data D. file

Class: SS2 Subject: Computer Studies

Section A

1. A computer system consist of all the following except -----

A. central processing unit B. Secondary storage device

 C. Output devices D. output devices E. none of the above

2. the system processing unit includes the following components except __

A. central processing unit B. printer C. main memory

D. motherboard E. processor

3. all the following are functions of control unit except ___

A. writing to ,memory from secondary storage

B. initiate all arithmetic and logic operations

C. control and co-ordinate all the hardware operations

D. performs logic operation such as AND, OR and NOT

4. all the following are functions of ALU except __

A. performs logic operations such as AND, OR and NOT

B. carries out arithmetic operations

C. performs relational operations

D. control input and output operations

5. The part making up the computer hardware can be classified into ___

A. performs logic operations such as AND, OR and NOT

B. carries out arithmetic operations

C. performs relational operations

D. control input and output operations

6. The system processing unit includes the following component except …

A. central processing unit or processor

B. primary memory

C. motherboard D. flash drive

7. The computer hardware includes the following except ……

A. mouse B. firmware C. power supply D. Motherboard

8. which of the following is one of the components of the CPU?

A. flash drive B. control unit C. firmware D. all of the above

D. none of the above

9. the processor speed is measured in …..

A. byte B. hertz C. frequency D. meter

10. The CPU is made up of ____

A. main memory and processor

B. ALU and control unit

C. ALU and memory

D. control unit and memory

E. control unit and ROM

11. another name for the primary memory is _____

A. RAM B. main memory C. floppy disk D. auxiliary memory

E. ROM

12.The following are the different types of the Read Only Memory except ___

A. RAM B. PROM C. EPROM D. EAROM E. EEROM

13. which of the following is an example of a primary memory?

A. Floppy disk B. hard disk C. RAM D. CPU

E.CD-ROM

14 DVD is an acronym for -----------

 A. digital video disk B. disk video digital C. data

video disk D. digital vibe disk E. dgital video data

15. one of the advantages of primary memory over secondary storage is ____

A. it can be access very fast by the CPU

B. it randomly store data

C. it can store large amount of data

D. it can store data permanently

E. it is very slow

16. A single binary digit that expresses an ON and OFF condition in numeral is

called ___

A. Bit B. Byte C. Binary D. Nibble

17. Three words converted to bytes is ___

A. 6 bytes

B. 24 bytes

C. 18 bytes

D. 12bytes

18. RAM is voltage means ____

A. its contents easily disappear

B. its contents are permanent if wiped off

C. its contents disappear with power failure

D. its contents easily disappear when there is no UPS

19. which part of the CPU is responsible for carrying out calculation?

A. ALU B. memory

C. Control unit D. input devices

20 Hard disk, flash drive and CD-ROM are example of _____

A. main memory
B. secondary memory

c. primary memory

d. main core

e. input devices