SS1 COMPUTER STUDIES (b) UBS

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (50 Marks) (c) UPS

(d) Battery strip
1. __________ is the science that attempts to 8. The term _______ designates equipment that
produce machines that display the type of might be added to a computer system to
intelligence that human do. enable its functionality.
(a) Nano-science (a) Digital device
(b) Nanotechnology (b) System add-on
(c) Simulation (c) Disk pack
(d) Artificial Intelligence (d) Peripheral device
2. The components that process data are located in 9. A ________ computer is a large and expensive
the ______________. computer capable of simultaneously
(a) input devices processing data for hundreds or thousands of
(b) output devices users
(c) system unit (a) Server
(d) storage component (b) Mainframe
3. smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are (c) Desktop
replacing _______in many business. (d) Tablet
(a) Super computers 10. Computer systems comprise __________’
(b) Clients (a) Hardware, programs, information, people
(c) Laptops and networks
(d) Mainframes (b) Hardware, software, procedures, networks
4. ___________ are specially designed and people
computers that perform complex calculations (c) Hardware, programs, information, people
extremely rapidly. and procedures
(a) Servers (d) Hardware, programs, processors,
(b) Super computers procedures, networks and people
(c) Laptops 11. ______ is any part of the computer that you
(d) Mainframes can physically touch.
5. Which of the following is the correct order of (a) Hardware
the four major functions of a computer? (b) A device
(a) Process-output-input-storage (c) A peripherals
(b) Input-output-process-storage (d) An application
(c) Process-storage-input-output 12. The metal or plastic case that holds all the
(d) Input-process-output-storage computer is the __________.
6. A ______ computer (also referred to as a (a) System unit
laptop), is a small, lightweight personal (b) CPU
computer that incorporates the screen, the (c) Mainframe
keyboard, storage, and processing (d) Platform
components into a single portable unit. 13. Which of the following is a storage device?
(a) notebook (a) Tape
(b) journal (b) Hard Disk
(c) diary (c) Floppy Disk
(d) briefcase (d) All of the above
7. A _______ is a device that not only provides 14. ________ is help prevent power surges.
surge protection, but also furnishes your (a) Surge suppressor
computer with battery backup power during a (b) Spike protector
power surge (c) UPS system
(a) Surge strip (d) High grade multi meter
15. Laser Jet printer speeds are measured in pages 23. ______ is data that has been organized or
per minute (ppm), what do we use to measure presented in a meaningful fashion.
dot-matrix printers? (a) A process
(a) Lines per inch (b) Software
(b) Lines per sheet (c) Storage
(c) Characters per inch (d) Information
(d) Characters per second 24. The name for the way that computers
16. Which device uses a DMA channel? manipulate data into information is
(a) Modem called______.
(b) Network card (a) Programming
(c) Sound card (b) Processing
(d) All of the above (c) Storing
17. The brain of any computer system is _____. (d) Organizing
(a) ALU 25. Computers gather data, which means that
(b) Memory they allow users to ______ data.
(c) CPU (a) Present
(d) Control Unit (b) Input
18. Which of the following is used as “Input (c) Output
device” for the computer? (d) Store
(a) Printer 26. Computers manipulate data in many ways, and
(b) Memory this manipulation is called_______.
(c) CPU (a) Utilizing
(d) Control unit (b) Batching
19. An input device that is able to interpret pencil (c) Upgrading
marks on paper media is known as _____. (d) Processing
(a) Magnetic disk 27. The first step in the transaction processing
(b) Optical Mark Reader cycle is _________.
(c) Card Punched (a) Audit
(d) Magnetic tape (b) Database operations
20. Front – end processor is a ________ designed (c) Data entry
specifically to handle the communications (d) User inquiry
processing task. 28. The way of manipulating data into information
(a) ALU is called __________.
(b) Control Unit (a) Storing
(c) CPU (b) Processing
(d) Register (c) Deletion
21. A process known as _______ is used by large (d) Organizing
retailers to study trends. 29. What does BIOS stand for?
(a) Data mining (a) Better integrated operating system
(b) Data selection (b) Basic input output system
(c) POS (c) Basic draw back system
(d) Data conversion (d) Backup input output system
22. Which of the following is NOT one of the four 30. A digital device that processes data is known
major processing functions of a computer? as _________.
(a) Gathering data (a) Data processor
(b) Processing data into information (b) Data entry
(c) Analyzing the data or information (c) DBMS
(d) Storing the data or information (d) Database
31. Which of the following is still useful for adding 40. Punch card machine was developed in____.
number? (a) Germany
(a) EDSAC (b) Nigeria
(b) ENIAC (c) France
(c) Abacus (d) China
(d) UNIVAC 41. LISP was developed by ___________.
32. The earliest calculating devices are ______. (a) John McCarthy
(a) Abacus (b) Blaise Pascal
(b) Clock (c) Dr. Hollerith
(c) Difference Engine (d) John Napier
(d) None of the above 42. The first computer made available for
33. Who built the first Mechanical calculator? commercial use was __________.
(a) Joseph Marie Jacquard (a) Mark-1
(b) John Mauchly (b) ENIAC
(c) Blaise Pascal (c) EDSAC
(d) None of the above (d) UNIVAC
34. When did John Napier develop logarithm? 43. ENIAC was ______________.
(a) 1416 (a) An electronic computer
(b) 1614 (b) An engine
(c) 1641 (c) A memory device
(d) 1804 (d) An electronic calculator
35. Who invented Analytical engine? 44. UNIVAC was __________________
(a) Blaise Pascal (a) Universal automatic computer
(b) George Bool (b) Universal array computer
(c) Charles Babbage (c) Unique automatic computer
(d) Dr. Herman Hollerith (d) Unvalued automatic computer
36. Punched cards were first introduced by ___. 45. All the following are examples of input devices
(a) Powers EXCEPT a _______________.
(b) Pascal (a) Scanner
(c) Jacquard (b) Mouse
(d) Herman Hollerith (c) Keyboard
37. The first mechanical calculating machine was (d) Printer
made by _________. 46. Which of the following is an example of an
(a) William Oughtred input device?
(b) Gottfried Liebnitz (a) Scanner
(c) Blaise Pascal (b) Speaker
(d) Charles Babbage (c) CD
38. Computers built before the first generation of (d) Printer
computers were ________. 47. To access properties of an object, the mouse
(a) Mechanical technique to use is _________.
(b) Electro-mechanical (a) Dragging
(c) Electro-electricity (b) Dropping
(d) Electric-mechanical (c) Right-clicking
39. Jacquard Loop Marie invented a power loop (d) Left-clicking
with automatic card reader in the year____. 48. The trend in computer systems is toward the
(a) 1801 use of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In
(b) 1944 these operating systems, a trackball is
(c) 1642 described as ___________.
(d) 1823 (a) A roller ball which moves the cursor
 (b) A pen-sharped device which allows data to
be entered through the CRT screen
(c) A figure which resembles a familiar office
device.
(d) An outdated input device
49. Which of the following could be digital input
devices for computer?
(a) Digital camcorder
(b) Microphone
(c) Scanner
(d) All of the above
50. Which device of computer operation dispenses
with the use of the keyboard?
(a) Joystick
(b) Light pen
(c) Mouse
(d) Camera

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (50 MARKS)

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