SOLID ROCK INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL,
LUGBE, ABUJA.
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 2024/2025 SESSION

SUBJECT: DATA PROCESSING TIME: 2 HOURS CLASS: SS1

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Convert (3BC)16 to Decimal (a) 95610 (b) 67010 (c)
9558 (d) 92010
2. Users can communicate with computers through………………
device
(a) Monitor (b) System (c) Input (d) None of
the above
3. The smallest, cheapest and personal computer (PC) ever
known is called .………… computer (a) Digital Smart
Watch
4. The information inside the computer is called the soft copy
while the one printed out is known as ……………… copy (a)
Hard (b) More soft (c) Black (d) Digital
5. Napier Bones was invented by ………………. (a) Blaise Pascal
(b) John Napier (c) John Bone (d) Charles Babbage
6. One of the following is not a source of data gathering (a)
Internet
(b) Newspaper (c) Procedure (d) Biography
7. The process by which physical or manual record such as text,
images, video and are converted into digital format is called
(a) Digitalization of data (b) Transferring of data (c)
Development of data (d) Modification of data
8. The First generation of used …………………….technology (a)
Electricity
(b) Vacuum tubes (c) Processor tubes (d) Memory
gate
9. GIGO means …………………. (a) Go In Go Out (b)
Garbage Out Garbage In (c) Garbage In Garbage Out
(d) Great Insight (e) None of the above
10. The type of computer that combines the features of digital
and analog
 computer together is referred to as
……………………..computer
(a) Local (b) Modern (c) Hybrid (d)
Artificial Intelligence
11. The …………………. is the main computer output device (a)
Keyboard
(b) Speaker (c) Monitor (d) DVD
12. The type of computer designed to handle a specific task or
operation is
regarded as …………………computer (a) Personal
Computer
(b) Multi-User Computer (c) Mini Computer (d) Special
Purpose Computer
13. All the following are concrete devices except ……… (a)
Tally stick (b) Stones (c) Rope (d) Cable
14. Information Processing can be referred to as
………………………
(a) the acquisition, recording, organization, retrieving and
dissemination of information (b) receiving and transferring of
information (c) storing, updating and preservation of
information s (d) planning, modification of data
15. All the following are Ancient methods of information
dissemination except …… (a) Town criers (b) SMS (c)
Smoke (d) drum beating
16. The ……………………… generation of computer is a product of
Microprocessor (a) Fourth (b) Third (c) First
(d) Fifth
17. The component of the computer that generates control
signals that direct the operation of memory and the data path is
known as …….………. (a) Memory (b) Register (c)
Control (d) ALU
18. Computers understand ……………………… language (a)
Human Language (b) Machine Language (c) Technical
Language (d) Native Language
19. All the following are examples of Micro Computer except
………………. (a) Laptop (b) Tablet (c) Desktop (d)
Smart Bag
20. Convert 110112 to Decimal (a) 50 10 (b) 10010 (c)
2710 (d) 2410
21. Instructions and data for program execution are stored in
…………… component (a) Program (b) Memory (c) Store
(d) Control
22. The part of the CUP that direct, coordinate and supervise the
activities of the computer is called…………… unit (a) Brain
(b) Power (c) Control (d) System
23. Concrete devices were used for ………………… during the
Ancient time (a) Fighting (b) Counting (c) Protection (d)
All of the above
24. One of the following is not an impact of ICT on the Society
(a) Faster
Communication speed (b) Effective Sharing of information
(c) Delay in information accessibility (d) Paperless Environment
25. The collection of raw facts or observations about an object is
regarded as ………… (a) Processing (b) Data (c)
Technology (d) Information
26. Who is regarded as the father of computer? (a) John
Napier
(b) Charles Babbage (c) Pascal (d) Herman
Hollerith
27. One of the following is a benefit of Digitalization of data
(a) Data corruption (b) Loss of documents (c) Long - term
preservation of documents (d) Information is easily damaged
28. The major difference between Data and Information is that
………… (a) Data can be processed but Information cannot (b)
Data are raw facts yet to be processed and Information is a
processed data (c) Data are raw numbers but Information are
customized data (d) Data is analog but Information is digital
29. The first known mechanical calculating device used to
perform addition and subtraction is called ……………. (a)
Computer (b) Calculator (c) Abacus (d) Analytical Engine
30. Monitor, Speaker and Printers are examples of
…………………… device of computer (a) Input (b)
Memory (c) Output (d) Storage
31. One of the following is not a mechanical device for
computation
(a) Slide tape (b) Abacus (c) Pascal Calculator (d)
Napier Bones
32. We have ……….... generations of computers (a) 3 (b) 5
(c) 4 (d) 6
33. The most common type of computers used by people today
including the computers in the Lab is ………………… type of
computer. (a) Mainframe (b) Large Scale (c) Micro
Computer (d) Mini Computer
34. All types of information in the computer can be represented
using …………….. code (a) Hex (b) Decimal (c)
Secondary (d) Binary
35. Computer System was fully introduced in the year ……….
(a) 1960 (b) 1963 (c) 1940
(d) 1973
36. The …………………. type of computer is the fastest in speed
and tasks execution (a) Super Computer (b) Main Computer (c)
Micro Computer (d) Digital Computer
37. The following are components of a computer except ………….
(a) Control unit (b) Data path (c) Memory (d) CPU
38. The study of how computers and computer system work and
how they are constructed and programmed is known as
……………. (a) Computer Games (b) Computer Language
(c) Computing (d) Networking
39. In Hexadecimal base, A and F represent ………… and …………..
respectively (a) 0 and 1 (b) On and OFF (c) Numbers and Base
(d) 10 and 15
40. One of the following is a type of computer (a) Desktop
Computer
(b) Super Computer (c) Macro Computer (d) Tablet
Computer

SECTION B: THEORY
ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS
1. (a) List any five mechanical devices used for computing and explain
any two
(b) Explain four advantages and disadvantages of using computers in
information processing
2. (a) Draw and explain the components of a computer
(b) List any ten Ancient methods of information transmission and discuss
any five
3. (a) Discuss the application of ICT in the following Areas:
i. Education ii. Banking iii. Commerce iv. Industry v.
Transportation
(b) List the four common Number System used in computing and their
corresponding bases
4. (a) Outline the three types of information medium and explain
them
(b) Differentiate between a Micro Computers and a Super Computers
with good examples

BEST OF LUCK