ICT FIRST TERM QUESTION
(ICT) SS1
1. Meeting among two or more people with the use of ICT is called ______ (a) Telemeeting (b) Computer meeting (c) Telecomputing (d) Teleconferencing (e) none of the
above
2. Which of the following is not an object of communicating using ICT? (a) E-mail (b)
SMS (c) Oral message (d) video (e) video conferencing
3. The use of technologies such as internet for communicating with computer is called
______ (a) telecomputing (b) telemessaging (c) net meeting (d) digital meeting (e) none
of the above
4. Google is an example of ________ (a) ICT gadget (b) search engine (c) internet
software (d) desktop application (e) none of the above
5. ATM stands for _______ (a) Automatic teller machine (b) Automated teller machine
(c) Automatic telephone machine (d) Automated telephone machine (e) Automatic phone
machine
6. Mobile phones can be used for all the following except_____ (a) browser the internet
(b) send short text message (c) receive message (d) install software (e) makes calls
7. The transmission of audio and video by digital signal is referred to as ____ (a) manual
television broadcasting (b) analog television broadcasting (c) binary television
broadcasting (d) digital television broadcasting (e) none of the above
8. The process by which a computer, when turn on, begins to load its operating system
is called _______ (a) start up (b) warm up (c) shut down (d) booting (e) none of the
above
9. We have _______ type(s) of booting (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2 (e) 1
10. Restarting the operating system of a computer without switching on the computer is
also known as _______ (a) booting (b) warm booting (c) cold booting (d) hot booting (e)
raining booting
11. A/an ________ is a small object/picture that represents a file, program or command.
(a) icon (b) graph (c) software (d) window (e) cursor
12. Which of the following icons is not common on the desktop screen? (a) My computer
(b) Network (c) Recycle bin (d) Control panel (e) My document
13. One of the following steps is not involved in shutting down the computer (a) click on
stop button (b) click on start button (c) click on turn off computer (d) click on turn off (e)
none of the above
14. Copying a document means ______ the document. (a) duplicating (b) repeating (c)
inserting (d) replacing (e) refreshing
15. Arial, Times New Romas, Tohoma and Calibri are examples of _______ (a) font face
(b) font size (c) font style (d) font appearance (e) none of the above
16. BASIC stands for ________ (a) binary access simple internet computer (b) binary
arithmetic science impact chart (c) beginners all-purpose systematic instruction code (d)
beginners all-purpose impact chart (e) beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code
17. In BASIC programming, each line must be preceded by a ______ (a) 1 (b) 100 (c)
10,000 (d) 9999 (e) none of the above
18. One of the following is not a BASIC statement (a) CLS (b) DO (c) LET (d) END (e)
PRINT
19. Which of these statement is used to assign value to a variable (a) REM (b) INPUT
(c) LET (d) CLS (e) END
20. A peripherals device which is used to provide control signal to a computer is
called______________(a) hardware (b) input device (c) output device (d) control device
(e) central device
21. A panel of keys used to enter text, character and other commands into the computer
is called______________(a) motherboard (b) mouse (c) touch pad (d) keyboard (e)
functions keys
22. The keyboard is used for all except______________
(a) input data (b) input command (c) access menus on computer (d) input information (e)
increase the speed of the computer.
23. ______________ is not among the group of keys found on the keyboard
(a) Cap lock keys (b) arrows keys (c) numeric keys (d) special keys (e) navigation keys
24. One of the following is not a function key (a) F2 (b) F13 (c) F1 (d) F4 (e) F10
25. Which key is used to refresh current windows or reload a web page?
(a) F1 (b) F8 (c) F10 (d) F4 (e) F5
26. The mouse cannot be used to do one of the following
(a) turn on the computer (b) point at an icon (c) drag an icon (d) right click on an icon (e)
double click on an icon
27. One disadvantage of the mechanical mouse is that it
(a) work well on any surface (b) needs frequent cleaning (c) is very robust (d) can not
work in bright light
28. To do multiple selections, one needs to hold down the ______ key while left clicking
the mouse button.(a) F4 (b) enter (c) F1 (d) CTRL (e) F9
29. Which of these keys will not move the cursor to another location?
(a) Navigation key (b) spacebar (c) back space (d) shift key control key
30. A record of the list of students in a class is an example of ______________
(a) Information (b) statistics (c) register (d) file (e) data
31. In a rectangle, the length and width represent ______________ while the area
represents ______________(a) information, data (b) data, information (c) input, output
(d) output, data (e) output, input
32. Facts collected through observation are known as ______________
(a) data (b) information (c) output (d) input (e) datum
33. The output given by the computer is the result of processed ______________(a)
information (b) data (c) fact (d) input (e) none of the above
34. Any fact that has been ______________ will give information
(a) edited (b) sorted (c) arranged (d) processed (e) all of the above
35. Which of the following statements is correct?(a) only data is a fact (b) only
information is a fact (c) both data and information are facts (d) neither data non
information is a fact (e) none of the above.
36. The significant part of facts is known as ___________
(a) information (b) data (c) observation (d) instruction (e) none of the above
37. The computer communicates processed data to the outside world through the
___________(a) input devices (b) processing device (c) storage device (d) output device
(e) control device
38. The most frequently used output device is the ___________
(a) keyboard (b) VDU (c) speaker (d) plotter (e) mouse
39. The images displayed on the monitor is formed by picture elements called
___________(a) PIXELS (b) icons (c) dots (d) grids (e) none of the above
40. A network printer can be used by ___________ computer(s)
(a) only one (b) only two (c) only three (d) only four (e) as many computers on the
network
41. The output produced by the printer is described as ___________
(a) softcopy (b) hardcopy (c) print copy (d) photocopy (e) duplicated copy
42. ___________ and color monitors are the two types of monitor based on their
display.(a) monochrome (b) black (c) white (c) black and white (e) white and black
43. Non impact printers are usually ___________ when in use.
(a) relay (b) vibrating (c) slow (d) silent (e) none of the above
44. A program is a set of _______ that controls the computer
(a) laws (b) instructions (c) force (d) operations (e) none of the above
45. A set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation is referred to as
___________(a) Flowchart (b) system (c) data (d) software (e) computer software
46. _____________ software is designed to operate the hardware and provide a
platform for running application software (a) platform (b) system (c) operation (d) general
(e) none of the above
47. Spreadsheet, word processor, media player and databases are
examples_______________(a) application (b) system (c) general (d) operation (e) flow
48. Computer is designed to function ______________(a) without human intervention
(b) with little or no human intervention (c) with hardware and software only. (d) without
any human input (e) none of the above
49. That computers are used in a variety of fields of human endeavour means they are
_____________(a) automation (b) accurate (c) fast (d) flexible (e) versatile
50. Devices drivers, operating system and utilities makes up the _____________(a)
computer system (b) application software (c) system software (d) functional software (e)
programming software
51. The computer storage is divided into _________________ storage
(a) primary and secondary (b) secondary and tertiary (c) primary and tertiary (d) basic
and tertiary (e) basic and secondary
52. A set of rods which has beads arranged on it and used for calculation is known as
_________(a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) adding machine (d) Abacus (e) Bill gate
53. Computer originally referred to _________
(a) adding machine (b) people who computation of figures (c) sticks used for calculation
(d) stones used for calculation (e) none of the above
54. The first commercial computer is ______________
(a) (a) ENIAC (b) UNIVAC (c) EDVAC (d) PC (e) UNVAC
55. Which of the following is not possible with laptop?
(a) keyboard upgrade (b) memory upgrade (c) hard disk upgrade (d) software upgrade
40. Why is software said to be an intangible part of the computer system?
Because_______ (a) it comes in CDs (b) it can be touched (c) it cannot be touched (d) it
is very fragile (e) none of the above
41 The two types of software are ___________ (a) general and specific software (b)
system and application software (c) primary and secondary software (d) old and new
software (e) former and present software
42 The software that manages computer hardware resources is the _________ (a) utility
software (b) operating system (c) application software (d) operation software (e)
application package
43 One of the following is not an operating system (a) windows 6 (b) UNIX (c) Linus (d)
windows 7 (e) window 95
44 _________ is a program that translates a high level language into machine code
before execution. (a) an assembler (b) a translator (c) a compiler (d) an object code (e)
input code
45 Which language translator translates on line at a time? (a) compiler (b) interpreter (c)
assembler (d) executor (e) none of the above
46 An application software performs___________ (a) general task (b) joint task (c) every
task (d) specific task
47 Commercialized software designed to carry out various categories of user functions is
called__________ (a) designer packages (b) ready made packages (c) typical packages
(d) application packages (e) finished software
48 Which of the following software is first installed on the system? (a) spreadsheet
software (b) payroll software (c) window xp (d) games software (e) lotus 1-2-3
49 Application software that is designed to meet the need of specific users is called (a)
purpose application software (b) general application software (c) specific application
software (d) user application software (e) none of the above
50 Tailor-made software is also known as __________ (a) general purpose software (b)
application packages (c) database package (d) user application packages (e) application
specific software
51 A set of grammatical rules for instruction a computer to perform specific tasks is
called_________ (a) machine language (b) software (c) low level language (d)
programming language
52 Alphanumeric character set consists of ________________(a) numbers (b) letters (c)
A and B (d) data item (e) F and G
53 The smallest unit of information store in computer files is ______________ (a) record
(b) data item (c) field (d) data file (e) none of above
54 Which of the following software is first installed on the system? (a) spreadsheet
software (b) payroll software (c) windows xp (d) games software (e) word processing
software
55 The _____ is formed in the CPU of a computer (a) main memory (b) modem (c)
mother board (d) register (e) zip drive
56 The central processing unit is connected to the (a) expansion board (b) expansion
slots (c) memory ship (d) mother board (e) system unit
57 Which of these packages is appropriate for preparing payroll of workers? (a) Corel
draw (b) Microsoft access (c) Microsoft excel (d) Microsoft word (e) Wordpad
58 In a worksheet, a set of data is called (a) Column range (b) Data base (c) Data file (d)
data range (e) row range
59 1 megabyte is equivalent to ______ kilobytes (a) 1000 (b) 1024 (c) 1034 (d) 1204 (e)
1304
60 When a file of folder is deleted, it goes to the ___(a) hard disk (b) memory (c) monitor
(d) Recycle bin (e) system unit
Questions for Computer Science (ICT)
SS2
1. A good program must not be _______ (a) accurate (b) efficient (c) clear (d) inaccurate
(e) readability
2. The generality of a program means the program should be able to ____ (a) solve all
problems (b) solve all similar problems (c) give general solution (d) change easily (e)
none of the above
3. The actual writing of the program in a programming language is called
_____________ (a) program documentation (b) program testing (c) program
development (d) program coding (e) program running
4. One of these languages is interpreted and not complied (a) C (b) C++ (c) COBOL (d)
FOTRAN (e) BASIC
5. Which of these language is compiled (a) BASIC (b) PHP (c) QBASIC (d) C (e) Perl
6. The process of updating a previously written program is called ______ (a)
maintenance (b) program testing (c) program running (d) program document (e) none of
the above
7. The step by step procedure of solving a program is called ________ (a) flowchart (b)
implementation (c) algorithm (d) algorithm (e) simplification
8. An algorithm must not be ______ (a) effective (b) written in sequence (c) ambiguous
(d) easy to follow (e) written in English like statement
9. _____________ is a diagram which represents the step by step procedure of solving
a problem (a) algorithm (b) graph (c) flowchart (d) drawing (e) art work
10. One of the following is not a flowchart symbol (a) decision (b) process (c) connector
(d) start (e) agreement
11. The symbol that connects on symbol to the next is the ____________ (a) connector
(b) flow line (c) process (d) end (e) start
12. Writing algorithm in sequence means it is in a particular _______ (a) form (b) order
(c) pattern (d) shape (e) none of the above
13. Flowchart are drawn from _____ (a) left to right (b) bottom to top (c) right to left (d)
right (e) top to bottom
14. Which of these are true? (a) a flow chart can be drawn from an algorithm (b) an
algorithm can be written from a flowchart (c) a flowchart cannot be drawn from an
algorithm (d) none of the above
15. Which of these is not a BASIC in-built function? (a) ABS () (b) TAN () (c) EXP () (d)
LOG () (e) Sin ()
16. Which of these functions is used to find square root? (a) EXP (b) SQR (c) SRT (d)
SQT (e) none of the above
17. Which of these functions gives the logarithm of a number? (a) Log () (b) LGO () (c)
LOG () (d) LGG () (e) LLG ()
18. What will be the result of LOG (100)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 1000
19. What will be the result of SQR (4*25)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 100 (e) 1000
20. What will be the result of ABS (10 – 30)? (a) 20 (b) -20 (c) 10 (d) 30 (e) 37
21. The register is a special high speed__________ area within the CPU (a) input (b)
processing (c) output (d) storage (e) none of the above
22. Registers are located in the __________ (a) hard disk (b) CPU (c) mother board (d)
monitor (e) keyboard
23. Current instruction register________ instructions currently being executed. (a) allows
(b) control (c) retrieve (d) store (e) contains
24. Main memory holds instructions while registers hold current_________ (a) data (b)
information (c) program (d) software (e) none of the above
25. The sharing of information with users who need it is called__________ (a)
reproduction (b) communication (c) transmission (d) operation (e) none of the above
26. Every program, song and document is stored as a ______ in the computer (a) folder
(b) filed (c) record (d) data
27. A ___________ is the smallest unit of information stored in computer file (a) Folder
(b) record (c) field (d) file (e) field name
28. Computer files can be classified by all the following criteria except _____________
(a) area of storage (b) nature of content (c) organization method (d) storage medium
29. Alphanumeric character set consists of ________________(a) numbers (b) letters
(c) A and B (d) data item (e) F and G
30. The smallest unit of information store in computer files is ______________ (a)
record (b) data item (c) field (d) data file (e) none of above
31. The _____ is formed in the CPU of a computer(a) main memory (b) modem (c)
mother board (d) register (e) zip drive
32. The central processing unit is connected to the (a) expansion board (b) expansion
slots (c) memory ship (d) mother board (e) system unit
33. Which of these packages is appropriate for preparing payroll of workers? (a) Corel
draw (b) Microsoft access (c) Microsoft excel (d) Microsoft word (e) Wordpad
34. Master files are files of fairly ________ nature (a) permanent (b) useful (c) temporary
(d) changing (e) none of the above
35. Which of these classes of file has the shortest life span (a) reference file (b)
transaction file (c) master file (d) current file
36. Files that are stored in the order in which they have arisen are called ____ (a)
random file (b) sequential file (c) indexed file (d) serial file
37. One of the following is not a type of file organization (a) serial (b)random (c) indexed
(d) linear
38. Computer files can be classified by all the following criteria except _____ (a) area of
storage (b) nature of content (c) organization method (d) storage medium
39. Computer files operations do not include___________ (a) create (b) view (c) update
(d) access (e) open
40. Data loss and overwriting are effects of file____ (a) security (b) insecurity (c)
corruption (d) damage (e) none of the above
41. In a worksheet, a set of data is called (a) Column range (b) Data base (c) Data file
(d) data range (e) row range
42. 1 megabyte is equivalent to ______ kilobytes (a) 1000 (b) 1024 (c) 1034 (d) 1204 (e)
1304
43. Which of these is not a logic comparison symbols in computer studies? (a) = (b) < (c)
> (d) <= (e) ^
44. When a file of folder is deleted, it goes to the ___(a) hard disk (b) memory (c)
monitor (d) Recycle bin (e) system unit
45. What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 10110111? (a) 180 (b) 181 (c)
183 (d) 184 (e) 185
46. Any document saved into a disc is referred to as a/an (a) field (b) file (c) folder (d)
Icon (e) record
47. ROM is also known as (a) Adapter (b) firmware (c) network (d) semi conductor (e)
slot
48. One of the following is not a types of file organization (a) serial (b) sequential (c)
random (d) indexed (e) linear
49. Files that are stored in the order in which they have arisen are called ______ (a)
random file (b) sequential file (c) indexed file (d) serial file (e) none of the above
50. The two types of software are _________ (a) general and specific software (b)
system and application software (c) primary and secondary software (d) old and new
software (e) high and low software
51. Which of the following is not part of system software? (a) machine language (b) utility
software (c) language translator (d) operating system (e) all of the above
52. The software that managers computer hardware resources is the __________ (a)
utility software (b) operating system (c) application software (d) operating software (e)
translator
53. One of the following is not an operation system (a) windows 6 (b) UNIX (c) Linus (d)
windows 7 (e) window xp
54. __________ is a program that translates a high level language into machine code
before execution (a) An assembler (b) A translator (c) A compiler (d) An object code (e)
none of the above
55. What will be the output of an AND gate of there are two inputs of 1 and 0? (a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 10 (d) 11 (e) 01
56. What will be the output of an OR gate, which receives two inputs of 0 and 1? (a) 1
(b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 11 (e) 01
57. In an OR gate, 1 + 1 = (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 11 (e) 01
58. In an AND gate, 1 + 0 = (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 11 (e) 01
59. Which of the following is not an example of logic gate? (a) NOT (b) AND (c) OR (d)
MAND (e) all of the above
60. ___________ gates from the pillars of logic gates (a) normal (b) universal (c) simple
(d) complex (e) circle