SS1 Computer studies exam questions

1. The following are computer output devices except_____________ A. Monitor. B. Printer. C.

Plotters. D. Keyboard.

2. A pixel is _______________ A. A computer program that draws picture. B. A picture stored in

secondary memory. C. The smallest resolvable part of a picture. D. None of the above.

3. Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into a pictorial form on
paper? A. Mouse. B. Plotter. C. Touch panel. D. Card punch.

4. ______________ is the result produced by a computer A. Data. B. Memory. C. Output. D.

Input.

5. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of
the picture is considered___________ A. Data. B. Output. C. Input. D. The process

6. ____________ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks. A. An

instruction. B. Software. C. Memory. D. A processor.

7. System software is a set of programs that enables your computer hardware devices and __________
software to work together. A. Management. B. Processing. C. Utility. D. Application

8. The operating system is the most common type of ______________ software. A. Communication.
B. Application. C. System. D. Word - processing software.

9. The PC and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different _____________ A. Platform. B.
Application. C. Programs. D. Storage devices.

10. _____________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by
which users can interact with the computer. A. The platform. B. The operating system. C.
Application software. D. The mother board.

11. What is window XP? A. Operating system. B. Storage devices. C. Processor. D. Output devices.

12. The two broad categories of software are ________ and __________ A. Word processing and
spreadsheet. B. Transaction and application. C. Window and Mac OS. D. System and Application.

13. Which of the following is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the
sharing of the resources of the computer. A. Application software. B. Motherboard. C. Operating
system. D. RAM.

14. Word processing, spreadsheet and photo editing are examples of ___________ A. Application
software. B. System software. C. Operating system software. D. Platform software.

15. Which of the following is not an example of application packages? A. Microsoft word. B. Microsoft
excel. C. Microsoft Access. D. Microsoft windows.
16. The purpose of an application is to ______________ A. Convert programs written in high level
language to machine language. B. meet specific users need. C. Allow the operating system to control
resources better. D. None of the above.

17. A generalized software packages produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing user is
known as ___________ A. Utility programs. B. System software. C. Operating software. D.
Application packages.

18. What type of software is an anti-virus? A. System software. B. Utility software. C. Application
software. D. Operating Software.

19. The file extension for MS-Word document is ____________ A. .doc. B. .pdf. C. .docx. D. .txt.

20. The full meaning of GUI is ____________ A. General user instructions. B. Graphic user instructions.
C. Graphic User Interface. D. None of the above.

21. Which of the following software provides the public with its source code free of charge? A. Open-
source software. B. Multitasking systems. C. UNIX. D. System software.

22. Application software is designed to accomplish _______________ A. Real world tasks. B.

Computers centric tasks. C. Gaming tasks. D. Operating system tasks.

23. The full meaning of MS-DOS is ____________ A. Microsoft dirty operating system. B. Microsoft
direct operating system. C. Microsoft disk operating system. D. None of the above.

24. The QDOS stands for ____________ A. Qwerty and dry operation system. B. Quick and dirty
operating system. C. Quiet disk operating system D. None of the above.

25. OOP means _______________ A. Output oriented port. B. Outer oriented programming. C. Object
Oriented programming. D. None of the above.

26. BASIC was designed in the year ____________ A.1954. B. 1964. C. 1974. D.1984

27. Pick the odd one out of the following. A. Lotus 1-2-3. B. Quattro Pro. C. Excel. D. Access.

28. The sign & in BASIC means __________ A. Ampersand. B. Joiner. C. Exponential. D. Loop.

30. Which of the following is a programming language? A. Pascal. B. MS-Excel. C. Lotus. D. Netscape.

31. Java is an example of _________ A. Compiler. B. Operating system. C. Input device. D.

Programming language

32. Machine language is also known as ___________ A. Low level language. B. Assembly language. C.
High level language. D. Source code.

33. What is a compiler? A. A process. B. An application software. C. System software. D. A

document.
34. _________ converts and executes one statement at a time. A. Compiler. B. Interpreter. C.
Converter. D. Instructions

35. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for __________ A. Business applications. B.
Marketing applications. C. Scientific applications. D. None of the above.

36. Which of the following languages are classified as low level languages? A. BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN.
B. Prolog2, Expert systems. C. Knowledged based systems. D. Assembly languages.

37. What do you called the translator which takes assembly language program as input and produce
machine language code as output? A. Compiler. B. Interpreter. C. Debugger. D. Assembler.

38. The sign <> in BASIC means _________ A. Less than or greater than. B. Not equal to. C. Angle
bracket. D. None of the above.

39. A variable name is declared as an array in BASIC by ___________ A. INPUT. B. READ. C. FOR. D.
DIM.

40. In BASIC, REM Shows a statement to be ___________ A. Output. C. Comment loop. D. Un-
executable statement. D. Executable statement.

Theory
1. A. What is computer software?
1. B. Differentiate between system software and application software
1. C. List five advantages of utility softwares

2. What is utility software

2. B. State five functions of operating system
2. C. State two advantages and disadvantages of DOS
3. Give the full meaning of the following
I. BASIC. II. FORTRAN. III. COBOL. IV. ALGOL. V. PROLOG.
3.B. State five advantages of high level language
3.C. State two disadvantages of high level language.

4. Differentiate between low level language and high level language.

4.B. Explain the following terms
I. Assembler. II. Translator.
4.C. Define the term Spreadsheet

5. What is computer output device?

5.B.List five computer output device?
5.C.List four examples of operating systems.
5.D.List five generation of computer language with one example each