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Yr7&8 ICT Midterm Test

The document contains two practice tests for students covering topics like computer components, programming languages, and software types. It tests their knowledge of the acronyms, inventors, and classifications of various computer parts, languages, and programs. Multiple choice questions make up the bulk of the content testing students' understanding of foundational ICT concepts.

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Yr7&8 ICT Midterm Test

The document contains two practice tests for students covering topics like computer components, programming languages, and software types. It tests their knowledge of the acronyms, inventors, and classifications of various computer parts, languages, and programs. Multiple choice questions make up the bulk of the content testing students' understanding of foundational ICT concepts.

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JSS1 ICT

MID-TERM TEST FOR 3RDTERM


1. The acronym ALU stands for …….
A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
B. All Long Unit
C. Automatic Logic Unit
D. Arithmetic Long Unit
2. Which of the following devices was invented by Charles Babbage
A. Pascaline
B. Analytical engine
C. Abacus
D. Napier’s bone
3. Which of the following is classified as an electro-mechanical counting device
A. ENIAC
B. Abacus
C. Napier’s bone
D. Slide rule
4. In 1981 IBM introduced its first computer for home users. The acronym IBM
stands for
A. International Business Man
B. International Business Machine
C. Internal Bus Machine
D. International Building Machine
5. ENIAC was invented by
A. John Napier and Robert Bissaka
B. John Mauchly and Presper Eckert
C. Charles Babbage
D. Blaise Pascal
6. Which of the following is NOT true about the pascaline
A. it was invented by a French mathematician
B. it was also called an analytical engine
C. it was named after Blaise Pascal
D. None of the above
7. The 5th generation computers were based on the technique of AI. AI stands for
A. All International
B. Artificial Intelligence
C. Artificial International
D. Almighty Intelligence
8. The acronym ENIAC stands for
A. Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
B. Electronic Nations Integration And Computer
C. Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer
D. All of the above
9. The Second Generation Computer was based on
A. Vacuum Tube
B. Silicon Chips
C. Transistor
D. Bio Chips
10. Who is referred to as the father of computers?
A. Robert Bissakar
B. Charles Babbage
C. Gottfried Leibnitz
D. Blaise Pascal
11. Raw facts, figures and symbols are
A. Information
B. Processing
C. Data
D. Processing cycle
12. All the following are stages in data processing cycle EXCEPT?
A. Data connection
B. Data gathering
C. Input stage
D. Output stage
13. The sequence of stages in processing data is:
A. Data
B. Data collation
C. Cycle
D. Data processing cycle
14. Data can be entered into the computer via the following input devices
EXCEPT?
A. Printer
B. Keyboard
C. Joystick
D. Mouse
15. The computer has an edge over other devices in processing data for its:
A. ability to perform rapid and accurate calculations
B. ability to work continuously in the water and fire
C. ability to store a small volume of data and information
D. all of the above
16. The assembling of data in standard others is
A. Data connection
B. Data collation or preparation
C. Data gathering
D. Data storage
17. Data are kept in the __________ memory of the computer after processing.
A. CPU
B. Motherboard
C. Main
D. Printer
18. The computer sends out the result of data processing on paper using an
output device called
A. a monitor
B. a printer
C. a scanner
D. a keyboard
19. The term GIGO means
A. Get in get out
B. Garbage in Garbage out
C. Garbage in get out
D. all of the above
20. Alphanumeric data consist of
A. digits
B. letters
C. special characters
D. all of the above

YEAR 8 ICT
3RD TERM MID-TERM TEST
1. Binary codes are used in which of the following programming language

A. Machine language

B. Assembly language

C. High level language

D. None of above

2. The term gigabyte refers to

A. 1024 bytes

B. 1024 kilobytes

C. 1024 megabytes

D. 1024 gigabyte

3. A byte consists of

A. One bit

B. Four bits

C. Eight bits

D. Sixteen bits

4. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for

A. Business Applications

B. Marketing Applications

C. Scientific Applications

D. None of the above

5. The two major software are;

A. Input software and Output software


B. System software and application software

C. Utility software and translator software

D. Graphic software and word processing software

6. Operating system, utility software and translators are types of

A. Application software

B. Hardware

C. System software

D. Translators

7. The following are examples of application software EXCEPT?

A. Graphic software

B. LINUX

C. Spreadsheet software

D. Word processing software

8. DOS stands for

A. Disk operating system

B. Display operating system

C. Delete operating system

D. Data operating system

9. A number system that uses only two digits, 0 and 1 is called

A. Decimal number system

B. Hexadecimal number system

C. Octal number system


D. Binary number system

10. The acronym for BASIC is

A. Beginner’s All Symbolic Instruction Code

B. Beginner’s All-purpose symbolic Instruction Code

C. Believer’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

D. Beginner’s All-purpose Synthetic Instruction Code

11. The native language of the computer is

A. Machine Language

B. BASIC Language

C. High Level Language

D. PIDGIN language

12. The following are BASIC Key Statements Except?

A. PASTE

B. PRINT

C. INPUT

D. LET

13. The following are graphic packages EXCEPT…

A. Ms-word

B. CorelDraw

C. Instant Artist

D. Photoshop

14. Packages designed mainly for drawing and designing purposes are called?
A. Database packages

B. Graphic packages

C. word packages

D. spreadsheet packages

15. Application software used for performing accounting and statistical calculations

is called?

A. Word processing software

B. Graphic software

C. Spreadsheet software

D. Utility software

16. The SI unit of storage in computer is the


A. bits
B. bytes
C. nibble
D. word
17. The graphical representation of the steps involved in solving a given problem
is
A. program
B. flowchart
C. algorithm
D. machine language
18. BASIC was developed by
A. John Kemeny and Thomas Kutz
B. Blaise Pascal and Charles Babbage
C. Philip Emeagwali and Tim Berners-lee
D. All of the above
19. A program that changes high level languages into machine language is called
A. translator
B. BASIC
C. java
D. Pascal
20. All the following are examples of high level languages EXCEPT
A. translator
B. BASIC
C. C++
D. Pascal

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