Information and Communication Technology 1

OBJECTIVE TEST
45 minutes

1. How many characters make up a byte? B. LINUX.

A. 1 C. CPU.
B. 2 D. RAM.
C. 3
D. 4 8. The brain of the computer is the
A. monitor
2. Using a computer application is known as B. system software
A. installing C. read only memory
B. launching D. central processing unit
C. operating
D. running 9. One byte is equal to
A. two bits
3. Which of the following devices is used to B. eight bits
process information? C. sixteen bits
A. Computer D. one thousand bits
B. Speedometer
C. Thermometer 10. Processed material which is meaningful to the
D. Weighing scale user in computing is called
A. data
4. Devices that extend their services to enhance B. file
the function of the computer are called C. information
A. hardware. D. record
B. software.
C. peripherals. 11. Which of the following computer keyboard
D. firmware. keys is used to type upper case letters when
the caps lock light is off?
5. Working with more than one application at the A. Control key
same time is known as B. Enter key
A. double tasking. C. Insert key
B. multitasking. D. Shift key
C. running.
D. launching 12. The component of the computer that houses
the motherboard and the power supply unit is
6. Which of the following is a keyboard layout called
format? A. central processing unit
A. QWERTY B. monitor
B. QWRETY C. printer
C. QWRTEY D. system unit
D. QWREYT
13. The part of the central processing unit
7. The interaction between the input and output responsible for performing all logical
devices is controlled by the operations is
A. BIOS A. ALU
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C. RAM 20. The flat panel screen is also known as
D. ROM A. CRT
B. LCD
14. Which of the following is a bad practice in C. OCR
the usage of ICT tools? D. VCD
A. Making or receiving phone calls whilst
driving 21. An example of an operating system is
B. Not receiving phone calls when charging it A. CALC
C. Use of air conditioning to improve dry B. DISK
atmosphere C. DOS
D. Use of footstools to adjust leg positioning D. WORD
when working on computers
22. Which of the following computer keys allows
the user to type upper case letters?
15. Which of the following devices has the largest
A. Alternate key
storage capacity?
B. Control key
A. Compact disk
C. Caps Lock key
B. Digital versatile disk
D. Num Lock key
C. Flash memory
D. Hard disk
23. The button that opens a dialogue box for users to
create an email message is
16. Dragging a folder from one drive to a window A. Back
on another drive is equivalent to a B. Compose
A. Cut operation C. Create
B. Copy operation D. Refresh
C. Delete operation
D. Move operation 24. Computer virus is capable of
A. enhancing the contents of a file
17. A computer program that can copy itself and B. maintaining the computer system
infect the computer without the permission or C. making the work of the computer easy
knowledge of the user is D. slowing down the computer system
A. Virus performance
B. Anti-virus
C. Window 25. Which of the following is a tool on the
D. Word processor drawing toolbar of a word processing
program?
18. The act of clicking on an object and dragging A. Align
it to a different location is referred to as B. Bold
A. Drop-and-drag C. View
B. Drag-and-drop D. Oval
C. Drop-and-move
D. Drag-and-paste 26. The act of pressing a computer mouse button
twice quickly without moving the mouse is
19. Which of the following commands is used to termed
resave an edited file with the same file name? A. double clicking
A. Copy B. right clicking
B. Save C. single clicking
C. Save As D. normal clicking
D. Send
27. Computer devices such as mouse, trackpad and
 joystick are referred to as B. Hard disk
A. Output devices C. Random Access Memory
B. Pointing devices D. Read Only Memory
C. Standard devices
D. Internal devices 35. The legal right to control the production and
selling of a book, play, film and software is
28. GUI stands for known as
A. Grand User Interface A. Production right
B. General User Interface B. Copyright
C. Graphic User Interface C. Trade mark
D. Graphical User Interrupt D. Patent

29. Windows organizes information on computers 36. A special software that is used to access the
using a
internet is called
A. directory
A. address bar
B. folder
B. search engine
C. subdirectory
C. web browser
D. disk
D. windows xp.
30. Text that is justified is
A. Adjusted to meet one margin 37. A symbol on the screen that indicates where
B. Adjusted to meet both margins the next character typed will appear is
C. Grammatically correct A. text mark.
D. Only visible in print preview B. indicator.
C. pointing stick.
31. To print a document after previewing, use the D. insertion point.
A. Edit command button
B. Open command button 38. Which of the following is a complete website
C. Print command button address?
D. Save command button A. hhpp://www.waecgh.org
B. htpp://www.waecgh.org
32. Transmitting data from a local computer to a C. hhtp://www.waecgh.org
remote computer is referred to as D. http://www.waecgh.org
A. Downlinking
B. Downloading 39. Which of the following keyboard key should
C. Uplinking be pressed to start a new paragraph in a Word
D. Uploading Processing document?
A. Control + Enter key
33. A computer accepts data input, processes the B. Down cursor key
data and produces C. Enter key
A. byte D. Shift + Enter key
B. data
C. output 40. Computerized text editing is also referred to as
D. storage A. Database application
B. Desktop application
34. Which of the following media stores data C. Spreadsheet application
temporarily? D. Word processing application
A. Floppy disk
 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2
PAPER 2
ESSAY 1 ¼ hours
[60 marks]

Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of material

SECTION A
[24 marks]
Answer Question 1 [Compulsory]

1. (a)

A B

Use the diagram above to answer questions (i) to (iv)

(i) Name the application program used for the above figure [2 marks]

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(ii) Write the formula/ function used to calculate the profit for cell D7

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(iii) Write the formula/function used to calculate the total expenses for cell C7.

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(iv) Name the parts labelled A, B and C [3 marks]

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(b) Complete the table below

Windows button Name of Windows button Function of Windows button

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(c) In a word processing application, what is the command button print preview used for? [3
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 SECTION B [36 marks]
Answer three Questions only from this section

2. (a) State two:

(i) positive uses of the internet;

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(ii) negative uses of the internet.

[4 marks]

(b) List four storage media

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3. (a) Explain the following types of software

(i) System software
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(ii) Application software

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(a) State the function of each of the following buttons as used in application software
(i) Minimize
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(ii) Maximize
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(iii) Close
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4. Explain the following terminologies:

(a) Cell
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5. State the purpose of the following commands on an email application such as yahoo or gmail:

(a) My account; [3 marks]

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(b) Compose; [3 marks]

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(c) Attach; [3 marks]

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(d) Sign up; [3 marks]

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