Multiple Choice 7.

The ALU processes data and stores it in:

Identify the choice that best completes the a. A diskette
statement or answers the question b. Main Memory
c. The instruction register
1. When the computer is working on d. The program counter
given instructions, it is called

a. output 8. Which one of the following is not a function

b. storage of the control unit?
c. processing
d. input a. Fetch instructions from memory
b. Decode instructions
2. Which of the following is NOT a function of c. Process instructions
the control unit? d. Fetch data for required instructions

a. Read instructions
b. Interpret instructions 9. Which of the following sequence of
c. Direct operations instructions does the Control Unit perform?
d. Execute instructions
a. Decodes, executes and fetches
3. The unit of storage used to represent a b. Fetches, decodes and executes
character is c. Executes, decodes and fetches
d. Fetches, executes and decodes
a. bit
b. byte 10. Which of the following units performs
c. word mathematical calculations?
d. kilobyte
a. Control
4. In modern computers, the CPU speed is b. Fetch
measured in c. Arithmetic and Logic
d. Central Processing
a. kilo hertz
b. giga bytes
c. kilo bytes 11. Hexadecimal has a base value of
d. giga hertz
a. 6
5. In modern personal computers, the CPU
b. 8
speed is measured in
c. 16
d. 18
a. nanoseconds
b. milliseconds
c. MHz 12. The decimal equivalent of 000011112 is
d. GHz
a. 8
b. 12
6. Which device is not found in the CPU? c. 15
d. 28
a. ALU
b. Control Unit
c. Instruction register
d. Printer
 13. The BCD representation of (-15) is 19. A device that enables the user to control the
movement of objects on the screen by
a. 100000011111 operating a small lever is a
b. 101100101111
c. 000000011111 a. Touch-sensitive screen
d. 101100010101 b. Joystick
c. Puck
14. The one’s complement of 01010011 is d. Light pen

a. 11010011 20.Which of these has a ball positioned at the top?

b. 01011111
c. 10101100 a. Optical mouse
b. Pointing stick mouse
c. Touchpad mouse
15. Which of the following devices is NOT d. Trackball mouse
used in point of sale terminals?
21.Which type of keyboard would most likely be
used by a physically challenged person?
a. Printer
b. Plotter
a. Concept keyboard
c. Barcode reader
b. Alphanumeric keyboard
d. Electronic cash register
c. Virtual keyboard
16. The technology used to read pencil or pen d. Left-handed keyboard
marks on a multiple choice answer sheet is
22. Which of the following is not a validation
a. OCR
method?
b. OMR
c. POS
a. Range check
d. MICR
b. Check digit
17. What is the most common input device? c. Dual input
d. Format check
a. Mouse
23.Checking for accurate copying of data is known
b. Printer
as:
c. Monitor
d. Keyboard
a. Validation
18. Which of the following is not a pointing b. Verification
device? c. Source document
d. Data capture
a. Joystick
24 .Which one of the following is not an
b. MICR
advantage of magnetic strip codes?
c. Light pen
d. Mouse
a. They are easy and cheap to produce.
b. The strip can store enough information
for simple transactions.
c. The data can be changed, altered, forged
or erased by magnetic fields.
d. Cuts down on paperwork that would
otherwise be involved in a transaction.
 25.Sensors can be used to measure all of the
following except: a. Resolution
b. Size
a. Pulse c. Refresh rate
b. Temperature d. Print quality
c. Sound
d. OMR 32.All of the following are non-impact printers
except:
26. OCR:
a. Detects marks on paper a. Chain
b. Detects the unique ridges in a fingerprint b. Thermal
c. Understands and easily converts c. Inkjet
handwritten text d. Laser
d. Detects the shape of characters
33. Which is not a characteristic of laser
27. Which of the following output is an example printers?
of a hardcopy?
a. They are quiet
a. An oral speech delivered by a speaker b. They have high print speeds
b. A bill produced from a printer c. Use toner similar to that found in
c. The display on a monitor photocopiers
d. A picture on a wall produced from a d. Can produce multiple copies by printing
multimedia projector on duplicating paper

28. Resolution determines the clarity of the 33. The acronym ROM stands for:
image displayed on a monitor. The term
resolution refers to the number of pixels a. Random Only Memory
b. Read Only Memory
a. present horizontally on the screen c. Read Optical Module
b. present vertically on the screen d. Random Organising Memory
c. present in a unit area of the screen
d. that makes up the colour 35. Which device holds data and instructions
when it is not in use?
29. Which of the following is NOT an audio
output device? a. Primary storage
b. System unit
a. Microphone c. Monitor
b. Earphone d. Secondary storage
c. Headphone
d. Speakers 36. The smallest unit of storage is a:

30. Identify the list that is arranged starting from a. Byte

the BEST TO WORST print quality. b. Bit
c. Megabyte
a. Laser, dot matrix, inkjet d. Terabyte
b. Inkjet, dot matrix, laser
c. Laser, inkjet, dot matrix
d. Dot matrix, inkjet, laser

31. A monitor’s capabilities depend on all except: 37 .Which device has the largest storage capacity?
 a. file transfer protocol
a. Diskette b. internet relay chat
b. CD-ROM c. blogging
c. DVD d. instant messaging
d. Hard disk
38. Another name for primary storage is: Item 14 refers to the icon below.
a. Secondary storage
b. Immediate access storage
c. Magnetic tape
d. Hard disk

39.Which of the following technologies does NOT

facilitate the transferring of data 43. In an e-mail program the icon above is used
between computers in adjacent to
buildings?
a. send a file
a. Fibre optic b. forward a file
b. Bluetooth c. create a file
c. Twisted pair d. attach a file
d. Microwave

44. Which ONE of the following statements BEST

40.A group of persons who share common describes the term ‘information’?
interests and communicate by posting
messages and replies on the Internet is a. It is raw facts.
referred to as a/an b. It is meaningful.
c. It is not the result of processing.
a. podcast d. Does not have any value.
b. newsgroup
c. uploader 45. Methods that can be used for validation and
d. surfer verification of data are

41. Each website on the Internet can be accessed a. range checks

by entering a unique address. This address b. data type checks
is referred to as the c. inconsistency checks
d. all of the above
a. HTTP
b. HTML 46..Data verification is checking for
c. FTP
d. URL a. particular data types
b. data in a specific range
c. transcription errors
d. correct relationships between files

47.An application in which scanners are commonly

42. Uploading or downloading data to or from a used is
remote computer is done using
 a. publishing
b. billing
c. printing reports
d. cheque processing

48. Telecommuting can be BEST described as

a. making a communication between two

companies
b. working from home by connecting home
and office
c. working from home by having
employees at home 51. The diagram above is called the
d. making a communication between home
and office a. page setup dialog box
b. paragraph dialog box
49.Which of the following actions is NOT c. clipboard task pane
considered to be a computer crime? d. format dialog box

a. Encryption
b. Piracy Items 52 - 53 refer to the diagram below
c. Industrial Espionage which shows a section of the Standard
d. Hacking Toolbar of a word processing package.
50. Which of the following precautions is NOT
a physical restriction with respect to data
security?

a. Firewall
b. Locking up the hardware
c. Fireproof cabinets
52. The name of the icon labelled ‘1’ is
d. Biometric systems
a. undo
b. repeat
c. wordwrap
d. text alignment

53. The purpose of the icon labelled 2 is to

a. align text on the left and right margin

b. increase the indentation of the selected
paragraph(s)
c. increase the columns in documents
d. display the grid to select columns and
rows
Item 51 refers to the diagram shown below.
54. Which of the following is the default
justification of numbers in spreadsheets?
 a. Left Read A, B
b. Full If A < 2
c. Centred C2
d. Right Else
C6
End if
55.An airline reservation system is an example of D  C*B+2
Write D
a. batch processing 58. What is printed by the pseudocode if the
b. real time processing input values are 5 and 2 respectively?
c. interactive processing
d. distributed processing a. 6
b. 12
c. 14
56.Consider the following algorithm. d. 24

A7
B9 59. Which of the following statements would be
AB-A placed in the flowchart box shown below?
BA+B
Write A, B

The output of this algorithm is

a. Read A
a. 2, 9 b. A > 25
b. 2, 11 c. Count  Count + 1
c. 7, 9
d. 7, 11 60. A compiler is a software that converts the

a. source code to assembly code

57. In the programming language Pascal, which of
the following is NOT a standard data type? b. source code to machine code
a. Floating point c. program to output
b. Char
c. Boolean d. program to object code one
d. Integer instruction at a time

Item 58 refers to the following pseudocode