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JAFFNA HINDU COLLEGE

First Term Exam – 2019


Information & Communication Technology
Grade : 08 Time : 2hours

Answer all questions in this paper.


Part I

1. What is the technology used in a 3rd generation computers?


1) Vacuum tubes 2) Transistors 3) Integrated Circuits 4) Processor
2. Who is the father of the computer?
1) Bill Gates 2) Herman Hollerith 3) Charles Babbage 4) None of the above
3. Consider the following devices
A – Speaker B – Keyboard C – Mouse
which of the above are considered as input devices?
1) A and B only 2) A and C only 3) B and C only 4) All of the above
4. Which of the following is not considered as a pointing device?
1) Joystick 2) Mouse 3) light pen 4) Microphone
5. 1410 is equivalent to
1) 10112 2) 11012 3) 11102 4) 11112
6. What is shortcut key for superscript
1) ctrl+= 2) ctrl+shift+= 3) ctrl+shift++ 4) Alt+f4
7. Which of the following device is used to play computer games?
1) Scanner 2) Mouse 3) Light pen 4) Joystick
8. 110102 is equivalent to
1) 2510 2) 2710 3) 2610 4) 2810
9. How many Nibbles consists in a term of ICT?
1) 8 2) 6 3) 7 4) 10
10. Ctrl, Alt is ……………
1) Numeric keys 2) Control keys 3) Typing keys 4) Special keys
11. A RAM has the capacity of 6GB. Which of the following is the equivalent to above
mentioned capacity?
1) 6144 MB 2) 6000 KB 3) 6144 KB 4) 6000 MB
12. What is an extension of MS PowerPoint 2010?
1) .pptx 2) .ppt 3) .docx 4) .xls
13. ……………………… is a secondary storage device.
1) Plotter 2) Printer 3) Pen drive 4) Monitor
14. The base value of binary number system is
1) 10 2) 8 3) 2 4) 16
15. Which of the following component performs arithmetic & logical calculations.
1) Register 2) CPU 3) Control unit 4) ALU
16. Which of the following is an Impact printer?
1) Laser Printer 2) Dotmatrix Printer 3) Thermal Printer 4) Inkjet Printer
17. Which of the following is not considered as magnetic storage device?
1) Blue ray disk 2) Hard disk 3) Magnetic tape 4) Floppy disk
18. What type of ink used in Inkjet printer
1) Toner 2) Ribbon 3) Cartridge 4) Heat
19. Which of the following printer is used to print the bills
1) Laser 2) Inkjet 3) Dotmatrix 4) Thermal
20. Which of the following is considered as an input and output device
1) Touch screen 2) Trackball 3) light pen 4) Joystick

(20 X 2 = 40 marks)

PART II

Answer all questions.

1)
i) Classify the computers according to their size?

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ii) Write down the two characteristics of the computer?

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iii) Write down the two examples of operating system?

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iv) What are the two types of tools used to develop an algorithm?

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v) What is the shortcut of the ‘New slide’ in MS PowerPoint?

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vi) Write down the two examples of solid state storage devices?

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vii) Write down the two examples of antivirus software?

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viii) What is the capacity of floppy disk?

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ix) Give two examples for optical storage devices?

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x) What are the components of CPU?

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(10x2=20marks)

2) Expand the following decimal number system

1. 2310
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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2. 16410

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3. 4710

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4. 34510

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5. 1010

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(5x2=10 marks)
3) Convert the following decimal numbers to binary numbers

1. 2810

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2. 14910

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3. 22010

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4. 31210
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5. 7910

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(5x3=15 marks)

4) Convert the following binary numbers to decimal numbers

1. 1100012

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2. 011102

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3. 11110012

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4. 110012
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5. 1100102

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(5x3=15 marks)

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