DATA PROCESSING SS2

1. Which of the following persons invented the punch card machine? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Gottfried
Leibniz (c) J. Prosper Eckert (d) Dr. Herman Hollerith
2. Convert 488 to its binary equivalent (a) 1001112 (b) 1100112 (c) 100012 (d) 11110112
3. The operation of checking input data against specified criteria is referred to as?(a)data
verification (b)data validation (c)data cross check (d) data control
4. Which of the following is not a source of data collection (a)observation (b)interview
(c)questionnaire (d)classification
5. Which of the following is true about digital computers (a)they consist of magnetic core memory
(b)they understand data as a continuous measurement of a physical quantity (c)they represent
number through a string of binary digits (d)they are mainly used for scientific purposes
6. Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp are example of (a) social media (b) social communication (c)
networking media (d) search engine
7. Which of the following is not an application of computers? (a)bank notes counter (b) point of
sales terminal (c) automated teller machine (d) traffic lights control
8. Which of the following is a school storage device (a) RAM (b) bubble memory (c) floppy disk (d)
EPROM
9. Information analysis procedures includes the following except (a) skim and scan (b) recognizing
interrelationships (c) interpret and conclude (d) identifying propaganda and bias
10. The advantages of electronic data processing includes the following except (a) automatic
processing (b) hacking (c) fast and reliable processing (d) storage capacity
11. Which of the following is not a transmission medium? (a) twisted pair cables (b) coaxial cables
(c) wireless (d) modern
12. Information transmission by television is classified as (a) multimedia transmission (b) polymedia
transmission (c) unimedia transmission (d) monomedia transmission
13. Which of the following are the basic component of a computer network? I. A minimum of two
computer ii. printer iii .network interface card (a) I and ii (b) I and iii (c) ii and iii (d) I, ii and iii
14. Social networking does not promote (a) personal publicity (b) business expansion (c) e-
commerce (d) e-payment
15. Companies that provide internet access are referred to as (a) fixed network operators (b)
network services providers (c) internet service providers (d) internet network operators
16. While typing a MS document, Akin inserted footer in the document in order to (a) enhance the
overall appearances of the document (b) make the document more readable (c) insert page
numbers (d) make it appear on the document when printed
17. The spreadsheet symbol used to convert a number to a lable is (a) quotation mark (“ “) (b)
equality sign (=) (c) underscore (_) (d) apostrophe sign (‘)
18. In spreadsheets, data would not be accepted into a cell by pressing the (a) Enter key (b) Arrow
key (c) Esc key (d) Tab key
19. A Field in a database table is also known as (a) index (b) relation (c) attribute (d) key
20. The property of a system software that enable it to execute more than one program at a time is
referred to as (a) compiling (b) virtual memory (c) multitasking (d) load modules
21. Which of these operations would not close MS word application? (a) pressing the Alt + F4 keys
(b) clicking the X button on the title bar (c) choosing exit from the file menu drop down box (d)
selecting the close from the file menu drop down dialogue box
22. The feature in a database application that acts as an interface between the user and the
database is called a? (a) query (b) report (c) form (d) table
23. Planning and creating websites are stages in? (a) web analysis (b) web maintenance (c) web
design (d) web publishing
24. The type of data entered into a table in the data base follow a set of rules known as? (a)
protocols (b) regulators (c) algorithms (d) constraints
25. Which of the following drawing tools would create special effects for texts? (a) smart art (b)
shape tool (c) textbox (d) word art
26. The study of the effect of interaction between the computer and human users is referred to as
computer (a) ergonomy (b) economy (c) ergophobia (d) biomechanics
27. In MS PowerPoint, the action of holding down the left mouse key and moving the mouse around
the slide would (a) highlight an item (b) drag an item (c) select an item (d) move an item
28. A file kept in case of an accident or natural disaster is called (a) master (b) transition (c) back-up
(d) reference
29. Which of the following is not a preventive maintenance measure? (a) Regular update of the
operating system (b) proper shut down of the system (c) use of uninterrupted power supply (d)
data recovery
30. Which of the following is not a safety equipment in a computer laboratory? (a) surge protector
(b) metal detector (c) smoke detector (d) fore extinguisher

SECTION B (THEORY)

1. (a) Define Normalization? (b) Define database management system? (c) What is Entity
relationship model?
2. (a) State the rule of INF and SNF (b) Mention 3 components of entity relationship (c) What is
Relationship?
3. Give examples of the following each (i) Attributes (ii) Relationship (iii) Cardinality
4. What is Field, Record or Row, Column and Null Value