CSC 227 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. The most popular input devices

(a) Mouse

(b) Keyboard

(c) C.P.U

(d) Printer

2. The first 6 letters on the top the keyboard is

(a) QWETRY

(b) QWRETY

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(C) QWERTY

(D) QWTERY

3. This is not part of the Alphanumeric keys

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(a) a

(b) 1

(c) /

(d) insert

4. This is not part of the special control keys

(I) Tab (II) delete (III) Backspace (IV) Space bar (V) Capslock

(a) I and IV

(b) II

(c) V, II and III

(d) V and III

(e) IV and V

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5. The keys up, down, home, end are called

(a) Alphanumeric keys

(b) Functional keys

(c) Special keys

(d) Navigation Keys

6. The keys that are require to perform specific tasks is called

(a) Modifier keys

(b) Control keys

(c) Functional keys

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(d) Navigational keys

7. The functional keys on the keyboard is from

(a) f1 to f12
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(b) f1 to f11

(c) f1 to 13

(d) f1 to f10

8. The keyboard which help to hand stay positional correctly and to reduce bending and
straighten is called

(a) Positional Keyboard

(b) Special Keyboard

(c) Ergonomic Keyboard

(d) Electronic Keyboard

9. The mouse operate with at least how many button

(a) two

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(c) one

(d) a & b

10. This is not one of function perform by mouse

(a) clicking (b) dragging (c) pointing (d) cursor (e) double clicking

11. A mouse lying on its back is called

(a) Track board

(b) Track ball

(c) Track bold

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(d) Track band

12. The track ball consist of at least how many button

(a) two
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(b) three

(c) one

(d) a & b

13. The track ball is advantageous to mouse for its

(a) less space usage

(b) soft button

(c) ease rotation

(d) more button

14. The input device that read text or illustration printed on paper and translate it into a form
for computer usage is

(a) OPR (b) Digitizer (c) scanner (d) card reader

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15. Photo-electric scanners that read vertical zebra stripped marks printed on product
containers. (a) card reader (b) scanner (c) digitizer (d) bar code

16. The input devices that enable drawings and sketches into computer is

(a) OCR (b) digitizer (c) ICR (d) MICR

17. The simple ball pen that consist the digitizer is called

(a) Styleus (b) Stylus (c) Stylux (d) Stylex

18. The digitizer does not consist of

(a) Stylus

(b) Puck

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(c) Flick

(d) Electronic Tablet

19. Input device use to verify that one has info in a particular database is

(a) DBMS
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(b) OCR

(c) Card reader

(d) Card Scanner

20. Video camera is also known as

(a) Webcam

(b) Codecam

(c) Vidcam

(d) Camcoder

21. The input that ensure stored images to be manipulated once input into the computer is

(a) Webcam

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 (b) Digital camera

(c) Cannon

(d) Flex camera

22. The Universal Product Code (UPS) is used most especially in

(a) Industrial area

(b) Banks

(c) Supermarket

(d) Eatery

23. ASCII means

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(a) American Standard Character for Instruction Interchange

(b) American Standard codes for Information Intercharge

(c) American Standard Character for Instruction Intercharge

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(d) American Standard Codes for Information Interchange

24. The input devices use for sensing the presence and absence of mark is

(a) Scanner (b) OCR (c) ICR (d) OMR

25. The input device use for accept check-marks is

(a) MICR (b) OCR (c) ICR (d) OMR

26. The input device use by bank to read the frustrating looking number on the bottom of
the cheque is

(a) MICR (b) OCR (c) ICR (d) OMR

27. The full meaning of MICR is

(a) Micro Ink Character Recognition

(b) Micro Internet Code Recognition

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 (c) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

(d) Magnetic Internet code Recognition

28. ICR is more sophisticated than

(a) MICR (b) OCR (c) VR (d) OMR

29. One of these is not an input devices

(a) MICR

(b) Microphone

(c) Optical Character Recognition

(d) Projector

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30. Any machine that is capable of representing information from the computer is called

(a) software

(b) output devices

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(c) hardware

(d) input devices

31. Results can be generated from computer after operation in these varieties except

(a) character

(b) pictures

(c) sounds

(d) cards

32. One of these input devices is not part of the OCR

(a) ICR

(b) Scanner

(c) Voice Recognition

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 (d) MICR

33. The most basic way to classify monitor is

(a) shape

(b) colour capacity

(c) signal base

(d) Electric & Electronic

34. One of the two types of monitor use in PC is

(a) Cathode Ray Tube

(b) Cathrode Ray Tube

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(c) Carthode Ray Tube

(d) Carthod Ray Tube

35. Another name for flat panel monitor is

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(a) Digital monitor

(b) Multi-colour monitor

(c) Gray scale

(d) Monochrome

36. Monitor can be classify into signal which consist of

(a) Digital and Analogue monitor

(b) CRT & Flat Panel Monitor

(c) Multi-colour and Grayscale Monitor

(d) Antenna & Wireless Monitor

37. The word display screen can means just

(a) entire monitor

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(c) VDU

(d) Screen

38. Printer is classified according to the following features except

(a) Fonts

(b) Graphics

(c) Impact or Non-Impact

(d) Quality of speed

(e) Digital and Analogue

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39. An output device that draws graphs and pictorial images on paper based on command
from computer is called

(a) printer

(b) Synthesizers
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(c) Digitizer

(d) Plotter

40. The output device used for computer-base presentation is

(a) VDU

(b) Printer

(c) Projector

(d) DSIT

41. One of these is not a features of Multimedia projector

(a) Light source

(b) Colour source

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 (c) Lens

(d) Computer input(s)

42. The ability of a computer to read text files and output in a very intelligible way is

(a) Voice recognition system

(b) Speech synthesizer

(c) Speaker

(d) sound cards

43. What majorly makes plotter distinct from printer from the following? Plotter

(a)use pen to draw line

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(b) is cost than printer

(c) work on slow speed

(d) can read files in JPG format

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44. A display monitor that has no processing capability is

(a) Dumb Terminal

(b) Diligence Terminal

(c) Single display Terminal

(d) automatic Terminal

45. Smart terminals has built in ______ for performing operation

(a) battery

(b) chips

(c) codes

(d) logic

46. Intelligent terminal have _____ and processor to perform operation

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 (a) transistor

(b) cords

(c) battery

(d) memory

47. Which input devices is refer to as Mark Sensing?

(a) MICR

(b) OMR

(c) ICR

(d) MCS

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48. These include the features of a storage devices except

(a) speed

(b) cost
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(c) colour

(d) capacity

49. System software is the _______ software. (a) user’s (b) created (c) settings(d)
background

50. _______ is a software used to prepare written documents

(a) word processor (b) word express (c) PDF (d) information manager

Answers

1. B 4. B 7. A 10. D 13. A

2. C 5. D 8. C 11. B 14. C

3. D 6. C 9. C 12. C 15. D

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16. B 23. D 30. B 37. D 44. A

17. B 24. D 31. D 38. E 45. D

18. C 25. C 32. C 39. D 46. D

19. C 26. A 33. B 40. C 47. B

20. D 27. C 34. A 41. B 48. C

21. B 28. D 35. - 42. B 49. D

22. C 29. D 36. A 43. A 50. A

CSC 227 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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51. Spreadsheet are used to ___

(a) organize & manage data and info

(b) prepare written information

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(c) analyse and summarize numerical data

(d) to collect and store personal information in an organization

52. ______ is used to organize, save & manage data and information

(a) Project Manager (b) Information manager (c) DBMS (d) Spreadsheet

53. Examples of word process includes these except

(a) Microsoft word

(b) WPS

(c) PDF

(d) Goggle docs

54. Examples of spreadsheet is _____

(a) Microsoft Excel

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 (b) Corelword perfect

(c) Google docs

(d) Microsoft Access

55. Spreadsheet perform the following functions except

(a) date functions

(b) logic functions

(c) Arithmetic functions

(d) Accessories functions

56. One of these is not a browser software

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(a) fire fox (b) torch (c) goggle chrome (d) explorer (e) Microsoft internet

57. ____ application are used to maintain electronic calendar, address book.

(a) DBMS
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(b) Web publisher

(c) Maintenance info

(d) Information manager

58. Window player is an example of ___ software

(a) information manager

(b) web publisher

(c) browser

(d) multimedia

(e) Visual Reality Application

59. _____ are used to communicate message or persuade people

(a) Graphics program

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(c) Visual Reality Application

(d) presentation graphics

60. These include the examples of graphic software except

(a) Photoshop

(b) Corel draw

(c) AutoCAD

(d) fire works

61. Artificial Intelligence is a

's(a) Computer specially made

(b) computer made word

(c) man made intelligence

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(d) Computer built with intelligence memory

62. _____ are used to create realistic three dimensional virtual or stimulated environment

(a) 3D application

(b) HDMI app

(c) Virtual Reality Application

(d) Stimulus Realistic Application

63. ____ are used to create interactive multimedia webpages

(a) Web publisher

(b) Multimedia software

(c) Web browsers

(d) Multimedia browsers

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64. ____ create professional publication which is used to draw, edit and modify images.

(a) Presentation graphics

(b) Project planner

(c) Graphic program

(d) Photo Maker

65. Example of a volatile memory is

(a) ROM

(b) PROM

(c) RAM

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(d) Magnetic tape

66. Main storage is located in the ______

(a) Integrated Circuit

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(b) Transistor

(c) Motherboard

(d) Panel

67. _____ is responsible for processing all what the computer does

(a) system software

(b) application software

(c) Database

(d) CPU

68. _____ is responsible for the smooth running of other hardware units

(a) main storage

(b) Operating unit

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(d) System unit

69. ALU is

(a) Arithmetic & Logic Unit

(b) Automatic Language Unit

(c) Automatic & Logic Unit

(d) Arithmetic & Language Unit

70. ____ is used for storing data to be processed as well as the instruction for processing (a)
input devices (b) Peripheral (c) main storage (d) control unit

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71. Which part of the computer is responsible for feeding in data into system and as well
collecting information from it?

(a) input devices & output devices (b) Peripheral (c) main storage (d) CPU

72. The peripheral of computer does not constitute one of these

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(a) Input devices (b) CPU (c) auxiliary storage (d) Output devices

73. Which is not example of an auxiliary storage devices? (a) cache memory (b) CD-ROM (c)
Hard drives (d) Floppy disks

74. _____ are in combination with other keys to perform certain actions

(a) Function keys

(b) Special keys

(c) Modifier keys

(d) Navigation keys

75. A preinstalled program that come with a computer which can be uninstalled or disable
and the computer continue working is an example of _____

(a) application software

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(c) Human made software

(d) system software

76. System software is written in ______ language while application software is written in
______ language

(a) low level, high level

(b) low level, machine level

(c) machine, high level

(d) high level, low level

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77. One of these is not an example of O.S

(a) PlayStation system software

(b) Android OS

(c) IPad OS
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(d) Disk Partition

(e) Disk Operating System

78. Assemblers as a language translator perform

(a) The conversion of program written in assembly language into machine language
equivalent one line at a time

(b) The conversion of program written in high level language into machine language
equivalent

(c) The conversion of program written in low language into assembly language
equivalent

(d) The conversion of program written in low language into machine language
equivalent

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79. The program that translates program written in high level language into machine
language equivalent all at once is called
(a) Interpreter
(b) Complier
(c) Assembler
(d) Preprocessor
80. Interpreter language translator ensures the
(a) The conversion of program written in high language into machine language
equivalent one line at a time

(b) The conversion of program written in high level language into machine language
equivalent all at once

(c) The conversion of program written in low language into assembly language

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equivalent

(d) The conversion of program written in low language into machine language
equivalent

81. ___ is language translator that takes a program in one high level language and produces
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equivalent program in another high level language
(a) Interpreter
(b) Complier
(c) Assembler
(d) Preprocessor
82. ______ is a set of sequence written instruction designed to perform a defined task.

(a) System

(b) software

(c) programma

(d) Services

83. All but these is not part of the electrical components that help in handling information in
the computer _____

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 (a) IC (b) Transistors (c) Capacitor (d) Amber

84. One of these is also called Chips?

(a) Integrated Circuit (b) Capacitor (c) Terminal (d) Transistors

85. The electrical components that handles information in the computer can only recognize
how many states?

(a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 10

86. The presence of electric signal is represent with _____ symbol

(a) binary (b) one (c) bits (d) zero

87. A bit is the____ unit of data that can either recognize the presence or absence of electric
signal in a computer is

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(a) common (b) most (c) smallest (d) largest

88. Bits are used to quantify the amount of data digitally stored on or transmitted over the
internet and to also _____ the memory and file size.
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(a) measure (b) locate (c) extend (d) reduce

89. Byte are typically a sequence of ___ put together to create a single alphabetical and
numerical character

(a) eight bits (b) four bit (c) eight bit (d) four bits

90. How many bit(s) makes a byte?

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 2

91. A unit of storage capacity equal to 210 is (a) Kilobytes (b) Megabytes (c) Petabytes (d)
Gigabytes

92. Megabytes can be represented numerically as (a) 10242 (b) 10243 (c) 10244 (d) 10245

93. Two megabytes makes a?

(a) Gigabytes (b) Megabytes (c) Petabytes (d) Terabytes

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94. 1,073,741824bytes is of what storage capacity?

(a) Kilobytes (b) Megabytes (c) Petabytes (d) Gigabytes

95. A unit of storage capacity equal to 250 is (a) Kilobytes (b) Megabytes (c) Petabytes (d)
Gigabytes

96. Terabytes can be represented numerically as (a) 10242 (b) 10243 (c) 10244 (d) 10245

97. The largest unit of storage capacity among the following is

(a) Terabytes (b) Megabytes (c) Petabytes (d) Gigabytes (e) Exabyte

98. The base of a number system is the number of digits it uses to _____ the numbers in the
system.

(a) collect (b) modify (c) quantify (d) represent

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99. Base is also known as ______?

(a) radix (b) radis (c) raddix (d) raddis

100. Decimal number system used ____ digits

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(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 0 to infinite (e) 10

Answers

51. C 60. C 69. A 78. D 87. C

52. C 61. C 70. C 79. B 88. A

53. C 62. C 71. B 80. A 89. A

54. A 63. A 72. B 81. D 90. A

55. A 64. C 73. A 82. B 91. A

56. E 65. C 74. C 83. D 92. A

57. D 66. C 75. A 84. A 93. D

58. D 67. D 76. C 85. B 94. D

59. D 68. C 77. D 86. B 95. C

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CSC 227 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

101. How many bits make a kilobyte?

(a) 256 (b) 512 (c) 32 (d) 1024

102. Convert 11112 to base 10?

(a) 15 (b) 32 (c) 19 (d) 31

103. Convert 20 into base two

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(a) 101102 (b) 101112 (c) 011012 (d) 101002

104. Octal number system does not include one of the following digits

(a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 1 and 0

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105. Octal number system contains how many digits?

(a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 10

106. Human being mostly or easily understand information written in _____ format

(a) binary (b) octal (c) decimal (d) hexadecimal

107. Computer only understand data written in binary format.

(a) True (b) False (c) both (d) None

108. Translating from other number system into binary system is easy under ___ number
system.

(a) binary (b) octal (c) decimal (d) hexadecimal

109. Hexadecimal is not represented with this digit/symbol

(a) F (b) A (c) 0 (d) 9 (e) 15

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110. 10 is equivalent to what in hexadecimal?

(a) B (b) 10 (c) A (d) 01

111. A _______ is the sharing of information

(a) Internet (b) Pairing (c) Networking (d) Telecommunicating

112. Network is group of two or more ______ linked together

(a) website (b) computer (c) internet (d) software

113. Information is send in any form from one place to another using electronic or ______?

(a) Light Emitting Diode (b) Liquid Crystal Display (c) Light Emitting Media (d) GPRS

114. From an end user point of view network is group into?

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(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

115. Network can be grouped according to these categories except _____

(a) ender users (b) arrangement (c) set of rules and signal (d) manufacturers
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116. A network consist of _____ basic components?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

117. The term computer memory is defined as one or more set of ______ that store data
to program instructions either temporarily or permanently

(a) components (b) software (c) transistors (d) chips

118. A word is a grouping of bits that is transfer as a unit between primary storage and
the register of the ALU and ___?

(a) secondary storage (b) hardware (c) control unit (d) main storage

119. One of these is not a characteristics of a storage devices

(a) speed (b) volatility (c) cost (d) capacity (e) durability

120. Main memory is cheaper than auxiliary memory? True/False

121. _____ is the central storage unit in the computer system?

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122. _____ is the background software?

(a) system software (b) application software (c) programmer software (d) user software

123. The method used to covert decimal numbers into binary base is called?

(a) double double method (b) differences method (c) complement method (d) circuitry
method

124. In order to obtain binary number that is converted from decimal number system, it is
read in a (a) direct order (b) normal order (c) reverse order (d) straight order

125. In order to get a binary number in a fractional decimal system the fractional part is
____?

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(a) Multiplied by 10 and the result is read in direct order (b) Multiplied by 2 and the result
is read in indirect order (c) Multiplied by 10 and the result is read in indirect order (d)
Multiplied by 2 and the result is read in direct order

126. Decimal number 14.125 is represented in binary number system as?

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(a) 1110.1012 (b) 1010.1112 (c) 1110.0012 (d) 1101.1012

127. 1011012+0011112 = ??

(a) 1111002 (b) 1111012 (c) 1011002 (d) 0111002

128. 1011012 - 0011112 = ?? convert answer to decimal number system

(a) 45 (b) 10 (c) 25 (d) 30

129. 123 – 27 = ??? convert answer to binary number system

(a) 11000112 (b) 10000112 (c) 11000002 (d) 01000112

130. Computer used complement to perform _____ in the number system.

(a) division (b) multiplication (c) addition (d) subtraction

131. The complement use in the binary number system is __ and ____?

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 (a) 0 and 1 (b) 0 and 2 (c) 1 and 2 (d) 10 and 11

132. The complement use in the decimal number system is __ and ____?

(a) 1 and 10 (b) 9 and 11 (c) 10 and 11 (d) 9 and 10

133. The decimal complement used to 123 to become 876 is _____?

(a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

134. The type of networks which tie the end user computer to a central computer is?

(a) bus network (b) ring network (c) chain network (d) star network

135. One of these is not part of network topologies?

(a) bus (b) chain (c) ring (d) star

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136. Topologies is the _____ arrangement of a computer system for networking

(a) arithmetic (b) uniform (c) exponential (d) geometric

137. The type of network that share the same communication channel is?
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(a) bus (b) chain (c) ring (d) star

138. In LAN the computer are

(a) farthest apart over a large geographical area (b) close together within a geographical
area (c) within an individual person (d) between farthest and close together
geographical area

139. When the numb lock is off, the key on the numeric keypad can performs not but one
of the following functions.

(a) esc (b) enter (c) delete (d) backspace

140. Wireless keyboard usually have ____feet ranges

(a) 5 – 8 (b) 4 – 6 (c) 4 – 5 (d) 6 – 8

141. The most efficient type of mouse is

(a) optical mouse (b) laser mouse (c) mechanical mouse (d) electrical mouse

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142. All these are type of mouse except

(a) optical mouse (b) laser mouse (c) mechanical mouse (d) electrical mouse

143. Which type of mouse uses LED to light the surface under it

(a) optical mouse (b) laser mouse (c) mechanical mouse (d) electrical mouse

144. Which mouse make use of mouse pad in order to ensure easy motion of the pointer?

(a) optical mouse (b) laser mouse (c) mechanical mouse (d) electrical mouse

145. The modifier keys include all but one of the following

(a) Capslock (b) tabs (c) alt (d) enter

146. Some special function keys that work in line with alphanumeric keys are all but not

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one of the following

(a) Tabs (b) Capslock (c) Delete (d) Enter

147. Mouse derived its name from its

(a) origination (b) inventor (c) shape (d) function

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148. QWERTY keyboard was designed in _____ (a) 1980’s (b) 1990’s (c) 1800’s (d) 1930’s

149. DVORAK keyboard was designed in _______ (a) 1980’s (b) 1990’s (c) 1800’s (d)
1930’s

150. The difference between QWERTY and DVORAK is that the

(a) the former was positioned to slow typists while the latter was positioned for
speed typing (b) the former was positioned to speed typing while the latter was
positioned to slow typist (c) the former was invented in 1980’s while the latter
was invented in 1990’s (d) the former was invented in 1990’s while the latter was
invented in 1980’s

ANSWERS

101. A 102. A 103. D 104. B 105. C

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106. C 115. D 124. C 133. B 142. D

107. A 116. D 125. D 134. D 143. A

108. B 117. D 126. C 135. B 144. C

109. E 118. C 127. A 136. D 145. A

110. C 119. E 128. D 137. A 146. C

111. C 120. False 129. C 138. B 147. C

112. B 121. A 130. D 139. C 148. A

113. A 122. A 131. C 140. D 149. D

114. A 123. A 132. D 141. B 150. A

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151. Prt scr keys on the keyboard means?

(a) pause system (b) print system (c) pause screen (d) print screen

152. The total keys on QWERTY keyboard is ____

(a) 101 (b) 102 (c) 103 (d) 104

153. Scanners usually support resolutions from ______ dpi

(a) 80 – 700 (b) 64 – 800 (c) 72 – 600 (d) 84 – 700

154. The stripe on the back of a credit card is often called _____

(a) vetstripe (b) magstripe (c) cadstripe (d) wetstripe

155. The information stored by ROM that enable the computer software to start
operations is called?

(a) launcher (b) chips (c) bootstrap loader (d) HOS

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156. One of the is not part of the basic components of network

(a) Terminals (b) Internet (c) computer (d) Telecommunication channels

157. One of this is written through the burning of data into the circuitry

(a) ROM (b) RAM (c) PROM (d) EEPROM

158. ________ perform a variety of support function between the computer and other
devices in a telecommunication?

(a) telecommunication processors (b) terminal (c) telecommunication media (d)

telecommunication software

159. Telecommunication processors include all but not one of the following?

(a) Modems (b) Multiplexers (c) Internetworked (d) GPRS

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160. Telecommunication media include all but not one of the following?

(a) coaxial cable (b) fiber-optic (c) router and hubs (d) metal and copper twisted pair
cable (d) terrestrial and satellite radio
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161. All but one is not a characteristics of RAM.

(a) RAM is required to run both operating and application software (b) it is volatile in
nature (c) it can also be referred to a short-term memory (d) it is cheaper than the
secondary storage (e) RAM access time is in nanoseconds

162. There is ____ communication between the CPU and the main memory

(a) low (b) normal (c) regular (d) rare

163. ______ is the question that comes inform of true or false while operation is being
perform on the computer

(a) ALU (b) binary number (c) truth and false table (d) none of the above

164. One of these is not true about ROM.

(a) it is required to boot the computer system (b) it is usually written by the
manufacturer alone (c) contents on it remains permanent and inerasable (d) the

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 content on ROM can be read and edited

165. One of these is not true about floppy disk?

(a) it is plastic coated with magnetic recording material (b) it is 3.5inches in size (c) it
can hold 1.44mb of data (d) it’s actual not a rewriteable media (e) it can possible be
revised in number of times

166. The bigger floppy disk is ________ in size

(a) 4.3inches (b) 4.5inches (c) 5.25inches (d) 5.5inches

167. Example of optical storage devices include

(a) floppy disk (b) pen drive (c) flash drive (d) CDs

168. One of the is not an example of magnetic storage devices

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(a) hard disk (c) DVD (c) floppy drive (d) magnetic disk

169. One of these is not a features of optical storage devices

(a) they have higher area density (b) they have longer data life that magnetic storages (c)
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they spin at a high rate of speed (d) they use light technology

170. CD-R means (a) Compact Disc – Recoverable (b) Compact-Disc Rewriteable (c)
Compact Disc-Recordable (d) Compact-Disc Remarkable

171. Blue-Ray Disc has a very large storage capacity of

(a) 700MB (b) 8GB (c) 30GB (d) 50GB

172. A program to can be written once by the user and becomes read only is

(a) ROM (b) RAM (C) PROM (d) EPROM

173. RAM can be divide into one of the following

(a) EEPROM (b) cache (c) PRAM (d) Dos

174. One of this allow programmer to write, clear and re-write the information stored on
the chip

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175. One of these is not a feature of hard disk

(a) they are mostly available in 2.5 – 3.5 inch

(b) it uses one or more rigid rapidly platters coated with a metal-oxide material

(c) hard disk are of non-volatile storage

(d) the platter spin at a high rate of speed

(e) data is access in a read only manner

176. Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that _____ data by
packet switching using the IP/TCP

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(a) collected (b) connected (c) interchanged (d) processed

177. TCP means?

(a) transmission computer protocol (b) transformation computer protocol (c)

transmission control protocol (d) transformation control protocol
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178. A common set of rules and signals that computer in the network used to
communicate is ____

(a) IP (b) GPS (c) Internet Address (d) ISP

179. ____ is used to identify people’s computer/machine on the internet?

(a) GPS (b) telecommunication media (c) WWW (d) internet address

180. ____ is the collection of interconnected documents and other resources linked by
hyperlinks and URL

(a) internet (b) internet protocol (c) www (d) internet addresss

181. ____ is used to transfer webpages and accompany data over the internet.

(a) HTTP (b) URL (c) internet address (d) ISP

182. One of these is not a feature of IP address?

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share between them (c) IP address are global and standardize (d) all machines
connected to the internet agreed to use the same scheme for establishing an address.

183. An internet address that ends with a *gov* signify ___ as the ownership of that
address.

(a) college (b) organization (c) country (d) individual

184. URL means

(a) Universal Record Locator (b) Universal Resource Location (c) Uniform Resource
Locator (d) Unified Recode Location

185. In www.unilorin.edu.ng the .edu is

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(a)

186.

187.
subdomain (b) domain (c) second level domain (d) first level domain

one of these is not a special purpose key on the keyboard?

(a) window logo key (b) esc key (c) scroll lock key (d) tab key

The first generation of computers was between?

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(a) 1940’s – 1950’s (b) 1945 – 1954 (c) 1950’s – 1960’s (d) 1960’s – 1970’s

188. The second generation is different from first generation with all this features attach
to it (2nd Gen) except?

(a) transistor (b) OS software (c) punched cards (d) Assembly and Machine language

189. IBM-360 is a type of computer under which generation?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

190. The introduction of keyboard and monitors to computer was under which generation?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

191. The fourth generation is different from 3rd generation with all this features attach to
it (4th Gen) except?

(a) Mouse (b) Graphic User Interface (c) Networks (d) Motherboard

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192. Which generation of computer is between 1970’ –to present

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

193. Which period of generation was the micro-computer era?

(a) 1940’s – 1950’s (b) 1950’s – 1960’s (c) 1960’s – 1970’s (d) 1970 to present

194. Which period of computer generation spearheaded the mainframe computer era?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

195. During which computer generation software was unbundled from hardware
components

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

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196. One of these is an example of 4th gen computer

(a) IBM-360 (b) CDC 8600 (c) Sigma 7 (d) Compaq 2000series

197. The computer generation era whereby the Microprocessor and GUI were introduces
is ____
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(a) 1940’s – 1950’s (b) 1970 to present (c) 1950’s – 1960’s (d) 1960’s – 1970’s

198. The computer generation that start the uses of Laptops is?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

199. Vacuum tube is a feature of which generation?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

200. Integrated Circuits is a features of which generation?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

Answers

151. D 154. B 157. A 160. C 163. A

152. A 155. C 158. A 161. D 164. D

153. C 156. B 159. D 162. C 165. D

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167. D 174. E 181. A 188. C 195. C

168. C 175. E 182. B 189. C 196. D

169. C 176. C 183. C 190. C 197. B

170. C 177. C 184. C 191. D 198. D

171. D 178. A 185. D 192. D 199. A

172. C 179. D 186. D 193. D 200. C

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201. Transistors and batch filling operating system is a features of which generation?

(a) 1st gen (b) 2nd gen (c) 3rd gen (d) 4th gen

202. Data can classify according to the following categories except?

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(a) generation (b) Usage (c) size (d) colour (e) type

203. One of these is not a pointing device used by the computer?

(a) Joystick (b) Keyboard (c) Mouse (d) Track ball

204. Digitizer could be called all these name except?

(a) graphics tablets (b) touch tablet (c) digit tablet (d) simply tablets

205. Digitizer has at most how many buttons?

(a) 3 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 16

206. OMR can be used in conjunction with _____?

(a) MICR (b) Bar-code reading (c) keyboard (d) Mouse

207. What is the full meaning of BPOS

(a) Backup Processing Operating System (b) Batch Processing Operating System (c)

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208. Another name for cursor is__

(a) Injection point (b) Magnifier (c) Insertion point (d) Identifier

209. ____ and _____ are used to differentiate file of different application software

(a) space and folder (b) capacity and language (c) icon and extension (d) sort and style

210. __ is also known as machine code

(a) Assembly language (b) Low language (c) High level language (d) Machine language

211. There are _ example of low level language

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

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212.

213.
A printer characterize with (impact, near quality, print text and graphics ) is __

(a) Daisy Wheel Printer (b) Laser Printer (c) Ink-Jet Printer (d) Dot Matrix

Which of the following is the feature of ink jet printer

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(I) Non-Impact (II) Limited to few dot (III) letter quality (IV) Speed is 50 to 500 cps

(a) I and III( b) II , I and IV (c) I (d) II and III

214. Full meaning of CPS

(a) Code Place Speed (b) Character Part System (c) Code Point Security (d) Character
Per Second

215. Macintosh keyboard is divided in _ and __

(a) Standard and Sub-standard (b) Standard and Extension (c) Extension and Shorten (d)
Shorten and Substandard

216. Most joystick include two buttons called ___

(a) shooters (b) Triggers (c) Hitters (d) ballers

217. Smart card containing IC is called ___

(a) Intensive Code Card (b) Internet Code Card (c) Integrated Circuit card (d) Impression

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218. __ monitor are used when user need not see graphics

(a) Monochrome (b) grayscale (c) CRT (d) Analogue

219. Refresh rate is measure in __

(a) Seconds (b) degree (c) hertz (d) Frisch

220. A digital device bandwidth is measured in __

(a) Bits per seconds (b) bound per seconds (c) beat per seconds (d) bytes per seconds

221. Dot pitch is also called _

(a) Phosphor pitch (b) Sulphur pitch (c) Ditch pitch (d) Pinch Pitch

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222.

223.
Hand held scanner can be __ and __ Ans: Half page scanner and Pen scanner

Crystal display can be divided into _ and __ matrix

(a) High and Low (b) Active and Passive (c) Wire and Wireless (d) None of the above
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224. Processor can be divided into __ and __

(a) RAM and ROM (b) Input and Output (c) ALU and Control Unit (d) Duo core and 5htz

225. Who is recognized as the first computer programmer

(a) Charles Babbage (b) Pascal Abacus (c) Joseph Marie Jacquard (d) Augusta Byron

226. Joseph Marie jacquard invented _ in 1801.

(a) Printer (b) Storage devices (c) sensory itch (d) power loom

227. __ & __ invented punch card machine

(a) Herman & Hollerith (b) Charles & Abacus (c) Joseph & Hollerith (d) Augusta &
Pascal

228. CoBol means Common Business Oriented Language 1960

229. FORTRAN means Formula Translation

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230. Add, mov and sub are example of what language

(a) Assembly language (b) Preprocessor Language (c) High level language (d) Machine
language

231. 5.25 floppy disk was invented in what generation....

(a) 5th (b) 4th (c) 2nd (d) 3rd

232. 110012 + 111012

(a) 1111002 (b) 1101102 (c) 1011002 (d) 0111002

233. 1011012 – 110112

(a) 100102 (b) 11002 (c) 101002 (d) 011002

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234. 3018 + 4078 +1708

(a) 12408 (b) 11008 (c) 41008 (d) 76308

235. 110112 × 1012

(a) 11110002 (b) 111101102 (c) 101100112 (d) 100001112

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236. ABCD + BCD

(a) A9BD (b) B789 (c) 7ABC (d) B79A

237. Convert 101.11012 to decimal number

(a) 5.2398 (b) 3.2374 (c) 5.9375 (d) 3.2398

238. Convert 0.687510 to binary

(a) 0.00102 (b) 0.11002 (c) 0.10112 (d) 0.01102

239. Convert 1AC to decimal format

(a) 634 (b) 428 (c) 208 (d) 854

240. Convert 12BC to octal number

(a) 112748 (b) 234118 (c) 723828 (d) 113248

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241. Convert 0.101011002 to octal base

(a) 0.4208 (b) 0.1708 (c) 0.4308 (d) 0.5308

242. Convert 0.10101111 to hexadecimal format

(a) 0.A2016 (b) 0.1CA16 (c) 0.43016 (d) 0.53616

243. 0.4568 to binary number

(a) 0.1001011102 (b) 0.1111011102 (c) 0.0101011102 (d) 0.1001111112

244. 0.ABC to binary number

(a) 0.1001011102 (b) 0.1111011102 (c) 0.1010101111002 (d) 0.1001111112

245. 7358 × 728

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(a) 452748 (b) 234118 (c) 531208 (d) 113248

246. 1 octal = how many binary bit

(a) 8binary bit (b) 2binary bit (c) 4binary bit (d) 3binary bit
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247. 4 binary bit = how many hexadecimal

(a) A octal (b) A decimal (c) A hexadecimal (d) 2octal

248. 32.516 to denary

(a) 72.32 (b) 20.86 (c) 43.29 (d) 65.6

249. 11011.10012 to decimal

(a) 72.3234 (b) 20.8645 (c) 43.2349 (d) 27.5625

250. If 30145 = 21125+ x5 find the value of x

(a) 4025 (b) 3305 (c) 20435 (d) 10245

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 Answers

201. B 211. A 221. A 231. B 241. D

202. D 212. D 222. - 232. B 242. D

203. B 213. A 223. B 233. A 243. A

204. C 214. D 224. C 234. B 244. C

205. D 215. B 225. D 235. D 245. C

206. B 216. B 226. D 236. D 246. D

207. B 217. C 227. A 237. C 247. A

208. C 218. A 228. - 238. C 248. B

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210.
C

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219.

220.

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251.
C

D
229.

230.
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A
239.

240.
B

The refresh rate for a monitor is measured in _________ ans:hertz

249.

250.
D

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(a) frequency (b) per second (c) hertz (d) rate
252. The dot pitch of colour monitors for personal computers raise from about ans:
0.15 to 0.30mm
(a) 0.12 to 0.24mm (b) 0.15mm to 0.30mm (c) 0.10mm to 0.30mm (d) 0.11mm to
0.21mm
253. __________ is the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of
time. Ans:bandwith
(a) refresh rate (b) dot-pitch (c) bandwidth (d) convergence (e) frequency
254. The dot-matrix printers can print up to _____ line per second ans:500
(a) 500 (b) 100 (c) 30 (d) 3000
255. The XGA monitors display at ____ resolution ans: 640 x 480
(a) 640 x 480 (b) 320 x 200 (c) 1600 x 1200 (d) 1280 x 1024
256. A monitor that display at 640 x 480 has many pixels ans:300,000

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 (a) 300,000 (b) 100,000 (c) 400,000 (d) 500,000
257. One of these printer does not possess good letter quality. Ans: dotmatrix
(a) daisy-wheel (b) ink-jet (c) laser (d) dox-matrix
258. A full page monitor are of ______ in size. Ans 16inches and above
(a) 14 inches and above (b) 16 inches and above (c) 15 inches and above (d) all of
the above
259. _____ printer are capable of printing an almost unlimited of variety of print. Ans:
ink-jet
(a) ink-jet (b) line (c) daisy-wheel (d) dot-matrix
260. One of these printers can only print text. Ans: line
(a) ink-jet (b) dot-matrix (c) line (d) laser
261. ____ printer are limited to one or few text. Ans: dotmatrix

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(a) ink-jet (b) line (c) laser (d) dotmatrix
262.

263.
A typical inkjet printer proves a resolution of _____ dot per inch. Ans:300
(a) 300 (b) 255 (c) 200 (d) 240
Which is usually called page printers. Ans: laser
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(a) laser (b) inkjet (c) dotmatrix (d) daisywheel
264. The print quality of a dotmatrix printer vary from ____ to 24. Ans:9
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 11
265. One of these is not true about inkjet and laser printer. Ans: noise
(a) The former is less expensive than the latter
(b) Both the former and latter produce letter-quality type
(c) Both the former and latter are non-impact printers
(d) The former generate more noise while the latter generate little noise
(e) The former and the latter are capable to print unlimited variety of fonts
266. One of these belong to a non-impact printer ans:inkjet
(a) ink-jet (b) dot-matrix (c) line (d) daisywheel
267. A typical size for small VGA monitor is _____. Ans: 14inches
(a) 14inches (b) 15inches (c) 16inches (d) 17inches

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268. One of these is not a disadvantages of line printer. Ans: they are expensive
(a) the are expensive (b) they can print only one font (c) they cannot print graphics (d)
they are very noisy
269. Which printer uses liquid crystals or light-emitting diodes to produce an image on
the drum. Ans: line
(a) ink-jet (b) laser (c) line (d) daisywheel
270. ____ is a display technique that enables a monitor to provide more resolution
inexpensively. Ans:interlacing
(a) interlacing (b) bandwidth (c) dot-pitch (d) resolution (e) convergence
271. ____ is a measurement that indicates the vertical distance between each pixel on
a display screen. Ans:dotpitch
a(a) interlacing (b) bandwidth (c) dot-pitch (d) resolution (e) convergence

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NB: Those questions were compiled to complement our reading and should not be
placed prior to the lecture note. kindly read the lecturer materials to detail.
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