Ict question with answers

SECTION A (35 MARKS) 1. A user refers to a person who uses a computer for the purposes of ___________. I. playing games II. communication III. doing homework IV. business advertisement A. B. C. D. 2. I, II, and III I, II, and IV II, III, and IV I, II, III, and IV

Storage devices include __________. I. keyboard II. DVD drives III. hard drives IV. floppy disk drives A. B. C. D. I, II, and III I, II, and IV II, III, and IV I, II, III, and IV

3.

Output devices ____________________. A. B. C. D. are used for data storage act as the brain of the computer shows people the processed data or information accept data or commands in a form that the computer can use

4.

Central processing unit (CPU) ________________. A. B. C. D. executes computer instructions show people the processed data hold data and programme temporarily send the data or commands to the processing unit

5.

__________ is a set of programs that lies between applications software and the computer hardware. A. B. C. D. BIOS program Utility program Operating system Operating environment

6.

Examples of application software include _______________. A. B. C. D. word processing, spreadsheets and databases accounting, games and programming language internet browser, desktop publishing and BIOS program word processing, accounting and programming languages

7.

A CPU comprises of CU and _________. A. B. C. D. ALU processor Input devices output devices

8.

____________ will loose its content when the power is interrupted or turned off. A. B. C. D. ROM RAM A Diskette A Hard disk

9.

Music, speech, or any other sounds are examples of ___________ information. A. B. C. D. text video audio graphic

10.

Which one of the following cycles is the correct information processing cycle for the control unit operations? A. B. C. D. Fetching - Decoding - Executing - Storing Decoding - Fetching - Executing - Storing Executing - Fetching - Storing - Decoding Storing - Fetching - Decoding - Executing

11.

Information processing cycle comprises of _____________. I. input II. Output III. Storage IV. process A. B. C. D. I and II I, II, and III I, III, and IV I, II, III, and IV

12.

What is a bit? A. B. C. D. A bit is the largest unit of information. A bit is the biggest unit of information. A bit is the longest unit of information. A bit is the smallest unit of information.

13.

There are three character codes to represent characters, which are ___________, _________, and ____________. A. B. C. D. ASCII, EBCDIC, APA ASCII, EBCDIC, ADA ASCII, EBCDIC, Units ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode

14.

16 bits is equivalent to ______bytes. A. B. C. D. 2 4 6 8

15.

Below are the features of Megahertz. I. 1000 MHz = 0.1 GHz II. One MHz represents one million cycles per second. III. The speeds of buses and interfaces are also measured in MHz. IV. A one megahertz clock (1MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc.) are manipulated one million times per second. A. B. C. D. I, II and III I, III and IV II, III and IV All of the above

16.

The primary storage of a computer holds data temporarily. TRUE / FALSE Random Access Memory (RAM) is the primary storage in the computer system. TRUE / FALSE The CPU utilities the computer memory to execute instructions from the user such as editing a letter, drawing a picture and sorting numbers. TRUE / FALSE A storage medium is the physical material in the computer that keeps data, instruction and information. TRUE / FALSE Music, speech or any other sounds are examples of video information. TRUE / FALSE

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

Software can have various functions including performing computation, communicate with other software and human interaction. TRUE / FALSE Output devices shows people the processed data or information. TRUE / FALSE Central processing unit (CPU) executes computer instructions. TRUE / FALSE Utility program is a set of programs that lies between applications software and the computer hardware. TRUE / FALSE A processed raw input is also known as information. TRUE / FALSE

22.

23.

24.

25.

QUESTION 26 35 : Look at the pictures below. Write the device name to match with the correct number. 28 26 speaker 27 27

printer

26

Lcd monitor
scanner Pen drives 30 29 31 32 keyboard mouse router

28
29 30 31 32 33

Card reader
33 34 35 Digital camera

34
35

SECTION B ( 10 MARKS ) a) Define computer system a computer system is defined as combination of components designed to process data and store files ( 2 marks ) b) State the meaning of input, processor, output and storage. Imput: entering data into the computer. Process: performing operations on the data. Output: presenting the result. Storage: saving data or output for future use. ( 4 marks ) c) Draw a block diagram and describe the information processing cycle which includes input, process, output and storage.

input

process

output

storage

BLOCK DIAGRAM ( 4 marks )

SECTION C ( 5 MARKS ) Answer ALL questions in the answer sheet provided. You are to in charge of the computer systems of a company. What do you know about the computer software. Word processing an office application that enables user to create, edit, format, and print textual document.