SET A

Name __________________________________________ Date _________________________ Course/Year : _________________ Score : _________________

PRELIM EXAMINATION
COMP 1 Basic Computer

TEST I.

MULTIPLE CHOICE Read carefully each of the following items and ENCIRCLE the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is an electronic device used to manipulate data so that useful information can be generated. a. machine b. computer c. CPU d. abacus 2. The home keys are a. ASDF JKL b. QWERTY c. ASDF JKL; d. All of these

3. Recognized today as the Father of Computers because his impressive designs foreshadowed the invention of the modern electronic digital computer. a. Napier Bones b. Charles Babbage c. Blaise Pascal d. Clifford Berr 4. Which of the following is not a mechanical computing device. a. Atanasoff-Berry Computer b. abacus c. Difference Engine d. pascaline 5. The following are examples of pre-mechanical computing except _____________. a. pebbles b. counting on fingers c. marks in sand d. mainframe 6. It is known as the process of saving data and instructions permanently. a. ROM b. RAM c. memory d. storage

7. This is the process of producing results from the data for getting useful information. a. input b. output c. control d. logic 8. It is a computer according to type of data handled in which output is based on the changing physical condition such as pressure, temperature, current, velocity, etc. a. Analog b. Digital c. Hybrid e. Super Computer 9. It determines the sequence in which computer programs and instructions are executed. It acts like the supervisor seeing that things are done in proper fashion. a. programmer b. arithmetic logical unit c. control unit d. input 10. When typing, your wrists should not be bent outward toward your pinky nor inward toward your thumb. Keep your wrists straight. This statement means a. Do not contort c. Dont rest your wrist b. Keep wrists neutral d. b & c 11. The following are various output technology except ____________. a. monitor b. printer c. scanner d. plotter 12 .It is the primary storage memory of the computer. a. Read Only Memory b. Random Access Memory c. Memory Card d. Disk

13. The software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. a. application b. operating system c. memory d. system software 14. It is a single user, single-tasking computer operating system that uses a command line interface first introduced in 1981 for IBM-PC. a. Unix b. Linux c. Windows d. MS-DOS 1

15. Frequently, the pain is located in the Thenar muscle, at the base of the thumb.

a. Repetitive Strain Injury b. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

c. Trigger Finger d. All of these

TEST II.

ENUMERATION. List down what is asked in each item. No abbreviation.

(1-4)

a) Tips in Keyboarding 1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________ b) Computers according to Capacity 5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________

(5-8)

c) Components of the central processing unit (9-10) 9. _____________________________ 10. _____________________________ d) Major classifications of computer 11. _____________________________ 12. _____________________________ 13. _____________________________ e) Examples of input devices 14. _____________________________ 15. _____________________________ 16. _____________________________ 17. _____________________________ f) Examples of output devices 18. _____________________________ 19. _____________________________ 20. _____________________________ g) Characteristics of an operating system 21. _____________________________ 22. _____________________________ 23. _____________________________ 24. _____________________________ 25. _____________________________ h) Internal DOS commands 26. _____________________________ 27. _____________________________ 28. _____________________________ 29. _____________________________ 30. _____________________________ i) External DOS commands 31. _____________________________ 32. _____________________________ 33. _____________________________ (11-13)

(14-17)

(18-20)

(21-25)

(26-30)

(31-33)

j) Wildcard characters 34. _____________________________ 35. _____________________________

(34-35)

TEST III. MATCHING TYPE.

_____ 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____10. _____11. _____12. _____13. _____14. _____15.

Match column A with column B.

B a. external DOS commands b. Tim Paterson c. volatile memory d. application software e. internal DOS commands f. Blaise Pascal g. stepped reckoner h. Charles Babbage i. MS-DOS j. process k. output l. input m. pre-mechanical computing n. operating system o. storage p. non-volatile memory

A Counting on fingers Pascaline Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz Difference & Analytical Engine keyboard monitor Random Access Memory control unit & arithmetic logical unit Windows, Ubuntu, MS-DOS Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint Father of DOS ver format command line interface non-volatile memory

TEST IV.

IDENTIFICATION. Write your answer inside the boxes.

Organization of Computer System (10 pts.) NO ERASURE

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TEST V.

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Directions: The following statements have its underlined boldface word/s. If the statement is true, write TRUE, while if the statement is false, REPLACE THE WORD/S TO MAKE IT CORRECT.

__________ 1. Super computer is the fastest and most expensive computer. __________ 2. Printer is an optical device that can input any graphical matter and display it back. __________ 3. Hybrid computers are those computers which are designed for scientific job like weather forecasting and artificial intelligence. __________ 4. Economics is the science concerned with designing safe and comfortable machines for 3

humans __________ 5. A command line interface contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by using a computer mouse. __________ 6. A computers operating system is its most important program managing both software and hardware resources. __________ 7. Special purpose computers are designed to be used to different types of problems or tasks. __________ 8. External commands are commands that reside memory whenever DOS is active. __________ 9. The combination of features of analog and digital computer is called Hybrid Computer. __________10. Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was considered as the first programmer.