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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following devices is NOT used in b. storage
point of sale terminals? c. processing
d. input
a. Printer
b. Plotter 7. Which of the following is NOT a function of the
c. Barcode reader control unit?
d. Electronic cash register
a. Read instructions
2. An application in which scanners are commonly b. Interpret instructions
used is c. Direct operations
d. Execute instructions
a. publishing
b. billing 8. The unit of storage used to represent a character is
c. printing reports
d. cheque processing a. bit
b. byte
3. Which of the following terms does NOT refer to a c. word
form of information processing? d. kilobyte
13. Which is not an example of a peripheral device? 20. Third generation computers were used during the
period:
a. Keyboard
b. Mouse a. 1933-1945
c. Floppy disk b. 1945-1956
d. Speakers c. 1956-1963
d. 1964-1970
14. A program is a:
21. Which generation of computers used ultra large
a. Hardware device scale integration (ULSI)?
b. Memory device
c. Set of instructions a. First generation
d. Register b. Second generation
c. Third generation
15. Which device is not found in the CPU? d. Fourth generation
28. E-mail is the transmission of messages and files via 34. Each website on the Internet can be accessed by
a computer network. E-mail is short for entering a unique address. This address is referred
to as the
a. encrypted mail
b. emerging mail a. HTTP
c. entertainment mail b. HTML
d. electronic mail c. FTP
d. URL
29. Which of the following is NOT a type of
transmission medium? 35. Which of the following items CANNOT be sent via
email?
a. Coaxial
b. Twisted pair a. Text documents
c. Modem b. Parcels
d. Microwave c. Sound files
d. Graphic images
30. Persons at a downtown cafe realized that they were
able to access the Internet on their laptop Item 14 refers to the icon below.
computers. The cafe could be considered as a
32. Uploading or downloading data to or from a remote 37. The ones complement of 01010011 is
computer is done using
IV. They do the same functions as a foreign
a. 11010011 key.
b. 01011111
c. 10101100 a. I only
d. 11111111 b. II and III only
c. III and IV only
38. Hexadecimal has a base value of d. I, II, III and IV
42. The term used to describe an attribute that can a. candidate key
function like a primary key is a b. secondary key
c. foreign key
a. candidate key d. composite key
b. secondary key
c. foreign key 48. Which of the following devices is used to perform
d. composite key input into the computer?
50. The technology used to read pencil or pen marks on a. particular data types
a multiple choice answer sheet is b. data in a specific range
c. transcription errors
a. OCR d. correct relationships between files
b. OMR
c. POS 53. Which of the following is NEITHER a validation
d. MICR NOR a verification check?
51. Methods that can be used for validation and a. Storage media check
verification of data are b. Inconsistency check
c. Data-type check
a. range checks d. Range check
b. data type checks
c. inconsistency checks
Items 7 - 8 refer to the document below which shows a water bill.
SECTION A
Account Number Meter Number Bill Days Account Number Bill Date
111222-3 2009/12/04
TOTAL DATE DUE
$25.41 2009/12/29
Mr Tom Bill
21 Hill Top View
ST MICHAEL
a. Validation a. plotter
b. Verification b. laser printer
c. Source document c. graphics tablet
d. Data capture d. light pen
63. Which one of the following is not an advantage of 69. Which of the following output is an example of a
magnetic strip codes? hardcopy?
a. They are easy and cheap to produce. a. An oral speech delivered by a speaker
b. The strip can store enough information for b. A bill produced from a printer
simple transactions. c. The display on a monitor
c. The data can be changed, altered, forged or d. A picture on a wall produced from a
erased by magnetic fields. multimedia projector
d. Cuts down on paperwork that would otherwise
be involved in a transaction. 70. Resolution determines the clarity of the image
displayed on a monitor. The term resolution refers
64. Which of the following is not true about barcodes? to the number of pixels
a. Laser, dot matrix, inkjet 79. Which of the following control structures is the
b. Inkjet, dot matrix, laser MOST appropriate for reading data from an array?
c. Laser, inkjet, dot matrix
d. Dot matrix, inkjet, laser a. Sequence
b. Selection
73. A monitors capabilities depend on all except: c. Repetition
d. Recursion
a. Resolution
b. Size 80. Given the following algorithm
c. Refresh rate
d. Print quality j5
kj
74. NLQ refers to: jj+k
kj+3
a. Refresh rate display k
b. The number of characters per second
c. Print quality The value displayed for k is
d. Type of monitor
a. 10
75. All of the following are non-impact printers except: b. 11
c. 13
a. Chain d. 14
b. Thermal
c. Inkjet 81. The following variables s, t and u have been
d. Laser assigned the values shown.
s5
76. Which is not a characteristic of laser printers? t6
u3
a. They are quiet
b. They have high print speeds Which of the following statements does NOT
c. Use toner similar to that found in photocopiers evaluate to true?
d. Can produce multiple copies by printing on
duplicating paper a. u > 7 and t <= 7
b. s < t or u < s - 2
77. Microfilm output is stored on: c. u - 2 >= 1
d. t <> 4 or s = 5
a. Rectangular sheet of film
b. Photographic paper 82. Which of the following algorithms satisfies the
c. Magnetic paper requirement of asking the user to input two
d. A roll of film numbers, calculating the average and displaying the
result?
a. display Enter two numbers 86. Which of the following languages is NOT a high-
input a, b level language?
c (a+b)/2
display c a. C
b. COBOL
b. input a, b c. ASSEMBLY
c (a+b)/2 d. PASCAL
display c
c. display Enter two numbers 87. Errors that occur in a program when the rules of the
input a, b programming languages are NOT obeyed are called
c a+b/2
display c a. Syntax errors
d. input a, b b. Logical errors
c a + b/2 c. Execution errors
display c d. Run-time errors
83. Which of the following algorithms does NOT 88. Which of the following is NOT a type of program
display four consecutive numbers? error?
A7 a. I and II only
B9 b. I and III only
AB-A c. II and III only
BA+B d. I, II and III
Write A, B
100. Which of the following are true about the use of
The output of this algorithm is indentation in programming?
a. a declaration a. Assembly
b. a computation b. COBOL
c. C c. :=
d. PASCAL d. = =
102. The Pascal code var x, y would generate an error. 107. The variable total is assigned the value 12. Which
The term used to describe this type of error is output shows the CORRECT display when the
Pascal code writeln(total = ); is executed?
a. run time error
b. execution error a. total =
c. logical error b. 12
d. syntax error c. total = 12
d. total =
Item 26 refers to the following pseudocode
108. Which of the following identifiers is a valid
Read A, B variable name?
If A < 2
C2 a. Begin
Else b. iCount
C6 c. Num-1
End if d. 5Sum
D C*B+2
Write D 109. Which of the following statements would be placed
in the flowchart box shown below?
103. What is printed by the pseudocode if the input
values are 5 and 2 respectively?
a. 6
b. 12
c. 14 a. Read A
d. 24 b. A > 25
c. Count Count + 1
104. A compiler is a software that converts the d. Output C
a. source code to assembly code 110. Which of the following actions is NOT considered
b. source code to machine code to be a computer crime?
c. program to output
d. program to object code one instruction at a a. Encryption
time b. Piracy
c. Industrial Espionage
105. The result of the expression 3 mod 4 is d. Hacking
a. =
b.
112. A new employee at a financial company has been c. custom-purpose software
asked to set a password on her computer. She has d. off-the-shelf software
tried setting the password on several occasions but
gets an error message which says password not 118. Which of the following is NOT a software
effective. The problem can be corrected by interface?
entering a password that is
a. Command-driven
a. made up of several numbers b. Touch screen
b. a relatives name c. Menu-driven
c. composed of at least six upper case characters d. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
d. a mixture of mixed case and alphanumeric
characters 119. The name of the interface used by blind persons to
perform operations on a computer is
113. Scrambling of messages at the sending end and
unscrambling them at the receiving end is called a. sensor
b. icon
a. espionage c. braille
b. encryption d. touch screen
c. coding
d. eavesdropping 120. Which of the following statements is true of a
transaction file?
114. Which of the following is NOT a function of an
operating system? a. It is the most complete and up-to-date file.
b. It is used as a back-up copy.
a. Control input/output operations c. It is used for real-time processing.
b. Provide security d. It is used to update the master file.
c. Perform calculations
d. Provide a friendly user interface 121. Which type of processing system will use
sequential file organisation?
115. Which of the following is NOT a type of
application software? a. Real-time processisng
b. Batch processing
a. Word processor c. Transaction processing
b. Spreadsheets d. Online processing
c. Windows
d. Smart Draw 122. An airline reservation system is an example of
a. Can transfer data from one component to 132. Operating system software that allows more than
another very easily one user to access the same data is called:
b. Costs less than individual applications
c. Takes up less disk space than individual a. Multitasking operating system
applications b. Multi-user operating system
d. All of the above c. Single user operating system
d. File managing operating system
126. Which of the following is not considered to be
system software? 133. Text entered into a spreadsheet is aligned towards
the left by default. These entries are called
a. Graphics presentation software
b. Operating system a. values
c. Utility program b. labels
d. Language translators c. formulae
d. functions
127. Which of the following is not a function of the
operating system? 134. Which of the following formatting features is
unique to numbers in spreadsheets?
a. Managing files and memory
b. Managing tasks a. Bold
c. Creating a document b. Custom
d. Managing input and output devices c. Italics
d. Indent
128. Batch processing can be used for:
135. To centre the title rows of a spreadsheet across the
a. Payroll processing columns
b. Processing utility bills
c. Credit card billing a. centre align the title rows
d. All of the above b. centre align the title columns
c. merge and centre title rows
129. Real-time processing is used for: d. merge and centre title columns
a. its value becomes constant 146. The storage capacity of a floppy disk is
b. its cell address becomes constant
c. its label becomes constant a. 1.44 MB
d. its cell value changes automatically b. 1.44 GB
c. 1440 KB
140. Spreadsheet formulae use d. 1440 MB
a. values, labels or cell addresses 147. The process of preparing a floppy disk to store data
b. values, mathematical operators, cell addresses from a computer is called
c. labels or cell addresses
d. values or cell addresses a. deleting
b. erasing
141. Which of the following is NOT involved in c. formatting
extraction or filtering of records in spreadsheets? d. archiving
a. Value range 148. Which of the following does NOT provide serial
b. Criteria range access?
c. List range
d. Copy to range a. Reel to reel tape
b. Microfilm
142. Which of the following storage media provides c. Microfiche
sequential access only? d. Cartridge tape
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