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Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka.

General Information Technology Examination Prototype Question Paper
Paper I

Answer all Questions.

1. Which of the following is sometimes referred to as the brain of the computer?
(1) Microprocessor Chip (2) RAM
(3) Hard Disk (4) ALU

2. Which of the following is a category of computer crime?

A. theft of computer time for software development .
B. theft of programs or data
C. alteration of data stored in a computer file
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B, and C

3. Which of the following was conceived by Charles Babbage that embodies the key
features of modem computers
(1) analytic engine (2) analytic computer
(3) difference engine (4) tabulating machine

4. The parts of a computer are connected by collections of wires called

(1) networks. (2) paths. (3) buses. (4)
tracks.

5. Which of the following is not an operating system?

(1) MVS (2) PS2 (3) Ultrix
(4) Linux

6. A translator that translates symbolic statements into computer-executable

statements is usually
(1) an interpreter. (2) a decoder. (3) a compiler. (4) a
decipher.

7. A network which has a host computer that is responsible for managing the LAN is
called
(1) a bus network. (2) a ring network.
(3) a star network. (4) a peer-to-peer network.

8. A modem is needed for

(1) a computer to connect to a LAN.
(2) a computer to connect to a digital network.
(3) digital communication over an analogue telephone network.
(4) all data communications.
9. What is the binary equivalent of 178 ?
(1) 11011011 (2) 10110110 (3) 10110010 (4) 10010011

10. What is the MSB and LSB of the binary equivalent of 127?
(1) l and l (2) l and O (3) O and l (4) O and O

11. What is the smallest unit of information in computers?

(1) letter (2) byte (3) bit (4) word

12. How many different encodings are used in ASCII?

(1) 256 (2) 128 (3) 21 (4) 16

13. Select the operation represented by the following truth table:

Input 1 Input 2 Output
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1

(1) OR (2) AND (3) NOT (4) EXOR

14. In Boolean algebra, what is 1 + 1 ?

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 10

15. Select the gate shown in the diagram:

(1) XOR
(2) NOR
(3) NAND
(4) XNOR

16. Select the values of A and B in the diagram:

(1) 0 and 0
(2) 1 and 0
(3) O and l
(4) 1 and 1

17. Basic Components of a system

(1) Hardware, Software and Liveware.
(2) Strategic, Practical and Operational.
(3) Expert System, Decision Support System and Transaction Processing
System.
(4) Input, Output and Processing.

18. What is the next phase after the system analysis phase in the SDLC in linear
model?
(1) feasibility study (2) system development
 (3) system design (4) testing

19. Out of the following which methods would be used for gathering information /
Data to develop an informatior system?
A. on site observation B. by questionnaires
C. interviews D. feasibility study
(1) A, B and C (2) B, C and D (3) C, D and A (4) B, D and A

20. An information system is needed to be developed for an organisation but a fixed

amount of money is available to be spent on the project. Which of the following phases
decides limitation of the cost?
(1) feasibility study (2) system development
(3) system design (4) testing

21. The type of information system focused at the operational level of a business
organization is called
(1) Management Information System (2) Expert System
(3) Decision Support System (4) Transaction Processing
System

22. Which of the following is / are true about a System?

A- A system is a collection of components.
B- In a System, components are interrelated.
C- System components work together to perform a specific task.
(1) A only (2) Bonly (3) A and B only (4) All A, B and C

23. Which of the following are disadvantages of a manual system

A- Unreliability
B- Slow performance
C- Diligence
(1) A and B (2) B and C (3) A and C (4) All A, B and C

24. The statement that declares a character called letter is

(1) char := letter; (2) type letter = char;
(3) letter = character; (4) letter: char;

25. Write a Pascal statement to display the text string “Valve open”, if the variable
waterflow is equal to 1, AND the variable oiitpuh’alue is equal to 0.
(1) if (waterflow = 1) AND (outputvalue = 0) then writeln (‘Valve open’);
(2) if (waterflow = 1) OR (outputvalue = 0) then writeln (‘Valve open’);
(3) if (waterflow = 0) AND (outputvalue = 1) then writeln (‘Valve open’);
(4) if (waterflow = 1) AND (outputvalue = 0) then writeln (‘Valve closed’);

26. Write a Pascal statement which declares a constant called MAXSIZE with a value
of 80.
(1) constant MAXSIZE — 80; (2) constant MAXSIZE - 80
 (3) const MAXSIZE =W; (4) const MAXSIZE 80;

27. Which of the following is an invalid Pascal relational operator ?

(1) = (2) (3) < (4) >

28. Write a Pascal statement which compares the integer variable sum to the constant
value 10, and if it is the sami prints the string “Good guess”
(1) if sum = 10 then writeln (“Good guess”);
(2) if (sum = = 10) then wnteln (‘Good guess’);
(3) if (sum = = 10) writeln (‘Good guess’);
(4) if sum =10 then writeln (‘Good guess’);

29. Write a for loop to display the output:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(1) for loop:= 1 to 10 do write (loop,’ ‘);
(2) for loop = 1 to 10 do write (‘loop ‘);
(3) for loop:= 1 to 9 do write (loop,’ ‘);
(4) for loop— 1 to 10 do write (loop,’ ‘);

30. Define an enumerated data type called chair, which has the set of values lounge,
deck, executive
(1) chair = (lounge, deck, executive);
(2) type chair = (lounge, deck, executive);
(3) var chair = (lounge, deck, executive);
(4) type chair := (lounge, deck, executive);

31. Write a Pascal statement to define an array called numbers, which is an integral
array with elements ranging from 1 to 20.
(1) type numbers = ARRAY [l..20] of int;
(2) type numbers = ARRAY [1..20] of integer;
(3) type numbers = ARRAY [l..20] of integer;
(4) var numbers = ARRAY [0..19] of int;

32. Times New Roman, Arial and Mistral are types of

(1) style (2) character (3) font (4) number

33. When you make changes to the content or words on a word processed page, it is
called
(1) inserting (2) formatting (3) editing (4) spell
checking

• Answer the questions 34 and 35 using a spread sheet package familiar to you.
34. Cell D6 contains a
(1) label. (2) value. (3) formula. (4) heading

35. The formula in H 15 is

(1) =SUM(H6:H14) (2) =SUM(H5:H13)
(3) =SUM(H6:H13) (4) =SUM(H7:H13)

36. A database is a
(1) collection of records either on paper or on computer.
(2) program for drawing pictures.
(3) program for playing music.
(4) program to edit pictures.

37. Information is stored in computerized databases because

(1) a lot can be stored in a small space and easily found or printed.
(2) it looks much more impressive.
(3) it can be easily sorted and is never deleted.
(4) information you want can be found easily.

38. Which of the following is a valid example for an e-mail address.

(1) saman/gamage@hotmail.com
(2) saman@gamage@hotmail.com
 (3) saman_gamage@hotmail.com
(4) saman.gamage.hotmail.com

39. The windows OS is popular, because of its

(1) command line interface. (2) graphical user interface.
(3) icons. (4) keyboard shortcuts.

40. The e-Sri Lanka project is implemented by

(1) Sri Lanka Information & Communication Technology Association
(2) ICTA
(3) QNTEC
(4) Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.