Read each question carefully and choose the correct option from letter A – E
- …………… is an electronic device which, under the control of a stored program can accept, process, store, retrieve data, and output the result as information in a specified form.
(a) Abacus
(b) Napier’s bone
(c) Calculator
(d) Computer
(e) Slide rule - ………… is an ingenious stick for performing arithmetic operation by the manipulation of rods called bones.
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Slide rule
(c) calculator
(d) Abacus
(e) Pascaline - …………… can be defined as a programmable electronic device designed for performing prescribed operations on data at high speed.
(a) Computer
(b) Difference engine
(c) Jacquard’s loom
(d) Pascaline
(e) Calculator - Data comes from a singular ………… word datum, which originally meant “something given”.
(a) Latin
(b) French
(c) English
(d) Greek
(e) Hebrew - …………… are programs designed to solve problems of specific nature.
(a) System software
(b) Application software
(c) Operating system
(d) Translators
(e) All of the above - Information is …………… data
(a) stored
(b) unprocessed
(c) processed
(d) copied
(e) original. - ……………… was invented by Blaise Pascal
(a) Difference engine
(b) Slide rule
(c) calculator
(d) Abacus
(e) Pascaline - The following are word processing terminologies except ……………
(a) Drop cap
(b) Program
(c) Alignment
(d) Save
(e) Copy - There are basically …… types of printers
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - ………… is a manual calculating or counting device which uses beads instead of fingers to represent numbers.
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Slide rule
(c) Abacus
(d) Difference engine
(e) All of the above - There are …… basic operations of the computer
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - ……………… was the first machine to use punch cards to control a sequence of operations.
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Computer
(c) Jacquard’s loom
(d) Difference engine
(e) Pascaline - In what year was the Napier’s bone invented?
(a) 1642
(b) 1617
(c) 1630
(d) 1940
(e) 1837 - Computer hardware is divided into ……… main categories
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - Another name for information is ………………
(a) soft copy
(b) hard copy
(c) unprocessed data
(d) binary digits
(e) Original data - The ……………… incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and integrated memory, making it the first design for a general-purpose computer.
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Jacquard’s loom
(c) Calculator
(d) Abacus
(e) Analytical engine - ………… is a set of connected parts forming a complex whole.
(a) A system
(b) A program
(c) CPU
(d) None of the above
(e) All of the above - The computer system can be grouped into ……
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - …………… was used majorly for addition and subtraction and could not carry out complex mathematics.
(a) Difference engine
(b) Slide rule
(c) Analytical engine
(d) Abacus
(e) Napier’s bone - The …………… is the main part of a desktop computer, also known as tower or computer casing.
(a) operating system
(b) CPU
(c) monitor
(d) peripheral unit
(e) system unit - ……………… is any piece of hardware attached to the computer’s system unit to facilitate or enhance input and output operations.
(a) Keyboard
(b) A peripheral device
(c) A mouse
(d) CPU
(e) A scanner - ………… helps in doing many tasks, as well as calculations.
(a) Computer
(b) Calculator
(c) Data
(d) Information
(e) Abacus - The slide rule was invented by ………………
(a) John Napier
(b) William Oughtred
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Blaise Pascal
(e) the Chinese - ………… is a program that enables the computer to perform a specific task
(a) System unit
(b) Database
(c) CPU
(d) Software
(e) Memory - The ………… houses the Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory units, motherboard, power pack, computer cards and other functional parts of the computer.
(a) operating system
(b) ALU
(c) monitor
(d) keyboard
(e) system unit - The usage of data dates back to the ………..
(a) 1300s
(b) 1900s
(c) 1600s
(d) 2000s
(e) 1500s - ………… is the driver of the hardware.
(a) Software
(b) System unit
(c) Monitor
(d) CPU
(e) Keyboard - …………… are usually used for either input, storage, output and communication devices (such as a hard disk, keyboard, printer, modems, digital and camera.
(a) Peripherals
(b) System unit
(c) Monitors
(d) Photocopier
(e) All of the above - In 1822, Charles Babbage developed the ………………… that could perform complex calculations correctly and rapidly on the principle that anticipated the modern electronic computer.
(a) difference engine
(b) tabulating machine
(c) computer
(d) abacus
(e) calculator - The ………. was the second commercial computer produced in the United States.
(a) ENIAC
(b) UNIVAC I
(c) EDSAC
(d) MARK 1
(e) EDVAC - There are …… types of software in the computer system
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - …………… is a gear-driven mechanical machine, which performed whole-number addition and subtraction
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Slide rule
(c) calculator
(d) Abacus
(e) Pascaline - System software are further into ……
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - ……………… was the first calculator that could perform all four arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
(a) The Stepped reckoner
(b) Slide rule
(c) Abacus
(d) Analytical engine
(e) Pascaline - ……………… are software that manage other programs in the computer system and facilitates the optimal use of the hardware.
(a) Application software
(b) Utility software
(c) System software
(d) Microsoft word
(e) Microsoft excel - The Stepped Reckoner was invented in ……………
(a) 1617
(b) 1620
(c) 1642
(d) 1694
(e) 1822 - ………… is an output device that brings out hard copy information from the computer.
(a) Projector
(b) Monitor
(c) Speaker
(d) Photocopier
(e) Printer - The speed of a computer can be made faster or slower by the kind of …………… that it contains.
(a) application software
(b) microprocessor
(c) integrated circuit
(d) operating system
(e) device driver - …………… can be defined as suit of programs, languages and documentation filed into the computer by programmers for easy operation of the computer.
(a) Ms word
(b) ALU
(c) Translator
(d) Software
(e) System unit - …………… serves as the interface between the hardware and the end users.
(a) Translator
(b) Utility software
(c) System software
(d) Application software
(e) Device driver - ……………… was developed by Charles Babbage in 1837.
(a) Jacquard’s loom
(b) Slide rule
(c) Calculator
(d) Analytical engine
(e) Computer - The computer as a machine, does not suffer from the human traits of tiredness, nor does it lose concentration even after working continuously for a long time.
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Not sure
(d) Partially true
(e) All of the above - ………… was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer and it was developed by John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert.
(a) MARK 1
(b) EDSAC
(c) EDVAC
(d) ENIAC
(e) Von Newman machine - ………………… was the founder of the Tabulating Machine Company that later merged to become IBM.
(a) Joseph Jacquard
(b) William Oughtred
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Blaise Pascal
(e) Herman Hollerith - Jacquard’s loom was invented in ………
(a) 1804
(b) 1642
(c) 1837
(d) 1630
(e) 1822 - ……………… a British mathematician, philosopher, inventor, polymath and mechanical engineer, was the first person to design a computer that is different from a calculator.
(a) Joseph Jacquard
(b) Jonh Napier
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Gottfried William von Leibniz
(e) Herman Hollerith - ……… was completed in 1945 and first put to work for practical purpose on December 10, 1945.
(a) MARK 1
(b) EDSAC
(c) EDVAC
(d) ENIAC
(e) UNIVAC I - The following are input devices except ……………
(a) keyboard
(b) mouse
(c) microphone
(d) speaker
(e) joystick - In what year was the slide rule invented?
(a) 1930
(b) 1617
(c) 1630
(d) 1822
(e) 1837 - ………… is the driving force of the computer without which the computer cannot work.
(a) Monitor
(b) ALU
(c) Translator
(d) Software
(e) Keyboard - The following are the early computing devices of the twentieth century except ……………
(a) MARK 1
(b) EDSAC
(c) EDVAC
(d) ENIAC
(e) None of the above - Visual Display Unit is another name for ………………
(a) system unit
(b) scanner
(c) printer
(d) web cam
(e) monitor - The following are output devices except …………………
(a) microphone
(b) speaker
(c) monitor
(d) plotter
(e) printer - ……………… is a hand-sized computer that has no keyboard, but the screen serves both as an input and output device.
(a) Laptop computer
(b) Desktop computer
(c) Palmtop computer
(d) Mini computer
(e) All of the above - ……………… is referred to as the father of computers.
(a) Joseph Jacquard
(b) William Oughtred
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Blaise Pascal
(e) Herman Hollerith - The ………… was a binary serial computer with automatic addition, subtraction, multiplication, programmed division and automatic checking with an ultrasonic serial memory capacity of 1,000 44-bit words.
(a) ENIAC
(b) Von Newman machine
(c) EDSAC
(d) MARK 1
(e) EDVAC - Hollerith census machine was used to process the information obtained in the census of the population carried out in the United State in ………
(a) 1890
(b) 1946
(c) 1822
(d) 1971
(e) 1837 - …………… is any computer hardware equipment used to send data into the main storage of the computer for processing
(a) Peripheral device
(b) Input device
(c) Output device
(d) System unit
(e) Mouse - The following are characteristics of the computer except ………………
(a) accuracy
(b) retrieval of information
(c) inconsistency
(d) storage
(e) speed - Powerful PCs designed for professional or technical use are known as ……………
(a) computer network
(b) workstation
(c) laptop computer
(d) notebook computer
(e) micro computer - ………………… is a software package used to display information in the form of a slide show.
(a) Presentation package
(b) Spreadsheet package
(c) Word processing
(d) Graphics package
(e) Publication package - ……………… is a program that enables the computer to perform a specific task.
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) System unit
(d) Monitor
(e) BASIC - ………………. is a set of instructions written for the computer in a computer language, which tells the computer what to do
(a) Program
(b) BASIC
(c) System unit
(d) Monitor
(e) All of the above - The following are types of system software except …………………
(a) Operating system
(b) Language translators
(c) Utility programs
(d) Device drivers
(e) BASIC - ……………… represents the driving force for the computer without which the computer cannot work.
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) System unit
(d) Monitor
(e) Keyboard - The following are types of user interface except …………………
(a) Command line interface
(b) Graphical user interface
(c) Menu driven interface
(d) Touchscreen graphical user interface
(e) None of the above - Which of these is not an operating system?
(a) Microsoft Windows
(b) Microsoft Word
(c) Linux
(d) Ubuntu
(e) Mac OS - Which of the following is not a type of translator?
(a) Assembler
(b) Compiler
(c) Interpreter
(d) Transistor
(e) None of the above - The following are examples of utility programs except …………
(a) Antivirus
(b) Backup utilities
(c) Disk cleaner
(d) Clipboard manager
(e) Device drivers - ………………… is any program or number of programs designed for end-users to solve problems of specific nature.
(a) System software
(b) Application software
(c) Operating system
(d) Translators
(e) Computer hardware - ………………… is a set of words, symbols and codes that enables a programmer to communicate instructions to a computer.
(a) Programming language
(b) Database language
(c) Operating system
(d) Word processing
(e) Presentation packages - There are ……… levels of programming language
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - …………………… is one level above machine language though it is still considered as a low-level language. It uses mnemonic codes in place of numeric operation codes used by machine language.
(a) Programming language
(b) Database language
(c) Assembly language
(d) High level language
(e) Computer language - ………………… moves nearest to the programmer and away from the machine’s orientation. It uses symbols and words to give instructions to the computer.
(a) Programming language
(b) Database language
(c) Assembly language
(d) High level language
(e) Machine language - In what year was BASIC developed?
(a) 1946
(b) 1964
(c) 1971
(d) 1977
(e) 1990 - The following are BASIC statements except ………………
(a) REM
(b) PRINT
(c) SCAN
(d) GOTO
(e) STOP - …………… is an assignment statement used to assign numerical values (numbers and formulas) to a variable
(a) REM
(b) PRINT
(c) LET
(d) DATA
(e) READ - There are ……… types of communication strategies in ICT
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - The following are types of ICT except ………………
(a) Broadcasting
(b) Telecommunication
(c) Data network
(d) Information system
(e) None of the above - The following are the types of data network except …………………
(a) Personal Area Network (PAN)
(b) The Internet
(c) Wide Area Network (WAN)
(d) Information system
(e) Local Area Network (LAN) - ……………… is a telephone meeting between two or more people who are in different locations through a telecommunications system.
(a) Teleconference
(b) Telepresence
(c) Telecomputing
(d) Telecommunication
(e) Messaging - …………… simply means to work for an office or company from the comfort of your home or location, using mobile telecommunication technology such as telephone, or computer that is linked to that company.
(a) Telecommuting
(b) Telepresence
(c) Telecomputing
(d) Video conference
(e) Messaging - ……………… is the process when only the operating system is restarted (without being switched off) after the system freeze or hangs.
(a) Cold booting
(b) Warm booting
(c) Hot booting
(d) Cool boot
(e) Restart - The following are examples of word processors except ………………
(a) Microsoft word
(b) Microsoft PowerPoint
(c) PageMaker
(d) Google Docs
(e) Word Perfect - …………………… presentation package is a software package used to display information in the form of a slide show.
(a) Word processing
(b) Presentation package
(c) Spreadsheet package
(d) Publication package
(e) Graphics package