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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2008 Past Paper I

Duration 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

This paper consists of SIXTY multiple choice questions tobe completed by students.

Answers should be marked on the answer sheet provided.

Each item in this test has four suggested answerslettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item carefully thenchoose the best answer.

Sample Item

Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose softwaretools? Sample Answer

(A)Spreadsheet and database software(B)Word processor and accounting software(C)Students record system and database software

(D)Insurance processing and spreadsheet software

The best answer to this item is spreadsheet and database software,so answer space (A) has been shaded.

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1. When a computer is working on given instructions it is called?a. Outputb. Storage

c. Processingd. Input

2. Hexadecimal has a base value of?a. 6b. 8c. 16d. 18

3. Which of the following is NOT a function of the control unit?a. Read instructions

b. Interpret instructionc. Direct operationd. Execute instructions

4. The unit of storage used to represent a character is?a. Bitb. Bytec. Wordd. Kilobyte

5. Which of the following storage media provides sequential access

only?a. Floppy diskb. Magnetic diskc. Magnetic taped. Optical Disk

6. Which of the following storage media used laser technology tostore data

a. Floppy diskb. Magnetic tapec. CD-ROM

d. Hard disk

7. The technology used to read pencil or pen marks on a multiplechoice answer sheet is?

a. OCRb. OMRc. POSd. MICR

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8. The MOST suitable device for the output of architectural drawing

is a?a. Plotterb. Laser printerc. Graphics tabletd. Lightpen

9. Which of the following output is an example of a hardcopy?a. An oral speech delivered by a speakerb. A bill produced from the printerc. The display on a monitord. A picture on a wall produced from a multimedia projector

10. The decimal equivalent of 000011112 is?a. 8b. 12c. 15d. 28

11. The BCD representation of (-15) is?a. 100000011111b. 101100101111c. 000000011111

d. 101100010101

12. In modern computers, the CPU speed is measured in?a. Kilohertzb. gigabytesc. kilobytesd. gigahertz

13. Which of the following is not application software?a. WordProcessorb. Spreadsheets

c. Windowsd. SmartDraw

14. Which of the following is not a function of the operatingsystem?

a. Control input/output operations.b. Provides securityc. Perform calculation

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d. Provide a friendly interface

15. An example of multitasking is?a. Doing a background save while typing a documentb. Allowing many users to use the same program

c. Allowing one user to use one programd. Operating one program by many users16. Quality Developers is a company that writes programs to

do specific jobs for other companies. These programs are called?a. General-purpose softwareb. Special-purpose softwarec. Custom-purpose softwared. Off-the-shelf software

17. Which of the following is not a type of software interface?a. Command Driven

b. Touch screenc. Menu-Drivend. Graphical User Interface(GUI)

18. An airline reservation system is an example ofa. Batch processingb. Real time processingc. Interactive processingd. Distributed processing

19. The name of the interface used by blind persons to perform

operation on a computer isa. Sensorb. Iconc. Brailled. Touch screen

20. Which of the following is NOT a type of transmissionmedium?

a. Coaxialb. Twisted pairc. Modem

d. Microwave

21. Persons at a downtown caf realized that they were able toaccess the internet on their laptop computers. The caf could beconsidered as a?

a. Metropolitan area networkb. Hotspotc. Local area network

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d. Satellite

22. Which of the following technologies does NOT facilitate thetransferring of data between computers in adjacent buildings

a. Fibre optic

b. Bluetoothc. Twisted paird. Microwave

23. A group of persons who share common interests andcommunicate by posting messages and replies on the internet iscalled a/an?

a. Podcastb. Newsgroup

c. Uploaderd. Surfer

24. Uploading or downloading data to or from a remotecomputer is done using?

a. File transfer protocolb. Inter relay chatc. Bloggingd. Instant messaging

25. Each website on the Internet can be accessed by entering

a unique address. This address is referred to as?a. HTTPb. HTMLc. FTPd. URL

26. Which of the following items cannot be sent via email?a. Text documentb. Parcelsc. Sound filesd. Graphics images

27. Which of the following pair of items is used to createwebpage?

a. Homepage and Websiteb. HTML and authoring toolc. ISP and web browserd. Internet and URL

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28. Which one of the following statements BEST describes theterm information?

a. It is raw factsb. It is meaningfulc. It is not the result of processing

d. It does not have any value

29. Which of the following actions is NOT considered to be acomputer crime?

a. Encryptionb. Piracyc. Industrial Espionaged. Hacking

30. Which of the following is NOT a physical restriction withrespect to data security

a. Firewallb. Locking up the hardwarec. Fireproof cabinetsd. Biometric Systems

31. In word processing, an efficient way to move the 3rdparagraph to place it after the 5th paragraph is?

a. Copy and pasteb. Copy, cut and pastec. Cut, copy and pasted. Cut and paste

32. Presentation software allows the user toa. Track changesb. Design tablesc. Enhance public speakingd. Develop graphs to report on sales data

33. The pair of files used to produce merged letters during amail merge is?

a. Primary document and data sourceb. Primary document and merged lettersc. Data source and merged lettersd. Primary document and current letter

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34. Text entered into a spreadsheet is aligned towards the leftby default. These entries are called

a. valuesb. labelsc. formulae

d. functions

35. Which of the following formatting features is unique tonumbers in spreadsheet?

a. Boldb. Customc. Italicsd. Indent

36. To center the title rows of a spreadsheet across the columna. Center align the title rows

b. Center align the title columnsc. Merge and center the title rowsd. Merge and center the title columns

37. Formulae in a spreadsheet involvea. Cell addresses, values and labelsb. Cell addresses, values and mathematical operatorsc. Cell addresses and labels

d. Cell addresses and values

38. Which of the following statements is NOT true of primarykeys?

a. They do not contain blank valueb. They are unique identifiersc. They are always in text formd. They may be composed of one or more attributes

39. The shortcut key that can be used to activate or open thefind and replace screen is

a. CtrlGb. CtrlHc. AltGd. AltH

40. Footers are found at the ..of a document.a. Bottom of every pageb. Top of every page

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c. End of a paged. end

41. Susan is using the Find and Replace feature of a wordprocessing tool, to search for the word DELL, in a document

that she is typing. Which word or words can be found if she hasthe Match case option disabled?a. dellb. Dellc. DELLd. DeLLe. All of the above

42. The following words could be found in the document thatSusan typed

sad set star street

Susan performed a Find and Replace action with the Find whatentry set to s?t and the Use wildcard option selected. Whichstring from the list above would be found?

a. sadb. setc. stard. street

43. Software piracy involvesa. The authorized copying, use or selling of software that is

copyrighted.b. The authorized copying, use or selling of software that is

not copyrighted.c. The unauthorized copying, use or selling of software

that is copyrighted.d. The unauthorized copying, use or selling of software that is

not copyrighted.

44.The purpose of the icon is toa. Move data to the clipboardb. Insert a sum formula on the worksheetc. Access the chart wizardd. Provide on-screen help

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45. A field in a table appears as a match of the primary key inanother table is called a

a. Candidate keyb. Secondary keyc. Foreign key

d. Composite key

46. Given the following algorithmJ5K JJ J+KK J+3Display KThe value displayed for K is?

a. 10

b. 11c. 13d. 14

47. The following variables s, t and u have been assigned thevalues shown

S 5T 6U 3Which of the following statements does NOT evaluate to TRUE?

a. U>7 and T = 1d. T 4 or s = 5

48. Which of the following algorithms satisfies the

requirement of asking the user to input two numbers, calculatethe average and displaying the resulta. Display Enter two numbers

Input a, b

C(a+b)/2Display C

b. Input a, b

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C(a+b)/2Display c

c. Display Enter two numbersInput a,b

Ca+b/2Display C

d. Input a, bCa+b/2Display C

49. Which of the following algorithms does NOT display fourconsecutive numbers?

a. For v2 to 5Display v

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c. Natural Languagesd. Procedural languages

52. Which of the following languages is NOT a high-levellanguage?

a. Cb. COBOLc. ASSEMBLYd. PASCAL

53. Errors that occur in a program when the rules of theprogramming languages are NOT obeyed are called

a. Syntax errorsb. Logical errorsc. Execution errorsd. Run-time errors

54. Which of the following is NOT type of program errora. Logic errorb. Syntax errorc. Run time errord. Debug

55. Which of the following term is not a term used to describethe process of manually going through a program looking forerrors

a. Tracingb. Dry runc. Debuggingd. Documentation

56. Which of the following is an example of a conditionalconstruct?

a. F-Nextb. If-then-elsec. While-endwhiled. For-endfor

57. Which of the following reserved words in Pascal displaysdata and places the cursor on a new line.

a. writeb. readc. writelnd. readln

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58. Program implementation involves a number of steps.Which of the following steps is NOT legitimate?

a. Executing

b. Bondingc. Compilingd. Linking

59. Which of the following identifiers is NOT a valid variablename?

a. Inputb. totalCostc. 9Countd. NumCount

60. The term used to describe a memory location whose valuechanges during program execution

a. Constantb. Volatilec. Variabled. Dynamic

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