Read each question carefully and choose the correct option from letter A – E
- In the early days, people used stones pebbles, fingers, cowries and ………………… for doing calculations.
(a) abacus
(b) sticks
(c) calculator
(d) computer
(e) phone. - Data comes from a singular ………… word datum, which originally meant “something given”.
(a) Latin
(b) French
(c) English
(d) Greek
(e) Hebrew - Information is …………… data
(a) stored
(b) unprocessed
(c) processed
(d) copied
(e) original. - …………… is a graphic representation of a program, file or folder.
(a) Desktop
(b) Mouse pointer
(c) Window button
(d) Start menu
(e) Icon - Data is …………. information
(a) hard
(b) processed
(c) unprocessed
(d) copied
(e) secondary - Another name for information is ………………
(a) soft copy
(b) hard copy
(c) unprocessed data
(d) binary digits
(e) Original data - …………… are brightly coloured shells with a central opening. They were used as money in early days and also for counting.
(a) Cowries
(b) Pebbles
(c) Stones
(d) Coins
(e) Beads - ………… is a raw material that needs to be processed before it can be turned into something useful.
(a) Bits
(b) Bytes
(c) Nibble
(d) Information
(e) Data - age is the ancient period when humans created tools from stone for lack of better technology.
(a) Industrial
(b) Middle age
(c) Iron
(d) Stone
(e) Electronic - age was the era feather pen was made from bird feather and was used for writing.
(a) Stone
(b) Iron
(c) Middle
(d) Industrial
(e) Electronic - Examples of industrial age tools are ………… and ………….
(a) locomotive trains and sewing machines
(b) electronic typewriter and electronic calculators
(c) stones and clay
(d) hoe and cutlass
(e) wheelbarrows and four-wheeled wagons - …………… is the process of switching on the computer and allow it take the necessary procedures until it gets to the desktop environment.
(a) Shutting down
(b) Restarting
(c) Booting
(d) Ms windows
(e) Warm booting - ……………… is located at the bottom of the computer screen and it contains the windows button, time and the icons of all opened program.
(a) Title bar
(b) Task bar
(c) Menu bar
(d) Start menu
(e) Status bar - The following are early counting devices except …………….
(a) fingers
(b) pebbles
(c) stones
(d) cowries
(e) coins - In man’s history, ……………… was a turning point because roads, ships, railways, electricity etc. were developed in this era.
(a) the industrial age
(b) the electronic age
(c) the stone age
(d) the iron age
(e) the middle age - …………… is the act of restarting the computer when it hangs.
(a) End task
(b) Booting
(c) Cold booting
(d) Warm booting
(e) Sleep - There are …… types of booting.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6 - Booting is the process of ………………………………
(a) shutting down the computer
(b) making the computer sleep
(c) restarting the computer
(d) starting the computer
(e) making the computer hibernate - Computer uses very high ……… in processing data and without making mistakes.
(a) speed
(b) keyboard
(c) calculator
(d) computer
(e) unit. - ……….. is a manual calculating or counting device which uses beads instead of fingers to represent numbers.
(a) Abacus
(b) Calculator
(c) Slide rule
(d) Phone
(e) Pascaline - The first generation of the computer used …………… for the circuitry and the magnetic drums for the memory and occupies large spaces.
(a) vacuum tube
(b) transistor
(c) integrated circuit
(d) processor
(e) control unit - …………… is an input device used in playing computer games.
(a) Joystick
(b) Trackball
(c) Keyboard
(d) Webcam
(e) Digital camera - Our computer journey started in ……… with the vacuum tubes and goes to the AI (artificial intelligence) system which we use today.
(a) 1964
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1940
(e) 1971 - The following are input devices except ………………
(a) keyboard
(b) scanner
(c) microphone
(d) projector
(e) mouse - The abacus was majorly used for …………………
(a) typing
(b) weaving cloth
(c) multiplication and division
(d) addition and subtraction
(e) scientific functions - John Napier was a ………… mathematician and scientist.
(a) American
(b) German
(c) British
(d) Scottish
(e) French - Analytical machine was designed by …………………
(a) Lovelace Ada
(b) John Napier
(c) Edmund Gunter
(d) Charles Babbage
(e) Joseph M Jacquard - The first computer of the second generation was developed for the ……………… industry.
(a) computer
(b) atomic energy
(c) education
(d) pharmaceutical
(e) entertainment - If the data put into the computer is correct, the computer would produce correct output, that is why it is called a ……………. machine.
(a) storage
(b) garbage in garbage out
(c) calculating
(d) analytical
(e) scientific - Computer carries out its operations in logical sequence called ………
(a) control unit
(b) program
(c) data
(d) information
(e) peripherals - Computer is very ………… as it can be used to perform many functions.
(a) calculative
(b) flexible
(c) big
(d) small
(e) informative - The advent of ICT could be traced to the following stages of information evolution except ………….
(a) printing
(b) radio
(c) computer
(d) television
(e) calculator - Each string on the abacus contains ……… beads.
(a) nine
(b) seven
(c) five
(d) twelve
(e) ten - The fifth generation computer is based on …………………… and still in development.
(a) chips
(b) vacuum tube
(c) transistor
(d) integrated circuit
(e) artificial intelligence - Jacquard’s loom was developed by Joseph M. Jacquard in …………
(a) 1642
(b) 1650
(c) 1823
(d) 1946
(e) 1801 - The first mechanical digital calculator was invented by ……………… in 1642.
(a) Joseph M. Jacquard
(b) Edmund Gunter
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Gottfried Wilhelm
(e) Blaise Pascal - ……………… are those parts of the computer that enables one to put in data into the computer system.
(a) Output devices
(b) Peripherals
(c) Input devices
(d) Monitors
(e) Control unit - ……………… generation of the computer used assembly language which allowed the programmers to specify input or instructions in words
(a) The first
(b) The fourth
(c) The second
(d) The third
(e) The fifth - ………… is an input device that allows users to input audio into their computers.
(a) Digital camera
(b) Scanner
(c) Microphone
(d) Keyboard
(e) Joystick - ………… is an input device connected to the computer and the internet that captures still pictures or motion video.
(a) Digital camera
(b) Trackball
(c) Webcam
(d) Biometric device
(e) Barcode reader - …………………… is the invention that is taking place since the discovery of information as a means of communication.
(a) Data processing
(b) Information evolution
(c) ICT
(d) Mechanical device
(e) Information technology - ………… is a machine used to transmit written or text messages from one person to another usually over a long distance.
(a) Radio
(b) Telex
(c) Television
(d) Satellite
(e) All of the above - …………… is a process whereby machine produces pictures, text and graphics on paper, such as newspapers, magazines, books etc.
(a) Data transmission
(b) Printing
(c) Typing
(d) Telex
(e) Internet - Printing machine was first developed by ………………. in 1440.
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Johannes Gutenberg
(c) Edmund Gunter
(d) Bill Gate
(e) Herman Hollerith - There are ……… major means of transmitting information
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
(e) six - Non-electronic means of transmitting information uses the following non-electronic devices except ……………
(a) e-mail
(b) newspapers
(c) magazines
(d) verbal
(e) handwritten messages - …………… is a means of sending and receiving information globally
(a) Internet
(b) Radio
(c) Television
(d) Telex
(e) Fax - …………… is an ingenious stick for performing arithmetic operation by the manipulation of rods called bones.
(a) Napier’s bone
(b) Leibniz machine
(c) Pascaline
(d) Jacquard’s loom
(e) The slide rule - …………… is a gear-driven mechanical machine which performed whole-number addition and subtraction.
(a) Pascaline
(b) Analytical machine
(c) Leibniz machine
(d) Abacus
(e) Hollerith’s machine - The integrated circuits were used in the ……… generation of the computer.
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
(e) fifth - The disadvantages of the …… generation of the computer are yet to be agreed upon.
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
(e) fifth - Methods of transmitting information in ancient days include the following except ……………..
(a) oral
(b) beating drums
(c) town crying
(d) radio
(e) whistling - …………… determine the quality of sound produced by the speakers of a computer, whether internal or external.
(a) Video cards
(b) Sound cards
(c) Headphones
(d) Monitors
(e) Speakers - ………… is also known as Visual Display Unit (VDU)
(a) Scanner
(b) Speaker
(c) Printer
(d) Head phone
(e) Monitor - ………………. is the process of collecting and transforming data into useful information through the use of computer.
(a) Data processing
(b) Data gathering
(c) Data transmission
(d) Information transmission
(e) Word processing - …………. is defined as code of conducts in computer profession.
(a) Computer ethics
(b) Safety rules
(c) Computer abuse
(d) Ethics
(e) None of the above - …………… is the downloading of unauthorised software and media content.
(a) Piracy
(b) Fraud
(c) Plagiarism
(d) Pornography
(e) Imitation - The following are word processing software except …………………
(a) PageMaker
(b) Word Pad
(c) Note Pad
(d) Microsoft PowerPoint
(e) Microsoft Word - ………………….. is the stage where the result of the processing is displayed or brought out for the user to analyse and utilize.
(a) Storage stage
(b) Data collation stage
(c) Input stage
(d) Output stage
(e) Data gathering stage - ……………… is the creation or transmission of offensive, obscene or indecent images or materials.
(a) Plagiarism
(b) Piracy
(c) Fraud
(d) Pornography
(e) Computer virus - The following are word processing terminologies except ……………
(a) Template
(b) Menu bar
(c) Application
(d) Worksheet
(e) Header - ………… is the space between the margin of the page and the text.
(a) Font
(b) Alignment
(c) Indent
(d) Drop cap
(e) Application - ICT is an acronym for ……………
(a) Information Technology
(b) Information and Communication Technology
(c) Industrial Communication Technology
(d) Information and Community Technology
(e) Information and Communication Training - The following are process of converting data into information except ……………
(a) Aggregation
(b) Alignment
(c) Summarization
(d) Sorting
(e) Reporting - …………… involves arranging items in some sequence and in different sets, e.g. class, age, etc.
(a) Analysis
(b) Reporting
(c) Classification
(d) Alignment
(e) Sorting - ………… is a stage where the outcome of the processed data is saved in the computer memory for short or long term use.
(a) Data collation stage
(b) Storage stage
(c) Processing stage
(d) Output stage
(e) Data gathering stage - ………… method of processing data involves the use of non-electrical machines like typewriters and calculators to perform data processing.
(a) Manual
(b) Mechanical
(c) Electronic
(d) Computerised
(e) None of the above - The ……………… should be used on the screen to prevent eye infection.
(a) light pen
(b) touch screen
(c) dust cover
(d) monitor
(e) anti-glare protector - …………… refers to the way text is arranged in a document between margins.
(a) Indent
(b) Template
(c) Document
(d) Clipboard
(e) Alignment - …………… is an interactive feature built into Ms-word that will walk you step-by-step through a specialized process.
(a) Paste
(b) Document
(c) Drop cap
(d) Wrap text
(e) Wizard - ………… is about processing and communicating information, and it is associated with all activities.
a. IT
b. Computer
c. Phone
d. Printer
e. ICT - ……………… is a major input device used to put data into the computer system
(a) Keyboard
(b) Mouse
(c) Scanner
(d) Printer
(e) Joystick - …………. is a temporary holding area the computer uses for any item that has been copied or cut.
(a) Wizard
(b) Template
(c) Clipboard
(d) Cursor
(e) Tool bar - ………… involves specifying how the document will look in its final form on the screen and when printed.
(a) Font
(b) Footer
(c) Auto-correct
(d) Formatting
(e) Line spacing - Before the advent of computers, people used ……………… to type reports or other documents.
(a) Ms-word
(b) speaker
(c) typewriter
(d) calculator
(e) phone - ………………… is the file that is created using a word processor.
(a) Ms-word
(b) Worksheet
(c) Document
(d) Graphics
(e) None of the above - ………………… has to do with using the computer and the internet to commit cybercrimes.
(a) Piracy
(b) Plagiarism
(c) Fraud
(d) Pornography
(e) Imitation - ……………… is the text that appears at the bottom of every page, every even numbered page or every odd numbered page in a document.
(a) Header
(b) Footer
(c) Headnote
(d) Footnote
(e) Endnote - The integrated circuits were used in the ……… generation of the computer.
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
(e) fifth - The goal or target of the ………… generation of computer is to develop the devices that respond to natural languages.
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
(e) fifth - ……………… stage is the process of searching and collecting information to be processed anywhere it is available.
(a) Data collation
(b) Input
(c) Processing
(d) Storage
(e) Data gathering - Word processing software include Microsoft word, ……………. and ………….
(a) Paint and ColelDraw
(b) PageMaker and NotePad
(c) PowerPoint and Ms-Word
(d) Ms-excel and WordPerfect
(e) None of the above - The computer system consists of two main components which are ………… and …………….
(a) system unit and monitor
(b) keyboard and mouse
(c) system software and application software
(d) hardware and software
(e) CPU and peripherals - ……………. are the physical parts of the computer that can be seen, touched and carried about.
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Programs
(d) Input devices
(e) Output devices - The first transistor was invented in ………. but wasn’t used in the computer till 1950
(a) 1940
(b) 1947
(c) 1946
(d) 1943
(e) 1949