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1st Class Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first calculator was built by

a)

Marie Jacquard

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

John Napier

2.

A similarity between data and information is that both

a)

can be displayed on the monitor

b)

are

computer inputs

c)

are processed facts

d)

are computer results

3.

The computer hardware can be classified into

a)

ALU and Control Unit

b)

System Unit and Peripheral

c)

Central Processing Unit and Control Unit

d)

Input and Output Unit

4.

The outcome  of a processed data in a computer is known as

a)

raw fact

b)

information

c)

database

d)

computer result

5.

Which of the following devices is not a micro computer?

a)

Notebook

b)

Laptop

c)

EDVAC

d)

Desktop

6.

Which of the following computing devices did not exist in the pre-computing age to the 19th century?

a)

Napier’s bone

b)

Abacus

c)

ENIAC

d)

Slide Rule

7.

The computing devices invented by Charles Babbage are

a)

Diffence engine and Abacus

b)

Analytical

engine and Slide Rule 

c)

Abacus and Slide Rule 

d)

  Analytical and Difference engine

8.

In a computer, the sets of instruction that directs it in performing a particular task is called

a)

information 

b)

program 

c)

  data 

d)

  file

9.

The property of a disk that determines the amount of data it may contain is

a)

  size 

b)

volume

c)

  storage capacity 

d)

storage power

10.

Which of the following is not a step involved in data processing?

a)

Input

b)

Output

c)

Process

d)

Transfer

11.

The communication of knowledge, concepts and ideas is referred to as?

a)

Information processing

b)

Information transmission

c)

Telecasting

d)

Webcasting

12.

The exchange of information over a network follows a set of rules called

a)

transmission rules

b)

transfer rules

c)

channels

d)

protocols

13.

In a relational database management system, files are organized as relations and

a)

tuple

b)

modules

c)

tables

d)

forms

14.

The operation of checking input data against specified criteria is referred to as

a)

data verification

b)

data validation

c)

data cross check

d)

data control

15.

Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are examples of

a)

social media

b)

communication

c)

networking media

d)

search engines

16.

Which of the following is not an application of computers?

a)

bank notes counter

b)

point of sales terminal

c)

automated teller machine

d)

traffic light control

17.

The advantages of electronic data processing include the following except

a)

automatic processing

b)

hacking

c)

fast and reliable processing

d)

storage capacity

18.

A file kept in case of an accident or natural disaster is called

a)

master

b)

transition

c)

back-up

d)

reference

19.

Which of the following is not a safety equipment in a computer laboratory?

a)

surge protector

b)

metal detector

c)

smoke detector

d)

fire extinguisher

20.

The study of the effect of interaction between the computer and human users is referred to as computer

a)

ergonomy

b)

economy

c)

ergophobia

d)

biomechanics