The Slide Rule is accurate to
- A. 1-2 decimal places
- B. 3-4 decimal places
- C. 5 decimal places
- D. 6 decimal places
Which of the following statements is true about super computers? They
- A. can fit on a single small chip
- B. are easily affordable
- C. can process billions of operations in a second
- D. are found across various homes and offices
Which of the following descriptions is not true about data?
- A. It can be converted to information
- B. is a collection of raw facts and figures
- C. is unorganized
- D. is used for decision making
The sequence of operation of a computer is
- A. accept data, process date and produce output
- B. accept data, produce data and produce information
- C. produce data, supply data and produce output
- D. process data, produce data and display information
Data created by the user is called
- A. primary data
- B. qualitative data
- C. quantitative data
- D. secondary data
Quantitative data can exist in
- A. continuous form only
- B. continuous and discrete forms
- C. nominal and ordinal forms
- D. ordinal form only
Which of the following ideals is protected by copyright?
- A. Ideas
- B. Profit
- C. Expression of ideas
- D. Inexperience
The Use of electronic systems to send an unsolicited e-mail to someone’s address is known as ______
- A. Hacking
- B. Spamming
- C. Internet fraud
- D. Piracy
An advantage of sequential access over serial access is that_______
- A. Sequential file is slow
- B. Sequential file is detailed
- C. Sequential file does not use key
- D. Individual records can be located more quickly
Which of the following statements is not true about a computer file?
- A. It is very fast to access any record within a file
- B. It is created electronically
- C. Initial setup is inexpensive
- D. File creation and access are less laborious
The transaction file can also be described as _______
- A. Master File
- B. Movement file
- C. Reference file
- D. Historical file
The conversion of 11001 \(_2\) to base 10 equals_______
- A. 30
- B. 28
- C. 25
- D. 20
In hexadecimal number system, B, D, E represent_________
- A. 11, 12, 13 respectively
- B. 11, 13, 14 respectively
- C. 13, 14, 15 respectively
- D. 14, 16, 17 respectively
Given that 26 \(_10\) = X \(_2\), X is _________
- A. 11011
- B. 11010
- C. 11110
- D. 10111
Evaluate the BASIC statement:
LET Z = 4*W^2 + 2*Y
Given that W = 5 and Y = 10
- A. 50
- B. 80
- C. 100
- D. 120
The process of restarting a computer is known as ________
- A. Cold booting
- B. Warm booting
- C. Resume booting
- D. Restart booting
The Instruction fetched into the CPU is decoded by the___________
- A. Primary memory
- B. Program counter
- C. ALU
- D. Control unit
Which of the following statements is true about registers?
- A. It is storage area around CPU
- B. It is situated beside the CPU
- C. It is situated beside the memory
- D. It is a special high speed storage area within the CPU
In changing the storage location of a file, the command to use is_______
- A. ctrl + S keys
- B. 'save' command
- C. 'save as' command
- D. alt + F, then save
Use Table 3 to answer the questions below
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | BOOK SUPPLIED TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS | ||||
| 2 | MATHS | ICT | ENGLISH | ||
| 3 | SHS1 | 3450 | 4500 | 5678 | |
| 4 | SHS11 | 8765 | 6580 | 9000 | |
| 5 | SHS111 | 2456 | 4009 | 4400 |
Which cells in table 3 contain numeric data with the least value?
- A. A5
- B. B5
- C. C5
- D. D5
Use Table 3 to answer the questions below
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | BOOK | SUPPLIED | TO SENIOR | HIGH | SCHOOL |
| 2 | MATHS | ICT | ENGLISH | ||
| 3 | SHS1 | 3450 | 4500 | 5678 | |
| 4 | SHS11 | 8765 | 6580 | 9000 | |
| 5 | SHS111 | 2456 | 4009 | 4400 |
The number of cells that contain data in row 1 is_________
- A. 1
- B. 3
- C. 5
- D. 7