Basic Information Technology Skills (CSCS1101)

Biological Science - BS

Semester: Second Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2016

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FACULTY: SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: BIOS, CHM, GEOL
COURSE CODE: CSCS1101 COURSE TITLE: BASIC I.T SKILLS
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015/2016 SEMESTER: 2 LEVEL: 1
COURSE TUTOR: DR YONGHO S. LOUIS TIME ALLOWED: 2HRS
CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT
NAME: ______________________________________________________
MATRICULE NUMBER: _________________________________________________
Section, A: Answer-all questions. Put an (X) on the letter corresponding to the correct answer.
1. Which type of computer is Cray T9Q?
A. minicomputer B. Microcomputer C: Supercomputer D: Mainframe
2. A____ is a blank ROM that can be programmed once only
A. EPROM B. EEPROM C. Flash ROM D: DROM
3. A _____ port connects a device to the system unit by transferring data 1 bit at a time
A: parallel B. Serial C: USB D. Firewire.
4. Bit is short for: A. Bihary system B. Digital byte C. Binary unit D. Binary digit
5. Which of the following is part of the system unit?
A. Monitor B. Motherboard C. Keyboard D. None of the above
6. The four common types of files are documents files, presentation files, worksheet files and:
A. program files B. Database files C. System files D. Digital files
7. The screen size of a CRT is measured.
A. Vertically B. Horizontally C. Vertically and horizontally D. Diagonally
8. Which of the following statements is true?
A The digitising tablet is an input device B. The light pen is not an-input device C. The mouse is an output
device D. The monitor is not an output device.
9. Input may be in the following forms:
A. OCR, MICR and CPU B. OMR, VGA and OCR D. C. OCF, MlCR and OMR
D. VGA, SVGA and XVGA
10. Transmission of data can be:
A. Analogue B. Digital C. Synchronous D. All of the above
11. A node can be: A. a server B. a workstation C. a printer D. All of the above
12. Which of the following is true?
A. Fibre optics is less reliable than twisted pair cable B. Fibre optics has less reliable than coaxial cable C.
fibre optics is immune to electrical noise D. All of the above.
13. which of the following lists the different type of networks in ascending geographical area?
a. LAN, WAN, MAN B. WAN, LAN, MAN C. MAN, LAN, WAN D: LAN, MAN, WAN
14. Protocols:
A. define techniques for encoding and decoding data
B. can define mechanism for detecting and recovering from transmission errors
C. are set of rules defining format of data for communication D. All of the above.
15. Which media makes use of light for data transmission ?
A) Twisted pair B. coaxial C. fibre optics D. All of the above
16. In order to view pages on a web site, the user needs to enter the site address called
A. Uniform Resource Locator B. Email address C. Postal address D. MAC address
17. HTML stands for
A. Hyper Text Make up Language B. Hyper Terminal Mark up Language
C. Hyper text Mark up Language D. Higher Text Mark up Language.
18. Electrical interferences that can distort data during transmission are called:
A. virus B. Trojan C. noise D. modulation
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20. A modem does the following:
A. convert digital data to analogue before sending data B. Convert digital data to analogue when
receiving data C. Convert analogue data to digital before sending D. all of the above
21. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The digitizing tablet is an input device B. The light pen is not an input device.
C. The mouse is an output device D. The monitor is not an output device.
22. The ______interprets each instruction issued by a program and then initiates the appropriate
action to carry out the instruction:
A. Arithmetic and logic unit(ALU) B. Control unit C. System unit D. memory
23. It is a device for that enables several devices to share a common communication channel
A, Modem B. router C. Multiplexer D. All of the above.
24. It. is a device that amplifies incoming signal for long distance communication
A. Router Repeater C.modem D. Gateway .
25. These are easily generated frequencies with Wavelengths that can penetrate walls
A. Satellite transmission B. Microwaves transmission C. radio transmission D. A and C
26. The ability of a computer to perform different types of tasks efficiently is referred to as
A. Diligence B. accuracy C. efficiency D. None of the above.
27. Computer stands for
A. Common orientation Method of Particularly Used ways in Trade, Education and Research .
B. Common Object and Machine Particularly used in Travelling, Education and Research
C. Common Oriented Machine Particularly Used for Trade, Exchange arid Research
D. None of the above
28. It is a protocol used for communication of web pages
A. HTTP B. HTML C. TCP/IP D. WWW
29. ______ is a measure which indicates the number of bits per second that are transmitted
A. Bandwidth B. Baud C. Bitrate D. None of the above.
30. It’s the first electronic digital computer developed in 1939 by a physics professor and his
students.
A. Manchester Baby B. Atanasoff Berry computer C. The Colossus D, none of the above
31. He developed a special purpose digital machine for automatic production of mathematical
tables ?
A. Charles Babbage B. Blaise Pascal C. Wiliam Oughtred D. Gotfried Lelbenz
SECTION B: FILL IN THE BLANK S WITH THE MOST APPROPRAITE WORD(S) AS
THE ANSWER
A _______ is a set of electronic instructions that tells the computer how to perform certain tasks.
One way to speed up a computer is to increase the amount of ___ A ____ depicts the physical
layouts of a network. ___ contains instructions for booting up the computer and it is non volatile
MS DOS is a ___ operating system, since it cannot execute several jobs simultaneously ___
monitors are the most environmentally and user friendly ____ ports are the fast ports for data and
internet transfer. The period from 1965-1971 is the _____ generation of computers ______
devices are automatically detected and installed without drivers DNS were invented in _______
The ____ is the next generation wireless computing environment with limitless possibilities for
storage in a virtual space.
12. _______ is a service for sending and receiving files from clients on the internet
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