DURATION: 3 HOURS

Instructions: answer all questions in the answer booklet. For MCQs, write out only the question

number and the selected letter, for section B, write the questions number and the answer.

Section A

1. Programs designed to perform specific task are known as?

a) System software

b) Application software

c) Utility software

d) Operating system

2. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language

is called?

a) Ctrl + F1

b) Ctrl + F4

c) Ctrl + F3

d) Ctrl + F2

5. Each model of a computer has a unique

a) Machine language

b) Assembly of computers

c) High level language

d) All of the them

6. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by

the CPU?

a) Mass memory

b) Internal memory

c) Non-volatile memory

d) PROM

7. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is

9. A diagrammatic representation of an algorithm is also called?

a) A binary tree

b) A pseudo code

c) A character

d) A flow chart

10. What is the generic name for the address of a computer on the internet?

A) URL address

B) Communication

C) IP address

D) Computer address

THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

1) Explain how a computer functions base on the block diagram shown below

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