Information Technology CXC Paper 1 Practice Questions

information technology. : the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data.

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#1. Which multimedia messaging app created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, has pictures and messages which are only available for a short time before they become inaccessible?

Snapchat

Facebook

Instagram

#2. Input devices is / are–

Scanner

Microphone

Keyboard, Mouse and Track-ball

All of these

#3. The maximum speed at which the data can be transmitted on each channel of a standard PCM stream is

64Kps

None of these

4Mps

1Mbps

#4. The largest key on the keyboard is the shiftkey:

True

False

#5. All are types of output except:

Disk or tape

Modem

Soft copy

Microfilm

#6. Who founded ‘myspace’?

Tom Anderson

Niclaus Wirth

James Russel

#7. what does RAM mean?

review admittance memory

random access memory

review admittance monitor

read only memory

#8. Which shortcut key used for undo ?

Ctrl+z

Ctrl +c

Ctrl+p

Ctrl+a

#9. All the following are Characteristic of Lan except

Owned by the user

High bandwidth

Spread a wide geographical area

Limited to a single building or site

#10. A collection of programms that direct the operation of the computer. Programs are a set of instructions that produce a result.

Operating systems

Software

Application

Unix

#11. Application software fall into the following categories except:

Customization of general purpose software

Database package

Specialized

General purpose

#12. The brain of the computer where all processing takes place

CPU

Output devices

Storage

Process

#13. How many bits make a byte?

16 bits

8 bits

#14. How long is an IPV6 Address?

138 bit (6 byte)

16 byte (128 bit)

128 bit (16 byte)

12 byte (8 bits)

#15. Uploading or downloading data to or from a remote computer is done using__________

instant messaging

file transfer protocol

blogging

internet relay chat

#16. The computer system is made up of three components hardware software and which one of the following ?

User

Output devices

CPu

#17. Which function will you use to enter current time in a woksheet cell?

=time ()

=currenttime ()

=now()

=nowtime()

#18. ________ is an internal DOS Command.

Recover

Format

Fdisk

Del

#19. What is another name for application?

peripherals

drivers

programms

hardware

#20. Java is a–

Memory

Design

Language of Computer

Product of Computer System

#21. Compatibility is a important features of a good database management system

False

True

#22. Microsoft word is an example of a/an

Operating systems

Application software

Input device

Processing device

#23. A language translator is best described as

an application software

a system software

an operating system

a hardware component

#24. Utility programs performs tasks such as

Wordprocessing

Graphic presentation

Spreadsheet

Disk management

#25. The option used to save a modified file is

Exit

Storage

Save as

Save

#26. In which grouping, the formatting of text is done in Word?

Character's, selections and paragraphs

Tables, paragraphs and indexes

Paragraphs, indexes and selection

Indexes ,characters and tables

#27. Which of the following is an input device ?

Overhead projector

Computer monitor

Keyboard

Printer

#28. What is the name given to a collection of related fields in a database?

column

field

record

table

#29. which one of the following is a software?

speakers

mouse

microsoft word

keyboard

#30. Who is the creator of PASCAL language?

Tim Berners Lee

Niclaus Wirth

Tom Anderson

#31. When was the term Social Networking first used?

1954

1964

1854

1904

#32. To centre the little rows of a spreadsheet across the columns___________

merge and centre the title columns

centre align title columns

merge and centre title rows

centre align the little rows

#33. Data is transmitted in one direction

Simple duplex

Half duplex

Full duplex

#34. The transmission of data overs far distance without changing it

Telecommunication

Teleprocessing

Transmission media

#35. Recycle bin ___________.

is a folder that contains deleted files and folders

is a file that contains the file information on the disk

is a folder that contains the files used for backup

#36. The start button was introduced in which operating system?

None of the above

Windows 98

windows 95

Windows 96

#37. The process of starting or restarting a computer is called:

Start up point

Booting

Connecting

Resetting

#38. Which system software does the job of merging the records from two files to one?

Utility program

Application

#39. What is the default port number for Apache and most web servers?

1012

0880

#40. What is intranet?

Internal network designed to serve informational needs of a single organization

Internal Internet use to transfer information internaly

Internal network designed to transfer information between two organization

Internal Internet used to transfer information to the outside company

#41. What is the function of the hard drive disk?

storage

memory

type letters

visual displays

#42. Used to provide storage for data, instruction and the reult of processing of the CPU

Memory

Cache memory

ROM

RAM

#43. ”Microsoft office” is an example of ?

Integrated software

Hardware

Desktop publishing

A database

#44. In a computer terminology, OCR stands for

Online computer retrieval

Office cash receiver

Optical character reader

Optical card reader

#45. What is the character limit for a tweet in Twitter?

140

120

160

#46. One component of the motherboard is

Bios

Processor

Computer chip

Transistor

#47. Which of the following options is an open source operating system?

Microsoft Window

UNIX

LINUX

#48. Which menu is present in Wordpad, but not present in Notepad?

View

File

Edit

#49. What does the abbreviation CPU mean

Critical processing unit

Crucial process unit

Central printing unit

Central processing unit

#50. What does the abbreviation HTTP stands for

Hyper Transport Text Protocol

High Transport Text Protocol

Hyper Text Transport Protocol

High Text Transport Protocol

#51. LAN is

Local Area Network

Law Act Notice

None

Local Act Note

#52. A student is required to email a copy of his/her SBA to her teacher. This emailed copy is refereed to as

soft copy

hard copy

embedded

none of the following

#53. What does the acronym USB stand for?

Union Series Bus

Universal Serial Bus

Universal System Bus

#54. which of the following is an example of an operating system ?

microsoft office