COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS

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SSCE/NECO/GCE (COMPUTER STUDIES)

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Category: COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS

A server-side extension is needed to do what?

allow a request from a client to access HTML-formatted page

allow a request from a client to access webpages

allow a request from a client to access database

allow a request from HTML to access web pages

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USB stands for

Universal Serial Board

United State Board

Universal Serial Bus

United Serial Bus

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If you see a diskette with a piece of foil covering its notch, it is said to be

write-protected

copy-protected

foil-covered

write-enabled

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In the first generation computers, built between 1945 – 1956, what was used for calculations?

transistors

vacuum tubes

very large scale Integration

integrated circuits

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A program that keeps running indefinitely is said to be

iterating

looping

working well

stubborn

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Which gate sends on a pulse when it receives one at either or both of its terminals?

NOT

NAND

OR

NOR

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Computer connectors are

cables and wires

male and female

Boy and Girl

Male and wires

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A collection of programs that control how your computer system runs and processes information is called

computer

buses

peripherals

operating system

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Which of the following is not an input device?

voice recognition device

optical scanner

COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

OCR

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A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

system diagnostics

system software

utilities

system analysis

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The hardware in which data maybe

memory

control unit

Bus

register

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Which of these are the building blocks of all the circuits in a computer?

logical operators

logic gates

circuit switch

instructors

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Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic materials are also called

diskette

hard disks

templates

high-density disks

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The device used to carry digital data on analog lines is called

multiplexer

modulator

modem

demodulator

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A language based on graphics for use in education is

COBOL

BASIC

LOGO

PROLOG

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The purpose of an application program is to

meet specific user needs

make off-line equipment run better

allow the operating system to control resources better

converts program written in high level language to machine language

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A byte consists of

sixteen bits

four bits

eight bits

one bit

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Blue tooth is an example of

Virtual Private Network

Personal Area Network

Metropolitan

Local Area Network

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The difference between people with access to computer and those without this access is known as the

internet divide

cyberway divide

digital divide

web divide

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The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consist of

control unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage

control unit, processing and primary storage

control unit, primary storage and secondary storage

input, output and processing

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What does PDF mean?

Product Document File

Private Document File

Portable Dot File

Portable Document Format

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Which of these is not an example of operating system

Windows 98

BSD Unix

Red Hat Linux

Microsoft Office XP

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Check the odd term out

internet

Unix

Windows

Linux

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A record is made up of

people in a town

names of musicians

related fields

student marks

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Features of XML include which of the following

address the structuring and manipulation of the data involved

governs the display of information in a web browser

governs the display of structures and information in a web server

the tags are used to describe the appearance of the content

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F1, F2, F3 -------- F10. A keyboard with the above function keys (F10 being the last) is called:

a function keyboard

an enhanced keyboard

a standard keyboard

an F10 keyboard

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The linking of computers with a communication system is called

networking

pairing

inter-locking

assembling

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A hybrid computer

resembles analog computers

resembles both digital and analog computers

resembles digital computer

resembles binary and octal

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The acronym FTP stands for

File Transit Protocol

File Ping Protocol

File Translate Protocol

File Transfer Protocol

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Another name for “network topology” is:

large topology

network study

network structure

network organization

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COBOL is widely used in ___________ applications

scientific

commercial

mathematical

space

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The protocol HTML means

High Tension Management Limited

Hyper Text Markup Language

Hyperbolic Text Mingle Language

Hyperbolic Text Management Limited

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What is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?

the protocol to copy files between computers

the hardware/software protocol that limits access to company data

the database access protocol for SQL statements

the transfer protocol or transfer web pages to a browser

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The two kinds of memory are

ROM and RAM

primary and secondary

Ram and temporary

random and sequential

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An input device that is able to interpret pencil marks on paper media is known as

card reader

magnetic tape

optical mark reader

magnetic disk

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The term ‘gigabyte’ refers to

1024 kilobytes

1024 megabytes

1024 bytes

1024 gigabytes

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Which of the following is a machine for reading documents that are encoded in a way that is readable by person and machine?

Artificial Intelligent

distributed system

Document reader

Document Sorter

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What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

arithmetic machine

analytical engine

punch card engine

application software

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Which of the following is a computer memory that can be programmed once, but not reprogrammed?

EPROM

ROM

PROM

RAM

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Database is

the data stored in base 8

collection of data files

conversion from base 8 to base 2.

the end of data collection

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WPA2 is used for security in

bluetooth

infrared

Ethernet

Wi-Fi

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These are the World Wide Protocols

www and //tp

HTTP and HTML

TPHT and TMCH

www.TMCH

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Conversion of an octal number 73₈ to binary number will give us

111011

110010

110111

111100

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_________ translates and execute program at run-time line by line

loader

interpreter

linker

compiler

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What is ‘SIM’?

Structured Input Module

Some Information Modification

Subscriber Identity Module

Subscribe Input Module

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The “Com” in www.schoolportalng.com stands for

complain

committee

commercial

company

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Physical or logical arrangement of network is

networking

routing

ISP

topology

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Dot-matrix is a type of

bus

disk

printer

tape

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BIOS stands for

Basic Input Output System

Binary Input Off System

Basic Input Off System

Binary Input Output System

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Memory which forgets everything when you switch off the power is known as

volatile memory

non-volatile memory

corrupted memory

non-corrupted memory

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