SSCE/NECO/GCE (COMPUTER STUDIES)

COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS

These are Computer Studies Past Questions. 40 questions will be picked at random from the question bank.

You have 30 minutes to answer all the questions.

You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to.

Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time.

Goodluck!

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1 / 40

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

111100

110010

110111

111011

2 / 40

These are the World Wide Protocols

www.TMCH

TPHT and TMCH

HTTP and HTML

www and //tp

3 / 40

BIOS stands for

Binary Input Output System

Basic Input Output System

Basic Input Off System

Binary Input Off System

4 / 40

A byte consists of

four bits

sixteen bits

eight bits

one bit

5 / 40

The hardware in which data maybe

register

control unit

Bus

memory

6 / 40

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

EPROM

PROM

RAM

ROM

7 / 40

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

buses

peripherals

computer

operating system

8 / 40

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

corrupted memory

non-corrupted memory

volatile memory

non-volatile memory

9 / 40

Which of the following is not an input device?

COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

OCR

optical scanner

voice recognition device

10 / 40

Database is

the end of data collection

the data stored in base 8

collection of data files

conversion from base 8 to base 2.

11 / 40

The linking of computers with a communication system is called

pairing

assembling

inter-locking

networking

12 / 40

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

foil-covered

copy-protected

write-protected

write-enabled

13 / 40

What does PDF mean?

Portable Dot File

Product Document File

Portable Document Format

Private Document File

14 / 40

A program that keeps running indefinitely is said to be

stubborn

iterating

working well

looping

15 / 40

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

an F10 keyboard

a standard keyboard

a function keyboard

an enhanced keyboard

16 / 40

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consist of

input, output and processing

control unit, primary storage and secondary storage

control unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage

control unit, processing and primary storage

17 / 40

Another name for “network topology” is:

network structure

large topology

network organization

network study

18 / 40

The term ‘gigabyte’ refers to

1024 megabytes

1024 gigabytes

1024 bytes

1024 kilobytes

19 / 40

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

modulator

multiplexer

modem

demodulator

20 / 40

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

very large scale Integration

transistors

vacuum tubes

integrated circuits

21 / 40

Computer connectors are

Male and wires

Boy and Girl

male and female

cables and wires

22 / 40

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

diskette

templates

hard disks

high-density disks

23 / 40

The protocol HTML means

Hyperbolic Text Mingle Language

Hyper Text Markup Language

High Tension Management Limited

Hyperbolic Text Management Limited

24 / 40

Check the odd term out

internet

Unix

Linux

Windows

25 / 40

The acronym FTP stands for

File Ping Protocol

File Transit Protocol

File Translate Protocol

File Transfer Protocol

26 / 40

The two kinds of memory are

ROM and RAM

Ram and temporary

random and sequential

primary and secondary

27 / 40

A hybrid computer

resembles binary and octal

resembles analog computers

resembles both digital and analog computers

resembles digital computer

28 / 40

USB stands for

United Serial Bus

United State Board

Universal Serial Board

Universal Serial Bus

29 / 40

COBOL is widely used in ___________ applications

mathematical

space

commercial

scientific

30 / 40

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

NOR

NOT

OR

NAND

31 / 40

What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

arithmetic machine

analytical engine

application software

punch card engine

32 / 40

A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

utilities

system analysis

COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE)

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