COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE)

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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

A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

system analysis

system software

utilities

system diagnostics

2 / 40

What does PDF mean?

Private Document File

Portable Document Format

Portable Dot File

Product Document File

3 / 40

The purpose of an application program is to

converts program written in high level language to machine language

make off-line equipment run better

meet specific user needs

allow the operating system to control resources better

4 / 40

Check the odd term out

Linux

Unix

Windows

internet

5 / 40

COBOL is widely used in ___________ applications

space

mathematical

commercial

scientific

6 / 40

The acronym FTP stands for

File Transfer Protocol

File Ping Protocol

File Translate Protocol

File Transit Protocol

7 / 40

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

RAM

PROM

ROM

EPROM

8 / 40

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

a standard keyboard

an F10 keyboard

an enhanced keyboard

a function keyboard

9 / 40

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

NOT

NOR

NAND

10 / 40

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

integrated circuits

transistors

very large scale Integration

vacuum tubes

11 / 40

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

company

commercial

complain

committee

12 / 40

A language based on graphics for use in education is

PROLOG

LOGO

COBOL

BASIC

13 / 40

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

web divide

internet divide

cyberway divide

digital divide

14 / 40

A byte consists of

four bits

eight bits

one bit

sixteen bits

15 / 40

WPA2 is used for security in

infrared

bluetooth

Ethernet

Wi-Fi

16 / 40

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

volatile memory

non-volatile memory

non-corrupted memory

corrupted memory

17 / 40

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

magnetic disk

card reader

optical mark reader

magnetic tape

18 / 40

Which of these is not an example of operating system

Windows 98

Microsoft Office XP

BSD Unix

Red Hat Linux

19 / 40

Computer connectors are

cables and wires

Male and wires

Boy and Girl

male and female

20 / 40

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

high-density disks

hard disks

templates

diskette

21 / 40

Which of the following is not an input device?

voice recognition device

optical scanner

COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

OCR

22 / 40

BIOS stands for

Basic Input Off System

Binary Input Output System

Basic Input Output System

Binary Input Off System

23 / 40

These are the World Wide Protocols

www and //tp

www.TMCH

HTTP and HTML

TPHT and TMCH

24 / 40

A server-side extension is needed to do what?

allow a request from HTML to access web pages

allow a request from a client to access webpages

allow a request from a client to access database

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

25 / 40

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

Document Sorter

Document reader

distributed system

26 / 40

Features of XML include which of the following

governs the display of information in a web browser

the tags are used to describe the appearance of the content

governs the display of structures and information in a web server

address the structuring and manipulation of the data involved

27 / 40

Database is

collection of data files

conversion from base 8 to base 2.

the end of data collection

the data stored in base 8

28 / 40

A record is made up of

related fields

student marks

names of musicians

people in a town

29 / 40

What is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?

the hardware/software protocol that limits access to company data

the protocol to copy files between computers

the transfer protocol or transfer web pages to a browser

the database access protocol for SQL statements

30 / 40

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

logical operators

instructors

circuit switch

logic gates

31 / 40

What is ‘SIM’?

Subscribe Input Module

Some Information Modification

Subscriber Identity Module

Structured Input Module

32 / 40

The hardware in which data maybe

Bus

control unit

memory

33 / 40

Physical or logical arrangement of network is

ISP

networking

topology

routing

34 / 40

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

foil-covered

write-enabled

write-protected

copy-protected

35 / 40

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

modulator

demodulator

multiplexer

modem

36 / 40

Dot-matrix is a type of

bus

disk

printer

tape

37 / 40

The protocol HTML means

High Tension Management Limited

Hyperbolic Text Mingle Language

Hyper Text Markup Language

Hyperbolic Text Management Limited

38 / 40

The linking of computers with a communication system is called

networking

inter-locking

pairing

assembling

39 / 40

A hybrid computer

resembles both digital and analog computers

resembles digital computer

resembles binary and octal

resembles analog computers

40 / 40

A program that keeps running indefinitely is said to be

looping

stubborn

working well

iterating

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