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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

Database is

the data stored in base 8

the end of data collection

collection of data files

conversion from base 8 to base 2.

2 / 40

USB stands for

United Serial Bus

United State Board

Universal Serial Bus

Universal Serial Board

3 / 40

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

non-volatile memory

volatile memory

corrupted memory

non-corrupted memory

4 / 40

Computer connectors are

male and female

cables and wires

Boy and Girl

Male and wires

5 / 40

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

templates

high-density disks

hard disks

diskette

6 / 40

Check the odd term out

Unix

Windows

internet

Linux

7 / 40

What is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?

the hardware/software protocol that limits access to company data

the transfer protocol or transfer web pages to a browser

the protocol to copy files between computers

the database access protocol for SQL statements

8 / 40

Which of these is not an example of operating system

Windows 98

Microsoft Office XP

BSD Unix

Red Hat Linux

9 / 40

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

Document reader

Document Sorter

Artificial Intelligent

distributed system

10 / 40

A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

system software

utilities

system analysis

system diagnostics

11 / 40

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

111100

110111

110010

111011

12 / 40

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

optical mark reader

card reader

magnetic tape

magnetic disk

13 / 40

Blue tooth is an example of

Local Area Network

Personal Area Network

Metropolitan

Virtual Private Network

14 / 40

BIOS stands for

Binary Input Off System

Basic Input Output System

Binary Input Output System

Basic Input Off System

15 / 40

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

logical operators

circuit switch

logic gates

instructors

16 / 40

The purpose of an application program is to

converts program written in high level language to machine language

allow the operating system to control resources better

meet specific user needs

make off-line equipment run better

17 / 40

The acronym FTP stands for

File Transfer Protocol

File Ping Protocol

File Translate Protocol

File Transit Protocol

18 / 40

Features of XML include which of the following

the tags are used to describe the appearance of the content

governs the display of information in a web browser

governs the display of structures and information in a web server

address the structuring and manipulation of the data involved

19 / 40

The term ‘gigabyte’ refers to

1024 gigabytes

1024 kilobytes

1024 bytes

1024 megabytes

20 / 40

A language based on graphics for use in education is

PROLOG

LOGO

COBOL

BASIC

21 / 40

A byte consists of

one bit

eight bits

four bits

sixteen bits

22 / 40

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

internet divide

cyberway divide

web divide

digital divide

23 / 40

What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

arithmetic machine

application software

punch card engine

analytical engine

24 / 40

These are the World Wide Protocols

TPHT and TMCH

HTTP and HTML

www.TMCH

www and //tp

25 / 40

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

computer

operating system

buses

peripherals

26 / 40

A record is made up of

names of musicians

related fields

student marks

people in a town

27 / 40

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

commercial

committee

company

complain

28 / 40

Dot-matrix is a type of

printer

disk

bus

tape

29 / 40

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

modulator

modem

multiplexer

demodulator

30 / 40

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

an enhanced keyboard

a standard keyboard

an F10 keyboard

a function keyboard

31 / 40

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consist of

control unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage

control unit, primary storage and secondary storage

control unit, processing and primary storage

input, output and processing

32 / 40

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

vacuum tubes

integrated circuits

very large scale Integration

transistors

33 / 40

The hardware in which data maybe

Bus

memory

control unit

34 / 40

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

RAM

PROM

ROM

EPROM

35 / 40

The protocol HTML means

Hyper Text Markup Language

Hyperbolic Text Management Limited

Hyperbolic Text Mingle Language

High Tension Management Limited

36 / 40

What is ‘SIM’?

Some Information Modification

Subscribe Input Module

Structured Input Module

Subscriber Identity Module

37 / 40

A server-side extension is needed to do what?

allow a request from a client to access database

allow a request from HTML to access web pages

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

allow a request from a client to access webpages

38 / 40

Which of the following is not an input device?

OCR

optical scanner

voice recognition device

COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

39 / 40

Physical or logical arrangement of network is

networking

topology

routing

ISP

40 / 40

A hybrid computer

resembles binary and octal

resembles analog computers

resembles digital computer

resembles both digital and analog computers

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