Elective ICT Pasco 2017 Objectives

Elective ICT Pasco 2017 Objectives

WASSCE 2017

1) A computer system is made up on:
hardware
II.         Software
III.       Live ware
IV.       Electronic power

Which of the following options are correct?

A. I  and II only

B. I and III only

C. I, II and III only

C. I, II, III and IV only

2) To integrate multimedia in education, one needs appropriate

A. Payments

B. Registration

C. Resources

D. Tutorial

3) Which of the following alignments generally gives a more formal appearance to text in desktop publishing?

A. Centered

B. Fully Justified

C. Left Aligned

D. Ragged Right

4) Which of the following operators is used for concatenation in spreadsheet application?

A. ‘

B. !

C. #

D. &

5) Which of the following depicts that a CMOS battery is going down? The computer

A. Fails to boot properly

B. Gives a long beep sound

C. Starts losing information in memory

D. Starts showing incorrect date and time

6) The set of micro-instructions and programs in the Read Only Memory is referred to as

A. Firmware

B. Live ware

C. Malware

D. Software

7) Examples of object oriented programming language include:

I. COBOL;

II. JAVA;

III. BASIC;

IV. C⁺⁺;

Which of the following options are correct?

A. I and III only

B. II and III only

C. II and IV only

D. III and IV only

8) The flowchart symbol          is known as

A. Connector

B. Decision

C. Process

D. Start

9) A modem converts incoming analogue data to

A. Analogue signal

B. Digital signal

C. Parallel signal

D. Serial signal

10) Which of the following fields in a database application can help speed up data retrieval?

A. Data

B. Key

C. Program

D. Record

11) A single hexadecimal digit is represented by

A. One bit

B. Two bits

C. Four bits

D. Eight bits

12) Communications media such as copper wire, coaxial cables or wireless systems that are used to interconnect the other components of telecommunications network are referred to as

A. Channels

B. Modem

C. Processors

D. Servers

13) The following are examples of wireless technology except

A. Bluetooth

B. Infra-red

C. Fiber optics

D. Communication satellites

14) The following are computer crimes except

A. Hacking

B. Kidnapping

C. Cyber terrorism

D. Child pornography

15) In order to add a new row to an existing table, the SQL statement to use is

A. CREATE

B. INSERT

C. UPDATE

D. WHERE

16) A grid of rows and columns is called

A. Cell

B. Column

C. Row

D. Table

17) The following are means of disk organization except

A. Cylinders

B. Heads

C. Sectors

D. Tracks

18) The device that converts AC to DC to run the computer is called

A. Motherboard

B. Power convertor

C. Power supply unit

D. Uninterruptible power supply

19) Tasks undertaken by system software include:

I. Peripheral control

II. Multiprogramming

III. Input output control

IV. Project management

V. Memory management

Which of the following answers are correct?

A. I, II, III and IV only

B. I, II, III and V only

C. II, III, IV and V only

D. III, IV and V only

20) Which type of operating system (OS) is run by the Palm OS for palm held computers?

A. Single-user, single programming OS

B. Single-user, multiprogramming OS

C. Multi-user, single programming OS

D. Multi-user, multi programming OS

21) Some keywords used to represent loops in pseudo code include:

I. ENTRANCE

II. DO WHILE;

III. DO UNTIL;

IV. END DO;

Which of the following options are correct?

A. I, II and III only

B. I, III and IV only

C. II, III and IV only

D. I, II, III and IV

22) The following are network resources except

A. Applications

B. Cache

C. Files

D. Printers

23) BNC-T connector is associated with which type of cables?

A. Coaxial

B. Ethernet

C. Fibre-optic

D. Twisted-pair

24) Which of the following is not an example of an information technology crime? Theft of

A. E-book

B. Hardware

C. Information

D. Software

25) The binary number 101.0110₂ converts to decimal as

A. 357

B. 375

C. 357

D. 375

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26) The octal fraction 0.65 converts binary as

A. 110011

B. 110101

C. 101101

D. 101110

27) Which of the following computer strokes will take a user to the last line of a type document?

A. Ctrl + Home

B. Ctrl+ End

C. Shift + Home

D. Shift + End

28) When a user creates two or more separate windows containing part of the spreadsheet that can be viewed, such a user has created

A. Panes

B. Sections

C. Subsets

D. Views

29) The function key F12 in a spreadsheet application opens the

A. Close dialogue box

B. Font dialogue box

C. Open dialogue box

D. Save As dialogue box

30) To view headers and footers information in a spreadsheet application, use the

A. Web layout

B. Normal view button

C. Print preview button

D. Outline layout button

31) The first step involved in installing a new device is

A. Installing software

B. Booting the computer

C. Reading the instructions manual

D. Disassembling the computer

32) The first logical step required when installing a new hard disk is to

A. Copy the system files

B. Partition the new hard disk

C. Low-level format the new hard disk

D. High-level format the new hard disk

33) Which DOS configuration should be checked if a device in not loading properly?

A. BAT

B. INI

C. SYS

D. INI

34) The following information are stored on a computer\s CMOS chip except?

A. Date and time

B. Memory information

C. Printer configuration

D. Hard drive configuration

35) Which of the following utility programs is used in freeing space on hard disk?

A. Backup

B. Check disk

C. Disk cleanup

D. Encryption

36) Computation in a flowchart is effected using which of the following symbols?

The flowchart below shows and algorithm for printing the numbers 1 to 10 inclusive. Certain statements of the algorithm have represented with the letters P and Q.

Use the flowchart below to answer questions 37 to 40

37) The name of the symbol labeled K is

A. Data

B. Decision

C. Flow line

D. Terminator

38) The name of the symbol O is

A. Decision

B. Flow line

C. Input / output

D. Process

39) Which condition should be placed in P in order for the algorithm to function correction?

A. J < 10

B. J < = 10

C. J > 10

D. J > = 10

40) The correct statement to be placed in Q in order to update the value of the variable J to enable the algorithm to function correctly is

A. J = 1 – J

B. J = 1 + J

C. J = J – 2

D. J = J + 2

41) Which of the following reasons justifies the use of layered approach to networking?

A. Allows for large networking

B. Makes creation of networks easy

C. Allows many programmers to implement a network

D. Permits computers on different platforms to communicates

42) The internet service that allows user to connect to remote computers and run applications is referred to as

A. Gopher

B. Hypertext

C. Switching

D. telnet

43) the medium in a network that prepares data for transmission is the

A. hard disk

B. microprocessor

C. twisted pair cable

D. network interface care

44) A system of connected computers, telephones or other communications devices that can communicate with one another is called

A. Closed network

B. Circuit switching

C. Packet switching

D. Communication network

45) One-to-many relations between students and class tables means

A. One class may have many students

B. One student may have many classes

C. Many classes many have many students

D. Many students may have many classes

46) A database language that informs database management system about the whole data structure is called

A. Data control language

B. Dynamic link library

C. Data manipulation language

47) Presenting information in a particulate order based on numeric or alphabetic value is called

A. Arranging

B. Ordering

C. Searching

D. Sorting

48) Which of the following operators selects a record when only one condition is satisfied?

A. AND

B. IF

C. NOT

D. OR

49) E-commerce is an integral part of

1. 1. E-business
   2. E-governance
   3. E-learning
   4. E-mail

50) As a webpage developer, which of the following elements should be used to present and unordered list?

I. ol

II. ul

III. li

IV. table

A. IV only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III only

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