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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

CLASS IX EXAMINATION

MAY 2015

Computer Science Paper I

Time: 35 minutes Marks: 25

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.
3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 25 only.
4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the circle for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

Candidate’s Signature

5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new circle.
6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the circles.

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1. Which of the following was the first 5. Which of the following is/are the
successful commercial computer feature(s) of ROM?
developed after Von Neumann gave
the idea of the stored-program I. Permanent storage
technique? II. Easy to modify
III. Volatile
A. EDSAC
B. ENIAC A. I only
C. UNIVAC B. I and II
D. UNIX C. I and III
D. II and III
2. Napier’s idea of logarithms gave birth
to another very useful calculating 6. All of the following devices can be
device called the connected through USB EXCEPT

A. slide ways. A. monitors.

B. abacus. B. speakers.
C. slide rule. C. webcam.
D. ruler. D. printers.
7. A device which reads an image from
3. Which of the following is/are a paper and transfers it into
example(s) of hybrid technology?
computer's memory is called a
I. Radar systems
A. keyboard.
II. Robots B. joystick.
III. Laptops
C. scanner.
D. mouse.
A. I only
B. I and II 8. 1 terabyte is equal to
C. I and III
D. II and III 30
A. 2 bytes
40
4. All of the following were the main B. 2 bytes
developments during the second C. 2
50
bytes
generation of computers EXCEPT 60
D. 2 bytes
A. use of low and high level 9. Which of the following permanently
programming languages. store(s) user’s data in Gigabytes?
B. invention of integrated
circuits. I. DVD
C. invention of transistors. II. Hard disk
D. use of system software. III. RAM

A. I only
B. I and II
C. I and III
D. II and III

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10. Which of the following is a feature of 16. The folder in which MS Windows
CDs? stores deleted files and folders is
called
A. Fixed disk
B. Optical storage disk A. desktop.
C. Sequential access storage B. recycle bin.
D. Storage capacity up to 17 GB C. control panel.
D. my documents.
11. The decimal equivalent of
hexadecimal number 41 is 17. A paragraph is written using font
‘Calibri’, font size ‘8’ and font style
A. 78
‘Italic’. The user wants to apply same
B. 68
setting to multiple places in the same
C. 65
document. Which of the following
D. 5
MS Word options should he use?
12. (1011)2 is equal to
A.
A. (11)8
B. (13)8 B.
C. (16)8
D. (51)8 C.

13. (1010)2 8(10)2 is equal to D. .

A. (1000000)2
B. (1100000)2 18. Which of the following MS Word
C. (10100000)2 options is used to convert capital
D. (11000000)2 letters into small letters for the
selected text?
14. The 2’s complement of (01100111)2
will be A. Change case
B. Change font size
A. (10111000)2 C. Change font style
B. (10011001)2 D. Change paragraph indenting
C. (11011001)2
D. (10011000)2 19. By default, the paper size for printing
a document in MS Word is
15. All of the following are functions of
Windows Operating System A. A4.
EXCEPT B. legal.
C. letter.
A. to manage file storage. D. executive.
B. to execute user commands.
C. to inform users about errors. 20. In PowerPoint, compress, rise up,
D. to convert source code into unfold and float are different options
object code. of

A. animation scheme.
B. design template.
C. colour scheme.
D. slide layout.

PLEASE TURN OVER THE PAGE

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21. We can make pie charts and other 25. Which of the following is/are the
graphs to analyze the data in feature(s) of command line interface?

A. word processing software. I. It is simple and user-friendly.

B. web browsing software. II. It uses less memory resources.
C. presentation software. III. Typing a short command is
D. spreadsheet software. faster than clicking several
icons.
22. Which of the following DOS
commands deletes all files including A. II only
directories and subdirectories? B. I and II
C. I and III
A. DEL D. II and III
B. DELTREE
C. ERASE
D. RMDIR

23. In MS DOS, which of the following

commands is used to create a
directory named “AKUEB”?

A. DIR AKUEB
B. FORMAT AKUEB
C. MD AKUEB
D. TYPE AKUEB

24. Which of the following software is

used to create professional and
personalized newsletters, brochures,
post cards and calendars?

A. Desktop publishing
B. Presentation
C. Database
D. Graphics

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