JESUIT MEMORIAL COLLEGE MBODO ALUU PORT HARCOURT

FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS 2018/2019 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: ICT

CLASS: JSS 1 TIME: 2HRS

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OBJECTIVE (60 MARKS)

1. What was the name of first A. Ferranti Mark 1

computer designed by Charles B. Analytical Engine
Babbage? C. Difference Engine
A. Analytical Engine D. Colossus
B. Difference Engine 6. UNIAC stands for __________.
C. Colossus A. Universal Automatic Calculator
D. ENIAC B. Universal Native Input
2. Which was the first electronics Automatic computer
digital programmable computing C. Universal Native Input
device? Automatic calculator
A. Analytical Engine D. Universal Automatic Computer
B. Difference Engine 7. ENIAC stands for __________.
C. Colossus A. Electronic Numerical Integrator
D. ENIAC And Computer
3. EDSAC stands for __________. B. Electronic Numerical Integrator
A. Electronic Delay Storage And Calculator
Automatic Calculator C. Electronic Numerical Integrator
B. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
Automatic Computer D. Electronic Numerical Integrator
C. Electronic Data Storage Automatic Calculator
Automatic Calculator 8. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
D. Electronic Data Storage are the inventors of __________
Automatic Computer computer.
4. EDVAC stands for __________. A. UNIAC
A. Electronic Discrete Variable B. ENIAC
Automatic Calculator C. EDSAC
B. Electronic Discrete Variable D. Ferranti Mark 1
Automatic Computer 9. Who invented the punch card?
C. Electronic Data Variable A. Charles Babbage
Automatic Calculator B. Semen Korsakov
D. Electronic Data Variable C. Herman Hollerith
Automatic Computer D. Joseph Marie Jacquard
5. Which was the first commercial 10. In the late __________, Herman
computer? Hollerith invented data storage on
 punched cards that could then be E. ULSI Microprocessor
read by a machine. 15. Which electronic components are
A. 1860 used in Fifth Generation
B. 1900 Computers?
C. 1890 A. Transistors
D. 1880 B. Integrated Circuits
11. Which electronic components are C. Vacuum Tubes
used in First Generation D. VLSI Microprocessor
Computers? E. ULSI Microprocessor
A. Transistors 16. ENIAC Computer belongs to
B. Integrated Circuits __________.
C. Vacuum Tubes A. First Generation Computers
D. VLSI Microprocessor B. Second Generation Computers
E. ULSI Microprocessor C. Third Generation Computers
12. Which electronic components are D. Fourth Generation Computers
used in Second Generation 17. VLSI Stands for __________.
Computers? A. Very Large Storage Integration
A. Transistors B. Very Large Storage Integrator
B. Integrated Circuits C. Very Large Scale Integration
C. Vacuum Tubes D. Very Large Scale Integrator
D. VLSI Microprocessor 18. ULSI Stands for __________.
E. ULSI Microprocessor A. Ultra Large Storage Integration
13. Which electronic components are B. Ultra Large Scale Integration
used in Third Generation C. Ultra Large Storage Integrator
Computers? D. Ultra Large Scale Integrator
A. Transistors 19. __________ is used as a
B. Integrated Circuits programming language in first
C. Vacuum Tubes generation computers?
D. VLSI Microprocessor A. FORTRAN
E. ULSI Microprocessor B. COBOL
14. Which electronic components are C. BASIC
used in Fourth Generation D. Machine Language
Computers? 20. FORTRAN stands for __________.
A. Transistors A. For Translation
B. Integrated Circuits B. Format Transformation
C. Vacuum Tubes C. Fork Transformation
D. VLSI Microprocessor D. Formula Translation
21. The main component of a desktop B. Data Analysis
PC is the __________ which houses C. Satellite Communication
the computer’s critical parts. D. Radio Transmission
A. Processor 26. Babbage presented his __________
B. System Case to the Royal Astronomical Society
C. Keyboard which was able to calculate
D. Memory polynomials.
22. Charles Babbage is known as A. Computer Engine
______________________. B. Diesel Engine
A. Father of Medicine C. Difference Engine
B. Founder of Computer Science D. Petrol Engine
C. Father of Computer 27. “Commodore – PET” the first of
D. Father of Programming several personal computers had a
23. The first known programmer in the memory of about ________
history of computer is A. 40 or 80 Giga bytes
____________. B. 4 or 8 Giga bytes
A. Augusta Ada Byron C. 4 or 8 Kilo bytes
B. Claude E. Shannon D. 4 or 8 bits
C. George Moore 28. Processor is used to ____________
D. Peter Norton A. Store Data
24. The famous Moore’s Law predicts B. Process Data
__________ C. Speed up Data
A. Exponential Decrease in D. Writes Data
number of Transistors in 29. Mid Range Computers are also
Integrated Circuit. known as_____________
B. Exponential Decrease of A. Mini Computers
Transistor Size in Integrated B. Super Computers
Circuit C. Main Frame
C. Exponential Increase in D. Handheld
Transistor Switching in 30. Alan Turing was known as
Integrated Circuit ____________
D. Exponential Increase in number A. Father of Information theory
of Transistors in Integrated B. Father of Computer
Circuit. C. Father of Programming
25. Punch Cards were used for D. Father of Computer Science
_____________. 31. Charles Babbage is known as ____.
A. Computer Networking A. Father of Medicine
 B. Founder of Computer Science A. integrated circuits
C. Father of Computer B. vacuum tubes
D. Father of Programming C. sockets
32. Who was best known for inventing a D. bulb
loom that used punch cards to store E. transistors
information by rearranging the 37. Artificial intelligence is a feature of
cards, a weaver could change the …………..generation of computer
pattern being woven without A. 1st
stopping the machine to change B. 2nd
threads. C. 4th
A. Babbage D. 5th
B. Pascal E. 3rd
C. Jacquard 38. In what year were transistors
D. Lovelace replaced with integrated circuits?
33. Who founded IBM Company and A. 1951
was also responsible for completing B. 1955
tabulating the US Census with his C. 1964
punch-card tabulator in only six D. 1974
weeks. E. 1945
A. Hollerith 39. The radio is a
B. Jacquard A. Wired waved transmission
C. Babbage B. Wireless radio transmission
D. Pascal C. Wireless transmission of
34. Identify the device through which signals
data and instructions are entered D. A table gadget that talks to us
40. An example of a radio transmission
into a computer
in our modern time is
A. Software
A. Wireless networks
B. Output device B. The computer
C. Input device C. Mp3
D. Memory D. Wrist watch
35. The telephone was invented by E. Email
A. Mario Carol 41. ……………….. is a software program
B. Philo Tylor Farnsworth capable of creating, sorting and
C. Guglielmo Marcorni printing documents
D. Alexander Graham Bell A. Weeword
E. Charles Babbage
B. Word printer
36. The first generation of computers
C. Word processor
were built with
 D. Document printer C. Processing, storage, and
E. Desktop distribution
42. Clipboard, font, paragraph, styles, D. Origination, storage, and
and editing are found under output
A. Home ribbon E. Input, processing, and output
B. Design ribbon 47. The earliest data processing
C. Love ribbon equipment were all manual-
D. View ribbon mechanical devices due to the
E. Insert ribbon
A. Needs of the time
43. Set of operations carried on to
B. Lack of adequate funds
process gathered data is called
C. Absence of electricity and
A. information technology
adequate technology
B. information cycle
D. Lack of government support
C. data processing cycle
E. Lack of manpower and raw
D. information
materials
44. Various operations that are carried
48. All computers have common basic
on data while processing includes
functions which are
A. calculation A. Recording, processing, and
B. analysis output
C. manipulation B. Input, storage, and merging
D. all of above C. Processing, sorting, classifying,
and output
45. A collection of facts such as test D. Input, processing, storage, and
scores, drawings, photographs, and output
inventory figures is called E. Calculating, sorting, storing,
A. Quantity merging, and feedback
B. Product 49. Not included in a data processing
C. Data cycle steps
D. Collector’s item A. Input
E. Merchandize B. Processing
46. Regardless of the kind of data C. Output
processed or the kind of device or D. None of the above
equipment used, all data processing 50. Categories of data processing
systems involve A. Mechanical Data Processing
A. Analyzing, logic B. Electronic Data Processing
determination, and C. All answers are correct
coding D. None of the above
B. Input, storage, and processing
 D. Pascaline
51. It is a process that returns to its E. All of the above
beginning and repeats itself in the 56. Early counting devices include;
same sequence. A. Abacus
A. Repeater B. Pebbles
B. Cycle C. Cowries
C. Sequential D. All of the above
D. None of the above E. B and C only
52. The problems of the early counting 57. The abacus could be used for
devices was…………EXCEPT ………………………..
A. Efficiency in counting small A. Counting
numbers B. Calculating
B. Perform calculations C. Finding direction
effectively D. All of the above
C. Occupy large amount of space E. A and B only
D. Fast in performing 58. A characteristic feature of the first
calculations generation is
E. They were portable A. They used microprocessors
53. Which of the following is a B. They were very portable
characteristic feature of the 4th C. They used integrated circuits
generation? D. They were very large
A. Used Integrated circuits E. They were very reliable
B. Used Transistors 59. VLSI stands for
C. Presence of microchips A. Very large scale internet
D. They were very large
B. Very large scale information
E. None of the above
C. Very large scale integrated
54. Which of these cannot be used for
D. Very large scale international
counting large numbers efficiently
E. None of the above
A. Fingers and toes
60. The device that runs on software
B. Pebbles
and is used to store and analyse
C. Cowries
data is called?
D. sticks
A. Loom
E. All of the above
B. Napier’s rods
55. Mechanical counting and calculating
C. Stepped reckoner
devices include;
D. Modern computer
A. Abacus
E. Pascaline
B. Slide rule
C. Astrolabe
 THEORY
Answer any four
1. (a). List the different information ages
(b). State 4 features of the computer age

2. With dates, list the five main generations of computers stating the various
technologies for each generation

3. List 5 responsible use of the internet

4. List 5 responsible use of the computer

5. Explain the following terms (I) Environmental Ethics

(Ii) Maintenance Ethics (Iii) Moral Ethics (IV) Safety Ethics

6. (a). List 5 ways of taking good care of a computer room/laboratory

(b). List 5 Areas of misuse of computers and internet