YEAR 9 ICT HALF TERM ASSESSMENT

CHRISTMAS TERM 2022/2023 SESSION

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The full meaning of WWW is B. typing
____ C. watching movies
A. World Weight Web D. sharing resources
B. World Why Web
C. World West Web 5. Smartphones and computer are
D. World Wide Web examples of computer?
A. False
2. Virus and Privacy violation are B. True
some of the disadvantages of the
____ 6. Which of the following are
A. car examples of technology?
B. house A. Sunlight, Phone, Radio
C. Internet B. Satellite, House, Internet
D. sunlight C. Sunlight, Television, Car
D. Wind, car, phone
3. _______is a computer where
websites are hosted. 7. Which of the following is not the
A. Web locator basic function of a search
B. Web client engine?
C. Web server A. Quick exchange of information
D. Web intermediary between users
B. Exploring the web
4. A computer network is a set of C. Finding information
computers connected together D. Matching queries with
for the purpose of ___________ reference sites that contain the
A. playing music queries
8. The global connection of 12. A diagrammatic representation of
computers is often referred to as the logical steps in programming
____ is ____________
A. Telnet A. flow chart
B. Internet B. bar chart
C. Intranet C. column chart
D. Sat Nav D. pie chart
13. Safari is a/an ________
9. Search engines are able to application
search for A. chatting
A. Images B. music
B. Videos C. gaming
C. Documents D. browsing
D. All of the above
14. The full meaning of FORTRAN is
10. Which if the two is a faster way ______
of passing across information? A. Floppy Transaction
A. Radio B. Formula Translation
B. Town crier C. File Transaction
C. Newspaper D. Formal Translation
D. Word of mouth
15. The following are the uses of ICT
11. The following are the importance except
of internet to the society A. Communication
EXCEPT B. Information processing
A. Delivery of goods and Management
services to the door steps. C. Timing and control
B. Online Schooling D. all of the above.
C. Online shopping
D. Internet Fraud 16. Trojan horse and spyware are
examples of
 A. antivirus 21. yahoo.com is an example of a/an
B. database package A. IP address
C. virus B. Domain name
D. data infection C. HTML
D. Protocol
17. Lotus 1-2-3 is an example of a 22. A software useful for creating simple
_______. or complex drawing is _________
A. Word Processing software A. Microsoft Word
B. Spreadsheet software B. Microsoft Colour
C. Operating system C. Microsoft Paint
D. None of the above D. Microsoft Diagram
23. What do we call a computer program
18. Device through which information is
that organizes data in rows and
accepted into the computer system are
columns?
called?
A. desktop publishing program
A. input devices
B. spreadsheet program
B. disc drivers
D. row and column program
C. output devices
24. On a paint window, the colour
D. processing devices
_______ allows for selecting colours
19. A byte is a collection of _________
A. toolbox
A. five bits
B. tab
B. eight bits
C. paints
C. three bits
D. palette
D. one bit
25. Information and communication
20. ______ is a logic gate that gives an
technology is an umbrella that includes
output of logic 1 only when all of its
all technologies for communicating
inputs are 1.
information
A. AND gate
A. False
B. NOR gate.
B. Not sure
C. OR gate
C. True
D.NOT gate
D. A and B
 31. The most important software on the
26. __________ commonly used in computer system is ___________
computing are A. Word Processor
A. hexadecimal B. Core Draw
B. binary C. Operating System
C. decimal D. Microsoft Excel
D. octal 32. A nibble is made up of _________
27. A computer language is usually bytes
written by ___________ A. 1
A. computer operator B. 4
B. system analyst C. 2
C. computer programmer D. ½
D. computer engineer 33. Electronic mail is the sending of
28. A computer language is usually letters through ____________
written by ___________ A. internet
A. computer operator B. postage
B. system analyst C. courier
C. computer programmer D. fax
D. computer engineer 34. The process of transferring files from
29. Which of the following is NOT a computer on the Internet to your
a Computer Professional? computer is called
A. computer analyst A. Uploading
B. computer accountant B. Forwarding
C. computer manager C. FTP
D. computer operator D. Downloading
30. Output devices make it possible to
_________ 35. ________ are things we exchange
A. scan data when we communicate
B. input data A. Information and data
C. send data B. Information and ICT
D. view data
C. TV and Information A. for entertainment
D. Radio and Internet B. for gambling
C. for building intelligence quotient
D. none of the above
36. ______ is not a quality of a good 39. Which of the following is a correct
computer professional format of Email address?
A. Being dull A. name@website@info
B. Being hardworking B. [email protected]
C. Being honest and trustworthy C. www.nameofebsite.com
D. Possess the required training D. name.website.com
37. A computer professional that writes 40. The NOT gate has only
and codes programs is called a ________________
_________________ A. 1 input
A. system analyst B. 2 input
B. computer programmer C. 3 inputs
C. mechanical engineer D. 4 inputs
D. system administrator
38. Uses of computer games include the
following expect _________________.

Essay Questions (Attempt All Questions)

1. Define the term ‘Digital Divide’ and state reasons for the Divide.
 {5 Marks}

2. A) Mention any three (3) Domain Extensions and their functions.

Domain Extensions Uses

{3 Marks}

B) Give two (2) differences between the Old Economy and the New Economy.

Old Economy New Economy

{2 Marks}

3. Fill in the Blank Space in the Truth Table

A B A+B A.C
 0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

0 0

{5 Marks}

4. Give the full meaning of the following abbreviations:

HTTP

FTP

HTML

TCP

URL

{5 Marks}