INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

2022
Section A
1. Put the following units of storage into the correct order, starting with the smallest unit first
and going down to the largest unit :
(a) Kilobyte (b) Byte (c) Megabyte (d) Terabyte (e) Gigabyte (f) Bit
Give your answer from the following code:
A. (f), (b), (a), (c), (d), (e)
B. (f), (b), (a), (d), (e), (c)
C. (f), (b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
D. (f), (b), (a), (d), (c), (e)
2. With regard to computer memory, which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE ?
P: Read Only Memory (ROM) is ‘volatile’ memory.
Q: Random Access Memory (RAM) is ‘volatile’ memory.
R: Secondary Memory is ‘volatile’ memory.
A. P only
B. Q only
C. P and Q only
D. P and R only
3. What is the full form of USB as used in computer-related activities?
A. Universal Security Block
B. Universal Serial Bus
C. United Serial Bus
D. Ultra-Security Block
4. What is the name of a webpage address?
A. Directory
B. Protocol
C. URL
D. Domain
5. Which of the following correctly lists computer memory types from highest to lowest speed ?
A. Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM); Cache Memory; CPU Registers
B. CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM)
C. CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage
D. Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage
6. DVD technology uses an optical media to store the digital data. DVD is an acronym for
A. Digital Vector Disc
B. Digital Volume Disc
C. Digital Versatile Disc
D. Digital Visualization Disc
7. The statement “the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of
computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer
Hardware” refers to
A. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
B. Information and Collaborative Technology (ICT)
C. Information and Data Technology (IDT)
D. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
8. The process of copying files to a CD-ROM is known as
A. Burning
B. Zipping
C. Digitizing
D. Ripping
9. An unsolicited e-mail message sent to many recipients at once is a
A. Worm
B. Virus
C. Threat
D. Spam
10. ________ is a type of memory circuitry that holds the computer’s start-up routine.
A. RIM (Read Initial Memory)
B. RAM (Random Access Memory)
C. ROM (Read Only Memory)
D. Cache Memory
11. An ASCII is a character-encoding scheme that is employed by personal computers in order to
represent various characters, numbers and control keys mat the computer user selects on the
keyboard. ASCII is an acronym for
A. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B. American Standard Code for Intelligent Information
C. American Standard Code for Information Integrity
D. American Standard Code for Isolated Information
12. Which of the following is an instant messaging application?
A. WhatsApp
B. Google Talk
C. Viber
D. Facebook
13. In a Computer a byte generally consists of:
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 16 bits
D. 10 bits
14. Which of the following is not an input device?
A. Microphone
B. Keyboard
C. Joystick
D. Monitor
11. Which of the following is an open-source software?
A. MS Word
B. Windows
C. Mozilla Firefox
D. Acrobat Reader
13. Encoding or scrambling data for transmission across a network is known as:
A. Protection
B. Detection
C. Encryption
D. Decryption
14. Which of the following is not an output device?
A. Printer
B. Speaker
C. Monitor
D. Keyboard
15. gif, jpg, bmp, png are used as extensions for files which store
A. audio data
B. image data
C. video data
D. text data
16. Which one of the following is not a search engine?
A. Google
B. Chrome
C. Yahoo
D. Bing
17. When a computer is booting, BIOS is loaded to the memory by
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. CD-ROM
D. TCP
18. Which one of the following is not a/an image/graphic file format?
A. PNG
B. GIF
 C. BMP
D. GUI
19. Which of the following is a social network?
A. amazon.com
B. eBay
C. gmail.com
D. Twitter
20. The letters ‘www’, stands for
A. work with web
B. word wide web
C. world wide web
D. worth while web
21. ALU stands for
A. American Logic Unit
B. Alternate Local Unit
C. Alternating Logic Unit
D. Arithmetic Logic Unit
22. A Personal Computer uses a number of chips mounted on a circuit board called
A. Microprocessor
B. System Board
C. Daughter Board
D. Mother Board
23. Computer Virus is a
A. Hardware
B. Bacteria
C. Software
D. None of these
24. The file extension of MS-Word document in Office 2007 is_______.
A. .pdf
B. .doc
C. .docx
D. .txt
25. Which of the following operating system is used on mobile phones?
A. Windows Vista
B. Android
C. Windows XP
D. All of the above
26. The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer is called
A. Compiler system
B. Operation system
C. Operating system
D. None of these
27. Which one of the following is an example of Operating System?
A. Microsoft Word
B. Microsoft Excel
C. Microsoft Access
D. Microsoft Windows
28. Which one of the following is not an operating system?
A. Google
B. Windows
C. Linux
D. MacOS
29. Where does a computer add and compare its data?
A. CPU
B. Memory
C. Hard disk
D. Floppy disk
30. Which is the largest unit of storage among the following?
A. Terabyte
B. Megabyte
C. Kilobyte
D. Gigabyte
31. bit stands for
A. binary information term
B. binary digit
C. binary tree
D. bivariate Theory
32. Information, a combination of graphics, text, sound, video and animation is called:
A. Multiprogramme
B. Multifacet
C. Multimedia
D. Multiprocess
33. CD ROM stands for:
A. Computer Disk Read Only Memory
B. Compact Disk Read Over Memory
 C. Compact Disk Read Only Memory
D. Computer Disk Read Over Memory
34. The ‘brain’ of a computer which keeps peripherals under its control is called:
A. Common Power Unit
B. Common Processing Unit
C. Central Power Unit
D. Central Processing Unit
35. Data can be saved on backing storage medium known as:
A. Compact Disk Recordable
B. Computer Disk Rewritable
C. Compact Disk Rewritable
D. Computer Data Rewritable
36. RAM means:
A. Random Access Memory
B. Rigid Access Memory
C. Rapid Access Memory
D. Revolving Access Memory
37. Which part of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) performs calculation and makes decisions:
A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
B. Alternating Logic Unit
C. Alternate Local Unit
D. American Logic Unit
38. The process of laying out a document with text, graphics, headlines and photographs is
involved in
A. Desk Top Publishing
B. Desk Top Printing
C. Desk Top Writing
D. Deck Top Printing
39. Which of the following is the appropriate definition of a computer?
A. Computer is a machine that can process information.
B. Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and process both qualitative
and quantitative data quickly and accurately.
C. Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process only
quantitative data.
D. Computer is a machine that can store, retrieve and process quickly and accurately
only qualitative information

40. Computer ________________________refers to acquiring computer related skills.

A. competency
 B. aware
C. active
D. connectivity

41. The ______________consist(s) of the equipment: keyboard, mouse, monitor, system unit, and
other devices.
A. hardware
B. system unit
C. procedures
D. information

42. The ___________is one of the system software programs.

A. word processor
B. application software
C. information system
D. operating system

43. Browsers, word processors, and spreadsheets are __________applications.

A. special-purpose
B. general-purpose
C. multimedia
D. advanced

44. A _______________computer is another name for a notebook computer.

A. PDA
B. laptop
C. handheld
D. midrange

45. Landscape is when a page is_______________

A. longer horizontally and shorter vertically.
B. longer vertically and shorter horizontally.
C. longer horizontally and longer vertically.
D. shorter horizontally and shorter vertically.

46. Which of the following cannot enable the user to move about on a page in a word processor?
A. Pointing to vertical scroll bar and dragging up and down to the desired page.
B. Pointing to horizontal scrollbar and dragging up and down to desired page.
C. Using F5 key on the keyboard.
D. Using page up and down keys on the keyboard

47. Which type of device, a computer is?

A. Mechanical
 B. Electrical
C. Magnetic
D. Electronic
48. Mr. Pelekamoyo accidentally deleted a file on a computer. Where can he restore it from?
A. Task bar
B. Recycle bin
C. My document
D. Menu bar
49. The following except one are the uses of ICT in education
A. To facilitate communication for pupils with special needs
B. To process administrative and assessment data
C. To exchange and share ideas -among teachers for the professional growth
D. To chat with friends on Facebook.com
50. A complete desktop computer includes four distinct parts:
A. Hardware, Software, Data and User
B. Hardware, Software, System Unit and User
C. RAM, CPU, Data and User
D. Monitor, System Unit, Keyboard and Mouse
51. The term "device" refers to any piece of hardware used by the computer, such as a
A. Keyboard, monitor, modem, or system
B. Keyboard, monitor, modem, or user
C. Keyboard, monitor, printer, or scanner
D. Data, information, software, and program
52. The smallest usable unit of measure for memory is the byte, which is the amount of memory
required to hold one character, like ‘A’ or ‘2’. One gigabyte is equivalent to:
A. 1 000 bytes
B. 1 000 000 bytes
C. 1 000 000 000 bytes
D. 1 000 000 000 000 bytes
53. What is the general name for the software that tells the computer how to accomplish tasks the
user requires, such as creating a document or editing a graphic image?
A. Embedded software
B. System software
C. Application software
D. Bespoke software
54. What is booting?
A. Carrying out a self-test
B. Loading operating system in computers memory
C. Checking computers memory
D. Executing a command
55. Which of the following management function is not performed by operating system?
A. Information management
B. Software management
C. Device management
D. Memory management
SECTION B
1. A ______ is an input device that can be used to input sound into a computer.
2. To increase space on a computer, unwanted files and folders must be ______
3. If a computer is becoming very slow, it may be ______
4. ______ and Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs) are called optical media because ______ is used
to read data from them.
5. Two devices that can produce softcopy output are ______ and ______
6. The buying and selling of goods and services through the internet is called ______
7. The box where data is entered in a spreadsheet is called a ______
8. ______ makes a presentation graphic to be moving when played.
9. ______ is the term used to refer to the process of starting up a computer.
10. The type of software that is used to handle specific tasks on a computer is called ______
11. ______ is the connecting of two or more computers so that they are able to ______data,
information and resources.
12. Random Access Memory (RAM) can lose its ______ when power is switched off because it
is ______
13. Two devices that can be used to connect a computer to the internet are ______ and ______
14. It is important to ______ work in order to prevent loss of data when working on a computer.
15. A printed page can be electronically transmitted from one office to another by ______
16. A ______is the hardware that allows a computer to produce audio output.
17. 1, 410, 000, 000 bytes is the same as ______gigabytes.
18. To protect data, a user must input a ______ each time to log on.
19. A ______ is a collection of two or more computers that are connected to each other allowing
them to_______ resources.
20. The two main categories of software are ______ and ______
21. ______is making data unreadable during transmission over a network.
22. E-commerce means doing business using ______
23. A computer program that aids a computer user to complete a task is called ______
24. A network system designed and created to cover only an individual's digital devices in a
home is called ______
25. A computer system does not understand human readable language but understands
______only.
26. A ______is a storage on medium which ______ is read using light.
27. The two examples of operating system interface are the ______ and ______
28. To re-visit a webpage recently viewed the ______ button is used.
29. ______ is the pressing of a mouse button twice in rapid succession.
30. ______ is the unit for measuring the speed of the CPU.
31. A ______ is a malicious program that copies itself and destroys computer files.
32. To read account numbers of cheques at a bank ______ reader is used.
33. To use a computer network, a user must first log on by entering the user ID and ______
34. Cameras that do not require film and can transfer images and video into the computer are
called ______ cameras.
35. ______ is an example of an ______ software used for creating, formatting and editing of
documents on a computer.
36. ______ allows users to find a website even if they do not know the Universal Resource
Locator (URL).
37. In a word processor, a line that blinks to indicate where to type is called a ______
38. A program stored in ………... of the computer directs the computer to start up each time
you switch on.
39. In a word processor, the cutting off of the unnecessary background of a picture is called
______
40. The acronym I.S.P stands for ______
41. If you delete a word in a document by mistake, you can use the ___________ to put it back.
42. With ______ communication, data travels through the air.
43. A clear picture on a camera has more ______or high ______
44. Alphanumeric characters consist of ______ and ______
45. The longest key on the keyboard is ______
46. Video conferencing makes use of computers, communications equipment and ______
47. A network formed using two phones to exchange music is called ______
48. A computer system consists of four major hardware components: input, ____, ____ and ___
49. The common name for the Return Key is the ______
50. A ______ is a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do.
51. An ______ is an electronic form of a letter sent from one user to another using the ______?
52. ______ is making use of many media such as text, Images, sound, animation and video.
53. What term is used to describe adding motion to graphics on a computer slide presentation?
54. The ______ key is used to start a new line in a word document.
55. Unauthorized use of an ICT system with a view to change data is called ______
SECTION B
1. With the use of an example, describe an information system
2. Briefly describe the importance of a Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS) to an
organization
3. Computers can be classified either as digital computers or analog computers.
Differentiate briefly between Analog and Digital Computers
4. Differentiate between data, information and knowledge
5. What is a Computer?
6. Give at least two limitations of a computer
7. In which computer generation are we today?
8. Describe the advantages of using minicomputer over microcomputer.
9. Explain the importance of computers in Medicine and Healthcare.
10. What is the need of an operating system?
11. Describe the functions of an operating system.
12. Name any three operating systems.
13. What is the difference between software and hardware?
14. What is the difference between system software and application software?
15. What is the basic meaning of cloud computing?
16. What does the word, office automation mean? State the importance of office automation
to the organization
17. State FIVE (5) pros and TWO (2) cons of office system automation
18. With the use of an example, explain the meaning of a Multimedia System
19. List and explain at least three (3) characteristics of a multimedia system
20. What is the difference between a command-driven interface and a graphical user interface
(GUI)?
21. Why is multitasking useful?
22. What is a device driver?
23. What is a utility program?
24. Describe the component of computer hardware
25. Your school wants to buy computers. Discuss some of the issues you would consider in
terms of hardware, operating system and application software.
26. List and explain the basic functions that an operating system can perform
27. Explain the major role of the CPU in a computer system
28. Describe briefly ways of dealing with computer malware.
29. Explain four (4) ways how information held on a computer system is protected from
unauthorized access?
30. Explain four (4) tasks of file management a user frequently performs in Window
Explorer.
31. 'Automatic Table of Content' is another feature of MS WORD. Explain briefly this
feature. Give two benefits of using this feature when editing a document.
32. MICR and OCR devices are similar in that both types of machines convert source
document data directly into computer usable input. How do these machines differ?
33. What is a search engine?
34. Explain what is meant by computer networking. Benefits of computer networks. Types of
computer networks.
35. Briefly define, and explain with a use of a diagram how devices are connected,
mentioning the at least a advantage and a disadvantage for each of the following.
a. Star topology
b. Ring topology
c. Bus topology
d. Hybrid topology
e. Wireless topology
36. Use a well-designed table to compare and contrast between optical storage media,
magnetic storage media and solid-state media
37. Beside the use of Antivirus, provide at least two security measure that can be used to
provide computer security
38. Name three methods of data transmission that are faster than a regular modem
connection.
39. What are the following types of application software used for?
a. project management software
b. desktop-publishing software
c. database software spreadsheet
 d. software word processing software
40. Which program is more sophisticated, analytical graphics or presentation graphics? Why?
41. How are the following different from one another?
Pop-up menu; pull-down menu; cascading menu.
42. What is importing and exporting?
43. Discuss the various software licenses: site licenses, concurrent-use licenses, multiple-user
licenses, single-user license.
44. Give ONE (1) difference between.
a. Centralized processing system and distributed processing system (Give one
advantage and disadvantage of each)
b. Network Bridge and Network Repeater
c. Intranet and extranet
d. Cyberspace and internet
e. Browsing the internet and surfing the cyberspace
f. Webpage and Website
g. System software and Application Software (Give TWO (2) examples of each)
h. General Purpose Software and System Software (Give TWO (2) examples of
each)
i. Search engine and google
j. Optical storage and Magnetic storage (Give ONE (1) example of each)
k. Internal storage and External Storage (Give One (1) example of each)
l. Megabytes and Megabits
m. Bespoke Software and Off-Shelf Software
45. Computer is mainly used for data processing. Raw facts and figures are called
_________. Once data is processed, it is called ________________. (2)
46. Differentiate between hardware and software. (2)
Hardware Software
Difference

Examples
47. Those computers, which take signals as input, are called _______________ computers,
while those computers, which accept digits as input, are called ________________
computers. Those computers, which accept both types of inputs i.e. signals and digits are
called hybrid computers. (2)
48. Study the diagram below, and answer the questions which follow: [7]

a. What name is given to the group of keys under A (1)

_______________________________________________________________
b. What is the name of button B (1)
________________________________________________________________
c. What is the name of button C (1)
________________________________________________________________
d. What is the function of the buttons under group D (2)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
e. What is the function of the buttons under group E (2)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
49. Kapikamyala uses a computerized data logger to monitor and record his heart rate while running.

a. The data logger contains input, output and storage components. Identify one component
that is used for input: _________________________ (2)
b. Identify one component that is used for output: _________________________ (2)
c. Identify one component that is used for storage: _________________________ (2)
50. Mouse and keyboard, both are input devices, but what is the basic difference between
them? (2)
Mouse Keyboard
Functions

51. Name any two operating systems in use today. (2)

52. The brain of the computer is referred to as the CPU, what does the acronym CPU stand
for _________________ _________________ ________________ (2)
53. What is the difference between a command-driven interface (CLI) and a graphical user
interface (GUI)? (2)
54. What are the following types of application software used for?
a. Spreadsheet software (1)
b. Word processing software (1)
55. In the cell address E7, E state column and 7 states the __________________. (1)
56. Identify at least two ICT tools for teaching and learning, and illustrate their uses. (2)
57. Tick one box in each row to show whether the device is used for storage, input or output. The
first and the last one has been done for you. [4]
 Device Storage Input Output

USB Flash Memory Drive

Headphones
Keyboard
LCD Screen

Microphone
Touch Pad

58. Pick from the following words to answer the questions which follow, and you should
only use the word once. (9)
__________________________________________________________________________
BROWSING, PRIMARY STORAGE, HARD DISKS,
OPTICAL DISKS, SYSTEM SOFTWARE, SUPERCOMPUTERS,
FLASH DRIVE, SYSTEM UNIT, MICROCOMPUTERS

a. Software that enables the application software to interact with the computer
hardware
b. The most powerful type of computer is called
c. Container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a
computer system
d. The least powerful and most widely used type of computer
e. A device which holds data and programs even after electrical power to the
system has been turned off is referred to as a
f. A portable device which is typically used to store documents and data files is
called
g. Use laser technology and have the greatest capacity of all secondary' storage

h. Holds data and program instructions for processing data

i. Looking for information on the internet is called
SECTION C
1. Study the picture of the interface below and answer the questions that follow.

a. Give the name of the user interface shown above.

b. Identify parts labeled A, B and D.
c. What is the use of icon labeled, C and the shortcut labeled, D?
d. From the diagram, which icon can be double clicked to open the internet?
e. Name one file and one folder shown in the diagram above.
f. Illustrate the steps you would follow to open MS Word, on an MS Windows 10
operating system.
g. If you had deleted a file accidentally, explain how you would recover it.
h. Identify the labeled parts, you would right click to access the task manager
i. How do you power up a computer?
2. Study the diagram below.

a. Name the parts labelled A, B, C, and D.

b. Give the cell reference for the part labelled E.
c. State two uses of this application in our day to day lives.
d. Write down the use of the part labelled B.
e. Explain how you would save a spreadsheet, with a name, “CSE 2020”, in a folder
called, “KCE”, in my documents, which is not yet created.
f. What is the easiest way to access formulas which you aren’t familiar with?
g. Which tab would you access to change the spreadsheet layout?
h. How do you insert graphics in a spreadsheet?
i. You are required to calculate a radius of a circle to be displayed in B2, and you
have been given a circumference in A2, write down the formula you would use.
 SECTION A
1. Speaker 29. Double clicking
2. Deleted 30. Kilo-Hertz or mega-hertz
3. Infected 31. Virus
4. Compact Disc (CD) 32. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
5. Speaker and screen 33. Password
6. E-commerce 34. Digital
7. Cell 35. Word processor, application
8. Animation 36. Search engine
9. Booting 37. Curser
10. Application software 38. BIOS
11. Network, share 39. Cropping
12. Data, volatile 40. Internet Service Provider
13. Modem, dongle 41. Undo
14. Backup 42. Wireless
15. Fax 43. Pixels, resolution
16. Sound card 44. Numbers, alphabetical letters
17. 1.41 GB 45. Space bar
18. Password 46. Internet
19. Network, share 47. Peer to peer
20. Application, system 48. Output, storage, processor
21. Encryption 49. Enter key
22. Internet 50. Program
23. Application 51. E-mail, internet
24. Home network 52. Multimedia
25. Machine Language (binary data) 53. Animation
26. Optical disc, data 54. Enter or return
27. Command-line, graphical 55. Hacking
28. Back
SECTION C
Question 1

a. Graphical user interface

b. A-Start button, B-search bar, D-taskbar
c. C-To open internet explorer or shortcut for internet explorer
D-to access the recycle bin, or shortcut for recycle bin
d. Firefox or google chrome icons
e. File-copy of OUTPUT(28, Folder=New folder
f. Click on start button, to open the start menu, you scroll to the folder MS Office, open it, and double
click MS Word
Or Click on start button, to open the start menu, you scroll to MS Word, and double click MS Word
Or click on start button, search for MS Word, once it pops on the search, you double click it
g. You open the recycle bin on the desktop, locate the file, and restore it.
h. E
i. You power up first the main power for the socket, power up the monitor, the power up the system
unit.

Question 2

a. A-Cell. B-formula bar, C-columns, D-rows

b. F6
c. It’s a spreadsheet, used for making home budgets, school budget, balance sheets, etc
d. Used for inputting formula in a cell
e. Click on file, then click on Save As, double click on browse, click on documents, click on new folder,
name it to KCE, double KCE folder, name the file to CSE 2020, click on save.
f. Go to formulas tab, and access various formula options
g. Page layout tab
h. Go to insert tab, and access the various graphic options
i. =A2*PI