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CSE 1010e 2004 S1
CSE 1010e 2004 S1
CSE 1010e 2004 S1
DATE
WEDNESDAY
26 MAY 2004
SERIES
MODULE
TIME
MAY 2004
INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
[CSE 1010e]
15.30 17.30
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
NO. OF QUESTIONS SET:
SECTION A: 40
SECTION B: 20
SECTION C: 4
NO. OF QUESTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED:
SECTION A: 40 (Compulsory)
SECTION B: 20 (Compulsory)
SECTION C: Answer any two (2) questions
SECTION A
Multiple Choice
1. The CPU is an example of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
a software
an hardware
a program
an output
a program
software
data
information
input units
storage units
output units
processing units
a register
mass storage
secondary storage
primary storage
MIPS
MHz
Megabytes
Cycles
6. A bus consists of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
registers
data paths
transistors
machine cycles
mother board
ram/bus board
ASCII board
masterboard
Control Unit
ALU
Processor
Main storage
vacuum tubes
Integrated Circuits
transistors
LSIs
Fortran
mnemonics
assembly
query languages
laser printer
impact printer
a scanner
non-impact printer
OCR
terminal
LCD
monitor
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voice-output devices
scanners
digitisers
touchscreens
primary storage
random access storage
sequential access storage
direct acces storage
mechanical disk
laser beam
mechanical arm
spindle
19. A translator that converts the entire program into binary code before executing it
is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Pascal
a compiler
an interpreter
a query language
coding
program specification
testing
maintenance
21. To repeat a process as long as a condition remains true, a programmer makes use
of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
selection
a loop
a sequence
a procedural language
booting
prompting
pipelining
paging
23. The technique that avoids the mixing of printouts from several programs is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
paging
time-slicing
spooling
queuing
buffering
double buffering
multiprocessing
virtual memory
multiprocessing
multiprogramming
UNIX
buffering
word processing
spreadsheet
DBMS
presentation software
28. Software that is written especially for the specific needs of an organization is
called
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
freeware
shareware
special purpose software
public domain software
purchase of printers
buying of new software
apprehension of using new system
programmers salaries
systems flowchart
DFD
entity
questionnaire
33. Transmission permitting data to move in both directions but only one way at a
time is called
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
half-duplex
full-duplex
simplex
half simplex
satellites
microwave
twisted pair
fibre optics
35. When two or more computers are connected to a central hub computer we have a
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
hierarchy network
star network
ring network
bus network
LAN
WAN
bus
NAN
home page
web page
entry page
primary page
ISP
URL
http
browser
HTML
Netscape
Hyperlinks
Search engines
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Protocol
Location
Domain
server
SECTION B
Fill-in-the-blanks
1. For data to be processed it must be placed in the ______________________.
2. Medium sized computers are also known as ___________________________.
3. A CPU found one chip is known as a __________________.
4. MIPS stands for ___________________________.
5. Hard disk capacity is expressed in ________________.
6. Third generation computers were a ______________ times faster than first generation
computers.
7. LCD stands for ___________________________________ .
8. A(n) ________________ printer uses a mechanical head of retracting pins to print
characters.
9. If a read/write head touches a hard disk surface, this is called a _________________.
10. Data are read on ___________ disks by means of a laser beam.
11. The technique that lets two or more programs execute concurrently is
__________________.
12. A technique for speeding up data transfer between memory and a slow peripheral is
_______________.
13. The intersection of a row and column on a spreadsheet is called a(n) __________.
14. The kind of analysis that lets a user change spreadsheet values and then observe the
resulting effect is called ________________.
15. The data analysis tool that shows a system in a lot of details is the
__________________.
16. The device that converts a digital signal to an electrical signal and vice versa is a(n)
________________.
17. A(n) ____________ network links all computers together in a circular chain.
18. To access the Internet we need to have an account with a(n) ________________.
19. Doing on-line shopping on the Internet is known as _______________.
20. The area of IT which deals with health related issue`s is known as ____________.
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SECTION C
Open-Ended
(b)
(c)
(d)
List three examples of extension cards and state what they do.
(3 marks)
(e)
Question 2
(a)
(b)
(6 marks)
(4 marks)
(c)
What are the inputs needed (in a program) to calculate the electricity bill of a
consumer?
(2 marks)
(d)
By making use of a flowchart, show the processes involved for producing the
electricity bill.
(8 marks)
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Question 3
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2 marks)
Question 4
(a)
(b)
(2 marks)
(c)
How would you distinguish the World Wide Web from the Internet?
(4 marks)
(d)
What is a computer virus? What are the different types of viruses and how can
we deal with them?
(6 marks)
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