Items 1-3

Some of the following sentences contain certain errors of punctuation or capitalization. Some of them are correct.
Select the letter (A), (B) or (C) to identify the error. Select (D) if there is no error.

1. “I am going to live with my father in Jamaica;”, Kaisia whispered, “and I won’t come back here.
A B C
NO ERROR
D

2. The final stop on the itinerary is port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. NO ERROR.
A B C D

3. The Principal of Queens College explained, ‘If you study hard you’ll pass your exams. NO ERROR
A B C D

Items 4-10 refers to the following incomplete sentences. 9. The restaurant ………..….Mexican food.
Choose the word to BEST complete each sentence.
a. sell
4. The principal …….….. the students to walk with b. sells
their own water. c. cell
d. cells
a. advice
b. advise 10. At recess the children ……… in the school yard
c. advised until the bell rang.
d. adviced
a. play
5. Last week, Samud and I ………. our birthdays with b. played
a visit to the museum. c. plays
d. playing
a. celebrate
b. celebrated 11. Which one of the following words is represented by
c. celebrates the abbreviation ‘pl’ in a manuscript?
d. celebrating
a. Place
6. After the concert the students could not remember b. Please
............... the school bus was parked. c. Plead
d. Plant
a. ware
b. wear 12. Which of the following word is represented by the
c. whare abbreviation ‘para’ in a manuscript?
d. where
a. Paralegal
7. She stayed at home …………… she was feeling b. Paragraph
unwell. c. Paradigm
d. Paraphrase
a. and
b. whereas 13. A visual display play unit is BEST categorized as
c. because
d. even though a. Input
b. Output
8. Since the students …………….. themselves, they c. Backup
were rewarded. d. Storage

a. behave 14. Which of the following devices are a trackball and

b. behaves mouse examples of?
c. behaved
d. behaving a. Drawing
b. Pointing
c. Inserting
d. Scanning

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 22. The MAIN purpose of adopting posture while sitting
15. Which of the following is the MOST suitable device
at the computer is to prevent
for the output of an architectural drawing?
a. Inaccurate ideas
a. Plotter
b. Computer vision syndrome
b. Light Pen
c. Pain and injury to the spine
c. Laser Printer
d. Errors or typos in documents
d. Graphic tablet

16. Which one of the following is not an external

storage media? Items 23-24 refer to the following screenshot

a. Hard Disk
b. Flash Drive
c. Compact disc
d. Cloud storage

17. When the computer is working on given instructions

this function referred to as

a. Input
b. Output
c. Storage
d. Processing

18. Which one of the following storage media normally

requires a USB connector?

a. Flash drive 23. The vertical line at the end of paragraph 1 indicates
b. Cloud drive
c. Compact disk a. The last character that was typed
d. Memory card b. The end of the first paragraph typed
c. The paragraph that has been selected
19. Which of the following software is used to boot a d. Where the next character to be typed will go
computer?

a. Utility
24. Which paragraph alignment has been applied?
b. System
c. Firmware
a. Left
d. Application
b. Right
c. Centre
20. Mary is providing an electronic presentation for the
d. Justified
CEO who will be travelling shortly and wishes to
take the presentation with him.
25. The correct formula to add the value in the cell G1
What is the MOST appropriate media for Mary to with G2 is
store the presentation on?
a. =G1+G2
a. Compact disk b. G1+G2
b. Floppy disk c. =SUM(G1:G2)
c. Hard drive d. =SUM(G1+C2)
d. Flash drive
26. Which of the following data types is MOST
21. Not overloading electrical outlets would be appropriate for storing the price of an item?
considered a/an
a. Text
a. Health practice b. Number
b. Safety practice c. Currency
c. Ergonomics factor d. AutoNumber
d. General care of hardware

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27. Which of the following is the MOST efficient input 33. The document stating what is to be accomplished
device that can be used to capture data during a meeting is the
electronically?
a. agenda
a. Barcode reader b. minutes
b. Trackball c. schedule
c. Keyboard d. memorandum
d. Mouse
34. Activities including uploading or downloading data
to or from a remote computer are done using
28. Which of the following featured is used to create a
presentation with a consistent appearance on all a. Blogging
slides? b. Inter relay chat
c. Instant messaging
a. Animation d. File transfer protocol
b. Slide master
c. Design template 35. The abbreviation WWW represents
d. Auto correct wizard
a. Word Wild Web
b. Word Wide Web
29. Which one of the following tasks does a spreadsheet c. World Wild Web
allows users to do? d. World Wide Web

I.Sort and extract data from a file

II.Store numeric data 36. Which of the following programmes allows the user
III.Perform automation and calculation to access the internet?

a. I a. Index
b. I and II only b. Protocol
c. II and III only c. Web browser
d. I, II and III d. Search Engines

37. Electronic Mail may be transmitted using a

30. Which one of the following groups contains editing
techniques? a. printer
b. telephone
a. Copy, cut, paste, move c. computer
b. Copy, cut, hide, colour d. fax machine
c. Underline, colour, insert, find
d. Underline, shade, search, omit
38. Telecommuting can be BEST described as

31. Which of the following fields would be the BEST a. using telephone to market products
choice for the key fields of a student’s performance b. travelling between home and the traditional
record system in a school? office
c. establishing a communication link between
a. Surname companies
b. Date of birth d. working from a remote location outside of a
c. Telephone number traditional office
d. Admission number
39. An electronic mail (e-mail) was sent with the
addresses of Joe and Paula in the CC field and Maria
32. The minutes of a meeting in the BCC field. The individual receiving the
e-mail knows that it was sent to
a. give notice of an upcoming meeting
b. list the decisions to be taken at the meeting a. Joe, Paula and Maria
c. list items to be discussed at the meeting b. Joe, but not Paula and Maria
d. summarize what has taken place at the meeting c. Joe and Paula but not Maria
d. Maria but not Joe and Paula

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40. Which of the following are advantages of using 47. Which of the following would BEST guard
electronic mail (e-mail) instead of postal mail? computers against viruses?

I.Speed of delivery a. Installing anti-virus programmes

II.Access from any location b. Installing computer security devices
III.Receipt of bulk mail c. Servicing the computer devices regularly
d. Hiring an expert to search for viruses on the
a. I and II only system
b. I and III only
c. II and III only 48. Which of the following can be considered a file
d. I, II and III retention method?

41. Which one of the following is NOT a current and a. Archive

common form of electronic communication? b. Version control
c. Version number
I.Social media d. Backup system
II.Email
III.Pager 49. Which one of the following is an example of a
turnaround document?
a. I and only
b. I and II only a. Letters
c. III only b. Cheque
d. II only c. Utility bill
d. Survey forms
42. Document Management is an administrative role that
involves which of the following items? 50. Which of the following is located at the LOWEST
level of the file structure in an electronic filing
a. Saving and deleting system?
b. Creating and sorting
c. Referencing and mailing a. File
d. Inserting and reviewing b. Drive
c. Folder
43. A document that is used for the initial recording of d. Sub-folder
data relating to business transactions is called a
51. Which of the following statements represents the
a. Source document CORRECT sequence of actions for text to be copied
b. Template document and paste?
c. Turnaround document
d. Machine-readable document a. Press the Copy button. Press the Paste button,
move the insertion point where the text is to be
inserted.
44. Which one of the following is used to protect the b. Select content, press the copy button, move the
integrity of files? insertion point to where the text is to be inserted
and press the Paste button.
a. Passwords c. Select content, move to the insertion point where
b. Firewalls the text is to be inserted, press the Copy button
c. Destruction and press the Paste button.
d. Overwrite protection d. Press the Copy button, select content, move the
insertion point to where the text is to be inserted
45. The extension in which a letter would MOST likely and press the Paste button.
be saved is
52. Which one of the following is an example of a
a. .zip literary work?
b. .pptx
c. .docx a. Poem
d. .txt b. Dance
c. Movie
46. The BEST mechanism to secure files against d. Painting
corruption and uncontrolled access is

a. a virus
b. a password
c. encryption
d. restricted access

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53. Which one of the following actions would be illegal 57. To prevent plagiarism researcher should
under the copyright Act?
I.Obtain approval for using another person’s work
a. asking the owner permission to use one of his II.Copy and paste information from the internet
photograph in a book for your writing III.Cite the work in a bibliography
b. citing a quotation in your assignment
c. purchasing an original movie and making a copy a. I only
for a friend b. I and II only
d. books that you used in an assignment c. I and III only
d. II and III only

54. A student was given a number of tasks to complete.

His/her ability to complete the tasks efficiently is 58. Intellectual property is BEST defined as the
MOST dependent on
a. Protection of the right of a person who produces
a. the frequency of interruptions while doing the a new invention
tasks b. rights of a person to own his creative work
b. enjoying the tasks to be done c. use of another person’s work without
c. time management techniques used acknowledging the source
d. the proofreading that must be done d. rights of a person to express how he/she feels in
documentation
55. Which of the following lists is placed at the end of a
research paper and includes information on the title
of sources and their authors, and publication data? 59. Which of the following are NOT protected by
copyright?
a. Citation
b. Quotation a. Films
c. Summary b. Books
d. Bibliography c. Inventions
d. Broadcasts
56. What legal principle is being violated if a non-
genuine copy of Microsoft Office is installed on a
computer? 60. Which of the following symbols indicates that a
literary work is protected by copyright?
a. Moral
b. Rights a.
c.
d.
Plagiarism
Copyright
C

b. {C}

c. C

d. C

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