Information Technology

Test #3A – 2013

Grade 11
Duration: 60 Minutes

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. This test is consists of 60 items. You will have 60 minutes to answer them.

2. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered a, b, c, d. Read each item you are about
to answer and decide which is the best.

3. On the question paper, circle the letter that corresponds with the answer of your choice.

4. Fill in the required information on the lines below:

Name: ________________________________________________________

Teacher: ______________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________

Group: ________________

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

June 2011 (Paper 01)

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1. Which of the following sequence of instructions 6. An example of a menu interface is a

does the Control Unit performs?
a) Pop-up
a) Decodes, executes and fetches b) Pop-down
b) Fetches, decodes and executes c) Push-pull
c) Executes, decodes and fetches d) Pull-up
d) Fetches, executes and decodes
7. Which of the following is easy to remember and
Item 2 refers to the following diagram. makes Graphical User Interface user-friendly?

a) Icon
b) Menu
c) Mouse
d) Window

8. An extranet is a network that is

2. The above diagram represents a data capture
method called a) private
b) public
a) MICR c) private with selected access from public
b) OCR network users
c) OMR d) public with selected access from private
d) USB network users

3. Which of the following is MOST suitable for 9. Which of the following is an advantage of using
printing multi-form sheets? credit or debit cards?

a) Ink-jet a) The card can be stolen.

b) Dot-matrix b) The owner can carry less cash.
c) Laser c) The owner can spend more money.
d) Plotter d) The magnetic strip can be damaged.

4. The decimal equivalent for the binary coded 10. How can repetitive strain injury be avoided when
decimal number 0011 0101 is using a computer?

a) 10 a) Use a foot rest.

b) 31 b) Use ergonomic keyboard.
c) 35 c) Ensure that there is no screen flicker.
d) 53 d) Use an anti-glare screen.

5. The four-bit binary representation of the decimal 11. A wedge-shaped slice on a disk is referred to as a
number 8 is
a) Buffer
a) 1000 b) Cylinder
b) 0100 c) Sector
c) 0010 d) Track
d) 0001

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12. Which of the following units performs 17. When a file is removed completely from a disk,
mathematical calculations? the data is

a) Control a) Deleted from the disk

b) Fetch b) Read from the disk
c) Arithmetic and logic c) Saved to the disk
d) Central processing d) Shared on the disk

13. Which of the following actions must be taken to 18. A type of utility program used to reduce the size
get to record Number 50 of 100 records on a of a program is
floppy disk
a) A file compression program
a) Convert to tape b) A troubleshooting program
b) Fast forward to record 100, and then read c) An anti-virus program
backward. d) An un-install program
c) First read records 1 through 49.
d) Go directly to record 50. 19. Which of the following CANNOT be used to
represent positive and negative numbers?
14. Which of the following is NOT true of secondary
storage media? a) Binary coded decimal
b) Hexadecimal conversion
a) Pictures and text can be stored. c) Sign and magnitude
b) Storage capacity is typically around 1.44 d) Two’s complement
MB.
c) Information can be accessed more quickly 20. What is the corresponding decimal value of 111
than magnetic disks. (base 2)?
d) Can store large amounts of data.
a) 5
15. Disguising data and programs is also called b) 6
c) 7
a) Translation d) 8
b) Encryption
c) Conversion 21. The number -14 in 8-bit two’s complement is
d) Compilation
a) 00001110
16. Which type of cable is used for telephone cables? b) 11110001
c) 11110011
a) Aluminum-alloy d) 11110010
b) Coaxial
c) Fiber-optic 22. Which of the following is TRUE for parity?
d) Twisted-pair
a) Uses a different code for each symbol
b) Is an error-checking system
c) Represents data is digitized electronic pulses
d) Is an example of continuous data

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23. Ramon is very interested in teaching users about 28. Which of the following represents the function of
a particular software program, and showing them a modem?
how to print their reports. He may want to
consider a career as a) Analog and download
b) Analog and digital
a) a computer trainer c) Digital and upload
b) an electrical engineer d) Download and upload
c) an end-user support specialist
d) a systems engineer 29. In which of the following file formats can music
files be compressed?
24. What is the name of the folder that contains the
web page in the fictitious URL given below? a) Gif
b) Jpeg
Http://www.faceme.com/friends/index.htm c) mp3
d) mpeg
a) http
b) friends 30. Which of the following is TRUE of a stand-alone
c) www.faceme.com computer?
d) Index.htm
a) Organizes data among computers
25. Which of the following is an example of a data b) Allows users to obtain data from a central
type check? computer
c) Receives data from one computer
a) Ensuring that numbers are positive in a d) Enables two or more computers to
quantity ordered field communicate
b) Examining whether or not a field is the
required type in a data field 31. The first-generation programming language is
c) Requiring a user to enter his or her e-mail called
address twice
d) Using Testing that only letters are entered in a) Assembly
a name field b) BASIC
c) Machine
26. Which of the following is detected by using a d) N0n-procedural
pressure sensor?
32. Errors that result from NOT following rules of
a) Activity the programming language are called
b) Light
c) Warmth a) execution errors
d) Weight b) logic errors
c) run-time errors
27. Wireless transmission media do NOT include d) syntax error

a) Coaxial 33. An example of a run-time error is

b) Line-of-sight a) If(Answer<10) then writeln(‘Yes’)
c) Satellite b) While(Answer 12) Do write (‘Yes’)
d) Infrared c) Repeat(write(‘Yes’)) until (Answer<10)
d) Answer := answer/(10-10)

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34. At which stage of program development should 37. In Pascal, the symbol < > means
desk checking be included?
a) less than and greater than
a) After the debugging phase b) less than or greater than
b) During the design phase c) equal to
c) During the testing phase d) not equal to
d) At every phase
38. In Pascal, what does COUNT represent?
Items 35 – 36 are based upon the following
declaration in Pascal. a) An assignment
b) A condition
Var Count: Integer; c) A declaration
Price: Real; d) A variable
Discount: Integer;
39. Assigning 3.14 to pi (π) means that pi should be
35. The following is a fragment of code. declared as

Count := 3; a) integer
Discount := 0; b) real
While (Discount < Count) Do c) string
Begin d) char
Write(‘*’);
Count := Count – 1; 40. How many times will the following loop be
End executed?

What is the output of the above fragment of For mark : = 0 to 2 do

code? Writeln(‘*’);

a) ** a) 0
b) *** b) 2
c) **** c) 3
d) There will be no output, because the code has d) 4
an error.
41. The function of a compiler is to convert
36. The following is a fragment of code.
a) program code line by line
For Discount := 10 to 12 Do b) an entire program
Write(‘&&’) c) a program efficiently
d) the language to source code
What is the output of the above fragment of
code? 42. The LAST step in solving a program is to

a) && a) evaluate solutions

b) &&& b) test the solution
c) &&&&&& c) develop the algorithm
d) Nothing will be printed. d) specify and design

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43. The Pascal term used to see results on the printer 48. Given (3y * 4) the symbol * is an example of
or computer monitor is called
a) multiplication
a) input b) power
b) read c) subscript
c) write d) superscript
d) output
49. The first page that is usually displayed in a web
Item 44 is based on the Pascal code below. browser is called a

For x := 1 to 5 do a) layout
ITEM[x] := 0; b) hyperlink
c) website
44. The purpose of the Pascal code is to d) home page

a) Place x in ITEM 50. What of the following activities is NOT involved

b) Place 0 in ITEM in publishing a website?
c) Place 1 to 5 in x
d) Place the number 1 to 5 in ITEM a) Uploading files
b) Uploading images
45. Which of the following statements includes c) Creating a web page
loops? d) Using a web browser

a) Sequencing 51. Which of the following is NOT a use for

b) Repetition hyperlinks?
c) Selection
d) Ordering a) Linking to an email address
b) Linking to a website
46. For the submission of your SBA report, you are c) Linking to another location within the web
required to include your name and the name of page
your school at the top of every page of your d) Copying a file to a web server
report. While of the following would you use to
achieve this? 52. What type of chart is NOT suitable for
representing data over two years as shown in the
a) A footnote table below?
b) A page break
c) A header Country 2009 2010
d) A footer A 300 600
B 500 800
47. Selecting or highlighting a paragraph creates a C 500 600

a) block a) Line chart

b) document b) Column chart
c) file c) Bar chart
d) merge d) Pie chart

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53. Which of the following is NOT associated with 57. A data type that represents Boolean values of
the filtering or extraction of records in a True or False is called
spreadsheet?
a) number
a) Copy to range b) text
b) List range c) date
c) Criteria d) logical
d) Value range
58. The symbol in a presentation is used for
54. The function that produces the position of a
number or item in a sorted list is a) slide show view
b) notes view
a) Sum c) outline view
b) Vlookup d) normal view
c) Rank
d) Count 59. Slides can be rearranged by using the

55. Producing information from queries and tables in a) slide sorter

a specific format that can be printing from a b) slide view
database is called c) slide master
d) new slide
a) a file
b) an object 60. Which of the following effects is a special
c) a query animation effect where the information fades
d) a report after it has been presented?

56. To join two database tables, EACH table must a) Animation

have b) Dimming
c) Entrance
a) at least two keys in the table d) Emphasis
b) the same
c) data in both tables
d) at least one common field name

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