SIGNAL HILL SECONDARY SCHOOL

Information Technology
Form 4
Duration: I hour and 15 Minutes

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. This test is consists of 40 items. You will have75 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: ________________

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January 2011 (Paper 01)

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1. Which of the following is an example of the

type of data that visually records meetings? 5. Which of the following devices is suitable
for input of the data in the illustration
a) Audio below?
b) Graphics
c) Text
d) Video

2. Which of the following can be considered as

peripheral devices?

a) Primary storage media

a) Barcode reader
b) User interfaces
b) Joystick
c) Secondary storage media
c) Light pen
d) Operating systems
d) Touch terminal

3. Three basic operations that are performed in

6. Which of the following is an example of a
CORRECT sequence by the computer are
manual input device?

a) output, input, processing

a) Barcode reader
b) input, processing, output
b) Keyboard
c) output, storage, input
c) Mouse
d) storage, input, output
d) Plotter

4. Which type of interface does the following

7. Which of the following is NOT an example
diagram illustrate?
of a hexa-decimal number?

a) 121
b) ASCII
c) BCD
d) C

8. Which of the following is a hardware user

interface?

a) GUI
b) Icon
a) IDE c) Menu
b) SATA d) Touch screen
c) SCSI
d) USB

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9. Which of the following signals does the b) Can store large amount of data.
diagram below illustrate? c) Reading and writing is through laser
beans.
d) Information can be accessed faster that
magnetic disks
14. What is ‘encryption’?

a) The use of passwords on data

b) Committing a computer crime
a) ADSL c) Disguising data and programs
b) Analog d) Writing security code
c) Broadcast
d) Digital 15. Which of the following is NOT true about
writing custom software?
10. Concentric circles on a hard disk are
referred to as a) It takes a long time to produce.
b) It contains all the features that are
a) buffers required.
b) cylinders c) Many other computers will have this
c) sectors same software.
d) tracks d) It is more expensive than using an off-
the-shelf package.
11. The Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
16. Which type of cable is used for cable TV?
a) has high-speed storage areas
b) is also called memory or main memory a) Aluminum-alloy
c) performs mathematical calculations b) Co-axial
d) sequentially access and decodes c) Fiber-optic
program instructions d) Twisted-pair

12. To get to record number 50 from the 17. When a file is placed on a disk, the data is
beginning of a tape of 100 records, you
would have to a) deleted from the disk
b) read from the disk
a) convert to disk c) saved to the disk
b) fast forward to record 100, and then read d) shared on the disk
backwards from there
c) first read records 1 through 49 18. A type of utility file used to remove
d) go directly to record 50 application program is

13. Which of the following is NOT true of a) a file compression program

optical disks? b) a trouble-shooting program
c) an antivirus program
a) Pictures and text can be stored. d) an un-install program

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19. What is the corresponding decimal 24. Jono is interested in fixing hardware faults
equivalent for the binary number 101? and malfunctions in computer equipment,
a) 2 and installing new systems. He may want to
b) 4 consider a career as
c) 5
d) 8 a) an electrical engineer
b) an end-user support
20. What is the corresponding decimal value of c) a maintenance engineer
the octal number 12? d) a system engineer

a) 3 25. Which of the following actions is an

b) 12 example of a consistency check?
c) 10
d) 1010 a) Examining whether or not a field is the
required type in a date field
21. What is the function of a network of b) Requiring a user to enter his or her e-
computer? mail address twice
c) Testing that only letters are entered in a
a) Organizes data among computers name field
b) Allows users to obtain data from a d) Ensuring that numbers are positive in a
central computer quantity ordered field
c) Receives data from one computer
d) Enable two or more computers to 26. What is the name of the folder that houses
communicate the web pages in the fictitious URL given
below?
22. Which of the following CANNOT represent
typical bi-stabe? http://www.happy.com/fun/index.htm

a) 1, 0 a) http
b) On, off b) www.happy.com
c) Red, green c) Fun
d) Y, N d) Index.htm

23. What is the function of utility software? 27. Heat sensors are used for detecting

a) It checks the amount of memory needed a) activity

to perform tasks. b) light
b) It can be used to split a program into c) temperature
manageable blocks. d) weight
c) It coordinates the flow of information
between the input and output devices.
d) It perform function such as checking
disk space

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28. Which of the following is NOT a function of 32. The first step in solving a problem is to
a firewall?
a) develop the algorithm
a) Blocks external requests to connect to a b) test the solution
computer. c) evaluate solutions and specify the best
b) Is available to all homes and businesses. solution
c) Prevents unauthorized access to a d) define the problem
network or computer.
d) Protects a computer from hackers.
33. The Pascal term used to get data typed using
29. Cable transmission media does NOT include a keyboard is called

a) co-axial a) read
b) fibre-optic b) input
c) satellite c) write
d) twisted-pair d) output

30. The structure below represents

34. A value has been input. It must be
doubled and the result stored. The
initial value and the result must be
displayed. Which algorithm segment is
correct?
a. Double value, print value
b. Double value, print value,
print result
c. Double value, store result ,
print product
d. Double value, store result,
print value, print result
a) sequencing
b) repetition 35. Which data type is Most appropriate for
c) selection storing a value representing a cardinal
d) ordering point on a compass?
a. Character
31. An interpreter converts
b. Integer
c. Real
a) program code line by line
b) an entire program
d. String
c) a program efficiently
d) the language to source code

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36. Which algorithm will accept, add, 38. Given (3y * 4) the symbol * is an
then calculate and output the mean of example of
TWO numbers? a) multiplication
a. Sum= n1+n2 b) power
Read n1 ,n2 c) subscript
Write sum d) superscript
Write avg
b. Sum = n1+n2 39. Which of the following PASCAL
Read n1,n2 statements finds the AVERAGE of
Sum = n1+n2 two numbers?
Write avg A). Average:= A/B
c. Read n1,n2 B). Average:= B/A
Sum = n1+n2 C). Average :- 2/(A+B)
Avg = sum/2 D). Average:= (A+B)/2
Write avg
d. Read n1,n2
Sum = n1 + n2/2 40. Which of the following statements
Avg =sum/ would be placed in the flowchart box
Write avg shown below?

37. Which statement is used to

determine and output the bigger of
two unequal numbers?
a. If n1 > n2 THEN a) Read A
Write n2 b) A > 25
ELSE c) Count ← count + 1
Write n1 d) Output C
b. If n1< n2 THEN
write n2
c. If n1 > n2 THEN
write n2
d. If n1< n2 THEN
write n1
ELSE
write n2

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