REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY, EDE

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2014/2015 SESSION

Course Code: CMP 101
Course Title: Introduction to Computer Science
Instructions: Answer all questions, choose the most correct option A-E. Time: 1½ hrs
Matric#: ____________ Name: ____________________ Department: __________________
(Group #7)
1. Which is the odd one out among the following 2. A program that creates source code or machine code
programming languages? (A) COBOL (B) FORTRAN from a specification of the required functionality is
(C) C (D) SQL called _____. (A) Application programme (B)
Application generator (C) Software generator (D)
Software program
3. System software serves as the _______ between the 4. Which of these are the functions of the operating
user, the application software, and the computer’s systems (A) Starting and shutting down a computer
hardware. (A) intermediary (B) synergy (C) (B) providing a user interface (C) managing programs
coordinator (D) interface and managing memory (D) A, B and C (E) None of
these
5. Which of these does not fall into the group of server 6. Which of these operating systems is not designed for
operating systems? (A) Windows 7 (B) UNIX (C) Linux embedded systems? (A) Windows Phone 7 (B) Google
(D) Solaris (E) NetWare Android (C) BlackBerry (D) iPhone OS (E) UNIX

7. A keyboard is an _____ device that contains keys 8. Which of the following is not an input device? (A)
users press to enter data and instructions into a computer Bar code reader (B) Scanner (C) Printer (D)
(A) input (B) output (C) offline (D) operational Microphone
9. A multifunction peripheral is also called ____
(A) An all-purpose device (B) A multiple device (C) An all-for-all device (D) An all-in-one device

10. This figure is an example of _____ (A) Bus

network (B) Star network (C) Ring network (D) Hybrid
network

1
11. Which of these is not an example of a packaged
software? (A) MS Word (B) Norton Antivirus (C) RUN
Payroll System (D) Corel Draw
13. In Fig. 1, the part labelled B is (A) Input (B)
Output (C) Logic (D) Data path
15. The component D in Fig. 1 is called (A) Hard disk
(B) USB (C) Output (D) RAM
17. Many businesses do network their computers together
to _____. (A) facilitate communications (B) share
hardware (C) share data and information (D) All of the
above
19. A collection of computers connected together in a
limited geographical area such as a home, school
computer laboratory, office building, or closely
positioned group of buildings is called _____. (A) LAN
(B) CAN (C) MAN (D) WAN
21. WLAN is an acronym for ____ (A) Wired Local
Area Network (B) Wireless Legal Area Network (C)
Wireless Local Area Network (D) Wireless Low Area
Network
23. All these are types of computer architectures except
(A) Internet (B) Peer-to-peer (C) Client/server (D)
Internet peer-to-peer
25. Coding in machine language is (A) Tedious (B)
Time consuming (C) Both A and B (D) None of A and B
27. A programming language where a programmer writes
instructions using symbolic instruction codes (A)
Symbolic language (B) Assembly language (C) Fourth
generation language (D) None of these
29. A computer is an electronic machine that _____ data
from the user, _______ the data by performing
calculations and operations on it, and _______ the
desired output results. (A) accepts, generates, processes
(B) generates, accepts, processes (C) accepts, processes,
generates (D) generates, processes, accepts
31. In terms of data generation, which of these is the odd
one out? (A) Number of goals scored in a football match
(B) Number of players in a football of match (C)
Nationality of players in a football team (D) Distance
covered by a player in a football match.
2
12.
In Fig. 1, the part labelled A is called (A)Bus Unit (B)
Control Unit (C) System Unit (D) Memory Unit
14. The part labelled C in Fig. 1 is known as (A)
Register (B) Mother board (C) Slot (D) Memory
16. The main circuit board of the system unit is called
_______ (A) Vero board (B) System board (C)
Computer board (D) Motherboard
18. Which of these is the odd one out in networking
(A) LAN (B) MAN (C) WAN (D) None
20. A value-added network (VAN) is a third-party
business that provides networking services ___ (A)
For free (B) For a fee (C) For all (D) For toll-free
22. A network where each node has equal
responsibilities and capabilities, sharing hardware
(such as a printer), data, or information with other
computers is _____ network (A) Client/Server (B)
Peer-to-peer (C) Internet Peer-to-Peer (D) Hybrid
24. Machine language is (A) The native language of a
computer (B) A high level language (C) An assembly
language (D) A second generation language
26. A language that requires an assembler to convert its
source code to machine language is ____ (A) An
assembly language (B) A programming language (C) A
third generation language (D) None of these
28. The term computer is derived from the Latin term
‘computare’, this means to _____ (A) Compute (B)
Calculate (C) A and B (D) A only (E) A or B
30. All these are examples of continuous data except
(A) Age of a person (B) Height of a person (C)
Temperature of a person (D) Range of a shot in a
football match
32. Which is the odd one out? (A) Temperature of a
patient (B) Volume of petrol discharged from a pump
(C) Distance covered by a racing car (D) Gender (or
sex) of a new born child
33. We classify computer into analog, digital or hybrid
based on (A) Functionality (B) Data handling (C) Power
and size (D) All of the above
35. A computer designed to perform a wide variety of
operations because it can store and execute different
programs in its internal storage is called ______
computer (A) General purpose (B) Special purpose (C)
Mainframe computer (D) Supercomputer
37. Which of these is not true for dedicated computers?
(A) They are used in video games (B) They are very fast
(C) They are memory efficient (D) They are versatile
39. Which of these are built to handle the largest of users
working on diverse tasks simultaneously (A)
Microcomputers (B) Minicomputers (C) Mainframes (D)
Supercomputers
41. A device which functions both as a phone and a small
PC is called a ______ (A) Tablet (B) Mobile phone (C)
Modem (D) Smartphone
43. The IBM ES000 series is an example of (A)
Supercomputer (B) Mainframe (C) Minicomputer (D)
Microcomputer
45. The term reliability, availability and serviceability
(RAS) is a defining characteristic of ______ computers.
(A) Supercomputer (B) Mainframe (C) Minicomputer
(D) Microcomputer
47. The acronym FLOPS means ________) (A) Floating
Point Operations Per Session (B) Floating Point
Operations Per Section (C) Floating Power Operations
Per Second (D) Floating Point Operations Per Second
49. Which of these is not true for a vector computer? (A)
It solves a series of problems one by one in a consecutive
order. (B) It usually has a single super-fast processor
with the entire computer's memory allocated to its
operation. (C) It is equipped with multiple processors.
(D) It is usually easy to program.
51. PARAM is a series of supercomputer assembled by
______ (A) IBM (B) Cray (C) C-DAC (D) Intel
53. Which of these assertions is/are true? (A) The use of
computer technology has affected every field of life. (B)
The use of computers make different tasks easier (C)
Most people find computer too complex to solve their
problems (D) A and B (E) None
55. Integrated Circuit (IC), keyboard and monitor are the
characteristics of the _______ generation computers (A)
First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth (E) Fifth
57. Vacuum tubes, magnetic drums, and punched cards
are the characteristics of the _______ generation
computers (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth (E)
Fifth
3
34. The computers that process data in discrete form,
using binary digits is called ________ computer (A)
Analog (B) Digital (C) Special (D) Discrete
36. A computer designed to be task specific and most
of the times to solve one particular problem is called
(A) One-purpose computer (B) All-purpose computer
(C) Special-purpose computer (D) Mono-purpose
computer
38. Arrange the following in terms of increasing
computational power (A) Mainframe, supercomputer,
microcomputer, minicomputer (B) Microcomputer,
minicomputer, mainframe, supercomputer (C)
Supercomputer, microcomputer, minicomputer,
mainframe (D) Supercomputer, mainframe
minicomputer, microcomputer
40. Computers designed to deliver the performance
needed to enjoy popular activities like streaming videos
or music, emailing, Web surfing or instant messaging
are called ______? (A) Desktops (B) Netbooks (C)
Notebooks (D) Laptops
42. IBM (8000 series) is an example of (A)
Supercomputer (B) Mainframe (C) Minicomputer (D)
Microcomputer
44. Mainframes can run uninterrupted for decades due
to their high _____ (A) stability and reliability (B)
scalability and reliability (C) stability and
maintainability (D) scalability and maintainability
46. The Deep Sea is an example of ______ (A)
Supercomputer (B) Mainframe (C) Minicomputer (D)
Microcomputer
48. Vector computers use a very fast data _____ to
move data from components and memory in the
computer to a central processor. (A) register (B)
pipeline (C) bus (D) warehouse
50. Blue Gene supercomputer is manufactured by
_____ (A) IBM (B) Cray (C) C-DAC (D) HP
52. "Sequoia" is a supercomputer built by ____ (A)
IBM (B) Cray (C) C-DAC (D) Intel
54. The ability of the computer to perform different
types of tasks with the same ease is called? (A) Speed
(B) Accuracy (C) Versatility (D) Diligence
56. Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) technology,
microprocessor, and semiconductor memory are the
hardware characteristics of the _______ generation
computers (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth
(E) Fifth
58. Super Large Scale Integrated (SLSI), parallel
processing, and speech recognition characterised the
______ generation (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D)
Fourth (E) Fifth
59. The MS-DOS and MS-Windows were developed
during the _____ generation computers (A) First (B)
Second (C) Third (D) Fourth (E) Fifth
61. In Figure 2, the part labelled as D is the _____ (A)
ALU (B) CPU (C) CU (D) Memory (E) Register
63. A user who spends times on the computer for
personal and business communications, budgeting and
financial management, entertainment and web access
called ________ (A) Home user (B) Power user (C)
Mobile user (D) Small office/home office (SOHO) user
65. Receptionists or bank tellers who often work at
several different desks are examples of _______ users.
(A) Mobile (B) Remote (C) Roaming (D) Task-based
67.
The entity labelled C in Fig. 3 is called _____ (A)
Source program (B) Results (C) Object program (D)
Compiler
69.
Which entity represents the interpreter in Fig. 4? (A)
A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E)
60. In Figure 2, the part labelled as A is the _____ (A)
ALU (B) CPU (C) CU (D) Memory (E) Register
62. In Figure 2, the part labelled as B is the _____ (A)
ALU (B) CPU (C) CU (D) Memory (E) Register
64. A user who typically works with multimedia, which
combines several media elements into one applications,
and requires the capabilities of a workstation or other
powerful computer. (A) Home user (B) Power user (C)
Mobile user (D) Small office/home office (SOHO) user
65. _____ is a program that converts the entire source
program into machine language before executing it. (A)
Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Interpreter (D) Generator
68. The entity labelled B in Fig. 3 is called _____ (A)
Source program (B) Results (C) Object program (D)
Compiler
70. Which of these is not an object-oriented
programming (OOP) language? (A) C (B) C++ (C)
F# (D) C#