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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CXC PAPER 1

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
by Powell January 19, 2022

Csec Information Technology…

information technology. :
the technology involving the development,
maintenance, and use of computer systems,
software, and networks for the processing and
distribution of data.

#1. The brain of the computer

where all processing takes place

Process

Output devices

Storage

CPU

#2. LAN is

Local Area Network

None

Law Act Notice

Local Act Note

#3. A language translator is best

described as

a hardware component

a system software

an application software

an operating system

#4. Which multimedia messaging

app created by Evan Spiegel,
Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown,
has pictures and messages which
are only available for a short time
before they become inaccessible?

Whatsapp

Instagram

Snapchat

Facebook

#5. Used to provide storage for

data, instruction and the reult of
processing of the CPU

ROM

Cache memory

RAM

Memory

#6. One component of the

motherboard is

Transistor

Bios

Computer chip

Processor

#7. What is the function of the hard

drive disk?

type letters

memory

storage

visual displays

#8. What is the name given to a

collection of related fields in a
database?

table

column

record

field

#9. ________ is an internal DOS

Command.

Format

Del

Fdisk

Recover

#10. What is the character limit for

a tweet in Twitter?

160

120

80

140

#11. All the following are

Characteristic of Lan except

Limited to a single building or site

Spread a wide geographical area

High bandwidth

Owned by the user

#12. When was the term Social

Networking first used?

1854

1964

1954

1904

#13. The option used to save a

modified file is

Exit

Storage

Save as

Save

#14. Who is the creator of PASCAL

language?

Tom Anderson

Tim Berners Lee

Niclaus Wirth

#15. What is the default port

number for Apache and most web
servers?

80

21

0880

1012

#16. Utility programs performs

tasks such as

Graphic presentation

Disk management

Spreadsheet

Wordprocessing

#17. The start button was

introduced in which operating
system?

Windows 96

windows 95

Windows 98

None of the above

#18. The largest key on the

keyboard is the shiftkey:

True

False

#19. Which of the following is an

input device ?

Computer monitor

Overhead projector

Keyboard

Printer

#20. Which function will you use to

enter current time in a woksheet
cell?

=now()

=currenttime ()

=time ()

=nowtime()

#21. How long is an IPV6 Address?

128 bit (16 byte)

16 byte (128 bit)

138 bit (6 byte)

12 byte (8 bits)

#22. Data is transmitted in one

direction

Full duplex

Half duplex

Simple duplex

#23. A collection of programms

that direct the operation of the
computer. Programs are a set of
instructions that produce a result.

Operating systems

Unix

Software

Application

#24. Compatibility is a important

features of a good database
management system

False

True

#25. What is intranet?

Internal network designed to serve

informational needs of a single organization

Internal network designed to transfer

information between two organization

Internal Internet use to transfer

information internaly

Internal Internet used to transfer

information to the outside company

#26. What does the abbreviation

HTTP stands for

High Transport Text Protocol

Hyper Transport Text Protocol

High Text Transport Protocol

Hyper Text Transport Protocol

#27. What does the abbreviation

CPU mean

Central processing unit

Critical processing unit

Crucial process unit

Central printing unit

#28. All are types of output except:

Soft copy

Modem

Microfilm

Disk or tape

#29. Which shortcut key used for

undo ?

Ctrl+p

Ctrl+z

Ctrl +c

Ctrl+a

#30. The computer system is made

up of three components hardware
software and which one of the
following ?

CPu

Output devices

User

#31. The transmission of data

overs far distance without
changing it

Teleprocessing

Transmission media

Telecommunication

#32. Application software fall into

the following categories except:

Specialized

Customization of general purpose

software

Database package

General purpose

#33. In which grouping, the

formatting of text is done in Word?

Indexes ,characters and tables

Tables, paragraphs and indexes

Paragraphs, indexes and selection

Character's, selections and paragraphs

#34. In a computer terminology,

OCR stands for

Optical character reader

Online computer retrieval

Optical card reader

Office cash receiver

#35. Uploading or downloading

data to or from a remote computer
is done using__________

instant messaging

internet relay chat

file transfer protocol

blogging

#36. What is another name for

application?

drivers

peripherals

programms

hardware

#37. which of the following is an

example of an operating system ?

microsoft licenses

microsoft word

microsoft office

microsoft windows

#38. Which menu is present in

Wordpad, but not present in
Notepad?

File

Search

Edit

View

#39. which one of the following is a

software?

microsoft word

speakers

keyboard

mouse

#40. How many bits make a byte?

24

12

16 bits
 8 bits

#41. what does RAM mean?

review admittance monitor

read only memory

random access memory

review admittance memory

#42. The maximum speed at which

the data can be transmitted on
each channel of a standard PCM
stream is

1Mbps

None of these

64Kps

4Mps

#43. Who founded ‘myspace’?

Tom Anderson

Niclaus Wirth

James Russel

#44. Java is a–

Product of Computer System

Language of Computer

Design

Memory

#45. What does the acronym USB

stand for?

Union Series Bus

Universal Serial Bus

Universal System Bus

#46. To centre the little rows of a

spreadsheet across the
columns___________

merge and centre the title columns

centre align the little rows

centre align title columns

merge and centre title rows

#47. The process of starting or

restarting a computer is called:

Booting

Resetting

Connecting

Start up point

#48. A student is required to email

a copy of his/her SBA to her
teacher. This emailed copy is
refereed to as

none of the following

hard copy

soft copy

embedded

#49. Microsoft word is an example

of a/an

Processing device

Input device

Application software

Operating systems

#50. Which system software does

the job of merging the records
from two files to one?

Application

Utility program

#51. Input devices is / are–

Microphone

All of these

Keyboard, Mouse and Track-ball

Scanner

#52. ”Microsoft office” is an

example of ?

Hardware

Integrated software

Desktop publishing

A database

#53. Recycle bin ___________.

is a file that contains the file

information on the disk

is a folder that contains deleted files

and folders

is a folder that contains the files used

for backup

#54. Which of the following options

is an open source operating
system?

UNIX

Microsoft Window

LINUX

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