LIVING IN THE IT ERA

PRELIM EXAMINATION
 DIRECTION
WRITE THE LETTER OF THE
CORRECT ANSWER ON
YOUR TEST BOOKLET
GOODLUCK!
 MULTIPLE CHOICE
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
“ISA LANG ANG PWEDENG PILIIN, HUWAG
MAMANGKA SA DALAWANG ILOG”

GOODLUCK!
 1. PART OF INTERNAL HARDWARE WHICH
THE FUNCTION IS TO INTERCONNECT ALL
THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE SYSTEM UNIT.

A. HARD DRIVE
B. MOTHERBOARD
C. IDE OR SATA CABLE
D. EXPANSION SLOT
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 2. WHAT WAS THE FIRST COMPUTER
DEVICE IN HISTORY?
A. PEOPLE
B. ABACUS
C. ABC
D. A AND B
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 3. WHAT IS SOFTWARE?

A. IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: SYSTEM SOFTWARE

AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE
B. A PROGRAM THAT LET YOU MANIPULATE IT BY THE HELP OF
HARDWARE
C. A VIRUS
D. A PROGRAM USED FOR TYPING

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 4. WHY WE STUDY COMPUTER?
A. WE STUDY COMPUTER BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE
AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
B. WE STUDY COMPUTER TO UPLIFT THE STATUS OF
OUR LIFE
C. WE STUDY COMPUTER TO ENTERTAIN AND
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS.
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
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 5. WHAT IS A COMPUTER?

A. AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED TO CONVERT

ELECTRONIC SIGNAL INTO A SOUND WAVE
B. AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED TO GATHER DATA
AND CONVERT IT TO BECOME USEFUL
C. AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH CONSISTS OF
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND PEOPLEWARE
D. AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WHICH YOU CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS
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 6. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A
PROCESSOR?

A. THE HEART AND BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER

B. IT IS PLACED IN THE MOTHERBOARD AND
NEEDS TO PUT THE HEAT SINK WITH FAN IN
ORDER TO MINIMIZE OVERHEATING
C. PROCESS ALL DATA IN YOUR COMPUTER
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
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 7. CHARLES BABBAGE IS?

A. THE FATHER OF ELECTRONIC DATA

B. THE FATHER OF PUNCH CARD COMPUTER
C. THE FATHER OF THE NEW ERA
D. THE FATHER OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY

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8. NAPIER BONES WAS INVENTED BY JOHN NAPIER, IT
THEN CALLED A BONE BECAUSE?

A. THE ACTUAL BONE OF JOHN NAPIER IS ATTACHED

TO THE FIRST NAPIER BONES HE INVENTED
B. HE USES IVORY BONES
C. OF THE BONES OF THE DEAD ANIMALS DURING
HIS TIME
D. JOHN NAPIER IS SO THIN.

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9. WHEN YOU SAVE A FILE PERMANENTLY
IN YOUR COMPUTER, TECHNICALLY IT
WAS BEING PLACED IN?

A. RAM (RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY)

B. ROM (READ ONLY MEMORY)
C. VGA (VIDEO GRAPHIC ACCELERATOR
D. HDD (HARD DISK DRIVE)

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10. VACUUM TUBE WAS INVENTED DURING
THE 1930 AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT IS?

A. MONITOR
B. LIGHT BULB
C. MARK I
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE.
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 11. COMPUTER DURING THE THIRD
GENERATION IS COMPOSED OF?

A. INTEGRATED CIRCUIT(IC)
B. TRANSISTORS AND DIODES
C. PROCESSOR
D. SWITCHES/GATES AND RELAYS
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 12. TRANSISTORS ACT LIKE?

A. SWITCHES
B. DIODES
C. VACUUM TUBE
D. HEAT SINK
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 13. A GOOD EXAMPLES OF AN INTERNAL
HARDWARE PARTS ARE:?

A. FLASH DISK (PEN DRIVE), MEMORY, HARD DISK DRIVE

AND VIDEO CARD
B. VIDEO CARD, EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE, MOTHER
BOARD
C. MOTHER BOARD, MEMORY (RAM), PROCESSOR AND
HEAT SINK WITH FAN
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

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 14. CRT IS AN EXAMPLE OF?

A. A MONITOR
B. A HARD DISK
C. A PROGRAM
D. A PRINTER
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15. DOT-MATRIX PRINTER CONNECTS TO
THE BACK PANEL OF THE SYSTEM UNIT
VIA:?

A. SERIAL PORT
B. PARALLEL PORT
C. A OR B
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
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 16. THE FUNCTION OF THE
COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMI-
CONDUCTOR IS?

A. TO ABSORB THE HEAT OF THE PROCESSOR

B. TO ACT AS A BATTERY IN THE BIOS
C. TO SAVE THE DATE, TIME AND SETTINGS OF THE BIOS
D. TO SAVE THE BOOTING TIME OF THE BIOS

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 17. TYPE OF MONITOR THAT CONSUMES
MORE ELECTRICITY?

A. CRT
B. LCD
C. LED
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
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 18. THREE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A. HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, MALWARE

B. PEOPLE WARE, SOFTWARE, HARDWARE
C. SOFTWARE, MALWARE, IC
D. PROCESSOR, IC, VACUUM TUBE
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 19. COMPONENT OF IT THAT USES THE
COMPUTERS AND THE LIKE.

A. PEOPLEWARE
B. HARDWARE
C. SOFTWARE
D. PROGRAMMERS
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 20. USB MEANS?

A. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BAN

B. UNIVERSAL SOCIAL BUS
C. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
D. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BLAST
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 20. USB MEANS?

A. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BAN

B. UNIVERSAL SOCIAL BUS
C. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
D. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BLAST
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 MULTIPLE CHOICE
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

READ THE SCENARIO AND CHOOSE THE

CORRESPONDING CAPABILITIES OR LIMITATIONS.

GOODLUCK!
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

21. ANA CREATED A DOCUMENT USING MS

EXCEL AND SHE SAVED IT IN HER FLASH
DISK, THE NEXT DAY SHE OPENED HER
DOCUMENTS AND CONTINUE DOING IT.
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

22. KATE AND RYAN HAS AN INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR

INSTRUCTOR THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE A REPORT
WHERE ALL THE
SALES OF THE PREVIOUS WEEKS MUST BE COMPUTED.
BOTH OF THEM USES EXCEL TO INPUT DATA AND
SPECIFIC FORMULA.
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

23. YOU BOUGHT A NEW PROGRAM AND INSTALLED IT TO

YOUR COMPUTER, WHILE USING IT YOU NOTICED THAT
SOME PART OF THE PROGRAM GIVES A WRONG RESULT
EVEN THOUGH TO TRY TO CHANGE/ALTER YOUR DATA BUT
STILL YOU GET THE SAME ANSWER. THAT’S THE
LIMITATION OF THE COMPUTER YOU SAID.
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

24. YOU BORROWED A COMPUTER WITH AN APPLICATION

PROGRAM CREATED BY YOUR FRIEND THAT CAN ADD,
SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE HUNDREDS OF DIGITS. THE
NEXT DAY YOU RETURN THE COMPUTER TELLING THAT HIS
COMPUTER
IS LOW TECH AND CANNOT COMPUTE THE EXPONENTIAL
VALUE OF THE NUMBER. THIS LIMITATION OF COMPUTER IS?
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

25. COMPUTER BEFORE CAN CALCULATE 2 TO 3 DIGITS OF NUMBERS, AFTER 20

YEARS IT CAN CALCULATE MORE THAN 5 DIGITS
OF NUMBERS. AFTER ANOTHER 5 YEARS IT CAN PROCESS DATA, INFORMATION,
DOCUMENTS. TODAY, MUCH POWERFUL
PROGRAM, CALCULATIONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ON THE MARKET. WE
CAN NOW OBTAIN INFORMATION
THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT ALL A FEW YEARS AGO. WHAT WILL
BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
COMPUTERS CAN DO TO US?

TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

26. YOU MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN HUMAN AND

COMPUTER IN TERMS OF CALCULATION. AFTER 1 HOUR
HUMAN
COMMITTED 500 ERRORS WHILE COMPUTER CONTINUE
TO CALCULATE WITHOUT ERROR. YOU CONCLUDED THAT
THE ABILITY OF THE COMPUTER IS SUPERB!
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

27. YOU ARE A COMPUTER NOVICE, YOUR BOSS TOLD YOU TO INPUT
DATA AND PROCESS IT USING THE HIGH TECH COMPUTER ON YOUR
DESK. AFTER 2 HOURS YOU BOSS BACK ASKING FOR THE GENERATED
INFORMATION TO SUBMIT. YOUR ANSWER IS
“I’M STILL WAITING FOR THE COMPUTER TO GENERATE ME THE
COMPLETE INFORMATION.” YOU BOSS EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THE
COMPUTER WILL NOT GENERATE INFORMATION ON ITS OWN, YOU
SHOULD SUPPLY MORE INFORMATION.

TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

28. YOU CAN UPLOAD PICTURES AND VIDEOS IN YOUR

COMPUTER BUT IT WILL NOT TELL YOU YOUR FEELINGS WHILE
VIEWING
YOUR PICTURES AND VIDEOS. THAT’S ONE LIMITATION OF
COMPUTER THAT SOMEDAY SOME GENIUSES CAN INVENT A
DEVICE THAT CAN RECOGNIZED THE FEELING OF ANY DATA
INPUTTED.
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

29. YOU TRIED TO COPY A FOLDER FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO

YOUR FLASH DRIVE AFTER A WHILE A POP-UP APPEARS
SAYING
THAT “THE FILE CANNOT BE COPIED BECAUSE THE FILE IS
DAMAGED”. YOU REALIZED THAT THE COMPUTER HAS THE
ABILITY TO CHECK THE DATA OR FILE BEFORE DOING
ANYTHING.
TEST 1
 a.       Ability to perform certain logic operations
b.      Ability to provide new time dimensions
c.       Ability to store and retrieve information
d.      Ability to control error
e.      Ability to check itself
f.        Dependence on prepared instructions
g.       Inability to derive meaning from objects
h.      Inability to generate information
i. It cannot correct wrong instructions

30. YOU HAVE MORE THAN 1 THOUSAND FILES

IN YOUR HARD DRIVE DISK AND MOST OF
THE FILES WERE BEING SAVED 5 YEARS AGO.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LONG AGO STILL YOU
CAN OPEN THOSE FILES AND MAKE USE OF IT.
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YOUR ACTION; YOUR ACTION CAN BE YOUR ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE CAN
BE YOUR HABIT, AND YOUR HABIT WILL BECOME YOUR DESTINY”

PRELIM EXAMINATION