COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE)

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SSCE/NECO/GCE (COMPUTER STUDIES)

These are Computer Studies Past Questions. 40 questions will be picked at random from the question bank.

You have 30 minutes to answer all the questions.

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School Portal Nigeria

1 / 40

An input device that is able to interpret pencil marks on paper media is known as

optical mark reader

magnetic tape

magnetic disk

card reader

2 / 40

What does PDF mean?

Portable Dot File

Product Document File

Private Document File

Portable Document Format

3 / 40

A language based on graphics for use in education is

LOGO

PROLOG

COBOL

BASIC

4 / 40

The linking of computers with a communication system is called

inter-locking

networking

pairing

assembling

5 / 40

A program that keeps running indefinitely is said to be

stubborn

iterating

working well

looping

6 / 40

Conversion of an octal number 73₈ to binary number will give us

110111

111011

111100

110010

7 / 40

The “Com” in www.schoolportalng.com stands for

company

committee

commercial

complain

8 / 40

A record is made up of

student marks

names of musicians

people in a town

related fields

9 / 40

The protocol HTML means

Hyperbolic Text Mingle Language

Hyper Text Markup Language

High Tension Management Limited

Hyperbolic Text Management Limited

10 / 40

The two kinds of memory are

random and sequential

primary and secondary

ROM and RAM

Ram and temporary

11 / 40

F1, F2, F3 -------- F10. A keyboard with the above function keys (F10 being the last) is called:

an enhanced keyboard

a standard keyboard

an F10 keyboard

a function keyboard

12 / 40

Blue tooth is an example of

Personal Area Network

Local Area Network

Virtual Private Network

Metropolitan

13 / 40

Memory which forgets everything when you switch off the power is known as

volatile memory

non-corrupted memory

non-volatile memory

corrupted memory

14 / 40

A hybrid computer

resembles both digital and analog computers

resembles binary and octal

resembles analog computers

resembles digital computer

15 / 40

Another name for “network topology” is:

network study

network structure

network organization

large topology

16 / 40

COBOL is widely used in ___________ applications

mathematical

commercial

space

scientific

17 / 40

Which gate sends on a pulse when it receives one at either or both of its terminals?

NOT

NOR

NAND

18 / 40

A program used to detect overall system malfunction is

system software

system diagnostics

system analysis

utilities

19 / 40

These are the World Wide Protocols

TPHT and TMCH

www and //tp

HTTP and HTML

www.TMCH

20 / 40

Which of these is not an example of operating system

Red Hat Linux

Microsoft Office XP

Windows 98

BSD Unix

21 / 40

_________ translates and execute program at run-time line by line

loader

compiler

interpreter

linker

22 / 40

What was the computer conceived by Babbage?

punch card engine

analytical engine

arithmetic machine

application software

23 / 40

USB stands for

United State Board

United Serial Bus

Universal Serial Bus

Universal Serial Board

24 / 40

Which of the following is not an input device?

COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

optical scanner

OCR

voice recognition device

25 / 40

What is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?

the protocol to copy files between computers

the database access protocol for SQL statements

the transfer protocol or transfer web pages to a browser

the hardware/software protocol that limits access to company data

26 / 40

A collection of programs that control how your computer system runs and processes information is called

buses

peripherals

computer

operating system

27 / 40

BIOS stands for

Basic Input Output System

Basic Input Off System

Binary Input Output System

Binary Input Off System

28 / 40

Which of the following is a computer memory that can be programmed once, but not reprogrammed?

RAM

EPROM

ROM

PROM

29 / 40

Check the odd term out

Unix

Windows

Linux

internet

30 / 40

WPA2 is used for security in

Wi-Fi

Ethernet

infrared

bluetooth

31 / 40

The acronym FTP stands for

File Translate Protocol

File Transit Protocol

File Ping Protocol

File Transfer Protocol

32 / 40

Which of the following is a machine for reading documents that are encoded in a way that is readable by person and machine?

Document Sorter

Artificial Intelligent

distributed system

Document reader

33 / 40

Database is

the data stored in base 8

collection of data files

conversion from base 8 to base 2.

the end of data collection

34 / 40

A byte consists of

one bit

eight bits

four bits

sixteen bits

35 / 40

The difference between people with access to computer and those without this access is known as the

web divide

digital divide

internet divide

cyberway divide

36 / 40

Features of XML include which of the following

governs the display of structures and information in a web server

the tags are used to describe the appearance of the content

governs the display of information in a web browser

address the structuring and manipulation of the data involved

37 / 40

Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic materials are also called

hard disks

high-density disks

templates

diskette

38 / 40

A server-side extension is needed to do what?

allow a request from a client to access webpages

allow a request from a client to access HTML-formatted page

allow a request from HTML to access web pages

allow a request from a client to access database

39 / 40

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consist of

control unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage

control unit, processing and primary storage

control unit, primary storage and secondary storage

input, output and processing

40 / 40

In the first generation computers, built between 1945 – 1956, what was used for calculations?

very large scale Integration

integrated circuits

transistors

vacuum tubes

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