1.

Which of the following characteristics of a computer makes it distinct

from other electronic devices? (a) Accuracy (b) Automation (c)
Speed (d) Storage
2. The computer is regarded as a system because it is a combination
of ______________ (a) Hardcopy, Softcopy and Mouse (b) Input,
Processor and Output(c) Monitor, CPU and Keyboard (d)
Programmer, Engineer and Operator
3. Which of the following is an output device? (a) Keyboard (b) Monitor
(c) Mouse (d)Scanner
4. Which of the following components of a computer carries out the program
instructions? (a) Visual Display Unit (b) Uninterrupted Power Supply (c) Control
Unit (d) Arithmetic Logic Unit
[Link] computer sends out the result of data processing on paper using an output
device called (a) A monitor (b) A printer
(C) A scanner (d) A keyboard

6. ICT stands for … (a) International and Communication Technology (b).

Information Communication and Timing (c) Information and
Communication Technology (d). Internal connection Technology
7. Which of the following is the full meaning of A. L. U? (a) Arithmetic
Logic Unit (b)Arithmetic Logical Unit (c) Arithmetical Logic Unit (d)
Automated Logic Unit
8. Which of the following is the full meaning of “CU”? (a) Central Unit
(b) Circuit Unit (c) Computer Unit (d) Control Unit
9. Which of the following is the common name for both input devices
and output devices? (a) Computer devices (b) Control devices (c)
Peripherals (d) Software
10. Which of the following is referred to as the “brain” of the
computer? (a) Central Processing Unit (b) Input Process Output (c)
Uninterrupted Power Supply (d) Visual Display Unit
11. In which information age were hoes and cutlasses the predominant
tools in use?(a) Industrial age (b) Iron age (c) Middle age (d) Stone age
12. Which of the following is not a software? (a) Assembler (b) Joystick
(c)Interpreter (d) Photoshop
13. What is another name for a monitor? (a) Arithmetic Logic Unit (b)
Central Processing Unit (c) Uninterrupted Power Supply (d) Visual
Display Unit
14. The Central Processing Unit consists of ___________ (a) control unit
and arithmetic unit (b) hardware and software (c) input devices and
output devices (d)printers and monitors
15. “Computers are capable of carrying out repetitive tasks once they
are programmed to do so”. Which characteristics of computers is
illustrated by the above quotation? (a) Storage ) b) Speed (c)
Automation (d) Accuracy
16. Which of the following is not a feature of the computer? (a) It is an
electronic device (b) It is very consistent (c) It is very fast (d) It can take
decision
[Link] major problem with early counting devices is that (a). they
occupy small space (b) they waste time (c) they can be used to count
large numbers (d) they were fast
18. UNIVAC is an acronym that stands for (a). Universal Automatic
Computer (b) Universal Array Computer (c) Unique Automatic
Computer (d). Unvalued Automatic Computer
19. Integrated Circuits (ICs) are related to which generation of
computers? (a) First generation(b) Second generation (c) Third
generation (d). Fourth generation
[Link] as switching devices are for which generation of
computers. (a). First generation (b) Second Generation (c). Third
generation (d) Fourth generation
21. Which generation of computers is still under development (a).
Fourth Generation (b) Fifth Generation (c) Sixth Generation (d). Seventh
Generation
22. The commercial computer age started with the invention of
…………… the computer. (a) UNIVAC (b). EDVAC (c) ENIAC (d) Herman
Hollerith census machine
[Link] suggested the Stored Program Concept? (a) John Mauchley (b)
J.P. Eckert (c) John Vonn Neumann (d) Joseph Jacquard
24. Who invented the first Microprocessor in 1971?(a) Ted Hoff (b)
Philip Emeagwali (c). The Chinese (d) John Napier.
25. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control
patterns in a waving machine (a) John Vonn Neumann (b) Joseph Marie
Jacquard (c) Blaise Pascal (d) Gottfried Leibniz
26. A set of 11 rods where numbers were carved and used for
multiplication and division aids is known as (a). Pascaline (b). Napier’s
Bones (c) Stepped Reckoner (d). Slide Rule
27. When were the transistors invented? (a). 1947 (b). 1937 (c) 1957
(d). 1967
28. Third-generation computers were made from
(a). Vacuum tubes (b). Transistors (c). Integrated circuit.(d) Punched
card
29. The abacus was invented by ….. (a). Chinese (b) Japanese (c) Joseph
Jacquard (d) Blaise Pascal
30. One of the following machines was used to process census
information in the U.S.A. in 1890. (a) Herman Hollerith Machine (b).
Jacquard’s Loom (c). Pascaline (d). Gottfried
31. Who developed the concept of the integrated circuit in 1958 (a)
Jack Kilby (b). John Barden (c)William Brattain (d). All of the above
32. Which of the following is an early counting device (a) Pebbles (b).
Abacus (c). Napier’s Bone (d). Desktop
33. Devices that involve the use of physical force to operate them are
called? (a). Electronic devices (b) Mechanical devices (c) Electro-
mechanical devices (d) Early counting devices
34. Who invented the Slide Rules? (a). Robert Bissakar (b) Charles
Babbage (c) Gottfried Leibnitz (d) Blaise Pascal
35 The abacus is mainly used for (a) addition and multiplication (b)
division and subtraction (c) addition and subtraction (d) division and
multiplication
[Link] of the following devices is considered an electronic counting
device
(a) ENIAC (b). Napier’s bone (c)Abacus (d) Pascaline
37. The acronym ALU stands for ……. (a)ArithmeList ic Logic Unit (b) All
Long Unit (c) Automatic Logic Unit (d) Arithmetic Long Unit
38. Which of the following devices was invented by Charles Babbage
(a). Pascaline (b) Analytical engine (c) Abacus (c) Napier’s bone.
39. The 5th generation computers were based on the technique of AI. AI
stands for (a). All International (b) Artificial Intelligence (c) Artificial
International (d) Almighty Intelligence
40 Second Generation Computers were based on(a). Vacuum Tube (b).
Silicon Chips (c) Transistor (d). Bio Chips.
THEORY
1. List four early counting devices
b. Mention 3 examples of mechanical counting devices.
2. Define information age
b. List the major innovations of industrial age.
3. List three types computers.
b. Mention 5 part of a computer system.
4. Define a computer?
[Link] is the full meaning of CPU.