NOTE THAT, BECAUSE WE WON LAST YEAR THEN KOGI STATE MUST

WIN THIS YEAR 2016 AGAIN AT BOTH THE ZONAL AND FINAL OF THE
WHIZKIDS COMPETITION IN ABUJA. THIS IS MY PRAYER AND
EXPETATION AND SO SHALL IT BE IJN. BUT INORDER TO WIN, WE
MUST PREPARE VERY HARD FOR IT.

AS A RESULT, HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO

PRACTICE WITH YOUR STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE GRAND
FINAL COMPETITION OF WHIZKIDS IN ABUJA.
FROM: MR AGBOGUN JOSHUA
CHAIRMAN NCS KOGI STATE CHAPTER.

1. Data is defined as (a) basic raw facts (b) raw facts (c) unprocessed
information (d) all of the above (e) none of the above

2. Computer is an electronic machine that is capable of (a) input, store,

and output information (b) process, input, output and store (c) store,
process and output information (d) input, process, store and output
information

3. The following are all examples of hardware except (a) OCR (b) MICR
(c) power-point (d) light pen (e) plotter

4. The following: Translator, Operating system, Editor are categorized

under …. (a) software (b) computer system (c) application software (d)
system software

5. All application software are useful to both the user and hardware
whereas system software are useful to the user alone (a) true (b) false

6. Application software comprises of (a) system application software,

application packages and user application (b) application packages
and system application software (c) user application software and
application packages (d) system application software and user
application software

7. The brain of the computer consist of (a) input, ALU and main memory
(b) main memory, ALU, control unit (c) main memory, storage CPU and
control unit (d) input, output, ALU and control unit

8. A user can be a ….. (a) computer scientist (b) student (c) programmer
(d) all of the above (e) none of the above

9. Binary, Octal, ASCII, EBCDIC and hexadecimal are all examples of

assembly (a) true (b) false

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10. An interpreter converts programs from (a) low-level language to
machine language (b) low-level language or high-level language to
machine language (c) high level language to machine language (d)
none of the above

11. Programs which render useful services to both the user and the system
hardware are called…? (a) compilers programs (b) operating system
programs (c) editors programs (d) utility/service programs
12. ….. is a system software that can allow a user type programs even
without a compiler on a computer in other to be run on another
computer having the program compiler (a) assembler (b) editor (c)
interpreter (d) translator

13. The following are all examples of word-processing packages except ….

…..? (a) word perfect (b) word publisher (c) MS-word (d) wordstar

14. Page maker, Corel draw and instant artist are examples of …………..
……? (a) spreadsheet application package (b) desktop publishing
application package (c) design application package (d) none of the
above

15. A data typed into the computer, resides first in the………………

………….? (a) control unit (b) main storage unit (c) input unit (d) main
memory

16. Main memory, hard disk, floppy disk and flash drive are all secondary
storage (a) true (b) false

17. The ABACUS was developed in……….. ………. as early as

………………? (a) Egypt, 260BC (b) China, 260BC (c) Egypt, 620BC
(d) China, 620BC

18. The computer is classified based on data they operate on by the

following (a) mini computer (b) digital computer (c) analogue computer
(d) a and c (e) c and b

19. The first generation of computer was between (a) 1945 and 1959 (b)
1944 and 1958 (c) 1946 and 1959 (d) 1946 and 1958

20. In the fourth generation, the …. replaced the vacuum tubes of the first
generation (a) integrated circuits (b) LSIC (c) VLIC (d) transistors

21. Computer can be define as any electronic device that can transmute,
store and manipulate data at every high speed with great precision.
(a) True (b) False.

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22. The Rhombus-like shape of the flowchart symbol is called …. symbol
(a) process (b) decision (c) connector (d) input/output

23. Any device that deals with discrete values is called (a) mainfrram (b)
super computer (c) digital computer (d) none of the above

24. The computer that combined features of digital and analog computer is
called (a) Home computer (b) word processor (c) Desk top computer
(d) hybrid computer

25. Computer that are designed to solve a wide variety of problems, within
the limitation imposed by the particular design capabilities they can be
adapted to perform particular tasks or solve problems by means of a
specially written programmes is called (a) micro computer (b) mini
computer (c) general purpose computers (d) Microsoft word

26. … has the following characteristics, huge, generates great heat, started
with UNIVACI, constructed using vacuum tubes, programmed in
machine language (a) Embedded computer (b) Note book (c) first
generation of computer (c) Evaluation of computer

27. ……..was developed in china as early as 260 BC and moved to

Greece and Egypt around 10000BC. (a) Basic (b) Machine language
(c) Pascal (d) Abacus.

28. ………. Discover that the logarithmic table were full of errors. He then
began his life time project of building an analytical engine capable of
computing mathematical table. (a) Dr. Haman Hollerith (b) Dr. Jamo
Nite (c) Charles Barbage (d) Non of the above

29. ……… has ability of converting human readably language into a

machine reliable language. (a) analogy computer (b) Digital (c) Input
device (d) camera

30. The part of computer that perform the function of arithmetic preparation
and logic operation is called (a) memory (b) basic (c) out put (d)
arithmetic and logic unit

31. …. Is a system software that translate program from one programming

language to another programming language (a) LOGO (b) DBASE (c)
FORTRAN (d) translator

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32. The symbol used to indicate the beginning and the end of a program or
routine is called … (a) e-exam (b) connector (c) terminal (d) non of the
above

33. …. Involves searching for and correcting all errors found in a program
to ensure that the program produces the desire results (a) coding a
program (b) testing and debugging (c) transcribing the program (d on of
the above

34. Generally, a programmer aims at producing a program that satisfies

the following condition accept (a) relational operation (b) reliability (c)
portability (d) maintainability
35. Explain what this program does
10 INPUT A, B, C, D
20 LET SM = A + B + C + D
30 PERMIT SM
40 DATA 4, 5, 7, 8
50 END
(A) to find average of numbers (b) to sum numbers (c) to Add numbers (d)
non of the above

36. A number systems that are exposes in base eight is called (a)
functional system (b) octal system (c) conversion (d) binary system

37. A number systems that are express in base Ten is called (a) decimal
system (b) octal system (c) hexa decimal (d) non of the above

38. Convert 4010 to base two (a) 101000 (b) 001110 (c) 100101 (d) 00111

39. Convert 101112 to base ten (a) 4510 (b) 3110 (c) 2810 (d)1510

40. Convert 2E16 to base ten (a) 3110 (b) 5210 (c) 4010 (d) 4610

41. Convert 3E16 to base ten (a) 1110 (b) 1410 (c) 6310 (d) 8310

42. The algebraic expression of this formula can be

written in BASIC programming language as (a) (b)

(C) All of the above (d) Non of the
above

43. An item which can change its value or take any other value within a
program execution is called ….?(a) key word (b) function (c)
parenthesis (d) variable

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 44. The basic expression for the following arithmetic expression
is
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
45. The general format for a BASIC program statement is (a) keyword line
number statement (b) line number LET GOTO statement (c)line
number keyword statement (d) statement line number keyword
USE THE PROGRAM BELOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 45 TO 48
10 INPUT “Value for P =”, P
20 INPUT “Value for R =”, R
30 INPUT “Value for M =”, M
40 LET N = 1
50 LET A = P * ( 6 + R/M)^N
60 PRINT A
70 PRINT “The Answer is :”, A
80 IF N < 60 THEN GOTO 100
90 STOP
100 LET N = N + 1
110 GOTO 50
120 END
46. In the flowchart version of the above program, which symbol will be
used to represent the statement in line number 80?
(a) process (b) connector (c) decision (d) input

47. The value of N in line number 100 for the first iteration will be…….
……….? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

48. The difference between line number 60 and 70 is…………………….

……..? (a) 60 will show a statement before value (b) 60 will show value
before statement (c) 70 will show statement before value (d) a and c
(e) c only

49. The history of computer is about the work or operations of:

A) Abacus B) Blaise Pascal C) Charles Babbage D) All

50. The Personal Computer revolution is credited to the work of:

A) Dell B) Toshiba C) Nokia D) IBM

51. Modern computer systems comprise of :

A) Hardware and Software B) Hardware C) Software D)
None

52. The most suitable computer specification to store the INEC data base
is:
A) Desktop PC B) Laptop C) Minicomputer D) None

53. A computer bit is a state of:

A) 1 or 0 B) ON or OFF C) HOT or COLD D) All

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54. The key component of a computer is:
A) Display B) Keyboard C) CPU D) Mouse

55. One of the following is an example of system software :

A) Yahoo B) Internet Explorer C) Windows XP D) MS Word

56. One of the following is an example of application software:

A) Windows 7 B) Mac OS C) UNIX D) Internet
Explorer

57. In the diagram above, the label A best represents:

A) Display B) Keyboard C) Information D) CPU

58. One of the following is not a programming language

A) BASIC B) ASCII C) FORTRAN D) JAVA

59. Programs written for Windows XP can also run in

A) Mac OS B) UNIX C) Windows Vista D)
ALL

60. In the diagram above, the label A best represents

A) Keyboard B) Processing C) Algorithm D)
None

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MARKING SCHEME FOR SAMPLE QUESTIONS IN PREPARATION OF WHIZKID 2015 IN AKURE

QUESTIO ANSWER
N NO

1 D

2 D

3 C

4 D

5 B

6 C

7 B

8 D

9 B

10 B

11 D

12 B

13 B

14 B

15 D

16 B

17 D

18 E

19 C

20 B

21 A

22 C

23 D

24 C

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25 C

26 B

27 C

28 C

29 D

30 D

31 C

32 B

33 A

34 B

35 B

36 A

37 A

38 C

39 D

40 C

41 C

42 C

43 D

44 A

45 A

46 C

47 A

48 D

49 C

50 D

51 A

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52 B

53 A

54 C

55 C

56 D

57 A

58 B

59 D

60 B