B

Questions
NIGERIA COMPUTER SOCIETY

Instruction: Answer All Questions. Each Question Answer Correctly get 2 Marks
Time: 60 Minutes

1. Which of the following languages is more 7. Any type of storage that is used for
suited to a structured program? holding information between steps in its
a. PL/1 processing is
b. FORTRAN a. CPU
c. BASIC b. Primary Storage
d. PASCAL c. Immediate Storage
d. Internal Storage
2. Which protocol provides e-mail facility 8. What is operating system?
among different hosts? a. collection of programs that manages
a. FTP hardware resources
b. SMTP b. system service provider to the
c. TELNET application programs
d. None of these c. link to interface the hardware and
application programs
3. The basic architecture of computer was d. all of the mentioned
developed by
a. John Von Neumann 9. To access the services of operating
b. Charles Babbage system, the interface is provided by the
c. Blaise Pascal a. system calls
d. Garden Moore b. API
c. Library
4. A computer assisted method for the d. assembly instructions
recording and analyzing of existing or
hypothetical systems is 10. Which one of the following is not true?
a. Data Transmission a. kernel is the program that
b. Data Flow constitutes the central core of the
c. Data Capture operating system
d. Data Processing b. kernel is the first part of operating
system to load into memory during
5. What difference does the 5th generation booting
computer have from other generation c. kernel is made of various modules
computers? which cannot be loaded in running
a. Technological Advancement operating system
b. Scientific Code d. kernel remains in the memory
c. Object Oriented Programming during the entire computer session
d. All of the Above
11. Which one of the following error will be
6. Which of the following computer language handle by the operating system?
is used for artificial intelligence? a. power failure
a. FORTRAN b. lack of paper in printer
b. PROLOG c. connection failure in the network
c. COBOL d. all of the mentioned
d. Visual BASIC

1
 d. None of these

19. In the sequential access method,

12. By operating system, the resource information in the file is processed :
management can be done via a. one disk after the other, record access
a. time division multiplexing doesn’t matter
b. space division multiplexing b. one record after the other
c. both (a) and (b) c. one text document after the other
d. none of the mentioned d. None of these

13. The main function of the command 20. The direct access method is based on a
interpreter is ______ model of a file, as _____ allow
a. to get and execute the next user- random access to any file block.
specified command a. magnetic tape, magnetic tapes
b. to provide the interface between the API b. tape, tapes
and application program c. disk, disks
c. to handle the files in operating system d. All of these
d. none of the mentioned
21. Which one of the following is used to
14. Which one of the following is not a real define the structure of the relation ,deleting
time operating system? relations and relating schemas ?
a. VxWorks a. DML(Data Manipulation Language)
b. Windows CE b. DDL(Data Definition Language)
c. RTLinux c. Query
d. Palm OS d. Relational Schema

15. The OS X has 22. Create table employee (name varchar ,id
a. monolithic kernel integer) What type of statement is this?
b. hybrid kernel a. DML
c. microkernel b. DDL
d. monolithic kernel with modules c. View
d. Integrity constraint
16. ______ is the process of finding errors and
fixing them within a program. 23. Package of software that facilitate
a. Compiling modeling of database and improved
b. Executing performance of database system is
c. Debugging classified as
d. Scanning a. tools
b. tool developers
17. Which command will stop an infinite loop? c. programmers
d. system tools
a. Alt – C
b. Shift – C 24. Function which causes retrieval of any
c. Esc kind of data from database is considered
d. Ctrl - C as
a. Key
b. Query
18. The larger the block size, the ______ the
c. Structure
internal fragmentation.
d. storing cycle
a. Greater
b. Lesser
c. Same
2
25. Type data abstraction which allows d. Title slide
conceptual representation of data in
database management system is considered 31. The ability to combine name and addresses
as with a standard document is called
_________
a. logical design model
b. data model a. document formatting
c. interface model b. Database Management
d. user friendly model c. Mail Merge
d. Form Letters
26. Using a custom animation effect, how do
you make text appear on a slide by letter 32. The default language of Microsoft Word is
a. Apply the animation scheme fade in one ...
by one. a. USA English
b. b. Apply an entrance effect, and then set b. UK English
it to by letter in the effect option dialog c. Canadian English
box d. Australian English
c. c. Apply the fly in entrance to the text,
and then set its speed to very slow. 33. The default size of header and footer is ...
d. d. All of above a. 0.5 inch
b. 1 inch
27 You can create a new presentation by c. 0.75 inch
completing all of the following except: d. 0.25 inch
a. Clicking the new button on the standard 34. Ms Word 2007 allows creation of what
toolbar type of document by default?
b. Clicking file, new a.WPF
c. Clicking file open b. TXT
d. Pressing Ctrl + N c.DOC
d. DOCX
28. You can tell when an object is active 35. Automatically placed drop cap in the line
because a. 3 lines
a. The object is highlighted b. 5 lines
b. Eight small sizing handles appear c. 2 lines
surrounding the text d. 8 lines
c. A box frame appears surrounding the 36. In Ms Word, for what does ruler help?
text a. to set tabs
d. b and c b. to set indents
c. to change page margins
29. Which of the following is not an option d. All
when printing handouts? 37. In which shortcut key use to center the
a. Six slides per page selecting text.
b. Five slides per page a. Ctrl+F
c. Three slides per page b. Ctrl+E
d. Two slides per page c. Ctrl+M
d. Ctrl+D
30. The slide that is used to introduce a topic 38. You can hyperlink the file ...
and set the tone for the presentation is a. Pressing the Ctrl+k
called the b. Pressing the Ctrl+Shift+K
c. Hyperlinks command from insert menu
a. Table slide d. Both A and C
b. Graph slide
c. Bullet slide 39. You can break the column

3
 a. pressing the ctrl+enter a. Select both cells, and then drag the
b. Pressing ctrl+shift+enter fill handle over the range you want,
c. Break command from view menu for instance 18 more rows
d. Both a and b b. Select the range you want, include
both cells, point to fill on the Edit
40. Which would you choose to list menu, and then click down.
synonyms and Auto correct of a c. Copy the second cell, click in the
selected word? cell below it, on the standard toolbar
a. Tools, spelling click the down arrow on the Paste
button, and then click Paste Special
b. Tools, Language
d. All of above
c. Tools, Options
d. Shift+F7
47. A webpage displays a picture. What tag
was used to display that picture? a.
41. You can activate a cell by
picture
a. Pressing the Tab key
b. image
b. Clicking the cell
c.img
c. Pressing an arrow key
d. src
d. All of above
48. <b> tag makes the enclosed text bold.
42. Which of the following setup options can What is other tag to make text bold?
not be set in the page setup dialog box? a. <strong>
a. Printer selection b. <dar>
b. Vertical or horizontal placement c. <black>
c. Orientation d. <emp>
d. Row and column titles

43. What term refers to a specific set of values 49. Which tag allows you to add a row in a
saved with the workbook? table?
a. Range a. <td> and </td>
b. Scenario b. <cr> and </cr>
c. Trend line c. <th> and </th>
d. What-if analysis d. <tr> and </tr>

44. when you use the fill effects in the format

data series dialog box, you can not 50. How can you make a bulleted list?
a. rotate text on the chart a. <list>
b. select a fore ground color b. <nl>
c. select a pattern c. <ul>
d. select a background color d. <ol>

45. Paper spreadsheets can have all the

same advantages as an electronic
spreadsheet except which of the
following?
a. Rows and columns
b. Headings
c. Speed
d. None

46. What’s a quick way to extend these

numbers to a longer sequence, for
instance 1 through 20?
4
 MODEL ANSWERS 34. D
35. A
36. D
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. B
41. D
42. A
43. B
44. A
1. D 45. C
2. B 46. A
3. A 47. C
4. B 48. A
5. A 49. D
6. B 50. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. B
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. B
25. B
26. B
27. C
28. A
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. A
33. A
5