ANSWERS TO THE 2015/2016 CSC 101 THEORY TEST – TYPE A

Name: Introduction to Computing Department: Computer Science Matric: 999999

Computer Scientists study tools to assess them for all of these except ……………
1 D
(A) Correctness (B) Security (C) Fault Tolerance (D) cost
What is the BINARY equivalent of the HEXADECIMAL number ABC?
2 A
(A) 101010111100 (B) 10101011110 (C) 100010111100 (D) 101010111101
Machine language is composed only of ______
3 D
(A) Keywords (B)Hexadecimal numbers (C) Python statements (D)Binary numbers
Which of the following is NOT a feature of ROM
(A) Read only so data cannot be changed (B)Data is lost when the computer is switched
4 B
off (C) Data is Permanently etched onto a microchip (D) Data is not lost when the
computer is switched off
IF x = y
WRITE x
ELSE
IF y < z
5 WRITE y B
ELSE
WRITE z
Given (x=5, y=15, z=10) – what is the output of the algorithm?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
The basic means to find information on the web includes
6 (A) Search by Keywords (B) Search by Topic (C) None of the above D
(D) All of the above
Which of the following does not belong to the basic electronic gates?
7 B
(A) AND Gate (B) XOR Gate (C) NOT Gate (D) OR Gate
All except this is an example of a linear data structure
8 C
(A) List (B) Queue (C) Graph (D) Arrays
The Semi-Conductor was invented in the year -------------------
9 B
(A) 1937 (B) 1947 (C) 1945 (D) 1935
The number of pixels used to represent a picture is called the ------------------------
10 A
(A) Resolution (B) Density (C) Animation (D) None of the above
One of the following does not belong to the group of Control Structures
11 B
(A) Sequence (B) Loops (C) Selection (D) Repetition
Which of the following is a uniform resource locator?
12 (A) oladejo@ui.edu.ng (B) mail.ui.edu.ng (C) www.angelamakolo.com (D) None C
of the above
-------------- is the ability of a tool to cope in the presence of faults
13 D
(A) Fault Robustness (B) Correctness (C) User-friendliness (D) Fault tolerance
The common components inside the system unit of a computer include all except---------
14 C
(A) Memory (B) Processor (C) Program (D) Ports
The expression “Hello,” + “Bola” + “Ade” is a string ----------------------
15 B
(A) Sample output (B) Concatenation (C) String input (D) Variable output
 Physical Transmission Media include the following except ----------------
16 A
(A) LAN (B) Coaxial Cable (C) Fiber Optics (D) Twisted-pair Cable
Pseudo-code and Flow chart helps us to
17 (A) Know the memory capacity (B) Identify the base of a number system D
(C) Direct the output to a printer (D) Specify the problem completely and clearly
The conversion of 64213 (base 13) to base 10 would give --------------------
18 B
(A) 945 (B) 1068 (C) 1026 (D) 866
count 1
sum 0
while (count<1)
sum = sum + count
19 count = count +1 B
write sum
Given the pseudocode above, what will be the final value of sum?
(A) No value (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) The pseudocode will not work because
the loop will not execute. Hence, invalid.
Layers of a computing system includes all of the following except
20 A
(A) Network (B) Hardware (C) Operating System (D) Applications