PROMOTION EXAMINATION FOR 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: JSS ONE SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCIENCE TIME: 2HOURS
INSTRUCTION: Attempt all questions
SECTION A The important of technology is to _________ (a) destroy lives (b) produce food (c) improve lives
The present age is the ___________ (a) stone age (b) middle age (c) computer age
The period when man started to discover better ways to improve live is the __________ (a) stone age (b) middle age (c) bronze age
ICT is a feature of the _____________ Age/Ages (a) stone (b) computer (c) middle
ICT means ___________ (a) Informant Communication Technology (b) Information and communication Technology (c) Information Commercial Technology
The act of working on data to become information is called __________ (a) data processing (b) data input (c) data output
Information can be passed from one person to another through the following except (a) sleeping (b) visual (c) oral
The following are qualities of good information except (a) observation (b) timeliness (c) accuracy
Which of the following is not a modern way of passing information (a) internet (b) bush burning (c) telex
All the following are ways of passing information except (a) town criers (b) weeping (c) fax
Which of these is not an electric means of transmitting information (a) television (b) newspapers (c) satellite
Early counting devices do not includes ____________ (a) cowries (b) computers (c) fingers and toes
The following are scientist whose efforts led to the development of the computer except ___________ (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) Bill Clinton
A ___________ is an input devices that allows data such as letters, figures, command to be input into the computer (a) mouse (b) printer (c) keyboard
The following are types of software except (a) system (b) application programs (c) data programs
The integrated circuit is a major characteristics of _______________ (a) third generation computers (b) first generation computers (c) fourth generation computer
Which of the following is a characteristics of second generation computers (a) transistors (b) presence of microchips (c) presence of vacuum tubes
Mechanical counting devices include the following except (a) grains (b) astrolabes (c)slide rules
____________ is the knowledge that is passed from one person to another (a) information transmitter (b) information (c) information recording
The following are the methods of transmitting information except (a) modern method (b) oral method (c) ancient method
SECTION B What is information transmission?
Mention and give two (2) examples each methods of transmitting information
Name the five sections of the keyboard and give examples of keys found in each section.