BAHAGIAN A (35 MARKAH)

1.

A user refers to a person who uses a computer for the purposes of ___________.
I.
playing games
II.
communication
III.
doing homework
IV.
business advertisement
A.
B.
C.
D.

2.

Storage devices include __________.

I.
keyboard
II.
DVD drives
III.
hard drives
IV.
floppy disk drives
A.
B.
C.
D.

3.

are used for data storage

act as the brain of the computer
shows people the processed data or information
accept data or commands in a form that the computer can use

Central processing unit (CPU) ________________.

A.
B.
C.
D.

5.

I, II, and III

I, II, and IV
II, III, and IV
I, II, III, and IV

Output devices ____________________.

A.
B.
C.
D.

4.

I, II, and III

I, II, and IV
II, III, and IV
I, II, III, and IV

executes computer instructions

show people the processed data
hold data and programme temporarily
send the data or commands to the processing unit

__________ is a set of programs that lies between applications software and the computer
hardware.
A.
B.
C.
D.

BIOS program
Utility program
Operating system
Operating environment

6.

Examples of application software include _______________.

A.
B.
C.
D.

7.

A CPU comprises of CU and _________.

A.
B.
C.
D.

8.

text
video
audio
graphic

Which one of the following cycles is the correct information processing cycle for the control
unit operations?
A.
B.
C.
D.

11.

ROM
RAM
A Diskette
A Hard disk

Music, speech, or any other sounds are examples of ___________ information.

A.
B.
C.
D.

10.

ALU
processor
Input devices
output devices

____________ will loose its content when the power is interrupted or turned off.
A.
B.
C.
D.

9.

word processing, spreadsheets and databases

accounting, games and programming language
internet browser, desktop publishing and BIOS program
word processing, accounting and programming languages

Fetching - Decoding - Executing - Storing

Decoding - Fetching - Executing - Storing
Executing - Fetching - Storing - Decoding
Storing - Fetching - Decoding - Executing

Information processing cycle comprises of _____________.

I.
input
II.
Output
III.
Storage
IV.
process
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and II
I, II, and III
I, III, and IV
I, II, III, and IV

12.

What is a bit?
A.
B.
C.
D.

13.

There are three character codes to represent characters, which are ___________,
_________, and ____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.

14.

ASCII, EBCDIC, APA

ASCII, EBCDIC, ADA
ASCII, EBCDIC, Units
ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode

16 bits is equivalent to ______bytes.

A.
B.
C.
D.

15.

A bit is the largest unit of information.

A bit is the biggest unit of information.
A bit is the longest unit of information.
A bit is the smallest unit of information.

2
4
6
8

Below are the features of Megahertz.

I.
1000 MHz = 0.1 GHz
II.
One MHz represents one million cycles per second.
III.
The speeds of buses and interfaces are also measured in MHz.
IV.
A one megahertz clock (1MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc.)
are manipulated one million times per second.
A.
B.
C.
D.

I, II and III
I, III and IV
II, III and IV
All of the above

16.

The primary storage of a computer holds data temporarily.

TRUE / FALSE

17.

Random Access Memory (RAM) is the primary storage in the computer system.
TRUE / FALSE

18.

The CPU utilities the computer memory to execute instructions from the user such as
editing a letter, drawing a picture and sorting numbers.
TRUE / FALSE

19.

A storage medium is the physical material in the computer that keeps data, instruction
and information.
TRUE / FALSE

20.

Music, speech or any other sounds are examples of video information.

TRUE / FALSE

21.

Software can have various functions including performing computation, communicate

with other software and human interaction.
TRUE / FALSE

22.

Output devices shows people the processed data or information.

TRUE / FALSE

23.

Central processing unit (CPU) executes computer instructions.

TRUE / FALSE

24.

Utility program is a set of programs that lies between applications software and the
computer hardware.
TRUE / FALSE

25.

A processed raw input is also known as information.

TRUE / FALSE

QUESTION 26 35 : Look at the pictures below.

Write the device name to match with the correct number.
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BAHAGIAN B ( 10 MARKAH )
1.

Define computer system

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( 2 marks )
2.

State the meaning of input, processor, output and storage.

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( 4 marks )
3.

Draw a block diagram and describe the information processing cycle which includes input,
process, output and storage.

BLOCK DIAGRAM
( 4 marks )

BAHAGIAN C ( 5 MARKAH )
You are responsible for a computer system.
Briefly describe what you know about computer software.
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