Data Processing questions to test candidates’ acquisition of basic skills of data processing and knowledge in the application of ICT in facilitating business transactions and education.
The standard way of arranging information is known as
Organization of information
Validation of information
Collection of information
Classification of information
Correct answer is A
Organization of information is the standard way of arranging information.
The subdivision of tracks in a hard disk is called
Record
Row
Sector
Cluster
Correct answer is C
In computer disk storage, a sector is a subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk or optical disc. Each sector stores a fixed amount of user-accessible data, traditionally 512 bytes for hard disk drives (HDDs) and 2048 bytes for CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs.
High level programming languages such as COBOL and FORTRAN were first used in the
First generation computers
Third generation computers
Fourth generation computers
Second generation computers
Correct answer is B
Third generation computers were computers that emerged due to the development of the integrated circuit (IC). They were the first steps toward computers as we know them today.
Computer virus replicates itself into
Execution phase
Trigger phase
Propagation phase
Dormant phase
Correct answer is C
In the propagation phase, the virus is fruitful and multiplies. The virus will start to insert copies of itself into other programs or areas on the disk. These copies are often altered in some way to make detection more difficult.
The process of sending and receiving information from one place to another is called information
Synchronization
Transfer
Transmission
Technology
Correct answer is C
Information transmission refers to the process of transferring information between two or more digital devices.
One application of ICT in education is
Optical Mark Reader
Electronic Fund Transfer
Automated Teller Machine
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Correct answer is A
Optical Mark reading (OMR) is a method of entering data into a computer system. Optical Mark Readers reads pencil or pen marks made in pre-defined positions on paper forms as responses to questions or tick list prompts.
Sequential file organization
Serial file organization
Indexed file organization
Random file organization
Correct answer is C
An indexed file organization contains reference numbers, like employee numbers, that identify a record in relation to other records. These references are called the primary keys that are unique to a particular record.
One quality of a computer programmer
Ability to teach
Friendliness
Punctuality to work
Excellent analytical thinking
Correct answer is D
Qualities of a computer programmer
- has passion for computers
- has desire for efficiency
- love to learn new technologies
- is a problem solver
- has excellent analytical thinking
At what stage in data processing does data manipulation take place?
Organization
Collation
Analysis
Interpretation
Correct answer is A
Data are manipulated at Organization stage.
The concept of stored program for electronic devices was introduced by
Tim Berners Lee
Ada Augusta Lovelace
Charles Babbage Lee
John Von Neumann
Correct answer is D
The idea was introduced in the late 1940s by John von Neumann, who proposed that a program be electronically stored in binary-number format in a memory device so that instructions could be modified by the computer as determined by intermediate computational results.
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