JSS1 COMPUTER STUDIES FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
TIME: 1 hr 30 minutes
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions in Section A and THREE questions in Section B.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST
NO. OF QUESTIONS: 60
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer from the options a – d.
- Which of these is the earliest calculating device? (a) Abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Napier bone (d) Stepped reckoner
- The following inventors contributed to the development of the computer EXCEPT (a) Charles Babbage. (b) John Napier. (c) Thomas Jefferson. (d) Blaise Pascal.
- The first true adding machine was invented in (a) 1614 (b) 1801 (c) 1642 (d) 1623
- Blaise Pascal’s calculating machine was based on the ……….. principle. (a) Abacus (b) Napier bone (c) Jacquard loom (d) Slide rule
- The first generation of computers were built with (a) integrated circuits. (b) vacuum tubes. (c) transistors. (d) artificial intelligence.
- Which of the following is NOT a benefit of computers? (a) Consistency (b) Inaccuracy (c) Speed (d) Versatility
- In what year did computer manufacturers begin to replace transistors with integrated circuits? (a) 1960 (b) 1951 (c) 1964 (d) 1974
- The jacquard loom was designed for (a) reading and writing data on punch cards.
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