MARKING SCHEME FOR JSS1 COMPUTER STUDIES FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST
ALLOCATION OF MARKS: ½ mark each = 30 marks
SECTION B: ESSAY
ALLOCATION OF MARKS: 10 marks each = 30 marks
1. (a) What is data processing?
- Data processing can be defined as a series of actions or operations that convert or manipulate data into useful information.
- Data processing is also the recording, analyzing, summarizing, converting, dissemination and dissemination of information.
- Data processing is a computer program that enables the coding and manipulation of data into useful information.
(1 mark awarded for a correct definition of data processing = 1 mark)
1. (b) Mention the six (6) stages of the data processing cycle.
- Data gathering
- Data collection
- Input stage
- Processing stage
- Storage stage
- Output stage
(1 mark each = 3 marks)
1. (c) State two (2) examples each of primary and secondary storage.
Primary Storage:
- Random Access Memory (RAM)
- Read-Only Memory (ROM)
(½ mark each = 1 mark)
Secondary Storage:
- Hard disk
- Floppy disk
- Zip drive
- Flash drive
- DVD
- CD, etc.
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