CSC111 Past Questions by Premier
CSC111 Past Questions by Premier
CSC111 Past Questions by Premier
The Q-A is to help students offering CSC111 and give insights to expected questions
and how to prepare for the task ahead.
(A) Bjarne Stroustrup (B) James Gosling (C) Rick Mascitti (D) Peter Norton
2. Which of these is an example of first generation computer?
(A) IBM 360 (B) ATLAS (C) IBM 400 (D) UNIVAC
3. The generation of computers that were built around Very Large-Scale Integrated Circuitry (VLSI) in
which over ten thousand flip-flops were placed in a single silicon chip is ……?
(A) First generation (B) fourth generation (C) second generation (D) third generation
4. IBM 360/370 series is an example of ……?
(A) First generation (B) second generation (C) third generation (D) fifth generation
5. Expert Systems development is enabled in what generation?
(A) First generation (B) fourth generation (C) second generation (D) fifth generation
6. The type of computer specially developed to perform only one task is ……?
(A) Special computer (B) mainframe computer (C) general-purpose computer (D) HYBRID
7. Who invented pascaline?
(A) Augusta Ada (B) Charles Babbage (C) Blaise Pascal (D) Niklaws Wirth
8. Who was the first computer programmer
(A) Charles Babbage (B) Blaise Pascal (C) Augusta Ada (D) Grace Hopper
9. …… is a program that translates program written in high level language (HLL) into machine
language (ML) equivalent all at once.
(A) Interpreter (B) pre-processor (C) assembler (D) compiler
10. …… is a program that converts program written in assembly language (low level language) into
machine language equivalent.
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(A) Interpreter (B) assembler (C) compiler (D) none of the above
11. …… is a program that converts program written in high level language (HLL) into its machine
language (ML) equivalent one line at a time.
(A) Interpreter (B) assembler (C) compiler (D) none of the above
12. The full meaning od DBMS is ……?
(A) Database Management System (B) Data Management System (C) Database Management Science
(D) none of the above
13. The first high level language invented is ……?
(A) FORTRAN (B) COBOL (C) C++ (D) BASIC
14. The full meaning of BASIC is?
(A) Beginner’s All- purpose symbolic instruction code
(B) Beginner’s always symbolic instruction code
(C) Beginners All-purpose symbolic instruction cobol
(D) None of the above
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23. The first generation of computers were based on ……?
(A) Vacuum tube (B) Resistor (C) Transistor (D) Integrated circuit
24. …… measures changes in current, temperature or pressure and translates these data into electrical
pulses for processing?
(A) Digital computer (B) Analogue computer (C) Hybrid computer (D) None
25. …… operates on discrete values?
(A) Digital computer (B) Analogue computer (C) Hybrid computer (D)None
26. The classification of computers based on size include the following but one
(A) Mainframe (B) Micro (C) Notebook (D) Hybrid
27. …… have the ability to handle a wide variety of programs and to solve many
problems such as payroll, numerical analysis, software development for accounting, inventory
system
(A) Special computers (B) General purpose computers (C) Ordinary computers (D) none of the
above
28. Which one is correct about the following characteristics of Abacus?
I. Each zone is divided into two levels - upper and lower.
II. Two beads are arranged on each wire in the upper zone.
III. Five beads are arranged on each wire in the lower zone.
IV. Can be used to perform arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction efficiently
(A) I, II, and IV only (B) I and II only (C) I, II, III and IV only (D) IV only.
29. Blaise Pascal died in what year?
(A) 1623 (B) 1662 (C) 1632 (D) 1963
30. Whose scientist has design’s features very close to that of modern computers.
(A) Blaise Pascal (B) Charles Babbage (C) Abacus (D) Joseph Marie
31. is credited with coining the word "debugging" to describe the work to eliminate program faults.
(A) Grace Hopper (B) Howard Aiken (C) J.V Atanasoff (D) John Vonn Neumann
32. Grace Hopper invented the first high-level language, "Flow-matic" in what year?
(A) 1973 (B) 1953 (C) 1963 (D) 1943
33. ……. refers to the physical components and the devices which make up the visible computer.
(A) Software (B) Hardware (C) Human ware (D) All of the above
34. ……. are responsible for feeding data into the system and for collecting information from the
system.
(A) CPU (B) ALU (C) Main Unit (D) Peripherals
35. …… is responsible for all processing that the computer does.
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(A) CPU B. ALU C. Main Unit D. Peripherals
36. …… is the unit for arithmetic and logical operations?
(A) Main Storage (B) ALU (C) Control Unit (D) Peripherals
37. …… are used for storing information on a long-term basis?
(A) Input device (B) Output device (C) Auxiliary Storage Device (D) Main storage
38. Which of these is not an example of input device?
(A) Keyboard (B) Mouse (C) Microphone (D) Printer
39. Webcam is ……?
(A) Output device (B) Input device (C) Auxiliary device (D) all of the above
40. …… are basically referred to as programs?
(A) Hardware (B) Software (C) Human ware (D) none
41. The two categories of software are ……?
(A) Application and System Software
(B) Application and Memory Software
(C) Memory and Application Software
(D) Memory and System Software
42. …… are programs commonly written by computer manufacturers, which have direct effect on the
control, performance and ease of usage of the computer system.
(A) System software (B) Application software (C) Memory software (D) A&B
43. …… is a judicious and efficient utilization of all the system resources such as the processor,
memory, peripherals and other system data.
(A) Language Translators (B) Utilities and Service Programs (C) Operating System (D) IDMB
44. All the following are example of Operating System except ……?
(A) Unix (B) Linux (C) Windows (D) Pascal
45. …… is a complex program that is used for creation, storage, retrieving, securing and maintenance of
a database?
(A) Interpreter (B) Converter (C) Compiler (D) Database Management System
46. …… can be described as an organized collection of related data relevant to the operations of a
particular organization?
(A) DBMS (B) Compiler (C) database (D) Converter
47. …… is a program that takes several object files and libraries as input and produces one executable
object file?
(A) Loader (B) Linker (C) Database (D) Operating system
48. …… is a program that places an executable object file into memory and makes them ready for
execution.
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(A) Loader(B) Linker (C) Database (D) Operating system
49. ..…. are used for detecting and correcting errors in program?
(A) Merge utility (B) Copy utility (C) Sort utility (D) Debugging Facilities
50. …… is used to combine two or more already ordered files together to produce a single file?
(A) Merge Utility (B) Copy utility (C) Sort utility (D) Text editor
51. ……. programs written by a user to solve his/her own application problem?
(A) System software (B) Application software (C) Operating system (D) None
52. Application software can be divided into ……?
(A) Application Package and User’s Application Program.
(B) System analyst and operator
(C) COBOL and PASCAL
(D) Sort and Merge utility
53. …… is a program written by the user to solve specific problem which is not generalized in nature?
(A) Application Package (B) Application Program (C) User’s Application Program (D) None
54. Ms-word, WordPerfect, WordStar are ……?
(A) Application packages (B) Database packages (C) User’s packages (D) System packages.
55. Oracle, Ms-access, Sybase, SQL Server, and Informix are ……?
(A) Application packages (B) Database packages (C) User’s packages (D) System packages
56. .….. is the person that writes the sequence of instructions to be carried out by the computer in order
to accomplish a well-defined task?
(A) Operator (B) Analyst (C) Programmer (D) Engineer
57. .….. is one for whom a computerized system is being implemented?
(A) An end – user (B) data entry analyst (C) Programmer (D) Operator
58. Computer memories are segmented in form of ……?
(A) Decimal (B) Binary (C) Hexadecimal (D) Octal
59. Convert 10101112 to decimal
(A) 8710 (B) 9710 (C) 7810 (D) 878
60. Convert 1AC16 to decimal
(A) 428ten (B) 42810 (C) 42816 (D) none
61. Convert 110010111012 to Octal
(A) 31358 (B) 313516 (C) 31568 (D) 75348
62. Convert 110010111012 to hexadecimal
(A) 651316 (B) 65D10 (C) 65D16 (D) 65C16
63. Convert AB4C16 to binary
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(A) 10101011010011112 (B) 10101011011111002 (C) 10101011010011002 (D)
11111011010011002
64. Convert 17 to binary
(A) 100012 (B) 100112 (C) 110012 (D) 10012
65. Convert 33 to binary
(A) 10000012 (B) 100012 (C) 1000012 (D) 1100012
66. Convert 9 to binary
(A) 100012 (B) 10012 (C) 110012 (D) 100112
67. Convert 25 to binary
(A) 100012 (B) 110012 (C) 10012 (D) 100112
68. Convert 12BC16 to octal
(A) 112748 (B) 1127D8 (C) 211748 (D) 102748
69. Convert 0.011012 to decimal
(A) 4062510 (B) 0.4062510 (C) 0.406252 (D) 0.5042510
70. Convert 0.101011002 to octal
(A) 0.BC16 (B) 0.AB16 (C) 0.AC16 (D) 0.AD16
71. ..…. refers to both the study of modes of reasoning and the use of valid reasoning?
(A) Modal analysis (B) Boolean algebra (C) Karnaugh map (D) Logic
72. …… is an elementary building block of a digital circuit?
(A) Logic gate (B) Boolean Logic (C) Karnaugh map (D) Logic
73. The three basic logic gates are ……?
(A) XOR, NOR, AND (B) AND, NAND, OR (C) AND, OR, NOT (D) AND, OR, NOR
74. …… gate has only one input?
(A) AND (B) OR (C) NOR (D) NOT
75. The logic gate in which the output is "true" when both inputs are "true." Otherwise, the output is
"false" is ……?
(A) NOR gate (B) AND gate (C) OR gate (D) NOT gate
76. The logic gate in which the output is "false" if both inputs are "true." Otherwise, the output is "true"
is known as ……?
(A) NOR gate (B) NOT gate (C) NAND gate (D) AND gate
77. ..…. gate acts in the same way as the logical "either/or."?
(A) XOR gate (B) NOT gate (C) NAND gate (D) AND gate
78. The NOT operator is represented by ......?
(A) X (B) (X) (C) X^ (D) X
79. The AND operator is represented by ......?
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(A) A/B (B) A_B (C) A()B (D) A.B
80. The + operator is known as the …… function in the logic domain?
(A) AND (B) NOR (C) OR (C) NOT
81. Which of the following arrangements has normal or correct order of precedence?
(A) NOT operations have the highest precedence, followed by AND operations, followed by OR
operations.
(B) OR operations have the highest precedence, followed by NOT operations, followed by OR
operations.
(C) AND operations have the highest precedence, followed by NOT operations, followed by OR.
(D) NOT operations have the highest precedence, followed by OR operations, followed by AND
operations.
82. A + (B C) = ?
(a) (A+B) (CB) (b) (A + B) (A + C) (c) (ABC) (d) (A+B+C)
83. A. A=?
(A) 1 (B) A (C) A (D) 0
84. A+1=?
(A) 1 (B) A (C) A (D) 0
85. …… is a graphical method of Boolean logic expression reduction?
(A) Logic gate (B) Boolean algebra (C) Karnaugh map (D) Logic operator
86. The Karnaugh map was originally invented in ……?
(A) 1954, Edward W. Veitch
(B) 1952, Maurice Karnaugh
(C) 1952, Edward W. Veitch
(D) 1953, Maurice Karnaugh
87. The Karnaugh map is also known as ……?
(A) Veitch diagram (B) K-map (C) KV-map (D) all of the above
88. Which of these is not a rule guiding wrapping in Karnaugh map?
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X Y Z
0 0 1
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 0
(A) XAND (B) NAND (C) OR (D) XOR
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1. A 21. A 41. A 61. A 81. A
2. D 22. D 42. A 62. C 82. B
3. B 23. A 43. C 63. C 83. D
4. C 24. B 44. D 64. A 84. A
5. D 25. A 45. D 65. C 85. C
6. A 26. D 46. C 66. B 86. C
7. D 27. B 47. B 67. B 87. D
8. C 28. C 48. A 68. A 88. A
9. D 29. B 49. D 69. B 89. A
10. B 30. B 50. A 70. C 90. D
11. A 31. A 51. B 71. D 91. D
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12. A 32. B 52. A 72. A 92. B
13. B 33. B 53. C 73. C
14. A 34. D 54. A 74. D
15. B 35. A 55. B 75. B
16. B 36. B 56. C 76. C
17. C 37. C 57. A 77. A
18. A 38. D 58. B 78. A
19. C 39. B 59. A 79. D
20. A 40. B 60. B 80. C
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54. The component of the computer system which is used for arithmetic and logic operations is
known as .............
(A) CPU
(B) ALU
(C) RAM
(D) ROM
55. ................... is used for supplying data and instructions to the computer
(A) Output device
(B) Input device
(C) Auxiliary Storage
(D) Peripherals
56. A set of instructions required to accomplish a task is known as ..............
(A) Program
(B) Sequence
(C) Algorithm
(D) Manual
57. The Operating system is known for .......
(A) Distributing electric charge in the computer
(B) Manage resources of the computer system
(C) Accomplish a task
(D) Work with only input devices.
58. The following are language translators except.........
(A) Assembler
(B) Interpreter
(C) Compiler
(D) Demodulator
59. A translator that takes a program in one High Level Language and produces the equivalent
program in another High-Level Language is known as ..........
(A) Compiler
(B) Interpreter
(C) Assembler
(D) Pre-processor
60. The next instruction to be executed by the processor is determined by ..............
(A) ALU
(B) Control unit
(C) Memory Unit
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(D) CPU
61. Flash drive is a typical example of ...............
(A) Secondary Memory
(B) Primary memory
(C) Internal Memory
(D) Back up storage
SECTION C
1. What was the first machine that could add, subtract, multiply and divide?
a. Abacus b. mechanical calculator c. arithmometer d. pc
2. What component of the computer is correctly associated with the function it performs?
a. Microprocessor : storage b. RAM: processing c. monitor : output d. optical drive :
sound
3. Which of this is not an input device?
a. Speakers b. mouse c. scanner d. keyboard
4. Which type of storage does not accept new information?
a. ROM b. RAM c. hard drive d. removable media
5. _____ is not an output media.
a. Monitor b. microphone c. printer d. joystick
6. Microprocessors are used in
a. Computers b. calculators c. remote controls d. DVD players
7. In what way is the computer not smarter than a human being?
a. Ability to recall information stored in a split second b. ability to store massive amounts
of information c. ability to solve complex math problems in a second d. ability to
reason
8. Convert the ASCII code “BAD” to a hexadecimal value
a. 30453316 b. 41424316 c. 42414416 d. 42444116
9. Convert 4630304416 to an ASCII expression
a. FOOD b. FEED c. FREE d. FOOL
10. ASCII is widely used to
a. Printing documents b. solving equations c. transfer data between computers d.
programming in PHP
11. How is data represented in a computer system?
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a. Byte system b. hexadecimal system c. logical system d. binary system
12. Which of this storage device ensures data is stored sequentially?
a. DVD b. Flash disk c. Hard drive d. tape
13. Which of this is not a storage media?
a. Pen drives b. joystick c. blu-ray disc d. compact disk
14. 1 gigabyte is same as
a. 1000 bytes b. 1024 megabytes c. 1000 megabytes d. 1000 megabits
15. Pick out the odd one
a. Octal number system b. logical number system c. decimal number system d. binary
number system
16. The range for Octal number system is:
a. 0 – 8 b. 1 – 8 c. 0 – 7 d. 1 – 7
Convert the following to decimal (17 – 19)
17. 10112
a. 1010 b. 1110 c. 1210 d. 1310
18. 11101002
a. 10110 b. 11310 c. 10510 d. 11610
19. 011012
a. 1310 b. 1510 c. 1610 d. 1810
Convert the follow to binary(20 – 21)
20. 5510
a. 1101102 b. 1101112 c. 1100112 d. 0101112
21. 1710
a. 100102 b. 110002 c. 101002 d. 100012
22. 710
a. 0112 b. 1012 c. 1112 d. 101102
Convert the following to Hexadecimal (23 – 25)
23. 1111 1010 0012
a. 7D116 b. 7D016 c. 8D16 d. 7D216
24. 1101 1010 00112
a. DB216 b. DE16 c. DA316 d. EA316
25. 1100 1001 00112
a. 622316 b. D9216 c. C1316 d. C9316
26. This is not a basic Boolean operation
a. AND b. OR c. NAND d. NOT
27. Boolean operations involve the set
a. {1,0} b. {0,2} c. {1,2} d. {1,3}
X XI
0 1
1 0
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a. Detecting falsehood in a computer b. representing the results of a logic function
C. making Booleans operations complex d. building game tables
30. Which is the proper precedence of Boolean operations?
a. NOT > OR > AND b. NOT > AND > OR c. OR > NOT > AND d. AND > NOT > OR
31. How is ‘AND’ operation best represented ?
a. {X.Y} b. {X-Y} c. {X+Y} d. {X*Y}
32. Pick the correct association
a. XI : AND b. X0 : NOT c. X – Y : NOT d. XI : NOT
33. ASCII means
a. All Standard Counsel for International Information
b. American Standard Counsel for International Information
c. American Standard Code for Information Interexchange
d. American Scholars Code for Information Interexchange
34. 16 bits is equivalent to
a. 1.6 bytes b. 6 bytes c. 10 bytes d. 2 bytes
35. Which of the following is not an example of operating system?
a. Windows XP b. Android 4.2 c. Angry bird d. Redhat Linux
36. This is not a function of an operating system
a. Controlling & allocating memory b. handling system requests c. controlling I/O devices
d. getting rid of virus
37. Which of this is not a service provided by an operating system?
a. Program creation b. error detection c. program execution d. evolution
38. Which is not a type of operating system?
a. Real time Operating System b. Single User, Single Tasking Operating System c.
Multiple network operating system d. Multi-User Operating System
39. Which is not part of the Central Processing Unit?
a. BLU b. ALU c. Memory Unit d. Control Unit
40. A computer basically has how many types of memory?
a. One b. two c. three d. four
41. Which is a volatile memory type?
a. Flash disk b. RAM c. ROM d. DVD
42. Which is not in this category?
a. CD-R b. DVD c. Blu-ray d. flash disk
43. Data bus carries _____ to and from the CPU and memory as required by instruction
________.
a. operands, operator b. address, location c. operands, translation d. operands, CPU
44. ASCII code “E” is equivalent to :
a. 45 b. 44 c. 43 d. 42
45. What is another name for Boolean algebra?
a. Truth logic b. Boolean logic c. algebraic logic d. computation logic
46. Choose the most appropriate definition of Truth Tables
a. a means of representing the results of a logic function b. a means of
representing computer logic c. a means of programming d. a means of calculating
algebra
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0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1
A B AI BI
0 Z 1 0
X 1 1 0
SECTION D
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option : Von Neumann
option : 1840
option : 1841
option : 1842
answer : 1843
answer : Oak
option : C with classes
option : Cocoa
option : Objective C
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question : The following are disadvantages of Machine Language except
question : One of the similarities between Machine Language and Low Level Language is
option : First
option : Second
answer : Third
option : Fourth
option : ML
option : LLL
option : Assembly Language
answer : HLL
option : JAVA
answer : SQL
option : C++
option : BASIC
question : The geneartion of programming languages where computer is instructed WHAT it must
do rather than HOW it must perform a task is
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question : Poor Control on Hardware and Less Efficiency are disadvantages of which of the
following types of programming languages?
question : One special and most powerful feature of High level Language is
question : The advantage of Machine Language over all other categories of Programming
Languages is
option : Portability
option : Reliability
option : Performance
answer : Extendability
question : Programming languages can be classified by types into how many categories
answer : 3
option : 4
option : 5
option : 2
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question : Programming languages can beclasified by generation into how many categories
option : 3
option : 4
answer : 5
option : 6
question : The type of programming language that use Symbolic codes called mneumonics to
represent instructions is
question : Programs writen in Low-Level language are translated into machine readable codes by
a separate program called
option : Interpreter
answer : Assembler
option : Compiler
option : Linker
answer : 1960s
option : 1970s
option : 1980s
option : 1990s
question : The first interpreted language made available for general use is
option : COBOL
answer : BASIC
option : FORTRAN
option : ALGO
option : COBOL
option : C
option : FORTRAN
answer : JAVA
question : The generation of programming languages that has all its languages to be non-
procedural is
option : Fifth Generation
option : Second Generation
option : Third Generation
answer : Fourth Generation
question : Vey low development cost is an advantage of which of the following class of
programming language
option : ML
answer : HLL
option : LLL
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option : Assembly Language
question : SQL, QBE and MANTIS are all examples of which Generation Languages?
option : First
option : Second
option : Third
answer : Fourth
question : A programming language that would be able to accept, interpret, and execute
instructions in the natural language of the end users is likely to be a
option : 2GL
option : 3GL
option : 4GL
answer : 5GL
option : Second
option : Third
option : Fourth
answer : Fifth
answer : QBE
option : COBOL
option : JAVA
option : MANTIS
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answer : ADS
option : SQL
option : QBE
option : Easytrieve
option : MANTIS
option : ADS
answer : Easytrieve
option : SQL
option : Second
option : Third
option : Fourth
answer : Fifth
option : Multithreaded
option : Distributed
option : Object-oriented
answer : Platform dependent
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