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Paper 01 — General Proficiency
T hour 15 minutes
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1, This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer them,
2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B),(C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which ehoice is best
4. On your answer shee, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space havi
the same letter as the answer you have chosen, Look at the sample item below
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Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose software tools?
(A) Spreadsheet and database software Sample Answer
(B) Word processor and accounting softwa mer
(C) Student record system and database software @800
(D) Insurance processing and spreadsheet software
The best answer to this item is “Spreadsheet and database software”, so (A) has been shaded,
5, Ifyou want o change your answer, criss it completely befine you fill in your new choice
6, When youare told to hegin, tum the page and work as quickly and as carefily as you can. Ifyou
a anno’ answer an item goon the nest oe. You may retin o that hem nce
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
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Whichofthe following temsare considered
computer hardware?
(A) Data
(B) Pro,
©
(D) “Operating systems
Data that has been proces
"meaning is termed
(©) storage
(D) output
"d and has
Which of the follow
“application software"?
ccan be termed
() Dos
(B) Linus.
roy ‘
wD)
Which of the following activities would
NOT be considered as cloud storage?
(A) Data stored on remote servers
B
(©) Data back-up and storage devices
fon the Internet
(D) _Datamanagedby storage providers
‘or hosting companies
Which of the following could NOT be
Classified as a cloud-based application?
(A) Gait
(B) Drop Box
(©) Google drive
(©) @inds05
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6.
“The lights in a room turn on as soon as a
person enters, Which input device MOST
likely controls the lighting in the room?
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© nner
(D) Keyboard
Which of the following devices is used to
input data into the computer?
«) GR
(8) Monitor
(©) USB fash drive
(D) —Extemal hard drive
For which of the following interface types
is the user required to remember specific
instructions and syntax?
(A) Menue-driven
(B) Graphical user
(©) Computer sereen
)
Liem 9 refers to the following model of a
be.
‘The MOST suitable printer for creating the
‘mode! of the globe is
. aE
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(©) anink-jet printer
(D) thermal printer
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‘The RP Secondary School wants the
administrative staff to have access to all
student and teacher data. Which of the
following networks would be MOST
Suitable to enable such access?
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Mem 1 refers to the following symbol Is,
oe
11. The symbol represents
(A) LAN
(B)
oo = Spot
(D) Bluetooth
12, Unauthorized, real-time interception of
8 private communication on a computer
network is referred to as -
(A) propaganda
(B) identity then
(by eectonic easing
13. Double entry data verification involves
(A) ditferent data entered once ie
(B) the data entered being copied to
‘another device
(©) different data entered once by two
diferent persons
(0)
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Part of a private network using Internet
technology and publictelecommunications
that can be accessed by business suppliers,
vendors, customers and partners is called
(A) Intemet
(B) Intranet
oO
(D) Ethernet
Which of the following shows an increase
in computer memory capacity?
(A) Terabyte—+Gigabyte—+Megabyte
(B) — Gigabyte—+Kilobyte— Megabyte
(©) Megabyte— Terabyte —- Gigabyte
()
Which of the following functions is
performed by a modem?
(a)
(B) Digital and upload |
(©) Analog and download
(D) Download and upload
Inthe URL hitp:/www.shoes.com, “shoes.
‘com’ stands for the
(A) extension
@
(C) “company name
(D) Internet company
‘Transferring data from a remote computer
to your computer is referred to as
(A) browsing
(B) uploading
(damn
(©) ing
GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 19. Which of the following types of technolo- 23. Which ofthe following is NOT a hardware
) Cae
(Pos Oe
(B) OCR (C) Peripheral device
© 20 (D) Cental processing unit
)
24, Which of the following checks is NOT a
20, Which of the following operations is validation technique?
considereda feature ofa biomettiesystem?
(A) Range
5 (CSTR (®) _nconssteney
(B) Detecting irregular heartbeats ©
(©) Diagnosing medical symptoms (D)_“Reasonableness
(D) Helping to lubricate skeletal joints
28, The process of scrambling messages atthe
ymmuting can be BEST described as sending end and unscrambling them at the
receiving end is called
2 Tele
(A) using the computer while
‘commun (A) cod
(B) using the telephone while (8) Geen
‘comm (©) “espionage
© [ow (D) eavesdropping
(©) working from the office after
cstablishingaconnectionathome 26, There are many software restritions used
by computers to protect data and maintain
data integrity. Which of the following
22. Inorderfo use a program stored on a flash entities are software restriction media?
drive, the program must be transferred into
a 1. Viruses
- A) ROM Passwords
® aM IIL Eneryptions
(D) EPROM (A) Land I only
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(D) land ttt
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28,
29,
30.
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Which ofthe following devices can be used
for both input and output?
CO) CD
(B) Barcode reader
(C) Flatbed scanner
(D) Document reader
Which ofthe followingis tue of acces
files sequentially?
A) Ose ‘
@B)
(©) Starts withthe largest data field
(D) Starts with the smallest data field
of the following is a hardware user
terface?
GUI
(B) Icon
© Sensor
)
Anofficial of Company X sells confidential
information abouthiscompany toCompany
YY. What is the term used for this type of
information misuse?
(A) Identity then
(B) Computer fraud
WhichofthefollowingareNOTeategorized
as system software?
“
(B) Operating systems
(©) Translators
(D) Utilities
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35.
Which part of the central processing unit
(CPU) coordinates its activities?
A) Re
B)
«) Mai
(D) Arithmetic logie unit
Before purchasing a computer,
‘given a sheet with the following hardware
specifications.
Tntel Pentium IV 64 bit
3.6GHz 2GB $33MHz
SORAM 160GB_ SATA
HDD___7200 pm
‘The word use of the computer is
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Which type of interface allows the user to
‘communicate with the computer system by
keying in instructions?
(A) Menu driven
(B) Graphical user
Fo Caschacrating
‘A webmaster is important to the company
because he/she
“wy
(B) assigns web addresses to all users
ina company
(©) backs up files and stores the disks
at another location
(D) monitors the shutting down of
‘competitors’ websites
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38,
29,
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Which of he following is an example ofa 40,
correctly formatted e-mail address?
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o omnes
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should beused for applications that involve
repetitive numerical caleulations?
© ate
(D) Word processing
Selecting orhighlighting aparagraphreates
©) dig ®
(©) merge
(D) document
‘The following formulaislocatedin position
B6 ofa spreadsheet
= B3 + Ba + SBS
What would be the resulting formula if the
initial formula was copied to the position
located immediately on the left?
A cHHCHCS
(RB) Ad+Ade As
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In creating a query, a student entered the
following eriteria for the date field
(05/11/2017 and <= 05/14/2017
‘The output will show days
18) fom 08 My 2007
(D) between 14 May and 5 November
2017
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@)
©
(D) values, labels or eel! addresses
Which ofthe following butions can be used
to fully justify text?
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©
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containing data on three counties, A, 1
and C, for 2018 and 2019,
Country [2008 2019
A 300, 600.
B 500) 800)
c 500, 600)
Which of the following types of charts
is NOT suitable for representing the data
3@
(D) Column,
in a database is called the
(A) foreign ke;
«B)
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(D) secondary key
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45,
46.
Which of the following sequences of steps
is correct for deleting a field in a database
table?
(A) Choose the delete row option.
Select row to be deleted and right
click.
Open table in design view.
Choose yes to confirm deletion.
Open table in design view.
Select row to be deleted and right
click
‘Choose the delete row option.
Choose yes to confirm deletion.
(© Select row to be deleted and right
click.
Open table in design view.
Choose the delete row option,
Choose yes to confirm deletion.
(D) Select row to be deleted and right
click.
‘Choose the delete row option
Open table in design view
Choose yes to confirm del
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tem No. [Ttem Dese._ | Quantity
HOS, Hammer [20
Hoa) Hammer [40
FKO30 | Fork 3
FKO20 | Fork 40
FKOIS | Fork 5
The database table above shows records
sorted by
(A) Quantity in ascending order
(B) Quantity in descending order
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)
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47. Which of the following clearly idemtifiesa 48, Whichofthe followingisused forexecuting
hyperlink on an HTML document? HTML code?
1. Alink to an email address (A) _Aparser
I. A fink to another webpage (B) qua
ML A Tink to another location within (© “Anas
the webpage (D)—Aninterpreter
(A) Land It only
(B) Land tit only 49. Which security feature offers the LEAST
>) ei
(A) Restricting editing
(B) Adding a digital signature
(©) Encrypting with a password
o
‘em $0 refers to the following spreadsheet
=sumi(B2::B6)
50, Ifthe f
‘mula in Cell BS is copied to the shaded eell, C8, then, the formula in Cell C8 would be
(A) ~sum(B2:B6)
‘© eee
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52.
53.
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Item 51 refers to the following algorithm.
Read (A, B)
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