END SEMESTER EXAMINATION ICT YEAR FOUR DECEMBER 2021 STUDENT NAME ……………………………………………………………………………………… INSRUCTIONS: Answer all questions Submit your paper within the time given. Cheating in exams is strictly prohibited QUESTIONS: 1. Name two major parts of a computer.(2mks) 2. What is an input device?(1mk) 3. Input devices are used by the computer user to enter information into a computer. Give four input devices of a computer. (4mks)
4. Output devices communicate information out of a computer system. Name four examples of output devices.(4mks) 5. Computers are of different types depending on size and the work they do. Name two types of computers.(2mks) 6. Computers have different characteristics, name four characteristics of computers. (4mks)
7. Computer storages are divided into two, name them. (2mks) 8. A personal computer is used in many ways to do different activities. Name four uses of a personal computer.(4mks) 9. Name three types of computer user interfaces.(3mks) 10. It is important to be safe when using the web, give two ways in which one can stay safe when using the web.(2mks)
11. Michael was doing a research on endangered animals in the world that need to be conserved and protected more. (a) How will he type his question on a search engine.(1mk) (b) Give two ways on how he will check the fact he has found on the web whether it is true. (2mks) 12.Some information can be stored outside the computer, name one external storage device of a computer. (1mk) 13.What is a web browser? (1mk) 14. Give two examples of web browsers.(2mks) 15.Clinton while he was browsing the web, he found some information that was upsetting to him. What three things should he do?(3mks)
16.Bookmarks are very important when looking for information in the web, give one importance of bookmarks. (1mk) 17.What do you think is the bad side of the internet.(1mk) 18. Computer software is divided into two main systems, name them.(2mks) 19. There are different utility systems in a computer that help to maintain a computer. Name two types of utility systems.(2mks)
20.Write the following initials in full.( 3mks) (a)ROM (b) RAM (c) BIOS 21.A sensor is a device which inputs data to a computer, where the data is a measurement of some physical quantity which is continuously changing. Name three examples of sensors.(3mks)