Computer Science
Semester 1 Exam 1
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
whenBcomparingBhumanBcapabilitiesBwithBcomputerBcapabilities,BwhichBstatementBisB
notBtrue?
a.BcomputersBareBfaster
b.BcomputersBareBmoreBaccurate.B
c.BcomputersBhaveBbetterBmemory
d.BcomputersBareBmoreBintelligentB-BAnswerBd
manyBso-calledBcomputerBerrorsBareBcauseBbyB________
a.BtheBoperatingBsystem
b.BfloppyBdataBentry
c.ByourBcomputerBscienceBteacher
d.BtheBcomputerBitselfB-BAnswerBb
whichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribesBtheBbinaryBsystemBusedBbyBaBcomputer?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBb
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribesBASCII?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
, c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBa
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribeBUnicode?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBd
HowBmanyBBITsBareBinBaBbyte?
a.B1
b.B2
c.B4
d.B8
e.B16B-BAnswerBd
WhatBnumberBsystemBdoesBtheBcomputerBusesBtoBprocessBinformation?
a.Bbinary
b.Boctal
c.Bdecimal
d.BhexadecimalB-BAnswerBc
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBis/areBcharacteristicsBofBearlyBcomputers?
a.BveryBlarge
b.BprogrammedBbyBpeopleBswitchingBwires
c.BusedBvacuum-tubes
d.BallBofBtheBaboveB-BAnswerBd
Semester 1 Exam 1
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
whenBcomparingBhumanBcapabilitiesBwithBcomputerBcapabilities,BwhichBstatementBisB
notBtrue?
a.BcomputersBareBfaster
b.BcomputersBareBmoreBaccurate.B
c.BcomputersBhaveBbetterBmemory
d.BcomputersBareBmoreBintelligentB-BAnswerBd
manyBso-calledBcomputerBerrorsBareBcauseBbyB________
a.BtheBoperatingBsystem
b.BfloppyBdataBentry
c.ByourBcomputerBscienceBteacher
d.BtheBcomputerBitselfB-BAnswerBb
whichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribesBtheBbinaryBsystemBusedBbyBaBcomputer?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBb
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribesBASCII?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
, c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBa
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribeBUnicode?
a.BItBusesBshortBandBlongBsignals,BrepresentingBdotsBandBdashes
b.BitBusesB1sBandB0s,BrepresentingBelectricalBcurrentBthatBisBonBorBoff
c.BitBusesB1BbyteBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBprogrammingBlanguages
d.BitBusesB2BbytesBtoBstoreBaBcharacterBandBisBusedBbyBJava.B-BAnswerBd
HowBmanyBBITsBareBinBaBbyte?
a.B1
b.B2
c.B4
d.B8
e.B16B-BAnswerBd
WhatBnumberBsystemBdoesBtheBcomputerBusesBtoBprocessBinformation?
a.Bbinary
b.Boctal
c.Bdecimal
d.BhexadecimalB-BAnswerBc
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBis/areBcharacteristicsBofBearlyBcomputers?
a.BveryBlarge
b.BprogrammedBbyBpeopleBswitchingBwires
c.BusedBvacuum-tubes
d.BallBofBtheBaboveB-BAnswerBd