UNIPORT GES 101 – Answers to GES 101 – Computer Appreciation and Application Workbook

Uniport GES 101 – This post is majorly for all the students that want to fill UNIPORT GES 101 – Computer Appreciation and Application Workbook. This article will help you to confirm the answers you wish to select or you’ve selected. Also, guidelines on how you will write your GES 101 exams and possible questions you will see are also stated. GES 101 has been initiated as a compulsory course by NUC to all departments in the University of Port Harcourt and even to other schools at large. It is a course where you are been taught Computer Appreciation and its application. This is where students who may not major in Computer science are opportune to have knowledge of it. It is indeed a cultural heritage. Uniport does not play with GES courses as it is very compulsory that all students must pass it before graduating from the University.

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Answers to 100 GES 101 Questions

1. A computer is an electronic machine that is capable of accepting data (as input), processing the data, and producing information (as output) fast, accurately, and thus more efficiently than human beings
2. IT means Information Technology
3. Information Technology is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware
4. The three basic components of the computer building block include [a] input [b] process [c] output
5. A simple block diagram
6. Raw material supplied to the computer is called Data, while the processed raw material produces information
7. The earliest known forerunner to the modern computer is an oriented counting frame called ABACUS
8. Two of the device that have survive are Russian ABACUS and Japanese Soroban
9. The ABACUS is still being used in the training of the handicapped
10. Inventors
11. There are basically five generations of computer
12. Computers are classified by Type, size and purpose
13. Computer are of various sizes namely; micro computers, mini computers and mainframe computers
14. CPU means Central Processing Unit while ALU means Arithmetic and Logic Unit
15. Examples of the input unit of the computer hardware are: keyboards, floppy disk units, scanners, cassette deck units, magnetic tape units, analog-to-digital converters, microphones etc.
16. The output unit of the computer consist of: printers, plotters, digital to analog converters and speakers systems
17. Computer software is a collective term for all programs which control the activities of a computer
18. The types of computer software include; system software and application software
19. The generations of operating system include; [a] Zeroth Generation OS [b] First Generation OS [c] Second Generation OS [d] Third Generation OS [e] Fourth Generation OS
20. Features of the operating system; concurrence, sharing, long term storage, non-deterministic, efficiency, reliability, maintainability, small size
21. A translator converts statements written in another language to statements in another language
22. Types of translators; Assemblers, compilers and interpreters
23. Examples of application software; Word processors, spreadsheet, accounting packages, database management systems, viewdata systems, SSP and SPSS, Tailor-made programs
24. Computer programming language include; Machine language, low level language, high level language and Artificial language
25. COBOL is a type of High Level Language
26. COBOL means Common Business Oriented Language
27. BASIC means Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
28. FORTRAN simply means: FORmula TRANslation
29. Machine Language programming language is closer to the hardware
30. Primitive programming language is a type of machine level language
31. High level programming language are also referred to as Procedure Oriented Language
32. For a digital computer to be useful or ready for a meaningful work, it needs two basic materials, namely Data and Information
33. The standard keyboard is divided into three groups
34. Following the top left-hand keys of the keyboard, the most commonly used keyboard is branded the QWERTY board
35. The groups in the division of the keyboard [a] the function keys [b] alphanumeric keys [c] alphabet keys
36. Ctrl key means Control key
37. The keyboard falls under Input unit
38. The block of function keys has 10 keys
39. To warm-boot the computer, you need; Control, Alternate, Delete keys
40. The four common mouse actions include; Click, Double click, Drag and drop, Right click
41. Other modern input device include; mouse, joystick, lightpen, scanners, touch screen, track ball etc.
42. Drawing and labeling a mouse
43. Functions of the major mouse buttons include; select menu commands, move icons, resize windows, start programs and choose options
44. Database is a collection of all data stored in one or several files
45. A diagram of data life cycle
46. Elements of data include; data base, file, records, fields, character
47. Diagram of hierarchy elements starts from database to file to records to fields to character (the smallest)
48. Capabilities of database

• It provides quick access to all data in the system
• It provides easy and expensive user interface
• It provides flexibility amongst users in terms of data share
• Inserting new data from the database
• Retrieving new data from the data base
• Updating data in the data base
• Deleting data from the database

49. The function of a primary key in a database is that is a unique identifier in a relational data base
50. Database management system is a suite of programs (or software) that manages all access to the database
51. Two components of the DBMS include; Hardware components and Software components
52. The difference between a database administrator and an application programmer is that a database administrator handles the issues to the design and use of the database while application programmer writes application program to be used in the database
53. Compartments of database architecture include; Physical view and Logical view
54. Database schema is a total representation or description of all data items in a database
55. Advantages of database system include; data sharing, file integration, redundancy minimization, security centralization, data integrity assurance, standard maintenance
56. Relationship between File system and DBMS is that the DBMS is used to manage information on a logical level, whereas, the file system is used to manage information on a logical level whereas, the file system is used to manage information on a physical level
57. Types of data models include; Hierarchical, Network and Relational models
58. Data capture is the method and devices used to gather raw information into the computer for processing
59. Data capture is necessary because it facilitates and provides a broader base of information flow
60. Categories of data capture techniques include; Manual data capture technique and Automated data capture technique
61. ADC means Automated Data Capture
62. Methods of data capture include; Data from digital documents, legacy data import, voice capture
63. Document readers are scanners in the form of optical mark recognition (reader). It include; optical character recognition and magnetic ink character recognition
64. Difference between Barcode and a magnetic stripe is that Barcodes are vertical zebra-striped marks seen on most manufactured retail products while Magnetic stripes are used to identify tickets and users
65. Biometrics is used to identify a person through fingerprints, voice intonation, eye retinal lining or other biological characteristics
66. Difference between a passive and an active ADC application is that; Passive ADC is strictly input transaction handling while Active ADC used input transactions to generate output by triggering active computing and information exchange
67. Computer network simply means a group of computers and associated equipment which are connected together so that they can communicate with each other as well as share resources
68. Examples of resources that could be networked include; printer, scanner, photocopier, hard disk, fax machine, processors etc.
69. Every computer on a network is expected to have an interface called Network Interface Card (NIC) to be connected
70. Various hardware needed for a computer network include; transmission media, twisted pair cable, network server, network clients, modem
71. WAN means Wide Area Network; LAN means Local Area Network; MAN means Metropolitan Area Network
72. Difference between LAN and WAN is that; LAN is interconnected within a small area whereas, the WAN is connected in a wide area
73. Network Topology is the manner in which a network is connected and shows the physical layout of the system
74. Types of network topology include; Star Network Topology, ring network topology, bus network topology
75. Difference between an Enterprise WAN and Global WAN is that; Enterprise WAN connects separated computer network of a single organization while Global WAN interconnects networks of several organization
76. The benefits of computer network include; convenience, flexibility, file transfer, security, electronic mail etc.
77. Operating System (OS) is an integrated set of control programs designed to manage computer resources and maximize overall operation
78. Functions of operating system

• Implementing the user interface
• Sharing hardware among users
• Allowing users to share data among themselves
• Preventing users from interfering with one another
• Scheduling resources among users
• Facilitating input/output
• Recovering from errors

79. Components of operating system; Memory Managers (MM), Processor Managers (PM), Device Managers (DM), File Manager (FM)
80. Historical background of operating system: Operating systems have been tightly related to developments in computer architecture. It is therefore a good idea to study the history of operating systems from the architecture of the computer on which they run. Operating systems have evolved through a number of distinct phases or generations ranging from zeroth to fifth generation
81. Functions of the processor manager

• To keep track of processors and its status processes
• To decide who will have the chance to use the processor
• To allocate processor to a process
• To reclaim processor when a process relinquishes processor usage

82. Resources that the operating system manages; processors, storage, input and output devices, communication devices, files and data
83. Types of operating system and differences between them

• Zeroth generation OS – primitive
• First generation OS – First operating system introduced
• Second generation OS – it supports multi programmed systems
• Third generation OS – Multi mode facilities
• Fourth generation OS – state of the art OS
• Fifth generation OS – Microsoft 2000 OS

84. Internal DOS commands; BREAK, VER, ERASE, DATE, DEL, COPY, VOL etc
85. Examples of file extensions and their applications; BAT – Batch files, BAK – Testfile backup copies, DOC – Word processing documents
86. Wildcards make it easier to specify group of files, as long as the file names have some characters in common. Wildcards are used to study displayed result on the screen
87. Diskcopy is much faster when you have a lot of data to transfer. Diskcopy makes an identical copy of the source diskette
88. UNIX is not limited to specific computers using a particular CPU
89. Difference between Windows operating system and the rest operating systems is that; Widows operating system is a graphical user interface based OS with a desktop that has a start bar for selecting different application program.
90. Various versions of windows operating system since the existence of MS Windows; Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 98 etc
91. Microsoft applications and their uses

• Word processing – Microsoft word
• Database design – Microsoft word
• Spreadsheet – Microsoft excel
• Publishing – Microsoft Access
• Presentation – Microsoft Power point
• Graphic Design – Microsoft

92. Items found on Microsoft office menu bar; file, edit, view, insert, format, tools, table, etc.
93. The fill handle in Microsoft Excel is to extend and fill a series of numbers, dates, or even text to a desired number of cells
94. The command is used to calculate the average of a series
95. Microsoft powerpoint transitions are used to determine how your presentation move from one slide to the next
96. Methods used for data processing; online processing, real-time processing and distributed processing
97. Services needed in data processing include; data conversion, data entry
98. Difference between internet and intranet is that; Internet is a worldwide network of the thousands of computer network while intranet is a private network based on TCP/IP protocol
99. A router uses protocols such as ICMP to communicate with each other and configure the best route between any two hosts
100. Explaining the following

• TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol – It is used to connect hosts on the internet
• Browser – Allows you to point to different locations on the internet
• Webserver – is a small room that handles millions of request at the same time
• WWW – World Wide Web – enables computer users to view and interact with varieties of internet
• IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol – used to access the mail box
• POP3 – Post Office Protocol 3 – used to access mail boxes and download messages to their computers
• HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol – used to access the mail box
• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – to deliver mail to the recipient mail server
• CGI – Common Gateway Interface – the way in which interaction between the user and webpage can be programmed

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