COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Midterm Examination
ICT Information and Communication Technology
Name: _____________________________________
Course & Section: ___________________________

Date: ____________
Score: ____________

EXAMINATION RULE: Have no erasures in all parts of the Examination.

Erasure=Deduction. Work Neatly.
I.

Identify what is asked and write the answer on the space provided.
_______ 1. It is a process whereby information is exchanged between individuals using
symbols, signs or verbal interactions.
_______ 2. It is the oldest technology for communication.
_______ 3. Devices that captures data.
_______ 4. Devices where data is stored for present and future use.
_______ 5. It refers to the knowledge obtained from reading, investigation, study or
research.
_______ 6. It is the use of scientific knowledge, experience and resources to create
processes and products that fulfill human needs.
_______ 7. The brain of the computer
_______ 8. Devices that functions as Input and Output device.
_______ 9. Devices that displays the result of manipulation of data.
_______ 10. It is the technology required for information processing, in particular, the use
of electronic computers, communication devices and software applications to convert,
store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information from anywhere, anytime.

II.

Write T if the answer is true and F if it is False. Write the answer on the space provided.
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III.

Matching Type. Match the technology with its inventors. Write the answer on the space
provided.
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IV.

1. Technology is vital in communication

2. Spreading information is extending communication.
3. Flash drives are I/O devices.
4. ARPANET is the first internet.
5. There is information processing in ICT.
6. Information can only be sent out using telephone, radio and television.
7. Information can be obtained from observation.
8. The motherboard is the center of data processing.
9. ICT involves the use of computers.
10. www can be used to spread information.

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Alphabet
Printing Press
Telephone
Paper
Cuniform

a. Alexander Graham Bell

b. Tsai Lun
c. Sumerians
d. Phoenicians
e. Johannes Gutenberg

Enumeration. Write your answers at the back.

1-5. Types of Hardware
6-8. Expansion Cards
9-12. Types of Software
13-15. Kinds of System Software