WAEC - Data Processing (2016)

1
Who developed the first digital electrical computer?
Answer
(C)
Mauchly and Eckert
2
Which generation of computers made use of intergrated circuit?
Answer
(B)
Third
3
Which of the following is an alphebetical data?
Answer
(A)
Bed
4
The type of data which consist of text, number, audio, graphic and animation is called
Answer
(B)
multimedia data
5
Which of the following factors is not considered when classifying computers?
Answer
(A)
Location
6
Which of the following is not used for online shopping?
Answer
(D)
Sim card
7
Which of the following is a negative impact of ICT in education?
Answer
(A)
Plagiarism
8
Which of the following are parts of a computer processor?
Answer
(B)
Control unit and ALU
9
Data gathering involves the following means except 
Answer
(B)
voting process
10
Two computers, X and Y are such that the processor in X has a word size of 32 bits while that of Y is 16bits. Which of the following statement is true?
Answer
(C)
X can process two times as much data as Y at the same time.
11
The television set deisplays information as 
Answer
(D)
audio-visual signals
12
Which of the following is not an ancient medium for transmitting information?
Answer
(C)
Telephone
13
A server is a computer that provides services to other computers called
Answer
(A)
Clients
14
The rules for exchanging data on a network are known as 
Answer
(C)
protocol
15
A search engine is a?
Answer
(D)
tool that searches the web
16
The feature in a browser which enables users to open the latest copy of a webpage is
Answer
(A)
Refresh
17
An operating system will perform the following except
Answer
(D)
protection from surge
18
A Microsoft Office application suites include all the following except
Answer
(C)
CorelDraw
19
Which of the following is not a feature of the drawing tool bar?
Answer
(C)
Drop Cap
20

The MS Excel worksheet below shows the salary distribution for four staff in a company. The net salary is paid after deductions have been made. 

S/N A B C D E
1 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BASIC SALARY (N) TOTAL ALLOWANCE (N) TOTAL DEDUCTION (N) NET SALARY (N)
2 LP/p/1202 22000 29000 7000 44000
3 L/P/1250 26000 35000 9000 52000
4 L/P/3205 15000 21000 6000 30000
5 L/P/3215 33000 41000 8000 66000

Which of the following cells contain numeric data?

Answer
(C)
C3
21

The MS Excel worksheet below shows the salary distribution for four staff  of a company. The net salary is paid after deductions have been made.

S/N A B C D E
1 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BASIC SALARY (N) TOTAL ALLOWANCE (N) TOTAL DEDUCTION (N) NET SALARY (N)
2 LP/p/1202 22000 29000 7000 44000
3 L/P/1250 26000 35000 9000 52000
4 L/P/3205 15000 21000 6000 30000
5 L/P/3215 33000 41000 8000 66000

Which of the following for mulas would be used to obtain the value in cell E2?

Answer
(A)
= B2 + C2 - D2
22
In Database Management System (DBMS), linking entities is used to represent?
Answer
(C)
Relationships
23
A data element that uniquely identifies one record from the other in a table is the
Answer
(D)
primary key
24
In MS PowerPoint presentation, the special effects that control the order in which objects enter a slide and their manner of appearance is
Answer
(D)
Animation
25
Which of these packages could be used by a Data processing teacher to design a website for a school 
Answer
(A)
Front Page
26
In graphic packages, the process of removing unwanted part of an image is known as 
Answer
(D)
cropping
27
Routine checks operations on computers in order to ensure its continuous functioning is known as computer
Answer
(C)
maintenance
28
The perfomance of the computer can be enhanced by 
Answer
(D)
increasing the memory size
29
The moral principles that regulates the use of computers, its accessories and environment are called
Answer
(A)
ethics
30
A technician can protect itself from electronic discharge by using
Answer
(A)
wrist strap
31
Which of the following operations prevent file loss?
Answer
(A)
File backup
32
Acomputer pofessional who studies an existing system with a view to evolving a computer based system from it is
Answer
(A)
system analyst
33
Computer virus cannot be transmitted by 
Answer
(D)
typing of keyboard
34
A program designed to detect and prevent malicious programs from a computer system is
Answer
(D)
firewall
35
In relational model, a tuple is a?
Answer
(C)
row of a table