WAEC - Data Processing (2018)

  • 1
    The first generation computers made use of
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    (A)
    low level programming
  • 2
    Microprocessor was used as the main electronic component of the 
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    (D)
    fourth generation computers
  • 3
    The act of producing information from figures, text or images is called data 
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    (D)
    processing
  • 4
    The following are primary sources of information except
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    (B)
    publication
  • 5
    Which of the following is not considered when classifying computers
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    (C)
    location
  • 6
    Which  of these channels would enable business transactions between a buyer from Nigeria and a seller from Ghana 
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    (C)
    e-commerce
  • 7
    The ICT application which helps to resolve road congestion at junctions is 
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    (D)
    traffic light
  • 8
    The main components of the central processing unit (CPU) of the computer are
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    (C)
    control unit and ALU
  • 9
    Stages in data processing cycle includes the following except data
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    (C)
    parsing
  • 10
    At what stage of information processing is data validtion carried out?
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    (A)
    Data analysis
  • 11
    The media which enable electromagnetic signals to be transmitted through free space is known as 
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    (A)
    unguided media
  • 12
    The following are advantages of networking except 
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    (A)
    spamming
  • 13
    Which of the following devices would not transmit signals from one point to another?
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    (B)
    modem
  • 14
    Another term for Uniform Resources Locator (URL) is
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    (A)
    website address
  • 15
    The website "www.google.com" indicates that Google is 
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    (A)
    a commercial organization
  • 16
    Identify an operating system from the following software
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    (D)
    Linux
  • 17
    Which of the following command would undo the last operation carried out in Microsoft Word
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    (A)
    Ctrl + Z
  • 18
    While typing, a series of letters were highlighted and the keyboard key combination "Ctrl + B" was executed, the highlighted letters would be 
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    (D)
    bold
  • 19

    Table 1 is a part of MS Excel worksheet that shows the marks obtained by some students in an examination. Use the table to answer questions 20 and 21.

    S/N A B C D E F
    1 NAME OF STUDENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS DATA PROCESSING COMPUTER STUDIES CIVIC EDUCATION
    2 ANENE LORRETA 65 90 70 85 65
    3 BAKARE IMAN 60 65 75 80 75
    4 ENEH GRACE 75 65 65 75 60
    5 MOHEMMED DEJI 65 60 65 60 60
    6 ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH 89 65 60 60 65

    Which of the following formulas would calculate the average score of the students in Mathematics?

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    (A)
    = Average (C2:C6)
  • 20

    Which of the following formulas would calculate the total score of ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH in the five subjects

    S/N A B C D E F
    1 NAME OF STUDENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS DATA PROCESSING COMPUTER STUDIES CIVIC EDUCATION
    2 ANENE LORRETA 65 90 70 85 65
    3 BAKARE IMAN 60 65 75 80 75
    4 ENEH GRACE 75 65 65 75 60
    5 MOHEMMED DEJI 65 60 65 60 60
    6 ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH 89 65 60 60 65

     

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    (D)
    =SUM(B6:F6)
  • 21
    The following are advantages of a Database Management System (DBSM)  except
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    (D)
    compromise of data integrity
  • 22
    Extracting information in Database Management System (DCMS) involves 
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    (B)
    querying
  • 23
    A special effect that controls the way slides appear in PowerPoint presentation is called
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    (B)
    Transition
  • 24
    A reference to another page or resource on a website is done by 
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    (B)
    Hyperlinks
  • 25
    The design output of a graphic package can be in the following file formats except
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    (A)
    .rtf
  • 26
    The proactive maintenance of computer equipment before a fault or failure occurs is called 
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    (C)
    preventive maintenance
  • 27
    A good computer maintenance practice entails 
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    (D)
    blowing the system unit with blower
  • 28
    Set of moral principles that regulate the ise of computers and concerns professional and social conduct is known as
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    (A)
    computer ethics
  • 29
    Which of the following programs is a computer virus 
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    (D)
    Tuareg
  • 30
    Precautionary measures on computer do not include 
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    (B)
    giving access to unauthorized persons into the computer room
  • 31
    The computer professional responsible for designing and maintaining a database is called database 
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    (D)
    administrator
  • 32
    Computer virus is not transmitted through
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    (A)
    formatting of documents
  • 33
    The following are attributes of computer virus except the ability to
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    (D)
    warn the user before execution
  • 34
    A relational database model is designed according to set of rules known as 
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    (A)
    Normalization
  • 35
    Which of the foolowing statements about relational model is not correct?
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    (D)
    Data in the rows of a table are of the same data type