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Question 1
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The number of entries in the figure above is?

A3
B4
C5
D12
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Question 2
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Ethical practice requires a computer user to 

Ashutdown properly
Bhack into other peoples computer
Cintrude into peoples privacy
Dcopy software without the license
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Question 3
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Duplicating copyrighted electronic or digital content without the authors approval is considered?

Afelonious
Bethical
Ctreasonable
Dunethical
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Question 4
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Serial files are 

Astored using a key
Bsorted in a particular order
Cstored as they come
Dstored in any storage media
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Question 5
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The file access method illustrated in the diagram above is called?

Ahashed access
Bindexed access
Crandom access
Dsequential access
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Question 6
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Sequential files are?

Asorted using index
Bsorted in a particular order
Cstored as they come
Dstored in any storage media
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Question 7
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The octal fraction 0.65 converts to binary as 

A0.110011
B0.110101
C101101
D101101
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Question 8
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Add 127\(_{16}\) to  50A\(_{16}\)

A629\(_{16}\)
B630\(_{16}\)
C631\(_{16}\)
D632\(_{16}\)
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Question 9
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In number system ,base 16 is called ?

Ahexadecimal
Bdecimal
Cduodecimal
Doctal
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Question 10
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 Select two stages of booting from the following list:

i. Power on Self Test;

ii.  Loading of Operating System; 

iii.  Loading of e-mails;

iv.  Start in safe mode.

iv. Save all active files

AI and II only
BI and III only
CII and IV only
DIII and IV only
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Question 11
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The keyboard key combination ALT + F4 in microsoft windows will

Aclose active programmes
Bopen a file
Crestart the computer
DSelect two stages of booting from the following list
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Question 12
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Deleted items in the computers are temporarily stored in the?

Amemory unit
Bprocessor
Crecycle bin
Dtask manager
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Question 13
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The pictorial representation of an object or application in the computer is called?

Adiagram
Bgraphic
CIcon
Dimage
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Question 14
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If A is in cell A1 and B is in Cell B1 of a worksheet in a spreadsheet application,write a formula to calculate

x= \(\frac{A^2 = B{^1/2}}{100}\)

A((A1^2)+(B1^(1/2)))/100
B((A1^2)+(B1^(1/2)))/100
C((A1^2+(B1^(1/2))/100
D((A1^2)+(B1^(1/2)))/100
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Question 15
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What will be the result of writing the formula=year[now[][  + 3 in a worksheet,of a spread sheet,if the current calendar is 14 august ,1960?

A17 august 196003
B14 aug,1963
C11 august,1963
D1963
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Question 16
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Which of the following operations will not run a slide show in MS PowerPoint?

Apressing F5
Bpressing shift +f5
Cchoosing the slide show tab
Dclicking on the slide show icon bar
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Question 17
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The part of the Corel Draw window labelled II in the diagram above is called?

Azoom in
Bpan
Czoom out
Dzoom to fit
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Question 18
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The shortcut key for the open dialog box in MS Word is ?

AAlt + F12
BCtrl + F12
CF12
Dshift + f12
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Question 19
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One function of operating system is ?

Apower supply allocation
Bfile corruption and deletion
Cflowcharting
Dresource allocation
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Question 20
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The maximum length of a text field in MS Access is?

A75
B120
C255
D265
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