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Question 11
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The command used to seek for assistance in Microsoft disk operating system is

AAttrib
B/S
C/?
DHelper.
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Question 12
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Which of the following QBASIC arithmetic operations is the last in order of precedence?

ASubtraction
BAddition
CDivision
DExponentiation
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Question 13
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An input device that converts an image into a text is known as

Ascanner.
Boptical mark reader.
Cbarcode reader.
Doptical character reader.
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Question 14
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Personalized form of letters which can be sent to many people can be achieved using

Atemplate.
Bmail merge.
Cquery
Dmacros
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Question 15
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The set of instructions used to solve specific user tasks is called

Aeditor
Butility software.
Csystem software
Dapplication software.
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Question 16
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During the booting process in Windows, the Master Boot Record is loaded by the

ABIOS .
BInit.
CKernel
DGRUB
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Question 17
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Which of the following commands can be used to switch between open window?

AAlt + F4
BAlt + Tab
CCtrl + F
DCtrl + D
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Question 18
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The software responsible for allocating and managing system resources is called

Autility software.
Bdriver
Ctranslator.
Doperating system.
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Question 19
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A BIOS configuration program that allows a windows user to configure attributes such as password, time and date is called

AGRUB
BBootstrap
CCMOS setup.
DBIOS drivers.
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Question 20
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The process of converting data into information is known as data

Acollation
Bprocessing
Canalysis
Dcollection
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Question 21
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A file organization in which the records are stored in the order in which they occur is called

Aindexed file.
Bserial file.
Csequential file.
Drandom file.
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Question 22
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The radix of hexadecimal number system is 

A10
B2
C16
D8
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Question 23
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The first attempt at using the punch card principle to do mathematical calculations led to the invention of

ANapier’s bone
BCharles Babbage Analytical Engine
CCharles Babbage Difference Engine
DAbacus
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Question 24
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The LET statement in QBASIC

Aallows users to assign a value to a variable.
Ballows the users to enter data into the computer during program execution.
Cchecks the errors within the code.
Dallows the users to enter data into the computer from
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Question 25
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The technology used for first generation computers was

Aintegrated circuit.
Bmicroprocessors
Ctransistors.
Dvacuum tubes.
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Question 26
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The central processing unit consists of

Acontrol unit, primary storage and secondary storage.
Binput, output and processing.
Ccontrol unit, arithmetic logic unit and primary storage.
Dcontrol unit, processing and primary storage.
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Question 27
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A good algorithm must be

Adetailed and verbose.
Bsequential and lengthy.
Cconsistent and continuous.
Dconcise and finite.
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Question 28
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The BCD equivalent of 135 is

A100110101
B001011101
C000100110101
D111101
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Question 29
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Which of the following IP addresses can be used to access a locally running website on a user's computer?

A127.1.0.1
B127.0.0.1
C1.172.0.0
D172.0.0.0
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Question 30
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The commands used for adding comments in QBASIC programming is

APRINT
BREM
CCLS.
DINPUT
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