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Question 211
waec 2017

The act of translating data into a secret code is known as?         

Aauthentication   
Bauthorisation      
Cencryption     
Dpiracy
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Question 212
waec 2017

The following are features of web browsers except?

Aaddress bar   
Bformula bar     
Cmenu bar      
Dtitle bar
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Question 213
waec 2017

Which of the following symbols is not a relational operator in BASIC programming language?      

A
B>     
C^      
D≤
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Question 214
waec 2017

Which of the file formats is supported in all windows operating systems?   

A BSDB.
BEXT    
CFAT    
DNTFS
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Question 215
waec 2017

Which of the following statements is not true about secondary storage media? They

     

Aare volatile   
B are non-volatile    
Care relatively cheap   
D have storage capacity
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Question 216
waec 2017

In MS Excel, comments used in cells are called?      

Acell tip        
B smart tip       
Csoft tip            
Dweb tip
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Question 217
waec 2017

The advantages of a computer include that they?
I. operate at high speeds; II. think for the user; Ill. are accurate; IV. are credible.
 

AI, Il and lll only     
BI, III and IV only    
C II, l and IV only       
DI, II, l and IV
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Question 218
waec 2017

Which of the following is not a method of accessing file?       

ACircular       
BRandom       
CSerial       
DSequential
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Question 219
waec 2017

The ASCII code for the word NOT can be written as?          

A101010010011111001110.
B100111010011111010100
C100111110101001001110
D100111010101001111
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Question 220
waec 2017

Us the table below to answer this question

Character Decimal Code ASCII Code
     N      78    1001110
     O       1    1001111
     T      84    II

The cell labeled ll in the table represents?     

A 1001101     
B1010100     
C 1010101      
D1010110
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Question 221
waec 2017
Use the table below to answer questions 19 to 21
Character Decimal code ASCII CODE
N 78 1001110
O 1 1001111
T 84 11

The cell labelled I in the table represents?         

 

A72        
B74      
C75   
D 79
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Question 222
waec 2017

A field chosen to uniquely identify every record in a database is?          

 

 

 

Aforeign key      
Blocal key   
Cprimary key       
Dsecondary key
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Question 223
waec 2017

Which of the following views is used to create data base objects in Microsoft Access?                     

A Design view                 
B Datasheet view       
C Layout view       
DNormal view
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Question 224
waec 2017

In a star network, each node must? 

A be connected directly to adjacent node
B be connected directly to a central network hub       
C be connected directly to a common backbone cable     
Dpossess a token before it can transmit signal to adjacent node
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Question 225
waec 2017

The expression DEPOSIT (1, 10) stands for an array with?        

A1 element       
B11 elements    
C 10 elements   
Dno element.
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Question 226
waec 2017

Use the following QBASIC statement to answer questions 14 and 15.

DIM DEPOSIT (1, 10) 14.

The keyword DIM in the statement stands for?   

Adiagram    
B diameter             
Cdiamond     
Ddimension
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Question 227
waec 2017

A high level language program translator which converts a source code to machine readable format and compile executes it one line at a time is? 

Acomplier
Bdebugger
Ceditor
Dinterpreter
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Question 228
waec 2017

Which of the following is found on the taskbar?   

Ascrollbars     
Bwall paper       
Cscreen saver   
D quick lunch toolbar
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Question 229
waec 2017

The hardware component that is responsible for fetching, decoding and execution of program instruction is?   

A accumulator   
B read only memory   
C random access memory     
Dcentral processing unit.
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Question 230
waec 2017

Napier's Bone was designed purposely for calculation of?      

Asum and quotient     
B sum and difference     
Cproduct and quotient      
Ddifference and quotient
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