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Question 221
waec 2017

Which of the following components is directly located inside the computer processor?       

AALU   
BBIOS   
C RAM     
D ROM
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Question 222
waec 2017

The copyright law is used to protect?         

Aright of men             
B right of minors      
Cintellectual property     
D  right of Women only.
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Question 223
waec 2017

The available page orientation in Microsoft Word are?     

Aportrait and justify      
Bjustify and right align
C left align and landscape     
Dportrait and landscape.
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Question 224
waec 2017

A computer that requests the services of another computer on a network is called a?   

Aclient       
B host      
Cmaster      
Dserver
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Question 225
waec 2017

Which of the following can be used to write a high level program source code?        

ALotus 1-2-3     
B MS Access     
COpera     
DText Editor
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Question 226
waec 2017

A set of programs, routines and procedures that are used to operate the computer hardware is called?      

Afimware     
B shareware     
C software       
Dutility
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Question 227
waec 2017

A graph plotter is most suited for use in a/an?   

A tax office        
B immigration office     
C population census office     
Dgeographical information system.
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Question 228
waec 2017

The census machine was invented by?     

A Blaise Pascal   
BGottfried Von Leibnitz     
CHerman Hollerith   
D Joseph Marie Jacquad
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Question 229
waec 2017

The "collection of the unorganized facts and figures" is called?       

Adata     
Bfile   
C information   
D variable
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Question 230
waec 2016

Symptoms of computer virus attack include:

I improved processing speeds; Il drive light coming up without apparent reason; Ill unexplainable printer activity; IV the disappearance or strange files appearance on the screen

Al, Il and Ill only     
BI, Ill and IV only 
C  II, IIl, and IV only     
DI, II, Ill and IV
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Question 231
waec 2016

The illegal copying and use of proprietary/copy righted software is called?

 

A hacking     
Bspamming   
C hardware piracy     
Dsoftware piracy.
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Question 232
waec 2016

Sorting of records is sufficient and a necessary condition for creating?

 

A random file 
B indirect file   
C sequential file 
D  indexed sequential file.
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Question 233
waec 2016

Which of the following is a temporary file that can be used only once and then discarded?

 

A Refresh file   
BMaster file      
CSystem file  
DTransaction file
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Question 234
waec 2016

Which of the following is true of a digital logic gate?

.

A It has at least two inputs but only one output.    
B It has many outputs and inputs.   
C It has at least one or more inputs but only one output.   
D It has at least one input and two outputs
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Question 235
waec 2016

The decimal number 1024 in hexadecimal equivalent is?

 

A 24    
B 400   
C 3E8      
D8BB
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Question 236
waec 2016

The word bit refers to?

 

A the value zero or one    
Bthe value zero of more    
Ccentral processing unit command   
Dcentral processing unit instructions.
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Question 237
waec 2016

The main advantage of intellectual property right is?

 

Amaximization of profit     
Bdiscovering of brilliant persons   
C discovering of sharing     
Dencouragement of innovations.
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Question 238
waec 2016

 

Which of the following is not a biometric data?

 

Afinger prints     
Bpassword   
C pattern of eye iris     
D sound of the voice.
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Question 239
waec 2016

The initial screen that is displayed after a computer booting is referred to as?

 

Adesktop    
Binterface    
Csoftware 
Dtaskbar
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Question 240
waec 2016

The speed of data transfer in the computer can be determined in terms of ?

 

Aprotocol and bus speed   
B  bus speed and width      
Cbus speed and storage media     
Dbus width and storage media.
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