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Question 21
waec 2023

The following are effects of file insecurities except

Afile corruption.
Bdata use.
Cdata loss.
Ddata overwriting.
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Question 22
waec 2023

A wait state of zero in hardware means the

Amemory is faster than the processor in terms of speed.
Bprocessor speed is higher than that of the memory.
Cprocessor speed is lower than that of the memory.
Dprocessor and the memory are equally matched in speed.
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Question 23
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Machine language instruction codes are expressed in

Ahexadecimal
BEBCDIC
CASCII
Dbinary
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Question 24
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The main distinguishing feature of fifth generation computers is

Aartificial intelligence.
Bversatility.
Cextremely low cost.
Dliberal use of microprocessors.
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Question 25
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The transmission method that allows data transmission to multiple computers on a network without addressing all the computers is called

Aunicast
Bbroadcast
Cmulticast
Dswitch
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Question 26
waec 2023

An advantage of bus topology over star topology is that

Ait is stronger than star topology.
Bit is more expensive than star topology.
Cits component are easily removed compared to star topology.
Dit requires less cable length than star topology
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Question 27
jamb 2023

Which of the following controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.

ACPU
Bapplication software
Coperating system
DALU
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Question 28
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In computer architecture, the type of bus that connects the major components of a computer system is

Aaddress
Bdata bus
Ccontrol bus
Dsystem bus
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Question 29
jamb 2023

Using Boolean identities, reduce the given Boolean expression:
A(A+1) + A(B+0) + C.1

AA + B + C
BA.B.C
CA.B + C
DA + C
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Question 30
jamb 2023

The first stage of data processing activities is ?

AManipulation
BCollection
CConversion
DSorting
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Question 31
jamb 2023

One of the following is not a good way to prevent virus.

Aencryption
Buse of firewall
Ccarelessly exposing your vital and personal information
Duse of antivirus software
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Question 32
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Translating the problem statement into a series of sequential steps describing what the program must do is known as

Acoding
Bcreating the algorithm
Cdebugging
Dwriting documentation
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Question 33
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The closest computer language to human is ?

AHigh level language
BLow level language
CMachine language
DAssembly language
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Question 34
jamb 2023

If the control unit controls other units of the CPU, which unit stores instructions,data and intermediate results.

AMemory unit
BArithmetic section
CControl unit
DLogic section
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Question 35
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Computers that are small and low cost are referred to as ?

Amini computers
Bsmall computers
Ctablet computers
Dmicro computers
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Question 36
jamb 2023

In BASIC, REM shows a statement to be

Aexecutable statement
Bun-executable statement
Ccomment
Doutput
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Question 37
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The computer that combines the functions of both analog and digital computers is called ?

ADigital computer
BAnalog computer
CHybrid computer
Dmultipurpose computer
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Question 38
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Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is called ?

Abatching
Butilizing
Cprocessing
Dupgrading
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Question 39
jamb 2023

Which of the following monitors has only two colours

Acolour monitor
Bcolour graphic adapter (CGA)
Cdichrome monitor
Dmonochrome monitor
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Question 40
jamb 2023

which communication channel allows the sending of information in one direction only?

Asimplex mode
Bhalf duplex mode
Cduplex mode
Dfull duplex mode
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