Computer Studies Past Questions

Question 301

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Which of the options labeled I to IV give two stages involved in booting?

I. Power On self test II. Loading of Operating System IIl. Loading of email IV. Power On Safe Mode

 

A I and Il only     

BI and III only   

C Il and IV only   

D Ill and IV

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Question 302

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The disk operating system will label three hard drives as?     

A   A, B and C.        

BC, D and E.        

CB, C and D      

DF, G and H.

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Question 303

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 After several 'save' and 'delete' operations, there remain many scattered areas of data too small to be used productively. This describes?

 

Autilization.    

Bprotection.     

Cfragmentation.   

Dbacking up.

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Question 304

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Data that is copied from an application is stored in the?        

Aclipboard.   

B driver.   

Cprompt.      

Dterminal.

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Question 305

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Which of the following is true when data maintained in MS Excel workbook is linked to a word document? The word document

 

A cannot be edited.     

Bmust contain a hyperlink.   

Ccontains a copy of the actual data.   

D contains a reference to the original source application.

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Question 306

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Spreadsheet packages can be used for?      .

Adatabase and painting.       

B drawing and painting.   

C budgeting and inventory.   

Dword processing and drawing

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Question 307

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A cell with a red triangle in the top-right comer in a spreadsheet application signifies?     

Aan error in the cell.   

B a comment associated with the cell.     

C that the font colour for the text in the cell is red.     

Dthat a formula cannot be entered into the cell.

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Question 308

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In Microsoft PowerPoint, two kinds of sound effect files that can be added to a presentation are?     

A .wav files and .mid files.   

B  .wav files and .gif files.     

C .wav files and jpg files.     

D jpg files and.gif files.

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Question 309

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To hold row and column titles in places so that they do not scroll when the user scrolls a worksheet, click the?     

Afreeze panes command on the windows menu.   

Bhold titles command on the edit menu.       

C split command on the windows menu.     

D show grid command on the windows menu.

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Question 310

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One major difference between paper spreadsheet and electronic spreadsheet is?       

Aa management of columns.       

Bheadings from formatting.       

C arrangement of rows.   .

Dspeed of processing

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Question 311

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In MS Excel, the cell that contains the pointer or cursor is called?       

Aactive cell.   

Bcurrent cell.     

Cdefault cell.       

Dpassive cell.

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Question 312

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The major advantage of free software is that it is?     

A free and contains unlimited components.    

Blicensed and available always.   

C licensed and can be copied by anyone.   

Dsuperior in quality but not robust.

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Question 313

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What type of network is represented in Figure 2?     

A Local Area Network      

BMetropolitan Area Network   

CPersonal Area Network       

DWide Area Network

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Question 314

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To send a created MS PowerPoint document using email to a user, the document can be added as?   

 

 

 

 

AAttachment.      

BDraft.       

C Reply.     

DChat.

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Question 315

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The topology represented in figure 1 is?    

Abus topology.     

Bmesh topology.   

C ring topology.     

Dstar topology.

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Question 316

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Data transfer can be initiated through the following media except?  

Acoaxial cable.   

Bfibre cable.   

C trunking pipe.    

Dtwisted pair cable.

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Question 317

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Fibre Optic cable transmits signal in the fom of?    

Asound.   

Belectricity.   

CLight.     

Dmicrowave

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Question 318

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Flexibility of a good program means?     

Ahandling of any change(s) without having to rewrite the entire program.     

B the length of processing time and memory to process the instruction.          

Cthe program has to be broken down into a number of sub-tasks.       

D the program should work for two similar tasks in the same domain.

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Question 319

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The IF...THEN statement in BASIC programming is?      

Aa transfer of control.   

B  used to redirect a statement.     

Cused to eliminate the need for prompting each INPUT statement.     

D a conditional branch statement.

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Question 320

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The term compiler in computer programming refers to a?      

Akey punch operator of the computer.   

Bperson who compiles source programs.      

Cperson who writes the computer programming codes.     

Dprogram which translates source program into object program.

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