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Question 371
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 372
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 373
waec 2017

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

Adata     
Bfile   
C information   
D variable
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Question 374
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 375
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 376
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 377
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 378
waec 2016

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

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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 379
waec 2016

The decimal number 1024 in hexadecimal equivalent is?

 

A 24    
B 400   
C 3E8      
D8BB
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Question 380
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 381
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 382
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 383
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 384
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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Question 385
waec 2016

Converting 4B7\(_16\) to binary?           

A0100 1010 0111  
B0100 1011 0111,       
C0100 1000 0111,   
D  0100 1100 0111
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Question 386
waec 2016

One megabyte is equivalent to?

 

Aone million bytes       
B two million bytes   
C three million bytes   
D four million bytes
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Question 387
waec 2016

In a database, a primary key is a field which contains?

 

A text only    
Bunique entries   
C duplicate values     
Dnumeric value only.
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Question 388
waec 2016

Principal uses of word processing software packages include:

I preparing deft articles for publication

ll pre- paring reports for top management

Ill preparing accounts
IV preparing organizations' newsletter.

A I, III and IV only        
BI, II and IV only     
C II, III and IV only     
D I, II, IIl, and IV.
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Question 389
waec 2016

A block of text that is marked by the tab key when the enter key is pressed can be referred to as?

A margin   
B  paragraph               
Cwhite space         
D word wrap
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Question 390
waec 2016

When a worksheet is deleted from a workbook, it is?

 

A  lost forever       
Bsent to the recycle bin     
Csent to the original folder      
Dstored permanently in main memory.
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