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Question 401
waec 2015

Computer ethics are important because they?       

Aensure identity theft.       
B regulate the privacy of messages only.          
Caddress piracy and comportment issues.             
D prevent copyright infringement on discretional basis.
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Question 402
waec 2015

Which of the following statements is true of encryption? It        

Aprovides complete privacy.           
Bprovides security of varying reliability.         
Cmakes messages un- readable by the recipient.           
D permits an individual to have access to another person's message.
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Question 403
waec 2015

A high level language can be converted to a machine language using?   

Aa compiler.   
Ban editor.   
C a utility program.   
Dan operating system
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Question 404
waec 2015

The part of the computer that holds the data and pro- grams for CPU processing is the?   

AAddress.     
B Register:     
CRandom Access Memory.   
DRead Only Memory
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Question 405
waec 2015

The term bus' width in data transfer refers to the?         

Anumber of wires in the bus.             
Bsize of the data movement.   
C number of bits of information the RAM can send to the CPU at the same time.        
Dnumber of wires in the bus that carry information to the processor at a time
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Question 406
waec 2015

The shortcut command used in restarting a computer is?       

A Ctrl+ S.   
B Ctrl+0.   
C Del+Alt+S.   
DAlt+Ctrl+Del.
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Question 407
waec 2015

Data loss in a computer cannot be prevented by the use of?       

Aantivirus.   
Bbackup.      
Cflash drive.      
Dpassword.
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Question 408
waec 2015

The computer keyboard key(s) that a user presses to move to the beginning of a current line of text is/are the?    

AEnter key.      
BHome key.      
CCtrl +B keys.   
D Ctrl+ Home keys.
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Question 409
waec 2015

Which of the following items changes shape depending on the task being performed?         

ARibbon       
BActive tab       
C Insertion point         
D Mouse pointer
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Question 410
waec 2015

In word processing, an efficient way to move the second paragraph and place it after the fourth paragraph is? 

A copy and paste.    
Bcopy, cut and paste. 
Ccut and paste.      
Dcut, copy and paste.
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Question 411
waec 2015

Which of the following is a valid e-mail address? 

A www.itbeginswithu.org     
B waeconline@yahoo.co.uk   
C www.waeconline.org   
Dwww.fine.gov.ng
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Question 412
waec 2015

Which of the following is not a network device?     

A Hub     
BModem     
CPort       
DRouter
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Question 413
waec 2015

When browsing on the internet, a possible reason for. the message "page not found" is that?       

A the weather is hot.           
B the web browser is fast.         
Cmultiple web pages are loading at the same time.               
D a connection between the client and server has been lost.
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Question 414
waec 2015

In a network, the workstation is usually.connected to the?       

AHub.           
BModem.        
CRouter.     
DSwitch.
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Question 415
waec 2015

In order to get to the symbol dialog box in MS-Word click on the?     

AHome tab.        
BInsert tab.   
C Page Lay- out tab.      
DView tab.
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Question 416
waec 2015

The colour palette in CorelDraw allows the user to?        

A arrange colour.        
Bdraw in colour.           
Cpick colour tool.   
D choose different pre-set colour palettes.
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Question 417
waec 2015

The keyboard command used to copy text in Ms-Word document is?   

AShift+G.        
B Ctrl+N.     
CCtrl + C.        
D Ctrl+ Alt + C.
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Question 418
waec 2015

Which of the following networks covers the widest range?             

ALAN.     
BMAN.        
CPAN.   
DWAN.
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Question 419
waec 2015

.The line segment that describes the contents of the message when sending an e-mail is?   

A Cc.     
BContents.       
C Subject.         
DTo.
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Question 420
waec 2015

The use of satellite to transmit signal information to the earth is enabled with the use of?       

A GSM.       
BGPS.     
CPOS.       
DWAN
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