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Question 1
waec 2019

Password reset disk should be created?   

A every time the user changes password.     
Bonce only.   
Conly when the user forgets the password.   
D twice only
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Question 2
waec 2019

A computer program that gathers information about a person or organization without their knowledge or consent is known as?   

A Adware.      
BTime Bomb.     
C Malware.   
D Spyware.
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Question 3
waec 2019

Which of the file organization methods can be accessed both randomly and sequentially?     

ADirect files     
B Indexed sequential files      
CRandom files   
D Sequential files
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Question 4
waec 2019

Effects of file insecurity include the following except?   

Avirus infection.     
Bfile corruption.     
Cencrypted data       
Ddata loss.
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Question 5
waec 2019

The following actions are sources of breaches in computing except?   

Acarelessness     
Bhackers' threat.   
C piracy.     
Dviruses.
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Question 6
waec 2019

In BCD encoding system, 25, will be represented as?   

A01100101       
B01010110.       
C00100101.   
D0101001.
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Question 7
waec 2019

Multiply 101\(_2\) by 11\(_2\)       

 

 

 

A1001\(_2\)     
B1011\(_2\)       
C1110\(_2\)     
D1111\(_2\)
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Question 8
waec 2019

A bit as used in computing in digital communication is?      

Aa decimal digit.     
Ban octal digit.      
Ca bin digit.   
D.a hexadecimal digit.
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Question 9
waec 2019

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 10
waec 2019

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 11
waec 2019

 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 12
waec 2019

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

Aclipboard.   
B driver.   
Cprompt.      
Dterminal.
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Question 13
waec 2019

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 14
waec 2019

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 15
waec 2019

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 16
waec 2019

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 17
waec 2019

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 18
waec 2019

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 19
waec 2019

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 20
waec 2019

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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