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Question 1
waec 2020

In order to avoid damages caused by security breaches, the user must?        

Aconfigure firewall.      
Bencourage piracy. 
C install cracked software     
Dpromote cyber crime
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Question 2
waec 2020

Viruses, worms and trojan horses are all?           

Aapplication software           
B malicious software.           
C robust software.         
Dsystem software
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Question 3
waec 2020

 

Which of the following statements best describes sequential file organization?     

A Records are arranged in no particular order.        
BRecords are directly addressed to the key value.         
CRecords are sorted according to a key field.     
D Records are used as index to access the database.
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Question 4
waec 2020

Which of the following options best shows the arrangement of file structure?   

I File

ll. Field

III. Character

IV, Record

   

AIII, II, I and IV
BII, III, I  and IV
CIlI, II, IV and I
DII, III, IV and I
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Question 5
waec 2020

Which of the following is not a criterion files?     

A Nature of content        
BOrganizational method      
CStorage medium      
DType of data
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Question 6
waec 2020

The EBCDIC coding system was developed on?   

A IBM mainframe computers.        
BHP mainframe and minicomputers.     
C Dell mainframe computer      
DApple mainframe computers.
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Question 7
waec 2020

The decimal fraction 0.9375 converts to binary?      

A0.0111.     
B 0.1011.     
C 0.1111.      
DO.1001.
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Question 8
waec 2020

A single hexadecimal digit is represented by?       

Aone bit.      
Btwo bits.     
Cfour bits     
D eight bits.
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Question 9
waec 2020

Digital signals can be represented by:   

I. Binary Codes

Il.0 and 1

III. High and Low Which of the following options is correct?

 

A l and Il only     
B  I and lIl only        
C II and lIl only     
D I, Il and III
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Question 10
waec 2020

In a Windows operation involving dragging and dropping an item on the desktop, the item will be?     

Adeleted from the screen.       
B duplicated.     
Cmoved to a new location.   
D renamed.
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Question 11
waec 2020

A feature on the computer desktop that indicates the current active applications is called?   

A icon.         
Bmenu bar.   
C ribbon.     
Dtask bar.
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Question 12
waec 2020

Removing a program on a computer properly requires?     

Adeleting.      
Barchiving.        
C disabling.       
Duninstalling.
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Question 13
waec 2020

In database application, the field length determines the?     

Amaximum number of characters the field can accommodate.      
Bmaximum number of operations that can be performed on the field.         
C level of security of the database.      
Dmaximum number of datatype the field can contain.
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Question 14
waec 2020

In graphics, a subscript text refers to a text that is positioned?      

Aa little bit above a normal line of text   
B a little bit below a normal line of text.    
Cat the end of a line of text.
D at the front of a line of text
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Question 15
waec 2020

To centre worksheet titles across a range of cells MS Excel, the user must?   

A widen the rows to centres the titles across the range of cells.       
Bwiden the columns to centre the titles across range of cell       
C  select the cells containing the title text and use the fill handle to centre the text across the range of cells.     
Dselect any cell containing the title text and use the fill handle to centre the text across a range of cells.
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Question 16
waec 2020

In MS Excel, the average of 10 numbers give B1, B2,...,B10 is?   

A= B1 + B2 ... B10)/10   
B@SUM(B1:B10).      
C#SUM(B1:B10)/10,   
D= B1 +B2 +... + B10/10.
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Question 17
waec 2020

To make the entire slides in a presentation to have the same "look" in MS PowerPoint, a user  should?      

Ause the slide layout option.     
Buse outline  view
Cuse a presentation design template.   
Dadd a slide option.
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Question 18
waec 2020

The following are functions of database management system except?   

A  backup and replication.   
Boperation.     
Crule enforcement.   
Dsecurity
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Question 19
waec 2020

A pre-designed document coordinating fonts, a layout and a background is also known as?    

Aguide.   
B model.   
C ruler.   
Dtemplate
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Question 20
waec 2020

In networking, bandwidth means?

Aclass of IP address used in the network
Bnumber of interconnected computers in the network
Ctransmission capacity of a communication channel.
Dtypes of nodes in a communication channel
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