Data Processing Past Questions

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Question 1
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Which of the following data elements ranks highest in size?

AField
BByte
CRecord
DBit
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Question 2
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The following terms describe the importance of data security except data

Aavailability
Bintegrity
Cnormalization
Dconsistency
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Question 3
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The allocation and de-allocation of computing resources in a computer is the function of

Abrowsers
Boperating system
Capplication software
Dmemory unit
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Question 4
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Use the information below to answer questions 13 and 14.
A student in the school hostel was able to upload some personal details on the school portal via the school's WiFi .
The ISP and the hostel are both domiciled in the school premises.
The physical infrastructure through which internet traffic are exchanged between the ISP in the school illustrated above and other ISP s is called

Aswitch racks
Bsubscriber end points
Cinternet exchange point
Dserver farms
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Question 5
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Use the information below to answer questions 13 and 14.
A student in the school hostel was able to upload some personal details on the school portal via the school's WiFi .
The ISP and the hostel are both domiciled in the school premises.

What type of network is illustrated above?

AMAN
BWAN
CLAN
DPAN
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Question 6
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The equipment shown in Figure 1 is used for

Ainfrared transmission
Bethernet connection
Caudio transmission
Dradio transmission
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Question 7
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A computer system under use was found to be unusually slow, freezes often and very dusty. What is needed to correct this problem?

AHit the system unit with a blower
BDelete some files
CChange the location of the computer
DPerform maintenance procedure
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Question 8
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The process of drawing inference from a piece of information is called

Ainterpretation
Banalysis
Ccollation
Dorganization
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Question 9
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Computer ethical practises include the following except

Arespect for intellectual property
Bexposure of vulnerability in websites
Cuse of polite words on other users
Duse of other people’s computer without due permission
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Question 10
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Use Table 1 to answer questions 35 and 36.

Table 1: TableStudent
 

 Reg No  House

 Age

 18/001  Yellow  14
 18/002  Blue  15
 18/003  Yellow  15

The attributes in Table 1 are

 

AYellow, Blue, Yellow
B14, 15, 15
CReg. No, House, Age
D18/001, 18/002, 18/003
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Question 11
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Use Table 1 to answer questions 35 and 36.

Table 1: TableStudent

 Reg No  House

 Age

 18/001  Yellow  14
 18/002  Blue  15
 18/003  Yellow  15



Columns 2 and 3 in Table 1 cannot be used as primary key because both fields contain

Adifferent datatypes
Bduplicate values
Cthe same datatype
Donly strings and numbers respectively
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Question 12
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Figure 5 is an MS PowerPoint application interface. The part used to apply motion effect to different objects of a slide is labelled

AIII
BI
CII
DIV
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Question 13
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People who use cathode ray tube monitor without antiglare screen are susceptible to

Ablurred vision
Bback ache
Crepetitive strain injury
Dstiffness of the wrist
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Question 14
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Macromedia Dreamweaver application is used for

Asurfing the internet
Bgraphic design
Cintranet communication
Dweb design
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Question 15
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Artificial intelligence is a feature of

Afifth generation computers
Bthird generation computers
Csecond generation computers
Dfourth generation computers
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Question 16
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The following precautionary measures are taken against virus infection except

Adownloading e-mail and attachment before scanning it
Bavoiding booting the computer with disks in it
Cregular updating of antivirus.
Davoiding the installation of piratted software
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Question 17
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A digital platform for the delivery of public sector information and seminar to citizens is called

Ae-library
Be-commerce
Ce-learning
De-government
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Question 18
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The information processing stage that produces detailed evaluation of data is

Ainterpretation
Bcollection
Canalysis
Dorganization
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Question 19
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A pointing device that controls cursor movement on the screen is

Atrackball
Bplotter
Ckeyboard
Dmonitor
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Question 20
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The aim of administering questionaire is to collect

Adata
Binformation
Cspecimen
Dstatistics
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