Data Processing Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2018

Which of the following formulas would calculate the total score of ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH in the five subjects

S/N A B C D E F
1 NAME OF STUDENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS DATA PROCESSING COMPUTER STUDIES CIVIC EDUCATION
2 ANENE LORRETA 65 90 70 85 65
3 BAKARE IMAN 60 65 75 80 75
4 ENEH GRACE 75 65 65 75 60
5 MOHEMMED DEJI 65 60 65 60 60
6 ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH 89 65 60 60 65

 

A=SUM(B2:B6)
B=SUM(A6:G6)
C=SUM(A2:A6)
D=SUM(B6:F6)
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Question 12
waec 2018

Table 1 is a part of MS Excel worksheet that shows the marks obtained by some students in an examination. Use the table to answer questions 20 and 21.

S/N A B C D E F
1 NAME OF STUDENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS DATA PROCESSING COMPUTER STUDIES CIVIC EDUCATION
2 ANENE LORRETA 65 90 70 85 65
3 BAKARE IMAN 60 65 75 80 75
4 ENEH GRACE 75 65 65 75 60
5 MOHEMMED DEJI 65 60 65 60 60
6 ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH 89 65 60 60 65

Which of the following formulas would calculate the average score of the students in Mathematics?

A= Average (C2:C6)
B= Average (C2:F2)
C= Average (C1:C6)
D= Average (C1:F1)
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Question 13
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While typing, a series of letters were highlighted and the keyboard key combination "Ctrl + B" was executed, the highlighted letters would be 

Aunderlined
Bitalicized
Cdeleted
Dbold
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Question 14
waec 2018

Which of the following command would undo the last operation carried out in Microsoft Word

ACtrl + Z
BCtrl + Y
CCtrl + W
DCtrl + U
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Question 15
waec 2018

Identify an operating system from the following software

AWriter
BMS One note
CMS Access
DLinux
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Question 16
waec 2018

The website "www.google.com" indicates that Google is 

Aa commercial organization
Ba non-profit organization
Ca research organization
Dan educational organization
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Question 17
waec 2018

Another term for Uniform Resources Locator (URL) is

Awebsite address
BIP address
Cdomain name
Ddata link
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Question 18
waec 2018

Which of the following devices would not transmit signals from one point to another?

Atelephone line
Bmodem
Cfibre optics
Dcoaxial cable
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Question 19
waec 2018

The following are advantages of networking except 

Aspamming
Bsharing of resources
Ccommunication
Dbackup
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Question 20
waec 2018

The media which enable electromagnetic signals to be transmitted through free space is known as 

Aunguided media
Bintranet
Cguided media
Dethernet
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Question 21
waec 2018

At what stage of information processing is data validtion carried out?

AData analysis
BData collection
CData processing
DData summarization
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Question 22
waec 2018

Stages in data processing cycle includes the following except data

Acollation
Bgathering
Cparsing
Dprocessing
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Question 23
waec 2018

The main components of the central processing unit (CPU) of the computer are

Aregister and memory
Bcontrol unit and register
Ccontrol unit and ALU
DALU and BUS
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Question 24
waec 2018

The ICT application which helps to resolve road congestion at junctions is 

Aautomatic teller machine
Bautomomatic traffic marshal
CStreet light
Dtraffic light
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Question 25
waec 2018

Which  of these channels would enable business transactions between a buyer from Nigeria and a seller from Ghana 

Ae-portal
Be-library
Ce-commerce
Dpodcasting
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Question 26
waec 2018

Which of the following is not considered when classifying computers

Asize
Btype
Clocation
Dpurpose
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Question 27
waec 2018

The following are primary sources of information except

Aquestionnaire
Bpublication
Cobservation
Dinterview
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Question 28
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The act of producing information from figures, text or images is called data 

Acollation
Bconversion
Cpreparation
Dprocessing
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Question 29
waec 2018

Microprocessor was used as the main electronic component of the 

Afirst generation computers
Bsecond generation computers
Cthird generation computers
Dfourth generation computers
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Question 30
waec 2018

The first generation computers made use of

Alow level programming
Bhigh level programming language
Cobject-oriented programming language
Dprocedural programming language
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