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Question 11
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Database Administrator is a professional who

Ahandles packet sniffing in a network
Bdesigns, implements and maintains a database
Cperforms data entry in a database
Dtests and detects vulnerabilities on hardware devices and software
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Question 12
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Figure 4 is an entity relationship diagram in MS Access. Use it to answer questions 22 and 23.
What kind of relationship exists between users and products as shown in Figure 4?

AOne-to-many
BMany-to-many
COne-to-one
DMany-to-one
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Question 13
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Figure 4 is an entity relationship diagram in MS Access. Use it to answer questions 22 and 23.
How many entity are listed in Figure 4?

A30
B25
C3
D5
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Question 14
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Figure 3 is a Microsoft Excel Worksheet. Use it to answer questions 20 and 21.
 

   A  B  C  D  E
 1  IDENTICATION NUMBER  BASIC SALARY (N)  TOTAL ALLOWANCE (N)  TOTAL DEDUCTION (N)

 NET SALARY (N)

 2  WASC/LPT/001  800000  60000  40000  820000
 3  WASC/LPT/002  700000  40000  20000  720000
 4  WASC/LPT/003  300000  10000  5000  305000
 5  WASC/LPT/004  400000  20000  10000  410000

 

Figure 3
What formula will calculate the total number of individuals who earn less than ₦500,000 from the table as shown in Figure 3?

A=COUNT(E2:E5,
B=COUNT(E2:E5)
C=COUNTA(E2:E5)
D=COUNTIF(E2:E5,
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Question 15
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Figure 3 is a Microsoft Excel Worksheet. Use it to answer questions 20 and 21.
 

   A  B  C  D  E
 1  IDENTICATION NUMBER  BASIC SALARY (N)  TOTAL ALLOWANCE (N)  TOTAL DEDUCTION (N)

 NET SALARY (N)

 2  WASC/LPT/001  800000  60000  40000  820000
 3  WASC/LPT/002  700000  40000  20000  720000
 4  WASC/LPT/003  300000  10000  5000  305000
 5  WASC/LPT/004  400000  20000  10000  410000

Figure 3

What formula will correctly display the total number of individuals involved in the computation as shown in Figure 3?

A=COUNT(A2:A5)
B=COUNTIF(A2:A5)
C=COUNTA(A2:A5)
D=SUM(A2:A5)
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Question 16
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Which of the following devices is needed by a technician for protection against electrostatic discharge?

AMagnet
BWrist strap
CScrew driver
DSurge protector
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Question 17
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The speed of access to files in a random access file compared to other file organization methods is

Avery slow.
Bthe same.
Crelatively fast.
Dslow.
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Question 18
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When performing computer recovery operations after a system crash, the startup disk is used to

Arestore the system to an earlier time
Bupdate the application packages
Cbackup deleted users file
Drecover the system disk from an image file
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Question 19
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Computer malware is detected by

Aadware
Blogic bomb
Cantivirus
Dantiglare
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Question 20
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Figure 2 is an email application interface. Use it to answer questions 15 and 16.

To send an e-mail, the user must click on the part labelled

AIV
BI
CII
DIII
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Question 21
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Figure 2 is an email application interface. Use it to answer questions 15 and 16.
New messages received are save in the part labelled

AII
BIV
CIII
DI
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Question 22
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One application of ICT in medicine is

Aseismic software
Bcomputerized axial tomography
Coptical character recognition
Dglobal positioning system
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Question 23
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The volume of data that can be sent from one point to another in a given time period is called

Abroadband
Bbyte
Cbaud
Dbandwidth
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Question 24
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Advantages of parallel database include the following except

Ahigh availability
Bgreater flexibility
Chigh performance
Dhuge resources
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Question 25
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The ruler feature in MS Word that is used to indent the second and subsequent lines of a paragraph is

Aright indent
Bhanging indent
Cleft margin
Dleft indent
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Question 26
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The following feature are found in the toolbox of CorelDraw application except

Aelipse tool
Btext tool
Cmarque tool
Drectangle tool
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Question 27
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Which of the following computer types represents data as variable and continuous values?

AAnalogue computer
BMainframe computer
CMicrocomputer
DDigital computer
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Question 28
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A type of file organization that stores data in the order of their arrival is called

Aindexed-sequential file organization
Bhashed file organization
Crandom file organization
Dsequential file organization
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Question 29
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The Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine were invented by

AAda Lovelace and Charles Babbage
BBlaise Pascal
CBlaise Pascal and Ada Lovelace
DCharles Babbage
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