Data Processing Past Questions

Question 191

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The MS Excel worksheet below shows the salary distribution for four staff in a company. The net salary is paid after deductions have been made. 

S/N	A	B	C	D	E
1	IDENTIFICATION NUMBER	BASIC SALARY (N)	TOTAL ALLOWANCE (N)	TOTAL DEDUCTION (N)	NET SALARY (N)
2	LP/p/1202	22000	29000	7000	44000
3	L/P/1250	26000	35000	9000	52000
4	L/P/3205	15000	21000	6000	30000
5	L/P/3215	33000	41000	8000	66000

Which of the following cells contain numeric data?

AA1

BA2

CC3

DE1

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Question 192

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Which of the following is not a feature of the drawing tool bar?

AOval shape

BLine

CDrop Cap

DArc

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Question 193

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A Microsoft Office application suites include all the following except

AWord

BAccess

CCorelDraw

DPowerPoint

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Question 194

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An operating system will perform the following except

Afiles and folder arrangement

Bstorage location

Cuser profile creation

Dprotection from surge

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Question 195

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The feature in a browser which enables users to open the latest copy of a webpage is

ARefresh

BForward

CBackward

DRedirect

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Question 196

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A search engine is a?

AA program that searches engines

BComputer engine that searches a database

Chardware components of a computer

Dtool that searches the web

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Question 197

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The rules for exchanging data on a network are known as 

Atransmission rules

Btransfer rules

Cprotocol

Dconfigurations

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Question 198

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A server is a computer that provides services to other computers called

AClients

BPeers

Crouters

Dswitches

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Question 199

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Which of the following is not an ancient medium for transmitting information?

AFire lighting

BBeating of drums

CTelephone

DWhistling

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Question 200

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The television set deisplays information as 

Aantenna signals

Bvisual signal

Caudio signals

Daudio-visual signals

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Question 201

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Two computers, X and Y are such that the processor in X has a word size of 32 bits while that of Y is 16bits. Which of the following statement is true?

AX can process half as much data as Y at the same time

BX can process the same amount of data as Y at the same time.

CX can process two times as much data as Y at the same time.

DX can process four times as much data as Y at the same time.

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Question 202

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Data gathering involves the following means except 

Acounting process

Bvoting process

Cmeasuring process

Dcalculating process

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Question 203

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Which of the following are parts of a computer processor?

ACPU and main memory

BControl unit and ALU

COperating system and application

DMain memory and storage

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Question 204

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Which of the following is a negative impact of ICT in education?

APlagiarism

BE-Library

CDistance Learning

DComputer-based test

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Question 205

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Which of the following is not used for online shopping?

AMasterCard

BCredit card

CVerve card

DSim card

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Question 206

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Which of the following factors is not considered when classifying computers?

ALocation

BSize

CType

DPurpose

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Question 207

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The type of data which consist of text, number, audio, graphic and animation is called

Adata set

Bmultimedia data

Cmulti-purpose data

Dmulti-variable data

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Question 208

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Which of the following is an alphebetical data?

ABed

BAx44jj

CAB+CD

D%

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Question 209

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Which generation of computers made use of intergrated circuit?

AFourth

BThird

CSecond

DFirst

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Question 210

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Who developed the first digital electrical computer?

ABlaise Pascal

BJoseph Jacquard

CMauchly and Eckert

DVon Leibniz

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