Data Processing Past Questions

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Question 191
waec 2016

A Microsoft Office application suites include all the following except

AWord
BAccess
CCorelDraw
DPowerPoint
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Question 192
waec 2016

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 193
waec 2016

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 194
waec 2016

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 195
waec 2016

The rules for exchanging data on a network are known as 

Atransmission rules
Btransfer rules
Cprotocol
Dconfigurations
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Question 196
waec 2016

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

AClients
BPeers
Crouters
Dswitches
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Question 197
waec 2016

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

AFire lighting
BBeating of drums
CTelephone
DWhistling
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Question 198
waec 2016

The television set deisplays information as 

Aantenna signals
Bvisual signal
Caudio signals
Daudio-visual signals
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Question 199
waec 2016

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 200
waec 2016

Data gathering involves the following means except 

Acounting process
Bvoting process
Cmeasuring process
Dcalculating process
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Question 201
waec 2016

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 202
waec 2016

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 203
waec 2016

Which of the following is not used for online shopping?

AMasterCard
BCredit card
CVerve card
DSim card
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Question 204
waec 2016

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

ALocation
BSize
CType
DPurpose
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Question 205
waec 2016

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 206
waec 2016

Which of the following is an alphebetical data?

ABed
BAx44jj
CAB+CD
D%
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Question 207
waec 2016

Which generation of computers made use of intergrated circuit?

AFourth
BThird
CSecond
DFirst
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Question 208
waec 2016

Who developed the first digital electrical computer?

ABlaise Pascal
BJoseph Jacquard
CMauchly and Eckert
DVon Leibniz
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Question 209
waec 2015

The exchange of information over a network follows a set of rules called

Atransmission rules
Btransfer rules
Cchannels rules
Dprotocols
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Question 210
waec 2015

In a relational database management system, files are organized as relations and

Atuple
Bmodules
Ctables
Dforms
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