Data Processing Past Questions

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Question 31
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The Microsoft Excel menu bar icon shown in Figure 2 is used to

Aautomatically add tup selected values
Bcreate label that spans multiple columns
Cspot trends and patterns in user's data using bars, columns and icons
Dorganize data for easy analysis
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Question 32
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A typist positioned the insertion point at the beginning of a line of text in a word processor and then pressed down the Shift key and clicked at the opposite end of the text. What would be the result of this action? The text will be 

Acopied into the clipboard.
Bcut into the clipboard.
Cdeleted from the storage.
Dhighlighted on the screen.
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Question 33
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Header and Footer are added to a document in MS Word by just clicking on the

AEdit menu
BFormat menu
CInsert menu
DView menu
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Question 34
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A user working on a computer that is running on Windows 7 issued the com- mand "Ctrl + Alt + Del" while typing a document.
What interface is expected to be displayed on the screen?

ARestart Windows
BShut Down Windows
CWindows Security
DWindows Task
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Question 35
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The Post Ofice Protocol (POP) is used to

Ainterconnect devices on the Internet
Bretrieve email from a mail server
Ctransfer file from a server to a client
Dsend email from one user to another.
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Question 36
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The URL www.exams.edu.ng represents the website of

Aan examination body
Ba Nigerian-based learning institution
Can educational inctitution in Niger
Da research institution in Niger
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Question 37
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Factors to be considered when creating a backup system in a computer network include

Aamount of RAM, amount of data and time of backup
Bamount of RAM, type of data and frequency of backup
Cmedia to use, amount of data and frequency of backup.
Dmedia to use, type of data and time of backup.
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Question 38
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Which of the following resources is not usually shared in a network?

AVGA projector
BLaserjet printer
CFolder
DFile
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Question 39
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The transmitter in communication is the component that 

Adecodes sender's signal by interpretation
Bencodes interpreted data by using machine language
Cbroadcasts synchronous signals
Dlaunches signal into the air
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Question 40
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The diagram in Figure 1 illustrates process called 

Ainformation processing
Binformation transmission
Cmodulation
Dsynchronization
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Question 41
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One disadvantage of using computer for information processing is

Aneed for staff retraining
Bincreased running cost in the long run
Cthe increase in storage space
Dredundancy of computers in the long run.
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Question 42
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The process of inspecting, transforming and modeling data to get useful information is known as

Acollation
Binterpretation
Cexecution
Danalysis
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Question 43
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Which one of the following sets of devices can be used to store data during processing?

ACache, RAM and Register
BCache, Register and ROM
CFlash Drive, ROM and Hard Disk Drive
DRAM, Register and Zip Drive
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Question 44
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Which one of the following statements is true about Voice Over IP? it

Aconverts voice and video data into a digital signal and transfers it over the Internet.
Bconverts voice and video data into a digital signal and broedcasts it via a transmitter.
Cis a voice over communication system which is cyber-attack proof
Dis a circuit-switched data communication system.
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Question 45
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One reason for using Computer Aided Design in manufacturing is that

Ait uses few system resources
Bmanufacturing time is reduced.
Cdesigners do not need training to use it
D3D designs are easily produced with it.
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Question 46
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The type of computer that has the ability of counting in discrete form is referred to as

Aanalogue computer
Bdigital computer
Chybrid computer
Dversatile computer
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Question 47
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One advantage of electronic data processing is that it

Ainvolves special skill
Bdeals only with simple data.
C. is completely error-free
Dhandles complex data
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Question 48
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The first stage in computer data processing procedure is

Acollection of data
Bcommunication of information.
Cconversion of data
Dmanipulation of data
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Question 49
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The binary number 100101, can be written in denary as

A25
B37
C45
D211
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Question 50
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The Stepped Reckoner was developed by

AGottfied Leibnitz.
BHerman Hollerith
CJohn Von Neumann
DWilliam Schickard
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