One quality of a computer programmer
- A. Ability to teach
- B. Friendliness
- C. Punctuality to work
- D. Excellent analytical thinking
At what stage in data processing does data manipulation take place?
- A. Organization
- B. Collation
- C. Analysis
- D. Interpretation
The concept of stored program for electronic devices was introduced by
- A. Tim Berners Lee
- B. Ada Augusta Lovelace
- C. Charles Babbage Lee
- D. John Von Neumann
A desktop computer is switched on and the monitor displays an error message which reads: No input signal. The likely cause of this error is
- A. Disconnected VGA
- B. Power failure
- C. Low memory
- D. Defective monitor
The capacity of a communication channel is referred to as
- A. Bandwidth
- B. Baud rate
- C. Bit flow
- D. Data flow
In Microsoft PowerPoint, the command: ctrl + m is used to create
- A. An animation
- B. New slide
- C. New presentation
- D. New PowerPoint document
The part labelled I in this figure is used in Microsoft Word to
- A. Enlarge current document
- B. Minimize current document
- C. Highlight current document
- D. Close current document
Table 2 can be derived from table 1 by
- A. Segmentation
- B. Replication
- C. Redundancy
- D. Fragmentation
A suitable application software for creating Tables 1 and 2 is
- A. Notepad
- B. MS Powerpoint
- C. MS access
- D. CorelDraw
When choosing a file organization method a system administrator will not consider
- A. Frequency of update
- B. File activity
- C. File medium
- D. File access method
The category of computers used for weather forecasting is known as
- A. Special purpose computers
- B. Microcomputers
- C. Super computers
- D. General purpose computers
An application of ICT which allows a person to participate in a meeting from a remote location is called
- A. Telepresence
- B. Podcasting
- C. Broadcasting
- D. Blogging
Table 1 is a portion of a Microsoft Excel Worksheet which shows the marks obtained by some students in an examination.
| A | B | C | D | E | F |
| 1.NAME OF STUDENT | ENGLISH LANG | MATHEMATICS | DATA PROCESSING | COMP. STUDIES | CIVIC EDUCATION |
| 2.ANENE LORRETA | 65 | 90 | 70 | 85 | 65 |
| 3.BAKARE IMAM | 60 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 75 |
| 4.ENEM GRACE | 75 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 60 |
| 5.MOHAMMED DEJI | 65 | 60 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
| 6.ONYEBUEKE DEBORAH | 89 | 65 | 60 | 65 | 65 |
Which of the following formulas can be used to find the average score for ENEH GRACE?
- A. =AVERAGE(B4:F4)
- B. =AVERAGE(B4:B6)
- C. =AVERAGE(A4:F4)
- D. =AVERAGE(B5:F5)
The part labelled III in the figure above is used to
- A. Shape objects
- B. Change the viewing windows
- C. Search for objects
- D. Select and transform objects
One disadvantage of using computer for information processing is
- A. Reduced running cost in the long term
- B. Low productivity
- C. The need for staff retraining
- D. The increase in processing speed
Which of the following malware does not replicate itself?
- A. Trojan horse
- B. Memory resident virus
- C. Boot sector virus
- D. Worm
One of the major differences between WAN and MAN is that
- A. WAN used routers while MAN uses switches
- B. WAN connects countries while MAN connects continents
- C. WAN has no limited coverage while MAN has limited coverage
- D. WAN incorporate servers while MAN does not incorporate servers
To access a website, the URL of the website is typed into the part labelled
- A. III
- B. II
- C. I
- D. V
To search for information using the interface in Figure above, the keywords of the search subject is typed into part labelled
- A. I
- B. IV
- C. II
- D. V
Corrective maintenance of software refers to
- A. Enhancement aimed at making the product faster
- B. Deploying the software to a different hardware platform
- C. Modifications initiated due to defects in software
- D. Making the software easier to understand
Preventive maintenance measures in computer room do not include
- A. The use of tiles
- B. The use of rugs
- C. Good ventilation
- D. Proper illumination