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WASSCE 2017


Objectives



1. The "collection of unorganized facts and figures" is called

A. data

B. file

C. information

D. variable


2. The census machine was invented by

A. Blasé Pascal

B. Gottfried von Leibnitz

C. Herman Hollerith

D. Joseph Marie Jacquard


3. A graph plotter is most suited for use in a/an

A. tax office

B. immigration office

C. population census office

D. geographical information system


4. A set of programs, routines and procedures that are used to operate the computer hardware is called

A. firmware

B. shareware

C. software

D. utility


5. Which of the following can be used to write a high level program source code?

A. Lotus 1-2-3

B. Ms Access

C. Opera

D. Text Editor


ANSWERS

6. A computer that requests the services of another computer on a network is called a

A. client

B. host

C. master

D. server


7. The available page orientations in Microsoft Word are

A. portrait and justify

B. justify and right align

C. left align and landscape

D. portrait and landscape


8. The copyright law is used to protect

A. rights of men

B. rights of minors

C. intellectual property

D. rights of women only


9. Which of the following components is directly located inside the computer processor?

A. ALU

B. BIOS

C. RAM

D. ROM


10. Napier's Bone was designed purposely for calculation of

A. sum and quotient

B. sum and difference

C. product and quotient

D. difference and quotient


ANSWERS

11. The hardware component that is responsible for fetching, decoding and execution of program instructions is *

A. accumulator

B. read only memory

C. random access memory

D. central processing unit


12. Which of the following is found on the taskbar?

A. Scrollbar

B. Wall paper

C. Screen saver

D. Quick lunch toolbar


13. A high-level language program translator which converts a source code to machine readable format and executes it one line at a time is called

A. compiler

B. debugger

C. editor

D. interpreter


Use the following QBASIC statement to answer questions 14 and 15


DIM DEPOSIT (1,10)


14. The keyword DIM in the statement stands for .

A. diagram

B. diameter

C. diamond

D. dimension


15. The expression DEPOSIT (1,10) stands for and array with

A. 1 element

B. 11 elements

C. 10 elements

D. no element


ANSWERS

16. In a star network, each node must

A. be connected directly to adjacent nodes

B. be connected directly to a central network hub

C. be connected directly to a common backbone cable

D. possess a token before it can transmit signal to adjacent node


17. Which of the following views is used to create database objects in Microsoft Access?

A. Design view

B. Datasheet view

C. Layout view

D. Normal view


18. A field chosen to uniquely identify every record in a database is

A. foreign key

B. local key

C. primary key

D. secondary key


Use the table below to answer questions 19 to 21.





19. The cell labelled I in the table represents

A. 72

B. 74

C. 75

D. 79


20. The cell labelled II in the table represents

A. 1001101

B. 1010100

C. 1010101

D. 1010110


ANSWERS

21. The ASCII code for the word NOT can be written as

A. 101010010011111001110

B. 100111010011111010100

C. 100111110101001001110

D, 100111010101001111


22. Which of the following is not a method of accessing file?

A. Circular

B. Random

C. Serial

D. Sequential


23. The advantages of a computer include that they:

I. operate at the high speeds

II. think for the user

III. are accurate

Iv. are credible.


A. I, II and III only

B. I, III and IV only

C. II, III and IV only

D. I, II III and IV


24. In MS Excel, comments used in cell are called

A. cell tip

B. smart tip

C. soft tip

D. web tip


25. Which of the following statements is not true about secondary storage media? They

A. are volatile

B. are non-volatile

C. are relatively cheap

D. have storage capacity


ANSWERS

26. Which of the following file formats is supported in all windows operating system?

A. BSD

B. EXT

C. FAT

D. NTFS


27. Which of the following symbols is not a relational operator in BASIC programming language?

A. <

B. >

C. A

D. < =


28: Which of the following are features of web browsers except

A. address bar

B. formular bar

C. menu bar

D. title bar


29. The act of translating data into a secret code is known as

A. authentication

B. authorization

C. encryption

D. piracy


30. The absolute address of cell G5 in a spreadsheet application is represented by

A. $G5

B. G$5

C. $G$5

D. $G5$


ANSWERS

31. Soft boot is initiated by pressing

A. Ctrl + Alt + Del

B. function key F10

C. main switch

D. bootstrap buttons


32. Which of the following factors limits access to computerized file system? It

A. occupies less space

B. requires regular supply of power

C. is highly efficient in processing information

D. provides easy and fast access to information


33. Which of the following is not a good ICT security policy?

A. Re-use of old password

B. Frequent change of password

C. Backing up files and documents

D. Scanning e-mail attachment for virus before opening it





34. The table above represents the Truth Table for

A. NOT logic gate

B. NOR logic gate

C. AND logic gate

D. NAND logic gate


Use the information below to answer questions 34 and 36

I. - Mouse II. - Keyboard III.-Scanner IV. - Joystick


35. The input devices used to capture date of birth on an online form are

A. I, III and IV only

B. I, II and III only

C. I and II only

D. II and IV only


ANSWERS

36. The input device best used to capture finger print is

A. I

B.ll

C. Ill

D.IV


37. To hibernate 'm windows operation system means

A. restart the computer in safe mode

B. restart the computer in hibernate mode

C. shut down the computer and terminate all the running applications

D. shut down the computer without closing all the running applications


38. Which of the following statements can be used for looping in BASIC?

A. FOR.. NEXT

B. IF ….... THEN

C. GO To

D. GO SUB


39. The flowchart symbol represents

A. comment

B. connector

C. decision

D. input/output


40 Which of the following tasks is accomplished by using bookmarks? To

A. add anchors in webpage

B. add hyperlinks in webpage

C. quickly jump to specific location in document

D. mark the ending of a paragraph of a document


ANSWERS

41. Which of the following function keys can be used to run slide show in a PowerPoint presentation?

A. F2

B. F5

C. F7

D. F12


Use the MS Excel table below to answer questions 42 and 43.





42. The formula used to compute the TOTAL VALUE in cell D7 is

A. = sum (D2:D7)

B. = sum (D3:D7)

C. = sum (D2:D6)

D. = sum (D3:D6)


43. Which of the columns needs to be adjusted to accommodate the cells contents?

A. Column A

B: Column B

C. Column C

D. Column D


44. Which of the following statements is true for a circuit switching communication system?

A. It is not ideal for a real-time communication

B. Messages must be divided into packets before they are sent

C. It does not require any dedicated channel to be established between two parties

D. A dedicated channel must be established between two parties through the period of communication


45. The first three step to open an e-mail account include:

I. - Click on create my account

II. - Go to home page

III. - Click create New Account.


A. I, Hand Hi

B. II, I, and III

C. II, III and I

D. I, III and II


ANSWERS

46. Converting 4B7 hexadecimal to binary is

A. 010010100111two

B. 010010110111two

C. 010010000111two

D. 010011000111two


47. The modifier keys on the computer keyboard comprises of

A. DEL, ESC and ALT keys

B. CTRL, CAPS LOCK and DEL keys

C. SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys

D. CTRL, ALT and DEL keys


48. Arrange in hierarchical order by date the following inventions

I. - Census machine

II.-Abacus

III.-Slide rule

IV. - Difference engine.


A. I, II, III, and IV

B. I, III, II and IV

C. I, II, IVand III

D. I, IV, III and II


49. A student mistakenly pressed the F5 key on the keyboard while browsing on the internet. This will lead to

A. opening of a new tab

B. closing of the active windows

C. closing of all opened windows

D. reloading of the active window


50. Opening an already existing sequential file in output (O) mode will lead to

A. buffer overflow

B. deletion of the current content of the file

C. duplication of the current content of the file

D. addition of new data to the content of the file



WASSCE JUNE 2017 COMPUTER STUDIES OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

​1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. D 13 D 14. D 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. D 20 B 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. C 27 C 28. B 29. C 30. C 31.A 32. B 33. A 34 B 35. C 36. C 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. C 41 B 42 D 43. D 44. D 45. C 46. B 47. C 48 C 49. D 50. C


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