WORD OF FAITH SECNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, ABUJA

MOCK EXAMINATION, 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: DPC TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)

1. The manipulation and conversion of data from raw to machine

readable form is
A. Sharing B. Retrieval C. Processing D. Collection

2. Which of the following is example of web design package?

A. Adobe Dreamweaver B. Quattro pro C. Paradox D.
Harvard graphics

3. Convert 2113 to its binary equivalent

(a) 101102 (b) 1001112 (c) 100012 (d) 1100112

4. Animation, social media and film editing all fall under which category
of ICT
a. Security b. Paparazi c, Entertainment d.
Medicine

5. The operation of checking input data against specified criteria is

referred to as
(a) Data verification (b) Data Validation
(c) Data cross check (d) Data control

6. Which of the following is not a source of data collection?

(a) Observation (b) Interview (c) Questionnaire (d)
Classification

7. The ICT usage area that covers video games and music playing is......
a. Medicine b. Entertainment c. Agriculture d.
Fun

8. Which of the following represents ICT in education?

a. Flight booking b. Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT)
c. bills payment d. result checker

9. Which of the following represents ICT in Banking?

a. Flight booking b. Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT)
c. bills payment d. result checker

10. Tracking criminals through database maintenance is a form of............

in ICT

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 a. Entertainment b. Communication c. Security d.
Protection

11. Bringing a system back to working order is ……………. Maintenance

a. Adaptive b. Preventive c. Corrective d.
Perfective

12. The type of data which consists of text, numbers, audio, video,
graphic and animation is called
(a) Data set (b) Multimedia data
(c) Multi – purpose data (d) Multi – variable data

13. One of the following factors is not considered when classifying

computers
(a) Location (b) Size (C) Type (d) Purpose

14. A search engine is a

(a) Program that searches engine (b) Tool that searches the
web
(c) Hardware component of a computer
(d) Computer engine that searches a database

15. Taking steps to avoid the system breaking down is ………….

Maintenance
a. Adaptive b. Preventive c. Corrective d.
Perfective

16. Taking care of the computer's physical components is………...

a. Maintenance b. Software maintenance
c. Hardware maintenance d. Preservation

17. The practice of keeping computers in a good working state of repair

for durability is………
a. Maintenance b. Software maintenance
c. Computer maintenance d. Hardware maintenance

18. Identify the daily maintenance activity here

a. Reformat the hard disk drive and reinstall all software

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 b. Swipe your CD and DVD media c. Vacuum the keyboard
d. Check your power surge protection

19. A data element that uniquely identifies one record from the other in a
table is
(a) Attribute key (b) Determinant (c) Entity key (d) Primary
key

20. In computing, ergonomics is a term associated with computer

(a) Ethics (b) Maintenance (c) Malware detection (d) Safety
measure

21. The information transmission medium from location A to B in space is

called
(a) Asynchronous Transmission (b) guided Transmission
(c) Synchronous Transmission (d) Wireless Transmission

22. Which of the following statement explains information processing

better?
(a) Saving documents in a device (b) Data upload to
server
(c) Changing information detectable by an observer
(d) Transfer of information between devices

23. The Auto – fill feature in MS Excel fills the -------- data
(a) cell (b) worksheet (c) book (d) parallel

24. The change case feature of MS Office contains all but one of these?
(a) Upper case (b) Toggle (c) Mixed case (d) sentence

25. The paragraph option available in MS word are all except

(a)Align text left (b) Align text middle (c) Align text right (d)
Justify

26. ---------- bar gives information such as page number of a document

(a) Status (b) Task (c) Menu (d) Title

27. Which of the following is not a function of MS Word?

(a) Create (b) query (c) Edit (d) Format

28. The use of transistors in circuits was a major advancement in the

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 (a) First generation computers (b) Second generation
computers
(c) Third generation computers (d) Fourth generation
computers

29. Arrange the following ICT devices in order from the earliest to the
latest
(a) Cell phone, Satellite, Radio, Internet
(b) Internet, Satellite, Cell phone, Radio
(c) Radio, Cell phone, Satellite, Internet
(d) Radio, Cell phone, Internet, Satellite

30. Examples of information include the following except one option

(a) International passport (b) Weather Report
(c) Observations and readings (d) Utility bill

31. Multiply 259 by 369

(a) Duplicating the document (b) To move text/document to other
places (c) Completely move text/document (d) To highlight
text/document

32. What is the correct order of these beginning from the highest to the
lowest?
I. Range II. Workbook III. Worksheet IV. Cell
(a) I, II, III and IV (b) IV, II, I, and III
(c) II, III, IV and I (d) III, I, IV and II

33. Identify the common feature between database and spread sheet
(a) Form (b) query (c) Filter (d) Report

34. Table fields are also known as?

(a) Addresses (b) Indexes
(c) Column headings (d) Row headings

35. Which of the following ICT devices has made 24 hour banking
possible?
(a) Internet (b) ATM (c) Software (d)
Token

36. 3NF stands for -----------------------------------------------------

(a) First Normal Form (b) Second Normal Form
(c) Third Normal Form (d) Fourth Normal Form

37. The WORD ART feature in MS office is found under which menu/tab?
(a) Home (b) View (c) Insert (d) Page layout

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38. The insert menu feature in MS word are all except
(a) Header (b) Bullet (c) Footer (d) Comment

39. A program designed to detect and remove malicious programs from a

computer system is called
(a) Spyware (b) malware (c) Anti – virus (d)
Password

40. In Data processing, computing works in close relationship with ……. To

make representations
(a) Numbers (b) Bases (c) Position (d) Number
system

41. “Protect Document” used for document permissions in MS Word is

found where?
(a) File (b) Home (c) Insert (d) Review

42. The prevention of data from corruption and unauthorized access is a

function of data……
(a) Security (b) Secrecy (c) Integrity (d)
management

43. Which of the following defines a heterogeneous distributed database?

(a) Same DBMS is used at each location but data are not distributed
across all nodes
(b) Same DBMS is used at each location with data distributed across
all nodes
(c) Different DBMS is used at each location and data are distributed
across all nodes
(d) Different DBMS is used at each location but data are not
distributed across all nodes

44. Advantages of wireless media communication are ------ except

(a) Handling of Urgent situations (b) Quick conveyance of
information
(c) Information loss (d) Anytime internet

45. One of the ways of storing in a Distributed DBMS is

(a) Repetition(b) Fragmentation (c) Vertical (d)
Distribution

46. Without -----, both the computer, its hardware and software will be
useless

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 (a) Middle ware (b) Printer (c) Operating system (d) None of the
above

47. The recovery algorithm designed to work with a no –force approach

is------ recovery
(a) Media (b) Crash (c) Aries (d) none of the above

48. ------ is the sending of electrostatically – generated signals through a

wire to the receiver?
(a) Cellphone (b) Telephone (c) Telegraph (d) Satellite

49. Social Networking does not promote

(a) Personal publicity (b) Business expansion
(c) e – commerce (d) e – payment

50. Organization by geographical order such as travel guide or map is

-------
(a) Timing (b) Continuum (c) Categorization (d)
Location

51. In MS Access, which of the following database objects used for

entering, modifying and viewing records?
A. Tables B. Records C. Queries D. Modules

52. When handling data electronically, ----- is not a factor to be

considered.
A. Storage type B. Security C. Integrity D.
Format

53. A relational table is said to be in its ---- normal from, if all values of
the columns are atomic
A. First B. Third C. Second D. Fourth

54. Which of the following is not a type of data model?

A. Star schema B. Network C. Hierarchical D. Flat file

55. Data models in database management systems are classified into ----
categories
A. Two B. Three C. Six D. Four

56. The association among several entities in a database is ----

A. Relationship B. Merging C. Extraction D.
Distribution

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57. A common method of sorting data by creating keywords is
A. Stocking B. Indexing C. Searching D. Piling

58. DQL stands for ------------------------------------------------------------

(a) Data query Language (b) Data query Learning
(c) Data control Language (d) Data query Lugbe

59. The Letter P in the acronym WIMP stands for----------

(a) Paint (b) Process (c) Pointer (d) Procedure

60. The following are benefits of normalization except

A. Reduction of duplicated data B. Better integrity and less risk
C. Increased data redundancy D. Faster running of query on
data E.

SECTION B (THEORY)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1a. State two ways each by which ICT can be applied in the following
professions
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 PROFESSIONS ICT APPLICATION /USAGE
AVIATION

MEDICINE

EDUCATION

TRANSPORTATION

BUSINESS

2a. Define information processing

b. How is information processing different from data processing?

c. Summarily state the four procedures for information processing

d. State two functions of an operating system

3a. List the four types of software maintenance

-----------------------------, ------------------------, -------------------------------------,
---------------------------------------

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b. Which of the software maintenance types is concerned with adding
new functionalities in the software to improve its value, according to
user
demands? ..............................................................................................
.....................

c. How the new features added is implemented in the user’s device.

…………….. ……. …… ……… ……
……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………

d. Show the percentage distribution of each type of maintenance

4. Define data handling …………………… ……………………………….

……………………………………………… …………………….. ……
……………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………

b. Why should unutilized research data be discarded?

………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………

c. List four (4) of the sub – components that work with the data path
i) …………………………………………………………….
Ii) ……………………………………………… iii)
………………………………………………
iv) ………………………………………………………..

d. Draw the diagram that shows the components of the computer.

SECTION C (ALTERNATIVE TO PRACTICALS)

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5. Egboluche was tasked with the responsibility of producing the report
of his group project. He is to submit both the soft and hard copies of
the report to his form teacher. The soft copy must be submitted to the
email: [email protected]
(i) List two each:
I. applications required to carry out the task;
i.

ii.

II. hardware required to carry out the task.

i.

ii.
ii) Identify two conditions to be satisfied by Egboluche to submit the
electronic copy of the report.
i.

ii.
iii) On the first attempt to send the soft copy of the report, Egboluche
observed a “spinning wait cursor”/”spinning disc pointer’ on the
screen for a long time.
Identify three possible reasons for the observation.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv) State one output device that can be used to produce the hard
copy of the report.
i.

6. Outline the steps to perform the following actions in Corel Draw

application:
a) Inserting a rectangular shape with size

b) Adding the caption “WELCOME TO MY GRAD”

c) Changing the color of the caption to blue

d) Increasing the thickness of the borders (edges) of the rectangle

e) Coloring the edges of the rectangle instead of coloring the whole

shape

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