WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 2546

12,726.

The conversion of readable data to unreadable codes in order to prevent unauthorised access is known as?

A.

authentication

B.

encryption

C.

encoding

D.

decryption

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

12,727.

''If i should forsake you, Banwuya motherland, Africa fatherland, let my two hands forget thy cunning''. @Femi Ademiluyi: The new man. All rights reserved.

The quotation shows that the speaker is

A.

Nationalistic

B.

Opportunistic

C.

Subservient

D.

Reoriented

Correct answer is A

Being nationalistic is a state of having or expressing strong identification with one's own nation and vigorous support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

12,728.

A row in a database table is referred to as?

A.

attribute

B.

data item

C.

field

D.

record

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

12,729.

The ASCII chart control characters using numeric codes ranging from? 

A.

0 to 124

B.

0 to 125

C.

0 to 127

D.

0 to 128

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

12,730.

The process of restarting the computer system is known as?

A.

cold booting

B.

hard booting

C.

hot bathing

D.

warm booting

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.