WAEC Computer Science Past Questions & Answers - Page 58

286.

Data to be processed by the microprocessor is temporarily stored in the?

A.

auxiliary storage

B.

backing storage

C.

main storage

D.

random access memory

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

287.

Which of the following is not a computer output device?

A.

Disk

B.

Plotter

C.

Printer

D.

Speaker

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

288.

Which of the following can be described as the brain of the computer hardware? 

A.

BIOS

B.

microprocessor

C.

RAM chip

D.

system clock

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

289.

A common communication pathway shared by hard- ware components in the computer is called?

A.

bus

B.

channel

C.

firmware

D.

register

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

290.

The primary memory of the computer can be divided into?

A.

register and random access memory

B.

mass storage and read only memory

C.

volatile memory and auxiliary memory

D.

random access memory and read only memory.

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.