Ghana BECE 2016 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) The brain of the computer is the

2) An example of output device is the

3) One byte is equal to

4) To boot a computer means to

5) The horizontal bar that normally lies at the bottom of a computer desktop screen is called

6) A folder within another folder is called

7) Processed material which is meaningful to the user in computing is called

8) The copyright laws protect the works of an author for a period of his life time and

9) An example of a function key on a computer keyboard is

10) Entry of data into a computer is termed

11) The following are hardware components except

12) The following devices can be found in the system unit except

13) The method of reproducing copies of a document is termed

14) Storage media that are similar to compact discs but store more data are known as

15) To boot a computer system, the user needs

16) The number of command buttons on the control menu are

17) The location where a file is stored is called

18) Viewing television for long periods can damage an individual’s

19) Which of the following is an effect of loud ringing tone of mobile phone?

20) Which of the following cannot cause computer virus infection?

21) The following are features of a word processing application window except

22) Which of the following is not a component of a uniform resource locator (URL) ?

23) The speed of modem is measured in

24) A special software that is used to access the internet is called

25) One billion bytes is approximately one

26) Changing the desktop wall paper of a computer is termed

27) The use of ICT in learning and teaching is to make it

28) To create a space between characters, words and sentences, use the

29) Which computer keyboard key allows users to erase characters to the left of the cursor?

30) The process that is used to recall a document previously saved is termed

31) Double-clicking on a program icon on a computer desktop

32) Which of the following steps will open, check and correct errors, and submit the file for safe keeping under a word processing application?

33) The process of a user placing the cursor at one end of a text, holds down the left mouse button and drag to the other end of the text is referred to as

34) Previewing a document before printing is necessary because it

35) Which of the following options is used to access a message from an Inbox in an electronic mailing?

36) Which of the following should a user bypass before accessing an email?

37) Which of the following command buttons in the browser enables a user to fetch the latest copy of the webpage?

38) A spreadsheet cell name is referenced by a

39) Mathematical calculations in a spreadsheet application are called

40) In a spreadsheet application, which of the following can be identified by a letter?