Question 2
(a) List:
(i) three application areas of a word processing program;
(ii) three types of data item.
(b) Identify the four data types available in Table 2.
Table 2
Student I.D. |
Name |
Date of Birth |
Score in Computer Studies |
Gender |
A 00022 |
Odi, G.A. |
13/10/97 |
38 |
M |
C 00021 |
Zakari, M. |
15/05/98 |
71 |
M |
B 00023 |
Ngozi Tella |
16/09/96 |
62 |
F |
The expected answers were:
2. (a)(i) Any three application areas of a word processing program
Office; Publishing;
Journalism; Education;
Homes; Health Institution;
Financial Institution; Agricultural Institution;
Business Centres; Oil Sector;
Aviation; Judiciary;
Hotel/Tourism; Manufacturing Industries;
Laboratory Research Centre.
(ii) Numeric
Alphanumeric
Alphabetic
(b) Alphanumeric
Alphabetic/Text
Date
Numeric
The question was on Fundamental of Computing and Computer Software. The question was popular with the candidates. Many candidates could correctly state types of data item and identify data types except for some few that could not. The candidates’ performance was encouraging. |
