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Computing Bece Mock 2024
Computing Bece Mock 2024
(2024 BECE)
Index Number…………………………………………….....
COMPUTING 1 & 2
1 HR, 45 MINS
This booklet consists of two papers; I and II. Answer Paper 2 which comes first in your answer
booklet and Paper 1 on your Objective Test answer sheet. Paper 2 will last for 1 hour after which the
answer book let will be collected. Do not start Paper until you are told to do so. Paper 1 will last 45
minutes.
1. Read through the questions, brainstorm and plan your answers before you finally answer
them. This is one of the good ways to manage your time in an exam and to do well.
2. Write clearly, use simple expressions and provide the best answers possible.
3. Write answers that provide additional information. If you just list answers or provide one
to three worded answers, your will fail the paper.
4. Do well to explain your answers to help earn full marks. Check your units of
measurement, spellings, grammar and read over your work before submitting.
5. Write question numbers boldly, start every new major question (answers) on a new page.
6. Do not rewrite the full question before answering. Only write the question number.
7. Show workings in all instances in section B if the question involves calculations.
COMPUTING
PAPER 2
This paper is in two sections A and B. Answer Question 1 in Section A and any other three questions in
Section B.
SECTION A
[24 MARKS]
Answer Question 1. [Compulsory]
1. Study the devices in figure 1 below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(a) (i) Write the general name given to the devices in figure 1. (2 marks)
(ii) Name the devices labelled I, II, III, IV and V in figure 1. (10 marks)
(iii) Mention two advantages of the device labelled II. (4 marks)
(b) Identify the names of the following icons as used in desktop publishing. (4 marks)
(c) Re-arrange the following steps used for opening a Microsoft Excel application.
i. Click the Microsoft Excel
ii. Click on All Programs" or " All Apps"
iii. Click on Microsoft Office folder
iv. Click on the Start button. (4 marks)
SECTION B
[36 MARKS]
Answer three questions only from this section
5. (a) Classify the following social media sites into the headings in the table.
( YouTube, TikTok, 500px, Vimeo, Snapchat, Pinterest) (6 marks)
3. A special photo overlays which are used to dress up a snap is referred to as .......
A. stickers
B. emojis
C. geo-filters.
D. pinboard.
5. To upload images on the photo sharing website, firstly .....them so that it is easy to find them while
uploading
A. remove
B. organize
C. create
D. delete
10. Which of the following hackers use their knowledge to hack to check their own security system to make
it more hack-proof?
A. White hat hacker
B. Black hat hacker
C. Grey hat hacker
D. Red hat hacker
11. The type of threat in which an attacker floods the server resources and exhausts the network
bandwidth is known as .......
A. network delivered threat.
B. data extortion.
C. blackhole attack.
D. data security.
12. The term used to describe a group of individuals who scam users is termed as .........
A. plagiarism.
B. phishing.
C. virus.
D. malware
13. Google uses automated programs known as ...which finds pages on the web.
A. crawlers
B. meta search
C. finders
D. searcher
14. Which one of these is used to raise one value to the power of second value and calculates it?
A. Exponentiation
B. Modulus
C. Division
D. Multiplication
16. The errors that occur in MS Excel when the text in the formula is not recognized is .....
A. #### Error
B. #REF! Error
C. #NUM! Error
D. #NULL! Error
19. When a computer program runs, a value that does not change is termed as....
A. variable.
B. constant.
C. expression.
D. statement.
20. All the listed below are examples of sites use for sharing video except ......
A. Facebook Live.
B. Vimeo.
C. YouTube.
D. Instagram.
27. 3+4*5// This expression when being run, which operator is considered first in order of operation
precedence?
A. +
B. *
C.//
D. 3
28. The device used to feed your hand-made drawings into a computer is called.........
A. graphic tablet.
B. magnetic card reader.
C. optical card reader.
D. QR code reader.
30. Sitting in front of a computer for long hours with no physical activity is a major contributing
factor to ......
A. cancer.
C. obesity
B. diabetes.
D. fever
33. What is the name or or symbol used to identify manufacturers or distributors of products and services?
A. Patient
B. Copyright
C. Trademark
D. Piracy
35. If an e-mail message is being sent to multiple recipients, which of the following characters is
used to separate the e-mail addresses of the recipient?
A. Colon
B. Semi-colon
C. Full stop
D. Forward slash
36. The situation whereby machines become smart and are able to solve a task intelligently like
humans is termed as .......
A. machine intelligence.
B. natural intelligence,
C. artificial intelligence.
D. virtual reality.
39. The use of digital visual elements to enhance the real physical world is known as .......
A. augmented reality.
B. virtual reality.
C. artificial intelligence.
D. artificial neural network
40. The button that opens a dialog box for users to create an email message is ........
A. back.
B. compose.
C. create.
D. refresh.