SC 6182
WASSCE SC 2023 Index Number:
COMPUTER STUDIES 1 Name:
Objective Test
1 hour
THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2023
SC 2023 COMPUTER STUDIES 1 1 hour
OBJECTIVE TEST [60
marks]
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, write your name and index number in the
spaces provided at the top right-hand comer of this booklet and thereafter, read the following instructions carefully.
1. Use HB pencil throughout.
2. If you have got a blank answer sheet, complete its top section as follows.
(a) In the space marked Name, write in capital letters your surname followed by your other names. (b) In the
spaces marked Examination, Year, Subject and Paper, write ‘WASSCE (SC)’, ‘2023’ ‘COMPUTER STUDIES
and ‘1’ respectively.
(c) In the box marked Index Number, write your index number vertically in the spaces on the lefthand
side. There are numbered spaces in line with each digit. Shade carefully the space with the same
number as each digit.
(d) In the box marked Paper Code, write the digits 402112 in the spaces on the left-hand side. Shade
the corresponding numbered spaces in the same way as for your index number.
(e) In the box marked Sex, shade the space marked M if you are male, or F if you are female.
3. If you have got a pre-printed answer sheet, check that the details are correctly printed, as described in 2
above. In the boxes marked Index Number, Paper Code and Sex, reshade each of the shaded spaces. 4.
An example is given below. This is for a male candidate whose name is Chinedu Oladapo DIKKO,
whose index number is 4251102068 and who is offering Computer Studies 1.
, Answer all the questions.
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each
question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the
same letter as the option you have chosen.
Give only one answer to each question. An example is given below. -
The computer’s physical parts attached to the system unit are called A.
hardware units.
B. input units.
C. output units.
D. peripheral units.
The correct answer is peripheral units, which is lettered D, and therefore answer space D
would be shaded.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
Think carefully before you shade the answer spaces; erase completely any answer(s) you
wish to change.
Do all rough work on this question paper.
Now answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following data is alpha-numeric?
A. 568
B. SS3
C. 10.00
D. Twenty-five
2. The process of converting data into information is known as data A. analysis.
B. collection.
C. processing.
D. collation.
3. The BCD equivalent of 135 is A. 111101.
B. 001011101.
C. 100110101.
D. 000100110101.
4. Which of the following is an example of information?
A. Student’s score in a test
B. Recorded observations
C. List of items
D. Average score of students in a test
The technology used for the first generation of computers was A. vacuum tubes.
B. integrated circuit.
C. transistors.
WASSCE SC 2023 Index Number:
COMPUTER STUDIES 1 Name:
Objective Test
1 hour
THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2023
SC 2023 COMPUTER STUDIES 1 1 hour
OBJECTIVE TEST [60
marks]
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, write your name and index number in the
spaces provided at the top right-hand comer of this booklet and thereafter, read the following instructions carefully.
1. Use HB pencil throughout.
2. If you have got a blank answer sheet, complete its top section as follows.
(a) In the space marked Name, write in capital letters your surname followed by your other names. (b) In the
spaces marked Examination, Year, Subject and Paper, write ‘WASSCE (SC)’, ‘2023’ ‘COMPUTER STUDIES
and ‘1’ respectively.
(c) In the box marked Index Number, write your index number vertically in the spaces on the lefthand
side. There are numbered spaces in line with each digit. Shade carefully the space with the same
number as each digit.
(d) In the box marked Paper Code, write the digits 402112 in the spaces on the left-hand side. Shade
the corresponding numbered spaces in the same way as for your index number.
(e) In the box marked Sex, shade the space marked M if you are male, or F if you are female.
3. If you have got a pre-printed answer sheet, check that the details are correctly printed, as described in 2
above. In the boxes marked Index Number, Paper Code and Sex, reshade each of the shaded spaces. 4.
An example is given below. This is for a male candidate whose name is Chinedu Oladapo DIKKO,
whose index number is 4251102068 and who is offering Computer Studies 1.
, Answer all the questions.
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each
question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the
same letter as the option you have chosen.
Give only one answer to each question. An example is given below. -
The computer’s physical parts attached to the system unit are called A.
hardware units.
B. input units.
C. output units.
D. peripheral units.
The correct answer is peripheral units, which is lettered D, and therefore answer space D
would be shaded.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
Think carefully before you shade the answer spaces; erase completely any answer(s) you
wish to change.
Do all rough work on this question paper.
Now answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following data is alpha-numeric?
A. 568
B. SS3
C. 10.00
D. Twenty-five
2. The process of converting data into information is known as data A. analysis.
B. collection.
C. processing.
D. collation.
3. The BCD equivalent of 135 is A. 111101.
B. 001011101.
C. 100110101.
D. 000100110101.
4. Which of the following is an example of information?
A. Student’s score in a test
B. Recorded observations
C. List of items
D. Average score of students in a test
The technology used for the first generation of computers was A. vacuum tubes.
B. integrated circuit.
C. transistors.
