JAMB Computer Science Past Questions & Answers - Page 34

166.

Microsoft word serves the purpose of ________

A.

Developing other applications

B.

Creating documents

C.

Storing Documents

D.

Browsing

Correct answer is B

Microsoft word serves the main purpose of creating documents

167.

Firefox is an example of __________

A.

System software

B.

Application package

C.

Application software

D.

Computer tools

Correct answer is C

Fire fox is an application software, because it is not an operating system, hence it can't be classified as a system software because it doesn't contribute to the running of the computer system

168.

Which of the listed is not a type of computer application?

A.

Microsoft word

B.

Firefox

C.

Joy stick

D.

VLC media player

Correct answer is C

This because a joystick is a hard ware and not a software

169.

The super computers are mainly used for

A.

Data retrieval operations

B.

Input-output intensive processing

C.

Manipulation of records

D.

Mathematical intensive scientific applications

Correct answer is D

Supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance compared to a general-purpose computer. Performance of a supercomputer is measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions per second (MIPS)

170.

Total types of data that can be read by document reader are

A.

marks

B.

handwritten and printed characters

C.

printed lines

D.

all of the above

Correct answer is D

All of the above listed data types can be read by a document reader