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WAEC (WASSCE) Data Processing Past Questions and Answers (2026)

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Free WAEC (WASSCE) Data Processing practice questions with answers

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Question 1. Which of the following persons invented the punch card machine?

  1. Blaise Pascal
  2. Gottfried Leibniz
  3. J. Prosper Eckert
  4. Dr. Herman Hollerith
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Answer: D

Question 2. Convert 47₁₀ to its binary equivalent.

  1. 100111₂
  2. 110011₂
  3. 10001₂
  4. 11110011₂
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Answer: A

Question 3. The operation of checking input data against specified criteria is referred to as

  1. data verification
  2. data validation
  3. data cross check
  4. data control
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Answer: B

Question 4. Which of the following is not a source of data collection?

  1. Observation
  2. Interview
  3. Questionnaire
  4. Classification
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Answer: D

Question 5. Which of the following is true about digital computers?

  1. They consist of magnetic core memory
  2. They recognize data as continuous measurement of a physical quantity
  3. They represent numbers through a string of binary digits
  4. They are mainly used for scientific purposes
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Answer: C

Question 6. Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp are examples of

  1. social media
  2. social communication
  3. networking media
  4. search engines
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Answer: A

Question 7. Which of the following is not an application of computers?

  1. Bank notes counter
  2. Point of sale terminal
  3. Automated teller machine
  4. Traffic light control
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Answer: A

Question 8. Which of the following is a secondary storage device?

  1. RAM
  2. Bubble memory
  3. Floppy disk
  4. EPROM
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Answer: C

Question 9. Information analysis procedures include the following except

  1. skin and scan
  2. recognizing interrelationships
  3. interpret and conclude
  4. identifying propaganda and bias
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Answer: A

Question 10. The advantages of electronic data processing include the following except

  1. automated processing
  2. hacking
  3. fast and reliable processing
  4. storage capacity
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Answer: B

Question 11. Which of the following is not a transmission medium?

  1. Twisted pair cables
  2. Coaxial cables
  3. Wireless
  4. Modem
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Answer: D

Question 12. Information transmission by television is classified as

  1. multimedia transmission
  2. polymedia transmission
  3. unimedia transmission
  4. monomedia transmission
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Answer: A

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