THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL GHANA
Basic Education Certificate Examination
Computing 2021
OBJECTIVE TEST
Objective Test
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THEORY
ESSAY
Answer all of Question 1
Question 1

Study Figure 1 carefully and use it to answer questions (a) to (e). a) Write the name of the image displayed in Figure 1. b) List three types of applications similar to Figure 1 that can be used to perform the same function as Figure 1 does. c) Write the name of the parts labeled A, B, and C as shown in Figure 1. d) Write two skills to be used to access information from the internet in order to avoid unwanted materials. e) State three advantages of using the internet in education.
Question 2
a) Explain download as used in a computing environment. b) List three types of information that may be downloaded from a website. c) State one advantage of copying a file from a website into an open word processing application.
Question 3
a) Give two examples of a word processing application. b) Complete the table below.
Question 4

a) What is an e-mail account? b) Write a good e-mail address to be typed where the username is shown. c) State why the password typed appears in dots. d) Give one reason why the system asked for the password to be typed (again) when creating an e-mail account.
Question 5
a) Explain the following terminologies as used in a Spreadsheet application: i) Cell ii) Cell address b) State two features of an active cell. c) State the data type of the data below as used in a Spreadsheet application. =SUM(B6:H6)
Answer three Questions only from this section
Questions for this section are in the printed paper.