WAEC Answers All 2024 BECE Computing Sample Questions

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released sample Computing questions for the 2024 BECE. Let’s take a look at the questions as well as the answers.

WAEC Answers All 2024 BECE Computing Sample Questions

PAPER 1 (OBJECTIVE)

Candidates are expected to answer 40 questions on this paper. 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.

Section A: Computer Basics

1. Which program icon on the desktop leads to the disk drives?
A. Internet Explorer
B. My Computer
C. My Document
D. My Network Places

2. The Fourth Generation of computers is associated with
A. vacuum tubes.
B. semi-conductors.
C. transistors.
D. microprocessor.

3. To underline selected text in a Word document, use the keys
A. Ctrl + U
B. Shift + U
C. Alt + U
D. Del + U

4. The default MS PowerPoint layout is
A. section header.
B. title only.
C. two content.
D. title slide.

5. Which of the following measures is used to evaluate a webpage to ensure how true the information acquired is?
A. Currency
B. Content
C. Credible
D. Accuracy

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Section B: Computer Science Concepts

6. A bit that is turned OFF represents
A. 1
B. –1
C. 0
D. ±1

7. The step-by-step approach used in solving a specific problem is
A. sequencing.
B. selection.
C. algorithm.
D. iteration.

8. Convert 15ten to a binary
A. 11112
B. 11102
C. 10112
D. 11012

9. The robotic component that allows the robot to interact with its environment such as movement and manipulation are
A. sensors.
B. actuators.
C. power source.
D. control systems.

10. In querying an expert system, the IF-THEN control structure
A. provides information on the use of the system.
B. specifies the reason for querying the system.
C. provides information about the user of the system.
D. specifies a condition and an action to be taken.

PAPER 2 (ESSAY)

WAEC Answers All 2024 BECE Computing Sample Questions. Check the answers provided

This paper is in two sections. A and B. Candidates are expected to answer Question 1 in section A and any other three questions in Section B.

SECTION A
[24 marks] Answer Question 1 [Compulsory]

1. The Head of your school presented the program shown in Fig. 1 to the school’s Programming Club. The program creates usernames for students in the school. Members of the Club were then tasked to discuss and answer the questions that follow:

Fig. 1

Using the process in Fig 1, Kojo Baah’s username would be KojoBa.

(a) Write the name of Fig 1:

The answer is FLOWCHART..
[2 marks]

(b) Using the process in Fig 1, create the username for Patience Mensah.
The answer is PatMe
[2 marks]

(c) Draw the symbol that represents the processing stage of the program

Ans: Draw a rectangle to represent your answer.
[2 marks]

Fig 1 is updated to create usernames as follows: username is the last 3 letters of surname and the first 2 letters of first name.

(d) What will be the username for a student called Mark Elolo using the updated process?
Ans: OloMa
[4 marks]

(e) Write an algorithm for the updated process in (d).

Ans:

1. START: Begin the process.
2. INPUT firstName: Prompt the user to enter their first name.
3. INPUT surname: Prompt the user to enter their surname.
4. PROCESS: Extract the last 3 letters of the surname and store them in a variable ‘a’. Also, extract the first 2 letters of the firstName and store them in a variable ‘b’.
5. COMBINE: Merge or concatenate ‘a’ and ‘b’.
6. OUTPUT username: Display the generated username.
7. STOP: End the process.

[14 marks]

SECTION B

[36 marks]

Candidates are expected to answer three questions only from this section.

2. (a) Discuss one feature each of the fourth generation computers in terms of:

(i) cost:
Ans: Fourth-generation computers were more affordable than their This affordability led to the rise of personal computers, making them accessible to individual users

(ii) processor:
Ans: Fourth generation computers used the Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits in a microprocessor-based system which allowed for faster processing speed.
[6 marks]

(b) Describe three features of the computer mouse.
Ans:

i. A computer mouse commonly employs either a mechanical mechanism or a sensor to monitor its movements.

ii. A computer mouse typically incorporates one or more buttons, which serve the purpose of selecting or clicking items displayed on the screen.

iii. Additionally, a computer mouse features a scrolling wheel, facilitating vertical navigation through documents and web pages.

[6 marks]

3. (a) Describe the best way to resize a picture in order to avoid distorting its aspect ratio.

Ans: To maintain the aspect ratio of an image, it’s best to utilize a program that offers an option to lock the proportions of the image during resizing. Many image editing programs include this feature, allowing users to resize the image while preserving its aspect ratio by proportionally adjusting both width and height
[3 marks]

(b) Differentiate between the Save and the Save As commands. Give one example each in both cases.

Save: The Save command is utilized to either save a new document or update changes made to an existing file, storing it with the same name and in the same location.
 Example: When editing a document in a word processing program, selecting Save would save the changes to the document under its current name and location.

Save As: In contrast, the Save As command is employed to save a file with a new name or in a different location.
 Example: While working on a document, if you wish to create a duplicate with a new name or save it to a distinct folder, you would use the Save As command to specify the new name and location

[6 marks]

(c) Kojo Talata designed a brochure which contains texts and images. He is finding it difficult to write the texts around the images as the desktop publishing application is not allowing that. What tool will be applicable to achieve the task?

Ans: To address the issue faced by Kojo Talata in writing text around images in his brochure within a desktop publishing application, the most suitable tool would be the text wrapping feature. This feature allows text to wrap around images, enabling better integration of text and images within the layout. Most desktop publishing applications provide text wrapping functionality to facilitate such tasks.
[3 marks]