JAMB and WAEC Computer Studies questions: Programming languages and BASIC

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1. Question 21· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   In BASIC, the statement PRINT is used to

   • Arepeat steps
   • Baccept input
   • Cend the program
   • Ddisplay output

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2. Question 22· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   HTML is used to

   • Acompile programs
   • Bstructure web pages
   • Cmanage databases
   • Ddesign hardware

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3. Question 23· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

   Fourth-generation languages (4GLs) such as SQL are

   • Acloser to natural language and need less coding
   • Bbinary codes
   • Cassembly languages
   • Dmachine-specific

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4. Question 24· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

   In BASIC, the statement used to display output on the screen is

   • AEND
   • BINPUT
   • CLET
   • DPRINT

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5. Question 25· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   The program that converts assembly language into machine code is

   • Aa compiler
   • Ban assembler
   • Can interpreter
   • Dan editor

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6. Question 26· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   An error in the grammar or rules of a programming language is a

   • Aruntime error
   • Blogic error
   • Csyntax error
   • Dhardware error

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7. Question 27· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

   Python, Java and C are examples of

   • Aweb browsers
   • Boperating systems
   • Chigh-level programming languages
   • Dhardware devices

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8. Question 28· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   A mistake in the grammar of a program statement is

   • Aa run-time error
   • Ba logic error
   • Ca syntax error
   • Da hardware fault

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9. Question 29· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

   In BASIC, what does PRINT 7 + 3 * 2 display?

   • A20
   • B13
   • C23
   • D17

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10. Question 30· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    Object-oriented programming organises code into

    • Abinary only
    • Bflowcharts
    • Cclasses and objects
    • Dtables

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11. Question 31· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

    Python is an example of a

    • Ahigh-level language
    • Bmachine language
    • Cassembly language
    • Dmarkup language only

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12. Question 32· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

    An interpreter differs from a compiler in that it

    • Aproduces no output
    • Btranslates the whole program at once
    • Conly works with assembly
    • Dtranslates and runs a program line by line

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13. Question 33· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

    A language made up of 0s and 1s that the computer understands directly is

    • Apseudocode
    • Bhigh-level language
    • Cassembly language
    • Dmachine language

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14. Question 34· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    A logic error in a program causes

    • Aa syntax message
    • Bthe program to be rejected by the compiler
    • Cdamage to the hardware
    • Dwrong results even though the program runs

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15. Question 35· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    A FOR...NEXT statement in BASIC is used for

    • Adecision making
    • Brepetition (looping)
    • Cinput only
    • Dending the program

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16. Question 36· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    A variable in a program is

    • Aa fixed number
    • Ba named storage location whose value can change
    • Ca comment
    • Dan error

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17. Question 37· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    In BASIC, the statement INPUT A is used to

    • Adelete A
    • Bprint A
    • Caccept a value from the user into A
    • Dend the program

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18. Question 38· Programming languages and BASIC· WAEC

    An interpreter

    • Atranslates assembly language
    • Btranslates and executes a program one line at a time
    • Cedits programs
    • Dstores programs

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19. Question 39· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    In BASIC, after 10 LET X = 4 and 20 LET Y = X * 3 + 2, the value of Y is

    • A14
    • B20
    • C12
    • D18

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20. Question 40· Programming languages and BASIC· JAMB

    What does this BASIC program print? 10 LET A = 5 20 LET B = A ^ 2 − 3 30 PRINT B

    • A22
    • B7
    • C25
    • D13

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