2026 BECE MOCK 3 COMPUTING 1

PAPER 2
This paper consists of two parts, I and II. Answer all questions in part I and any other three questions in part II.

PART I
1. a. i. Match the following icons to their correct name. [10marks]

Line Spacing

Margin

Indentation

Columns

Orientation

ii. You have learnt about various types of sensors in robotics and their uses.
Name three examples of the sensors. [6marks]
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b. Explain Next Generation Computing and give two examples. [4marks]
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c. Abena has a partial hearing impairment. She wants to use a desktop computer.
Name two assistive technologies that she can use to help her. [2marks]
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d. As the class prefect of basic nine, tell your mates two examples of devices
that can be used to display E-book contents. [2marks]
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PART II
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTING (36 marks)
Answer only three questions from this part. All questions carry equal marks
2. a. Afia Maku wants to send an Excel file with an email message to her brother using her Gmail account.
How can she do this? [4marks]
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b. Explain data threats and give two examples of threats that can prevent information from reaching its destination.
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c. Marian Khoury wants to use a search engine.

Recommend three commonly used search engines to her and their website addresses. [3marks]
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3. a. Draw the symbols of the following flowcharts in the table below. [6marks]
NAME SYMBOL

Start / Stop

Input / Output

Processing

b. Give one assistive technology that is used for the following disabilities. [4 marks]
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c. In a programming class, the teacher asked you to name two expressions in programming.
Which two expressions would you name? [2marks]
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4. a. PowerPoint, Excel and Access are three common applications from Microsoft. Another commonly used
application is a Word Processor. Write a short note about this application and give two examples. [5marks]
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b. Your friend Oforiwaa does not know anything about Cloud Storage.
Explain it to her with two disadvantages. [4 marks]
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 c. Name three examples of screen readers used in various operating systems. [3marks]
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5. a. Animaa wants to search for information on "History of Ghana" to complete his project work.
What steps would she need in order to search the information using google? [4marks]
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b. You are the class prefect of the robotics class.

State the main function of the mechanical parts of a robot. [3marks]
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c. Ibrahim just joined the computing class; he does not know Adaptive Technology.
Tell him two examples of adaptive technology. [2marks]
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d. Opooman wants to browse the internet; he has the following applications on his laptop.
Excel, Firefox, Zoom. Which of these applications can he use and why? [3marks]
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