The illegal copying and use of proprietary/copy righted software is called?

• A. hacking
• B. spamming
• C. hardware piracy
• D. software piracy.

A method of buying in anticipation of price fluctuation in the commodity market is?

• A. speculation
• B. arbitrage
• C. contango
• D. hedging

(a)

In the diagram, PQRST is a quadrilateral. PT // QS, < PTQ = 42°, < TSQ = 38° and < QSR = 30°. If < QTS = x and < POT = y, find: (i) x ; (ii) y.

(b)

In the diagram, PQRS is a circle centre O. If POQ = 150°, < QSR = 40° and < SQP = 45°, calculate < RQS.

Which of the following acids would form normal salt only?

• A. Tetraoxosulphate(VI) acid
• B. Trioxonitrate(V) acid
• C. Tetraoxophosphate(V) acid
• D. Trioxosulphate(IV) acid

monocultural agriculture means

• A. the cultivation of seasonal crops
• B. the cultivation of one major crop
• C. plantation agriculture
• D. shifting cultivation

A man and his wife are both heterozyous for the sickle-cell trait. The likely percentage of their offspring that will be either carriers or sicklers is

• A. 75%
• B. 50%
• C. 25%
• D. 100%

The mass number of a nucleus is?

• A. Always less than its atomic number
• B. The sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
• C. Always more than the atomic weight
• D. A fraction

The factors which affect the number and the activities of soil micro-organisms include the following except

• A. topography
• B. soil moisture
• C. soil aeration
• D. degree of soil acidity

Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for each sentence.

He listened attentively to her cock-and-bull story. This means that she told

• A. a terrifying story
• B. an interesting story
• C. an incredible story
• D. a lot of folktales

Under King _______, Daniel was thrown into the lion's den.

• A. Nebuchadnezzar
• B. Asa
• C. Darius
• D. Ahab