WAEC Data Processing syllabus

The WAEC Data Processing syllabus has 31 examinable topics, listed alphabetically in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 31 topics on the WAEC Data Processing syllabus

1. 01Career opportunities in Data Processing
2. 02Classification of Computers
3. 03Components of Computers
4. 04Computer Ethics
5. 05Computer Virus
6. 06Computing devices
7. 07Concept of data security, access control and data encryption
8. 08Concept of Number system in computing
9. 09Creation of forms, queries and report
10. 10Data and Information
11. 11Database Management System
12. 12Definition of data and information
13. 13Generations of Computer
14. 14Graphic Packages
15. 15History of Computers
16. 16Internet
17. 17Maintenance of Computer
18. 18Meaning of Networking, Internet and Intranet
19. 19Methods of transmitting information
20. 20Operating System
21. 21Presentation Package
22. 22Relational Model
23. 23Safety Measures
24. 24Spreadsheet
25. 25Steps involved in Information Processing
26. 26Storing data in a distributed database (DBM)
27. 27Types of File organization
28. 28Types of Networking
29. 29Uses of ICT in everyday activities
30. 30Web Design Packages
31. 31Word Processing