CXC IT THEORY JUN 2005

SECTIONS I and II ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS SECTION I 30 marks 1. State the function of EACH of the following hardware components: (a) (b) (c) (d) marks 2. Give ONE similarity and ONE difference between EACH of the following terms: (a) (b) (c) marks 3. In your answer booklet write the letters A to E to represent EACH application in the table below and beside EACH letter write the Roman Numeral to match the application with the MOST APPROPRIATE input device. A B C D E marks Application Cheque processing Marking multiple- choice examination Point of Sale Games Architectural design (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Input Device Barcode reader Joystick Graphic tablets Optical mark reader Magnetic ink character recognition Total 5 ROM and EPROM Byte and word Floppy disk and Hard disk ( 2 marks ) ( 2 marks ) ( 2 marks ) Total 6 Control unit Arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) Read Only Memory (ROM) Random Access Memory (RAM) ( 1 mark ) ( 1 mark ) (1 mark ) (1 mark ) Total 4

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(a) (b) (c)

Name ONE direct access secondary storage device and ONE serial. access secondary storage device. ( 2 marks ) With reference to a diskette, state the relationship between a track and a sector? ( 2 marks ) State the optical storage medium that is BEST suited for the storage of a movie. ( 1 mark ) Total 5

marks 5. (a) (b) (c) (d) Convert the decimal number 25 to binary, using an eight- bit representation. ( 1 mark ) The binary number 1100101101 uses 10 bits to store sign and magnitude. What is the decimal number equivalent? ( 2 marks ) State the Binary coded Decimal (BCD) representation of the decimal number 358. ( 2 marks) State the eight- bit twos complement representation of the decimal number 63. (2 marks ) Total 7 marks 6. (a) (b) Name the software package that would have mail merge. ( 1mark ) Explain why mail is important in this software package. ( 2 marks ) Total marks 3

SECTION II 30 marks 7. (a) (b) State the relationship that exists among web site, web page and web browser. ( 3 marks ) Explain the difference between Electronic mail and Internet relay chat. ( 2 marks ) Total marks 8. The Police Department has introduced a computer system in every police station around the country. (a) (b) (c) List two uses of the computer in the police station. ( 2 marks ) 5

State TWO devices that may be used with the computer. ( 2 marks ) List TWO Information technology skills the operator of the computer should have. ( 2 marks ) Total 6 marks

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(a)

Name and describe ONE physical access method which would ensure. that ONLY authorized personnel have access to important computer equipment. ( 2 marks ) Describe ONE software access method which would ensure that only authorized personnel have access to software and data. ( 2 marks ) Total 4 marks

(b)

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A computer technician visits a company stating that he was sent to fix some computers". He is not known to the company. (a) (b) What do you understand by computer fraud? ( 1 mark )

Explain with reasons, TWO actions that you would carry out to verify that this technician is on official business. ( 4 marks ) Total 5 marks

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(a)

Describe ONE job function of each of the following:

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (b) (i) (ii)

File Librarian Electronic Data Processing Auditor Computer Consultant Data Communications specialist What is teleconferencing? a) b)

( 1 mark ) ( 1 mark ) ( 1 mark ) ( 1 mark ) (1 mark)

State THREE advantages of teleconferencing. ( 3 marks ) State TWO hardware requirements for teleconferencing (2 Total 10

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THIS SECTION IS FOR TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY CANDIDATES ONLY. SECTION III 30 marks PROGRAMMING ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 12. Write an algorithm using pseudocode to do the following sequence of tasks: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Read in two values ( 1 mark )

Multiply both values by the number 10 and add the results. ( 2 marks ) Square both values and add squares ( 2 mark )

Check if the answer to (b) is greater than the answer to (c) ( 1 mark ) If the question c answer is greater, print a statement indicating that The squares have won. If the question b answer is greater, print a statement indicating that The Products have produced a win. ( 2 marks ) Total 8

marks 13. Use a structured language to code an algorithm that will find the sum and average of a collection of integers. (a) (b) (c) marks Allow the user to enter the quantity of values being used. ( 1 mark ) Allow the user to input the vales. Calculate the sum and the average. (2 marks) ( 2 marks ) Total 5

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(a) (b)

Give ONE example of a high level language and explain how it is different from an assembly level language. ( 2 marks ) The following is a small program segment. For EACH line, write a short comment explaining what the statement does. For I 1 to count Print Item No., I; Next i ( 3 marks )

(c)

The following code uses the operator % to find the remainder after one number has been divided by another (e.g. 5 % 4 = 1 and 12 % 5 = 2). Use a trace table to show the output of the program. For I = 1 to 3 If I % 3 = 0 Print A Else Print B End IF ( 2 marks ) Total 7

marks 14. Develop pseudocode and then translate the pseudocode to a structured language for the following sequence of steps. (a) (b) (c) Prompt the user for a value. Announce that this value is a bid being placed on a valuable artifact 1751 antique watch. ( 2 marks ) Accept the value. ( 2 marks )

Compare the value received from the user with the minimum price of the item a value that you have as part of your program ( antique watch 7, 000). ( 2 marks )

(d)

Indicate to the user if his bid has been successful (if the bid is higher than the minimum it is a successful bid). If the bid is not successful indicate that also. ( 4 marks ) Total 10 marks

THIS SECTION IS FOR GENERAL PROFICIENCY CANDIDATES ONLY SECTION IV 30 marks PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 15. The following questions relate to Word- processing: (a) Identify TWO formatting features used in the following letterhead of an organization: PREMIER TRAINING ACADEMY 100 South Road, New Town, Murray Town Tel: 1-800-235-7645; email: pta@training.net (2 marks ) (b) (c) The text in the body of the letter aligns to both the left and right margins. What justification has been applied to the text? ( 1 mark ) How would you interchange the second and fourth paragraphs in a document? (2 marks) Write an efficient way to indent the text in the second paragraph of a document. ( 1 mark ) State TWO ways to indent the text in the second paragraph of a document. ( 2 marks ) What is the purpose of the print preview feature of your word processing program? ( 1 mark ) Page 3 of a document was not clearly printed. State an efficient was of reprinting only page 3 of the document. ( 1 mark )

(d) (e) (f) (g)

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Questions (a) (h) refer to the following spreadsheet:

A 1 2 3 4 5 Chemistry Biology Physics Total

B 2001 100 40 25

C 2002 75 50 15

D 2003 65 70 5

E Total

F %

The spreadsheet above indicates the number of science graduates from a college during the period: 2001 2003. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) How many rows are in the spreadsheet? ( 1 mark )

In which range on the spreadsheet are the Biology graduates for the three years indicated? ( 1 mark ) Indicate the cell and the formula to be inserted in the cell to compute the number of graduates in 2001. ( 2 marks ) What is an efficient way of computing the number of graduates for 2002 and 2003? ( 1 mark) The formula E2/ $E$5 in the Cell F2 was copied to cell F3. What is the formula in cell F3? ( 1 mark ) The value in cell B3 is changed. List TWO cells whose value will be affected, given the formulae are inserted to compute the totals. ( 2 marks )

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The formulae in the range F2:F4 produce decimal values. How can you convert the values into percentages with 2 decimal points? ( 1 mark ) What is the default alignment for numeric data? ( 1 mark )

(h)

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The following questions relate to Databases: The owner of a small computer store maintains a stock card for each item in the store. A sample of the stock card is shown below: Item No Description Quantity Price Fast Moving (a) A100 Mouse Pad 200 3.00 Yes

Design the structure of a database table. Your table structure should include appropriate field names. Field Type and Field Size. The data in the Fast Moving field should only be Yes or No. ( 3 marks ) Give ONE example of another record in the table. Which field in the table must have a unique value? ( 1 mark ) ( 1 mark )

(b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

State TWO ways to arrange the records in a table in a specific order. ( 2 marks ) List TWO meaningful queries that would be of benefit to the owner of the store. ( 2 marks ) The store owner needs a price list showing the item No, Description and Price. How can this be generated? ( 1 mark ) Total 10

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