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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAIY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICAIts.
EXAIVIINATION

INFORMATION IECSNOLOOT
Paper 01- General ProffcfencY

I how 3A minus

02 JITNE 201s (p.m-)

READ THE FOI,LOWING INSTRUCfiONS CAREFI'LLY.

l. This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour md 30 minut€s to answcrtbem"

2. hi addition to this t€stbookleg you should bave an answer sheet

3. Each itern ia this test has four suggested answers letterred (A), (B), (C), (D)- Rcad eae;h item
you are aboutto answ€r and decide uthich choicc is best"

4. On 5rour answer sheet' findthe nrmber whic.h corresponds to ]'ow item aud sbadc tho slnce
having the same lercer as the answer you have c,hoseo- Look at how it is done in the sample
ibmbelow.
Samole Item

Which of tbe foltowing pairs represenb ge'neral-purpoee softrnrare tools?

(A) Spreadsheetanddatabasesoftqmre SampleAnswer

(B) Word processor and accomting softrnrare
(C) Shrdentreco'rd systeNn and databasc sofiware o@@@
(D) Insurance processing and spreadsheet softrrare

The best answer 1s this ibm is "spreadsbect and database softiliarc", so (A) has becn shaded.

5. Ifyou want to changp your ansnra, bc surc to erase it complctely before you fill in your new
choice.

6. When you are told to begiq firm the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an irem, omit it and go on to the ncxt one. You may retrn to that item
I later.
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1. which of the following are considered 6. which of the following is a tjpe of user
computer hartlware? intcrfrce?

(A) Data (A) IDE

(B) Programs (B) MIDI
(C) Operating systems (C) ASCII
(D) OuQutdwices (D) GIJI

2. Resolution determines the clarity of the 7. which ofthe following is used by the cpu
image displayed on a monitor. The term to temporarily store data?
'resolution' refers to the number ofpixels
(A) Bufrer
(A) present horizontally on the scre€n (B) Tback
(B) prcsent vertically oi the screen (C) Sector
(C) present in a unit area ofthe screen (D) Cylinder
(D) that makes up the colour

8. EnorSption is used to
3. A diskette is divided into a number of
called
concentsic circles (A) disguise data and prograrns
(B) commit computer crime
(A) sectors (C) discard old equipment
(B) oylinders (D) physically prevent users from
(C) Eacks accessing a computer
(D) clusters
9. In modem pereonal oomputers, the CPU
4. The storage capacity ofa floppy disk is speed is measured in

(A) 1.44 l"G (A) nanoseconds

(B) |.44 GB (B) milliseconds
(C) 1440 KB (c) MIIZ
(D) l440MB (D) cr'z

5. Which of the.following devices is used to 10. Google Chrome is an orample of

perform input into the computer?
(A) the Intemet Explorer
(A) Monitor (B) a web browser
(B) Mouse (C) a search engine
(C) External hard drive (D) theWorldWideWeb
(D) USB flash drive

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The four-bit binary rcprescntation of the 16. In the URL http://www.shoes.com,'shoes.
decimal number 8 is com' stsnds for the

(A) 0(X)l (A) e:delrsion

(B) 0010 (B) aompany name
(c) 0100 (C) domain name
(D) 1000 (D) Interaet compsoy

Which of the following is considered a 17. Which of the following devices produces
feature of I biometric syst€m? a soft copy?

(A) Diagnoses medical syqtoms. (A) Microfilm

(B) Mafchesfingeryrints. (B) Plotler
(C) Detects irregular heartbeaa. (c) Prhter
(D) Helps to lubricatc skeletal joints. (D) Visual Display Unit (VDII)

13. Which of the following printers is MOST A document used for the initial recording
suitable for high volume printing? ofdrta relating to business transactions is
called a
(A) Dot matrix
(B) Thermal (A) tunrarounddocument
(C) Inkjet (B) source document
(D) Laser (C) primory document
(D) main document

14. The MAIN function of a frcwall is that it

19. Ttansferring data froE I remote computer
(A) is used by hackcrs to prevent to your computer is referred to as
detection
(B) protccts computer files (A) uploading
(C) prevents unauthorized access to e (B) browsiog
comput€r on a network (C) downloading
(D) I
protects stand-alone computer (D) data mining
Aom viruses

Scrambling ofmessages at the sending end

Which of the following provides and unscrambling them at the receiving end
transnission of data in BOTII directions is called
at the same time?
(A) espionage
(A) Half duplo< (B) encrSption
(B) Fullduplot (C) coding
(C) Null duplo< (D) eavesdropping
(D) Simplex

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21. The acronym 'HTTP' stands fot Which of the following is BEST suited to
batch processing?
(A) Hyper To<t Transfer Protocol
(B) Hyper Text Transmission Protocol (A) Salary preparation
(C) HigberTortTransmissionProtocol (B) Online gaming
(D) Higher Text Transfer Protocol (C) Flight simulation
(D) Theatre booking

which oftle following statements is NoT

true of secondar5l storage media? 27. Wbich ofthe following isNOTao operating
system?
(A) Pichres and text can be stored.
(B) Storagecapacityist5picallyaround (A) MS Office
l.44MB. (B) Windows
(C) Inforrnation can be accessed mort (C) Mac OS
quickly than magnetio disks. (D) Linux
(D) Largeamounbofdatacanbestored.

The part of the central processing unit

Which of the following protocols alloyi/s whcre simple calculations can take place
the user to talk internationally? is called the

(A) FTP (A) cu

(B) VoIP (B) ALU
(c) HTTP (c) su
(D) IP (D) vDU

24. What is the correspondiog decimal value 29. Data can be transmitted between devices
oflll (base 2)? and computers using a wireless radio
technology known as
(A) 7
(B) 8 (A) bluetooth
(c) e (B) hotspot
(D) l0 (C) microwave
(D) fibre optic

What is the result of the following

operation? 30. Which of the following limib network
access between two or more networks?
10110 base 2 + fi)101 base 2
(A) A firewall
(A) l0l1l base 2 (B) Biometics
(B) ll00l base 2 (C) An encryption
(C) 11011 base 2 (D) An anti-virus program
(D) 10101 base 2

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31. Selecting orhigblightingaparagraphcreate's 36. Which type of chart is NOT suitable for
a reprcseDting data over two years as shown
in the table below?
(A) file
(B) merge Country_ 2009 2010
(c) block A 300 600
(D) document B 5@ 800
c 500 600

To complete her word Processing (A) Column

assigrunent, Susie must aliF the text to (B) Line
both the left and rigbt margins. Which type (C) Bar
of aligoment must Susie select to achieve (D) Pie
this?

(A) Risbt 37. Which of the following is the default

(B) Left justification of numbers in spreadsheets?
(C) Centre
(D) Justified (A) Left
(B) Full
(C) Centsed
33. Which of the following features allows the (D) Risht
user to insert individual uames in a primary
document?
Information produced from querias and
(A) Footers tables in a specific formatthat canbe prhted
(B) Headers from a database is called
(C) Mail merge
(D) Search and rePlace (A) a fle
(B) ateport
(C) abinary
34. In Microsoft PowerPoint, s singls pigs (D) an object
shown on a screen to display information
is called a
39. Slides can be arranged using
(A) slide
(B) table (A) slide view
(c) field (B) slide sorter
(D) presentation (C) slide master
(D) new slide

,lr2 is fonnatted as A2 using

(A) striketbrough
40. rfre ffi icon in a presenation is used for

(B) subscriPt (A) slide showview

(C) superscriPt (B) notes view
(D) small caPs (C) outline view
(D) normal view

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41. Which ofthe following characteristics must 46. Consider the following algorithm.
two database tables have in order for them
to be lfuiked? a:7
b:9
(A) Atleastonecornmonattibutcaame a=b-a
(B) Composite keys b=a+b
(C) At least two tuples in the table Write a, b
(D) The same data in all tuples
The ouput of this algorithm is

Which of the following effects is a special (A) 2,e

animatiotr effect, where the infomration (B) 2,rr
fades after it has been presented? (c) 7,9
(D) 't,rr
(A) Animation
(B) Dimming
(C) Entrance 47. Whenbreakingdown asimpleprobleminto
(D) Empbasis its logical steps,whatstatemed/instruction
would the adding of two numbers be?

43. Which of tbe following is normally used (A) A process

for website-to-website conncction? (B) Ar output
(C) Aa input
(A) Modem (D) A storage
(B) Monilor
(C) Hyperlink
(D) Hlipertext What is the nsme given to an identifier that
always holds the same value?

44. The object that is used to produce a list of (A) Constant

records that meets a particular criterion is (B) Variable
a (C) Location
(D) Storage
(A) form
(B) table
(C) module.
(D) query

Which of the following data types

CANNOTbe entered into a &tabasetable?

(A) Number
(B) Text
(c) Yes/no
(D) A$3y

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49. You are given the problem of fnding the The LAST step in solving a probletrt is to
sum of TIIREE numbers, and you use an
IPO chart to decompose the problem. (A) evaluate the solution
(B) test the solution
What is the correct order of the stat€ments (C) develop the algorithm
to b€ placed into the input, processiag and (D) specify the desig!
ouqrut colurnDs?

(A) Add the three numbers together/ 54. The Pascal code verx, y would generate an
number l, nurnber 2, number 3/ error. The term used to describe this tl/pe
Total of error is
(B) TotaVnumber l, number2, number
3/addthe three lumbers together (A) syntax
(C) Number I, number 2, number 3/ (B) logical
TotaVadd the three numbers (C) exocution
together (D) run-time
(D) Number l, number 2, number 3/
add the tbree numbers together
/Iotal $g';$referstothe followingpseudocode.

Read A" B
50. Tbe integer variables a, b and c, are tf A<2
given the values 6, l0 and 2 respectively. C+2
What is the result of the expression Else
a MUIJT(b DIVcp C+-6
End if
(A) 0 D <- C*B+2
(B) 20 lvrite D
(c) 30
(D) r20 What is printed by the pseudocode if the
input values are 5 and 2 respectively?

The original code written by the (A) 6

programmer is termed (B) 12
(c) 14
(A) object code (D) a
(B) source code
(C) machine code
(D) symbolic code Wbich ofthe following statements includss
loops?

Errors that result from NOT following tbe (A) Sequencing

rules of the programming language are (B) Repetition
called (C) Sclection
(D) Ordering
(A) orecution errors
(B) logic errors
(C) run-time etlors
(D) syntax errors

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57. which of the following is NoT a third- 59. A compiler is software that converts the
generation language?
(A) program to output
(A) Assembly (B) source code to assembly code
(B) coBol (C) source code to machine code
'

(c) c (D) program to object code one

(D) Pascal instuction at a tiEe

58. Wbich of the following symbols is used to 60. A comput€r pKrgrarnmer is coding an
perform assignments in the programming algorithm which calculates the class average
language Pascal? for a given e:ranr- He creates a variable
called class-avg. ltVhich data t5pe should
(A) he speci$ when declaring this variable?
(B) o
(c) (A) Integer
(D) := (B) Real
(C) Boolean
(D) Character

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