INF113 Jul2020

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS
INFORMATICS 113
EXAM FORMAT: ONLINE DATE: 15 July 2020
Examiners : Prof M Turpin

Time : 120 min
: Prof M Matthee
Moderator / External Examiner : Prof Hanlie Smuts Marks : 40
Student Number Surname Initials
Module outcomes (as in Study Guide)

Question / Section Marks allocated Maximum mark
MO1 MO2 MO3
1-5 (MCQ) 4 6 10
6 10 10
7 5 5
8 2 2
9 6 6
10 3 3
11 4 4
CT PS DT
Total 40
Instructions
1. This paper consists of 2 sections and 11 questions.
2. Answer all the questions – there are no optional questions.
3. This is an open book examination. You may refer to your study notes or textbook.
4. Type your answers in the online format presented.
5. Structure your answers logically.
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SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (10)
Questions 1 and 2: Critical thinking (4)
Which of the following two claims is stronger?

a) Polar bears will be extinct by the middle of the century.
b) Polar bears are an endangered species.
Consider the following claim: The Nile River is the longest river in Africa
This claim is a:
a) Value Judgement
b) Opinion
c) Fact
d) Recommendation
Question 3: Analytical problem solving (2)
If the number pattern 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, … is continued, which of these numbers is in the sequence:
a) 53
b) 65
c) 39
d) 74
e) 55
Questions 4 and 5: Computational thinking (4)
What is computational thinking?

a) Using computers to solve problems
b) The thinking processes needed to solve problems in a systematic way
c) Giving instructions to a computer
Which of the following is an example of computational thinking?

a) Planning the most effective route from work to home keeping in mind the errands to run as well;
b) Asking Google Maps to give you the shortest route from work to home.
c) When going to a lecture hall for the first time, wander around until you find it.
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SECTION B – ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS (30)
Question 6: Critical Thinking: Argument evaluation (10)
Whom would you prefer as your teacher? Someone who just managed to pass a degree examination
thirty years ago and has never opened a book since, or someone who is fascinated by his subject and
has read widely in it, but left university without taking a degree because the teaching and the course
were boring and he wanted to be free to pursue topics that interested him? This shows that possession
of a university degree is no guarantee that someone will be a good teacher.
The rapid changes in knowledge mean that a university education quickly becomes out of date.
Furthermore, most graduates will readily admit that they have forgotten nearly everything they learned at
university. The only way a degree could be a reliable indication of competence in a subject would be if
degrees had a time limit built into them and needed to be updated every five years in order to remain
valid. Under the present system they mean nothing.
In addition, experts are often bad teachers, because they think that their task is to pass on their
knowledge to their students. That approach to education belongs firmly in the past. Education is about
learning, not teaching, and the knowledge required to pass an exam is more reliably available from
textbooks specially written for the exam and from the internet than from the fallible memory of the
teacher.
Some people may suggest that teachers need paper qualifications in order to show that they have been
taught how to teach, but any teacher knows that is not true. Either you can teach or you cannot, If you
can, you do not need anyone to show you how to do it, and if you cannot, then no amount of guidance or
instruction will turn you into an effective teacher.
The only qualification required to be a teacher should therefore, be the ability to enable students to pass
their exams. Such a change from paper qualifications to a focus on skills would be consistent with
current trends, since most employers are not far more interested in the abilities which potential recruits
have to offer rather than their academic qualifications.
6.1 Using the exact word from the passage as far as possible, identify the main conclusion. (1)
6.2 Using the exact words from the passage as far as possible, identify three intermediate
conclusions.(3)
6.3 State an implicit assumption required if the reasoning in paragraph 3 is to support the main
conclusion. (2)
6.4 Respond to this argument with further argument. (4)
Question 7: Graphs and Stats (5)
The table shows the results of a questionnaire, asking the five schools in a town the proportion of pupils
using the feeding scheme in grade 1, 2, 3 and 4.
School Percentage of pupils using the feeding scheme per grade

1 2 3 4
School A 13 25 42 20
School B 5 18 55 22
School C 24 36 28 12
School D 16 18 61 5
School E 10 14 48 28
7.1 Which school has the most kids (in grade 1 – 4) on the feeding scheme? (1)
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7.2 The local newspaper added the numbers of each grade together and divided by five to work out the
percentages for kids in grade 1 – 4 in the five schools. By using this method the newspaper reported
the following percentages: grade 1: 10.4%, grade 2: 18.6%, grade 3: 34.6 % and grade 4: 16.4%.
They forgot to include one of the schools in calculating these percentages. Which school is it?
Explain your answer. (3)
7.3 Will the method followed by the newspaper give an accurate reflection of the percentages of pupils
per grade using the feeding scheme? Explain your answer. (1)
Question 8: Problem solving (2)
Give your own, new example of a mess related to student life.
Question 9: Soft Systems Methodology (6)
Consider the messy problem of resuming basic education (primary and high schools) in South Africa
under lockdown. Develop a root definition for the following stakeholder group by using the CATWOE
mnemonic:
- Teacher unions
Question 10: Critical Thinking: Application (3)
Explain how you will use critical thinking to identify fake news.
Question 11: Design Thinking: application (4)
List four advantages that design thinking has to a systems analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS

Examiners : Prof M Turpin

Moderator / External Examiner : Prof Hanlie Smuts Marks : 40

Student Number Surname Initials

Module outcomes (as in Study Guide)

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SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (10)

Questions 1 and 2: Critical thinking (4)

Which of the following two claims is stronger?

Question 3: Analytical problem solving (2)

Questions 4 and 5: Computational thinking (4)

What is computational thinking?

Which of the following is an example of computational thinking?

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Question 6: Critical Thinking: Argument evaluation (10)

Question 7: Graphs and Stats (5)

School Percentage of pupils using the feeding scheme per grade

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Question 8: Problem solving (2)

Give your own, new example of a mess related to student life.

Question 9: Soft Systems Methodology (6)

Question 10: Critical Thinking: Application (3)

Question 11: Design Thinking: application (4)

List four advantages that design thinking has to a systems analyst.

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