ADMISSION

NUMBER

DATE

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION - JULY 2022

GRADE 9 (EDEXCEL)

COMPUTER SCIENCE I
Duration : 1 hour & 30 minutes

You must have :

Pseudocode command set (enclosed)
Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.

• Fill in your admission number.
• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions requiring a written answer in the space provided.
- there may be more space than you need.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
- Use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• You are not allowed to use a calculator.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• Marks will not be awarded for using product or trade names in answers without giving further
explanation.
• Good luck with your examination.
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Answer all questions. Answer the questions requiring a written answer in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .

1. Susan develops a website for her school.

(a) She decides to use following colour as the background colour of the web pages.
FF11CC

Convert the above hexa decimal value to binary.

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(3 marks)
(b) The ASCII system uses 7 bits to represent a character. The ASCII code for the character ‘A’
using denary is 65; other alphabetical characters follow on from this in sequence.
Identify the ASCII code for ‘V’.

A 01010111
B 11010110
C 01010110
D 11010001

(1 mark)
(c) There are few images in the web site.
Width and height of one of the images is 250 pixels and 200 pixels respectively.

(i) Define ‘Pixel’.

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(1 mark)
(ii) What is colour depth?

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(iii) If the image uses 256 colours, create an expression to find the file size of the above
image in bytes.
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(d) Susan wants to include the school anthem also in the web site.
She has got the school anthem as a stereo digital audio file of 3 minutes duration.
(iv) State three factors that influence the size of a digital audio recording.
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(3 marks)

(v) Below are some other features of the above mentioned digital audio file of the school
anthem.
 Samples per second – 44100
 Number of bits used to encode – 16

Create an expression to find the file size of the school anthem in bytes.
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( 2marks)

[Total = 13 marks]

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2. Imrah is a school teacher.

She wants to select a few PCs for the school computer lab.
(a) All the computers have CPU, memory and storage.

(i) State two components of the CPU.

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(2 marks)

(ii) Identify the hardware component that holds a program that is currently, being executed.

A ALU
B RAM
C Hard drive
D Control unit
(1 mark)
(b) Your secondary storage can be in a different place from your computer, in a cloud storage.
Define cloud storage with its advantages.

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(5 marks)
(c) Mention one input device and one output device that comes compact with a laptop computer.

Input device - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(2 marks)
(d) State the relationship between the RAM and the Virtual memory by explaining both the

terms.

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(4 marks)
[Total = 14 marks]
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3. An embedded computer is one that is designed to do a specific job. It is usually a part of a
bigger system that might have other electrical or mechanical parts, such as a washing machine.

(a) Give two examples of devices where you can see embedded computers.

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(b) State two features of embedded computers.
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(2 marks)

(c) A washing machine will work if the Power Switch is turned on, the Door is closed and
water level is enough. Two sensors are used to check the power switch and the water level.

ON = 1
Power Switch
OFF = 0

CLOSED = 1 WORKING = 1
Door Sensor Washing Machine
OPEN = 0 NOT WORKING = 0
FULL = 1
Water Level Sensor
EMPTY = 0

(i) Express the above conditions using IF statement.

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(ii) Construct the truth table for the above scenario.

(4 marks)
[Total = 12 marks]

4. Yushen wants to set up a personal profile in a social media site.

(a) State two possible personal data that is needed when setting up a personal profile in a social

media site.

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(b) Social network sites should adhere to the Data Protection Legislations.
Mention two guideline that are mentioned in Data Protection Legislation.
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(2 marks)
(c) Social network sites let you share your current location with others.
Explain how this affects Yushen’s privacy.
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(2 marks)

(d) Yushen wishes to donate his used laptop to a charity organization.

Describe two ways in which the improper disposal of used laptops could be harmful to
human health.

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(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
5. Emmy develops a computer program for a fitness tracker.
Users can input their weight (in kilo grams) and height (in meters) to the program and it displays
the BMI of the user.
Formula to find the BMI is:
BMI = weight / (height)2
According to the BMI the following weight class categories can be identified.

BMI Weight class

Below 18.5 Under weight
18.5 – 24.9 Normal
25.0 and up Over weight

(a) Represent the algorithm for the above process, as a flowchart.

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(b) Complete the table below for given weight and height values.

Weight Height BMI Weight class

50 1.5
75 1.2
(2 marks)
(c) The best case and worst case for search algorithms can be determined based on the number
of comparisons necessary to find the target item.
Give the best case and worst case for a binary search algorithm.

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(2 marks)

[Total = 11 marks]

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