COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 3RD JUNE 2012 EXAMINATION PAPER

SECTION A Answer all questions from this section. Each question requires ONE (1) answer only. SECTION B Answer all questions from this section. Each question requires THREE (3) answers. Answer any THREE (3) questions from this section. SECTION C Clearly cross out surplus answers. Failure to do this will result in only the first THREE (3) answers being marked.

Time Allowed: 2.5 Hours

Any reference material brought into the examination room must be handed to the invigilator before the start of the examination. Calculators ARE allowed in this examination.

SECTION A ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION ALL QUESTIONS ARE WORTH 1 MARK Marks QUESTION 1 A mission critical system is one which is a) concerned with the fundamental operational activities of a business b) concerned with providing management with operational feedback c) called upon each working day d) deals with daily data backup QUESTION 2 Which of the following is a transaction processing system? a) electricity bill generation b) hotel booking c) autopilot d) print queue management QUESTION 3 Which of the following affects the business strategy of an organisation? a) the information systems used b) an assessment of opportunities c) available applications d) specialist staff available QUESTION 4 Which of the following is a control system? a) a hotel booking system b) an expert system c) an avionics system d) a payroll system QUESTION 5 Which of the following produces an object code file from a source code file? a) an interpreter b) a linker c) a compiler d) a loader 1 1

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Marks QUESTION 6 A computer runs a program which needs data stored on a second computer. A third computer is connected to 1 a printer which outputs the results of the program. The operator does not need to know where the actions occur. This type of computer system is a a) a distributed system b) an interactive system c) a multi-access system d) a single user system QUESTION 7 A router on a network is part of which layer? a) the network layer b) the application layer c) the session layer d) the physical layer QUESTION 8 Which of the following is an advantage of setting up a wireless instead of a wired network in a company? a) wireless is more secure b) wireless is faster c) wireless allows easy addition of new nodes d) wireless requires less maintenance QUESTION 9 A device that connects multiple users to a single device is a) a bridge b) a hub c) a NIC d) a modem QUESTION 10 Which of the following is a valid IP address? a) 0.255.12.1 b) 0.256.12.1 c) 0.255.12.1.0 d) 0.256.12.1.0

Total 10 Marks

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SECTION B ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION ALL QUESTIONS ARE WORTH 3 MARKS Marks QUESTION 11 Which THREE (3) of the following business activities could be described as inbound logistic activities? a) material handling b) machining c) warehousing d) packaging e) order processing f) vehicle scheduling QUESTION 12 Which THREE (3) of the following activities are suitable for batch processing? a) electricity bill processing b) engine management c) theatre booking d) payroll e) data backup f) patient heart monitoring QUESTION 13 Which THREE (3) of the following are utilities commonly provided by an operating system? a) a calendar b) a database management system c) a spreadsheet d) a compiler e) an email client f) a text editor QUESTION 14 The memory manager of an operating system needs to keep track of which THREE (3) of the following? a) the location of a file on a disk b) the memory that is in use c) the memory that is available d) which processes are currently in memory e) the amount of space remaining on a disk f) the size of virtual memory 3

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Marks QUESTION 15 Which THREE (3) of the following denary numbers can be stored exactly as binary numbers in an eight bit 3 memory location? a) 8.0 b) 8.1 c) 8.25 d) 8.3 e) 8.5 f) 8.6 QUESTION 16 Which THREE (3) of the following are best stored as integer values? a) the air temperature b) the price of groceries in a supermarket c) the weight of each ingredient in a recipe d) the value of a loop counter in a program e) the number of cars passing a checkpoint in a day f) how many students have signed up for a course QUESTION 17 Which THREE (3) of the following statements about variable length records are true? a) they are easier to search than fixed length records b) they occupy less storage than fixed length records c) they may use markers to separate records d) they may store a byte count for each record e) they are suitable for use in relational database tables f) records can be found by specifying an offset from the first record QUESTION 18 Which THREE (3) of the following are phases involved in connection mode network communication? a) connection release b) checksum generation c) data transfer d) address attachment e) packet construction f) connection establishment QUESTION 19 Which THREE (3) of the following are internet protocols? a) TCP b) PDF c) HTML d) UDP e) DNS f) JPG

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Marks QUESTION 20 Which THREE of the following are problems that may occur when using lossy compression on a file? 3 a) the resulting file may not be readable in most browsers b) the process is unsuitable for storing photographs c) it cannot be used for music files d) decompression may take a long time e) the quality may be reduced f) the file size may not be reduced by very much Total 30 Marks SECTION C ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION QUESTION 21 a) i) Define the term software engineering. ii) Explain the need for software engineering. iii) Explain the difference between architectural design and implementation design during the software development process. iv) List FOUR (4) software tools that can be useful in the production of computer systems. i) State the objective of testing software. ii) Explain what is meant by unit testing. iii) State FOUR (4) reasons why software maintenance may be carried out. 2 3 4 4 1 2 4 Total 20 Marks QUESTION 22 a) i) Explain what is meant by data mining. ii) State THREE (3) process that are carried out in the course of data mining. iii) A supermarket has a customer loyalty card scheme. Explain how data mining of loyalty card data can help the supermarket plan its operations. iv) Explain THREE (3) advantages to a business from using ERP systems. i) ii) Explain what is meant by the term database integrity. Explain how rollback helps to maintain the integrity of a database. 2 3 4 6 2 3

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Marks QUESTION 23 a) i) Explain why it is helpful to describe a network in terms of layers. ii) Define the term communication protocol. iii) Describe the purpose of the session layer in a network protocol. i) ii) Explain what is meant by a packet switching network. Identify FOUR (4) component parts of a data packet. 4 2 3 4 4 3 Total 20 Marks QUESTION 24 a) i) ii) iii) Define the term multiprogramming. State FOUR (4) objectives of a multiprogramming operating system. Explain how process scheduling is used to maximize the efficiency of a multiprogramming environment. iv) Explain what is meant by a real-time operating system. v) State FOUR (4) requirements of a real-time operating system. i) ii) Explain what a multiprocessing operating system is. Explain the advantage of a multiprocessing system. 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 Total 20 Marks

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Describe THREE (3) functions of a network management system.

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