INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

PAPER 02 GENERAL PROFICIENCY

2 hours 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of THREE sections and a total of TWELVE questions.

You MUST answer ALL questions in all THREE sections.

2. Number EACH answer correctly in the answer booklet.

3. For programming, the code must be written in Pascal language ONLY.

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 SECTION 1- THEORY
(60 MARKS)

1. (i) Primary storage can be RAM or ROM.

a. State TWO differences between RAM and ROM.

b. Give ONE function of RAM in a computer system.

c. Give ONE function of ROM in a computer system.

4 marks
(ii) Suggest suitable input devices for the following applications:

a. To mark multiple choice examinations

b. To measure and indicate change in atmospheric temperature
c. To convert a hardcopy text to a softcopy text
d. To process cheques at banks to prevent forging
4 marks
(iii) Suggest suitable output devices for the following applications:
a. To produce a soft copy output
b. To print a house plan on very large paper
2 marks
Total 10 Marks
2. (i) Convert 12710 into its 8-bit binary form. 2 marks
(ii) Represent 8110 in hexadecimal form. 2 marks
(iii) What is the Octal value of binary number 1011011? 2 marks
(iv) Using twos complement, perform the calculation 90-45. 2 marks
(v) What is the decimal value of twos complement number 10011110?
2 marks
Total 10 Marks

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3. (i) State the difference between :
(a) full duplex and half duplex
(b) web server and web browser
(c) FTP & HTTP
6 marks
(ii) Define the following terms as they relate to communications
technology:
(a) podcasting
(b) VOIP
(c) e-learning
(d) URL
4 marks
Total 10 Marks
4. (a) Give ONE reason to support the following statements:
(i) John tried to eavesdrop but he was only able to see coded
data.
(ii) Software restrictions are better than hardware restrictions.
(iii) A recent fire at the treasury made everything into ashes but
they were able to continue without starting back over.
(iv) This morning some of the files got bigger without adding
anything in to it.
4 marks
(b) List FOUR computer crimes. 4 marks
(c) State the difference between
(i) telecommuting and telemarketing
(ii) telemarketing and teleconferencing 2 marks
Total 10 Marks

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5. (i) State the difference between data and information. 2 marks
(ii) List TWO forms of information processing. 2 marks
(iii) State the difference between data validation and data verification.
2 marks
(iv) List FOUR methods of verification and validation of data. 4 marks
Total 10 Marks

6. (i) Explain ONE use of an expert system. 1 mark

(ii) State the difference between Computer Aided Design (CAD) and
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). 2 marks
(iii) Most organisations install CAD and CAM systems together. Why?
2 marks
(iv) State the difference between open source and proprietary software.
2 marks
(v) List THREE ways in which a computer can be useful to a teacher.
3 marks
Total 10 Marks

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 SECTION 2 PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
(15 MARKS)

7. (a) The following questions are on the word processing document given
below:

Problem Solving Using Algorithms

As you are aware, computers are problem solving devices. But in order to
solve any problem you have to give instructions, as computers do not solve
any problems by themselves. Computers follow your instructions, so the
instructions have to be finite, correct and unambiguous. But writing finite,
correct and unambiguous instructions is not that easy. Therefore, it would be
wise to break down any problem into its parts or steps.

(i) As you can see, the title of the document is in bold, italics and
centered. List TWO other formatting features applied to it.
2 marks
(ii) Suppose this document is formatted to two columns, and you
want to have the first paragraph in first column, and the second
paragraph in second column. List TWO steps in achieving this.
2 marks
(iii) What steps are needed to insert automatic page numbering into
this document? 1 mark
Total 5 Marks

(b) The following questions are based on spreadsheets.

(i) Define the terms:

(a) cell address
(b) range
(c) label
3 marks
(ii) List TWO formatting features that can be applied to numeric values
other than currency. 2 marks
Total 5 Marks

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 8. The following questions are based on database management. A prominent
clothes store uses a database named FASHION. The entity called Material
has the following data in it:

Material ID Material Colour In stock Price Available

Name (in yds)
PR001 Polyester Blue 235 $7.95 Yes
LN002 Linen Black 345 $8.95 Yes
CN003 Cotton Red 350 $3.75 No
SC004 Synthetic Green 300 $7.50 No
MD005 Mixed Yellow 200 $3.25 Yes

i. How many tuples are there in this entity? 1 mark

ii. How many attributes are there in this entity? 1 mark
iii. What is the data type of the available attributes? 1 mark
iii. Copy the template given below in your answer booklet to create a
query that will display the material name, colour, in stock (in yds) and
price of all the materials that are available where the price is more than
$7.
Field
Table
Sort
Show
Criteria
Or

2 marks

Total 5 Marks

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 SECTION 3 PROGRAMMING
(45 Marks)

9. (i) List the stages involved in computer based problem solving.

5 marks
(ii) Create an IPO diagram for the problem statement:
Get three numbers and display its product.
5 marks

Total 10 Marks

10. (i) State the difference between pseudocode and flowchart.

2 marks
(ii) Employees of Shopmart are paid a daily salary at an hourly rate of
$10. If they work more than 8 hours in a day, they will get double the
hourly rate of salary for the hours worked in excess of 8 hours. Write a
pseudocode that will accept the total hours worked in a day and print
the employees salaries.
6 marks
(iii) Draw a flowchart that will accept three unequal numbers and display
the largest among them. 7 marks
Total 15 Marks
11. (i) List THREE types of program errors. 3 marks
(ii) State the difference between testing and debugging. 2 marks
(iii) What is test data? 1 mark
(iv) List the sequence of steps involved in implementing a program.
4 marks
Total 10 Marks

12. (i) Using Pascal, write a program that will prompt the user to enter a
number and a character. If the character is S the program should
display the square of the number; if it is C it should display the cube
of the number; and if it is H it should display half of the number.
7 marks
(ii) Final marks for a certain examination are calculated by averaging the
three marks Paper I marks, Paper II marks and SBA marks. Write a
program in Pascal that will accept the name and marks of each paper
for 30 students in a class, and output the name and average mark for
each student.
8 marks
Total 15 Marks

TOTAL 120 MARKS

END OF TEST