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SECTION 1 60 marks Question 1 (a) Name the term that describes the following area where data is stored on a secondary device: (i) (ii) (iii) (b) Data is recorded in concentric rings where each one has a number (1 mark) Each side is subdivided into wedge-shaped slices A set of hard metal disks mounted on the same spindle (1 mark) (1 mark)

A secondary storage device has two disk surfaces. (i) (ii) Calculate the total storage space on the diskette in Mb if there are 80 tracks on its surface, with 18 sectors per track, and byte per sector (3 marks) Identify this storage device (1 mark)

(b)

Describe a different but appropriate input or output device for EACH of the following users: (i) a young child in a primary school (1 mark) (ii) (iii) a blind person a graphic artist (1 mark) (1 mark) Total 10 marks

Question 2 A computer was purchased with the following specifications. A B C D E F Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 20" HD Widescreen 16X DVD+/-RW Drive 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz 500GB Serial ATA

(a)

Write the appropriate letter that corresponds to the description of hardware above: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Operating system Main memory Optical storage Secondary storage (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark)

(b)

State: (i) the size of the monitor (ii) (iii) (iv) State the processor speed of the computer the type of hard drive interface the meaning of RW associated line D

(c)

Describe TWO other peripheral devices that are necessary for this computer system (2 marks) Total 10 marks

Question 3 The following files were found on a SCHOOL diskette in the A drive: History.doc IT_SBA.xls (a) History_SBA.doc IT_SBA.mdb Columbus.tif Spanish_SBA.doc (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (2 marks) (2 marks)

State the names of general application programs that are associated with: (i) .doc (ii) .xls (iii) .mdb (iv) .tif State the path required to locate the History.doc file Explain, with reasons, how many folders you would create

(b) (c) (d)

An SBA folder was created within the SCHOOL folder. State how many files would be remain in the SCHOOL folder if: (i) all IT_SBA files were copied into this SBA folder (1 mark) (ii) all IT_SBA files were moved into this SBA folder (1 mark) Total 10 marks

Question 4 Employees at a security firm have been issued with cellular telephones. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) List TWO advantages of these phones for the company Give TWO disadvantages of having these phones employees List TWO IT basic skills the operator of the computer must have authorized personnel have access to use these cellular phones (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks)

Give TWO examples of features on the phone that would be useful to the

Name and describe one physical access method which would ensure that only

Total 10 marks

Question 5 Explain the difference between the following pairs of terms: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Multi-user and multi-tasking Compact-Disk and Digital Versatile Disk Local-area network and Wide-area network Telecommuting and telemarketing Computer operator and data entry operator (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) Total 10 marks

Question 6 Consider the following list of primary keys: List1: 55, 34, 45, 39, 51, 48, 59 List2: 34, 39, 45, 48, 51, 55, 59 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Explain the difference between serial and sequential order State which of the lists in part (a) is ordered serially or sequentially Re-write the two lists showing the result after inserting key 40 slower or the same to complete the task (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) Total 10 marks

The key 51 needs to be deleted. For each list, explain if List1 or List2 would be faster For each list, explain if access would be faster slower or the same to reach key 40

SECTION 2 15 marks Question 7 A database contains data on motor vehicle accidents involving the driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist or other factors in recent years. He wants to extract some information based on the following tables: Table: CATEGORY Type DR PA PE CY OT Name
Driver Passenger Pedestrian Cyclist Other

ACCNO 101 121 124 127 131 135 139 143 152 157 (a) (b) (c) (c)

Table: ACCIDENTS CNAME Type Hospitalized Jones, A. DR Y James, P. DR Y Hunte, E. DR N Gill, A. PA Y Maughan, F. DR N Jack, R. PE N Smith, A. CY N Brooks, K. CY Y Lashley, M. DR N Dash, G. PA Y

INSURANCE BIC MITUAL SEGIDOR MITUAL SEGIDOR BIC BIC SEGIDOR MITUAL MITUAL (1 mark) (1 mark) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) Total 8 marks

State the most appropriate data type for the Hospitalized field State the name of a primary key in the ACCIDENTS State the fields in EACH Table that would be used to link the two tables Write queries to produce: (i) all drivers who were hospitalized (ii) all cyclists who were not insured with BIC

Question 8 The Director of Highway Safety wants to analyze the trend in motor vehicle accidents involving the driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist or other factors. Answer the following questions based on the spreadsheet.
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Country A B C D E F G H I B Driver 697 68 512 439 1959 411 223 65 22 C D E Traffic Accidents in 2009 Passenger 228 23 350 170 987 180 67 33 7 Pedestrian 62 10 130 38 670 80 48 22 18 Cyclist 8 4 26 5 110 8 3 3 1 F Other 1 1 18 0 27 2 0 0 0 G X 56534 4613 49216 29167 306649 41771 30756 8240 3498 H Total I FR

Country # of Cyclists

Write formulas or functions to calculate: (a) the total number of vehicle accidents for country A (b) the Fatality Rate (FR) for country A, which is determined by: Fatality rate = total accidents / (X / 100) (c) The average Fatality Rate for countries A to I (d) The number of countries in the spreadsheet (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark)

(e) Suppose the range A3 to G11 was named as TRAFFIC. If a country letter is written in cell D14, write a formula using Vlookup to produce the corresponding number of cyclists in accidents. (3 marks) Total 7 marks

SECTION 3 45 marks Question 9 (a) (b) (c) State two values that can represent boolean values Create a truth table for the Boolean expression (A OR B) AND (NOT B) Give an example EACH to illustrate a(n): (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) conditional statement loop input statement real number (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark) Total 10 marks Question 10 The following data represents a list showing the number of employees that have cars: 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 999 (a) Write a program fragment using Pascal to read in up to 20 integers, where 999 represents the end of the data. Use an array named LIST in your code, and assuming that the array and all variables are already initialized. Print: (i) (ii) the number of employees with no car the total number of employees Total 15 marks (1 mark) (5 marks)

Question 11 (a) Write the result of the following algorithm. Start = 1 Finish = 5 For number = start to finish do If (number / 2) 0 Then Output number (b) (c) Explain what the symbol means Explain the purpose of the algorithm

(3 marks) (1 mark) (1 mark) Total 5 marks

Question 12 Convert the algorithm in question 12 to a program using Pascal. Output each number on a separate line. Total 15 marks

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