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SUBJECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Paper 032

PROFICIENCY GENERAL

REGISTRATION NUMBER

SCHOOL/CENTRE NUMBER

NAME OF SCHOOL/CENTRE

CANDIDATE’S FULL NAME (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)

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DATE OF BIRTH D D M M Y Y Y Y
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SIGNATURE __________________________________________________

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FORM TP 2019017 JANUARY 2019

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 032 – General Proficiency

ALTERNATIVE TO SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT

1 hour 30 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. Code is to be written in Pascal.

5. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on
the original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of
this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

6. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly
in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant,
include the question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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Answer ALL questions.

1. WORD PROCESSING

Consider the following documents, A and B which were used to send invitations to a parent-
teachers meeting.

Document A

Document B

(a) State the name of

(i) Document A ............................................................................................................

(ii) Document B ............................................................................................................

(iii) The feature used to send the invitations to multiple persons. .................................

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(3 marks)

(b) Write appropriate field names in the first row of Document B. (3 marks)

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(c) List THREE formatting features in Document A.

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(3 marks)

(d) If invitations were to be sent to parents in St. Laurel ONLY, state the record number that
would be selected.

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(2 marks)

(e) Suggest TWO appropriate applications from which the data for Document B could have
been imported.

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(2 marks)

(f) Outline the purpose of using Document A.

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(2 marks)

(g) State the name of the sender of the invitation.

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(1 mark)

(h) Explain how a graphic located on a CD could be imported on Document A.

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(4 marks)
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2. SPREADSHEET

Consider the following spreadsheet which comprises data from a parent-teachers association.

A B C D E

Number of Number of Cost of

1 Activity Money Due
Tickets Printed Tickets Sold Ticket
2 Karaoke 150 150 10.00

3 Dinner 200 50 60.00

4 Pageant 300 100 30.00
5 Bingo 300 200 30.00
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(a) Select an appropriate cell in the spreadsheet above and write a function or formula for
EACH of the following questions:

(i) How many tickets were printed in all? (3 marks)

(ii) What is the average number of tickets sold? (3 marks)

(iii) How much money is due for the pageant? (3 marks)

(b) State the appropriate formatting feature for column C and column D.

Column Formatting Feature

D
(2 marks)

(c) The data in the spreadsheet should be sorted in ASCENDING order by the number of
tickets sold.

(i) Write the range of cells that would be used to perform the sort.

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(2 marks)

(ii) Which activity would be at the bottom of the list after the sort is performed?

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(1 mark)
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(d) A chart is to be created from the data in the spreadsheet to compare the number of tickets
printed to the number of tickets sold for each activity. In the space below, sketch a suitable
chart to represent the data. Label any axes and give the chart a title.

(6 marks)

Total 20 marks

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3. DATABASE

Consider the following database containing Table 1 and Table 2.

TABLE 1: ACTIVITY

Activity Activity
Event
Number Description
KA Karaoke January 21
DI Dinner April 28
PA Pageant May 1
BI Bingo August 3

TABLE 2: ALLOCATION

Allocation Activity Tickets Money
Parent
Number Number Taken Returned
1 BI A. Jones 50 1500
2 BI G. John 120 1500
3 BI J. Alisted 130 3000
4 DI A. Brown 75 550
5 DI E. Stars 50 450
6 DI J. Alisted 75 2000
7 KA A. Brown 50 100
8 KA E. Stars 50 500
9 KA G. Jones 50 900
10 PA A. Brown 100 900
11 PA E. Stars 50 700
12 PA G. John 100 1200
13 PA J. Alisted 50 200

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(a) Complete the table below which represents the structure of the ACTIVITY table.

Field Name Data Type

(3 marks)

(b) State

(i) the data type for the Tickets Taken field in the ALLOCATION table

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(1 mark)

(ii) the MOST appropriate field in the ACTIVITY and ALLOCATION tables that
can be considered primary keys

Table Field that can be

considered Primary Keys

ACTIVITY

ALLOCATION

(2 marks)

(iii) a field in the ACTIVITY table that is a candidate key

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(1 mark)

(iv) the name of the field used to join Table 1 and Table 2.

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(1 mark)

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(c) The result of a query of the data in a database is shown below.

(i) Complete the name of the field above.

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(1 mark)

(ii) What does the number 13 500 represent?

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(1 mark)

(iii) State the name of the table that was used in this query.

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(1 mark)

(d) Query 2 was created on the data in the database to count the number of parents who had
tickets. Complete the CountOfParent column below to show the full result of Query 2.

(4 marks)

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NOTHING HAS BEEN OMITTED.

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(e) The following report was created from the data in the database.

Summary of Allocations
Activity
Parent Tickets Taken Money Returned
Description
A. Jones
Bingo 50 1500
50

A. Brown
Dinner 75 550
Karaoke 50 100
Pageant 100 900
225

E. Stars
Dinner 50 450
Karaoke 50 500
Pageant 50 700
150

G. John
Bingo 120 1500
Karaoke 50 900
Pageant 100 1200
270

J. Alisted
Bingo 130 3000
Dinner 75 2000
Pageant 50 200
255

Grand Total 950

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State

(i) the field used to group the records in the report

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(1 mark)

(ii) the field used to sort the records in the report

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(1 mark)

(iii) ONE summary feature and its field used in the report

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(2 marks)

(iv) the title of the report.

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(1 mark)

Total 20 marks

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4. PROBLEM–SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING

Consider the following diagram where each symbol is numbered.

(a) Name the type of diagram represented above.

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(1 mark)

(b) State the number of a symbol that identifies EACH of the following:

(i) Input ........................................................................................................................

(ii) Process .....................................................................................................................

(iii) Output ......................................................................................................................

(iv) A condition ..............................................................................................................

(4 marks)

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(c) Complete the diagram on page 14 by writing Y or N in EACH of the four boxes near to
symbol number 3 and symbol number 4. (4 marks)

(d) Trace the sequence when EACH of the values in the following table is entered for ‘Day’.
Write the numbers of the symbols in the table below.

Day Sequence of Symbols Used

Sunday

Tuesday

(4 marks)

(e) For EACH item in the following table, write the number of a symbol and the corresponding
value or operator found in the diagram.

Item Symbol Value or Operator

A constant

A relational operator

An arithmetic operator
(6 marks)

(f) Rewrite the code in symbol number 5 as a Pascal statement.

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(4 marks)

(g) State the purpose of the code in symbol number 1.

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(1 mark)

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(h) Using Pascal, rewrite the code in the symbols numbered 4, 5 and 6 as an IF-THEN-ELSE
statement.

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(4 marks)

(i) The code in the diagram was converted to a program. Outline the specific purpose of the
program.

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(2 marks)

Total 30 marks

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 CANDIDATE’S RECEIPT

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE:

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TEST CODE: 0 1 2 2 9 0 3 2

SUBJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Paper 032

PROFICIENCY: GENERAL

REGISTRATION NUMBER:

FULL NAME: ________________________________________________________________

(BLOCK LETTERS)

Signature: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________

2. Ensure that this slip is detached by the Supervisor or Invigilator and given to you when you
hand in this booklet.

3. Keep it in a safe place until you have received your results.

INSTRUCTION TO SUPERVISOR/INVIGILATOR:

Sign the declaration below, detach this slip and hand it to the candidate as his/her receipt for this booklet
collected by you.

I hereby acknowledge receipt of the candidate’s booklet for the examination stated above.

Signature: _____________________________
Supervisor/Invigilator

Date: _________________________________