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    ‘vest cope 01329010 FORM 2005011 JANUARY 2005 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PAPER 01 ~ Technical Proficiency ‘THEORY Tis hours 12 JANUARY 2005 (p.m) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES This paper has THREE sections and a total of FIFTEEN questions. Candidates MUST answer ALL questions in all THREE sections. 2. Number EACH answer correctly inthe answer booklet. | You may write Basie or Pascal (or any other language) code in those ‘questions requiring pseudocodelalgorithms. Copyright © 2004 Caribbean Examinations Couneit ‘All rights reserved (01329010/5ANUARY/P 2005 SECTION ARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ~ 30 marks Answer ALL questions. 1. State the hardware component that pecforms EACH ofthe following functions (@) Fetches, decodes and executes instructions mark) (©) Performs calculations and/or comparisons (mark) (©) Holds the data and programs that are curently being used by the CPU (1 mark) Total 3 marks 2. BRIEFLY explain EACH of the following terms as they relate to memory and data storage: (©) Memory address mark) () Access time mark) (© Backing up mark) ® EPROM (mark) © Word mark) ‘Total S marks 3 (@) Optical disks are commonly used as « medium forthe distribution of software. Give ‘TWO reatons for their popularity. (marks) (©) You have acomputce with 128 MB of RAM, Give ONE reason why you would want increase you computer's RAM to 256 MB. (mark) ‘Total 3 marks 4. State the MOST appropriate data capture method for EACH ofthe following, situations: (@) Marking multiple-choice examination answer papers (1 mark) (©) Transfering a whole page of « document into your word processing package without the need 1 pe it (lmark) (© Reading of data on bank cheques (mark) @ Accepting voice instructions (mark) ‘Total 4 marks. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 013290100ANUARY/F 2005, 5. You are interested in buying a laser printer to be used with your computer. BRIEFLY explain \why its important to consider EACH of the following: (3) Princ interface (USB or LPT) (mark) (@) Page per minutes (PPM) mark) © Costof toner (mark) ‘Tota’3 marks 6. Compute the following (@) The eighbit binary ropresentation ofthe decimal number 15. mark) ©) Te senate repentant inl manber NEGATIVE. (©) The result of 55 ~ 25, wing eight-it two's complement representation. Expres your answer as an cight-it binary number (mark) (©) Tie dso euen forthe binay coded dein mane 0001011, ‘Total 4 marks 7. (a) Describe the difference between applicitions software and systems software, giving ONE. example of EACH. ‘@ marks) (©) State TWO differences between a command-line interface anda graphical user interface. ‘@ marks) (©) Using ether the DOS opersting system othe Windows operating system, BRIEFLY explain how you would do EACH ofthe following tasks (© Copy a named file from one diskete to another diskette mark) (i) Protect file from being deleted accidentally (mark) (© You played a music CD on your computer bat no sound came out from the speakers. Give ONE likely eason for this problem, and explain what must be done to remedy it (@ marks) otal 8 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (01329010 ANUARY/F 2005, nL. SECTION IL APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS - 30 marks Answer ALL questions. {A private secondary school has installed a computer in each classroom. @ ® © State TWO uses of the computer in the classroom. (marks) State TWO devices that could be attached fo the computer and indicate what they are sed for @ marks) Describe TWO measures which shouldbe taken to protect confidential data inthe computer against deliberate theft or corruption. @ marks) ‘Total 6 marks Explain the difference between the following pairs of terms: ) © © @ © © “Wel page and “web browser marks) “Internet Relay Chat? IRC) and “Tene marks) “plestroni mai and “newsgroup (marks) “Total 6 marks Whats an intranet’? mark) Sie TWO advantages toa company for sting up an intranet. @ mari) [BRIEFLY explain th term ‘e-commerce’. How can the ereation of « website enable an organisation to participate in e-commerce? marks) "Total 6 marks “The illegal se of computer systems is sometimes known as computer-related crimes. @ © Give TWO examples of computer-related crimes. marks) (Outline TWO steps that can be taken to help prevent computer-related crimes, (marks) ‘Total 4 marks GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE, (01329010FANUARYIF 2005 5 12 (@) You ae a frequent user ofthe Internet. (List TWO ways your computer could be infected by @ virus. (marks) Gi) State TWO measures for protecting your computer against viruses. (2 marks) (©) State TWO functions of « programmer and TWO functions of a systems analyst in the software development department of an organisation, (marks) ‘Total 8 marks SECTION I PROGRAMMING - 30 marks Answer ALL questions. 13. (@)__ State ONE similarity and ONE difference between an interpreter and a compile (marks) (©) What isthe function ofan assembler? (mark ) (© Give TWO techniques or mechanisms for specifying computer algorithms. (2 marks) (4 Whatis the diterence in the execution ofthe wo lines of code writen below? + Ex <6 print “hello”: + Wx 2=6 print “helo marks) ‘otal 7 marks 14. (a) The following program segment, to calculate the average of two numbers, contains FOUR errors. Waite the line number and the comrected line of code, sradel, grade2: integer; average: char, average = (grade! + grade2V5i read (‘The average ofthe grade i, average): (4-marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (013260100 ANUARY/F 2005 15. o “6 ‘agel has value 17 and age2 has value 24, write the answer tothe following statements, ‘8 either TRUE or FALSE: @ gel >16) (1 mark ) Gi) aged 16) && (ge?

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