SIGNAL HILL SECONDARY COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 – 2010 TERM I

COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIT 2

NAME: __________________________________________________________

FORM: ________________

TEACHER: MS. M. CHARLES

TIME: 2 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
2. All answers to Sections I & II are to be written on this examination paper. Additional
paper will be provided.
3. This examination consists of TWO (2) sections:

SECTION 1 : Multiple Choice - 25 marks

SECTION 3 : Programming - 75 marks

SECTION I (25 Marks)

 Circle the most suitable answer (letter) for the following
b) Formal Transformation
1) Which of the two are properties of a Model
well Engineered Software? c) The Fountain Approach
I. Manageability d) The Evolutionary Model
II. Recoverability
III. Dependability
IV. Efficiency

a) l and ll only
5) It is the job of this Device to decide
b) I and lll only
which process deserves to be run
c) lll and lV only
before the other. Which of the
d) lll and ll only
following is it?
a) The Process Control Block
2) Which of the following statements
b) The Program Counter
are correct about Data Flow
c) The Scheduler
Diagrams?
d) Processor
a) No process can have only
outputs
6) A process can be termed as in the
b) External Entities can access
blocked state when?
Data Stores Directly
a) An interrupt occurs
c) Data can move directly from
b) The processor is busy
one data store to another
c) A process has completed its
d) Processes can have more than
instruction
one outgoing and incoming
d) All the necessary resources
data flow
for the process to be carried
out are not available
3) What is the Most important Stage of
the System Development Life
7) Which of the following is an
Cyle?
Example of a Preemptive
a) Maintenance
Scheduling Algorithm?
b) Analysis
a) Shortest job First
c) The Feasibility Study
b) Round Robin
d) Design
c) First come First Serve
d) Shortest remaining time first
4) Which of the following models of
System Development Life Cycles
8) This acts as intermediate memory
utilizes this approach to software
storage on a disk drive when
development?
sufficient physical RAM is not
a) The Waterfall Model
available. This is?

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 a) ROM
b) Buffer
c) Virtual Memory
d) Hard Disks
9) After the coding stage of the system
development Life Cycle it is
necessary to test the program    
    
against user requirements to make     
sure that the product meets the     
needs of the user. Which of the          
following are types of Testing is
characterized by considering the
program specifications, selecting
valid and invalid input then
determining the correct output?
a) Black box
b) Unit Tests
c) Alpha Testing
d) Beta Testing
10) Which of these can be classified as
conditions necessary for deadlock?
a) Only one process using a
resource at a time
b) A process holding allocated
resources while awaiting
assignment of other
resources.
c) The occurrence of an
interrupt
d) A process being in the ready
state for a long period of time
11) From the list below please select the
device that is used to amplify or
regenerate digital signals received
while setting them from one part of a
network into another.
a)     Hub
b)    Repeater
c)     Router
d)    Gate way
12) The Operating system interconnection
model has seven layers.Select the
correct answer that lists them in order
i. Application layer
ii. Transport layer
            iii.            Data link layer
             iv.            Session Layer
            v.            Network Layer
           vi.            Presentation layer
          vii.            Physical layer
a)     i, ii,v,iii,vii,vi,iv
b)    iii ,i,ii,iv,vi,vii,v
c)     i,vi,iv,ii,v,iii,vii
d)    i,vi,iv,ii,iii,v,vii
13) Each layer of the Operating System
Interconnection uses various devices,
what device is NOT used in the Data
link layer.
  a) Switchs
  b) Hubs
  c) NIC
d) Bridges
14) When thinking about installing a well
engineered soft ware what are the
qualities that must be examined
before accepting it.
         a) Maintainability, Efficiency,
Usability
         b) Recoverability, Portability, User
guidance
      c) Maintainability, Dependability,
User Familiarity
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         d) Communication, Minimal surprise,
Consistency
 
15) Which transmission media is Best
suited for transfer of large volumes of
data over continents.
         a) Fiber optic cables
         b) Microwave
         c) Coaxial  Cable
         d) Satellite
 
16) Item 16 refers to the following
statements   
  
I.   Smaller computer systems
  
communicates with one another
  
through the host.
II.   A signal is broadcast to all the
nodes but only the destination
node responds to the signal.
III.  A disadvantage of this topology is,
if connection is broken, the entire
network stops working.
 
To which network topologies does
each of the above statements refer?
a) I- STAR     II- RING   III- BUS
b) I-RING      II- STAR   III-BUS
c) I-RING      II- BUS     III-
STAR
d) I-STAR      II-BUS      III-RING
17) There are several process states,
which of the following are all the
possible states.
    a) Terminated, waiting, running
    b)  new, running, terminated
    c) new, running, waiting, ready,
terminated
    d)running, blocked, terminated
18) Which of the following is TRUE of the
waterfall approach to the software
development process?
    I Cascades from one phase of the
process to another
  II The following stage should not start
before the previous has finished
  III The following stages start before
the previous stage has finished
IV The project is partitioned into
distinct stages before the phases
begin
  V This approach caters to
changing user requirements.
 
           a) I, II AND IV ONLY
           b) I, II AND V ONLY
           c) III, I AND V ONLY
           d) III, IV AND V ONLY
19) When creating a network there are a
few things that must be taken into
consideration.
          a) Speed, flexible access, Cost      
         b) Bandwidth, cable routes, Electrical
interface
         c) Maintainability, availability,
Usability
         d) User guidance, Communication,
User diversity
20) In the SDLC there are different types
of tools used in the Development
stage and these tools are.
a)     Microsoft word, C++
b)    Project, Auto CAD, MsVisio
c)     JAVA, MS Visual Basic 6.0
d)    Oracle Designer and
developer,InterDev, C
 
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21) 10. Which of the following sequences 
of terms are the MOST related to each
other.
a) Coaxial cables, electronic
pulses, strands of glass
b) Fiber optic cable, light pulses,
LAN
c) Twisted pair cable, conventional
telephone
d) Twisted pair cable, fast and
noise resistant, voice and data
transmission. 
 
22) Accessing a website  via a web
server is an example of which type
network   Configuration. 
       a) Peer-to-Peer
       b) Client-server
       c) Peer-to-server
       d) Server-to-server
 
23) What is the name of the device that
uses the half duplex method of
transmission.
          a) Telephone
          b)Radio
          c) Walkie Talkie
          d)Telephone
  
24) The software process modified by its
approach of refining an initial based on
customer input is the.
  a) waterfall approach
  b) evolutionary development
  c) formal transformation
e) reuse-oriented approach

25) Which of the following graphical

representation is used to represent
the relationships that exist between
entities and their attributes:
a) Gantt Chart
b) Context Diagram
c) Structure Chart
d) Entity Relationship Diagram