Name :_______________________________ PRE PSPM COMPUTER SCIENCE SUBJECT (SC015)

Tutorial:_______________________________
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PART A (55 marks)

1) Computer accomplish user's task by integrating hardware and software.

a) i) What is the model of the basic processes in a computer? (2m)
IPO model

ii) Explain the process involved in the model.

Input, Process, Output and Storage
(2m)
b) i) Mary has a 2 GB thumbdrive, she stored an image of 5 MB in the thumbdrive.
She plans to save her assignment which takes 200 KB per file. Calculate how
many files of the same size can be stored into the thumbdrive.
2gb = 2 x 1024 x 1024 so,
= 2 097 152kb - (5 x 1024) 2 092 032 / 200
= 2 097 152 - 5 120 = 10 460.16 files
= 2 092 032 kb = 10 460
(4m)
ii) Give TWO (2) reasons why computer using bits to represent data?
because computer is electronically device that only recognize electrical
state, which is 1(on) and 0 (off).

(2m)

2) a) i) Give the definition of the type of network and the owner of the network. (4m)

Type of network Metropolitan area network Personal area network

Widecollection of networks that links millions of businesses,
The Internet is a worldwide
Definition of the network
government agencies,consist
educational institutions,
of larger geograph- and individual.
computer network for
ical area such as country interconnecting devices centered on
an individual person's workspace
Owner
no owner personal / private

2) a) ii) Today, billions of home and business users around the world access a variety of services
on the Internet using computers and mobile devices. Define the Internet.
The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses,
government agencies, educational institutions, and individual.
(2m)
a) iii) List two services found in the Internet.
1) e-mail
2) social media
(2m)
3) instant messanging
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2) b) i) Mira Filjah intend to start an online business from home. What are 2 network equipments
requires for her to communicate with customers and vendors assuming that he had
subscribed to Telekom Malaysia Berhad as the ISP.
1) network interface card 4) router
2) digital modem 5) wireless access point (WAP)
3) switch
(2m)
ii) Give 2 advantages of using a networking for her to sustain his business.
increase sales marketing easy to make payment/transfer fund
as medium to make advertisement (4m)
iii) There are two (2) types of transmission media network. State and give description on both
transmission media network.
wired - using physical cable to transmit data
wireless - without physical cable to transmit data (2m)
iv) Answer the questions below:
i) Define a Network Architecture
the design/layout of computer, devices and media in a network.
(2m)
ii) Network architectures are always classified into two categories: clients/server and
peer-to-peer. Give the 2 roles of server on client/server network.
1) provide service to others client such as hardware and software
2) provide central security to each device connected on the network
(2m)

3) a) We use computer in our daily life, but it is also crucial to protect it from any lose, damage
and misuse. We do not want strangers reading our email without permission, using our
computer to attack other systems, sending forged e-mail from our computer or examining
personal information stored on our computer.
i) State the different between Computer Ethics and Netiquettes.
Computer Ethics - moral guideline that govern the use of computers and
information system.
Netiquettes - code of acceptable behaviours users should follow while on(2m) internet
ii) Describe the term Information Privacy.
refer to the right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection,
use and dissemination of information about them.
(2m)
iii) State two (2) examples of wrong or unethical use of computer that might bring bad
2) People who use effect to the environment.
computers never really print unnecessary large amounts of files, emails or things from the internet which
turn off the device 1)
wastes paper and harms trees. (2m)
which wastes electricity
iv)
that could have been Explain the importance of intellectual property right for a person such as a fashion
saved and reduce designer, a song composer or a novel writer.
the amount of burning 1) form an essential part of marketing, branding (2m)
of fossil
2) Ensuring the availability of the original products.
3) Provides incentive to the individual for new creations.
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4) Ensuring the material reward for intellectual property.
5) Providing due recognition to the creators and inventors.
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b)
(i)What is the given coding schemes stand for:
(4m)
Coding scheme Term stand for
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
EBCDIC
Extended binary coded decimal interchange code

(ii) Briefly describe the similarity of ASCII, EBCDIC and Unicode.

1) Patern of 0 and 1 combinations use to represent characters. (2m)
2) Used to translate real-world data into a form that computers can process
easily.
c) 1. Describe the logic gate based on the logic gate name given below.
(3m)
Logic Gate Name Description
NOR produce true output when all inputs are false
XNOR produce false output when the number of true input is odd
NAND produce false output when all inputs are true

4)a) The system development life cycle (SDLC) in systems engineering, information systems and
software engineering, is a process of creating or altering information systems, and the models
and methodologies that people use to develop these systems.
Below are the steps in System Development:

(X) (Z)

i) There are two (2) main activities in X. List one (1) of them. (1m)
1) conduct a preliminary investigation.
_______________________________________________________________
2) perform detailed analysis.

ii) The purpose of the Z phase is to provide ongoing assistance for an information system
and its users after the system is implemented. List one (1) major activity in this phase.
1) develop program 3) train users (1m)
2) install and test 4) convert to the new system
_______________________________________________________________

iii) Implementation phase involved train user activity. It shows to users exactly how they
will use the new hardware and software in the system. Give one (1) advantage of Web-
based training. (2m)
1) A learner can take the course at his convenience without any expense of time or cost
_______________________________________________________________
2) save organizations instructor costs, costs of arranging training and travel.
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iv) State two (2) conversion strategies user can use if they decide to convert to new system.
1) direct conversion 4) pilot conversion (2m)
_______________________________________________________________
2) parallel conversion
_______________________________________________________________
3) phase conversion

4)b) Programming paradigm is a general framework or model for designing and organizing program,
which is categorized according to the approach used to solve problem.
i) List one (1) programming paradigm that you know. (1m)
1) procedural 3) logic
___________________________________________________________________
2) object oriented
ii) Identify the suitable translator used by these programming language. (1m)
interpreter or compiler

PART B (55 marks)

1) Information processing cycle is a sequence of events in a information system. Identify TWO (2)
activities involved in each event for the Auto Pay Parking Machine.
(4m)
a) Steps Activities
Input 1) The machine accept data from parking ticket that inserted by driver.
2) The machine accept amount of money that inserted by driver.

Process 1) The machine calculate total payment

2) The machine calculate and determine the money inserted is sufficient
or not.
Output 1) The machine display message total amount
2) The machine dispense the parking ticket

Storage 1) The machine keep start time entry until check out parking.
2) The machine store date and day

b) Encik Amirul is having his dinner with his family at KFC restaurant. He ordered one set of
Combo A, RM 10102 one set of Combo C, RM 100012 and 2 set of Happy Meals for the kids RM
10012. He paid with a piece of RM 6416 note, how much was the balance to be returned to
Encik Amirul (in hexadecimal) ?
using calculator :
combo A = 10 RM64 base 16 = 100 base 10
combo B = 17 so, RM 100 - RM 45
combo C = 9 x 2 set = RM 55 base 10
= 18 (4 m)
covert to hexadecimal,
Total = 45 base 10 = RM 37 base 16

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2) a)i) Based on the area of coverage, determine the type of network and its advantage.
(4 m)

Area of coverage Type of network Advantage

The school
Local Area 1) cost of set up is low
Network 2) expensive hardware can be example printer, scanner

The world
Wide Area 1) share informations/files over larger area
Network 2) message can be sent very quickly to anyone else
on the network

2) b)i) Write advantages and disadvantages of the Internet.

(2 m)

Advantages 1) can let a person to communicate with people of the world through the social
media.
2) students and lecturer can communicate each other through WhatsApp.
Disadvantages 1) some students will spend too much of time through the internet, are likely to
neglect to their study.
2) Computer viruses may easily spread in computer networks and virus can
spread itself electronically

2) b)ii) Give a reason why a company uses Intranet or Extranet.

Give one (1) advantage and disadvantage of Intranet and Extranet. (4 m)

Intranet Extranet

Advantages 1) Security from outside users
2) Quick access to information
3) Increase in productivity
Disadvantages
1) Security issues from Unauthorized
access.
2) Less face to face communication
3) High Cost of training (time,
manpower, budget)
1) Work is done quickly as compared to past
manual systems.
2) Information can be modified, updated and
changed immediately on an extranet
1) costly to apply and maintain within an
organization.
2) lack of face to face meeting between employees,
clients and organization

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3)a) The following dialogue was captured over a WhatsApp.

Men1 : U! COPY THE FILE .

Men2 : I had sent them to 20 people and they can send to 20 others.
Men1: GOOD!!!!! MANY people WILL KNOW.

i) Identify two (2) netiquette rule that had not been applied in the conversation.
1) be polite
2) use an appropriate language
3) cannot use capital letter (2 m)
ii) Respecting the privacy of other people is one of the rule need to be respected. List
two (2) elements of privacy related here.
1) personal detail (identity card)
2) pay salary
3) phone number
4) credit card/debit number/password (2 m)
iii) Why is it easier to show your feeling in a social media conversation?
it is easier by using emoji and emoticon to epress emotion/feeling because it use as
a short hand code in communication instead of text.
(2 m)

b) ASCII represents 8 bits per character whereas Unicode represents double of bits in ASCII per
character.
i) Calculate number of characters can be represented for 25MB in Unicode scheme?
so, in Unicode
MB ---> Byte = 25 x 1024 = 25 600 / 2 (2 m)
= 25 600 byte = 12 800 characters
ii) Based on the statement given in question 3, state one (1) advantage and one (1)
disadvantage of Unicode.
(4 m)

Advantage Disadvantage
can represent 65 536 characters, more used large memory to store data /
characters can represent for all the information
world’s written languages

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c) There are 2 balls in a box with two different colors (red and blue). Three children (C1, C2, and
C3) will be asking to take one ball from the box and the color of ball taken will be recorded in
a worksheet. The children will win this game if:

If the number of blue balls taken from the box is odd

OR
Both ball taken by C1 and C2 are blue
C3
For either situation above, ball taken by C1 must be red

i) Draw the logic circuit to represent the win situation given in the statement above.

(4m)
ii) Write Boolean expression the above question
((C1 XOR C2 XORC3) + (C1 AND C2) ) . (NOT C1)
(1m)
iii) How many possibilities to win the game.

(2m)

3) d) Computer communication is a process in which two or more computers or devices transfer

data, instruction and information.

Name transmission media for the following scenarios: (4m)

i) A cable is used for connecting TV decoder to antenna receiver.

coaxial cable
____________________
ii) A cable is used to connecting personal computer to modem.
twisted pair cable
___________________
iii) A cable is used for transmitting data over longer distances at high bandwidth
where bits are transmitted as pulse of light.
fiber optic cable
_____________________
iv) A file being transferred from smartphone to a nearby device without physical
media.
bluetooth / infrared / wifi
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e) Draw a network containing 4 computers, 1 printer, 1 server and a switch. Proper use of
network equipment and labeling is required

(3m)
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f) Aidil sets up a Small Office Home Office (SOHO) company. He intends to establish a network.
Suggest which network architecture he should choose. Justify your answer.
Peer-to-peer network because SOHO company is commonly use fewer than
10 devices connected together on network. (3m)

4)a) Identify the step of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) based on the given activity.
(5m)

Steps in SDLC

The project team develop system using

design
propose software.
Ms. Diana and the project team monitor the
performance of new system. maintenance
Mr. Adam review and prioritize the project
request from the management. planning
The programmer team tests the functionality
implementation
of an entire system.
Sketching the idea using storyboard to view
analysis
flow of system.

4)b) A programming language is a computer language engineered to create a standard form of commands. These
commands can be interpreted into a code understood by a machine. Programs are created through
programming languages to control the behavior and output of a machine through accurate algorithms,
similar to the human communication process.
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24815/programming-language
i) Give one (1) type of programming language. (1m)
1) low level language
2) high level language
ii) What is meant by the bold sentence; “These commands can be interpreted into a code
understood by a machine.’’ in the above statement.
this is refer to this type programming langguage used interpreter as translator (2m)
to translate high level language into machine code. Interpreter converts one statement /
instruction at a time (line-by-line) and immediately execute that code.
Continues translating the program until the first error is met, in which case it stops. Hence
locating error is easy.