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ITEST CODEMAY/JUNE 2014
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION®
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY- UNIT 1

Paper 01
1 hour 30 minutes

( 09 JUNE 2014 (p.m.))

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 45 items. You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
3. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are
items in this test.
4. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
5. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item

Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose software tools?

Sample Answer
(A) Word processor and accounting software
(B)
(C)
Spreadsheet and database software
Insurance processing and spreadsheet software
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(D) Student record system and database software

The best answer to this item is "spreadsheet and database software", so answer space (B)
has been shaded.

6. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
7. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to the item later. Your
score will be the total number of correct answers.
8. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
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1. Data verification suggests that 5. Which of the following can be classified

as information?
(A) data has been checked after it has
been keyed in and there are no I. Fingerprints from a crime scene
errors II. A signal generated by pressing a
(B) there are no errors in a program key on the keyboard
after it has been completed III. The mathematical sign n
(C) there are no logical errors in an IV. Ages of students plotted on a graph
algorithm
(D) all the data entered is realistic (A) I and II only
(B) I and lil only
(C) II and IV only
2. The plus sign used in a search engine is (D) Ill and IV only
usually referred to as

(A) an addition operator 6. Joanne is browsing the web looking for

(B) an inclusion operator information to complete a research project.
(C) an exclusion operator Which of the following is the MOST
(D) a general operator appropriate source of information for her?

(A) Blogs
3. The type of information required for the day- (B) Wikis
to-day running of an organization is called (C) Online journals
(D) Chatrooms
(A) informal
(B) strategic
(C) operational 7. Information which has all of the data that
(D) tactical a user needs to make a decision represents
which characteristic of information?

4. The amount of data, instructions and (A) Accuracy

information that can travel over a (B) Reliability
communications channel is called the (C) Relevance
(D) Completeness
(A) media
(B) bandwidth
(C) modulation 8. Which of the following modes of channel
(D) transmission operation is incorrectly matched?

(A) Simplex : Radio

(B) Simplex : Television
(C) Full Duplex : Telephone
(D) Full Duplex : Walkie-Talkie

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9. Jenny has been asked to write a research 13. The CEO of Adam 's Inc., a manufacturing
paper on an emerging technology. The company, requested all of the charts
paper must include diagrams and photos showing the company's profit and loss for
to illustrate the technology. The tool that the past three years. He intends to use the
is MOST appropriate for Jenny to use is information in the next annual staff meeting.
What type of information is he using?
(A) presentation software
(B) word processing software (A) Strategic
(C) a graphics package (B) Operational
(D) spreadsheet software (C) Tactical
(D) Formal

10. Which ofthe fo Ilowing are disadvantages of

using a website as an information source? 14. Gina, a marketing manager, lives in Jamaica
and has recently been offered a contract with
I. Information may not be current. a firm in India. The firm has indicated that
II . Information may not be reliable or she will work from home and communicate
accurate. with the office in India using the Internet
III. Information may be interpreted and telephone.
incorrectly or inappropriately.
IV. Contact with the author is not Which of the following terms BEST
possible. describes this arrangement?

(A) I and II only (A) Teleworking

(B) I, II and III only (B) Telecommunicating
(C) II , III and IV only (C) Telecommuting
(D) I, II , III and IV (D) Telemarketing

11. Which of the following groups contains

ONLY software access control mechanisms?

(A) Biometrics , encryptions ,

installation keys
(B) Firewalls , installation keys ,
surveillance cameras
(C) Firewalls, passwords, security
guards
(D) Passwords, encryptions, installation
keys

12. The transmission mode used In

teleconferencing is

(A) simplex
(B) multiplex
(C) half-duplex •
(D) full-duplex

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15. Which of the following sketches illustrates the function of a modem where devices labelled X are
modems and devices labelled Yare computers?

Digital
Data
(A)
(CO>O X 'I ~ a
Digital Analogue rEtal
Data Data ta
(B)
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Digital Digital Analogue
Data Data Data
(C)
rCO>O x) ~ a
Analogue Digital Analogue
Data Data Data
(D)

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Item 16 refers to the following website 17. A company is in the process of switching to a
address: new system and has been advised to run both
the old and new systems together. Which
http://www.shoutout.org/careers/index. of the following terms BEST describes this
html method?

16. The term 'http' is known as the (A) Direct

(B) Pilot
(A) path (C) Phased
(B) page name (D) Parallel
(C) protocol
(D) domain name
18. A scanner is used to read printed matter and
convert it into

(A) text
(B) graphic content
(C) human readable format
(D) computer readable formru

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Item 19 refers to the following diagram. 23. The components of an information

technology system are

7 (A)

(B)
hardware, software, network and
users
hardware, input devices, users and

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software
(C) hardware, software, users and

D (D)
output devices
input devices, output devices,
software and network
19. Which network topology does the diagram
above represent?
Item 24 refers to the following information.
(A) Ring
(B) Bus < html >
(C) Star <head>
(D) Peer < title > My first Web Page < I title>
<I head>
<body>
20. An executive information system ts < h 1 align = "centre"> Welcome All <I h 1
designed to support >
<I body>
(A) specific accounts tasks <I html >
(B) strategic planning functions
(C) historical consolidation
(D) operational activities 24. Which of the following will be displayed
in the MAIN part of the webpage?

21. The manager of RCB Incorporated wishes (A) My first Web Page
to implement a new system within the (B) Welcome All
organization. The developers designed a (C) My first Web Page Welcome All
working model ofthe proposed system, so (D) Welcome All My first Web Page
that the manager could see the progress.
This process is called
25. A local area network, with a central hub,
(A) prototyping has been established such that the failure of
(B) incremental design a link to one node does not affect the rest
(C) object-oriented design of the network. The configuration of this
(D) rapid application development network is referred to as a
.p.

(A) bus
22. The top-level data flow diagram is called (B) ring
the (C) star
(D) hybrid
(A) data diagram
(B) context diagram
(C) data store diagram
(D) data process diagram

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26. Quality First is a software engineering 29. The following table shows a list of
company that is well known for developing transmission media. Each media type has
superior products. One of its custom~rs been classified as wired or wireless. Which
is expanding and requested Quality First transmission medium is NOT classified
to make changes to a package that was correctly?
developed three years ago and had worked
well for the customers' prev ious needs. The Transmission Wired Wireless
senior programmer assigned to the project Medium
should start his assessment of the current
(A) Microwave YES
system by first
(B) Coaxial YES
(A) reviewing the documentation (C) Fibre Optic YES
(B) asking the end users about the _Q?) Radiowave YES
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design features of the system

(C) calling the former programmer to
ask about the system 30. Gita will be developing an interface for
(D) learning the programming language users who are not technology 'savvy'. The
Visual Basic software for which the interface is to be
built is quite powerful with more than 200
features. The MOST appropriate term for
27. Which of the following statements the user interface would be
describe a graphical user interface (GUI)?
(A) menu
I. Easy to use when communicating (B) command line
with the computer (C) graphical
II. Allows the use of menus, icons and (D) form
pointers
III. More attractive than the other
interfaces 31. Which of the following programming
languages is MOST appropriate for
(A) I and II only implementing a solution to problems using
(B) l and III only a step-by-step algorithm?
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III (A) Object-oriented
(B) Procedural
(C) Declarative
28. Which of the following terms refers to a (D) Imperative
set of communication rules used by every
computer that connects to the Internet?
32. Review is a stage in problem-solving that
(A) FTP
(B) URL (A) involves defining a problem
(C) HTML (B) focuses on collecting data from
(D) TCP/IP users
(C) involves finding the cost of
implementing the system
(D) examines the system to see if any
changes are required

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33. Which of the following are ways of 36. Which of the following are advantages
representing algorithms? of using a flowchart over pseudocode for
representing algorithms?
I. Narrative
II. Pseudocode I. Use of visual aids
III. Flowcharts II. Availability of a standard set of
IV. Entity Relationship Diagram elements
r III. Use of loops for repetition
\ (A)
(B)
l, II and III only
I, II and IV only
IV. Use of sequenced instruction

(C) II and III only (A) I only

(D) II, III and IV only (B) I and II only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) I, II and IV only
34. Which of the following symbols is used in
a flowchart when an input or output is to
be executed? 37. Which of the following programming
languages are BEST suited for writing
(A) Square instructions for the lowest level of computer
(B) Diamond hardware?
(C) Parallelogram
(D) Circle (A) Machine and Assembly
(B) Assembly and High Level
(C) Machine and High Level
35. Which of the following symbols is used to (D) Machine, Assembly and High
store data or information in a DFD? Level

(A)
I I
(B) .....__I_ _ _
L...-..1

(C)

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(D)

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Item 38 refers to the following algorithm . 41. A restaurant owner needs to submit his tax
payments to the Inland Revenue Office.
DECLARE A, B He needs to determine his monthly tax
READ A, B payment. Which of the following pieces of
A=A * 2 information can be categorized as essential
B=B*B for solving this problem?
B=B*2
A=B+A (A) The income and expenses of the
IF (A< B) THEN restaurant and the tax rate
PRINT A* B (B) The income and expenses for the
PRINT B/A restaurant and the address of the
ELSE Inland Revenue Office
PRINT A+ B (C) The name, address and contact
PRINTA-B number of the restaurant and the
END IF tax rate
(D) The tax rate, the income of the
restaurant and the address of the
38. Which of the following will be printed by Inland Revenue Office
the algorithm if A= 2 and B = 3?

(A) 16,4 42 . Susan was asked by her manager to

(B) 16,1 write a computer program that calculates
(C) 40,4 monthly contributions from employees in
(D) 40,1 her department to a charity. Which of the
following represents the correct order of
stages Susan should follow to develop this
39. Which of the following pieces of program?
information is NOT required at the design
phase of program development? (A) Analysis, Coding, Design, Debug,
Test
(A) Users of the system (B) Design, Analysis, Test, Debug,
(B) Data in the system Coding
(C) Programming language to be used (C) Design, Analysis, Coding, Test,
(D) How users interact in the system Debug
(D) Analysis, Design, Coding, Test,
Debug
40. After issuing questionnaires to the
employees in an organization, the systems
analyst needed clarification on some of the
responses given, before moving on to the
next stage of the problem-solving process.
Which of the following methods would be
the MOST appropriate in this situation?

(A) Interview
(B) Research
(C) Review documents
(D) Observation

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Item 43 refers to the algorithm below. 44. A, B and C are logical expressions. -
(A ORB AND C) evaluates to true, \Vhi
FOR NUM = 0 TO 9 of the following statements is NOT true?
INPUT A
IF (A>O) (A) A is false, 8 is false, C is true
COUNT= COUNT+ 1 (B) A is false, 8 is true, C is true
.,. (C) A is true, 8 is true, C is true
END FOR
(D) A is true, 8 is false, C is true

43. Which of the following statements BEST

describes the algorithm? 45. The MAIN reason a programmer uses an
algorithm is to help the programmer to
(A) Accept 10 positive numbers.
(B) Enter 10 numbers and add 1 to each (A) write code that is logical
number. (B) identify the problem being solved
(C) Input 10 numbers and count all (C) select the correct programming
positive numbers entered. language
(D) Count the number of positive (D) determine the requirements for
numbers entered from 0 to 9. solving problems

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