The Sanskaar Valley School

Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Candidate
Name

Class 9IG
Roll Number

SUBJECT : COMPUTER SCIENCE Max Marks : 75

Subject Code : 0478/12 Date : 27-08-2021
Examination : Half Yearly Time : 8:30-10:15 Am
Academic Year: 2021 – 2022 Duration : 1 Hour 45 mins
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General Instructions: For Teacher's Use
• Write your candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Question Mark
• Write in dark blue or black pen.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. 1
• Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. 2
• DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. 3
• Candidates may write answers to this Question Paper on clean white
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sheets or in a notebook or may print this paper and write answers in the
space provided on the paper. 5
• The answer should be scanned, and images converted into the .pdf file.
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• At the end of the examination, email scanned answer script (.PDF file) to
the email id mention above. 7
• The time mentioned on the header of the question paper is to write the 8
answers. Additional 10 minutes will be provided to scan and mail the
answer script. 9
• Answer all questions. 10
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages
or hardware.
• At the end of the examination, scan all your work properly.
• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This document consists of 10 pages.

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1. Some software can be described as free, freeware or shareware.

Tick (✓) the appropriate boxes in the table below to show which features apply to

these threetypes of software.

Software feature Free Freeware Shareware

Software source code can be freely

accessed and modified as required

All the features of the full version of the

software are not made available; the full
version needs to be purchased first

The original software is subject to all

copyright laws

It is possible to distribute modified

versions or copies of the software to
friends and family

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2. Hexadecimal codes are used in MAC addresses.

(a) State what is meant by the term MAC.

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(b) Explain the types of MAC addresses.

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3. An electronic guessing game compares denary integer values input by a user with

pre-stored values. The pre-stored values are held in 10-bit binary format.

i. Convert the binary values in the table to denary.

Binary Denary

0100111000

0110011111

1000000011

1100111001

1011001101

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Working Space

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ii. Identify three uses for hexadecimal and for each one give an example of
hexadecimal that matches the use.

Use 1: ____________________________________________________________

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Example: __________________________________________________________

Use 2: ____________________________________________________________

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Example: __________________________________________________________

Use 3: ____________________________________________________________

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iii. State the hexadecimal equivalent of the binary value 1011110111

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4. Four validation checks and four descriptions are shown.

Draw a line to connect each validation check to the correct description.

Validation Check Description

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5. The Henslows Diner is a local restaurant.

(a) Staff currently use a keyboard to input a customer food order into a computer.

The food orderis then sent to the kitchen.

State two disadvantages of using a keyboard to input a customer food order.

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2. ________________________________________________________________

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(b) A concept keyboard has a flat surface that is overlaid with images of food items

availablefrom the restaurant menu. Staff can click on an image to add the food

item to a customer food order. The Henslows Diner wants to change to a concept

keyboard to input customer food.

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2. ________________________________________________________________

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6. Rashmi bought a new laser printer to print her thesis and research work. Rashmi

choose this printer over inkjet. Give three benefits and one drawback of using the laser

printer instead of an inkjet printer.

Benefit 1 _____________________________________________________________

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Benefit 2 _____________________________________________________________

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Benefit 3 _____________________________________________________________

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7. A hospital stores the results of medical tests on a computer system. Each patient is

given a wristband containing a unique barcode. The barcode is used every time the

patient has a medical test.

(a) Explain two benefits of using barcodes in this situation.

Benefit 1 _____________________________________________________________

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Benefit 2 _____________________________________________________________

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(b) Describe how the barcode is read.

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8. Match the elements of a flowchart with its purpose of use in the table given below:

Purpose Use

Calculate total of A, B, C Input

Find if a number is greater than the other. Process

Read three numbers Output

Print the total Decision

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9. This flowchart inputs student percentage marks for three examinations.

If the average of these marks is 80% or over then a Distinction grade is awarded.

If the average of these marks is less than 40% then a Fail grade is awarded.

Otherwise, a Pass grade is awarded.

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(a) Complete a trace table for each set of input data: [6]

(i) Set 1: 88, 74, 60

MARK 1 MARK 2 MARK 3 TOTAL AVERAGE OUTPUT

(ii) Set 2: 20, 33, 67

MARK 1 MARK 2 MARK 3 TOTAL AVERAGE OUTPUT

(iii) 79, 91, 70

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MARK 1 MARK 2 MARK 3 TOTAL AVERAGE OUTPUT

(b) Describe what the algorithm represented by the flowchart is doing.

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10. (a) Nancy has captured images of her holiday with her camera. The captured

imagesare stored as digital photo files on her camera.

Explain how the captured images are converted to digital photo files.

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(b) Nancy wants to email the photos to Nadia.

Many of the photos are very large files, so Nancy needs to reduce their file size as

much as possible.

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Identify which type of compression would be most suitable for Nancy to use.

Explain your choice.

Compression type ____________________________________________________

Explanation _________________________________________________________

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11. What is meant by even parity and odd parity?

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12. What is top-down design?

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