ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

TERM 1 ASSESSMENT
2018 - 2017

NAME

CLASS YEAR 10

COMPUTER SCIENCE OCTOBER 2018

PAPER 1 Theory 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES

Candidates answer on the Question Paper

No Additional Materials are required

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Name and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black ballpoint pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
Calculators must not be used in this paper.

Answer all questions.

No marks will be awarded for using names of software packages or hardware.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.

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This document consists of 11 printed pages including the cover.

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SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in this section.

1 Converting a hexadecimal (base 16) number into binary :

(a) 3 B D in binary becomes: [3]

(3 marks)

working:
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(b) A 3 F in binary becomes:

working:
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2 Converting a binary number into hexadecimal(base 16):

(c) 1001 1100 1001 in hexadecimal notation: [3]

working:
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(d) 1011 0011 1000 1010 in hexadecimal notation:
working:
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3 A car has a speedometer with a digital read out. Each digit can be represented
by a 4 – bit register.
can be represented 8 4 2 1

1 2 8 as :
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit

a. What values must be in the 4-bit registers to represent the following

speed shown on the speedometer?
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can be represented 1st digit

1 4 4 as : 2nd digit

1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit 3rd digit

b. What is shown on the digital speedometer if the 4-bit registers

contain the following values:

0 0 1 0 1st digit

0 1 0 1 2nd digit

1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit

1 0 0 0 3rd digit

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4 A car has a speedometer with a digital read out. Each digit can be represented
by a 4 – bit register.
can be represented 8 4 2 1

1 7 9 as :
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit

c. What values must be in the 4-bit registers to represent the following

speed shown on the speedometer?
[3]

1st digit
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2nd digit

3rd digit
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can be represented

2 8 2 as :

1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit

d. What is shown on the digital speedometer if the 4-bit registers

contain the following values:

0 0 1 0 1st digit

0 0 0 1 2nd digit

1st digit 2nd digit 3rd digit

1 0 0 0 rd
3 digit

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5 Convert the following denary numbers into binary:

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a. 25
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b. 10
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c. 100
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d. 8
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6 Each seat on a flight is uniquely identified on an LCD above the seat. For
example, seat 035C is shown as:

The first three characters are digits that represent the row.
The fourth character is the seat position in that row. This is a single letter, A
to F, that is stored as a hexadecimal value.

Each of the four display characters can be stored in a 4-bit register. For
example, 0 and C would be represented as:

8 4 2 1
0: 0 0 0 0
C: 1 1 0 0

(a) Show how the 4-bit registers would store the remaining two characters,
3 and 5.

(a) Identify which seat is stored in the following 4-bit registers.

0 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
0 1 0 0
1 1 1 0

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7 Shazmine has captured images of her holiday with her camera. The captured
images are stored as digital photo files on her camera. Explain how the
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captured images are converted to digital photo files.
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8 Aydeel wants to email the photos to Izzwan . Many of the photos are very
large files, so Aydeel needs to reduce their file size as much as possible.
Identify which type of compression would be most suitable for Aydeel to use.
Explain your choice. Compression
type ......................................................................................................................
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Explanation ..........................................................................................................
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9 Tick (√) the true statements.
Software that is classed as ‘free software’ means that we have the right to run,
copy, share and change the software. [6]

Statement Tick
If a store gives us a free copy of a piece of software, this means that it
is classed as free software.
Right to run and copy the software
Can share and run the program by seeking permission.
Gives the user a free copy of a piece of software.

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10 Seven computer terms and seven descriptions are shown below.

Draw a line to link each computer term to its most appropriate description.
Computer term Description

Reduction of file size by permanently removing

Interface
some redundant information from the file

File compression format designed to make

Interrupt photo files smaller in size for storage and for
transmission

File compression system for music which does

JPEG not noticeably affect the quality of the sound

Hardware component that allows the user to

Lossless communicate with a computer or operating
compression system

The file is reduced in size for transmission and

Lossy
storage; it is then put back together again later
compression
producing a file identical to the original

Signal sent to a processor which may cause

MIDI a break in execution of the current routine,
according to priorities

Standard adopted by the electronic music

MP3 format industry for controlling devices such as
synthesisers and sound cards
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11 (a) Check digits are used to ensure the accuracy of input data.
A 7-digit code number has an extra digit on the right, called the check digit.

Digit position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Digit – – – – – – – –

The check digit is calculated as follows:

I. each digit in the number is multiplied by its digit position
II. the seven results are then added together
III. this total is divided by 11
IV. the remainder gives the check digit (if the remainder = 10, the check digit
is X)

(i) Calculate the check digit for the following code number. Show all your
working.
4 2 4 1 5 0 8
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Check
digit ......................................................................................................................
..
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(ii) An operator has just keyed in the following code number:

3 2 4 0 0 4 5 X
Has the operator correctly keyed in the code number?

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Give a reason for your answer.

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