Integrated Exercise (Unit A)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following equipment may contain 4. Which types of validity check should be used
a stored program? for the following data entries?
(1) Microwave oven Chess Club Member Registration
g Form
(2) Handheld media player Student name:

(3) Microphone E-mail address:

[Continue] [Cancel]
A. (1) and (2) only
B. (1) and (3) only Student name E-mail address
C. (2) and (3) only A. Field length check Check digit
D. (1), (2) and (3) A
B. Field presence check Format check
C. Field length check Range check
2. Arrange the following information processes in
correct order of the information life cycle. D. Field presence check Fixed value check

(1) Storage B

(2) Data collection

5. The following three binary numbers are sent
(3) Analysis
through a traditional telephone line from a
(4) Processing computer.
A. (1) ➔ (2) ➔ (3) ➔ (4) Data 1: 1100 0111 0001
B. (1) ➔ (2) ➔ (4) ➔ (3) Data 2: 0001 0000 1111
C. (2) ➔ (1) ➔ (3) ➔ (4) Data 3: 0101 0011 1001
D. (2) ➔ (1) ➔ (4) ➔ (3) D
Odd parity check is used for each data. Evaluate
the values of the parity bits of data 1, data 2 and
3. Which of the following is the most suitable way data 3 respectively.
to collect information of the queuing time in
Data 1 Data 2 Data 3
front of a cashier in a supermarket?
A. 1 0 1
A. Experiment
B. 1 1 0
B. Observation
C. 0 0 1
C. Interview
D. 0 1 0 A
D. Questionnaire sent via mail B

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6. Which of the following statements about 8. One DVD-R can store up to 4.3 GB data. One
database index is correct? CD-R can store up to 720 MB data. Calculate
A. Database index file contains a number of the number of CD-R that their data files can be
index keys. entirely stored in one DVD-R.

B. It contains the records sorted according to A. 4

specific criteria. B. 5
C. Each database file has one and only one C. 6
database index file. D. 7 B

D. Database index is usually integrated

into its database table. A
9. Which of the following character coding
systems can represent the Chinese character
7. Digital Data Storage (DDS) tape is a popular ‘ 后 ’?
type of data backup magnetic tapes used in (1) GB code
computer servers.
(2) Big5 code
(3) Unicode
A. (1) and (2) only
B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3) D

10. Convert the following 8-bit two’s complement

Which of the following statements about a DDS representation into one 8-bit signed binary
tape are correct? integer.

(1) Data must be accessed sequentially. 1000 1101

(2) DDS tape is less durable than a hard A. 1111 0011

disk. B. 1111 0010
(3) The seek time for accessing records in a C. 0111 0011
DDS tape is longer than that for a hard
D. 0111 0010 A
disk.
A. (1) and (2) only 11. Arrange the following 8-bit two’s complement
B. (1) and (3) only representations in ascending order.

C. (2) and (3) only 0100 0000

D. (1), (2) and (3) D 1111 1111

0000 0001
1000 0000

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A. 1111 1111 < 1000 0000 < 0000 0001 < 14. The major goal of office automation is
0100 0000
A. to use computer hardware and software
B. 1000 0000 < 1111 1111 < 0000 0001 < widely in an office.
0100 0000
B. to do some office work automatically by
C. 0000 0001 < 0100 0000 < 1000 0000 < computers.
1111 1111
C. to create, process, store and transfer digital
D. 1000 0000 < 0000 0001 < 0100 0000 < information by computers in an office.
1111 1111
D. to convert analogue information into digital
B
information by computers in an office.
C
12. Which of the following numbers are equivalent
to B416?
15. Task scheduling system is a kind of software for
(1) 1011 01002 .
(2) 1010 01002 A. project management
(3) 11410 B. data exchange
(4) 18010 C. data storage
A. (1) and (3) only D. data processing A

B. (1) and (4) only

16. What text editing features have been applied to
C. (2) and (3) only the following passage?
D. (2) and (4) only B
If you want to copy text in a document,
13. When a bitmap image is converted into a vector you have to select the text first. The selected
graphic, which of the following graphic features text is highlighted in colour. To copy text to
are no longer applicable to the new graphic file? the clipboard, click the ‘Copy’ button in the
‘Clipboard’ group.
(1) Resolution
(2) Colour depth (1) Justification

(3) File type (2) Word wrapping

A. (1) and (2) only (3) Indentation

B. (1) and (3) only A. (1) and (2) only

C. (2) and (3) only B. (1) and (3) only

D. (1), (2) and (3) A C. (2) and (3) only

D. (1), (2) and (3) D

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17. Which of the following printing features allows D. 4 C

us to print one large page into a smaller piece of
paper? 20. Cell A1 is formatted as ‘Time’ type and it
A. Scale to paper size displays the cell content as below:
B. Collation A B C
C. Duplex printing 1 6:00:00
D. Paper size setting A
2

18. Which of the following changes can What is the actual numeric value in the cell A1?
accommodate more words in one page? A. 18.0
(1) Increase the right margin of the page. B. 6.0
(2) Change the page size from A4 to Legal. C. 0.5
(3) Decrease the indentation. D. 0.25 D

(4) Decrease the font size.

21. What will be the output when the following
A. (1) and (2) only
formula is inputted in a cell of a spreadsheet?
B. (2) and (3) only
= –1+5*4%
C. (2), (3) and (4) only
A. – 80%
D. (1), (2), (3) and (4) C
B. 160%
19. What is the minimum number of cell merging C. – 0.8
required to create the following table from a 7 × D. 1.6 A

4 table?

Price / hour
22. In a spreadsheet, cells A1 and A2 contain
Category Room type formulas as below.
Weekday Holiday
A1: =B1+1
Non- Any $1000 $1200
member A2: =A1/B1

Member Ball room $800 $1000 Which of the following formulas in cell B1 are
illegal?
Meeting $600 $800
room (1) = 0

Garden $400 $800 (2) = A1

Remark: The prices are subjected to change (3) = A2
without prior notice. A. (1) and (2) only
A. 7 B. (1) and (3) only
B. 6 C. (2) and (3) only
C. 5 D. (1), (2) and (3) A

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23. In the following spreadsheet, cells A1 to B2 are B. (1) and (3) only
selected and the fill handle is dragged to cell C. (2) and (3) only
B4. What will be the values in the cells A4 and
B4? D. (1), (2) and (3) A

A B C 26. Refer to the following SQL statement.

1 1 A SELECT a FROM c WHERE x = c.y;
2 3 B Which items must be the field of table c?
3 (1) a
4 (2) x
Cell A4 Cell B4 (3) y
A. 7 D A. (1) and (2) only
B. 7 B B. (1) and (3) only
C. 3 D C. (2) and (3) only
D. 3 B B D. (1), (2) and (3) B

24. By referring to the following database structure, 27. We can produce a number of documents with a
which field can be assigned as the key field? document template and another
.
Departure Arrival Flight Airport
(1) document
time time number number
12:30 14:45 KF300 CN002 (2) spreadsheet

12:50 18:30 KG298 UK090 (3) database table

13:05 20:00 RD001 US023 A. (1) and (2) only

B. (1) and (3) only
A. Departure time
C. (2) and (3) only
B. Arrival time
D. (1), (2) and (3) D
C. Flight number
D. Airport number C
28. Which of the following statements about
software suite is incorrect?
25. Which of the following database objects can A. Applications of a software suite share the
return a new table containing records that meet same interface.
the specified criteria from an existing table?
B. Applications of a software suite share the
(1) Report same OLE objects.
(2) Query C. Some software suites are free of charge.
(3) Module D. Different applications of a software
A. (1) and (2) only suite store data in the same file format. D

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29. Which of the following charts is most suitable 30. In the production of a slide presentation file, the
for presenting the temperature changes in the default background and font properties are
past 30 days? defined by .
A. Bar chart A. theme
B. Pie chart B. storyboard
C. Line chart C. slide transition effect
D. X-Y scatter chart C
D. view mode A

Long Questions

1. Henry has taken a video clip with his mobile phone for his geography project. The video clip is in MP4
format and is stored in a microSD memory card. He wants to produce a VCD and presents it to his
classmates.

(a) Suggest one way to transfer the MP4 video clip to his computer. (1 mark)
Card reader / infra-red / Bluetooth / USB communication (any one × 1)

(b) Complete the following Input-Process-Output cycle of the VCD production. (4 marks)

Input Process Output (1)

Convert the video from MP4
Load the video clip to the computer. Produce a VCD with a VCD writer. (1)
format to MPEG-1 (1)

(1) format.

(c) Given that the video clip in a mobile phone is stored in WMV file format with the following
specifications.

Frame size = 320 × 240 pixels

Frame rate = 25 fps
File size = 20 MB

(i) What video file format is used in a VCD? (1 mark)

MPEG-1 (1)

(ii) Which attribute(s) of the above video file specifications may be different from the video file in a
VCD? (2 marks)
Frame size (1) and file size (1)

(iii) State another video attribute that may be different between the two video files. (1 mark)
Compression ratio (1)
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(d) Henry finds that the video quality of the VCD is not satisfactory. He claims that if he produces a DVD-
video disk, the video pictures will look sharper. Do you agree with his claim? Explain your answer
briefly. (2 marks)
No, it is because the frame size of the original video file is limited to 320 × 240 pixels. (1) The video quality will not be enhanced even when

the frame size is increased (to 720 × 576 pixels) in the converted video clip. (1)

(e) If Henry wants to post and present his video clip on the school’s web site, suggest another video file
format, other than WMV, which is suitable for the web site. (1 mark)
RealMedia / FLV / QuickTime Video / MPEG-4 (any one × 1)

2. An external hard disk X can store up to 1 TB of digital data. It claims that it can hold up to 300,000 MP3
audio files or 2,000,000 digital image files.

(a) According to the given data, calculate

(i) the average file size of one MP3 file (measured in MB).
Correct your answer to 3 decimal places. (2 marks)
1 TB
The file size of one MP3 file = (1)
300,000
1,024 × 1,024 MB
=
300,000

= 3.495 MB (1)

(ii) the average file size of one digital image file (measured in KB).
Correct your answer to 3 decimal places. (2 marks)
1 TB
The file size of one image file = (1)
2,000,000
1,024 × 1,024 × 1,024
=
2,000,000

= 536.871 KB (1)

(b) Amy finds that the file sizes of her MP3 files nearly doubles the calculated result in part (a)(i). Suggest
two ways to reduce the file size of each MP3 file. (2 marks)
• Reduce the bitrate.

• Reduce the frequency.

• Convert the audio file from stereo type to mono type.

• Convert the audio file to a file type of high compression ratio, e.g. WMV.

(any two × 1)

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(c) An uncompressed AVI video clip has been recorded with the following video attributes.

File format: uncompressed AVI

Frame size: 320 × 240 pixels
Colour depth: 3 bytes per pixel
Frame rate: 25 fps
Duration: 100 seconds

(i) Calculate the file size of the uncompressed video clip stated above (measured in MB). Correct
your answer to 3 decimal places. (2 marks)
The file size of the uncompressed AVI file = 320 × 240 × 3 × 25 × 100 B (1)

= 576,000,000 B

= 549.316 MB (1)

(ii) How many uncompressed video clips of the same file size can be stored in the external hard disk
X? (2 marks)
The number of video clips that can be stored in hard disk X
1 TB
= (1)
549.316 MB
1,024 × 1,024 MB
=
549.316 MB

= 1,908.8

= 1,908 (truncated to the nearest integer) (1)

(iii) If the file size of the video file in MPEG-1 format is just one-third of the original video file,
calculate the number of video files that can be stored in the hard disk X.
(2 marks)
549.316 MB
The file size of one MPEG-1 file = = 183.105 MB (1)
3

The number of MPEG-1 file can be stored in hard disk X

1 TB
=
183.105 MB
1,024 × 1,024 MB
=
183.105 MB

= 5,726.6

= 5,726 (truncated to the nearest integer) (1)

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3. A graphic designer scans a picture and produces a digital image at a resolution of 1,024 × 2,048. It is stored
as an uncompressed BMP image at a colour depth of 24 bits per pixel.

(a) Evaluate the file size of the BMP image. Express your answer in MB. (3 marks)
The file size of the BMP image

= 1,024 × 2,048 × 24 bits (1)

1,024 × 2,048 × 24
= MB (1)
1,024 × 1,024 × 8

= 6 MB (1)

(b) The graphic designer then duplicates the scanned image and reduces the colour depth of the duplicate
to 8 bits per pixel. What is the file size of the modified BMP image? Express your answer in MB.
(Assume that all other image attributes remain unchanged.) (3 marks)
The file size of the modified digital image

= 1,024 × 2,048 × 8 bits (1)

1,024 × 2,048 × 8
= (1)
1,024 × 1,024 × 8

= 2 MB (1)

(c) The graphic designer makes another duplicate of the scanned image and reduces the file size of the
duplicate by reducing the dimensions of the image proportionally. If the resultant file has the same file
size as the image in part (b), what are the dimensions of the modified image? (Correct your answer to
the nearest pixel.) (4 marks)
Let n be the number of pixels along the length of the modified image.
n × (2n) × 24
Then = 2 (1)
1,024 × 1,024 × 8

48n2 = 16 × 1,024 × 1,024

n2 = 349,525.3

n = 591 (correct to the nearest pixel) (1)

Hence, the dimensions of the modified image are 591 × 1,182 pixels. (2)

(d) Give one reason why some digital images are preferred storing in an uncompressed image format.
(2 marks)
When the image colour must be stored precisely and as closely as the source, (1) the image should be stored in an uncompressed image

format. (1)

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4. (a) What is the use of footnote in a word document? (2 marks)

Footnote is used to comment on (1) or cite a source of the main text in a document (1).

(b) A student typed the following text message in a word processor.

ohme -- > i
The text is converted into the following message automatically.
home → I
State two features that are applied in the above modifications. (2 marks)
AutoCorrect (1) and spelling check (1)

(c) Peter builds the following table with a word processor while Amy builds the same table with a
spreadsheet.

Term Project mark Examination mark Total

1 60 78 138
2 70 85 155
Average 146.5

(i) State one advantage of Peter’s choice over Amy’s choice. (2 marks)
Peter’s choice is more flexible (1) in formatting the text in the table (1).

(ii) State one advantage of Amy’s choice over Peter’s choice. (1 mark)
The related cell values will be updated automatically when some cell values are changed. (1)

(iii) If Peter wants to replace his table with Amy’s table, state two possible ways of inserting Amy’s
table into Peter’s document. (2 marks)
Copy the table by either object linking (1) or object embedding (1).

(iv) Which way is more appropriate if the table content changes frequently and the updated
information must also be shown in Peter’s document? Explain your answer briefly. (3 marks)
Object linking. (1) It is because every change in the linked object (i.e. Amy’s spreadsheet) takes immediate effect to Peter’s document.

(2)

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5. A student wants to prepare a presentation conducted on the Internet. Two video clips and 20 images will be
shown in the presentation.

(a) (i) Give two examples of application software for creating a web-based presentation. (2 marks)
Articulate Presenter / GoToMeeting / Adobe Flash / Microsoft PowerPoint

(any two × 1)

(ii) Suggest two examples of application software for creating a multimedia document. (2 marks)
Adobe Flash / Microsoft PowerPoint / Presentation Publisher

(any two × 1)

(b) The student has finally created a slide show file for his presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint and
uploaded the presentation file to the school web site. When his classmates download and open the
presentation file, they find that all slides are displayed correctly except that neither video clips can be
viewed. Suggest two possible reasons for the problem. (2 marks)
• The uploaded video files are corrupted. (1)

• The uploaded video files are not uploaded together with the presentation file and the video files are linked but not embedded into the

presentation file. (1)

(c) The student finds that even when he has uploaded the video clips to the web site correctly, the waiting
time for viewing the videos is unacceptably long. Suggest three ways to reduce the file size of the
video clips attached in the presentation file. (Note that the durations of the two video clips must not be
changed.) (6 marks)
• Reduce the frame size (resolution) of the video clips.

• Convert the video clips to a file format supporting video streaming.

• Store the video clips at a higher compression ratio.

• Reduce the frame rate of the videos.

(any three × 2)

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6. Refer to the following data stored in a spreadsheet and answer the questions below.

(a) How many columns are there in one row? (1 mark)

Four (1)

(b) How are the rows sorted in the table? (2 marks)

The rows are sorted in ascending order (1) of the column ‘Name’ (1).

(c) State the names of the first three rows when the rows are sorted by the criteria specified as follows.

Criteria Column Sorted by Ordered by

1 Rank Value Ascending
2 Gender Value Descending (3 marks)

‘Ko Tak’ (1), ‘Tsang Sze’ (1) and ‘Fong So Yee’ (1)

(d) Write the name(s) shown on the table after the following filtering criteria have been applied
respectively.

(i) Filtering criteria: (Gender = “F”) and (Rank > 2) (1 mark)

‘Ma Po Ying’ (1)

(ii) Filtering criteria: (Member_ID >= “09”) (3 marks)

‘Ko Tak’ (1), ‘Lee Wai Wai’ (1) and ‘Ng Yat Yee’ (1)

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(e) ‘Member_ID’ is a column of text. In which, the first two characters of each value represent the year
that the member joined the club.

Complete the following formula for cell E2 such that it displays the value for the column ‘Year_Since’.
(See the figure above.)
(Note: The formula should be copied to cells E3 to E7 and produce the correct results.) (2 marks)

=IF(LEFT(B2,1) = "0", 2000+VALUE(LEFT(B2,2)) (1) , 1900+VALUE(LEFT(B2,2)) (1) )

7. (a) State one feature of database management system that is available in database software but not in
spreadsheet software. (1 mark)
• Creating and using forms

• Creating and using reports

• Creating and using queries (any one × 1)

(b) Specify the most suitable data type for each of the following cases of field definitions using Microsoft
Access.

(i) The salary of an employee (1 mark)

Currency (1)

(ii) The average mark of an examination (1 mark)

Number (1)

(iii) A unique candidate number assigned automatically by a computer (1 mark)

AutoNumber (1)

(c) State one major difference between a form and a report in a database. (1 mark)
A form is used to facilitate viewing and entering data. A report is used to print data in a specially designed layout. (1)

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The following shows a database table which records the results of inter-class soccer matches.

Game Home_team Guest_team Home_score Guest_score

1 4A 6A 1 1
2 5C 5B 0 2
3 4B 4A 3 1
4 6A 6C 3 2
5 5A 5B 2 0
6 6B 5C 0 0
7 6C 4A 1 0
8 4B 5A 2 2

(d) Write the query results of the following SQL statements.

(i) SELECT Home_score FROM Match; (1 mark)

1 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 (1)

(ii) SELECT Home_team FROM Match WHERE Home_score > Guest_score; (1 mark)
4B 6A 5A 6C (1)

(iii) SELECT Game FROM Match WHERE (left(Home_team,1) = "5") and

(left(Guest_team,1) = "5"); (1 mark)
2 5 (1)

(e) Explain the objective of the following SQL statement in plain English.
SELECT Game FROM Match
WHERE ((Home_team = "4B") and (Home_score > Guest_score)) or
((Guest_team = "4B") and (Home_score < Guest_score)); (1 mark)
Display the number of the games in which class 4B won the matches. (1)

(f) Write one SQL statement for each of the following cases.

(i) Display the game result of the game of Home team 5C vs. Guest team 5B. (1 mark)
SELECT Home_score, Guest_score

WHERE Home_team = "5C" and Guest_team = "5B"; (1)

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(ii) Display the game number of all draw games. (1 mark)

SELECT Game WHERE Home_score = Guest_score; (1)

(iii) Display all information of games of class 4A. (1 mark)

SELECT * WHERE (Home_team = "4A") or (Guest_team = "4A"); (1)

8. A type of audio recording software provides three predefined audio settings for recorded audio files.
Setting Sampling rate (kHz) Bit resolution (bits per sample) Channel
X 44 16 Stereo
Y 22 16 Stereo
Z 22 8 Mono

(a) How many samples are taken in one second if we record audio with setting X? (1 mark)
The number of samples in one second

= 44 × 1,024

= 45,056 (or 44 × 1,000 = 44,000) (1)

(b) What is the possible number of unique volume levels in one sample of audio signal for the setting Y?
(1 mark)
The possible number of volume levels = 216 = 65,536 (1)

(c) Assume that the recorded audio signal is not compressed. Calculate the memory taken for recording
one minute of audio signal with setting X. Show the calculation and present your answer in KB.
(2 marks)
Memory used for 1-minute audio signal with setting X
44 × 1,024 × 16 × 60
= KB (1)
8 × 1,024

= 5,280 KB (1)

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(d) Select the most appropriate audio setting for each of the following cases. Explain your answers briefly.

(i) Recording high-quality vocal speech (2 marks)

Setting Y. (1) It is because the frequency of vocal speech is low. 22 kHz sampling rate is enough for high-quality waveform of low

frequency audio. (1)

(ii) Recording of vocal on the telephone (2 marks)

Setting Z. (1) It is because the sound quality of audio signal from telephone is very low. Recording with setting Z is sufficient for

capturing the signal from the telephone line. (1)

(iii) Recording high-quality music performed by a flute (2 marks)

Setting X. (1) It is because high sampling rate is required for recording good quality of high frequency audio signal. (1)

(e) A student tries to convert a digital audio file with 44 kHz sampling rate and 16-bit resolution to a new
audio file with 88 kHz sampling rate and 32-bit resolution. Compare and comment briefly the sound
quality of the two audio files. (2 marks)
The quality of the two audio files is just the same. (1) It is because the quality of audio signal cannot be upgraded from an audio

source of lower quality. (1)

9. (a) Complete the following table. (2 marks)

Denary Binary Hexadecimal

1 1 1 (0.5)

159 1001 1111 9F (0.5)

100 110 0100 64 (0.5)

16 10000 10 (0.5)

(b) Write the maximum value of an unsigned 12-bit binary number. Represent your answer in both binary
and denary representations. (2 marks)
Maximum value of an unsigned 12-bit binary number = 1111 1111 11112 (1)

The corresponding denary representation = 212 − 1 = 409510 (1)

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(c) Write the minimum value of a signed 12-bit binary number. Represent your answer in both binary and
denary representations. (2 marks)
Minimum value of a signed 12-bit signed binary number = 1111 1111 11112 (1)

The corresponding denary representation = −(211 − 1) = −204710 (1)

(d) (i) Write the two’s complement representation of the minimum value of a 12-bit binary number.
(1 mark)
Minimum value of a 12-bit binary number represented in two’s complement

= 1000 0000 00002 (1)

(ii) Evaluate the corresponding denary value of part (d)(i). (1 mark)

The corresponding denary representation

= −(0111 1111 11112 + 12)
= −(1000 0000 00002)
= −204810 (1)

(e) Calculate –3210 – 810 using 8-bit two’s complement representation. (2 marks)

Two’s complement representation of −3210 = 1110 00002

Two’s complement representation of −810 = 1111 10002
1110 00002
+ 1111 10002
11101
1 10002

Ignored
Hence, the result represented in two’s complement is 1101 10002. (1)
The corresponding denary value is −4010. (1)

(f) Other than Unicode, state two coding systems that can represent traditional Chinese characters.
(2 marks)
GB code (1) and Big5 code (1)

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10. The following shows the database structure of a database table called ‘Student’ which stores the personal
details of students in a school.

Field name Field type Field length Description

Student_ID Text 6 6 digits of unique student ID
Name Text 30 Name of student
Height Number 3 Height of student
Telephone Text 8 Home telephone number
Address Text 120 Home address
Date_of_birth Date – Date of birth
Gender Text 1 Either ‘M’ or ‘F’

(a) Explain the term ‘Garbage-in-garbage-out’. (1 mark)

It refers to the situation that erroneous data always produces inaccurate information. (1)

(b) Suggest one type of validity check for each of the following field during the data entry process.

(i) Student_ID (1 mark)

Field length check / format check (any one × 1)

(ii) Date_of_birth (1 mark)

Range check (1)

(iii) Gender (1 mark)

Fixed value check (1)

(c) Suggest two types of validity check for the field ‘Telephone’. Write one constraint for each validity
check. (2 marks)
Field length check: The length of inputted data must be exactly 8 characters. (1)

Format check: All characters must be ‘0’ to '9'. (1)

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(d) A teacher has created two forms for data entry process of the table. In Form A, the entry of field ‘Gender’
is inputted through a pull-down menu; whilst Form B accepts the gender information through the
manual data entry.

Form A Form B

Assume that there is validity check on the field ‘Gender’.

(i) What source of error can be avoided by using Form A when compared with using Form B?
(1 mark)
Transcription error (1)

(ii) Suggest one source of error that cannot be avoided by using Form A. (1 mark)
Data source error (1)

(e) Suggest two common methods that are used to check whether the inputted data matches that in the
source document. (2 marks)
Input data twice (1) and double data entry (1)

(f) Suggest one data verification method, answered in part (e), for each of the following situations.
Explain your answers briefly.

(i) Change a password of a login system. (2 marks)

Input data twice. (1) The information is sensitive and is related to privacy. (1)

(ii) Input the scores provided by the judges to find the winners in a dancing competition. (2 marks)

Double data entry. (1) The whole processing time should be as short as possible. (1)

(iii) Input the examination results of Mathematics in a public examination. (2 marks)

Double data entry. (1) The number of data is very large. It takes too much time for entering the data twice by the same person. (1)

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