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INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• Calculators must not be used in this paper.
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• The total mark for this paper is 75.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.
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(d) (I) Give one way that hexadecimal is used in website development.
(a) One output device that is used in the ticket machine is a display screen.
Identify one other output device that is used in the ticket machine system .
Identify one other input device that would be suitable for use in the ticket machine system, to
allow users to enter their data.
Tick to show If each statement applies to serial simplex, parallel simplex, parallel
half-duplex or serial duplex data transmission. Some statements may apply to more than one
data transmission method.
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5 Sammi works for a finance company and has a laptop that he uses for his work. He has confidential
data about his customers stored on his laptop.
(a) Sammi is concerned about his customers' confidential data being viewed by other people in
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being three other methods Sammi could use to prevent his customers' confidential data
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Sammi creates
finances. videos for the finance compaQY .website
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He uses lossy compression to reduce the file size of the videos for the website.
(i) Give three ways that lossy compression can reduce the file size of the videos.
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(I) Give one reason why he would use lossless compression, rather than lossy compression,
for the videos .
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(a) Give three other examples of when an interrupt signal could be generated.
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(a) Explain how the SSL protocol secures the data for transmission .
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