Ni ‘Test cope 01229010 FORM TP 2019015] aga : JANUARY 2019 cya CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 01 — General Proficiency I hour 30 miniaes 18 JANUARY 2019 (am READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour nd 30 minutes to answer them. 2. Inadition o this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3. Fach item inthis est has four suggested answers ktlered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you fre about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4. Onyouranswer sheet find the number which corresponds fo your item and shade the space having, the same ltter as the answer you have chosen, Look at the sample Item below. sample. Which ofthe following pairs represents general purpose software tools? Sample Answer (A) Skint daar ste € (B) Word processor and accounting software e000 eer tom ed de ction Geena spent see “The best answer to this item is “spreadsheet and database software", so (A) has been shaded 5. Ifyou wantto change your anewer, erase it completely before you Bilin your new choice. 6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, Ifyou ccennot answer an itm, go on tothe next one, You may retuim to thet item kate. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council All ights reserved.1. Which of the following sequences shows aninerease in computer memory capacity? (A) Terabyte» Gigabyte—> Megabyte tem 6 refers to the following diagram Whioh shows the basie operations of _zeneral-purpose computer system. 3° 10, Whichofthe following devicescanbe used for bath input and output? (Gigabyte Kilobyte— Megabyte (©) Megabyte Terabyte wf —>] « — (LL Megabyte Gigabyte» Terabyte 2, Which of the following operations displays results? (A) _ Input (OH Output . © Storge (©) Processing 3. Which of the falling statements true about the arithmetic and logic unit(ALU)? (A) Stores data permanently * + (BAL Performs mathematical calculation () deletes Galled, nemoeyioc eit jas ©) * Gequomally acceso ond dsoodco program insrutions 4. Which ofthe following types of dives has the SLOWEST tranafer ato? (A) Flash . (@) Harddisk © dvDdik Be Floppy disk 5. Whichofite followingisan example ofthe ‘ype ofdatathatvieuillyrecocdsmectings? Tee oe TB Video © Audio (©) Geaphies 012290105 ANUARY 2019 ‘Whichof the Following funetions is earried cout inbox 2? (A) Inpur (Output E+ Storage (D) Processing Which part of the central processing unit (CPU) cooidinates its setvities? (A) Kegister SLL Control unit © Main memory (D) Arithmetic end logie unit Which ofthe following is «hardware user interrace? our @) Icon (© _ Sensor @y—~Fouchscreen Which ofthe followingchips canbe erased and reprogrammed repeatedly? «RAM @) ROM (© PROM @>- EPROM GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Ta —Touchsereon (B) Barcode reader {G) Flatbed scanner () Document reader 11, Telecommuting means using information and communiestion technology sthome 0 (A) hold conferences (B) sell and buy products Si (©) send and receive e-mails (B= work away from the office 12, What is the function of @ network of computers? (A) Organizes data among computers yg {@)_Receives data from one computer 465 Enables two or mere computers to (D) Allows users to obtain data from & central computer 13, The activity which involves conducting a meeting electronically with participants in ‘ifferent geographical locations is called (A) teleworking (@) telemarketing (©) teleprocessing (QL teleconferencing 01229010/7ANUARY 2019 em 14 refers to the following diagram. mE ‘Open Print ait ET Sendo > Cat ‘Copy ‘The diagram above represents (A) datton ®) window Qe pop-up menu (©) pulldown menu “Theillegal copying andsellingofprograms is refered to as (A) propaga (B)_— oftware pracy (©) computer feud {D) industrial espionage Before purchasing a computer, James was riven a sheet with the following hardware specifications. Toil Pentiom 1V 64 bi 3.6GR 2GB 533 Miz SDRAM 160GB SATA HD 7200 ya “The woud size of the computer is “a 208 Br 64 bie (©) 7200 rpm (D) 533 MHz G0 ON TO THE NEXT PAGE1 18. 49, 20. a1, The pact of a private network which uses Internet technology and public telecommunications and ean be aceossed by business suppliers, vendors, customers and pariners is called an (A) intranet B)_Intemet = (©) ethemet Which device is essential for computer controlled systems to function with precision fn an assembly line? Yr Sensor (®) Camera (©) Spoaker (D) Microphone What is the decimal equivalent for the wo @ 4 Gs © 8 ‘A socket which is provided ina computer tw allow for additional components is known 23 A) afro wire ®) —asystem bus {CL- anexparsion slot (©) anexpansion esr ‘Which ofthe following isthe hexadecimal representation ofthedecimalnumber300,,? @ ire @) FF © 1c2 @ nc 01229010/7ANUARY 2019 2. 23, Pa 2s, 26, Which of the followingtypesothardware Js MOST suitable for printing building. plans? FD Plotter (B) Laser printer (©) Dot-matex printer (D) Thermal transfer printer Whichof the following typesof technology iseommonly used by banks to read data on cheques? Pos: @) OCR © OMR 4 MICR CAD is MAINLY used by a ens (@) musicians (©) medical personns © i Records on magnetic tape are stored (A) indexed sequentially Br sequentially (©) randomly @) dirty Which of the following devices uses a duplex communication mode? (A) Baby monitor @> Walkictalkie (©) Telephone () Ratio GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE asi lem 27 refers to the following (pes of memory L ROM RAM. MI EPROM 27. Which of the above types of memory are non-volatile? @)_ land onty 7 Land Ul only (©) Mand i only ©) hitandu 28, Which of the following transmission media uses fbee-optios? TH cable @ wis 3 (©) Satellite “@) —Blustooth 29, To get to record number 50 fom the beginning of s tape of 100 records, you would have to (A) convert disk (B) _ godirectiy 9 record 50 4D sired records | though 49, (D) _fastforward to record 100 and then read backward 30, Which of the following types of connection provides the SLOWEST Tnteret access? (er Distup ) Thine (©) Network (D) Digital subserier line (DSL) (0122901 0//ANUARY 2019 34 22. 33, 34, What wil be displayed when the following algorithm is executed? y y v z= xtytz Aisplay x.y. (A) 5,10,3 ®) 15,123 (© _ 1512320 4T~ 15,12,30 ‘The MOST appropriate data ype for storing the amount of interest eared on a sum of money is Areal (8) char © saing @h integer Which Paseal format is used to declare an array? (A) Lee Macks = [8] (B) Amy = Marks); Qe Maca: Army Dim Marks (8) as John fas written a program to secep student fees. Somestudensarcexemptdfrom paying fees while other students pay fes from 3110 $50. Which ofthe following velues may be “used to test the program? 8] oF fateger; se a 10 2 (A) Lonly. ®) Land ttonly (©) Wand i only 1 ana it GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE3 35. What docs the symbol > represent in information technology? (A)__ Stor¥Siop Gr Decision CO) Process ©) Input 36. _ A programmer writes the following pseudo- ‘ove tet wll acept THREE numbers from ‘the user and find and display their average. Step 1: Start ‘Step 2: ead ny tM, Step 3: ‘Step 4: write average ‘Step 5:stop Which ofthe following statements should be placed in Step 37 . (A) Setaverage —(n, * m0) (B) —Setaverage —(0, #1, +) Set average + (n, +0, + nV3 (D) Setaverage (0) +n, + Ve 2000 12290100ANUARY 2019 Which of the following is considered @ component ofa user manual? w @ $F _ Installation steps {D) Program flowchart GO.ONTO THE NEXT PAGE 010 38, 39, 40: tems 38-39 refer tothe following fragment of Pascal eode. Fore =270 15 BO Begin Write (“Enter the name of county: ” Read (Country) nd; ow many times will the program above te executed? w 2 or 4 © 6 © 16 ‘Which fragment of code would be the CORRECT option to output the prompt and enter he name’of ‘the country on two lines? (A) Read (Enter the name of county: "); ‘Write Country @) Write (Enter the name af country Read Country (©) Readin “Enter the name of a country: ”) Readln (Country); Writeln (Enter the name ofa country: Reedin(Country): Assigning *P* to GRADE means that 41, Which of the following statements ist GRADE should be declared es declaration of an integer data type in a care Pascal program? = oe (A) VAR integer number; @) 2 "D) VAR number; //inteper o GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0122801 0/JANUARY 20192020 38 39, 40 Items 38-39 refer tothe following fragment of Pascal code. For =270 1s DO Begin Write Cater the name of county: "5 Read (Country) End ‘How many times will the program above be executed? “2 ® 14 © 1 oO 6 Which fragment of code would be the CORRECT option to output the prompt and enter the name’ of the country on two lines? (A) Read (“Enter the name of a country: *); Write Country (B) Write (Enter the name of country: ") Read Countey (©) Readin (“Entor the name of @ country: *) Readin (Countey); (D) —Writeln (Enter the name ofa country: "); Readin(Countsy); eee tev FRE TRS NOT Hae es eee net Assigning *P’ to GRADE means tht 41. Which ofthe following sttsrnents ithe GRADE shouldbe declared as Aeclaration of an Integer data ype ina Pate! progam? 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