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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, COLOMBO 10

Wattala Branch
rd
3 Term Evaluation 2023
Grade 12 General Information Technology Time – 2 Hours

Name ……………………………………………………. Index No ……………..……….

(i) Answer five (4) questions only. Selecting the first question (Compulsory) and three (3) others.
(ii) Use separate sheets to write down your answers.
(iii)When you are writing answers write question numbers and sub part numbers correctly

Question 01 (20 Marks)

(i) A large number of users are connected to a A from several terminals to exchange information,
store and receive back. B is used in scientific and engineering purposes and complex
mathematical purposes. C with less memory capacity is used for private matters and it is cheap
and slow as well. A D which is considered as a personal computer is portable.
(Select the suitable phrase for A, B, C and D from the following list and write the letter and the
phrase in your answer script.)

List of phrases: - Laptop, Mainframe computer, Microcomputer, Supercomputer.

(ii) The ICT teacher explains about some hardware devices of a computer. He says ……A……. is a
device used to read the lines printed on an item that is converted to an alphanumeric value. He
also explains that ……B…….. is an input device which recognize marks made using a pencil or
a pen.
Write the suitable names for A and B labels respectively.

(iii) Convert the Hexadecimal number D7 to the equivalent octal number and binary 1101101012 to
the equivalent octal number. Show the relevant steps.( 2 marks)

(iv) In the following table, match the relevant software numbers 1-4 in the column x with the
relevant letters of software in column Y.( 2 marks)
X Y
1 Task manager A Application Software
2 Mozilla Firefox B Utility Software
3 Ubuntu C Language translator
4 Compiler D Free and Open Source software

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(v) The given figure shows a computer Block diagram.

Name the four components which are labelled as X, Y, Z and V in the figure. (2 marks)

(vi) Consider the given diagram.(2 marks)

(a) Give an example each for Hardware, Application Software and Liveware.
(b) Identify and write down one component represented by X.

(vii) Write the logic expression for the circuit given below.(2 mark)

(viii) Name the port can be used to access Internet using a network (UTP) cable?
Name the port can be used to connect a mobile phone to copy photos into the computer?
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(ix) Match column A to column B as suitable. (2 marks)

Student should write Column A and Column B with matching relevant letter and number.

Column A Column B
A. Punch Card System 1. Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibnitz
B. First Programmer 2. Joseph Jaquard
C. Improve the machine invented by Pascal 3. Blaise Pascal
D. Adding Machine 4. Ada Agusta

(x) The document given below was created using a word processing software and it was formatted
as indicated by labels 1 to 4. Assume that the font size of the document has not been changed.
Identify the tool used for each of the programming tasks indicated by the labels 1 to 4. Write tool
letter used to complete the below document labelled as 1 to 4. (2 marks)

Question 02 (10 Marks)

i). Match the tasks of column A with the machine of column B. Writing only the relevant letters is
sufficient.

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ii). Select the relevant port for the following functions. Writing the number and the relevant letter is
sufficient.

Question 03 (10 Marks)

Consider the following spreadsheet segment giving some statistics related to certain education indicators
for Sri Lanka.

Figures are not based on true sources

I. What is the single spreadsheet function that can be used in cell D3 to display the total number of
schools of 2020?
II. What will be the formula displayed in C3, if the formula in B3 is copied to C3?
III. “Student/Teacher ratio (govt. Schools)” is calculated by dividing the number of students in
government schools by the total number of teachers in government schools, what is the formula
to be written in cell B14 to display the student/teacher ratio (Govt. Schools in 2015.)
IV. Suggest the most suitable graph type to show the comparison between the number of government
schools, private schools and pirivenas for the given three years.

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Question 4 (10 Marks)

(i) Consider the following document prepared using Word Processing Software.

Select and write the relevant number/s of icons from picture below which is/are used to format A,B,C,D,
E and F in the above document. (No marks will be awarded if correct numbers of icons written with
incorrect numbers) (1/2*10=5 marks)

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(ii) Select the most suitable phrase from the list given below regarding electronic presentation software
and write the phrase against the question number in order to fill in the blank. (1*5 = 5 marks)
a. is used to transit from one slide to the audience.
b. is used to present an electronic slide to the audience.
c. is used to create presentation.
d. is used to animate objects in a slide.
e. cannot be inserted in a word processing document but it is a component that can be
inserted into a presentation.

Phrase list – Slide show, Normal view, Animation, Pictures & Symbols, Audio & Video clip, Slide
transition.

Question 05 (10 Marks)

(i) Simplify following questions. You should show steps if it have when solving the equation.
(6 marks)
a. Equivalent octal number for binary number 0100011010012.
b. Which number have smallest value in decimal number system
i. 100110112 ii. A316 iii. 7548 iv. 36210
c. Consider the following logic gate.

Draw the truth table for the above gate.

d. The letter ‘E’ represent in ASCII by 1000101, then find correct ASCII code for letter ‘B’.

(ii) Consider this Boolean expression. (4 marks)

a. Draw the relevant logic circuit for the Boolean expression given above.
b. Construct the related truth table for the drawn circuit.

Question 07 (10 Marks)

I. The following table describes the utility programs with their functions. Each item in Table A can be
matched with an item in Table B. Write down the labels of the matching pairs in your answer sheet.

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II. Write two advantages of GUI when comparing with CLI.

III. Write two operating systems with GUI.
IV. Write main components with GUI.
V. Match following file extensions with correct file type. . Each item in Table A can be matched with
an item in Table B. Write down the labels of the matching pairs in your answer sheet.
File Extension File Type
1. exe A. Word

2. xlsx B. PowerPoint

3. pptx C. Executable
4. docx D. Excel

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