SEETA HILL COLLEGE, MUKONO

S5 HOLIDAY WORK 2021

GENERAL PAPER S101/1
2 HOURS 40 MINUTES
INSTRUCTIONS:
The total time of 2hours 40minutes includes ten minutes for you to study the questions before you
begin answering.
Answer two questions which must be chosen as follows: One question from section A and one
question from section B. Both questions should be answered in the same answer booklet provided.
You are advised to divide your time equally between the two questions.
All questions carry equal marks. Any additional question(s) attempted will not be marked.

SECTION A
Answer one question from this section
Answers should be between 500 and 800 words in length.
1. “Lack of a national language is the major cause of underdevelopment in Uganda” Discuss.
(50 marks)
2. Discuss the role of media in the development of your community. (50 marks)
3. “The need for power is primarily the main cause of international terrorism”. Discuss. (50 marks)
4. To what extent has the women emancipation been successful in Uganda? (50 marks)

SECTION B
Answer one question from this section
5. Study the table below and answer the question that follows: text messages sent by phone
subscribers in Uganda between 2007and 2008.

Questions
(a)(i) Calculate the total number of text messages sent by mobile phone subscribers in Uganda in
2007 and 2008. (02marks)
(ii) Considering that these are nine million mobile phone subscribers, find the average number of
short text messages sent by every subscriber per year. (08marks)
(iii) Calculate the percentage change in short text messages sent by mobile phone subscribers who
used the same network and those who used different networks in 2007 and 2008. (03marks)
(b) Using the group bar graph method, represent the statistics shown in the table above. (05marks)
(c) Describe the trend of statistics shown in the table above. (03marks)
(d) Identify areas where text messages are vital in Uganda. (09marks)
(e) Why have text messages become a popular way of communication in recent years? (10marks)
SPGE = 10 marks

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6. Study the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Ideally graduation is supposed to usher one into paid ranks. Therefore it is not strange that more
than not many university students tend to fantasize about living large only to awaken to a harsh
reality after graduation.

According to the 2016 Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) report, titled, “labor market transition of
young people in Uganda, the national unemployment rate for people with tertiary level 05
qualifications currently stands at, 118%. As if that is not enough, 60% of the youths in paid
employment earn small salaries that can hardly take care of their needs.

Separately, another report during three years ago by the finance ministry indicated that each
passing year, 700,000 individuals are churned into the labor market.

This means that jobs are not only limited, but also the competition is very high. Life after campus is 10
a journey of contrasting tales. Whereas a few manage to land themselves jobs, a number of
graduates find them chasing shadows for long spells of time.

Twelve years back, she walked out of Makerere University with head high only to find the exterior
tough. With a second class upper degree in education, she like many others expected a soft landing.

“Imagine I had worked so hard at school and my family had spent a fortune on my education, but 15
upon graduating, there was no job”, she says. Akankwasa says after a long tiring search, she
managed to get a teaching job in one of the secondary schools around Luzira, a city suburb, only to
find the pay minimal and was not forthcoming at times.

“Initially they said since it was working on probation, they were to pay me sh. 100,000. Regardless
of my personal challenges, the employers Anet Akankwasa, a fabric trader in Kikubo talks of her 20
experience with unease.

Were also not paying me regularly but expected me to continue working untroubled, Akankwasa
narrates.

With a deep sigh of relief, the short and slender trained teacher confesses that had it not been for
her cousin’s intervention, she would probably still be jobless.

That aside, even those that have been given jobs struggle, to impress at time. 25

Enoch Lubwama a business development director of an on-line retail shop says many graduates
lack practical skills. He attributes this to the current teaching framework that puts more emphasis
on theoretical subjects. Some graduates come looking for a job yet they cannot even write an
application letter in formal English”. Lubwama says.

According to Lubwama, graduates need to work on their communication skills in order to win the 30
trust of prospective employers.

This view is shared by Philip Dhuluga Bam, the acting secretary general of Uganda Teachers’
Union. He says in case of panel interviews, the applicants should be in position to offer practical

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solutions to problems. He says this, is one thing in particular that majority of employers are looking
for.

Work on your soft skills. 35

Peter Kibazo, the Uganda Management Institute public relations officer is one of one of those that
oppose the “no jobs narrative”.

According to him the jobs are in plenty, but it takes more than classroom knowledge to earn a call.

According to Kibazo, decent communication skills, sense of humor and ability to adapt quickly to
any situation is what employers are looking out for in every employee. He says graduates must 40
learn to present themselves whenever an opportunity comes calling. “How you present yourself is
what matters, not your academic qualification. Have something that differentiates you from the
majority’. Kibazo says, adding; discover what you are good at and where you need improvement”.

Research

Duruga advises graduates should use whatever resource is as available not only to research about 45
job offers, but also amass knowledge on a number on issues.

Patrick Ngorobe, the president of Uganda Human Resource Managers Association, says it is equally
important for a job seeker to know about emerging trends within their professions. Ngolobe says
there is nothing as distressing as an ignorant employee.

Upgrade academically. 50

Whereas the majority does it for the sake of securing a well-paying job, Duluga advises job seekers
to go for this option only for purposes of capacity building.

According to Burn, it should be ambition rather than desperation that should take one back to
school. Judging from his experience, he says those feeling that they should pursue a post graduate
should identify keenly a course that adds value to their academic field. “Do not things because 55
someone else has done them”. “Learn to follow your ambitions not money”, Buni advises.

School is also an opportunity for one to acquire skills that they could have missed at their previous
level.

Lubwama says the decision he took to undertake a computer course seven years ago has no
disappointment. This decision goes a long way in shaping the rough diamond in you. 60

Be resilient.
Unlike the lucky few who will easily walk into their dream job, the majority have to toil. As such it
is important that one learns not to give up.

Derrick Muhoozi an employee with a leading bank advises graduates to drop as many applications
to organizations as they can. 65

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However, Ngolole advises that, as one waits for the big moment, they can request to volunteer in
case there are any openings. He says volunteers are usually the first to be considered in case of any
opening.
Questions
(a) Suggest an appropriate title for this passage (02 marks)
(b) What does the author mean by the following phrases?
(i) ………. university students tend to fantasize living large. (line 02) (03marks)
(ii)……...700,000 individuals are churned into the labour market. (line 09) (03 marks)
(c) In not more than 100 words, summarise how one can navigate themselves out of joblessness.
(12marks)
(d) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. (20 marks)
(i) land themselves jobs (line 11)
(ii) expected soft landing (line 14)
(iii) fortune (line 15)
(iv) working on probation (line 19)
(v) no job narrative (line 37)
(vi) sense of humour (line 39)
(vii) emerging trends (line 48)
(viii) capacity building (line 52)
(ix) shaping rough diamond in you. (line 60)
(x) big moment (line 66)
SPGE = 10 marks
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 SEETA HILL COLLEGE, MUKONO
S5 HOLIDAY WORK 2021
SUBSIDIARY ICT S850/1
2½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Attempt all questions in this paper
The paper consists of twenty equally weighted questions.
All answers should be written in blue of black ink in the spaces provided on the question paper.

1(a) List any three parts of central processing unit. (03marks)

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(b) Define the following terms
(i) Data bus (01 mark)
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(ii) Address bus (01 mark)
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2(a) Give the function of the following equipments in the computer lab (03 marks)
(i) Fire extinguisher
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(ii) Air Conditioner
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(iii) Woolen carpet
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(b) Give any two safety precautions intended to protect the user that should be considered when
setting up a computer lab. (02 marks)
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3(a) Study the file path below and answer the questions that follow.
C:\Admin\Desktop\Exams\Mock\ICT2019.pdf.
(i) What is the root directory in which the above file is stored? (01 mark)
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(ii) Identify any one computer program that can be used to open the above file. (01 mark)
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(iii) What is the file name is of the file stored in the path above? (01 mark)
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(iv) In which folder is the file saved? (01 mark)
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(b) The above computer file could alternatively be saved with a .docx file extension.
Name any computer program that would open this file. (01 mark)
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4. Write the following in full

(i) CAD (01 mark)
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(ii) BIOS (01 mark)
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(iii) ENIAC (01 mark)
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(iv) CMOS (01 mark)
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(v) SATA (01 mark)
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5(a) Your Computer teacher finds it more convenient to use a computer when setting exams than
manually setting with pen and paper. Give reasons why it so. (03 marks)
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(b) Give two challenges that your teacher may encounter when using a computer. (02 marks)
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6(a) Name the data transfers in cables in the diagram below (03 marks)

(b) Identify any two of the cables above and state one area of application where each cable is used.
(02 marks)
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7(a) With an example, define the term device drivers. (02 marks)
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(b) It is said that “A computer system without operating system is rendered useless”. Give three
functions of the operating system (03 marks)
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8. A book shop owner uses a spreadsheet to calculate profits. This is part of the spreadsheet.

(i) Which row contains labels? (01 mark)

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(ii) Give the cell reference of the cell that contains 0-74-879116-7. (01 mark)
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(iii) Write down the formula which has been entered in cell F2. (01 mark)
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(b) Give two differences between a label and a value as applied to spreadsheet. (02 marks)
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9(a) The block diagram below shows the information processing cycle, Fill in the correct stages in
the block diagram. (03 marks)

(b) Assume you the examinations assistant of a certain school and directly in charge of making
student’s report cards, identify any kind of data or activity related to stage 1 and stage 4 of the
diagram above. (02 marks)
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Stage 4…………………………………………………...…………………………………………..…

10(a) The prolonged use of computers can lead to health and safety problems. Tick (√) two health
problems that may be caused by prolonged use of computers. (02 marks)

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(b) Suggest three ways of preventing the above healthy problems (03 marks)
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11(a) Define the term POST as applied to booting. (01 mark)

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(b) Give three reasons why a user may restart a computer. (03 marks)
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(c) Mention any one computer shortcut that can perform soft reset on a computer system. (01 mark)
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12(a) What is the role of the following IT personnel in the field of computing and technology?
(i) Programmer (01 mark)
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(ii) Database administrator (01 mark)
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(iii) Systems administer (01 mark)
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(b) Mentioned any other two carriers in computing apart from the one mentioned above. (02 marks)
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13. As an IT student in charge of media, you want to distribute a video file that was recorded at
your hand over ceremony, how many 700 MB CDs will you need to share a 20GB video file with 50
students of your class? (05 marks)

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14(a) A hospital uses computers to monitor the health of patients. Give three advantages of using
computers rather than nurses to do this. (03 marks)
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(b) Explain why analogue to digital conversion is needed when computers are used in monitoring
and measuring. (02 marks)
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15. Many companies use video conferencing instead of face to face conferencing. Discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of this. (05 marks)
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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16. Name the hardware devices labeled A, B, C and D. (05 marks)

17(a) Name two network devices that could be used to connect a LAN to a WAN. (02 marks)
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(b) Give two differences between a WAN and a LAN. (02 marks)
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(c) Give one example of a WAN network (01 mark)
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18(a) Students can use CDs or pen drives for storing their work. Give three reasons why students
may prefer to use pen drives. (03 marks)
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(b) Give two advantages of using online storage other than storage on local computer storage
devices. (02 marks)
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19. Students of a computer class where sent out to make research on how different hardware
components look like and how they function, a lot of noted and pictures were taken. On coming
back to school they were required to compile and print there reports. Their teacher has suggested a
dot matrix printer and the students suggested a LaserJet printer.
(a) Give two reasons why the teacher has suggested a dot matrix printer. (02 marks)
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(b) Give three reasons why the students have suggested a LaserJet printer. (03 marks)
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20. A school library has a file for storing details of the books it has and a file for storing details of its
borrowers. The two files are linked using a common field.

(a) How many records are there in the book file? (01 mark)
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(b) How many fields are there in the borrower file? (01 mark)
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(c) What type of database do these two files form? (01 mark)
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(d) Give two reasons why this type of database system is used rather than having two flat files.
(02 marks)
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 SEETA HILL COLLEGE, MUKONO
S5 HOLIDAY WORK 2021
SUBSIDIARY MATHEMATICS S475/1
2⅔ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all the eight questions in section A and any four questions from section B.
Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
Each question in section A carries 5 marks while each question in section B carries15 marks.
All necessary working must be clearly shown. Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.
Silent, non – programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a list of formulae may be used.
Assume where necessary, acceleration due to gravity g = 9.8ms-2.
Graph paper is provided. Neat work is a must!!

SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section
1. Solve the equation: log 25 4𝑥 = log 5 (3 − 𝑥 2 ). (05marks)
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2. The table below shows the marks scored by S.5 students in a subsidiary mathematics test.

If the modal mark is marks, determine the value of 𝑘 to the nearest integral value. (05 marks)

3. The fifth term of an Arithmetic progression (AP) is 12 and the sum of the first 5 terms is 80.
Determine the first term and the common difference. (05marks)

4. The table below shows the unit prices in shillings of three commodities in 2017 and 2018 together
with their values.

Using 2017 as the base, calculate the value index. (05marks)

𝑑𝑦 1
5. Solve the differential equation 𝑥 2 = ; given that 𝑦 = 2 when 𝑥 = 1. (05marks)
𝑑𝑦 𝑦

6. Events and are such that 𝑃(𝐴′⁄𝐵 ) = 3⁄7. Find:

(a) 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) (03marks)
(b) 𝑃(𝐴⁄𝐵 ) (02marks)

𝑎 𝑐 𝑥 5𝑥 − 3𝑦
7. Given that ( )( ) = ( ). Find the values of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 and 𝑑 . (05marks)
𝑏 𝑑 𝑦 7𝑥 + 2𝑦

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8. A car moves along a straight road from point 𝑷 to point 𝑸 with uniform acceleration 𝑚𝑠 −2 in 25
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seconds. The car reaches point 𝑸 with a velocity of 25𝑚𝑠 −2 . Find the distance travelled by the car
from point 𝑷 to 𝑸. (05marks)

SECTION B (60MARKS)
Answer four questions in this section

9. The table below shows the relationship between the marks scored by 8 candidates marked by two
examiners 𝑿 and 𝒀.

(a)(i) Draw a scatter diagram for the above data.

(ii) By drawing the line of best fit, estimate the marks awarded by examiner 𝑿 when
examiner 𝒀 awards 48. (09marks)

(b) Calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between marks awarded by examiner 𝑿
and 𝒀. Comment on your result. (06marks)

10(a) On the same axes, sketch the curves 𝑦 = 𝑥(𝑥 + 2) and 𝑦 = 𝑥(4 − 𝑥). (12marks)

(b) Find the area enclosed by the two curves. (03marks)

11. The weekly sales of text books recorded by Rise and Shine stationery shop for 1st term (February
to April) were as shown.

(a) Use the data to calculate a four weekly moving averages. (07marks)

(b) On the same axes, plot the four point moving averages and the original data. (05marks)

(c) Use your graph in (b) above to find the number of books that were sold in the first week of
May. (03marks)

12(a) Solve the equation 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 1, for 𝜃 in the range 00 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600 . (09marks)

sin 𝑥 sin 𝑥
(b) Prove that: + = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥. (06marks)
1−cos 𝑥 1+cos 𝑥

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13. The probability density function of a continuous random variable 𝑿 is given by
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(𝑥 + 1); 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑎
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𝑓(𝑥) = {2 (5 − 𝑥); 𝑎 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑏
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0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Determine the:
(a) values of 𝑎 and 𝑏. (10marks)

(b) 𝑃(𝑋 < 2.5) (05marks)

14. A box of mass 5kg rests on a rough inclined plane of inclination 600 to the horizontal.
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The coefficient of friction between the box and the plane is . Determine the least force acting;
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(a) parallel to the plane that will move the box up the plane. (08marks)

(b) horizontally that will prevent the box from slipping down the plane. (07marks)

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