INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

PAST PAPER Q&A SECTION I THEORY 60 marks Answer ALL questions.

CSEC JANUARY 2011

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A user interface allows a user to communicate with the computer to get some tasks done. (i) List ONE ar!ware user interface and give an example of where it is used. "#

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%atch the following applications with the t"pe of software that &ES descri#es the application. 'n "our answer #ooklet( write the application num#er ()( *( +) and the software t"pe letter (A( &( ,) #eside it. "& marks$ Tota' 10 marks

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(i) (ii) (iii)

'f the AS,'' code for the letter -f. is ))//))/( find the AS,'' code for the letter -0.. Show ALL calculations. "& marks$ ,onvert the #inar" num#er /)/))))/ to hexadecimal. 1sing two.s complement( find the 2$#it representation of $3*. "1 mark$ "1 mark$

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4ohn has an external hard drive with a capacit" of ) tera#"te ( &) and %ar" has a 1S& flash drive with a capacit" of )5 giga#"tes (6&). ,alculate how man" flash drives of information( similar to %ar".s( can #e accommodated on 4ohn.s external hard drive. "# marks$ 7or EA,8 of the following storage media( indicate whether it is a secondar" or primar" storage media. (i) (ii) (iii) 7lash %emor" ,ard 9andom Access %emor" :rogramma#le 9ead Onl" %emor" (:9O%)

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%atch the following tasks with the &ES device suita#le to perform the task. 'n "our answer #ooklet( write the device num#er ()( *( + ;( )/) with the task letter (A( &( ;( 4) "ou choose #eside it. Tota' 10 marks A computer supplies compan" has eight technicians who travel to #usinesses and homes to sell computer supplies and accessories. Each technician has the a#ilit" to complete purchase transactions using de#it or credit cards at an" client.s location. (a) Explain( giving a reason( the t"pe of transaction media that is descri#ed a#ove. "# marks$ (#) Explain what is a -hotspot. and give ONE disadvantage of having access to a hotspot. "# marks$ (c) Name !O devices that can connect to a !i$7i. (d) "# marks$

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Explain the difference #etween -line$of$sight communication. and -scattered infrared communication.. "# marks$ Explain whether line$of$sight communication or scattered infrared communication is %O9E effective in transmitting data. "# marks$ Tota' 10 marks

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State ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of EA,8 of the following scenarios< (a) (#) (c) (d) (e) Offering automated voice mail where the caller presses a num#er to #e transferred to an extension. "# marks$ !orking at home or conducting #usiness using a computer to communicate with colleagues and=or clients. "# marks$ 1sing onl" credit or de#it cards for transactions. "# marks$ 1se of 'nformation echnolog" and computers in most areas of work. "# marks$ 1sing a computer for a long time to complete an urgent task. "# marks$ Tota' 10 marks

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7or EA,8 of the file structures la#eled (i) to (v) #elow( state whether the record arrangement is ordered (O)( unordered (1) or can either #e ordered or unordered (O1). (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) >irect Access 7ile 'ndexed$Se?uential 7ile 9andom Access 7ile Se?uential 7ile Serial 7ile

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State whether EA,8 of the following files is temporar" or permanent<

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PAST PAPER Q&A SECTION II

CSEC JANUARY 2011

*RO+,CTI-ITY TOOLS 1) marks Answer ALL questions. .. Answer the following ?uestions #ased on the spreadsheet given #elow<

(a) State the range of cells containing the names of the #anks. "1 mark$ (#) !hat data format has #een applied to the data with the num#er of accounts for each of the #anks@ "1 mark$ (c) he data in the spreadsheet have #een sorted. 'ndicate the name of the field used for the sort. "1 mark$ (d) !rite the function that should #e used to find the 8'68ES num#er of loan accounts in a #ank. "# marks$ (e) Aou are asked to create a /ie 0 art to show the O AL num#er of accounts in EA,8 #ank. !rite the !O ranges of data "ou would use. "# marks$ Tota' . marks 1. A universit" uses a data#ase with two ta#les to store information on courses that are #eing offered #" the various faculties. he data in the two ta#les are given #elow<

(a) (#) (c) (d) (e) (f)

!hat field in the ,O19SE ta#le is used to sort the records@ "1 mark$ State the primar" ke" in the ,O19SE ta#le. "1mark$ he two ta#les have #een Boined #" a common field. State the name of the >ean of the facult" that is offering the course with ,id C E,N )//. "1 mark$ !rite a ?uer" to show ALL courses in the NS facult" with %O9E than D credits. "# marks$ 'n the ,O19SE ta#le it is re?uired to insert a calculated field named 7EE to compute the fee for EA,8 course. 'f the cost per credit is E*D/( writ the formula for the calculated field. "# marks$ State the field in the ,O19SE ta#le that would #e %OS appropriate to use to group the data when preparing a report. "1 mark$ Tota' 1 marks

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PAST PAPER Q&A SECTION III

CSEC JANUARY 2011

*RO2LE3 SOL-IN4 AN+ *RO4RA33IN4 () marks Answer ALL questions. 5. he two arra"s #elow contain four num#ers each. List)< * List*< ) F + D D 2 3

(a) !rite code in :ascal to declare the arra" List). ") marks$ (#) !rite the contents of the two arra"s after execution of the following fragment of code< for x <C ) to F do List)GxH <C List)GxH I List*GxH ") marks$ Tota' 10 marks 10. A program reads tow characters comprising J( or K into a 5$index arra" named ES . Assuming that the arra" and all varia#les are alread" initialiLed( write a program fragment to (a) initialiLe the arra" "& marks$ (#) print the num#er of stars (J) in the arra" "6 marks$ (c) print the comment MNON for all characters other than J or K in the arra". "6 marks$ Tota' 1) marks 11. (a) ,op" and complete the trace ta#le #elow to show the result of the following algorithm. ) * + F D 5 3 last C F count C / !hile num#er C + to 3 >o !hile (num#er OP last) >o count C count Q ) End !hile Output count "( marks$ (#) !hat is the name of the structure from lines + to 5@ "1 mark$ Tota' ) marks 1#. Explain the difference #etween EA,8 of the following pairs of terms. (a) Low$level and high$level languages (#) Looping structure and conditional structure (c) esting and de#ugging (d) Raria#le and constant 5 "# marks$ "# marks$ "# marks$ "# marks$

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