SAMPLE EXAM

PAPER

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
4 FORM
Paper 01 Technical Proficiency
THEORY
1 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper has 3 sections. Answer all questions.
2. Number EACH answer correctly in the answer booklet.
3. Please complete and take answers to class with you. 4G Monday, May 26th
@ 1:50pm and 4F2 Tuesday May 27th @ 8am.

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SECTION I
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 30 marks
Answer ALL questions.
1. The central Processing Unit (CPU) has two major sub-units.
a)

Name the two sub-units of the CPU.

(2 marks)

b)

Give the function of EACH sub-unit.

(2 marks)

c)

What type of memory is MOST closely connected to the CPU?

(1 mark)

d)

What is the name of the chip that holds the CPU?

(1 mark)
Total 6 marks

2. You have won a computer which is equipped with 512 megabytes of RAM, a 80-gigabyte
hard disk drive, a CD-DVD burner, a floppy disk drive, two ports for flash disks (small
storage devices), a laser printer, a finger print reader (for security), and a wireless mouse.
a)

Identify a primary and a secondary storage device in this system.

(2 marks)

b)

Name TWO peripheral devices found in this system.

(2 marks)

c)

Each of your courses needs 15.5 kilobytes of space on your system. How many
complete courses can fit into a 5- megabyte file?
(2 marks)
Total 6 marks

3. State the MOST appropriate data capture method for EACH of the following situations:
a)

Marking multiple-choice examination answer papers.

(1 mark)

b)

Transferring a whole page of a document into your word processing package

without the need to type it in.
(1 mark)

c)

Reading of data on bank cheques

(1 mark)

d)

Accepting voice instructions

(1 mark)
Total 4 marks

4. Figure 1 shows a file access interface from and MSDOS system. Figure 2 shows a file access
interface from a Windows system.

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Figure 1
Figure 2

d)

a)

Name the types of files access interfaces, shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2,
respectively.
(2 marks)

b)

Indicate which of the two interfaces would be more appropriate for someone who
is not vary comfortable with a computer. Give reason for your answer.(2 marks)

c)

What is the name given to the CATEGORY of system software mentioned in the
question (MSDOS and Windows)?
(1 mark)

Name another example of system software of the type mentioned in part (c) above.

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(1 mark)
Total 6 marks
5. Calculate and show the following:
a)

The binary equivalent of 9410

(1 mark)

b)

The decimal equivalent of 101010112

(1 mark)

c)

The eight-bit signed and magnitude representation of -20

(2 marks)

d)

The Binary Coded Decimal representation of -456

(2 marks)

e)

The eight-bit twos complement representation of 13

(2 marks)
Total 8 marks

SECTION II
APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 30 marks
Answer ALL questions.
6. a) Describe an Information Technology application that would be BEST suited for the
following:
(i)

Make payments without carrying cash

(1 mark)

(ii)

Pay bills 24 hours a day without queuing at the counters

(1 mark)

b) Describe an IT application that would be useful in EACH of the following areas:

(i)

Doing homework

(1 mark)

(ii)

Entertainment

(1 mark)

(iii)

Communicating with friends or students

(1 mark)
Total 5 marks

7. The Minister of Education is quoted as saying:

Now that Blackville High School has secured its intranet and has made connection to the
internet available, we can look forward to using and web-browsers to access our current
home-built web-sites and web-pages. In the near future this school will be able to embark on
the road to e-learning and even e-commerce.
a)

State the difference between the Intranet and the Internet.

(2 marks)

b)

How do the terms web-browser, web-sites and web-pages differ?

(3 marks)

c)

What does the term e-commerce mean?

(1 mark)
Total 6 marks

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8. Two agencies use teleconferencing and videoconferencing tools to collaborate.

a) State the meaning of EACH of the tools the agencies use to collaborate.(2 marks)
b) Give ONE example of the equipment that is essential for EACH tool to operate
effectively.
(2 marks)
c) State ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of the use of the tools.

(2 marks)
Total 6 marks

9. As the safety expert at your company you encounter a young woman who claims to be a
temporary receptionist sent by an employment agency and needs to gain access to the
network your company uses. She is not familiar to you.
a) Indicate TWO steps you would take to verify that this individual is indeed on
official business.
(2 marks)
b) For EACH step indicated, give a reason for your action.

(2 marks)

c) What is meant by the term computer fraud?

(1 mark)

d) Give TWO examples of ways the young woman could be harmful to your
institution.
(2 marks)
Total 7 marks
10. A scanner and a barcode reader are computer-related hardware used in industry to make the
work of the employee easier and more efficient.
a)

State the function of a scanner and a barcode reader

(2 marks)

b) For EACH piece of hard ware in (a), state the type of industry in which it would
MOST likely be used.
(2 marks)
c) For ONE of the pieces of hardware, state the job title of the individual who is MOST
likely to use this piece of equipment and clearly indicate how it makes their job more
efficient.
(2 marks)
Total 6 marks

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TECHNICAL
GENERAL PROFICIENCY
THIS SECTION IS FOT GENERAL PROFICIENCY STUDENTS ONLY
SECTION IV 30 marks
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
11. The following questions relates to Word-Processing;
a) The first line of your document contains the word John. List TWO ways to replace the
word John with the word Mary.
(1 mark)
b) You have a document with 10 paragraphs. How would you interchange the third and
seventh paragraphs?
(2 marks)
c) What is the difference between centered text and fully justified text?

(1 mark)

d) You have a document with 10 paragraphs on one page. What is the most efficient way to
make paragraphs 6 10 as page two of your document?
(1 mark)
e) For the submission of your document, you are required to use 1.5 as the left margin and
0.5 as the right margin. How would you set the margins as required?
(1 mark)
f)

The heading of your document is

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

(i)

How would you remove the underline?

(ii)

List TWO formatting features used besides underlining and bolding.

(1 mark)

(1 mark)
g) In you document, you want the page number to be inserted automatically at the top right
of EACH page of the document. How would you do this?
(1 mark)
h)

How would you print the content of a page across the length of the paper?
(1 mark)
Total 10 marks

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12. The following questions relate to Spreadsheet:

The number of students attending the local University for the past 5 years is given in the
following spreadsheet:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

A
Programs
Masters
Degree
Diploma
Certificate
Professional
Total

B
2001
20
300
700
130
#######

C
2002
18
350
680
211
311

D
2003
12
400
600
345
234

E
2004
10
387
500
678
367

F
2005
13
213
450
212
412

G
Total

a)

In cell B6, you entered a number and ####### appears in the cell. Why did this
occur and how would you make the actual number you entered appear in the cell?
(2 marks)

b)

State the range that contains the name of the various programs offered by the
University.
(1 mark)

c)

The number of students who pursued Diploma program in 2002 is 608 and not
680. How would you change the data?
(1 mark)

d)

You want to compute the total number of students who pursued Masters program
for the period: 2001 2005. State the formula you would use.
(1 mark)

e)

The formula =B3/$B$10 was inserted in a cell. What is the purpose of the
$B$10 in the formula?
(1 mark)

f)

For good presentation, you are required to right-align the data in the range, B1:G1.
How would you do this?
(1 mark)

g)

The formula =SUM(B2:B6) was entered in cell B7. The value in B4 was
changed and it was observed that the value in B7 changed. Why did this occur?
(1 mark)

h)

The formula in cell B7 was copied to the range C7:F7. The values in the range
C7:F7 were checked and found to be correct. Why did this occur?
(1 mark)

i)

Explain how you would format all numeric values in the range, B7:F7 so that all
thousand are separated by commas.
(1 mark)
Total 10 marks

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13. The following questions relate to Database Management:

The traffic Department is concerned about reckless driving by drivers of public
transportation vehicles using a particular route. On a daily basis, the traffic department
would like to store information on the Registration Number of the Vehicle, the type of
Vehicle (Bus, Mini-Bus and Hired Car), the driver of the vehicle and the number of ticket
issued to the driver. You have been asked to create a database table named TICKET to
store the information.
a)

Create the structure of the table TICKET. Your structure should indicate the
name, data type and size for each field in your table.
(3 marks)

b)

State ONE reason for using a form to input data into your table.

(1 mark)

c)

Give ONE example of a record in the TICKET table.

(1 mark)

d)

Suppose you now need to store the sex of the driver, what would you do to
accomplish this task, assuming that your table has 10 records already? (2 marks)

e)

Write a query to show ALL female drivers of Hired Cars

f)

How would you print the data in a table for the date, 24/12/06?

(1 mark)
(2 marks)
Total 10 marks

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