FORM TP 2018081 1 Wrst cove 01229010 MAY/UNE 2018 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION ¢ ERTIFICATE* EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 01 — General Proficiency T hour 30 minutes, Gowiay 2018p. ) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This vest consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and ‘0 minutes to answer them. In addition to this test booklet, you shoud have an answer sheet. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each iter: ‘you are about to answer and decide whic choiee is best (On your answer sheet, find the number which correspors's to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. 70k at the sample item below. ‘Sample Item Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose software tools? (A) Spreadsheet and database software ‘Sample Answer (B) Word processor and accounting software (C) Student record system and database software @®O® (D) _ Insurance processing and spreadsheet software The best answer to thi item is “Spreadsheet and database software”, so (A) has been shaded Ifyou want'to change your answer, eras: it completely before you fill in your new choice. When you ate told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. 11 you eannot answer an item, go on to tive next one. You may return to that item later. DO NOT TURN THIS PAG! OO SSS Copyright © 2016 All rights reserved. 01229010/F 20187are Which of the following itemsareconsidered computer hardware? (A) Data (B) Programs Ko Output devices ) Operating systems Scanning an item at a computerized checkout station in a supermarket is an example of data (A) input (B) output (©) storing (D) processing Access time for magnetic disks is the time taken by the read/write head to find the (A) _ buffer (B)) sector (C), cluster (D) cylinder The binary equivalent of the decimal number 7 is, (A) 100, (B) 101, (110, (D)) 1, The primary storage device that holds the data currently being processed by the computer is known as the (A) __ read only memory (ROM) ( programmable ROM (PROM) random access memory (RAM) erasable and programmable ROM (EPROM) Item 6 refers to the following specification recessor for a laptop. Intel Pentium V 64-bit 3.6 GZ The 64-bit in this specification means that the processor can (A) _ process 4 characters at one time ((B)) _ process 8 characters at one time (Cy access 8 characters it one time (D) access 4 characters st one time Which of the following devices is used to input data into the computer? (A) Mouse (B) Monitor {©l__ USB flash drive \@)| External hard drive In which of the following interface type: is the user required to remember specific instructions and syntax? (A) Menu-driven (B) Graphical user (C) Computer screen Command-driven “Which of the following components is use by the CPU to temporarily store data? (A) Track Sector Buffer Cylinder10. nu 13, 14. In order to use a program stored on a flash ‘drive, the program must be transferred inte A) ROM 3) RAM TT) PROM (0) BPROWL Which of the following tasks is NOT a function of the control unit (CU)? (A)) Performing arithmetic operations (B) Reading and interpreting mach ne instructions (C) Coordinating the operation of the internal registers (D) Controlling the sequencing of machine instructions The two's complement of a binary number is formed by (A) changing all zeros to twos (B) changing all ones to twos (C) finding theone's complement t (D)) addingoneto the one’s complement Which of the following terms represents a hexadecimal? (A) (B) (Cc) (D) ‘A hard deve with one read/write head per disk is called a (A) SCSI (B) SATA iC) fixed head (D) + moving head 15, 16. 17. 19. Which of the following systems prov ides trensmission of data in BOTH direc'ions at the same time? (2). Simple e) Full duplex (© Half duplex (D) Null duplex. Which of the following functions is porfomed by a modem? ()) Analog and digital 03) Digital and upload (©) Analog and download () Download and upload Which of the following devices is NOT required to successfully implement teleconferencing? A)) Sensor Modem (C) Speaker (D) Microphone Programs that duplicate the knowledge and diagnostic skills displayed by humans performing specialized tasks are referred loas (A virtual systems (B)) exper systems e knowledge systems (D) engineering systems Transferring data from a remote computer to your computer is referred to as, uploading ® data mining (D) downloading browsing,20. Which of the following operations 18 considereda feature of a biometric system? @) B) «© (Dy Matching fingerprints Detecting irregular heartbeats Diagnosing medical symptoms Helping to lubricate skeletal joints 21. Telecommuting can be BEST described as usingthe computer while commuting usingthe telephone whilecommuting working from home by connecting home and office working from the office after establishing a connection at home 22, A webmaster is important to a company because he/she aN (A)) _ is responsible for the company’s website (B) assigns web addresses to all users in a company (C) monitors the shutting down of ‘competitors’ websites (D) backs up files and stores the disks at another location 33, The task of keeping @ company’s data files and software organized through the cataloguing and storing of tapes and disks is that of the A) IT manager B)) _ file librarian systems analyst (D) database administrator 24. Which of the following checks is NOT @ validation technique? A) Range (C) Double entry (D) _ Reasonableness 28. 26. 21. “The process of scrambling messages at th sending end and unscrambling them at th: receiving end is called (Ay coding ((B)) encryption “(C) espionage (D) eavesdropping There are many software restrictions used by computers to protect data and mainia\a data integrity, Which of the following entities are software restriction media” 1. Viruses TI. Passwords 111. Eneryptions (A) Tand I only (BL Land 11} only (©) Wand Ill only (by 1, Mand Il Item 27 refers to the following diagram which shows a form being completed. ‘The data from the form shown above 1S captured by (A) USB (B), OCR © OMR MICR GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE }28. 29. 30, 31. 32. Which of the following statements is tue of accessing files sequentially? (D) Occurs in any order Starts with the first record Starts with the largest data field Starts with the smallest data field A graph is stored and sent to another user. ‘When the user opens the file he understands the graph he receives. This graph is a form of (A) discussion (B) facilitation calculation information ©) ) Which of the following activities is NOT anexample of commercial data processin; (A) (B) Budgeting Invoice processing Payroll processing Forecasting hurricanes The following formulais located in position B6 of a spreadsheet. What would be the resulting formula if it was copied to the position located immediately on the left? = B3+B4 + SBSS (A) C3+C4+C5 (B) A3+A4+A5 A3 +A4 + $BS5 C3 + C4 + SBS5 Spreadsheet formulae use (A) ® values or labels labels or cell addresses values, labels or cell addresses values, ranges or cell addresses 33. 34, 35. 36. 37. The intersection of a row and aco umn in. a spreadsheet 1s called a (@) cell “TRY label (Cy range (D) value Which of the following would MOST likely be placed above a graph? Title’ Legend (©) Gridline (D) Data label In Microsoft PowerPoint, a single page shown on a screen to display information is called a (A) field (B) table slide presentation Which of the following is NOT a valid data type in Microsoft Access? ‘ Text Character (Cy _Date’time (D) Auto number Which of the following facilitiesisnormally used for website-to-website connections? (A) Modem Monitor © Hyperlink Hypertext Nn ON TO THE NEXT PAGE38. 39. 40. -6 Item 38 refers to the following spreadsheet. A B c Dp | €£ F G 1 | 2 3 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fn 4 Games | 195 | 657 | 200 | 100 | 700 3 Poot | 290 [ 410 | 311 150 | 390 If Column A is deleted, the existing formulae would remain the same result in an error being reported (C) be automatically corrected because absolute addressing is used (D) be automatically corrected because relative addressing is used Which of the following functions are 41. performed by spreadsheets? 1, Performingautomaticre-calculation when values have been updated Il Applying formulae to numerical data to determine values MM. Capturing, displaying and manipulating text data (A) 1and ttonly 42. (BY) Jand Il only (C) Mand If only (D) 1, Mand Itt In creating a query, a student entered the following criteria for the date field. > = 05/11/2017 and < = 05/14/2017 43. The output will show days after 14 May 2017 only [B)) from 11 to 14 May 2017 ¢ before 11 May and after 14 May 2017 (D) _ between 14 May and 5 November 2017 Information produced from aueries encL. tablesina specific formatrhatcan be prin« 2c. from a database is called (Ay a file a report © abinary -(D) _ anobject The slide sorter can be used to create a slide master (B) modify custom animations (C) add sound effects to a presen: ats 4D) show thumbnails of the entire sli show Which of the following features can be us 6 in a spreadsheet to copy the result multiple rows in a single column’? (A) Cell (B) Label Cursor Function 0 ON ra THe Aree T Ar!45. 7 ea) In a spreadsheet, the column titles will always be visible when you scroll the spreadsheet if you first %(A) freeze the toprow Pree a (B) lock the last column 6 | (C) lock the spreadsheet > (D) freeze the first column! ‘Which of the following sequences of steps is correct for deleting a field in a database table? (A) Choose the delete row option. Select row to be deleted and right click. Open table in design view. Choose yes to confirm deletion. (@) Open table in design view. Select row to be deleted and right click: Choose the delete row option. Choose yes to confirm deletion. (C)_, Select row to be deleted and right * click. Open table in design view. Choose the delete row option. Choose yes to confirm deletion. (D) Select row to be deleted and right click. Choose the delete row option. Open table in design view. Choose yes to confirm deletion. Which of the following Pascal statements reads data into a variable, N, and places the cursor on the next line? (A) Read (N) Write (N) © Readin (N) Writeln (N) 47. #48, 49, Item 47 refers to the following pseudocode and trace table, a7 bel Forn <1 to3 do aebel beatb ua ec ler o i 2 3 ‘Whaat is the value of X? ‘The integer variables a, b and c are given the values 6, 10 and 2 respectiv ely. What is the poi of the following expression 10D) Smunr DIV)?” aM 0 ex hiofrachsr bd ‘ wa 30 DAV - ques val fa dmisiey 20 MOD - gives Yermaander In representing algonthms, which of the following statements would be placed in the flow chart box shown below? A>25 Read A Output C Count count + 1 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE50, 31. $2. In an algorithm, item_pric variable used to store the price of a grocery item. The MOST appropriate data type used for item price is @) real BY integer (©) boolean (D) character 53 [tem S1 refers to the following algorithm. Read (A, B) If A-1 DO (4) n=n- a4! > (S) Print n (6) Endwhile Which of the following series of numbers represents the correct output when the number 3 is input? The Pascal code varx,y would generate an error. The term used to describe this type of error is (a) syntax (BY logical (©) runtime (D) execution Which of the following terms is an invalid variable name? (A) Sum Loy 2count Vat (D) Count The following commands are examples of ccmputer programming instructions: Sort customer by last name —- Total income by department To which generation of programming, language do these examples belong? (a) First 3) Second 0 ON TO THE NEXT PAGE$7. Which Of the fe Per ibols isusedto $9, Algorithm testing is BEST described as (A) executing the programm manually r - \ with input valuesto see the results (B) ((B))) running the program using sample ¢ : ( ie 8 < data to identify etrors in the (Dy == Program (C) reading each line of code from beginning to end to search for Item $8 ref ae Item $8 refers to the following algorithm. (D) checking that all documentation is included in the program 1 users for length, width MW Iength, width area — length * width 60. What is. the MOST appropriate control I "Area of rectangle is", area structure to be used in calculating the total of ten numbers? ; 58. Which of the following options can be used (A) if-then-else to replace I, Il and III in the algorithm? (B) — Repeat-until While-do (A) Read, write, prompt & For-do (B) Write, read, prompt —/ (C)) Prompt, read, write (D) Read, prompt, write END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.