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rr & Test copr 01229020 FORM TP 2019085 MAY/JUNE 2019 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 02 — General Proficiency 2 hours 15 minutes 80 i READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1, This paper consists of THREE sections and a total of TWELVE questions i Candidates MUST answer ALL. questions in all THREE sections, : Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet. 3. Do NOT write in the margins. 4. Code is to be written in Pascal 5. Ifyou need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the original page. you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer. cao 6 Ifyou use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, | include the question part beside the answer, Naparima Girls! Pict: Sohne Libra y DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. (Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Couneil, All rights reserved, AMEN L 01229020/MICSEC 2019 5 a2 0x0 r “ 1 SECTION I THEORY — 66 marks Answer ALL questior 1, The OLDSCHOOL company colleets old photographs of the city from its customers. The photographs are stored in filing cabinets and their images are also saved on @ computer (a) Explain how the photugraphs and their images ean be organized for easy cetrieval @ marks) (6) Identify ONE suitable device that could be used to organize the photographs, aud stste how the images of the photographs are created and transferred to the computer. @ marks) (©) Consider FACH of the following terms: Hard copy Soft copy Human readable Machine readable Use one or more of the terms from the list above to indicate how the photographs are stored and accessed by EACH of the following methods. Filing cabinets... Stored on computers (marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | 01229020/MJCSEC 2019 @ 5 Tor EACH of the following methods, state ONE measure that can be used to protect the photographs OR their images in the event of a fire Filing cabinets... a Stored on cOMPULES oc cnnrmnenennenne (2 marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 091229020/MN/CSEC 2019 Lo ge | eee -6- 7 ing their vehicles at one of ten cashier booths. Ones fa) Customers make payments for lieesit the oxchier enter the vehicle cegiseation qurnber and he amstiny paid in the computer x or nea command ig set 10 prin the rout tos estate, THe certificate is printed in zB the order in which it was received in the printer queue. Re i GG) densify the processing mode that is use For pringing the road tx certificates and fa ae ONE reason why this mode may have been use & iH Mode « Reason (2 marks) Gi) Aroad yax cemtificate is nok printed i the custonmes has NOT paid the fill amount due. Identity ONE. validation check and state how the system will use it to detersnine ia certificate should be printed. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/MJICSEC ee a MaMa ATUL _I DONOR WHITE IN TRIS AREA ee 82 r * 7 {b) The following is a list of termsvabbreviations associated with the specifications for a ‘computer system. cpu Monitor Speaker Operating system Primary memory Secondary storage device (i) Select the appropriate term from the list above to match EACH of the following, specifications. Specification Term Associated with Specification Quad-HD OLED (2560 « 1440) touchscreen display 4GB RAM S00GB SATA Hard Drive 720 RPM (5 marks) Gi) Identify ONE other device that would be necessary to include with the computer system. (i mark) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/MI/CSEC 2019. <8. 7 (i) @)___ Complete the Following table based on the number systems assigned bE 5 ‘Number System ] Number System | Number System Character Or 2 3 F M 0100 1101 4D “Add two characters : ° 9 i => i ‘Add one character P 101 0000 ' = t i (S marks) ' Gi) Identify the types of number systerns that were used in the table in (a) (i). Number System #1 | ‘Number System #2 Number System #3 @ marks) {b) State the name of the hardware component of a computer system that GG) manipulates data... Gi) temporarily stores data @ marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/MICSEC 2019 imps | NOT WRITE IN FHIS AREA PET CHORE RG EER SOTO ror 4 fa) 0 4 State whether EACH of the storage devices listed in the following table are used for primary storage or secondary storage. Devi Storage Flash memory card Magnetic tape Ranclom Access Memory Read Only Memory Bi-stable device Optical disk in (a). (6 marks) Match EACH of the following storage devices with the appropriate names from the list Device ‘Name 01229020/MJ/CSEC 2019 L (4 marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE r w 7 5, For EACH of the following pairs of terms, describe ONF scenario where EACH term is more usefull than the other. {@) Networks: Local area or wide area Local area... Wide area... (©) Data transmission media: Coaxial eable or fibre-optic cable Coaxial cable ibre-optic cable .. (©) Communication modes: Simplex or duplex Simplex 0. @ marks) £ Juetooth or Wi-Fi (gd) Wireless network technology: Bluetooth WiFi (marks) GO ON 10 THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/MIICSEC 2019 l ag EA _| EDO NOT RITICIN tris are ‘A086 (©) Wireless media Satellite . Satellite or microwave Microwave... 01229020/MS/CSKC 2019 (Q marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE oe r “a. 4 6 (a) State ONE example of EACH of the following descriptions. (i) An application that uses batch processing (mark) | . Gi) An application that uscs real-time processing (mark) (iii) An operating system software for personal computers (b) (©) Identify the hardware device that performs EACH of the following tasks, (0 Produces audio output from a computer mark) ‘A030 Gi) Stores program instructions during the execution of the program (i mark) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 91229020MBCSEC 2019 L gn a _! r “ 1 (d} State the technical term used to describe EACI of the following activities, (i) Studying fora degree via the Internet Gi) Purchasing school supplies from Amazon via the Internet (1 mark) Gi) Sharing personal information on « website. (mark) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEX I PAGE, 01229020/M4CSE 2019 UE _| 5 “14. 7 SECTION PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS - 13 marks Answer ALL questions, 7. Consider the following spreadshevt containing fields from the database table Learner-Driver below. Study the spreadsheet and answer the questions that totlow. A B D E ¥ € Learner | Permit ee oer pate Test Date | Status | Category | Instructor 9 [AshionNicholls) 02/2/2018 | 02/8/2018 Active | Automatic | Jon 8 10 [Asmara Royal | 30/1/2018 | 3072018 | To start) Automatic | Jon 11 chad Conway | 1982016 | 1922018 |ossiz0re | Active {EBM | Rick y Goods 12 [Danielte Micah | 02/11/2016 | 02/5/2018 Tetive | Automatic Jon 1B [Leroy Gaseth | 30/1/2018 | 30/7/2018 ‘Active | Automatic | Ash 14 [Rashena Als | 09/1/2018 | 09/7/2018 TTostart | Automatie| Ash ‘ ; : see | bight 45 | Regina Cleriton | 301-2018 | 30/7/2018 active |Ui8M | Rick 16 [Swve Colly | 01720018 | o1/s2018 Tetive | Automatic | Jon 17 |Shareece Sham | 21/1/2018 | 31/7/2018 ‘Active | Automatic | Ash (a) Identify the field that could be used as a primary key, und state ONE reason why it NOT be a suitable primary key. Aono (2 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01220020/MCSEC 2019 L NLA J TNE REP ALY EAE caneees -1s- 71 (b) Gi) One of the tables in the database is the Instructor table, Complete the table below to show the ficld name and the data types that could be used in the Instructor table. Field Name Data Type s @ marks) Identify the field name ftom the Instructor table that would be MOST suitable as a primary key. mark) (©) Write the results of another query that lists the leaner drivers assigned to Rick. (2 marks) ‘Total 7 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/M1/CSEC 2019 r “ms a 8 The fallowing spreadsheet shows some of the data generated {rom @ list of students who have paid! far lessons to leam to drive, Study the spreadsheet ancl answer the questions that follow. x B € D E F G Learner | Permit. | Permit 1) ‘Baier | tosneDate | Expitton | TestDate | Situs Category | Instructor 9 [Ashton Nicholls| 02/2/2018 | 02/8/2018 ‘Aative [Automatic [Jon 10 [Asmara Royal | 30/1/2018 | 30/7/2018 Tostar | Automatis | Jon i : Tight away | sove2016 | r922018 | 05/50 : | at | Chad Conway 8 josisi2018 J active [UM | Rick T2 | Danielle Micah | 0211/2016 [02/5/2018 ‘Active [Automatic | Jon 13 [Leroy Gaseth | S0/L2088 | 30/7/2018 “Active | Automatic [Ash » 14 [Rashena Als _| 097172018 | 09/7/2018 [Tostare | Automatie | Ash g : we [hieht In gina Clariton | 30/1/21 2 18 | Regina Cleriton| 30/1/2018 | 30/72018 active | EBM Rick 16 [Steve Colly | o12R018 | oWe018 ‘Active | Automatic | Jon 17 | Shareese Sham | 2171/2018 | 31/7/2018 Active | Automatic [ Ash (0) Using the letter ‘m” to represent the month, “4 to represent the day and *y’ to represent the year, write the format for the date that has been applied to the cells. (b) Write a formula to caleuiate the number of days that Asmara Royal has had her permit, @ marks) fe) @ marks) (d)_— State the name of the feature that sllows for the viewing of some rows of data in the spreadsheet. (mark) Total 8 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/MJCSEC 2019, (" ‘We “ye 7] SECTION MIL PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING ~ 45 marks Answer ALL questions, ‘The following is a list of programming terms and errors. syntax debug documented logic executed souree high Select the appropriate term/error from the list abave to complete EACH of the following sentences, (a) (b) © @ © a @ hy wo Annissa wrote code using Pascal, a .. level language. She typed the .. -. code and then saved it. While she was typing the code, Annissa made sure to Certain Lines so that the program was easy to read, ‘There were no. terrors, so the program followed the grammar of the language. She then soos one the program to see i it was grammatically eorrect Annissa then entered some .- data to see if the program produced the correct output If there were errors, she would have to .... the program to locate and correct these ercors, The progeam produced the correct results and this meant there were no errors oF... errors, Since all was well. Annissa then ........ «the program with comments, . (10 marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/MCSEC 2019 ez A030 r 7 10. The following algorithm guises new students and continuing students about paying thei schoo! fees. Study the algorithm and answer the questions that follow. ye ‘Line Number Statement H F You are a new student THEN Attend counselling 1F ‘You are ready to pay THEN Make payment ELSE Consider payment plan ELSEIF) “You are ready to pay THEN Make payment ELSE _ Consider payment plan el afalelelele {a) Suggest the appropriate action that should be taken by EACH of the following students (Millie, a new student, who is NOT yet ready to pay. (ii) Roy, acontinuing student, who is ready to pay. (b) State the MAIN difference between new student and a continuing student, (1 mark) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE a) 01229020 MNCSEC 2019 L A r » 7 & (©) Use the algorithm on page 18 to complete {i-vi) in the following table. For EACH step — write the line number of the statement if it is represented in the algorithm or ‘none’ if it is not represented — draw a corresponding flowchart symbol. Line Number of Statement in Seep the Algorithm Flowchart Symbot a Inputfoutput [/ tii) (ey) Process ow) Decision (i) Terminator | None (6 marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, r -» 1 1. (a) Drawa flowchart to illustrate the following segment of the algorithm. IF ‘You are ready to pay THEN Make payment FISE Consider payment plan (5 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE BC 2019 r 2 1 (>) ‘The following algorithra guides new and continuing students about course registration. Study the algorithm and answer the questions that follow. ‘Tine Number 77 Statement Le IF ‘You are a new student 2. ‘THEN, 3. TF____Youare fulltime + THEN Register for ive courses 3 ELSE Register for three courses 6. ELSE Check your credit hours @® Using the algorithm, complete the table below to determine how students should register for courses, Type of Student | Registration | Option ‘New student Full-time New student Part-time Continuing student | Full-time Continuing student | Part-t (4 marks) Gi) State the name of the table above that showed the vatious options. mark Total 10 marks GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE _l 01229020/MJ/CSEC 2019 4 12, Students make « series of payments towards their schoo! fees. The number of payments for each student is stored in u one-dimensional atray shown below. Num_of payments [4 [5 | 4 474[s[3]4 [5 4 Reference, 1 3 4 [33 [sa [55 [se [57 | 300 (@) State the (i) reference for the studem who has t make three payments (mark) (ii) “mark iil) maximum number of students whose information ean be stored in the array (mark) (iv) meaning of.” as shown in the array (2 marks) () data type for the number of payments. (1 mark) on GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/MJ/CSEC 2019 L NHN 0A _| -23- 7] (b) Using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, write the order in whi statements ace used in a Pascal programme. the following sequence of Output data for a student Initialize the array Enter the number of payments for a student Declare the array (4 marks) (©) Answer the questions based on the following fragment of Pascal code, count 2=05 For Reference :=1 10 300 DO If (PAYMENT {Reference] = 5) Then count = count + 1; (State the purpose of eount 0; (mark) (ii) What does PAYMENT refer to in the fragment ende above? 1 mark) (iii) (G marks) Total 15 marks END OF TEST YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01229020/MINCSEC 2019 |

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