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S850/1
Subsidiary ICT
Theory
Paper 1
July/Aug. 2020
2 ½ hours

AITEL JOINT MOCK EXAMINATIONS

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
SUBSIDIARY ICT
Paper 1
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Attempt all questions in this paper.
This paper consists of 20 equally weighted questions each carrying five (5) questions.
The maximum mark for the paper is 100%.
Write in dark blue pen in the spaces provided on the question paper. All answers should
be in the spaces provided.
No additional materials (answer sheets) are provided.

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1. Study the picture below and answer the questions that follow

(i) State this computer’s processor speed. (01 mark)

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State the name of the operating system supplied with this computer.
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(iii) What is the name of the processor chip installed on your computer?
(01 mark)
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(b) State any two factors considered when choosing an operating system to install
on personal computer. (02 marks)

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2. (a) Apart from the monitor, suggest two other output hardware devices a
student presenting club talk would need to enhance his talk to a big audience
of students. (02 marks)

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(b) International companies may use video conferencing instead of face to face
meeting. Describe the use of any three hardware devices in video
conferencing. (03 marks)

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3. (a) The table below shows some examples of ICT’s, the profession/occupation
line where they apply and how they are used in the stated profession. (05 marks)
ICT Profession/line of Application of ICT in that
device occupation profession/occupation line

a) Metal Used to detect those in possession of

detectors harmful weapons at entrances of all
public places.

b) Medicine/Healthy

c) ATM Banking industry

machine

d) E-commerce Allows buying and selling of products

among sellers and consumers online.
e) Data
projector

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4. (a) Explain two reasons why your teacher prefers students to store class work on a
compact disk rather than the internal hard disk of the computer.
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(b) Student X has been authorized to copy 2GB video game. How many
1024MB flash disks will he need to accommodate the game? (03 marks)
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5. C:\users\admin\project Works\community progs\BusiaX\safewater.pdf.

(a) How would you refer the underline phrase above? (01 mark)
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(b) List the last subfolder where the file in the underlined phrase is saved.
(01 mark)
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(c) …………………………….. is the primary directory where the file is saved.
(01 mark)
(d) Study the phrase above and suggest the file type…………………………
(01 mark)
(e) Which account name can one log onto to access the file in the underlined
phrase above. (01 mark)
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6. (a) A secretary has commanded a printer to print. Then she realizes that the
printer is not responding. Suggest three reasons that could have caused the
problem. (03 marks)

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 (b) Explain the following modes of printing in power point presentation.
(01mark each)
(i) Handouts
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(ii) Slide
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7. (a) Recommend at least one measure the school administration can employ in
order to;
(i) Protect the computer from electrical damages (01 mark)
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(ii) Prevent loss and /or damage of data files (01 mark)
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(iii)
Provide a favorable temperature to the computer users and hardware.
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(b) Suggest how the computer laboratory attendant can
(i) Improve the speed and general performance of the computer. (01 mark)
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(ii) Reduce risk of threats like sniffers, spyware. (01 mark)
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8. (a) Define computer servicing. (01 mark)
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(b) Kasadha suspects his computer to be carrying a virus because it has reduced
its functionality speed. He however chooses to continue using it without
servicing it because it still functions any way. Give two possible risks that
Kasadha is exposed to. (02 marks)

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(c) As an A’ level subsidiary ICT student, explain any two safe computer
practices to guard against computer viruses. (02 marks)

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9. (a) What is parallel processing? (02 marks)

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 (b) Complete each sentence below using one item from the list. (03 marks)
A bar code reader a dot matrix printer a graph plotter a graphics tablet
An Inkjet printer Web browser A track ball a web cam a sensor
(i) ………………………………... is used to input data to a
microprocessor controlled weighing scale.

(ii) …………………………………is an output device used to produce

large hardcopies of car designs

(iii) …………………………… are examples of communication

application software

10. (a) State two rolls of an operating system concerning management of software.
(02 marks)
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(b) A part from entertainment, of what other importance is a screen saver?
(02 marks)
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(c) Mention any one utility software that you know apart from a screen saver.
(01 mark)
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11. (a) Explain what is meant by cloud computing. (02 marks)

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(b) Outline any three benefits of cloud computing. (03 marks)
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12. (a) Tick TRUE or FALSE next to each of these statements. (05 marks)
TRUE FALSE
File extension for power point program is .doc
DTP software is used to create magazine
A working knowledge of HTML is helpful when creating web
pages
WORM is characterized by its self-propagating behavior
A graphical User Interface uses icons to represent applications

13. (a) Differentiate between intranet and extranet? (02 marks)

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(b) Outline any two benefits of networking a set of computers for an

organization. (02 marks)
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(c) List down any one example of network operating system. (01 mark)
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14. (a) Check by putting a tick in the cell where the communication media is best
used. (05 marks)
Communication medium Wireless Physical network
Bluetooth
Coaxial
Microwaves

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infrared
15. (a) Riham company uses custom made applications while Nile breweries
company uses off-shelf applications. Write down any three advantages
Riham has over Nile breweries. (03 marks)

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(b) Differentiate between freeware from shareware. (02 marks)
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16. (a) A part from an E-mail service, Mention two other services that that available
on internet. (02 marks)
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(b) Outline two advantages to a business of using email to send messages to other
businesses rather than using fax machines. (02 marks)
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(c) Identify any one Internet service provider in Uganda. (01 mark)
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17. (a) Explain the following as applied to cell referencing. (01mark each)
(i) Relative cell referencing
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(ii) Absolute cell referencing
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(b) Write the file extension for MS Excel 2007. (01 mark)
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18. (a) Explain the meaning of intellectual property rights. (02 marks)
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(b) Outline any three ways of protecting intellectual property rights of software
developers. (03 marks)

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19. (a) Write the initial procedure of booting a computer system. (03 marks)
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(b) Under what circumstances may one be required to perform a warm boot?
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20. The manager of a bookshop uses database to store data about the books he sells. This
is part of the database.
Title of book Fiction Number in stock Next order due
Full circle N 15 20/11/10
Sanditon Y 15 18/11/10
Vanity fair Y 20 16/12/10
The old curiosity shop Y 10 23/11/10

(a) Suggest an appropriate primary key for this table. (01 mark)
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(b) Using the data above, write down one item of data for each data type below.
(04 marks)
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(ii) Alphanumeric ………………………………………………………….
(iii) Date …………………………………………………………..………..
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