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f5 Computer. ICT Premock PAPER 2

This document appears to be an exam for a Computer Science or ICT subject, consisting of 7 questions testing various topics: 1. Defines uses of magnetic ink character recognition readers, barcode readers, and optical mark readers in society. 2. Distinguishes between input and output devices, defines computer system bus and lists three main system buses. 3. Describes roles of system board, CMOS, main memory in a computer and roles of ALU, control unit, registers in a CPU. Compares processing speeds of two microprocessors. 4. Defines local area network and wide area network, network topology, features of good software, and examples of productivity software. 5.

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f5 Computer. ICT Premock PAPER 2

This document appears to be an exam for a Computer Science or ICT subject, consisting of 7 questions testing various topics: 1. Defines uses of magnetic ink character recognition readers, barcode readers, and optical mark readers in society. 2. Distinguishes between input and output devices, defines computer system bus and lists three main system buses. 3. Describes roles of system board, CMOS, main memory in a computer and roles of ALU, control unit, registers in a CPU. Compares processing speeds of two microprocessors. 4. Defines local area network and wide area network, network topology, features of good software, and examples of productivity software. 5.

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NOVEMBER 2023 ORDINARY LEVEL


SUBJECT COMPUTER SCIENCE/ICT

SUBJECT CODE 0595

PAPER NUMBER PAPER 2

TWO HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS Answer any FIVE questions

1. Give any use of the following devices and an area in the society in which it is being
used.
a. MICR(Magnetic-Ink character recognition reader)
b. BCR(Barcode Reader)
c. OMR(Optical Mark Reader) 1*3mks

2. a. Distinguish between input and output devices 2mks

b. What do you understand by the computer system bus? 2mks

c. List the three main system buses and state the functions of any two of the system
buses? 5mks

d. Distinguish between softcopy output and hardcopy output 4mks

3. i) State the roles of each of the following components of the computer. a.


The system board
b. The CMOS
c. The main memory 3mks
ii) state any two roles of each of the following components of the central processingunit (cpu)
ALU
Control unit
Registers 6mks
Assume that microprocessor A has a processing speed of 300 MHz and can execute 4
instructions in each cycle. Microprocessor B has a processing speed of
250 MHz and can execute 5 instructions in each cycle. Which of the twomicroprocessors will result in
faster computations? State the reason.
6mks
4.
a. What is computer network? 1mk
b. Give any two differences between a local area network and a wide area
network 2mks
c. What do you understand by the term network topology 1mks
d. What are the features of a good software that you would consider when
buying software?
4mk
e. What is productivity software?
Give any two examples 3mks
5. I) With the aid of well labelled diagrams briefly explain the following
a. Star topology network 3mks
b. Bus topology network 3mks
c. Ring topology network 3mks

II) briefly describe the role of the following networking devices.


a) Network interface card b) modem c) Router 6mks

6.
a. convert 111011101112 to hexadecimal (2mks)
b. convert the hexadecimal number 5FADE to octal number 2mks
c. convert the octal number 7536 to hexadecimal 2mks
d. Given the following Boolean equation:

Z = A. B + A.B
i. draw the Boolean circuit 3mks
ii.Complete the corresponding truth table below (5mks)

A B A B AB AB Z

0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

e. Briefly describe the impact of computers on the following


a. Employment 3mks
b. Business 2mks
7. a. Define information system 2mks
b. Briefly explain the main phases of system development life cycle 6mks
c. explain clearly what you understand by the following:
- Range check 2mks
- Presence check 2mks - Format check 2mks
d. state what you understand by data redundancy in a database 2mks
e. Give simple definitions or explanations for the terms: - character, filed,
record and file
4mks

Good Luck

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