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TEST CODE 01229020
FORM TP 2017014 JANUARY 2017
CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Paper 02 – General Proficiency
2 hours 15 minutes
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1. This paper consists of THREE sections and TWELVE questions. Answer ALL
questions.
2. 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. If you 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.
6. If you 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.
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
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SECTION I
THEORY – 60 marks
Answer ALL questions.
1. (a) Write the appropriate name for the IT professional who performs EACH of the following
functions.
(i) Determines access privileges for users of the database

Data Administrator
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(1 mark)
(ii) Repairs malfunctioning computer equipment

Computer Technician
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(1 mark)

(b) Describe the function of EACH of the following units found in a computer system.

(i) Control unit
Carries out instructions in the software and directs the flow of data through
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the computer
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(2 marks)
Arithmetic-logic unit
(ii)
Performs mathematical calculations and logic operations
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(2 marks)
(iii) Central processing unit

Acts as a brain for the computer and controls how the rest of the computer
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works
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(1 mark)
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(c) In the box below, draw a diagram showing the relationship between the control unit,
arithmetic-logic unit and central processing unit.
CPU
CU ALU
(3 marks)
Total 10 marks

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2. Convert EACH of the following data from the number system specified to its decimal equivalent.
(Show all steps in calculations.)
(a) 11012
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(3 marks)
(b) A916
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(3 marks)
(c) 258
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(3 marks)
(d) 0011 00002 as a binary coded decimal (BCD)

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(1 mark)
Total 10 marks

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3. A technician was checking a computer to see if it needed replacement parts. State the specification
for EACH component indicated in (a) to (c) as required.
(a) Intel Pentium IV 64 bit 3.6 GHz
(i) The word size

64 bits
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(1 mark)
(ii) The processor type

Intel Pentinum IV
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(1 mark)
(iii) The processor speed

3.6 GHz
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(1 mark)
(b) 2GB 533MHz SDRAM
(i) The type of RAM

SDRAM
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(1 mark)
(ii) The memory capacity

2GB
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(1 mark)
(iii) The speed

533MHz
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(1 mark)

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(c) 160GB SATA HDD 7200 rpm
(i) The storage device described

Hard Drive Disk
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(1 mark)
(ii) The storage capacity

160GB
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(1 mark)
(iii) The speed
7200 rpm
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(1 mark)
(iv) The device interface

SATA

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(1 mark)
Total 10 marks

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4. (a) Identify ONE input OR output device that is useful for each of the following situations.
(i) Used by the visually impaired

Braille keyboard
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(1 mark)
(ii) Used by the hearing impaired

Monitor
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(1 mark)
(iii) To fly a simulation program

Joystick
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(1 mark)
(iv) To produce an electronic signature

Touchscreen
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(1 mark)
(b) (i) The diagram below represents a storage device. Draw and label a sector and a
track on the diagram.
(4 marks)
(ii) State ONE secondary storage device that uses sectors and tracks to store data and
programs.
Hard drive disk

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(1 mark)
(iii) Identify ONE device interface that is suitable for connecting internal storage
devices.
SATA
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(1 mark)
Total 10 marks

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5. The following scenario describes an example of an automated (computerized) application in an
industrial information processing system. Use the scenario to answer the questions that follow.
This application reads in data about the heat generated in a reactor of an industrial plant.
Instructions are sent to a device.
Users can determine whether the reactor is working efficiently in regulating the flow of water
that cools the reactor.
(a) Identify ONE example of
(i) data that can be entered

Temperature
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)

(ii) an input device used to enter the data.
Sensor
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(1 mark)
(b) Identify ONE example of
(i) information that is output

Current temperture
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(1 mark)
(ii) a suitable output device.

Monitor
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(1 mark)
(c) State whether the processing in the scenario above is batch, online or real-time. Provide
ONE reason for your answer. DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Real time because it's constantly checking temperature
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(d) State ONE other example of an automated information processing system.

Alarm system
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(1 mark)
(e) List THREE advantages of using an automated information processing system over the
corresponding manual system.
More efficient
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Information is readily available
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Low labour cost

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Less human intervention

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(3 marks)
Total 10 marks

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6. Read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow.
The BBB Company uses a computerized system for ordering items as follows:
• The data entry clerk enters the names of the items required and the amount needed on
a paper-based request form.
• The data entry clerk then enters the data into the computer system.
• The administrative assistant re-enters the data from the form into the computer system.
• The computer system outputs a report indicating if data entered by the data entry clerk
is the same as the data entered by the administrative assistant.
• The administrative assistant makes any corrections as necessary.
• The computer system then produces a purchase request.

(a) State
(i) the technical term for the original document in the scenario
Source document
..................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(ii) whether the original document is machine readable or human readable

Human readable
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(1 mark)
(b) State the term used for re-entering the data into the system. Explain why this is a useful
method.
Double data entry. It is useful because it find errors quickly and accurately
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(2 marks)

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(c) Name the file organization structure MOST suitable to access and store the purchase
requests. Give ONE reason to justify your answer.
Direct Access because it is easier to search and find data in short periods
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without first going through an entire document to find it
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(2 marks)
(d) Identify the storage device that is MOST suitable to store the data from the purchase
requests. Give ONE reason to justify your answer.
Flash drive - it allows a large amount of data to be used for future use and allows
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for easy access
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(2 marks)
(e) State ONE data check and explain how it can be used to confirm that the data entered is
accurate.
Data type check - this will ensure that the data entered meets a particular
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criteria
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(2 marks)
Total 10 marks

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SECTION II
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS – 15 marks
7. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Digital Forensics: An Integrated Approach
Abstract
As cyber crimes become more pervasive in today’s society, governments and private entities
grapple with the need to implement control systems. Legislation, policies and guidelines
are rapidly being developed by parliament and boards in an effort to stop these crimes from
spiralling out of control.

Digital forensics, and to an extent e-discovery, have become an integral part of the
enforcements in tackling these cybercrimes. The rapid evolution of digital devices has had
a significant impact on the digital forensics community with digital crimes evolving just
as rapidly. Court proceedings worldwide are now encountering a number of cases where,
despite their focus and origin, some form of digital evidence is involved.
(a) State:
(i) THREE formatting features used in the document.

Bold
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Italic
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Underline
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(ii) The number of paragraphs after EACH of the following tasks is performed
Paragraph 2 is moved below Abstract as the new paragraph 1. 2

Paragraph 1 is copied and placed below paragraph 1. 3
(2 marks)

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(iii) The reason why the word “spiralling” was underlined by the software
For emphasis
..................................................................................................................................
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(1 mark)
(b) Using the search and replace option, all occurrences of cyber are to be changed to
cybercrime. State the result after this change.
The word cyber will change to cybercrime
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(1 mark)
Total 7 marks

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8. Consider the following table which consists of a sample of items in a supermarket, their cost and
corresponding barcode.
Item Cost Barcode
Orange Juice $6.50 XY54B6
Grape Juice $8.25 MD77H7
Water $4.00 DC68A2
Soda $5.00 AB44C3
(a) Complete the following database structure for the table above.
FieldName Datatype
Item Short text

Cost Currency
Barcode Short text
(3 marks)
(b) State:
(i) The field that can be used as a primary key

Barcode
................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(ii) A suitable size for the barcode field

6
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(1 mark)
(iii) The result of a query that finds all items that cost less than $5.00 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Water
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(1 mark)
(iv) The field name and order of the sorted records in the table
Barcode in descending order
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(2 marks)
Total 8 marks

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SECTION III
PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING – 45 marks
9. (a) Study the algorithm below and answer the questions that follow.
Line 1 Total = 0
Line 2 While Total <= 5
Line 3 Prompt to enter name of subject
Line 4 IF Subject already entered
Line 5 THEN Prompt to enter another subject
Line 6 IF Total = 3
Line 7 THEN Give 5% Discount
Line 8 Total = Total + 1

Line 9 ELSE Total = Total + 1
Line 10 END WHILE
Line 11 Display Total
(i) Identify ONE line in the algorithm above which contains each item in the following
table.
Item Line Number
An assignment statement Line 1, 8, 9

Start of a loop Line 2
An output statement Line 11
A condition Line 4, 6
A relational operator
Line 2, 8, 9
(5 marks)

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(ii) Complete the following trace table using the algorithm on page 18.
Subject Discount Total
English B 0 1
Woodwork 0 2
English B 0 2
Mathematics 0 3
(5 marks)
(b) State ONE suitable data type for EACH of the following variables:
(i) STUDENTS ←20

Integer
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(ii) FEESPAID ← ‘Y’

Character
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(iii) AVGMARK ← MARK/3

Real
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(1 mark)
(iv) GRADE[1] ← 56
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(1 mark)
(c) Identify the variable in Part (b) that is NOT an elementary data type.
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(1 mark)
Total 15 marks

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10. Consider the following algorithm.
Line 1 ** Algorithm SUBJECT_ENTRY

Line 2 Declare variables and constants
Line 3 Discount = 0.05
Line 4 Total = 0
Line 5 SubjectCode = ‘’
Line 6 While Total <= 5 and (SubjectCode < > ‘X’)
Line 7 Prompt to enter one-character code of subject
Line 8 Accept SubjectCode
Line 9 Total = Total + 1
Line 10 IF Total = 3
Line 11 THEN Display (‘5% Discount Due’)
Line 12 IF SubjectCode < > “X”
Line 13 THEN Add 1 to SubjectCode
Line 14 ELSE Display the number of subjects

Line 15 END WHILE
Line 16 Display Total
Line 17 End of algorithm

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Using the algorithm on page 20, complete the following Pascal program by filling in spaces (1)
to (10).
_______________ subject_entry;
(1)
Const Discount _______________ 0.05;
(2)
Var Total : _______________;
(3)
SubjectCode: char;
Begin
Total := 0 _______________
(4)
SubjectCode := ‘ ‘;
While (Total <= 5) and (SubjectCode <> ‘X’) _______________
(5)
Begin
_______________(‘Enter code of subject’);
(6)
Readln(_______________);
(7)
_______________ Total = 3
(8)
Then Writeln(‘5% discount due’);
If SubjectCode <> ‘X’
Then Total := Total _______________ 1
(9)
else Writeln(total);
End;
_______________.
(10)
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11. Consider the programming code in the following table. Example 1 and Example 2 are different
versions of the same instructions.
Instruction Example 1 Example 2
ACCEPT ACC 1000
DISPLAY DIS 0111
NUMBER NUM 1010
TEXT TEX 0101
(a) State the programming language generation used in Example 2.

First generation
.............................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(b) Write the generic name of the programming language illustrated in

Example 1 Assembly language
Example 2
Machine language
(2 marks)
(c) Answer the following questions based on code written using Example 1.
ACC NUM ACC TEX DISP NUM
(i) Identify the error in the code.

DISP
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(ii) Correct the error by stating the code that should be used.
DISP should be DIS
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(iii) State the technical term for EACH of the following:
• The original programming code

Source code
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• Locating errors in a program

Debugging
.........................................................................................................................
• Type of error found in the code given in part (c)

Syntax Error
.........................................................................................................................
• Conversion to the code in Example 2

Compiling
.........................................................................................................................
(4 marks)
(iv) Rewrite the code in (c) using the instruction column in the table on page 22.
Accept number
.................................................................................................................................
Accept text
.................................................................................................................................
Display number
.................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................
(5 marks)
(v) The corrected code was executed. Write the output when the following data were
entered by a user.
56
Passed
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.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
Total 15 marks

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12. The following one dimensional array was used to store the number of subjects studied by a group
of students.
SUBJECTS: ARRAY[1..15] of integer;
(a) State:
(i) The size of the array
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(ii) The data type of the array
.................................................................................................................................
(1 mark)
(b) Some of the contents of the array are illustrated in the following table.

4 3 6 5 5
... 7 8 9 10 11 ...
(i) Write the term INDEX in the appropriate location in the table above. (1 mark)
(ii) Explain the meaning of the numbers in the shaded column.
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(2 marks)
Total 5 marks DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
END OF TEST
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TEST CODE 01229020

FORM TP 2017014 JANUARY 2017

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

Paper 02 – General Proficiency

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

2. 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.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

Copyright © 2016 Caribbean Examinations Council

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

Answer ALL questions.

(i) Determines access privileges for users of the database

(ii) Repairs malfunctioning computer equipment

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

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(iii) Central processing unit

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

(d) 0011 00002 as a binary coded decimal (BCD)

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

(a) Intel Pentium IV 64 bit 3.6 GHz

(i) The word size

(ii) The processor type

(iii) The processor speed

(b) 2GB 533MHz SDRAM

(i) The type of RAM

(ii) The memory capacity

(iii) The speed

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

(i) The storage device described

(ii) The storage capacity

(iii) The speed

(iv) The device interface

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

(i) Used by the visually impaired

(ii) Used by the hearing impaired

(iii) To fly a simulation program

(iv) To produce an electronic signature

Hard drive disk

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

Instructions are sent to a device.

(a) Identify ONE example of

(i) data that can be entered

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

(b) Identify ONE example of

(i) information that is output

(ii) a suitable output device.

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

(d) State ONE other example of an automated information processing system.

Low labour cost

Less human intervention