iz “I CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION 17 JANUARY 2019 (a.m.) FILL IN ALL THE INFORMATION REQUESTED CLEARLY IN CAPITAL LETTERS. SUBJECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — Paper 02 TEST CODE [ 0 859 PROFICIENCY __GENERAL. REGISTRATION NUMBER ‘SCHOOL/CENTRE NUMBER NAME OF SCHOOL/CENTRE g g CANDIDATE’S FULL NAME (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST) DATE OF BIRTH SIGNATUREaso ‘000 rest cove 01229020 ~ | FORM TP 2019016 SB JANUARY 2019 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE" EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 02 - General Proficiency 2 hours 15 minutes RI D 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 Paseal 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. 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. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. arponraiANtiARY 2019 IMIIEVEAOGaso 000 SECTION I THEORY ~ 60 marks Answer ALL questions. Danielle recorded her classmates playing the clarinet and saved the recordings on two devices. (a) Identify (i) ONE input device that could have been used to record the music (1 mark) (ii) ONE output device that could be used to listen to the music on the devices (1 mark) (iii) ONE device that could have been used to store the music (1 mark) (iv) the category of software that could be used to play music (1 mark) (b) State how EACH of the following can be applied to Danielle’s mu Human readable format (2 marks) (i) Machine readable format (2 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/JANUARY 2019‘850 ‘A000 r “ 7 (©) State how Danielle could use ONE named network technology to access oF listen to her music on a device. (@ marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/J ANUARY 2019ase ‘A000 - (2) Aaron and Nathalie recorded their favourite songs on two different devices. The table below shows the length of EACH recording, stored in minutes and seconds. Name Length of Recording Time in Minutes and Seconds Aaron’s device 489 [3:4 | 152 [139 | 4:54 7 308 2 Nathalie’s device [1:12 [ 1:39 | 1:52 [ 3:4 [3:8 [ 454 [ 4:89 (j) State whose device has the music recorded in serial order. giving ONE reason for your choice. (2 marks) Gi) Another song was recorded, which was 2 minutes and 15 seconds in length. Rewrite the TWO ists showing the result after storing the music on the two devices. Name Length of Recording Time in Minutes and Seconds Aaron’s device Nathalie’s device (@ marks) (iii) The song that was 4:54 long was not recorded well and needs to be removed. State the steps in the process of removing this song from Aaron’s device. (2 marks) (b) State whether the communication mode for listening to music is simplex, duplex or half duplex. Give ONE reason for your choice. “"@ marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/JANUARY 2019T a al (©) State TWO ways in which information technology has impacted the music industry. i “(@ marks) i Total 10 marks 3 i ‘A000 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | 01229020/JANUARY 2019aso ‘A000 r 3. Romario found a box with the name System Mechanic — Version 6 Professional. (a) The box advertises that the compact disk (CD) inside contains “everything you need to keep your PC safe, fast and error-free”. ‘Complete the table below by identifying ONE type of software that can be used to perform EACH of the following functions, and describe the function of the software. Software Function Software Description of Function Keep a computer safe Keep a computer running fast or error free 01229020/JANUARY 2019 (marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,SRM TER Rava mens on eezinaneary ‘as9 "n000 (b) (©) 4 ‘The box in (a) has the following system specifications: PC running Microsoft® Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, or 2003 server. CD-ROM drive, 60 GB free hard disk space. 128 MB RAM. Internet connection recommended. Romario’s laptop has the following specifications: Microsoft® Windows 10, DVD-RW drive, 60 MB free hard disk space, 4 GB RAM. Wi-Fi and broadband available. Complete the table below by identifying the generic term used to describe EACH of the following features, Feature Generic Term Used to Describe the Feature Microsoft® Windows CD-ROM, DVD-RW RAM MB, GB (4 marks) Suggest TWO reasons why the software of System Mechanic CANNOT be used with Romario’s laptop. marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/JANUARY 2019859 ‘A000 r =10- 7] 4. Complete EACH of the following statements using the terms or values below. Not all terms and values will be used. @ () © @ © wo (@) 0107 ASCII Base-8 Decimal Hexadecimal 0w9 BCD Base-10 Three Byte 10to15 Bit Base-16 Four and magnitude . isa binary digit and can have one of two values generally represented as the numbers 0 and I With is ten times greater than the previous digit. notation, each succeeding digit’s contribution In octal notation, each di bits t represents imilarly, hexadecimal notation uses .. numbers, representing bits with each digit. Octal numbers use only the digits » While hexadecimal rhumbers use all ten Base-10 digits (0-9) and the letters ato F (representing the numbers -) : .. isa system of writing numerals that assigns a four- digit binary code to each digit. : .. isa straight-forward method for representing both positive and negative integers. The most common character representation is Total 10 marks GO ON 10 THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/JANUARY 2019 ‘ t :Aenea as eroeva mon monenecrnnentec: ‘aso ‘A000 r ™ 7 (a) Consider the four items below. X-ray mac Cellular phone Mail Credit eard Complete the following table by identifying ONE of the four items that would MOST likely require EACH of the following: (Each item maybe used more than once) Access to the Internet Virus protection Random-access memory Hardware interface Secondary storage marks) (6) Identify ONE item in (a) which has improved reasons for your response. the use of technology. Give TWO GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020! ANUARY 2019r 7 (c) Identify ONE item in (a) that is most suitable for EACH of the following professions. Profession Item Medicine Banking (2 marks) Total 10 marks 250 000 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/JANUARY 2019 i t t t i t 2 t s : ‘AERATOR IRINA ERI A ERO RE Ae RAM RL ART enantio IRL nena anges ‘89 ‘x00 i -13- 7 6 Consider the following reservation form. RESERVATION FORM x — Fest ‘Surname (Family Name Dates ‘Number of rights: | Date of ry, US$385 X [- | arrval: ! saiimm FY payment Payment Detais a AR 50) Departure ae —— cheque dy mm fy NOTE: EARLY BOOKING ENDS MAY 3st cance, (ck Next to Make Payment (a) Identify TWO fields that () restrict the user to specific options (2 marks) (ii) cannot be validated based on the information entered in the fields. (2 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01229020/J ANUARY 2019r 1 1 (6) State TWO specific fields and explain how they can be used to validate ONE other field of data. © marks) 8 (c) Describe the type of validation check that was used in (b). (2 marks) (d) Identify ONE other example where forms would be useful (mark) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/JANUARY 2019 Ra Can-15- =] SECTION 11 g Answer ALL questions. & 7. Consider the following spreadsheet which shows the booking data for guests arriving at a hotel. : a ig z A B c D E F 6 a = NuMBER ust | rast | anrivar | ocparrure payment | o1scounT e 2) name | nae | “Sere onre | Mumaerorminrs | or | our | eum : uests 5 2 | bowns | ciiton | 01/08/2018 | 03/08/2018 a] $70 3 | bal Robin | 02/08/2018 | 05/08/2018 2 | $2310 o 4 | doepke | cheryi_| 03/08/2018 | 07/08/2018, 2| $3,080 8 i S| anders | kat | 06/08/2018 | 09/08/2018, 3| $3,465 6 | Bordeau_| kristen | 06/08/2038 | 10/08/2018 a[ $1,540 i 7 | Gao Xia 06/08/2018 | 08/08/2018 2|_ $1,540 ge 9 | sescte | cheryl | 14/08/2018 | 16/08/2018 4 | $2,310 i 8 | coats [ei 17/08/2018 | 20/08/2018 2 | $2,310 : 40 | Figeraid | €d 17/08/2038 | 20/08/2018 a[_ $385 5 Ti | Blackwell [Dean | 20/08/2018 | 25/08/2018 2 | $3,850 2 I2| chin | Roger_| 20/08/2018 | 23/08/2018 a | $1,455) 3 14[Comen | Angela | 28/08/2018 | 02/09/2018 a[ $1,925) : 15 Total number of guests : (@) Complete EACH of the following tasks in the spreadsheet above: ‘3 (i) Incell E4, write the MOST suitable formula to calculate the number of nights = (1 mark) Gi) Incell F15, write the function to determine the total number of guests booked, (2 marks) (iii) In column H, for EACH booking, write the word *Yes’ in the appropriate cell if three or more guests are booked. @ marks) (b) Identify the TWO fields on which the data is sorted. 01229020 ANUARY 2019 (@ marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE20 ‘A000 r “me 7 (©) State the type of alignment that is used for the results in column E. “(mark) Total 8 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, (01229020/JANUARY 2019 WA Rinin ninire PA rane DedALANA PILI IN AUS IEA AER D IRR REAL RARER Ah ‘so ‘8000 -17- ~] Consider the following data table in a database. NUMBER uastname | FiRsTNAME | aRRIvaLDATe | DEPARTURE BED or | PAYMENT Guests Downs liton ox/os/z0is | 03/08/2018 | __Single 1] $770.00 Ball Robin o2jos/zois | _05/08/2018 | Double 2| $2,310.00 Doepke Cheryl 03/os/zo1s | _ 07/08/2018 | __ Queen 2 |_ $3,080.00 ‘Anderson __| Kristen os/os/zo1s | _ 09/08/2018 Bunk 3|_ $3,465.00 Bordeau Katherine 06/08/2018 | 10/08/2018 | _ Single a] $1,540.00 ‘G20 Xiaoming os/og/zois | 08/08/2018 | __Double 2|_ $1,540.00 Bressette | Cheryl aajos/2018 | _ 16/08/2018 | Adjoining 4|_ $2310.00 Coats Bil r7jos/2018 | __20/08/2018 | Double 2|_ $2,310.00 Fitzgerald | Edmond 37/08/2018 | 20/08/2018 | __Double a| $385.00 Blackwell | Dean 2ojos/20i8 | 25/08/2018 | __Double 2|_ $3,850.00 Chin Roger 20/08/2018 | 23/08/2018 | __Queen 2 $1,155.00 ‘comensoli__| Angela 28/08/2018 | 02/03/2018 | Single 2 $1,925.00 (a) State an appropriate data type for EACH of the following fields. Field Name Data Type Bed Number of guests Payment due (GB marks) (b) Write a query to produce “ALL guests occupying single-bed rooms whose payments are less than $1000.” G marks) (©) Write the result of the query in (b), using the FIRST NAME field only. (1 mark) Total 7 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020 ANUARY 2019ase ‘A000 -18- SECTION IIT PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING ~ 45 marks Answer ALL questions. 9. (a) ()_ Complete the following table by stating whether EACH of the following statements represents input, process, or output. Statement Category Read the discount Subtract discount Prompt for a discount Enter a discount Display the amount (5 marks) (ii) Arrange the statements in (a) (i) in a logical order using the numbers I-V. (5 marks) (6) During the months of April and May, students should attend schoo! only if there is an exam for one of their subjects. Complete the following truth table to determine whether a student should attend school. *Y’ denotes Yes and *N’ denotes No. (4 marks) Schoo. tendo! v Y v N ; y N N GO ONTO THENEXT PAGE o12250201ANUARY 2019 I | WAM AN WDA nae abeEATEN A ERY ADEA aso ‘A000 rc =19- ~] (©) State a suitable data type for the variable ‘School_Holiday’ as described in (b), 01229020/JANUARY 2019 (mark) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE859 ‘000 r “» 7 10. Answer EACH of the following questions based on the three sentences and diagram below. Wait for the bus. Are you late for the bus? Walk to school. (a) Write EACH of the sentences within the appropriate symbol on the diagram above to show the flow of information. (3 marks) (b) Write *Yes’ and *No” in the appropriate spaces on the diagram to direct the flow of information, 2 marks) © State (i) the type of diagram shown above (mark) (ii) the name of the loop illustrated in the diagram. (1 mark) (d) Rewrite the THREE sentences as a conditional statement “(G@ marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 012290200ANUARY 2019r 2 1 11, A programmer is asked to write a program for a health store that is offering a 10% discount on local juices. Write Pascal code for EACH of the following: (a) Declare ONE constant which can be used in the program. (3 marks) ARCATA Re RE aan canoes (b) Declare TWO meaningful variables and their data type, which can store the data to be input to the program. 8 i - i (4 marks) i i (©) Write a statement to calculate the discount if a customer purchases a local fruit juice. i 8 G marks) : / Total 10 marks 3 " g GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020 ANUARY 2019850 ‘A000 r “2: 7 12. The following sale prices for four of its popular items have been advertised by the Computer Store. Mouse $5.00 Battery $30.50 Webcam $55.95 Remote $65.00 (a) Complete the following table to store the prices of the sale items in the array named SALE. Include labels for the index of EACH item in the array. The first column has been completed for you. ARRAY: SALE, PRICE 5.00 Index 1 @ marks) (>) Write Pascal code to (i) declare the array SALE (4 marks) Gi) output the price of the third item in the array. “(3 marks) Total 10 marks ND OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01229020/JANUARY 2019 I (0 0a9 ‘2000 r > 7 EXTRA SPACE Ifyou use this extra page, you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided. Question N 01229020 ANUARY 2019859 ‘x00 r -24- EXTRA SPACE, 5 Ifyou use this extra page, you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided. Question No. 01229020/JANUARY 2019859 r 1 EXTRA SPACE Ifyou use this extra page, you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided. Question No. (01229020/JANUARY 2019aso ‘A000 T =26- 7 EXTRA SPACE Ifyou use this extra page, you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided. Question No. 01229020 ANUARY 2019aso A000 CANDIDATE’S RECEIPT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE: L. Fill in all the information requested clearly in capital letters. restcope:| 0] 1]2]2]9]o]2]o SUBJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ~ Paper 02 PROFICIENCY: GENERAL ISTRATION NUMBER: FULL NAME: (BLOCK LETTERS) Signature: a Date: 2. Ensure that this slip is detached by the Supervisor or Invigilator and given to you when you hand in this booklet. 3. Keep it in a safe place until you have received your results. ooo INSTRUCTION TO SUPERVISOR/INVIGILATOR: Sign the declaration below, detach this slip and hand it to the candidate as his/her receipt for this booklet collected by you. Thereby acknowledge receipt of the candidate’s booklet for th Signature: Supervisor/Invigilator Date: