TEST CODE 01229020

FORM TP 2024017 JANUARY 2024

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE@
EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 02 — General Proficiency

2 hours

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

This paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL questions.

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Answer ALL questions.

1. Dom is starting a boating business as a digital company.

 (a) Complete the table below by indicating whether the following devices, recommended
to start Dom's business, are input or output.
Device Input/output
Output.
Plotter
Input.
Keyboard
Input.
Scanner

Printer Output.
Input.
Microphone
(5 marks)

(b) List THREE types of networks.

Local area network.

Metropolitan area network.

Wide area network.

(3 marks)

(ii) Dom would like his network to be wireless.

Identify ONE critical hardware component that a device needs to access a

wireless network and give a reason for the hardware component identified.

Component. Network Interface Card / Network Adapter.

Reason This is location on the device to be a to pick up a wireless connection.

(2 marks)

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(c) The following spreadsheet shows the initial stock for Dom's boating business.
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 $toçk ID Item Item Cost Not-in-S.togls TQtal-YaJug NO. on
Order
2 FD012 Fender 400 568 227200 40
3 WD003 Winch 500 564
4 JD098 Jib 700 54 6
5 SD113 Spinnaker 1050 600
6 JDS054 Jet skis 10600 5 5
7 DDOOI Din h 5000 9 8

State the formula that would have been used in Cell E2.
=C2*D2

(2 marks)

(ii) State the MOST appropriate cells in which EACH of the following functions could be
placed.

Average item cost

C8

Grand total
E8
(2 marks)

(iii) Write an appropriate function to calculate the average item cost of the stock.

= AVERAGE (D2:D7)
(2 marks)

(iv) Identify the MOST appropriate formatting style for the contents of the columns
with the following headings.

Stock ID
Center Aglin / Justify

Total Value Currency / Accounting

(2 marks)
(v) State the stock item of the first TWO rows when the spreadsheet is sorted in
ascending order, based on the column heading Item.
Dingy and Finder

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2. (a) Use the appropriate devices from the list below to complete the table by matching the
devices with their uses.

Sensor OCR MICR OMR Light pen

Devices Uses
MICR
Reads codes on a cheque

Turns on the buzzer when someone approaches

Sensor the door

OMR Marks multiple-choice responses

OCR Digitizes handwritten notes for editing

(4 marks)

(b) Complete the table below by indicating whether the tasks demonstrate the verification or validation
of data and state the verification or validation method used.
Verification/
Task Method
Validation

(i) Prompts the user to

enter his/her password
twice when creating an
online account
Verification Double Entry

(ii) Ensures that the number

of hours entered into a
payroll system is greater
than 0 but less than or
equal to 40
Validation Range

(iii) Ensures that the

registration number of
a vehicle, entered into
a vehicle tracking
system, is in the form
of three letters of the
alphabet followed by
three or four digits Validation Format
(6 marks)

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(c) A college has made it mandatory for all students to take a self-paced online course
before they can graduate. Students can take the course anytime during their program
of study.

Table 1 and Table 2 are extracts from a database which stores details of students who have
enrolled in the course.

TABLE 1: STUDENT
RegNo LastName FirstName Sex
1030968 Paul Mary
1040276 Persaud Alan
1070953 Eastmond Alicia
1057680 Singh Michael
1033000 Alphonso Maria
TABLE 2: COMPLETION
Doc YoS RegNo Specialization
2021-05-11 2nd 1057680 Business
2022-03-17 3rd 1040276 Technology
2021-09-12 4th 1030968 Science
2020-03-10 1st 1070953 Science
2021-09-24 2nd 1033000 Humanities
[Doc —Date of Completion; YOS — Year of Study]

State the condition which allows any field in a database to be declared a Boolean data
type.
Up/Down

(1 mark)

Identify the field from the STUDENT table that can be used as the primary key and state the
reason.

Primary key Regno

Reason This number cannot be duplicated

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(iii) State the RegNo of the student who will be second in the sorted list, if the
COMPLETION table is sorted in ascending order by the Specialization field.
1033000
(1 mark)
Table I and Table 2 are linked. State the

MOST appropriate field used to link the tables.

Reg no

Last Name of the student who completed the online course in the first year.
Eastmond
(2 marks)
(v) The following query was performed on the database.

Field: Re o FirstName LastName Sex S ecialization

Table: Sort: Show: STUDENT STUDENT STUDENT STUDENT COMPLETION

"M" "Science"
Criteria:

a) Identify the number of fields that will be displayed when the query is
executed.
Five
(I mark)

b) Identify the number of records that will be displayed when the query is
executed.

c)
0 male does science
(1 mark)
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(vi) A report was created from the two linked tables. State TWO fields which could
be used to group the data in the report.
a) YOS and Sex

(2 marks)
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3. (a) The following is a list of specifications for a laptop that was bought by Jane.

Intel core i5, 2.9GHz

14" Touchscreen
8 GB DDR4
512 GB SSI)
I HDMI Port; I Ethernet port,• 2 USB 3.0 ports
Intel Wi-Fi card
Integrated webcam
Adobe Acrobat DC reader
Windows 1 1 pro (preloaded)
Google Chrome
MS Office 2021 LTSC (preloaded)

Identify EACH of the following in the laptop specifications.

Secondary storage
512 GB solid state drive
(1 mark)

(ii) Processor speed

2.9 GHZ
(I mark)

(iii) Web browser

Google Chrome
(1 mark)

(iv) Monitor
14 inch touchscreen
(I mark)

(v) The component used for connecting to the school's Internet hotspot

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 Intel Wi-Fi card
(I mark)

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(b) The major exports of a country for three years are given in the worksheet below.

1
2 Exports of Major Products (US$ Millions)
3 Product 2020 2021 2022 Total % of Total Exports Performance
4 Sugar 28 20 24 72 1.72% POOR
5 Wood products 35 45 25 105 2.51% POOR
6 Alcoholic products 75 40 35 150 3.58% POOR
7 Fish products 98 76 50 224 5.35% POOR

8 Bauxite 130 125 74 329 7.85% GOOD

9 Rice 190 225 245 660 15.75% GOOD
10 Gold 780 880 990 2650 63.25% , GOOD

11 Total 1336 1,411 1,443 4,190

(i) State the formatting feature applied to Row 2.
Merge and center
(I mark)

(ii) State the type of cell referencing used if the formula E4/$E$11 was inserted in
Cell F4.
Absolute cell refercing
(I mark)

(iii) Identify the product that would be in the fifth position in the sorted list if the
data in the worksheet was sorted by the total column (total for three years) in
descending order.
Alcoholic products
(1 mark)

(iv) Write the function you would use in Cell G8 to insert "GOOD" if the total exports
for the three years is more than US$300 million or "POOR" if it is less than
US$300 million.
= If ( E8¿300,”Good”,”Poor”)
(2
The following chart was created from the data in the worksheet.
Exports: 2020-2022

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(v) State the type of chart shown.

Pie chart

(I mark) (vi) State the data range used to construct the chart.

B3:D3 year and B3:D11 percentage

(2 marks)

(vii) State the TWO data label formats which have been applied to the chart.

B3:D11
(2 mark')

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(c) Consider the following algorithm used to compute the monthly income tax to be paid
by an individual. The line numbers are for reference only.
Line I . START
Line 2. Set TAX 0
Line 3. Write 'monthly pay $75,000 or less pays no tax'
Line 4. Write 'Enter your monthly pay'
Line 5. Read mthpay
Line 6. If (mthpay > 75000) AND (mthpay <= 200000) then
Line 7. TAX (mthpay - 75000) * 0.20
Line 8. Else
Line 9. TAX (mthpay —(0.25 * mthpay))* 0.40
Line 10. Endif
Line Il. Write 'TAX , TAX
Line 12. STOP
State the variable used that is of data type real.
Tax
(I mark)

(ii) Name the type of construct used.

Selection
(1 mark)

(iii) State the line number where a relational operator is used.

Line6
(I mark)

(iv) State the logical operator used.

Line6
(1 mark)

(v) Complete the following table by inserting the tax to be paid by John and Mary.
Name mthpay TAX
20,000
John $175 000

Mary $400 000 120,000

(2

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 (vi) Draw a flowchart to represent the construct used in the algorithm.

IF= month
pay ¿
75000 and
Yes monthly
pay 20,000

If =(monthly pay - 75000) * 0.20 If= (Monthly pay-

No (0.25*Monthlypay)*0.40

Print

(4 marks)

Total 25 marks
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4. Study the following pseudocode written for an algorithm. The line numbers are for reference only.
Line I. START
Line 2. Set Temp 0
Line 3. Set Cel 0
Line 4. Set Fah 0

Line 5. Write "Enter I for Fahrenheit to Celsius OR Enter 2 for Celsius to

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Fahrenheit"
Line 6. Read Temp
Line 7. Write Temp

Line 8. IF Temp-I
Line 9. THEN
Line 10.
Line I l . Read Fah
Line 12. Set Cel (Fah - 32) * 5/9
Line 13. Write Fall, "degrees Fahrenheit is", cel, "degrees Celsius"
Line 14. ELSE
Line 15. Write "Enter Degrees Celsius"
Line 16. Read Cel
Line 17. Set Fah (Cel * 9/5) + 32
Line 18. Write Cel, "degrees Celsius is", Fall, "degrees Fahrenheit"
Line 19. ENDIF
Line 20. STOP
(a) State exactly what the algorithm does.
This prompts the user to choose the conversion that they what to do. If the user is prompted to
enter 1 it would display Celsius. But if the user decides to enter 2 it with be calculated and be
displayed as Fahrenheit. Then the program ends.

(4 marks)

(b) Complete the input processing output (IPO) chart below for the pseudocode from (a) on page 16.
Input Processing Output
Temperature Set Fahrenheit Fahrenheit
(Fahrenheit -32) * 5/9
Fahrenheit Set Celsius ( Celsius* Celsius
9/5)+32
Celsius

(4 marks)

(c) The pseudocode for the algorithm on page 16 is to be amended to use a FOR loop construct, enabling
the algorithm to do exactly ten calculations before it terminates.

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 Using a new variable "number" as the loop counter, write the TWO pseudocode
statements needed to achieve this.
For number (1to 10) do

(2 marks)

State ONE reason why the FOR loop is the most appropriate loop construct to use
A:
in this scenario.
This loop is a definite loop and 10 is a definite number

(I mark)

(d) Using the variable "number" as the loop counter, write the FOUR pseudocode statements
for a REPEAT. . . UNTIL loop construct, to enable the algorithm to do exactly ten
calculations before it terminates.
Number = 1

Repeat until

//logic

Until (number 10)

End if

Stop

(4 marks)

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(e) Jane wants to establish a wired network with desktop computers spread across all
floors of the office building. List FOUR hardware devices that Jane will need to
accomplish this task.
Access point/ router, network interface card, network switch and modem
(4 marks)

(f) Distinguish between the terms, the 'Internet' and the 'World Wide Web (WWW)'.
Internet is a network of networks and the world wide web is a collection of hyperlinks or
webpages
(2 marks)

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(g) (i) State what the acronym URL represents.

Uniform resource locator

(1 mark)

(ii) Consider the URL https://cxc.org/student-results. Complete the table below by

giving a description of the three parts of the URL.
Parts of URL Description
Protocol
https:
Domain
//cxc.org
/student-results Web pages / sub directory

(3 marks)

Total 25 marks

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