TEST CODE 02115020

FORM TP 2024202 MAY/JUNE 2024

EXA MINA TIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE

FUNDAMENTALSOF COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNIT 1- Paper 02
2 hours 30 minutes

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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of SIX questions. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.
3. DoNOT write in the margins.

4. 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.

A000 5. If you use the extra page(s), you MUST write the question number clearly in
thebox provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include
the question part beside the answer.

DONOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOUARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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 SECTION A

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Answer BOTH questions.

1. (a)
State the function of EACH of the following registers that are commonly found in
microprocessors.
(i) Instruction register (IR)

[1 mark)
(ii) Memory address register (MAR)

[1 mark]
(iii) Memory data register (MDR)

[lmark]

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(b) () Explain how a hard disk differs from RAM in
speed.
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[3 marks]
portability.
INTHS (ii) Explain how RAM differs from a flash drive in terms of volatility and

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'instruction format'.
(c) (i) Describe the term

[2 marks]

modes.
(i) Describe the following addressing
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One-address

[2 marks]
Two-address

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(2 marks]

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2. (a) The following is the truth table for a certain circuit.

Inputs Output
A B Z
1
0 1

1 1 1

Design and draw the circuit digram represented by the truth table above, using only primary
logic gates.

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|4 marks|

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In a security system, four sensors are used to transmit data to a single line for alarm
(b)
second.
notification, Each sensor transmits data for one
described above
(i) Explain howa multiplexer can be used for the purpose

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(3 marks]
(ii) Draw a clearly labelled block diagram of a 4 to 1 multiplexer that can be used in
the security system.

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(c) (i) State the smallest and largest integers that can be stored in eight bits when
signed
magnitude representation is used.
Smallest integer
Largest integer
[2 marks]
(ii) Calculate the 8-bit two's complement representation of-87.

[3 marks]

Total 15 marks

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SECTION B THE
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PROBLEM-SOLVING WITH COMPUTERS

Answer BOTH questions.

to acowte
3. called Tech World sells used laptops and tablets. Tech World wishes
(a) Acompany laptops and tablets in stock and handle
software to track purchases, the quantities of
the serviceS of a software company
customer information, The company has contracted
that writes software applications.
generally follow when creating
Describe any TWO stages that the software company would
the software for Tech World.
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[4 marks]

A000 (b) () State TWOproperties of well-defined algorithms.

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(ii) A Certain cellular company provides the following rates for purchasing cellphone
data.

Less thanlgigabyte = $4.00 per gigabyte

Between l and 2 gigabytes = $3.00per gigabyte
More than 2 gigabytes = $2.50 per gigabyte

Draw aflowchart that reads an integer value representing the number of gigabytes
used for voice calls and that calculates and prints the cost of calls.

19 marks|

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4. (a) Describe the following problem-solving methods.

() Stepwise refinement

[2 marks]
(ii) Bottom up
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[2 marks]
(b) List the THREE types of control constructs in structured
programming.

[3 marks]
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(c)
Consider the following
IF
algorithm.
(num > 1)
IF (num==3)

ELSE
PRINT "RED"
PRINT "BLUE"
ENDIF
ENDIF
PRINT "GREEN"
Write the output of the
algorithm when
(i) num == 1

(ii) num = 2

(iii) num =3

|3marks]

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(d) Complete the trace table for the following algorithm.

BoN
THSA
X=9
y=2
while (x >>y)
y=y+1
X=X- 1
Print x
Print y
End while

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SECTION C

PROGRAMMING

Answer BOTH questions.

5. (a) (i) Define the term 'debugging'.

[1 mark]

(ii) State how EACH of the following can be used to create maintainable code.
Indentation

Comments

[2 marks]

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(b) Consider the following code segment.

Line 1. int a, b:
Line 2. for (a = 1;a <= 5: a)
Line 3. for (b =1:b<a: b=b+ 1)
Line 4. printf ("%s", b);
Line S. printf (n):
errors occur and
ldentify the THREE erors in the segment. State the lines in which the
rewrite the lines corectly.
Line

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[6 marks
(C) Write C code to performthe following fileoperations.
(i) Read

[2 marks]
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(iü) Append

[2 marks]

(iii) Close

(2 marks
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(a)
6. Differentiate between 'obiject oriented' and <functional'
programming languages.

[2 marks]

(b) Describe the following stages of the program translation proceSS.

() Lexical analysis

(ii) Syntax analysis

(ii) Code generation

[3marks|

programming languages.
TWOappropriate examples, explain the need for different
(c) Using

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(arr) and
accepts two parameters, an integer array print .
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(d) Cfunction, maximum, that
Write a function should
indicating the size of the array. The
an integer variable (size) return a value. THMS
maximum value in the array and should not
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[7 marks]
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