ZHONGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019

SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS
Candidate’s Name Class Register Number

COMPUTING 7155/01
Paper 1 19 September 2019
2 hours
Additional Materials: NIL

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Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all the questions.

Write your answers in this question booklet.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the
case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
The use of a scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

At the end of the presentation, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 80.

For Examiner’s Use:

Setter: Mr. Calvin Heng

Vetter: Mr. Low Kee Ley

This question paper consists of 15 printed pages including this cover page.
1 The following is a simplified computer architecture diagram.

Complete the Table:

Label Name of Device Purpose of Device

A [2]

B [2]

C [2]

D [2]

E [2]

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2 (a) Describe one difference between a LAN and a WAN. [2]

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(b) Topology describes the physical layout of a computer network.

Name each of the topologies shown below.

(i) [1]

(ii) [1]

(c) With respect to cabling, describe one advantage and one

disadvantage in a Star Topology network.

(i) Advantage [1]

(ii) Disadvantage
[1]

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(d) Explain the concept of the Parity Check. [2]

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(e) Using the example of the bit string below, indicate what the parity [1]
bit should be, based on the system of odd parity.

Parity Bit Original data bits

(f) What is a shortcoming of the parity check? [1]

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3 Study the flow chart and answer the questions.

START

INPUT h

INPUT d

answer = 0

N
h >= 1 ? OUTPUT
answer

Y
STOP
N
h is odd ?

answer = answer + d

h = h // 2

d=d*2

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(a) Complete the Trace Table for 2 runs: h=11, d=8 and h=5, d=12

h d answer h >= 1? h is odd? output [6]

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(b) What does the algorithm do? [1]

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(c) Based on the algorithm described by the flowchart, write a

python function that will return the result as computed by the
algorithm. The starting statement has been given.

def function_m(h, d): [5]

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4 When conducting Program Testing, a good programmer will
consider the following Types of Conditions:

Normal Conditions

Boundary Conditions

Error Conditions

Consider the following Python Program:

Complete the table for Test Conditions to test the above Python
Program.

Test Condition Sample Input Expected Output

Type Data
[1]

[1]

[1]

[1]
[1]

[1]

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5 All the sheep belonging to Farmer Miles have escaped from his farm to
a nearby hillside, where they have joined other sheep. Farmer Miles
wishes to recover all his sheep and knows the following:

— Not one of his sheep is black as he believes these to be unlucky.

— All his sheep are branded ‘G’, or have a collar.

Use the following:

B = black sheep
G = branded ‘G’
C = has a collar
F = belongs to Farmer Miles

(a) Draw a Truth Table from these conditions to show those sheep
owned by Farmer Miles.

Truth Table: [4]

B G C F

(b) From your Truth Table, produce a Boolean expression to

represent those sheep owned by Farmer Miles.
[2]

F=

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 (c) Using only NAND gates, draw a logic circuit diagram capable of
carrying out the Boolean expression.
[4]

6 (a) Denary numbers are represented as binary numbers inside a

computer.

Note: all workings must be clearly shown.

(i) Convert the denary number (123)10 into 8-bit binary. [2]

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(ii) Convert the positive whole binary number (10001010)2 into [2]
a Hexadecimal number.

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(b) Hexadecimal numbers are used as a form of shorthand to [3]
represent binary numbers. Draw a line to connect the Practical
Usage (left side) of Hexadecimal numbers to the Example graphic
(right side).

Practical Usage Example Graphic

(i) Memory Dump o

(ii) Unicode o o

(iii) RGB Color Code o

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7 Study the problem statement below and answer the questions:

Problem Statement
Evemach is the world’s largest maker of health sensing instruments.
Their flagship product is a smartphone app which provides a Body
Mass Index (BMI) calculator with health advisory guidance to the user.

The user enters the height (metres) and the weight (kilograms), and
the app will calculate and display the BMI based on this formula:

BMI = weight / height2

Next, the app will refer to a table containing BMI values

corresponding to health advisory messages and display them:

BMI Health Advisory Message

< 18.5 Please see doctor for possible nutritional deficiency diseases
and osteoporosis
< 23 Healthy Range! Keep up with your exercise and eating!
< 27.5 Please see doctor for possible risk of Type 2 diabetes and
chronic diseases.
>= 27.5 Please see doctor for high risk of heart disease and Type 2
diabetes.

(a) What are the inputs for this problem statement? [2]

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(b) What are the outputs for this problem statement? [2]

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(c) Describe the process from this problem statement. [2]

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8 Arnold has a taken a $60,000 study loan from the Developmental Bank
of Wakanda. The loan is to be repaid over 4 years. The interest rate is
8% per year. He has a spreadsheet to keep track of the repayments
and the amount he owes.

(a) State the type of data that is held in each of the following cells.

A1= _____________________________________________ [1]

A8= _____________________________________________ [1]

B1= _____________________________________________ [1]

(b) (i) The cell B4 shows the monthly payment amount.

Identify the most appropriate function to use in cell B4, if

the interest rate and monthly payment amount remain the
same.

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(ii) The cell E1 shows the total amount that Arnold has paid
to date. The payments are entered in cells B8 to B56.

Identify the most efficient function to use in cell E1.

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(iii) The formula in cell E3 calculates the number of payments

made. Identify the most appropriate function to use in cell
E3.

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(iv) Cell E2 shows the amount owed to the nearest whole

number. Identify the most appropriate function used in cell
E2 to convert the value to the nearest dollar.

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9 (a) Match the term with the Cyberattack description by drawing a line. [3]

Term Description

The use of emails and fake

websites that appear to be
from reputable companies
£ in order to steal personal
information such as
passwords and credit card
numbers from users.
Spyware £
A small piece of data used
£
by websites to store
personal information on a
user’s web browser.

A hidden program that

secretly collects personal
£
information about its users
and sends this information
to attackers without the
users’ knowledge.
Worm £
A computer program that
attaches itself to a normally
£ harmless program and
modifies it.

Phishing £
A computer program that
runs automatically and
£ attempts to spread by
sending copies of itself to
other computers.

(b) Explain what is Pharming? [2]

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(c) State two measures that can be taken to protect against Pharming.

(i) _______________________________________________ [1]

(ii) _______________________________________________ [1]

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(d) Describe how technology has had a positive impact economically [1]
on the Healthcare industry.

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(e) Describe how technology has had a negative impact socially on [1]
the Finance industry.

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(f) Describe two ethical issues arising from the use of technology in [2]
the Education industry.

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(g) Discuss an ethical issue arising from the use of technology in the [1]
Entertainment industry.

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