MURANG’AHI

GHSCHOOL
FORM 3NOVEMBER/
DECEMBERASSI
GNMENT-2024

COMPUTERSTUDI
ES
1.Whati smeantby
a) Anal oguedat a
b) Di gi
tal data( 4mks)
2.Whatact ionsshoul dbet akeni ncaseofaf i
reout breaki nthecomput erlaboratory
?Descr i
be
thecomput erboot i
ngpr ocess.(2mks)
3.St atet hef unctionsoft hefoll
owi ngkey sont hecomput erkey board (
2mks)
a) a)Backspace b) I
nser t(ins)
4.. St atetwor easonswhyi tisnecessar yt ousest andar dfurnitureinacomput erlaboratory.
5.St atet wof unct ionoft hecont roluni t.
(2mks)
6.Wr it
eeachoft hef ollowingacr ony msi nf ul
lasusedi ncomput i
ng.
CAD b)DVDc)WORM d)POS
7.St atet hreer i
sksposedbyi mpr opercabl inginacomput erlabor ator
y
8.St atet woci rcumst ancesunderwhi chwar m boot i
ngofacomput ermaybenecessar y
9.St atet woadv ant agesofusi ngpor tablecomput ers.
10.St atet hreepossi blecausesoff ireout br eakinacomput erl
abor ator
y.
11.Someoft hest or agedisksav ailablear e:zi pdi sks,3½i nchf loppydisks,DVDsand5¼i nch
fl
oppydi sks.Ar ranget hesedev i
cesi nascendi ngor derofst oragecapaci ty.
12.St atet hepur pose ofeachoft hef ollowi ngmemor i
esi nacomput ersystem. (
2Mar ks)
(a)RAM ( b) Har ddisk
13.St ateonef unct ionofeachoft hef oll
owi ngelement sofacomput ersystem:
( a)Har dwar e; (b)Software; (c) Livewar e
14.Li stfourdev i
cest hatusescanni ngt echnol ogyt hatwoul dbeusedt ocapt uredatadi rect
ly
from thesour ce.
15.St atet wodi sadv antagesofCD- ROM ov ermagnet icdisks.
16.Whenpur chasi ngacomput er,thecl ockspeed, RAM si ze,Har ddisksizeandmoni torsizeare
oftenquot ed
17.St atet heuni tofmeasur i
ng:( 2Mar ks)
(a)Cl ockspeed; …………………………………………………………………. .
(b)RAM si ze……………………………………………………………………. .
(c) Har ddi sksi ze; ………………………………………………………………
(d)Moni tor……………………………………………………………………….

18.Astudentsavedadocumenti nadi skette.Lat

eron, thest udentf
oundt
hediskett
ecoul
dnot
openandt herefor
et heworkgotl ost.
19.Givet
hreeprecautionsthestudentshoul dhav etakent oensur et
heworkwasnotlost
.
20.Acomput eri
si dl
ebutt heharddisklightisbli
nking,indicati
ngsomeactiv
ity
.Stat
etwo
possi
blecausesoft hi
s(2Mar ks)\
21.Ident
if
ytheappr opriat
eoutputdev i
cef ortheproduct i
onofeachoft hefoll
owing:
a)Recei ptswher ecar
boncopi esarerequired;
(
b)anar chit
ecturaldr
awingwher eprecisi
oni srequired;
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c)out
putwher
etheuseri
svi
sual
l
yimpai
red;
22. Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenhar
dwar
eandsof
twar
epor
tabi
l
ity
.

23. St
atet
woadv
ant
agesofCD-
ROMSov
ermagnet
icdi
sks.

24. a) Wr
it
eeachoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
nful
l

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b) St
atet
het
echnol
ogyusedi
nthef
oll
owi
ngcomput
ergener
ati
on

i
)4t
hGener
ati
on

i
i
)2ndGener
ati
on

25. Abut
tonorkeyt
hati
susedt
otur
naf
eat
urebot
honandof
fiscal
l
edabut
tonorkey
?

26. Theelect
roni
ccommer ce(E-commerce)hasenabl
edtodobusi
nesst
hrought
he
i
nter
net.Thisisj
ustenought osav
etimespendlessandr
educemovement.What
coul
dbet hemajorobst
aclesinthi
str
ade?

(
aDi
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenhar
dsy
stem andsof
tsy
stem.

(
b)Gi
vetwofactor
sthatmayleadtosyst
em ent
ropy.
27. Wit
hrefer
encetoUserI
nter
facesdescr
ibeanytwotypesofoper
ati
ngsy
stems.

28. (
a) Janeacomput erst
udentwasaskedbythefat
hertoaccompanyhi mtoa
computershopwherehewantedtopurchaseacomputer.Thefol
lowi
ngwere
someoft hespeci
fi
cat
ionsheneededt
obegui ded.St
atetheunit
sformeasur
ing
eachofthem.

a)Cl
ockspeed

b)RAM si
ze

c)Har
ddi
sksi
ze

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d)Moni
torsi
ze

29.Stat
ethest
ageofdev
elopmentl
i
fecy
clei
nwhi
cheachoft
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
est
ake
place.

a) Det
ermi
nat
ionoft
hecostef
fect
iveness.

30.Li
standdescr
ibeanyt
wost
rat
egi
esofconv
ersi
onf
rom anol
dsy
stem t
oanewsy
stem.

31.
a)Li
stt
wof
act
orst
oconsi
derwhenchoosi
ngamoni
tor
.

b)
.Stat
eanyt
woprecaut
ionst
hatshoul
dbeobser
vedwheni
nst
all
i
nganewpi
eceofhar
dwar
e
i
ntoacomput
ersy
stem.

32.
Logi
cal
l
ygr
oupt
hel
i
stofhar
dwar
eit
emsbel
owi
ntot
wof
unct
ional
cat
egor
ies.

Dat
apr
oject
or,
Joy
sti
ck,
VGA,
Touchpad,
LED

Functi
onalcat
egor
y Li
stofhar
dwar
eit
ems.
I
nputdevices

Out
putdev
ices

33. Listf
ourstagesi
ndatacol
l
ecti
on.
34.a)AnE-
mailwindowisdi
vi
dedint
ofol
der
s.St
atet
hepur
poseoft
hef
oll
owi
ngf
older
s.
(i
) Inbox
(
ii
) Dr
aft
s

35.Expl
ainanyt
wot
ypesofcel
lref
erenci
ngt
echni
ques.

36..Descr
ibet
hreeway
sofensur
ingt
hatanonl
i
nepubl
i
cat
ioni
ssecur
efr
om unaut
hor
ized
access.

37.Li
stthr
eeheal
thpr
obl
emsassoci
atedwi
thi
mpr
opersi
tt
ingpost
urewhi
l
eusi
nga
computer.

38.(
a).
Listdownsi
xrul
esoff
lowchar
ti
ng.

(
c)Descri
bet
woerrordet
ect
ionmethodsuseddur
ingpr
ogr
am t
est
ing.
(
d)Stat
etwoqual
i
tiesofagoodpseudocode.

39.(
a)(i
)Li
standexplai
ntheTHREEty
pesoferr
orsthatcanoccurdur
ingdat
acol
l
ect
ionst
age
ofdat
a processi
ngcycl
e
(i
i
)Di
sti
nguishbetweenmast
erfi
leandt
ransact
ionfi
le

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 b)
.Li
st3met
hodsofdat
aent
ryi
ntoacomput
er.

c)
.Mostcompani
esar
enowshi
ft
ingf
rom t
heuseofgeogr
aphi
cal
l
ydi
str
ibut
edper
sonal
computers.

Thi
smet
hodofdat
apr
ocessi
ngi
sknownasDi
str
ibut
edDat
aPr
ocessi
ng(
DDP)

i
) Nameanyt
hreescomput
ingr
esour
cest
hatcanbedi
str
ibut
ed.

e)
.Expl
ainf
ivechar
act
eri
sti
csofasy
stem

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40. a)Uset
hef
igur
ebel
owandanswert
hequest
iont
hatf
oll
ows.

Di
git
alComput
erspeci
fi
cat
ion.
S/
NO. RAM (
MB) Har ddisk Pr
ocessor Moni
tort
ype cost
SPEED TYPE

1 128 20GB 2.
4GHZ I
NTEL CRT 35,
000
2 256 40GB 2.
8GHZ CERELON TFT 50,
000
3 1024 80GB 3.
0GHZ I
NTEL TFT 60,
000
145,
000
TOTAL

i
)Ident
if
yfourf
ormat
ti
ngf
eat
uresappl
i
edt
othi
sfi
gur
e.

i
i
)Wr
it
eaf
ormul
athatwoul
dbeusedt
ocal
cul
atet
het
otal
cost
.

i
i
i)Gi
vet
woadv
ant
agesofusi
ngt
abl
est
opr
esentdat
a.

(
b)Gi
vet
wobenef
it
sofpr
intpr
evi
ewi
ngadocumentbef
orepr
int
ing.

41.(a)Cur
rent
lyther
eisashifti
ntechnol
ogytowardsdigi
tal
from anal
og.St
ateanyt
hree
advant
agesofdigi
talt
echnol
ogyoveranal
ogtechnology
.

(
a) Conv
ert25.
12510t
obase2
(
b)Conv
ert101.
111102t
obase10
(
c) Usi
ngone’
scompl
ementwor
kout1410-
910(
leav
eyouransweri
nbase2)
(
d) Uset
wocompl
ementt
owor
kout110002-
11112

42.(
a)Li
stanyt
hreedat
abasemodel
sinuset
oday

(
b)St
ateTWOusesofpr
imar
ykey
sinadat
abase

(
c)Adat abaserequi
resdat
atobedefi
nedbyassi
gningdatat
ypestof
iel
dsf
orpurposes
ofconsi
stentstor
age.Descri
beanyFOURdatat
ypesthatcanbeall
owedinMsAccess.

d)Li
stf
ourt
ypesofpubl
i
cat
ionst
hatcanbedesi
gnedbyusi
ngdeskt
oppubl
i
shi
ng
sof
tware

e)St
atet
hepur
poseoft
hef
oll
owi
ngdi
skmanagementt
echni
ques

(
i)Di
skpar
ti
ti
oni
ng
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 (
ii
)Di
skcompr
essi
on

(
ii
i)Di
skdef
ragment
ati
on

f
) Gi
vet
hemai
nrootdi
rect
oryoft
hehar
ddr
ive

43.(
a)(i)Def i
neal aptopcomput er.
(i
i
i)Thescreeni ssaidtobe17i nches.Expl
ainwhatt hi
smeans.
(
b)St at
eoneadv antageofhav ingeachoft hefoll
owi ngprovi
dedwithal aptop.
(i
)Modem
(i
i
)USB
(i
i
i)Freesuite
(
c) ( i
)St at
et hreeadv antagesofusi ngacomput ertodesignanadv ertsuchasonei
nfi
gur
e
4.
(i
i
)Statetwobenef itsofhav i
ngt headvertuploadedont hei
nternet.
44.Stat
ef ourcharacteri
sti
cswhi chmakescomput er
sbet terthanhumanbei ngs.

45.Gi
vet
hreer
easonswhypr
imar
yst
oragedev
icesar
enotusedf
orsecondar
yst
orage.

46.Theaccountdepartmentofasecondar yschooli
susingasy
stem t
hatgener
atesi
nvoi
cest
hatar
e
pri
ntedi
nt r
ipl
icat
eusingcarbonpaper s.
(a)Nameonet ypeofpri
ntersuit
ableforthi
stask.
(b)Giv eareasonforyouranswerin(a)above

47.St
atet
hreebenef
it
sofusi
ngopt
ical
magnet
icr
eadert
oregi
stercandi
dat
est
oregi
sterf
oran
exami
nati
on

48.Li
stf
ourf
act
orst
obeconsi
der
edwhenacqui
ri
ngapr
int
er.

49.Statethr
eeci
rcumst
ancesunderwhi
chv
oicei
nputwoul
dbepr
efer
redov
erot
hermet
hodsofdat
a
capture.

50.Descr
ibet
wol ayoutgui
desi
nadeskt
oppubl
i
shi
ngpr
ogr
am t
hatassi
stausert
opl
aceanobj
ecti
n
pref
err
edposi
tion.

51. a) Whatmeantbytheterm user

-f
ri
endlyasusedi
nsof
twaredevel
opment?
b) Di
sti
ngui
shbetweenthetermssingl
e-t
aski
ngandmult
i-
userasusedi
n
Oper
ati
ngsyst
ems

52. a) Oneofthefunct i
onsofanoper at
ingsyst
em isj
obschedul
i
ng.Expl
ain
whati
smeanbyj obscheduli
ng.
b) Li
standexplaint hr
eetypesofuserint
erf
aces.
c) Descr
ibethefollowingcategor
iesofsoft
ware:
i
) Fi
rmwar e
i
i) Pr
oprietarysoft
war e

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53. a) Defi
neauthent
ici
tyasusedi
nsoft
waresel
ect
ion
b) Li
stfourwaysofacqui
ri
ngsoft
warei
nanorgani
zat
ion

54. Li
stf
ourf
act
orst
obeconsi
der
edwhenpur
chasi
nganoper
ati
ngsy
stem.

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