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ZTN'[3 ABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS C OUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

COMPUTER SCIEI{CE 6An/t

PAPER 1

NOVEMBER 2019 SESSION 3 hours

Additional materials:
Answer paper

TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.

Answer all questions.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

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(a) Express the number 7916 as

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(i) a binarlnumber stored in an 8 bit byte, Ill

(ii) a hexadecimal number, tll
(iii) a number stored in binary coded decimal (BCD), tll
(iv) an octal. t1l

(b) Convert -60 and -90 into twos compliment, 8 bit binary numbers. t4l

Normalise the following numbers which are held with a 10 bit mantissa and 6 bit
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(a) 0000110101 000010 t2)

(b) 1111100100 00001t L2l

Given that the ASCII code for small letter a is 1100001, find the ASCil codes for

(a) b,

(b) e,

(c) h. t3l

With the aid of a diagram, explain how pipelining would improve the processing
speed of a computer. t6l

5 Using examples, explain the difference between direct and indirect addressing. I4l
6 (a) Define the term intenupt. l2l

(b) Give an example of an

(r) internal intemrpt.

(iD extemal intemrpt. t2)

(c) Explain why modern computers are intemrpt based. I2l

(d) (r) Design a truth table for a two input NOR gate. l2l

(ii) Design the NOR gate. I2l

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(a) State and explain any four reasons why privacy has become one of the
key topics in information security at the beginning of the 2l't century.
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(b) Identify any thiee positive impacts of social media on oA' level students.
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(c) state and describe any three dimensions of ethics in information

technology.
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(a) Explain the role of a Domain Name System (DNS).

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(b) Compare and contrast public and private Ip addresses.
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(c) Analyse the role of the physical layer in the OSI model.
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(d) compare the osl and rcP/IP models clearly showing any four
differences between these two models.
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A country bus company owns a number of buses. Each bus is allocated to a
particular route, which corresponds to a journey through a number of towns. One
or more drivers is allocated to each stage of a route, which corresponds to a
jcurney through some or all of the to.wns on a route. Some of the iouuns have a
garage where buses are kept and each of the buses is identified by the registration
number and can carry different number of passengers. The vehicles u*y in
size and can be single or double decked. Each route is identified by a route
number. lnformation is available on the average number of passengers
carried per day for each route. Drivers have an employee number, name,
address, and sometimes a telephone number.

(a) Link six entities to their attributes from the above given scenario. t6l
(b) Draw an entity relationship diagram for the given scenario.
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10. (a) Describe a recursive procedure.
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(b) Using pseudocode, write down a recursive procedure for calculating the
factorial of a given number.
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t1 Construct a binary tree for the following list:

Musawu, Muzhanje, Mutsubvu, Musluma, Musasa, Muhacha, Mukute,

Muchecheni.
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t2 (a) List any three questions that may be in a marketing plan.
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(b) State and describe any seven features of e-commerce technology which
make online shops better than the traditional methods.
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