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INFORM ATION TEC H N O LO G Y

Paper 02 - General Proficiency

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Instructions to Candidates

Page 10 Question 2 (d) (v) Line 3

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Answer ALL questions.

(a) Complete the table provided below by identifying EACH of the following application
software types which matches the descriptions shown in the table.

General-purpose Special-purpose

Custom-written Customized

Application Software Type Description

Software developed to perform a specific task rather
than a range of functions, for example, online gaming
software for a specific game.
Software developed for use in specific organizations,
for example, for the military, for banks, for air traffic
control or for medical equipment.

Software not specific to any organization or company

and the user decides what to use the software for.

Software that has been modified by the developer to

perform a specific task for the user.
(3 marks)

(b) (i) Explain what is meant by the following statement.

‘A turnaround document is a human-readable document that is transformed into

a machine-readable document.’

(2 marks)

(ii) Outline ONE example of a turnaround document used in an applicationasdescribed

in the statement in (b) (i).

(2 marks)

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(c) The following table shows the actions taken by a user entering a URL in the address bar
of a web browser in order to display a web page on the computer.

Number the actions in the table to show the correct order of the steps needed to display
the web page.

Actions Step No.

The web browser obtains the IP address of the hosting web server.

The web browser interprets and displays the HTML content.

The web browser sends a HTTP requests to the web server.

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The web browser parses the URL to obtain the domain name.
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(d) The following extract is a Table of Contents showing the pages for different sections of a
document.

C ontents

Birdsong Pan G rove......................................................................................................... 2

Pan Practice...................................................................................................................2

Practice Schedules........................................................................................................ 2

Red Devils Football Academy......................................................................................... 3

Registration Form ........................................................................................................ 3

Disclaimer..................................................................................................................... 3

(i) Identify the TWO heading styles used in the Table o f Contents.

(2 marks)

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(ii) State, in the correct order, the steps required to apply the heading styles in the
Table of Contents.

(2 marks)

(iii) State, in the correct order, the FOUR steps required to create the Table of Contents
on the first page of the document.

(4 mark:

(iv) Explain how you would go from the Table of Contents directly to the page wi
the heading entitled “Registration Form”.

(2 mar

Total 20 ma

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2. (a) Complete the following table with FOUR contrasting differences between an Intranet
and the Internet.

Intranet Internet

1.

2.

3.

4. ■
(4 marks)

(b) On a data capture form, a user enters passport number and age. Identify ONE
appropriate type o f validation check which can be used for EACH entry, giving a
reason.

Passport number:

Age:

(4 marks)

(c) Complete the following table with the missing description and term relating to computer
misuse.

Description Term

Acquiring sensitive information, for malicious reasons

by deceiving the user through the content of an email

Hacking

(2 marks)

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(d) Figure 1, Quarterl Sales, is a worksheet which shows a summary of the total amount sold
by each salesperson and Figure 2 is a 1-D PivotTable created from Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows the fields from the worksheet Quarterl Sales in Figure 1 that were dragged
into the different areas of the PivotTable Fields dialogue box to produce the 1-D PivotTable
in Figure 2.

A A *B C D
1 Salesperson Region Order Amount Month
2 Albert, C aro l East $925.00 January
3 Albert, Carol East $875.00 February
4 Albert, C aro l East $350.00 M a rc h
>5 Als, M ichael West $1,500.00 January
6 Als, M ichael West $550.00 February
7 Als, M ichael West $400.00 M a rc h
8 Ram persad, John South $235.00 February
9 Ram persad, John South $850.00 January
10 Ram persad, John South $600.00 M a rc h
11 Zepyrin, Richard West $400.00 January
12 Zepyrin, Richard West $965.00 February
13 Zepyrin, Richard West $125.00 M a rc h
14 Hernades, Erica South $1,500.00 M a rc h
15 Hernades, Erica South $1,350.00 January
16 Hernades, Erica South $435.00 February
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Sheet 1 Quarterl Sales { (+)

Figure 1. QuarterlSales

A A B C D
1 Row Labels Sum of Order Amount
2 Albert, Carol 2150
3 Als, Michael 2450
4 Hernades, Erica 3285
5 Rampersad, John 1685
6 Zepyrin, Richard 1490
7 Grand Total 11060

Figure 2. 1-D PivotTable

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Drag fields between areas below:

T FILTERS till COLUMNS

m ROWS E VALUES

Salesperson ▼ Sum o f Order A m o u n t ▼

Figure 3. PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box

(i) Describe the change you would make to the PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box in
Figure 3, to show a summary of the total amount sold by EACH region.

(2 marks)

(ii) Describe the change you would make to the PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box in
Figure 3 to create the following.

A 2-D PivotTable showing a summary with a column for EACH salesperson’s

monthly sales (January, February and March) and the salesperson’s total amount
sold.

(2 marks)

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(iii) Write the formula for Cell Cl 7 of the worksheet Quarterl Sales to calcul
total of all order amounts in Column C.

(2i

(iv) Link the 1-D PivotTable in Figure 2 with the worksheet QuarterlS
Figure 1, by writing a formula for Cell Cl o f the PivotTable, to show (
of all order amounts created for Cell C17 in (iii).

(v) Write a formula for Cell C2 in Figure 2, to be replicated through to C<

calculate what percentage of the total order amounts in Cell C 1 is the sale
order amount in B l. (Percentage is calculated by salesperson’s orde
divided by total order amounts multiplied by 100.)

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3. (a) A relational database is composed of the following four objects, that all work together
with the same data.

Tables Forms Queries Reports

Complete EACH of the statements below using the most appropriate term from the list
above. (Any term may be used more than once.)

(i) A relational database stores data in a number of related files, more commonly

referred to a s .......................................

(ii) ............................ are used to ask detailed questions of the database when searching
for records that satisfy particular conditions.

(iii) ............................ display fields extracted from ................................ in a particular

order.

(iv) ............................ use a graphical representation to allow users to enter, modify,

delete and view records in the database. (5 marks)

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Figures 4 and 5 are two database tables named CUSTOMERS and ORDERS respectively.

Figure 6 is the dialogue box showing the relationship between the CUSTOMERS and
ORDERS tables.

3 Customers X
ID » | First Name - Last Name ’ ; Street Address - Phone Number - City
r+] 3 Whitney Thurab 7 Walker Drive 868-330-2314 Diego Martin
2 Lucy Patrick 7 Brewster Street 868-555-4534 Morvant
0-' 3 Jerad Jarvis 2 St. Augustine Avenue 868-333-4564 Diego Martin
+i 4 Brendan King 47 Hillbury Street 868-333-7653 Diego Martin
W 5 Charlene Jones 23 Solomon Lane 868-333-8658 Diego Martin
ffi 6 Quinton De Kock 4 Cypress Cresent 86$-234-5112 Carenage
W 7 Alexander Hinkson 10 Hodgkinson Drive 868-555-5460 Carenage
® 8 Nisha Cumberbatch 123 Hunter Street 868-334-5753 Diego Martin
» 9 Hillary Morris 25 Newman Drive 868-335-9745 Diego Martin
f+> 10 Kyara Griffith 14 Miller Jones Road 868-555-8975 Carenage
Figure 4. Customers Table

“”1 Orders X 03 Order Items X “3 Customers X

ID Customer 1C* Paid - j Pre Order - Pickup Date -
i Yes No 26/03/2014
2 Yes Yes 04/02/2014
13 Yes No 20/02/2014
15 Yes Yes 19/02/2014
14 Yes No 18/03/2014
12 Yes No 17/06/2014
Figure 5. Orders Table

!dit Relationships ? X

Table/Query: Related Table/Query: OK

Customers V Orders v
Cancel
ID NX C ustom er ID *
Join Type..
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Create New.,
0 Enforce Referential Integrity

Figure 6. Dialogue Box showing the relationship

between Customers and Orders tables.

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(b) The entries in the dialogue box in Figure 6 on page 12 are used when joining the database
tables, CUSTOMERS and ORDERS, to establish a one to many relationship.

Describe EACH of the following entries.

(i) ID

(1 mark)

Customers ID

(1 mark)

Enforce Referential Integrity

(2 marks)

(c) Using the following Query Design window, create a query to extract the fields ID, First
Name, Last Name, Phone Number and City from the CUSTOMERS table for all customers
from the city of Carenage and whose phone numbers are greater than 868-500-000.

F ield ID First N am e Last N am e P hon e N um ber Street C ity

A dd ress
T able C ustom ers C ustom ers C ustom ers C ustom ers C ustom ers C ustom ers
Sort
S h ow □ □ □ □ □ □
Criteria
OR

(4 marks)

(d) State the ID(s) of the record(s) extracted when the query designed in (c) is executed.

(2 marks)

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(e) (i) The following flowchart shows a REPEAT UNTIL loop. Complete the flo
by labelling the TWO directional lines leaving the condition box as TRl
FALSE.

REPEAT UNTIL LOOP

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(ii) Draw a flowchart of the WHILE DO ... ENDWHILE loop in the box provided
below. (3 marks)

WHILE DO ... END WHILE LOOP

(f) (i) Complete the table below based on the statements in it and the flowcharts in
(e) (i) and (ii).

WHILE REPEAT
DO...END UNTIL
Statement
WHILE Loop
Loop

Is the condition tested at the START or END of the loop?

Does the loop executes as long as the condition is TRUE

or FALSE?

Statements in the loop must be executed: YES or NO?

Number of times to repeat the loop is known: YES or NO?

(4 marks)

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(ii) State the MAIN requirement for the use of the FOR loop.

(1 nr

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4. (a) An algorithm is needed to read the age of each student until it reads an age o f999. It should
then calculate the average age and output both the number o f students and the average age
of all students.

Complete the IPO Chart below to define the problem by decomposing it into EACH of its
significant components: Input, Processing and Output.

Input Processing Output

(5 marks)

(b) The following is the pseudocode for the algorithm mentioned in (a).

START
Set COUNT <- 0
Set AGE <—0
Set AVERAGE < -0
Set TOTAL <- 0
Write “Enter Student’s age”
Read AGE

WHILE AGE 0 999 DO

Set TOTAL <- TOTAL + COUNT
Set COUNT <- COUNT + 1
Write “Enter another age or 999 to terminate the program”
Read AGE
ENDWHILE
Set AVERAGE <- TOTAL / COUNT
Write “Number of Students:” , COUNT
Write “Average age of Students: ” , AVERAGE
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(i) Test the pseudocode for correctness by completing the entries in the trace table
below for EACH loop of the algorithm when the algorithm reads EACH of the
following AGE values: 18, 26, 39 and 999.

AGE TOTAL COUNT AVERAGE

18 0 0

26 2

39 0

999 2 3

(6 marks)

(ii) Write the TWO output lines produced by the algorithm after the dry run in (b) (i).

(2 marks)

(iii) Identify the line in the pseudocode in (b) on page 17 that needs to be corrected
and state the correction to the line.

L ine:............................................................................................................................

Correction:
(2 marks)

(c) Identify TWO impacts of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on the work
pattern o f employees in the health sector.

(2 marks)

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(d) The workplace has changed drastically because of the ICT revolution. State ONE positive
and ONE negative aspect of automation on skilled and unskilled jobs.

Positive:....................................................................................................................................

Negative:..................................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(e) For EACH of the following files, state the MOST appropriate file organization method
and give a reason for EACH choice.

File A: Meter reading records submitted by customers monthly

File B: Personal data of customers in a master file
File C: Customers’ usernames and passwords

File Organization Method Reason

(6 marks)

Total 25 marks

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