ZERAKI ACHIEVERS - 2023

END TERM EXAMINATIONS – TERM TWO 2023

Form Four
Computer Studies
Paper 1
Marking Scheme
1. The principal of a school is concerned that students may be hacking into the exam score database to
change their marks. Other than password state three ICT methods that could be used to prevent this
from happening
 Use of finger print
 Use of smart cards
 Use face recognition
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2. Describe the components of a spreadsheet function
 Equal sign (=) mark the beginning of a function
 Function Name describe the activity to be performed
 Argument the range of values to be acted upon
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3. Explain the term prototyping as used in system development

 Prototyping is defined as the process of developing a working replication of a product or system
that has to be engineered. It offers a small-scale facsimile of the end product and is used for
obtaining customer feedback.
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4. The Director of a private school based in Nairobi has decided that the school magazine will now be
included in the school website. Give three reasons why the Director thinks it is a good idea to replace
the paper version with a website version
 Relatively cheap
 Reach many people
 Flexible
 Ease of modification
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5. Describe three operational factors the system analyst need to consider in hardware and software
requirement during requirement specification phase
 Reliability- choose hardware and software that will support the operations of the system
without crashing or hanging
 Compatibility- consider hardware and software that work with the system without conflict
 Upgradeability – Hardware and software that will accommodate changes in technology
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6. Reckless uses a memory stick to transfer her work from school to home. Give three reasons why
memory stick are often preferred to CDs for storing work
 Have mass storage
 Fast data access and retrieval
 Do not suffer from mechanical failure
 Exist in different capacities
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7. Describe three ways in which a computer program can be maintained
 Preventive maintenance- adjustment made to a program to prevent errors from occurring
 Corrective maintenance –Changes incorporate to correct errors experienced by the program
 Adaptive maintenance – changes that allow a program to be compatible with new changes like
technology or operation platform
 Perfective Maintenance -Adjustment to improve the functionality of the program
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8. Give three reasons to justify why Safaricom , Airtel and Telkom have intensively used repeaters in their
networks
 To expand the network
 Amplifies signals
 Receives signals from one network segment and retransmit to another network segment
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9. List four Mechanical devices that were used for counting before the electronic computers
 Abacus
 Pascaline
 Slide rile
 Weaving loom
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10. Describe two ways of creating or manipulating text in Ms-Publisher and Adobe PageMaker
 Using text tool – Ms-publisher provide a textbox which acts as text tool while Adobe
PageMaker provide a text tool. Both allows the user to insert text in the publication
 Using Text frame- by using a frame tool or by converting any object created with a drawing
tool except the line
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11. Name three benefits accrued from utilizing ICT platforms in industrial systems like Process control
 Efficient utilization of raw materials
 Improved productivity
 Leads to production of high quality goods
 Streamlines the relationship between the company , customers and suppliers
 Expand the range of what can be produced
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12. Describe three functions of antivirus program

 Prevent computer virus from attacking a computer
 Delete virus from the computer
 Detect the existence of a virus in a computer
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13. A finance company uses cloud storage to archive their accounts. Describe three advantages of using
platform
 Cloud have massive storage where large volumes of data can be stored
 Cloud environment is flexible and therefore data can be accessed from any point at any time
provided there is internet connectivity
 Cost effective since one only need to have network connectivity and the cloud account which
require very little amount of money

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 Cloud storage have well-structured security features and therefore the service provide extend
this to users to ensure that their files are safe
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14. Explain the line of sight principle in data communication

 Line of sight is a type of propagation that can transmit and receive data only where transmit
and receive stations are in view of each other without any sort of an obstacle between them
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15. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is a State Corporation that
provides career guidance and selects students for admission in Universities and Technical Training
institutes. Describe two types of Universities that KUCCPS can place students to pursue
undergraduate courses in Kenya
 Public university is created by state and run state appointed management team while private
university is set up by individuals, churches or any other organization

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16.
(a) Give four guidelines a programmer should follow in order to design a good pseudo code
 Statement must be clear , short and readable
 The statements must have one meaning
 The pseudo code must be clearly outlined and indented clearly
 The start and stop must clearly be shown
 Keywords must be used to show the input, output and processing activities
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(b) Describe the following looping structures
(i) Repeat.... Until
 In Repeat until execution takes place before a condition is tested

Statement

Condition

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 (ii) While.... Do (2marks)
 In While Do execution only takes a place when a condition has been tested and evaluates to
true

Condition

Statement

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Accept well labelled diagram

(c) Maranda High school pays casual employees based on the number of hours worked. The payment
schedule is as shown below.

 Less than 10 hours @500 per hour

 Up to 15 hours @700 per hour
 More than 15 hours @900 per hour
Write a pseudo code that will prompt the user to key the Name, Number of hours worked and
then compute the total wage for five employees

Start
Count =1
Wage = 0
While Count =< 5 Do
Enter Name, Number of hours worked
IF Number of hours worked <10 Then
Wage = Number of Hours Worked *500
Else
If Number of Hours Worked <10 and Number of Hours Worked <15 Then
Wage = Number of Hours worked* 7000
Else
Wage = Number of Hours worked *900
Endif
Endif
Wage = Wage+Wage
Count =Count+1
Endwhile
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 Display Wage
Stop

Start = ½
Stop = ½
Initialization Wage 0 and Count =1 =1
Condition 1 = ½
Condition 2 = ½
Condition 3 = ½
Condition 4 = ½
Computation of wage = ½
Increase the count = ½
Display wage =1
Logic =1

17.
(a) Convert the following numbers to Decimal number system
(i) 010011.100012(3marks)
0 1 0 0 1 1. 1 0 0 0 12
0 16 0 0 2 1 0.5 0 0 0 0.03125
19+0.53125 =19.5312510

(ii) 36.58 (3marks)

36.5
3= 011
6= 110
5 = 101 0 1 1 1 1 0. 1 0 1
4 3 2 1 0 0.5 0 0. 125 0.625
16+8+4+2+0 =30
30.62510

(b) Evaluate 10102+10102-10012+000102-11012(3marks)

1010+1010 = 10100- 1001= 1011+00010 = 1101 -1101 = 00000
(c) Use 8 bit scheme and Twos complement to subtract 5010 from 402 , write your answer in decimal notation
(4marks)
50 = 00110010
40 = 00101000
00110010
1 1 001101 ............ 1C
11001101 +1 = 11001110
00101000
11110110
-1
11110101
00001010 = -10
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(d) Describe two reasons for the use of Octal and Hexadecimal number system
 Automatic data compression which help in saving of the storage location
 Improves transmission efficiency
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18.
(a) Apart from Keyboard and Mouse list any other three input devices found at the Point of sales
Terminal
 Magnetic Stripe Reader
 Optical Barcode Reader
 Finger Print Scanner
 QR code scanner
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(b) Describe the functions of the components of VR

(i) Glove
 Data gloves are worn on the hands to allow the user navigate through the virtual world and
interact with virtual objects
(ii) Body suit
 It is made of conductor wire that senses the body movement and relays the data into the virtual
reality system which in turn adjusts the position of user in virtual reality world
(iii) Virtual Reality software
 A set of instruction responsible for simulation of all the aspects of virtual reality
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(c) Describe four ways in which ICT platforms have improve transport services
 Booking reservation system allow customers to book from any point at any time
 Computer controlled traffic light system used to reduce traffic jams on the roads
 E-payment platforms used to pay for bus fare
 Use of navigation software to locate places
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(i) Define the term Telecommuting

 Also known as 'telework' or 'work from home', telecommuting is an arrangement that allows
employees to work away from the company's offices.
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(ii) Give three problems experienced by organization that use this innovation
 It is difficult to supervise employs from homme
 Lack of collaboration between teams in the organization
 Having a remote workplace could jeopardize security for the company
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19.

(a) Name three Data Terminal Equipment used in a computer network

 Modem
 Bridge
 Router
 Printer
 Computer
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(b) Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow

(i) Identify the topology represented in the above diagram

 Bus topology
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(ii) State the function of the part marked A
 It is used to avoid signals from bouncing back and forth on the cable
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(iii) Name two limitation of this topology
 Troubleshooting is very difficulty
 Breakdown in the main cable brings down the entire network
 Limited number of stations can be connected to main cable
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(c) Mention four roles a Network Administrator

 Track network usage and keeps a log of the people who have used the network
 Design the network
 Secure the network against unauthorized access
 Troubleshoot network related problems
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(d) Describe three main pathways in a computer in which components like ALU, Control unit,
Register, Buffer Cache, Main memory use to exchange between them
 Control bus – Pathway for all timing and controls functions
 Address bus –pathway used to locate the storage location in memory for the next instruction
to be processed is held
 Data bus- Pathway for actual data transfer
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20.
(a) A Secretary of a large Non-Governmental organization based in Nairobi was keying data collected
from the field. In the first case the secretary keyed in “braek” instead of break then later keyed in
4596 instead of 4569
(i) Describe two types of errors illustrated above
 First - Misreading error is brought abought incorrect reading of the source document by the
user and hence entering the wrong values
 Second-Transposition error results from incorrect arrangement of characters
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(ii) State three ways of preventing errors identified in (i) above
 Data verification
 Data validation
 Use methods that capture directly from source
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(b) State three major limitations of serial file organization
 Waste space in form of Inter-Record Gap
 Linear access to record makes it cumbersome
 Most modern computers do not support this file organization method

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(c) What is normalization in Databases
 Normalization is a database design technique that reduces data redundancy and eliminates
by dividing larger tables into smaller tables and links them using relationships.
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(d) State three key functions of primary key
 Used to uniquely identify records in a database
 Create links between multiple tables in a database
 Sort data in the table
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A student created a query using fields from multiple tables, when he clicked on the run command
the query did not display the dynaset but instead displayed “Type mismatch error”. Describe the
cause of this anomaly
 The fields used to create a relationships have different data type
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