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method
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private
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public
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(A)
lnkJet
.. _.(Ji) _____ Dot-matrix_____ :.....
.(C) Laser
'''II ,,]_,,.
(D)
Plotter

''Which,of.the following is an advantage of


.using.credit-or. debit cards?
The card can be stolen.

(A)

The ow1wr can carry less cash.

~).

(C)

The owner can spend more money.


The magnetic strip can be damaged.

'" , , . (D) ,
Th~ decim.JJeqy!v~llQ?.:t.(qrthe binary ao<to<ili- ;,1;:. ~ ~:I.:,
deoimaLnumbeOO.iil
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(A)
(B)

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31

whenusing a computer?

@D; ;;

(A)
(B)

(C)
5.

The four-bit binary representation of the


deci_i;pal..1.1.mb;LS Js, .......... .

Hl.1#'1J:,~

'",1; tt.'

!?!~ -~~~t11

' '':"CA)''' 1000

(B)
oioo
(C.)-.. -Oo+O-

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(D)

Use a foot rest.


Use an ergonomic keyboard.
_ Ensw;e that there Is no screenflicl<er.
Use an anti-glare screen.

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to as a
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(A)

{B1

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(A)

b.u;fifl.lr .
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---~eJ;-- ,s~.WU:"'

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'Mllich11).fcfue rfall,%Vi!lg; unit~.

~erfonns

17.

mathemati11aJ,;c~1rni11i<i>Ws?

"'""

,o) . Aifiliiiie#.J;:~a.~!iiP..-~,.,,.,.

Aluminium-alloy
Coaxial

eC1

Fibctoptic

(D}

Twisted-pair

When a file is removed completely from a


disk, the data is

~G)..

. - ..... ----(0} . Central processing

--~--(DJ

... ~ .;.\ . : . ,..

.. -

(B)

. (.Ah .,,dc:lc:ted from the disk


read from the disk
(:i;l)

--(A):----G9ntwl-_-.--~-~--- ::::
'.(~)...f.i:;\c;p: ,,,,;;,., _,,,;;,, . . :' .:

----~~-

Which type. of cable is used for telephone


cables?

sa.-..ed..tu..the...clisk

' ' snared onlhe disk

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13.

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Which of .the. follPl!!ii;i;g;,acticu;lsi.niust .he


taken to get-to-recou~Jil!JJmbet,5,.0. of I 00
records on a fi.oppy.disk?'
,

.18..... A:.type ofutility program used to reduce


the.size.of.a.program.is..
(A)

(A}
(B)

il

Convei:t;tq,ta,pe. ... ,.

cB)

Fast:t'orwiii:<tio~ecoEdJOO,.andthen

(C)
(D)

----.
..m~kwa1d,-
(C)

Fjrstread.r~w-i;l~,1

(D)

Uo

thrpgh 49.
50

dire9f1y.~q.r~i.:11rd

1-9.
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14.

Which of \he following,.is NO']; true of


s.ei:oo~torage..m~a7__
~ .

(A)
(Jil)

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i'

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'1 . - i. I\;,_/..,'

, ., -.

PictQ,r!)s1 im9,tq?lt'\tl\IP~@l!!\Qrecj ..
St0r~ge,aa.~~oity,.js,cypipaJlo/ iir;;i,nd

-~: . .14'~.~~H~~,..i,_...

(C)

a file compression program


a troubleshooting program
an anti-virus program
rururr-instaU-program -

Which of the following CANNOT be used


to represent positive and negative numbers?
- _(A)
(B)

(C)
.(D)

.Binary coded decimal


Hexadecimal conversion
Sign and magnitude
1'w9 's complement

1.~ . ,.,

~fllri11tton;,9!lf:ll\l!f!llP11~aapd more
;,gyi9.l<l>1W.iip1$!g!1etj~"i:iis~~ _

_____ _
20.
(D) , , .,,C,1U11o11tpi;e.,\~p,~unj:s:.p,f..da.ta.- ... -

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of.Lil (base 2)? .

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(A)
(B)
f1

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(A)
(B)

trapslatio~

(C)
(D)

en~tiOA

(.C)... ..coi:rneliiiqn
(D)
compilation

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6
7
8

ii.,,

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(A) 0000111Q

- -----~}+l-)il.q.O:I
(0) 11110011

:1

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22.

Ensuring that numbers are posiuve


:;i; '.: ,
in a quantity ordered field
1
(D) l !l100'10 :; 11 1

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(B)
Examining whether or not a field is
q 100 '... '
:
the required type in a date field
Reqiifriiig-iluser to enter his or her
W,hichofthe follGJwing.is TRUEforparity?
e-mail address twice
:;tr
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.. ~ , .. "
\'"-"I1\l~O/IJ:Je/llfor
each

in a name field
.,; ..

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'Whichofthe following is an example ofa


data type check?

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M;tl,\ltt~'toloonstdera

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(B)

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1"'i

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Light
'Warmth
Weight

(C~

~oy

career:as

1;.,:;1~..'1':j_.;:~f!)i1_,._..1r~~.-,kL1

'Whichofthefollowing is detected by using

27.
Wireless transmission media do NOT
.. :c.:,. ,,.," irt~foiie
..(A). .. .J~Mmpnter train.er.
----..- - ______i(.::;:Sz.)_._.._."lllil='El::.:l::.e"::.:.~::.:l;;;c::.:al_.e;;;n"'g::.:in::.:e,;:;er'--------------------...
-- {CJ
an:end;,-usefsupport specialist

'.. ''{A:) 11 1 coaxial


(B)' ''1ine-of-sight
i!
. .
..
'.
.-1
(C)
satellite
(D)
infrared

(~~I. ,~ ~y~tem,s! ~~gi~~7.~

1,1

-;:~:~:'~:~-~~=~~:l~erth~t~ontalns

24.

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the ireb p11g1Hfro the fictitious URL given

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Which of the following represents the

.:u 11.lfutotion1of a modem?


ht~://www..faceme.com/lfriends/

i , 't \.

Index.him

- ............

"(-k)l~'"

>- ...................... ' '

,.,, .,,

Ana!Og and download


/malog an.d digital
.!. (C)'' 'Digital and upload
1
:. .1.uiL (D}'"' Download and upload

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-------'(1.1::B1-1-)--~d1-----':.. -~' '

'w.WW;ilcame.com
index;htm

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'(A)

lihttpu "!" ,.,.,,

((4.
(D)

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~p 1;1i

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'

''(B'''

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IhWhlcm of''the following file fonnatscan


'mu1io files be compressed?

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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

".,

\. '

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gif
jpeg
mp3
mpeg

... ....~------ ...............


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30:-

Items 35-36 are based upon the following


declarations in Pascal.

Which of the following is TRVEofasta.na..


alone computer?

Var

- (A) -- Orgiillises -data>among computers.


(B)
Allows users tmobtain data from a

Count:Integer;
Price; Real;
Qj5co11nt jnteger_

(C)

Re_ceiveadata:fromone\liomp_Uru:_

35.

- -(DJ- -cnablestWcrormore computers to

The following is a fragment of code.

communicate.
Count:= 3;
. Discount := O;
.bile (Di&caunt < Count) Do
--3-1~--.-.'.fhe-fil'St-g@n<1rati0n-progr.a=ing4anguage----
iualle.d ~-:--~~ ~ -~~~SL .:_ _ - - .. -. ---Begin
Write('*');
Count := Count - I;
(.A.):' . Assembly1
------------------ - - End
- -- -tBJ---'-B*SIC-( C)
Machine
. , Wrll!lt is the output of the above fragment
-~=-==~(~}o-- - -Noa~p110c:.edu11aJ>;;
of code?

''

-- -------

32:

---------(!})

Errors that result from NOTfollowingf\\les


of the programming language are caned-

ZBY
(C)
(D)

"'

-.',-..J,...

(A)

..

****

There will be no output, because


---,----,(B~)--ilceeggiKle-Ee!l'rrFEe~rss--,--------------...J!IJlhee.i:.rl)odwe::..hn;aaisui;an.error. _
( C)
run-time 'errors
(D)
syntax errors
3..6. The following is a fragment of code.
33.

execution errors

**
***

An example of a nm-time error is

For Discount:= 10 to 12 Do
"

(AJ

rr (Answer~i:ii"b~1tli,c~.writc1n cYc:~-0

(B}
(C)

Rc:pc;p.t(writeC'Yes~\~.}witiil(A.nswer

Write('&&')

While(Answer-!2}Do.1wri\e('Yes')
<10)

What i.s the output of the above frag:uient


ofcode?

',,

(D)- - Anewcr:-aJlS>.\/cr/.(1~-1.0~
(A)
34.

&&

._
. __ :.... ,, ----'':'~--
---- ..... CB)
&&&
At which stage .of pr.osram deJ,~;19].m~t_. __ :~ __.:.: __ (._(_:)~ ' &&&&&&
should desk checking.bei!.ncludci!lll
(D)
-Nothing will be printed.
"'f.,..~

(A)
(B)
(C}.
(p)

#li:i#v.lf'.l. )

I\-~ H

After the debuialns pha~~


During the design ~hase'

D\11\ingt'Ji.~~oti~~hiis=ii:'.
At ev.ery .P.l\M~ ...'.
... ;.!

. _..,..
.

Sf
... ;.

37.

In.Pascal, the symbol <>means


(A)
(B}
(C).
(D)

le.ss than and greater than


less than or greater than
equal to
not equal ta

-- ... ".... --Mlo~, ...... _.~'~t---,---~-M--M<-...-- - 00


'::! I

~~~;w

! i. I

I
- 6

43.

38i --In!Pitsftl;whaHloes OOtJNTrepresent?


1 -,.-~--:-:-

------------- ----

The Pascal term used to see results on the


printer or computer monitot is called

-(h'A.l<')'l---'---,At&.....1~as=s"'i~gm~n~e"nt---

-{B) _ ~new: ,
(C) ' . ./WleoJ.~n:;i,,ri
(D)J' Mll!!J!l!h!J!!Hi'"";'.!

''""

('A;) input
{D) read
(Cl
write

Item44is:based on the Pascal code below.


(A) ,.qt~~" 1111 :11: .. )''' ""';:-''. _ _
..
.: ." Fi:111pe::= 1-10 5 Do
@r. l!elll.'! - ., .n. <hp&
,--'-----------------------ITEM[x] := O;
(et.--- ~' \t .
_:::..:::;::.:::-~: .... ----- "--~.

-~r--~:;:~~~:?=-;:~,?~.-:-:

----~

. . ,.....c:F-;=::--.;H<~:~.:.~-~~~~~C!oftb.eoPascaLcode.isto
(A)
(B)
(C)
(0)

lQlWTIWfi13i~e'J!tml!U5*-!i!r~ilW!tigJoop
lbeo.-u.ted2
.' ._., '\..
I'

'

,_ ---------~'------'
...
. : .. -. t-- ---:'7""'

fu1 rh'li!f.; :"" 0-to-"-2 do;

'
-~---~M; ------~~:~-~

-~::-;---

___ .~.S.__ . Wbi.!;_hoftbefollowing sta'tements includes


loops'/

- ,.

(<.:)

3
4

rr:n

. -~i}l7f'ft.

;r1lfo&~ :

.....

41.

(A)
(R)

'.1

~- -:r :..'.i.., . _,ii

. ------~--:._-~--.

Place x in ITEM
Place 0 in ITEM
Place 1 to 5 in x
Place the numbers 1 to 5 in ITEM

(C)

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'

(b)

1.i;.~.J ...;:,,;,1 ....... , ~ ...a11;;~,,..: ....

,,;..,

Sequencing
Repetition
Si.>l1:eliu11
Ordering
,

. ,,.,..

,,

Thei'w:lction
..af".a.compiler
is to 0onvert
.r c. .
"
'
.;'

(A)

- 46;.. --, Forithe .submission of your SBA report,


',.,..,~. ::y~d'required-toindude your nallle and
,,,._._. ' th~name.Ofyour school at the top of every
p~geofyourreport. Whichofthefollowina
~d yowuse to achieve this?

pr,girw.~w!~JiQ~ by line

-._._._.(.a)..;co'l~grlijfl.:,.,

11'\"

a-progral'Acef.'lici~tly,

, ,
.(01-..-the~iige4(UQ.w:Ge code
(C)

.I:. l'

iill!t1_Jj>~4l..1.u.. .....L:.JiJ _-:_._~~

--.. 7-:~-1ttiftt--ES=J.t~;:;e~=~;;:
:.1_J

J.~l':_~

~-

~-1' ~-

. " ..,...

- -

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t)

.blook

an 111
on

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.._
. ..........._ _ _u,(,Q.,._,.......
. ___:: ..
-,~ ',.~~-~_i:,_,,,r
-4"

..

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(D)
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t4.\ 1 ',

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- 7 ,
Given (3y* 4) th symbol* is.an example
of
... ..r,- ' ...... ,_,d, - .. , 1 , .

Wl;iich of th~ following is NOT associated


with the filtering or extraction of records
in spreadsheet?

53.

- --tA)-- -multiplication
(B)
power
~bscript
(C)
(D) _ s~eerscri pt

' "
.:~' ~-=''
' '

,,;,' __:(<;;/
(0)

The&s~.page

l_______ . 49.

(A) .
(B)'

thatis usually displayed in -


a webbrowse.ris called'a'
' ' ' .::

54."

Copy to range
Li&t ran2e
Criteria range _
Value range

Th~ functi~~ that produces the position of


a number or item in a sorted list is

---------- _______. ---


;.......

.. ,

~------'"'!O'.'""'"""""WluclCof"ttie'fonbW.fng activities! is '.WO!Ii 1'',:

involved--in-publishingawebsiteq
' )5 :''" ~(i'ducing information from queries and
............ -- ------~--....-~~~-t-a...
b...
le,-_s~in-a""'s_p_e~cific formafihai
be printed
fro~a database is called .
(A)
Uploading files
(B) Uploading images
. ,-;
(C)
Ci:.e!!fil!g11w.e!Jpa,ge
(A). a file
(D)
Using a web browser
(a) ap object
(C)'
a query
(D)
a report
Which of the following is NOT a use for

can

51.

hyper links?
(A)
.... .. (B)

(C)
(D)

5:2,

56: . 'To' ]~in two' 'database tables, EACH table


musrhave

Linking to an em11il address

.Wnkini..10..Jl..W;bsite ..
Linking to another location within
the web page
Copying.a.file-to a web server

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

at least two keys in the table


the same data in both tables
composite keys
at least one common field name

What type -of chart is NOT suitable for

--------~PiW.niiw11\!LQY~r t.wR..Y~.1.\1'.t.~.ihQ'filL .._._ __ ____ . __ ........... .


in the table.Ji1elow7
. . _. __.____5.7..:. _____>.-~~~at r~presents Boolean values

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1009

20J::()

300
500

600
800
600

B
........

c'.

500
."

-~

..

01

u-ue or raise is called

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

'

(AL. --~Ylfma ___ _


(B)

_(g

.~. L

~-
tE
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number
text
date
logical

!, ' .... . . (,
I

- 8 ....

'-';,I

... -

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. 58..

.,,, . ._ ;.,-,,.,

j,:.~;;,,~;.i/-

._-th~ symbolII in ~ pr~sentation is used

J ____ _

for
(A)
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Slides
can.be rearranged by using .the
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j_____ _
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slide show view


notes view

- (A)_

slig!<J!Q.tl!<L

(B)

slide view
slide m~ter

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Which of the following1effeats is a special


_anill).ation .. effect where.1hednformation
_____:______________ _fades after jt has been presented?

+-

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(C)
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Dimming-Entrance

E1npl1asis

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