oe. rest cove 01229020 FORM TP 2012087 i MAY/JUNE 2012 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 02— General Proficiency 2 hours 15 minutes 14 MAY 2012 ( READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This paper consists of THREE sections and a total of TWELVE questions. Candidates MUST answer ALL questions in all THREE sections. 2. Number EACH answer correctly in the answer booklet. 3. Code is to be written in the programming language, Pascal DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2011 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. aimonne 20191G) (b) © (@) 2 @) (b) SECTION I THEORY — 60 marks Answer ALL questions. Rearrange the following units of storage in order of size with the SMALLEST at the top: + Gigabyte + Terabyte + Kilobyte + Megabyte (4 marks) (What is the meaning of the term*bit"? (1 mark (ii) How was the term ‘bit’ derived? (marty Explain ONE difference between a ‘word’ and a ‘byte’, (2 marks) Explain the term “bi-stable device’. (2 marks) ‘Total 10 marks Write the output devices listed below in your answer booklet. Write the appropriate related task next to EACH output device. (iv) Output Devices | Tasks vpu Draw a house plan Headphones Print cheques, Plotter Output individual audio responses in a language lab Printer Output video : (4 marks) Give ONE situation when it would be better to use wi (i) ii) 01229020/F 2012 ‘an impact printer instead of an ink jet printer, State ONE reason to justify your answer, (2 marks) a laser printer instead of a dot matrix printer, State ONE reason to justify your answer. (2 marks) a page printer instead of a character printer, State ONE reason to justify your answer. (2 marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEBe (@) State THREE functions of an operating system. (3 marks) (b) Use the items below to answer (b) (i) ~ (b) (iv). Pascal Compiler Microsoft Office Suite Windows XP Select from the list above, ONE item that serves as an example for EACH of the following, software, (i) System sofware (1 mark) (ii) Operating software (1 mark) (ii) General purpose software (1 mark) (iv) Integrated software (mark) (©) Explain why it is necessary to customize certain types of software and give ONE example of customized software. (3 marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 20124. 4. (a) __ Name the THREE types of cabling shown in Figure 1. G marks) Figure 1 (b) Identify TWO types of wireless media (@ marks) (©) Write the types of network listed below in your answer booklet. Write the associated application next to ACH network. @ (ii) Gil) (@) a 01229020/F 2012 Network | Application LAN A network connecting computers in a university campus | WAN ‘A network connecting computers in a secondary school MAN A network conneeting computers in a country G marks) What is the meaning of the term ‘modem’? (1 marks) How was the term ‘modem’ derived? (i mark) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEoat 5. (a)_ The table below lists job titles of computer professionals and tasks. Write the job titles of the computer professionals in your answer booklet, Write the task performed by EACH professional next to the correct job title. Computer Professional Job Title | ‘Task (| Network administrator Develops schema Gi) | Systems programmer Identifies functional requirements Programmer Maintains programs Gv) | systems analyst i Installs WAPS i () | Database administrator Replaces hard drives (vi) | Computer technician Installs ut (6 marks) (b) The table below lists different types of technology and professions. Write the professions in your answer booklet. Write the technology associated with EACH profession next to the correct profession Profession ‘Technology @ Music Biometrics (ii) Law enforcement Multimedia Gi) Engineering MIDI (iv) ‘Training Sensors (4marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 2012ca In most national census exercises, data are collected and entered on forms by interviewers. Data from the forms are then captured on tapes by data entry personnel. Finally, the data from the tapes are merged into a single file. (@) (b) (©) (d) Identify ONE error that can occur during the data colleetion phase. (1 mark) Identify ONE error that can occur during the data capture phase and describe how this type of error can be reduced. (2 marks) Before the merged data can be used to generate reports it must be validated, State the meaning of the term ‘validation’. (1 mark) Name and describe THREE checks that can be used to validate the data, (6 marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 2012“7. SECTION I PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS ~ 15 marks Answer ALL questions. 7. Students preparing for an international music examination must pass an internal assessment (IA) component to be eligible to sit the final examination. The TA cot of one assignment worth 20 marks, one test worth 20 marks and one practical exercise worth 20 marks. To pass the IA, students must obtain 60% or above out of a total of 60 marks. ‘The marks eamed by five students for the IA are shown in the spreadsheet below. @) (b) © @ Name Assignment | Test | Practical | Total 1A | % of Status (20) (20) | (20) (60) Total JA Smith, 15 12 13 Allen 12 u 12 Persaud 16 12 14 Mohamed | 10 12 15 Harewood | 14 1s ul State the name of the student who will be at the top if the data in the spreadsheet are sorted in descending order by the Total 1A marks, Write the fun mn in cell E4 to compute the Total IA marks obtained by Persaud, (2 marks) (1 mark) Ifa student scores 60 % or above on the LA the student is given a status of “Eligible’ while for any mark below 60%, the student is given a status of ‘Not Eligible’, State the funetion that will be inserted in cell G6 to indicate the status of student Harewood. @ marks) pie chart was created to show the names of the students and the percentage scores they obtained on the IA, State the data range used in the chart, 01229020/F 2012 (1 mark) Total 7 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE8 The TECHVOC unit of the Ministry of Labour uses a database with two tables to store information ‘on the number of uncertified persons with technical skills in the various areas of the country. The data in the two tables are shown below. 01229020/F 2012 TABLE 1: AREA AREAID AREA_NAME BL Cortiverton B2 New Amsterdam DI East Coast pe Georgetown El Supernaam E2 ‘Anna Regina ‘TABLE 2: SKILL SKILL, AREAID | UNCERTIFIED | Mechanic | D2 120 Mason El 100 Mason D2 60 | Carpenter | £2 45 Welder Di 30 Mason BI 25 Mechanic | B2 25 Carpenter.) BI 20 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE(a) (b) () d) © -9- List TWO data types used in the SKILL table. (2 marks) Write a query to show all areas with MORE THAN 50 uncertified masons and indicate how many records would be in the output of the query. 3 marks) State the number of uncertified persons in New Amsterdam. (1 mark) (On which field is the SKILL table sorted? (marks) A report was generated for the SKILL table and the records were grouped by afield. State the name of ONE appropriate field that can used to group the records. (1 mark) Total 8 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 2012,-10- SECTION II PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING ~ 45 marks ‘Answer ALL questions. (a) Categorize the following pseudocode statements as input, processing, or output. SI Accept $2 Add two numbers 83 Calculate percentages S4 Prompt the user $5 Read a character S6 Write a result (6 marks) (b) —@_Copy and complete the following truth table where 1 represents ‘Good at’ and 0 represents ‘Not good at’ Homework Homework AND Homework| Studying | AND — | Determination | Studying Studying AND Determination 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 iz (8 marks) (ii) In the column for ‘studying’, explain what ‘0° represents. (mark 01229020/F 2012 ‘Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEwll= 10. Each Play Station III game has a tax of 10% added to its cost to calculate the final price, Write Pascal code to @ (o) © . (@) () () declare the tax value 3 marks) declare TWO variables @ marks) calculate the final price of'a game. (4 marks) ‘Total 10 marks Rewrite the following fragment of code using the control structures below. For count := 1t010 DO Begin read (count) ; End; (i) While loop (4 marks) (ii) Repeat Loop (4 marks) Complete the following two sentences by replacing the letters A, B, C, D and E with the appropriate programming terms. Shadwayne (A) __ the program to see if it was grammatically correct, meaning no (8) errors, that it did what it was intended to do, meaning no (©) errors, and that it produced some results, meaning no___(D)__errors. If there were errors, he would then__(E)__ the program to locate and correct these errors. _¢($ marks) ‘THREE of the following statements describe external documentation. Identify them and write the corresponding numbers in your answer booklet. DI: Includes frequently asked questions D2: Makes it easier to read and understand the program D3: States the version of the program and the installation procedure D4: Suggests how users should use the program such as starting or exiting the program DS: Use of indentation (2 marks) ‘Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 2012-12- 12. Consider the following program in Pascal, and answer the questions that follow. PROGRAM IRG; VAR ALPH: ARRAY[I..3] of CHAR; Let: CHAR; Ine : INTEGER; FOR Inc = 1 TO 3 DO ALPH [Inc] = Let; FOR Inc =1 to 3 DO Writeln(ALPH [Inc]); END. (@) State the name of the program, (1 mark) (b) State the name of the array. (1 marky (©) State the size of the array. (mark) (@) What is the output when the program is executed? (2 marks) ‘Total 5 marks D OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01229020/F 2012