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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

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General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

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COMPUTER STUDIES 7010/11

Paper 1 May/June 2012
2 hours 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

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Write in dark blue or black pen.
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DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For Examiner's Use

This document consists of 21 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

IB12 06_7010_11/FP
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1 Video conferencing, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and instant messaging are all used For
as communication methods. Certain devices are essential to enable each of these Examiner's
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communication methods to be used.

Tick (
) the appropriate cells in the table below to show which one or more devices are
essential for each method.

keyboard microphone speaker webcam

VoIP

video
conferencing
instant
messaging

[3]

2 Describe ways to guard against each of the following Internet security issues. (A different
method should be given in each case.)

viruses

hacking

spyware

phishing

tapping into wireless networks

[5]

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3 An airport is converting all its manual information systems to computerised systems. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) One stage in analysing the existing system is fact finding.
State three methods of fact finding:

3 [3]

(b) Which of your named methods would be best suited to this application?
Give two reasons for your choice.

Method

Reason 1

Reason 2

[2]

4 Michael is preparing a multimedia presentation.

(a) What three features should he include in his presentation to make it more interesting?

3 [3]

(b) Give two reasons why a presentation would be better than just printing out and
distributing a newsletter.

[2]

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5 A floor turtle can use the following instructions. For

Examiner's
Use
Instruction Meaning

FORWARD x Move x cm forwards

LEFT t Turn left t degrees

RIGHT t Turn right t degrees

REPEAT n Repeat next set of instructions n times

ENDREPEAT Finish repeated instructions

PENUP Lift the pen

PENDOWN Lower the pen

Each square =
10 cm by 10 cm

45°
Each diagonal
line = 14 cm 45°

Start Finish

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Complete the set of instructions to draw the above shape in the direction shown by the For
arrows. Examiner's
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PENDOWN

FORWARD 20

LEFT 90

[5]

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6 Carefully study the following flowchart. For

Examiner's
Use
START

C=1
L=0
N=0
S=0
T=0

INPUT A, B

Yes
Is A > B ? L=L+1 N=A–B

No

Yes
Is B > A ? S=S+1 N=B–A

No

N=0

T=T+N

C=C+1

No
Is C < = 10 ?

Yes OUTPUT L, S, T

STOP

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(a) Complete the trace table for the following data: For
Examiner's
Use
8, 4, 3, 1, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 5, 5, 4, 0, 5, 4

C L N S T A B

[6]

(b) What is the final output from the algorithm?

L=

S=

T= [2]

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7 A large hotel has a website. The website offers the following facilities: For
Examiner's
Use
• a virtual tour of the hotel
• an interactive map
• the ability to book rooms online

(a) Give two features you would expect to find in each facility.

virtual tour

interactive map

room booking online

[6]

(b) Describe one other feature you would expect to see on the hotel’s website.

[1]

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8 A spreadsheet has been set up to record employees’ hotel expenses for one year. For
The data for one employee is shown below. Examiner's
Use

A B C D E F G
Tariff Tariff No of No of
Sunday to Friday to nights nights Maximum
1
Thursday Saturday (Sunday to (Friday to Total allowance
Hotel ($) ($) Thursday) Saturday) cost ($) ($)
2 Grand 150 90 3 2 630 600
3 Station 200 120 2 1 520 800
4 Northern 90 60 5 0 450 360
5 Western 120 80 4 1 560 480
6 George 180 100 2 2 560 720
7 Quality 100 70 3 1 370 400

(a) What formula is in F2 to calculate the employee’s costs at the Grand Hotel?

[2]

(b) The maximum allowance is four times the Sunday to Thursday tariff.
What formula is in G2?

[1]

(c) A manager wants to know whether an employee exceeded their maximum allowance at
each hotel.

Describe how the spreadsheet could be used to do this.

[2]

(d) A macro was written to convert the tariff rate into different currencies. The exchange
rate was taken directly from a website.
What is the advantage of using a macro to do this?

[1]

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9 Vehicles passing over a bridge are detected automatically using sensors and a computer. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) What sensors could be used?

[1]

(b) The graph below shows the number of vehicles counted during certain periods of the day.
This graph is produced automatically at the end of each day.

Bridge traffic on
1 March 2012
80
Number of vehicles

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
12-6 6-9 9-12 12-4 4-12
Time period

A record is created each time a vehicle is detected. These records are processed to
generate the graph and for other purposes.

What data need to be stored in each record?

[2]

(c) State two other methods of automatic data capture. In each case, name an application
which would use this method.

Method 1

Application 1

Method 2

Application 2

[4]

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10 Jatinder uses Internet banking. For

Examiner's
Use
(a) Give one benefit and one drawback of using Internet banking.

Benefit

Drawback

[2]

She uses a 5-digit PIN.

(b) Every time she logs on, she is asked to give 3 random digits from the PIN. She was
asked to give her 3rd, 1st and 4th digit. This changes every time she logs on.

Give a reason for this.

[1]

(c) A different application needs the whole PIN to be input.

The following code has been written to check the PIN:

c = 0
INPUT PIN
x = PIN
REPEAT
x = x/10
c = c + 1
UNTIL x < 1
IF c < 5
THEN
PRINT “error in PIN entered”
ELSE
PRINT “PIN OK”
ENDIF

(i) What value of c and what message would be output if the following PINs were
entered?

5 1 0 2 0 Value of c:

Message:

5120 Value of c:

Message: [2]

(ii) What type of validation check is being carried out here?

[1]

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11 A simulation using a mathematical model is being used to forecast the weather one week in For
advance. Examiner's
Use

(a) (i) State what data are gathered for this model.

(ii) Explain how the data are gathered for this model.

[2]

(b) (i) Describe how the simulation can predict the weather for the next seven days.

(ii) Describe in what format the predicted weather can be shown.

[2]

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12 (a) (i) Complete the truth table for the following logic circuit, which is made up of NAND For
gates: Examiner's
Use

A B X

0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

[2]

(ii) What single logic gate has the same function as the above logic circuit?

[1]

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(b) Complete the truth table for the following logic circuit: For
Examiner's
Use
A
AND
B
OR X

OR

C NOT

A B C X

0 0 0

0 0 1

0 1 0

0 1 1

1 0 0

1 0 1

1 1 0

1 1 1
[4]

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13 Andrew is sending a large document to a printer. For

Examiner's
Use
(a) State the name for the area of memory used to store temporarily the data being sent to
the printer.

[1]

(b) The printer runs out of paper during the printing job. A signal is sent back to the
computer to temporarily stop its current task.

Name this type of signal.

[1]

(c) When trying to save this document after it was printed, the computer stops responding.

Give two reasons why the computer might stop responding.

[2]

(d) Andrew ended up losing his electronic document.

How could that have been prevented?

[1]

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14 A database was set up to show the properties of certain chemical elements. Part of the For
database is shown below. Examiner's
Use

Name of Element Atomic Atomic Melting Boiling State at

element Symbol Number Weight Point (C) Point (C) room temp
oxygen O 8 16 - 218 - 183 gas
iron Fe 26 56 1538 2861 solid
mercury Hg 80 201 - 38 356 liquid
bromine Br 35 80 -7 59 liquid
osmium Os 76 190 3033 5012 solid
caesium Cs 55 133 28 671 solid
gallium Ga 31 70 30 2204 solid
argon Ar 18 40 - 189 - 186 gas
silver Ag 47 108 961 2162 solid

(a) How many fields are in each record?

[1]

(b) The following search condition was entered:

(Melting Point (C) < 40) AND (Atomic Weight > 100)

Using Element Symbol only, which records would be output?

[2]

(c) We need to know which elements have an atomic number greater than 50 and are
solid at room temperature.

Write down the search condition to find out these elements.

[2]

(d) The data are to be sorted in descending order of Boiling Point (C).

Write down the new order of records using the Element Symbol only.

[2]

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15 A vending machine has the choices shown below. For

Examiner's
Use
with milk and
10 tea 11 with milk 12 with sugar 13
sugar
with milk and
20 coffee 21 with milk 22 with sugar 23
sugar
with extra milk
30 hot chocolate 31 extra milk 32 extra sugar 33
and extra sugar

40 cold water 41 hot water 42 fizzy water

50 coke 51 orange 52 lemon

60 chicken soup 61 tomato soup

A customer uses a keypad to make their choice. Each number entered is represented in a
6-bit binary register.

For example, key press 33 (hot chocolate with extra milk and extra sugar) is represented
by:

1 0 0 0 0 1
32 16 8 4 2 1

(a) (i) If a customer chooses coffee with milk and sugar what is the key press?

(ii) How is it represented in the 6-bit register?

32 16 8 4 2 1
[2]

(b) If the 6-bit register shows

1 0 1 0 0 1

what drink has the customer chosen?

[1]

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(c) A customer using the vending machine gets an error message after keying in their For
selection. Examiner's
Use

What could have caused this error message?

[1]

(d) It was decided to split the register so that each digit was represented by its own 3-bit
register:

For example, 4 2 would now be represented as:

1 0 0 0 1 0
4 2 1 4 2 1

(i) What drink has been chosen if the 3-bit registers contain:

1 1 0 0 0 0
4 2 1 4 2 1

[1]

(ii) How would the lemon option be shown on both types of register?

4 2 1 4 2 1

32 16 8 4 2 1
[2]

(iii) What is the advantage of using two 3-bit registers rather than one 6-bit register?

[1]

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16 A car park uses sensors and a microprocessor to monitor cars leaving and entering. For
The car park is open 24 hours every day. The parking fee is $10 per day. Examiner's
Use

The following flowchart shows how the IN and OUT barriers are controlled. Some of the
statements are missing.

Using item numbers only, insert the correct item numbers into the flowchart from the item
list.

START

read the IN
sensor

any signal No
received from read the OUT
sensor
IN sensor?

Yes
No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

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List of statements For

Examiner's
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Item Number Description

1 activate motor to raise IN barrier

2 activate motor to raise OUT barrier

3 any signal received from OUT sensor?

4 decrease number of cars in car park by 1

5 increase number of cars in car park by 1

6 is car park full?

7 is the car park fee paid?

8 OUTPUT “car park full”

9 OUTPUT “please pay car park fee at pay machine”

10 use ADC to convert IN sensor signal to digital

11 use ADC to convert OUT sensor signal to digital

12 use DAC to convert computer signal to analogue signal to operate IN barrier

13 use DAC to convert computer signal to analogue signal to operate OUT barrier

14 wait 30 seconds and then close barrier

[6]

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17 Write an algorithm, using pseudocode or a program flowchart only, which: For

Examiner's
Use
• inputs the population and land area for 500 countries,
• calculates the population density (i.e. population/land area) for every country,
• outputs the largest and smallest population density,
• outputs the average population for all 500 countries.

[6]

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