- 11.

Give ONE similarity and ONE difference between EACH of the following pairs: (a) (b) (c) (d) ROM and RAM ROM and EPROM Hard disk and floppy disk Primary storage and secondary storage (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) Total marks 8 1. Answer questions (a) to (c) using the icons in the table below:

(a) State the number and name of TWO secondary storage media. (b) State the number and name of TWO input devices.

(2 marks) (2 marks)

(c) Describe ONE common use of EACH of the icons numbered 6, 9 and 10 in the table above. (3 marks) Total 7 marks 3. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Convert the decimal number 75 to its binary equivalent. (2marks) Convert the binary number 1011110 to its decimal equivalent. (2 marks) Add the binary numbers 111010 and 1011 (3marks) Subtract the following binary numbers 101001 and 111 (3 marks) The ASCII code for the letter H has a decimal equivalent of 72. What is the ASCII code for the letter P. (4 marks) Total 14 marks

4. Your teacher has given you notes on Windows NT, Windows 2000, UNIX and Linux. (a) (b) (c) State the type of system software illustrated in the above examples. Explain why this software is necessary for a computer system. (1 mark) (1 mark)

For EACH of the following types of application software, state whether it can be described as general purpose, custom-written, integrated or specialized. (i) A program that includes all the major types of applications and brings them together into a single software package (ii) Software written solely for a specific task, and its users are trained in a particular field (iii) Software which can be modified by writing or adding programming modules to perform specific tasks (iv) Software which is not specific to any organization or business and can be used by anyone. (4 marks) Total 6 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

- 25. Write the number of the example from Table 2 that matches EACH of the applications lettered A E in Table 1. TABLE 1: APPLICATION A. B. C. D. Monitoring and Control System Embedded System Artificial Intelligence (AI) System Expert System 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. TABLE 2: EXAMPLE Hand-writing recognition software Medical diagnosis Microwave ovens Fire-alarm system in a factory Metal welding Total 5 marks 6. State the appropriate Internet term for EACH (i) (ii) An electronic document on the Web A collection of related pages ( 1 mark) ( 1 mark)

D. Robots

(b) (c)

Give ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of e-mail over ordinary postal mail. ( 2 marks) Explain the difference between an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and a newsgroup. ( 2 marks) Total 6 marks

7. The Statistic Department holds confidential information on the citizen of a country. Since its databases are online and are connected to the telephone company via a modem, any person within a computer and a modem can potentially access from the databases. Outdated data are usually stored at other locations. (a) (b) State ONE method which can be used to prevent unauthorized users from accessing data stored in the databases. (1 mark) State TWO methods which can be used to prevent users from accessing data from files to which do not have access. (2 mark) State ONE potential danger that may exist when legitimate users within the Statistic Department import data into the department's computer. (1 mark) State TWO strategies to protect the archived data from physical damage. (2 mark)

(c)

(d)

A letter is replaced by the letter five letters later in alphabetical order. For example, the letter A is replaced by F, B is replaced by G, and so on. Note that the A is considered to follow the letter Z. (e) (f) What would the word ESSAY be stored as? What is the meaning of the following text? N LTY NY (2 marks) (2 marks) Total 10 marks

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

- 38. (a) Describe TWO jobs of EACH of the following: (i) (ii) (iii) System Analyst Computer Operator Database Administrator (6 marks)

(b) State TWO ways in which a computer can be used by a teacher in his/her job. (2 marks) (c) State TWO ways in which the computer is beneficial to the banking industry. (2 marks) Total 10 marks 9. The increase in the level of computerization in offices, together with the decrease in costs and the availability of data communication services have created new ways of conducting business. Some employees now have an opportunity to perform their work from home a process known as 'telecommuting'. (i) (ii) State TWO types of hardware that an employee must have if he/she is telecommuting. (2 marks) State ONE advantage to the employee of telecommuting. (1 mark) Total 3 marks 10. Write a structured algorithm that prompts the user to input 2 numbers. The algorithm should calculate and print the sum of the two numbers. (6 marks) 11. Write an algorithm to prompt the user to input the mark a student received in a test. If the mark is less than 60 output the word fail otherwise output the word pass. (6 marks)

END OF TEST

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE