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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following can work away from a they are allowed to access the Internet.
company’s standard workplace? (2) The equipment cost is high.
A. Author (3) Security problems arise.
B. Shopkeeper A. (1) and (2) only
C. Nurse B. (1) and (3) only
D. Construction worker A
C. (2) and (3) only

2. Which of the following items contain stored D. (1), (2) and (3) B

programs?
5. Which of the following is not an information
(1) Electronic book output?
(2) Washing machine A. A printed receipt
(3) Printer B. A credit card statement
A. (1) and (2) only C. A scanned digital image file
B. (1) and (3) only D. An essay written by a student D

C. (2) and (3) only

6. Which of the following devices does not
D. (1), (2) and (3) C
contain stored programs?
3. Which of the following about the Information A. LCD monitor
Age is incorrect? B. CD-ROM drive
A. People can work at home without going to C. DVD-R
the office.
D. Hard disk C

B. People advocate lifelong learning.

C. Information technology helps improve the
efficiency of work.
D. Every one can access and make use of a
vast amount of information.
D
7. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Information is part of computer system.
B. Information must be obtained from
electronic devices or online resources.
C. Information helps people make decision.

4. Which of the following are the disadvantages D. Information is raw data.

C
brought about by telecommunication?
(1) Workers may be distracted from work if
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8. The Information Age began in around C. The processing speed of CPUs will increase.
. D. The size of computers is getting smaller.
A. 1890 B

B. 1930
11. Which of the following is not a characteristic of
C. 1984
computers?
D. 2005 C
A. They consist of semiconductors.
9. Which of the following improvement of B. They depend on software to work.
computer technology enables rapid development C. Their processing speeds are high.
of the Internet service?
D. Their memory space is large. A

A. Larger memory space

B. Higher reliability of computer technology 12. Which of the following can be totally automatic
with information technology?
C. Higher processing speed
A. Medical care
D. Higher network communication speed D

B. Electronic commerce
10. Which of the following statements about C. Government services
computer trend is false?
D. Education B

A. The size of storage devices is decreasing.

B. Speakers and microphones will replace
monitors.

Short Questions

1. Mary works for an insurance company. She is responsible for entering customers’ data into a database
system.

(a) Suggest one database system application for Mary to use. (1 mark)
Microsoft Access / MySQL / Oracle Enterprise Manager (any one × 1)

(b) Suggest three fields of data Mary has to collect. (3 marks)

Customer’s name (1), reference number (1) and insurance plan joined (1)

2. (a) Name two image file formats. (2 marks)

BMP (1) and JPEG (1)

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(b) Suggest one application for editing an image file. (1 mark)

PhotoImpact / Microsoft Paint (any one × 1)

3. (a) List three types of information system (IS) specialists. (3 marks)

Systems analyst / programmer / technician / network manager / data entry operator (any three × 1)

(b) State one duty of each information system (IS) specialist mentioned in part (a). (3 marks)
• A systems analyst is responsible for the research, planning and implementation of the information system according to the requirements

defined by end users.

• A programmer is responsible for converting the system design developed by the systems analysts into program codes.

• A technician is responsible for managing the information system.

• A network manager is responsible for monitoring the availability and performance of the communication between computer systems.

• A data entry operator is responsible for entering data into the information system before end users can use it.

(any three according to part (a) × 1)

4. (a) Suggest one benefit of living in the Information Age. (2 marks)

People can access all kinds of up-to-date information easily (1) anywhere and anytime at a very low cost (1).

(b) How should people living in the Information Age behave? (1 mark)
People must be information literate. (1)

5. Suggest five points that an information literate person should be able to do. (5 marks)
• Determine the nature and extent of the information needed. (1)

• Access information effectively and efficiently. (1)

• Question the information source. (1)

• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific task. (1)

• Use information ethically and legally. (1)

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Long Questions

1. A school principal proposes to open a new elective subject for Secondary Four students next school year.
Before that, he wants to perform a survey about the preference of students on this new subject. A
questionnaire will be distributed to all Secondary Three students, and around 10 students will be selected for
interviews.

(a) State three possible types of data that will be collected in the above survey. (3 marks)
Text (1), audio (1) and video (1)

(b) The survey result is then presented to all teachers in a meeting with a PowerPoint presentation file.
Suggest two examples of data or file formats for each data type you have answered in part (a) which
are suitable for the presentation file. (3 marks)
Text: ASCII (0.5) and Unicode (0.5)

Audio: WAV (0.5) and MP3 (0.5)

Video: MPEG (0.5) and AVI (0.5)

(c) The table below lists the information processes of an information life cycle. Complete the table by
suggesting one major action that can be taken in respective processes. (6 marks)

Process Major action involved

Data collection Distribute and collect questionnaires.
Organization Categorize the questionnaire results and put them into tables. (1)

Store the collected results in a database, spreadsheet or any file of appropriate file
Storage formats. (1)

Data processing Summarize respondents’ feedbacks in appropriate formats for data analysis. (1)

Analysis Generate statistics of the results. (1)

Transmission Upload the results to a file server. (1)

Presentation Show the information to teachers in the school meeting. (1)

2. (a) Define the term ‘knowledge-based society’. (3 marks)

A knowledge-based society is a society that employs knowledge, information technology and communication systems (1) in the production

processes (1) of all sorts of activities of all citizens (1).

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(b) An IT training centre is designing a half-year training course for the working class. Through the
training course, students can acquire the basic skills to work and live as an information literate person
in a knowledge-based society. The course includes the following activities:
• Retrieving raw data effectively from an existing folder of a file server
• Processing raw data and producing useful digital information
• Presenting information in different multimedia file formats
An external IT expert finds that the training course has missed the training of several information
processing capabilities which are important for being an information literate person. Suggest three
information processing capabilities which have not been mentioned. (3 marks)
• Determining the nature and extent of the information needed (1)

• Questioning the information source (1)

• Using information ethically and legally (1)

(c) The success of a knowledge-based society is determined by factors including its computer facilities,
communication networks and the information literacy of people living and working there. Do you think
Hong Kong has good achievement in the following aspects? Explain your answers briefly.

(i) Computer facilities (2 marks)

Yes. (1) It is because computer facilities are very common and affordable for most people in Hong Kong. The Government and some

public premises also provide free access to computer facilities. (1)

(ii) Communication networks (2 marks)

Yes. (1) It is because Hong Kong has a wide coverage of broadband service, at an affordable charge for most people. (1)