ICT 0417/01 MID TERM EXAM YEAR 11_2016

WESLEY METHODIST SCHOOL KUALA LUMPUR

WESLEY METHODIST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL KUALA LUMPUR

CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE
NUMBER M Y 9 6 1

YEAR 11

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Paper 1 Theory 0417/01
May 2017
2 hours

MID TERM EXAMINATION 2017

YEAR 11
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagram, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required

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.

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This paper consists of 12 printed pages.

Setter : LALITHA KRISHNAN

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Examiner's
Use
1. These printouts show a document before and after it was finalised.
Write down six editing techniques which have been used on the image and the text.

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2. Tick the most appropriate method of inputting data for the following uses

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Examiner's
3. Identify two features of a Graphical User Interface. Use

(a).

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4. Tick whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE

[4]

5. Explain how a firewall could be used to secure the data in a computer connected
to the internet.

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6. Tick whether the following statements apply to online processing or batch processing.

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7. Fill in with the correct answers For

Examiner's
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[4]

8. Tick whether each of the following is a method of validation or verification

[6]

9. Explain what is meant by phishing and pharming.

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10. (a) Describe the differences between physical safety and e-safety when using computers.

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(b) Describe three measures which should be taken in order to maintain e-safety.

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[3]

11. A school has a cabled LAN. The head teacher of the school wants to replace it with
a WLAN. Explain the differences between a cabled LAN and a WLAN, giving two
advantages and two disadvantages of having a WLAN.

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12. Explain why encryption is needed when transmitting data. For

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13. Johann is going on holiday to a different country. He will need to take his passport.
He has a new type of passport which has RFID chip in it. He will be passing
through automated passport control gates.

(a) Describe what RFID chip consists of

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(b) Describe how RFID will be used as he passes through passport control

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14. A company is going to introduce a new computer system. For

Examiner's
Use
The company employs drivers to deliver orders and they are rarely in the office for more
than a few minutes. The office secretaries process the orders and dislike being interrupted.
A manager is in charge of the current system and appointments can be made to see her.

(a) Name three methods of researching the current system other than from examining
documents.
Identify the workers that each method would be most suitable for. Each method will
be used with a different type of worker.

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(b) After the current system has been researched, the new system will be designed. This
means that the file structure will be designed.

Identify three items of a flat file structure which will form part of this activity.

1. .

2. .

3. .
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15. WBA is a company that makes little profit. Its newly commissioned ICT system is ready to Examiner's
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be implemented. It needs the new system to be in use as soon as possible.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using parallel running compared with direct
changeover as a method of implementing the system. Choose which of these two methods
of implementation WBA should use, giving reasons for your choice.

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16. Davina has asked Boris, a systems analyst, to create a new database system for her zoo.
She keeps animals of all types. Here are some of the questions that visitors to the zoo
ask:

What is the name of the female lion you have?

How heavy is Jumbo the elephant?
How much does it cost to adopt a tiger?

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Examiner's
Use
(a) Complete the data dictionary below filling in the field names and most appropriate
data type to create a database which would answer these questions.

[5]

(b) Boris will provide two types of documentation when the system is implemented.
Name each type of documentation and for each one give two items which would be
included.

Name .....

Item 1 .

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Item 2....

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Item 2 .... [6]

17. The manager of a travel company asked her secretary to look into the reliability of trains
in Birmingham. The secretary obtained the details of some of the trains. He created two
spreadsheets to help him do this.

Sheet 1 is a list of some of the UK stations that trains from Birmingham go to. Sheet 2
consists of the train details he looked at.

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Examiner's
Use

Sheet 1

(Commas are used as delimiters in the functions shown below.)

Sheet 2

(a) Explain what the function in cell A2 in Sheet 2 does.

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(b) What station would you expect to see in cell A3 in Sheet 2? For
Examiner's
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(c) Explain what the function in cell C2 in Sheet 2 does.

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(d) What value would you expect to see in cell C4 in Sheet 2?

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(e) Explain what the function in cell D9 in Sheet 2 does.

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(e) What value would you expect to see in cell D11 in Sheet 2?

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18. Identify three network devices, other than a router or modem, which are used to connect For
computers together in a network. For each one, describe how it uses the data it receives. Examiner's
Use

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END OF QUESTION PAPER

Thank you for answering ALL the question

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