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SUBJECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Paper 02

PROFICIENCY GENERAL

REGISTRATION NUMBER

SCHOOL/CENTRE NUMBER

NAME OF SCHOOL/CENTRE

CANDIDATE’S FULL NAME (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)

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DATE OF BIRTH D D M M Y Y Y Y
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CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 02 – General Proficiency

2 hours 15 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of THREE sections and TWELVE questions. Answer ALL
questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. Code is to be written in Pascal.

5. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on
the original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of
this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

6. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly
in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant,
include the question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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SECTION I

THEORY – 60 marks

Answer ALL questions.

1. Danielle recorded her classmates playing the clarinet and saved the recordings on two devices.

(a) Identify

(i) ONE input device that could have been used to record the music

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(1 mark)

(ii) ONE output device that could be used to listen to the music on the devices

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(1 mark)

(iii) ONE device that could have been used to store the music

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(1 mark)

(iv) the category of software that could be used to play music

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(1 mark)

(b) State how EACH of the following can be applied to Danielle’s music:

(i) Human readable format

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(2 marks)

(ii) Machine readable format

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(c) State how Danielle could use ONE named network technology to access or listen to her
music on a device.

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(2 marks)

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2. (a) Aaron and Nathalie recorded their favourite songs on two different devices. The table
below shows the length of EACH recording, stored in minutes and seconds.

Name Length of Recording Time in Minutes and Seconds

Aaron’s device 4:89 3:14 1:52 1:39 4:54 3:18 1:12
Nathalie’s device 1:12 1:39 1:52 3:14 3:18 4:54 4:89

(i) State whose device has the music recorded in serial order, giving ONE reason for
your choice.

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(2 marks)

(ii)
Another song was recorded, which was 2 minutes and 15 seconds in length. Rewrite
the TWO lists showing the result after storing the music on the two devices.

Name Length of Recording Time in Minutes and Seconds
Aaron’s device
Nathalie’s device
(2 marks)

(iii) The song that was 4:54 long was not recorded well and needs to be removed. State
the steps in the process of removing this song from Aaron’s device.

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(2 marks)

(b) State whether the communication mode for listening to music is simplex, duplex or half
duplex. Give ONE reason for your choice.

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(c) State TWO ways in which information technology has impacted the music industry.

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3. Romario found a box with the name System Mechanic — Version 6 Professional.

(a) The box advertises that the compact disk (CD) inside contains ‘everything you need to
keep your PC safe, fast and error-free’.

Complete the table below by identifying ONE type of software that can be used to perform
EACH of the following functions, and describe the function of the software.

Software
Software Description of Function
Function

Keep a computer
safe

Keep a computer
running fast or error-
free

(4 marks)

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(b) The box in (a) has the following system specifications:

PC running Microsoft® Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, or 2003

server. CD-ROM drive, 60 GB free hard disk space. 128 MB RAM.
Internet connection recommended.

Romario’s laptop has the following specifications:

Microsoft® Windows 10, DVD-RW drive, 60 MB free hard disk

space, 4 GB RAM. Wi-Fi and broadband available.

Complete the table below by identifying the generic term used to describe EACH of the
following features.

Feature Generic Term Used to
Describe the Feature

Microsoft® Windows

CD-ROM, DVD-RW

RAM

MB, GB

(4 marks)

(c) Suggest TWO reasons why the software of System Mechanic CANNOT be used with
Romario’s laptop.

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Total 10 marks

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4. Complete EACH of the following statements using the terms or values below. Not all terms and
values will be used.

0 to 7 ASCII Base-8 Decimal Hexadecimal

0 to 9 BCD Base-10 Three Byte

10 to 15 Bit Base-16 Four Sign and magnitude

(a) A .............................................................. is a binary digit and can have one of two values
generally represented as the numbers 0 and 1.

(b) With .............................................................. notation, each succeeding digit’s contribution

is ten times greater than the previous digit.

(c) In octal notation, each digit represents .............................................................. bits.

Similarly, hexadecimal notation uses .............................................................. numbers,

representing .............................................................. bits with each digit.

(d) Octal numbers use only the digits .............................................................., while hexadecimal
numbers use all ten Base-10 digits (0–9) and the letters a to f (representing the numbers

..............................................................).

(e) .............................................................. is a system of writing numerals that assigns a four-

digit binary code to each digit.

(f) .............................................................. is a straight-forward method for representing both

positive and negative integers.

(g) The most common character representation is .............................................................. .

Total 10 marks

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5. (a) Consider the four items below.

Complete the following table by identifying ONE of the four items that would MOST
likely require EACH of the following: (Each item maybe used more than once)

Access to the Internet

Virus protection

Random-access memory

Hardware interface

Secondary storage

(5 marks)

(b) Identify ONE item in (a) which has improved with the use of technology. Give TWO
reasons for your response.

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(c) Identify ONE item in (a) that is most suitable for EACH of the following professions.

Profession Item

Medicine

Banking

(2 marks)

Total 10 marks

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6. Consider the following reservation form.

(a) Identify TWO fields that

(i) restrict the user to specific options

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(2 marks)

(ii) cannot be validated based on the information entered in the fields.

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(b) State TWO specific fields and explain how they can be used to validate ONE other field
of data.

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(3 marks)

(c) Describe the type of validation check that was used in (b).

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(2 marks)

(d) Identify ONE other example where forms would be useful.

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(1 mark)

Total 10 marks

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SECTION II

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS – 15 marks

Answer ALL questions.

7. Consider the following spreadsheet which shows the booking data for guests arriving at a hotel.

A B C D E F G H
NUMBER
LAST FIRST ARRIVAL DEPARTURE PAYMENT DISCOUNT
1 NAME NAME DATE DATE
NUMBER OF NIGHTS OF
DUE Yes/No
GUESTS
2 Downs 01/08/2018 03/08/2018 1 $770
3 Ball Robin 02/08/2018 05/08/2018 2 $2,310
4 Doepke Cheryl 03/08/2018 07/08/2018 2 $3,080
5 Anders Kat 06/08/2018 09/08/2018 3 $3,465
6 Bordeau Kristen 06/08/2018 10/08/2018 1 $1,540
7 Gao Xia 06/08/2018 08/08/2018 2 $1,540
9 Besete Cheryl 14/08/2018 16/08/2018 4 $2,310
8 Coats Bill 17/08/2018 20/08/2018 2 $2,310
10 Figerald Ed 17/08/2018 20/08/2018 1 $385
11 Blackwell Dean 20/08/2018 25/08/2018 2 $3,850
12 Chin Roger 20/08/2018 23/08/2018 1 $1,155
14 Comen Angela 28/08/2018 02/09/2018 1 $1,925

15 Total number of guests

(a) Complete EACH of the following tasks in the spreadsheet above:

(i) In cell E4, write the MOST suitable formula to calculate the number of nights.
(1 mark)

(ii) In cell F15, write the function to determine the total number of guests booked.
(2 marks)

(iii) In column H, for EACH booking, write the word ‘Yes’ in the appropriate cell if
three or more guests are booked. (2 marks)

(b) Identify the TWO fields on which the data is sorted.

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(2 marks)

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(c) State the type of alignment that is used for the results in column E.

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(1 mark)

Total 8 marks

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8. Consider the following data table in a database.

(a) State an appropriate data type for EACH of the following fields.

Field Name Data Type

Bed

Number of guests

Payment due
(3 marks)

(b) Write a query to produce ‘ALL guests occupying single-bed rooms whose payments are
less than $1000.’

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(3 marks)

(c) Write the result of the query in (b), using the FIRST NAME field only.

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(1 mark)

Total 7 marks

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SECTION III

PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING – 45 marks

Answer ALL questions.

9. (a) (i) Complete the following table by stating whether EACH of the following statements
represents input, process, or output.

Statement Category

I Read the discount

II Subtract discount

III Prompt for a discount

IV Enter a discount

V Display the amount

(5 marks)

(ii) Arrange the statements in (a) (i) in a logical order using the numbers I–V.

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(5 marks)

(b) During the months of April and May, students should attend school only if there is an
exam for one of their subjects. Complete the following truth table to determine whether
a student should attend school. ‘Y’ denotes Yes and ‘N’ denotes No.

School_ Exam_in_a_
Attend_School
Holiday Subject

Y Y

Y N

N Y

N N

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(c) State a suitable data type for the variable ‘School_Holiday’ as described in (b).

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(1 mark)

Total 15 marks

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10. Answer EACH of the following questions based on the three sentences and diagram below.

Wait for the bus.

Are you late for the bus?
Walk to school.

(a) Write EACH of the sentences within the appropriate symbol on the diagram above to show
the flow of information. (3 marks)

(b) Write ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ in the appropriate spaces on the diagram to direct the flow of
information. (2 marks)

(c) State

(i) the type of diagram shown above

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(1 mark)

(ii) the name of the loop illustrated in the diagram.

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(1 mark)

(d) Rewrite the THREE sentences as a conditional statement.

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11. A programmer is asked to write a program for a health store that is offering a 10% discount on
local juices.

Write Pascal code for EACH of the following:

(a) Declare ONE constant which can be used in the program.

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(3 marks)

(b) Declare TWO meaningful variables and their data type, which can store the data to be
input to the program.

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(4 marks)

(c) Write a statement to calculate the discount if a customer purchases a local fruit juice.

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(3 marks)

Total 10 marks

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12. The following sale prices for four of its popular items have been advertised by the Computer Store.

Mouse $5.00
Battery $30.50
Webcam $55.95
Remote $65.00

(a) Complete the following table to store the prices of the sale items in the array named
SALE. Include labels for the index of EACH item in the array. The first column has been
completed for you.

ARRAY: SALE

PRICE 5.00

Index 1
(3 marks)

(b) Write Pascal code to

(i) declare the array SALE

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(4 marks)

(ii) output the price of the third item in the array.

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(3 marks)

Total 10 marks

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FULL NAME: ________________________________________________________________

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Signature: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________

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3. Keep it in a safe place until you have received your results.

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I hereby acknowledge receipt of the candidate’s booklet for the examination stated above.

Signature: _____________________________
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Date: _________________________________