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NO.
111/1
Student Personal
Marker Code Identification Number (SPIN)
South Pacific Form Seven Certificate
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
2010
QUESTION and ANSWER BOOKLET
Time allowed: Two hours
INSTRUCTIONS
Write your Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) on the top right hand corner of
this booklet and on the fold-out flap on the last page.
Answer ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.
If you need more spaces for answers, ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Write your SPIN on
all extra sheets used and number the questions clearly. Attach the extra sheets at the
appropriate places in this booklet.
Marks Time
Question One 20 marks 24 minutes
Question Two 20 marks 24 minutes
Question Three 20 marks 24 minutes
Question Four 20 marks 24 minutes
Question Five 20 marks 24 minutes.
Total 100 marks 120 minutes
Check that this booklet contains pages 2-22 in the correct order and that none of these
pages is blank.
YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE
EXAMINATION.
TOTAL MARKS
100
2
Answer ALL five questions.

Each question is worth 20 marks.
QUESTION ONE (20 marks)
WEB PAGE
An electricity business, known as Renewable Electricity, makes electricity from ocean waves.
They make a website. The HTML code for the first page is given below.
<html>
<head>
<title>RenewElec</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Renewable Electricity</h1>
<h2>Making Electricity from Waves</h2>
<p >We use waves to generate electricity</p>
<p align="right"><a href="equipment.htm">Click here</a> to

see <b>equipment</b> </p>
<p align="right"><a href="waves.htm">Click here</a> to see

<b>waves</b> </p>
</body>
</html>
On the next page show how this web page would look when opened in a browser.
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(a) Show how the web page would look when opened in a browser.
(8 marks)
P3 8
4
(b) An electricity business, known as Renewable Electricity, makes electricity from ocean
waves. They make a website. The waves.htm page contains a table as shown below.
The size of waves we can use to generate electricity, compared to

the size of an adult.
Small waves Big waves
The photos are in a folder called pictures, and are named SmallWave.jpg and
BigWave.jpg
Write the html code for the waves.htm page.
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(8 marks)
P4 8
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(c) Every website should have a purpose, and a specific target audience.
(i) State a purpose Renewable Electricity might have for creating this website.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Describe ONE target audience that will be interested in Renewable Electricity’s
website.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(d) It takes longer to open a web page that contains pictures. Describe TWO ways that will
speed up the opening of a web page with pictures.
1. ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
P5 4 Q1 20
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QUESTION TWO (20 marks)
DATA COLLECTION, DOCUMENT CREATION, AND HEALTH ISSUES
Renewable Electricity needs to find good reef sites to install generating equipment. They
collect wave data at lots of different reefs. During a period of 4 months, they measure and
collect information at these times: 8:00am, 12:00 noon, and 4:00pm.
They want to know the:

1. location
2. date
3. time of day
4. wind speed
5. wind direction
6. height of the waves on the reef
7. number of waves breaking on the reef per minute
(a) In the space below, design a suitable questionnaire to gather this data.
(3 marks)
P6 3
7
(b)
(i) Write ONE possible hypothesis (question) that Renewable Electricity is
investigating by gathering this data.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Cyclones create very big, destructive waves. These could damage Renewable
Energy’s equipment. Write a hypothesis (question) that could be used to gather
data about cyclones.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(c) Initially the location data was the name of the reef.
(i) What data type is the name of a reef?
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Give ONE possible reason why this is not the best way to record the location.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(d) Instead of the reef’s name, a six-character reference (for example 190588) is used to
identify each location.
(i) What data type is this location reference?
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Give TWO reasons why it is better to record a six-character reference instead of
reef names.
1. ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
P7 7
8
(e) After collecting data for 4 months there is a lot of data to enter. One of the computer
operators complains of a sore back and sore hands after 3 days of data entry.
(i) Describe what can be causing this sore back.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Describe ONE way to avoid a sore back when using a computer.
_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iii) Name ONE condition that can give computer operators sore hands.
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iv) Describe ONE way to avoid sore hands when using a computer.
_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(f) Eyestrain is also a health hazard.
(i) Describe ONE symptom of eyestrain.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Explain ONE way of avoiding eyestrain.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P8 6
9
(g) Correct keyboard fingering speeds up data entry.
(i) What does the term qwerty keyboard refer to?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) When the phrase ‘the quick brown fox’ is typed using correct fingering, how
many times are fingers on the left hand used?
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iii) Write down the FOUR home keys of the right hand.
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iv) Circle the sequence that shows the correct keyboard layout of the numeric keys.
1234567890
0123456789
(1 mark)
P9 4 Q2 20
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QUESTION THREE (20 marks)
DATABASES
Renewable Electricity needs to find good reef sites to install generating equipment. They
collect wave data at lots of different islands. During a period of 4 months, they measure
and collect information at these times: 8:00am, 12:00 noon, and 4:00pm.
They want to know the:

1. location (a six digit code)
2. date
3. time of day
4. height of the waves on the reef (measured in metres, to the nearest 0.1m)
5. frequency (the number of waves breaking on the reef per minute)
6. wind speed
7. wind direction
(a) Renewable Electricity enters the data into a relational database.
(i) Describe TWO features that distinguish a relational database from other types of
database.
1. ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
(ii) Explain the purpose of an index (a primary key) field in a relational database?
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iii) Explain why the location could be the index (primary key).
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iv) Describe ONE advantage of a hierarchical database over a relational database.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 10 5
11
(v) Renewable Electricity could use a hierarchical database. Draw ONE way in
which these seven data items can be structured in a hierarchical database.
1. Map reference
2. Date
3. Time of day
4. Height of waves
5. Frequency
6. Wind speed
7. Wind direction
(3 marks)
P 11 3
12
(b)
(i) What is the purpose of a form in a relational database?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Given below is one possible form for Renewable Electricity’s relational database.
Index Wave Height
Date Wave Frequency
Time Wind Speed
Wind Direction
Explain why the data items in the left column can be automatically created.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(c) Name the data type and give a suitable data format for each of these four fields.
Field Name Data Type Data Format
Index
Date
Time
Wave Height
(3 marks)
P 12 5
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(d) Given below are two tables in Renewable Electricity’s relational database.
Date and Time Wave Data
(i) Describe fully how the Wave Data is sorted.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) How many unique records are selected when the query below is applied to the
Wave data table?
Height >= 1.8 or Frequency < 4
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iii) Explain how you would find the dates when the wave height was 2.0.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iv) List ALL the dates when the wave heights were 0.4.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 13 4
14
(e) Given below are three tables in Renewable Electricity’s relational database.
Date and Time Wave Data Map Reference
A report, based on a cross table query, shows the Date, Time, and Map Reference
where the wave frequency is 3. In the table below, write down the data that appears in
this report.
Date Time Map Reference
(3 marks)
P 14 3 Q3 20
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QUESTION FOUR (20 marks)
SPREADSHEETS
(a) Renewable Electricity exports data from a query in its database to a text file. Given
below is the data in the text file.
Index,MapReference,Date,Time,WindSpeed,WindDirection
2765,157904,1/10/2010,8:00,5,90
2766,157904,1/10/2010,12:00,15,120
2767,157904,1/10/2010,16:00,15,120
(i) What does the first line contain?
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) What type of file is this text file?
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(b) The text file is imported into the first six columns of a spreadsheet.
(i) Define the data type for the six columns. (2 marks)
A B C D E F
(ii) Give ONE reason for defining the data type before importing the data.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
(iii) Data in the last column is an angle measured in degrees. There are 360 degrees
in a circle. What data condition can be placed on this column?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
P 15 8
16
(c) A spreadsheet with data about waves is shown below.
(i) The cell entry in cell B8 is = average(B2:B7)
What is the entry in each of the following cells?
C8 _____________________________________________________________
B24 ____________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
(ii) The Wave Frequency measures how many waves break on the reef in one
minute. Explain how you can use the spreadsheet to calculate the mean
number of waves breaking on the reef in one day.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
P 16 4
17
(iii) Sketch a bar chart and a pie chart showing the mean wave heights (given on
page 16) at the three map references.
Bar Chart
Pie Chart
(4 marks)
P 17 4
18
(d) Explain the difference between a relative cell reference in a spreadsheet and an
absolute cell reference.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
(e)
(i) What does concatenation do in a spreadsheet?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(i) Describe how you would concatenate the contents of cells A1 and B1 in a
spreadsheet.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 18 4
Q4 20
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QUESTION FIVE (20 marks)
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PRESENTATIONS
Renewable Electricity wants to install equipment near a village. They meet with the villagers.
(a) Describe ONE possible reason why they might want to meet with the villagers.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(b) Renewable Electricity presents a slideshow to the villagers.
(i) Name a suitable software package for this purpose.
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Describe how a graph from a spreadsheet can be displayed in a slide show.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(iii) Describe ONE design feature that can create consistency between slides.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 19 4
20
(c) Data about wave height is collected automatically at each site and then sent to a
central server using a network.
(i) What type of network would this be? Circle the correct answer.
WAN LAN
(1 mark)
(ii) What do the words WAN and LAN stand for?
WAN ____________________________________________________________
LAN ____________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(d) Three computers are connected to a server through a switch. The server is
connected to the internet through a router and modem. In the space below sketch
the topology of the cabling. Label each component of your sketch.
(3 mark)
(e) What does a modem do?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 20 6
21
(f) Identity theft and spam are two computer crimes.
(i) Describe each crime.
Identity Theft _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
Spam ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(ii) Explain how a computer user can minimise the risk of being a victim of identity
theft or spam.
Identity Theft _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
Spam ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(g)
(i) Why is it important to backup data?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
P 21 5
22
(ii) Three ways to backup data are:
Full backup
Incremental backup
Differential backup
In the table below are three statements. In the right hand column, write the name
of the backup type for each of the statements.
Statement Backup Type

Backs up only those files that
have changed since the last
backup of any type.
Backs up all changes made
since the last full backup.
Backs up all files.
(2 marks)
(iii) Explain why backups should be stored in a different building to the server.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
(h) What is the importance of:
Data Integrity? ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Data Security? ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
P 22 5 Q5 20
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Form Seven Certificate
2010
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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South Pacific Form Seven Certificate

Answer ALL five questions.

QUESTION ONE (20 marks)

<h2>Making Electricity from Waves</h2>

<p >We use waves to generate electricity</p>

<p align="right"><a href="equipment.htm">Click here</a> to

<p align="right"><a href="waves.htm">Click here</a> to see

The size of waves we can use to generate electricity, compared to

Small waves Big waves

Write the html code for the waves.htm page.

QUESTION TWO (20 marks)

DATA COLLECTION, DOCUMENT CREATION, AND HEALTH ISSUES

They want to know the:

(i) What data type is the name of a reef?

(i) What data type is this location reference?

(i) Describe what can be causing this sore back.

(f) Eyestrain is also a health hazard.

(i) Describe ONE symptom of eyestrain.

(g) Correct keyboard fingering speeds up data entry.

(i) What does the term qwerty keyboard refer to?

QUESTION THREE (20 marks)

They want to know the:

(a) Renewable Electricity enters the data into a relational database.

(iv) Describe ONE advantage of a hierarchical database over a relational database.

Index Wave Height

Date Wave Frequency

Time Wind Speed

Field Name Data Type Data Format

Date and Time Wave Data

(i) Describe fully how the Wave Data is sorted.

Height >= 1.8 or Frequency < 4

Date and Time Wave Data Map Reference

Date Time Map Reference

QUESTION FOUR (20 marks)

(i) What does the first line contain?

(c) A spreadsheet with data about waves is shown below.

(i) The cell entry in cell B8 is = average(B2:B7)

What is the entry in each of the following cells?

QUESTION FIVE (20 marks)

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PRESENTATIONS

(b) Renewable Electricity presents a slideshow to the villagers.

(i) Name a suitable software package for this purpose.

(ii) What do the words WAN and LAN stand for?

(e) What does a modem do?

(f) Identity theft and spam are two computer crimes.

(i) Describe each crime.

Identity Theft _____________________________________________________

Identity Theft _____________________________________________________

(ii) Three ways to backup data are:

Statement Backup Type

Backs up all files.

(h) What is the importance of:

Data Integrity? ____________________________________________________

Data Security? ____________________________________________________

Question Exam Check

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