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I PRACTICE EXAM - PAPER 1 is test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. r answer sheet is on page 52. - ::ach item in this test has four suggested answers lettered,, (e), (0).

1 I PRACTICE EXAM - PAPER 1 is test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. r answer sheet is on page ::ach item in this test has four suggested answers lettered,, (e), (0). Read each item u are about to answer and decide which choice is best. n your answer sheet, find the number that corresponds to your item and shade the space aving the same letter as the item you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. - acccunting software and translators = s readsheet and utility software - ""'a slators and spreadsheet software nslators and utility software Sample Answer. -" st answer to this item is "translators and utility software" so answer space (0) has been -:::;ed. I :5J}+ Prnctice Questions for CSEC Examinations

2 1. Problem partitioning is a technique 7. Which of the following statements 11. A list of marks must be entered into the 17. Which statement is true of fourth I, used to about formatting a document into computer and the average calculated. columns is UNTRUE? generation languages (4-GLs)? Which variable is most meaningful in determine the most efficient representing the average? solution. By default, a document in Microsoft Used to develop commercial refine a problem that has two or Word has one column. x software more parts. You can divide a portion of a ave Executes quicker than 3rd identify which part of a problem can document into multiple columns. average_mark generation be solved. A new section is created each time avg_mk decompose a problem into its the number of columns in a Do not need interpretation component parts. document is altered. Used mainly by scientists A continuous section break allows 12. Which of the following programming 2. Which of the following device interfaces a new section to continue on a new steps are in the correct sequence? 18. The age of a primary school student was integrates the device controller page. compile, execute correctly calculated based on the date of into the disk or CD drive? 8. What will be the output of the following link, compile birth of the student within the school's SCSI algorithm? compile, link database. The age turned out to be 59. IDE execute, compile Which checks could have detected the SATA BEGIN error during the input phase? SICS x=4 13. Which operator is used when y=2 initializing a constant? presence 3. Unlike disk storage which stores its x=y random contents permanently, RAM y=x is output y type END - consistency I integrated - virtual Which of the following activities is NOT I' volatile Which of the following input devices is undertaken during the initial step of the inverted 4 MOST LIKELY to be used in a bank for problem solving process? II 2 cheque processing? II 4. When using Microsoft PowerPoint, which view is most effective for 9. When using the Find and Replace bar code reader problem partitioning re-arranging the sequence of a feature joystick algorithm development I[ presentation? MICR problem decomposition you have the choice of choosing touch terminal from two Replace with text options. construct defining diagram notes master the Replace All button replaces all 15. A program is to be developed to accept slide sorter occurrences of the Find What text 20. All the following services require the TWO numbers and calculate the sum slide show with the Replace with text. and average. Each input value and Internet EXCEPT clicking the Find Next button instructs word to replace the each result should be accessible after 5. Which generation of programming the calculations. How many variables electronic mail current text and move on to search language uses mnemonics? for the next item to be replaced. are needed? FTP the undo button on the standard VolP 5th toolbar will replace the last change 5 World Wide Web 4th only even if the Replace All button 4 3rd was used. 3 2nd 21. A 2 is a named location in 10. The ability of a computer to execute memory, the value of which usually stays 6. The representation of programs on two or more processors 16. All of the following are commonly used the same for the life of the program. the base ten value 19 is simultaneously is called. output devices EXCEPT constant ASCII multitasking printer BCD literal multiprocessing monitor sign and magnitude half-constant microprocessing scanner hexadecimal multiprogramming speaker variable I' Informalion Technology

3 22. Which of the following devices is MOST likely to have a single read/write head, a buffer and a SCSI interface? CD-ROM drive flash drive hard disk drive magnetic tape drive 24. Which of the following measures is a physical access restriction? encryption firewalls virus protection biometric systems 25. Visual verification is sometimes used because it is often more accurate than double entry verification. it is often quicker than double entry verification. it is often the only type of verification that is possible. it often detects errors not detected by double entry verification. 26. Possibility High School purchased a payroll package and hired a programmer to make changes to its interface. The software may correctly be described as BOTH _ specialized and customized specialized and custom-written general-purpose and specialized general-purpose and custom-written 27. Which feature is NOT an advantage of using databases over normal data files? sharing of data among users sharing of data among programs less duplication of data less queries allowed 28. Which is the smallest unit of text that can be created, edited, formatted and printed by a word-processor. line word sentence character 29. Which of the following variable names is incorrect and cannot be used in a Pascal program? 1stchoice Firstchoice firstchoice FIRSTCHOICE 30. Which of the following languages is a low-level language? Pascal Assembly BASIC C 31. Which of the following words correctly describes an algorithm? I. precise n. ambiguous ru. terminable IV. unambiguous Iand Il I, II and III I, II and IV I, III and IV 32. The Caribbean Examinations Council captures scores from examination papers using a key-to-disk system. Which processing mode is indicated? batch on-line real time time-sharing 33. A(n) is a private network created using World Wide Web software. blog bulletin board intranet extranet 34. Which statement indicates a characteristic of a spreadsheet package? It is specially suited for doing textual documents. Does not use pre-defined functions. It can only store numerical data. It enables one to carry out numerical work easily and flexibly 35. Which of the following items is a feature of external documentation? indentation installation instructions white spaces comments 36. If FOUR items of data must be stored on each of 12 entities, how many attributes are needed? The speed of a dot-matrix printer is measured by the number of that it can print. characters per second characters per minute pages per second pages per minute 38. Which data type is MOST appropriate for storing a value representing a c ardinal point on a compass? character integer real string 39. A defining diagram usually has columns In word-processing, what does a wavy red line beneath a word mean? The word is possibly misspelled. The word may contain a grammatical error. The word-processor can suggest an acronym. The word is not in the word-processor's dictionary. 41. If a database table is to hold data on 52 students, it must have 52 _ secondary keys. composite keys. columns. tuples. information Technology

4 ~2. In word-processing, setting tabs, alignment and line spacing is a formatting feature. character page paragraph (0) word 43. The Island Traffic Authority in Sangunique is responsible for issuing driving permits. Permits are issued to persons over 17 years of age. What type of checks would ensure that a 15 year old applicant is not issued a permit? range check data type check consistency check (0) reasonableness check 44. In spreadsheets, which symbol is used to represent 'powers'? (0) $ 45. What type of error is detected by testing an algorithm? logic run-time syntax (0) over-flow 46. Which of the following common wordprocessing tasks may be accom plished using the drag- -and-drop editing? (I) selecting text (II) copying text (III) moving text (I) only (I) and (II) (II) and (III) (0) (III) only 47. An algorithm specifies the flow of from one process to another. instructions outputs control (0) inputs 48. Which of the following feature is re lated to internal documentation? indentation installation instructions objectives (0) user requirements 49. Which of the following languages is a high-level language? Machine Code Machine language Assembly (0) C 50, A is an input device that converts hard copy source documents to a digital format. mouse (8) keyboard light pen (0) scanner 51. means a billion cycles per second. Gigahertz (8) Megahertz Exahertz (0) Nanohertz 52. A storage device X is used to store pictures of size % kilobyte. Approximately how many pictures can be stored on X if it has a capacity of 128 MB? 50,000 (8) 500,000 5,000,000 (0) 50,000, During the preparation of a document, pressing Ctrl+Shift+> repeatedly will add tab stops. increase font size. increase line spacing. (0) toggle sentence case. 54. Which of the following statements about wordwrap are UNTRUE? It can be turned off from the Tools> Options menu. Your printer controls where word wrap occurs for each line in your document. Allows user to type words in a paragraph continually without pressing the ENTER key. (0) Automatically positions insertion point at the beginning of the next line when the insertion point reaches the right margin. 55. is a primary storage device that may be purchased and installed by a user in his personal computer. RAM (8) ROM PROM (0) EPROM 56. is the concurrent execution of two or more related tasks. Multitasking (8) Multiprocessing Microprocessing (0) Multiprogramming 57. A computer network that connects branches of a Caribbean-wide chain of furniture stores may be BEST described as a local area network (8) metropolitan area network value added network (0) wide area network 58. The Caribbean Central Bank keeps is all their data on a host computer which is kept in an air-conditioned room. Which of the following access restrictions are likely to be MOST effective at keeping unauthorized persons out of the room? I. biometric systems II. guards m. locks I V. passwords I only (8) I and II I, II and III (0) I, II, III and IV QUESTIONS 59 AND 60 ARE BASED ON THE FOllOWING SCENARIO: A 1 20% _.---j-_...:.=.t--_..--i B... L ce.:c..! J A formula is required in C3 to compute the 20% of the value of B3. This formula will be copied to the range C4:C7 and is expected to produce correct results? 59. Which ofthe following formula will result in zero being displayed in cell A3? =(87/2)-85 (8) =87/2-85 =87/(2-B5) (0) None of the above =B3*A1 =B3*$A1 =B3*$A$1 (0) =B3*A$ Practice Quesllons for CSEC Examinations

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ST. MARY S COLLEGE FORM 4

ST. MARY S COLLEGE FORM 4 Term 1 Week 1 Week 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 1. The generalpurpose computer system 2. Functions of the major hardware components of a computer system 3. Functions and uses of primary storage