CSEC-Jan 2023 Solution - IT P2
CSEC-Jan 2023 Solution - IT P2
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
2 hours
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include the question part beside the answer.
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Answer ALL questions.
1. (a) Complete the table provided below by identifying EACH of the following application
software types which matches the descriptions shown in the table.
General-purpose Special-purpose
Custom-written Customized
Application Software Type Description
Custom-written Software developed to perform a specific task rather
than a range of functions, for example, online gaming
software for a specific game.
Special-Purpose Software developed for use in specific organizations,
for example, for the military, for banks, for air traffic
control or for medical equipment.
General Purpose Software not specific to any organization or company
and the user decides what to use the software for.
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(2 marks)
(c) The following table shows the actions taken by a user entering a URL in the address bar
of a web browser in order to display a web page on the computer.
Number the actions in the table to show the correct order of the steps needed to display
the web page.
The web browser obtains the IP address of the hosting web server. 2
The web browser interprets and displays the HTML content. 4
The web browser sends a HTTP requests to the web server. 3
The web browser parses the URL to obtain the domain name. 1
(3 marks)
(d)
The following extract is a Table of Contents showing the pages for different sections of a
document.
(i) Identify the TWO heading styles used in the Table of Contents.
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(2 marks)
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(ii) State, in the correct order, the steps required to apply the heading styles in the
Table of Contents.
Microsoft word
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Step 1- Select the desired text
Step 2- select Home tab/ribbon
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Step 3- Style section on ribbon
Step 4- Select the Heading 1 or 2 for each heading
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(2 marks)
(iii) State, in the correct order, the FOUR steps required to create the Table of Contents
on the first page of the document.
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Microsoft word
Step 1- create a blank first page of the document
Step 2- Select heading on home tab, styles and select heading 1 or 2 or
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go to references tab , add text, select levels for each heading
Step 3- scroll and place cursor on blank first page
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Step 4- Reference Tab, select Table of contents button
choose Automatic 1 or 2 to insert TOC on first page
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(4 marks)
(iv) Explain how you would go from the Table of Contents directly to the page with
the heading entitled “Registration Form”.
On the table of contents page, place mouse cursor on words Registration
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Form
Hold down the ctrl button on keyboard and click on the words Registration
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Form
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(2 marks)
Total 20 marks
2. (a) Complete the following table with FOUR contrasting differences between an Intranet
and the Internet.
Intranet Internet
(b) On a data capture form, a user enters passport number and age. Identify ONE
appropriate type of validation check which can be used for EACH entry, giving a
reason.
Passport number:
Data type check- ensures that the user enters numerical data in the age field.
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(4 marks)
(c) Complete the following table with the missing description and term relating to computer
misuse.
Description Term
(2 marks)
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(d) Figure 1, Quarter1Sales, is a worksheet which shows a summary of the total amount sold
by each salesperson and Figure 2 is a 1-D PivotTable created from Figure 1.
Figure 3 shows the fields from the worksheet Quarter1Sales in Figure 1 that were dragged
into the different areas of the PivotTable Fields dialogue box to produce the 1-D PivotTable
in Figure 2.
=sum(c2:c16) 12000
Figure 1. Quarter1Sales
=(b2/c1) * 100
(i) Describe the change you would make to the PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box in
Figure 3, to show a summary of the total amount sold by EACH region.
Place the region field in the Columns section of the Pivot table fields
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dialogue box
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OR
Remove Sales Person and place Region in Rows instead
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(2 marks)
(ii) Describe the change you would make to the PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box in
Figure 3 to create the following.
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(iii) Write the formula for Cell C17 of the worksheet Quarter1Sales to calculate the
total of all order amounts in Column C.
=Sum(C2:C16)
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(2 marks)
(iv) Link the 1-D PivotTable in Figure 2 with the worksheet Quarter1Sales in
Figure 1, by writing a formula for Cell C1 of the PivotTable, to show the sum
of all order amounts created for Cell C17 in (iii).
=Quarter1Sales!C17
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(v) Write a formula for Cell C2 in Figure 2, to be replicated through to Cell C7, to
calculate what percentage of the total order amounts in Cell C1 is the salesperson’s
order amount in B1. (Percentage is calculated by salesperson’s order amount
divided by total order amounts multiplied by 100.)
=(B2 /$c$1)*100
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(2 marks)
Total 20 marks
3. (a) A relational database is composed of the following four objects, that all work together
with the same data.
Complete EACH of the statements below using the most appropriate term from the list
above. (Any term may be used more than once.)
(i) A relational database stores data in a number of related files, more commonly
Tables
referred to as ..................................... .
(ii) Queries
............................. are used to ask detailed questions of the database when searching
for records that satisfy particular conditions.
(iii) Reports
............................ Tables
display fields extracted from .............................. in a particular
order.
(iv) Form
............................ use a graphical representation to allow users to enter, modify,
delete and view records in the database. (5 marks)
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Figures 4 and 5 are two database tables named CUSTOMERS and ORDERS respectively.
Figure 6 is the dialogue box showing the relationship between the CUSTOMERS and
ORDERS tables.
Type textFigure
here 5. Orders Table
(b) The entries in the dialogue box in Figure 6 on page 12 are used when joining the database
tables, CUSTOMERS and ORDERS, to establish a one to many relationship.
(i) ID
ID represents the primary key in the Customer Table- unique number for
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each customer (1 mark)
(ii) Customers ID
Customer ID in the order table represents which customer places the order
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One Customer can place many orders
(1 mark)
(c) Using the following Query Design window, create a query to extract the fields ID, First
Name, Last Name, Phone Number and City from the CUSTOMERS table for all customers
from the city of Carenage and whose phone numbers are greater than 868-500-000.
>868-500-000 Carenage
(4 marks)
(d) State the ID(s) of the record(s) extracted when the query designed in (c) is executed.
ID #7 and #10
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(e) (i) The following flowchart shows a REPEAT UNTIL loop. Complete the flowchart
by labelling the TWO directional lines leaving the condition box as TRUE and
FALSE.
False
TRUE
(2 marks)
(ii) Draw a flowchart of the WHILE DO ... ENDWHILE loop in the box provided
below. (3 marks)
(f) (i) Complete the table below based on the statements in it and the flowcharts in
(e) (i) and (ii).
WHILE REPEAT
DO...END UNTIL
Statement
WHILE Loop
Loop
(4 marks)
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(ii) State the MAIN requirement for the use of the FOR loop.
the number the of times the loop will repeat itself must be known
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(bounded loop)
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(1 mark)
Total 25 marks
4. (a) An algorithm is needed to read the age of each student until it reads an age of 999. It should
then calculate the average age and output both the number of students and the average age
of all students.
Complete the IPO Chart below to define the problem by decomposing it into EACH of its
significant components: Input, Processing and Output.
Total/count Average
(5 marks)
(b) The following is the pseudocode for the algorithm mentioned in (a).
START
Set COUNT ← 0 initializing variables
Set AGE ← 0
Set AVERAGE ← 0
Set TOTAL ← 0
Write “Enter Student’s age” Prompt/ (output statement that prompts the user
Read AGE to enter a value)
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(i) Test the pseudocode for correctness by completing the entries in the trace table
below for EACH loop of the algorithm when the algorithm reads EACH of the
following AGE values: 18, 26, 39 and 999.
18 0 1 0
26 1 2 0
39 2 3 0
999 2 3 1
(6 marks)
(ii) Write the TWO output lines produced by the algorithm after the dry run in (b) (i).
Number of students 3
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Average age of students 1
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(2 marks)
(iii) Identify the line in the pseudocode in (b) on page 17 that needs to be corrected
and state the correction to the line.
Set TOTAL=TOTAL + COUNT
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(c) Identify TWO impacts of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on the work
pattern of employees in the health sector.
Easy Access to information- database of patients records
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Training required to use new technologies in the field of medicine
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(2 marks)
(d) The workplace has changed drastically because of the ICT revolution. State ONE positive
and ONE negative aspect of automation on skilled and unskilled jobs.
Makes difficult jobs easier/ less health risks for difficult jobs
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(e) For EACH of the following files, state the MOST appropriate file organization method
and give a reason for EACH choice.
A Sequential
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These are recorded in order of submission
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B Index Sequential
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When using a master file, each
customer file will be given an index
to ensure easily retrieval
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Direct Suitable for Real time processing
C ....................................................... ....................................................
customers usernames and
passwords require immediate
access
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(6 marks)
Total 25 marks
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