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CSEC-Jan 2023 Solution - IT P2

This document provides instructions for a test on Information Technology. It consists of 4 questions and instructs students to write their answers in the spaces provided. It notes that extra pages are available if more space is needed for answers. Students are told not to write in the margins or turn the page until instructed to do so. The document contains sample questions about application software types, turnaround documents, ordering steps to display a web page, and identifying heading styles in a table of contents.

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TEST CODE 01229020

FORM TP 2023017 JANUARY 2023

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®


EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 02 – General Proficiency

2 hours

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL questions.

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

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. 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.

5. 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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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.

Customized Software that has been modified by the developer to


perform a specific task for the user.
(3 marks)

(b) (i) Explain what is meant by the following statement.

‘A turnaround document is a human-readable document that is transformed into


a machine-readable document.’

a turnaround document is created and printed from a computer


.................................................................................................................................
the information understandable and readable by humans, data is then added to
the.................................................................................................................................
turnaround document that can then be read and reentered using a
a machine such as an input device
.................................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(ii) Outline ONE example of a turnaround document used in an application as described


in the statement in (b) (i).

Questionnaires, multiple choice answer sheets, data collection forms


.................................................................................................................................
example meter readings for electricity etc.
................................................................................................................................

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(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.

Actions Step No.

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.

Heading style 1 and heading style 2


.................................................................................................................................

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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
.................................................................................................................................
Step 1- Select the desired text
Step 2- select Home tab/ribbon
.................................................................................................................................
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.

.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................
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
.................................................................................................................................
go to references tab , add text, select levels for each heading
Step 3- scroll and place cursor on blank first page
.................................................................................................................................
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
.................................................................................................................................
Form
Hold down the ctrl button on keyboard and click on the words Registration
.................................................................................................................................
Form

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(2 marks)

Total 20 marks

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2. (a) Complete the following table with FOUR contrasting differences between an Intranet
and the Internet.

Intranet Internet

Intranet Private network


1. Internet is a public network

Intranet is has specific safe guards Internet is an unsafe space if use is


2. and generally safe for it's users not monitored properly

3. Limited information Unlimited information

4. Unlimited number of users


Limited number of users
(4 marks)

(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:

Length Check- the passport number mustbe a certain length


...............................................................................................................................................
Format check- the passport number must be entered in a particular format
Age:

Data type check- ensures that the user enters numerical data in the age field.
...............................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................
(4 marks)

(c) Complete the following table with the missing description and term relating to computer
misuse.

Description Term

Acquiring sensitive information, for malicious reasons Phishing


by deceiving the user through the content of an email

Unauthorized access into a computer system Hacking

(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

Figure 2. 1-D PivotTable

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Type text here

Figure 3. PivotTable Fields Dialogue Box

(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
.................................................................................................................................
dialogue box
.................................................................................................................................
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.

A 2-D PivotTable showing a summary with a column for EACH salesperson’s


monthly sales (January, February and March) and the salesperson’s total amount
sold.

Month will be placed in Rows


.................................................................................................................................
Sales person will be placed in Columns
.................................................................................................................................

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

.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................
(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
.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(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

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3. (a) A relational database is composed of the following four objects, that all work together
with the same data.

Tables Forms Queries Reports

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.

Figure 4. Customers Table

Type textFigure
here 5. Orders Table

Figure 6. Dialogue Box showing the relationship


between Customers and Orders tables.

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(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.

Describe EACH of the following entries.

(i) ID

ID represents the primary key in the Customer Table- unique number for
................................................................................................................................
each customer (1 mark)

(ii) Customers ID
Customer ID in the order table represents which customer places the order
................................................................................................................................
One Customer can place many orders
(1 mark)

(iii) Enforce Referential Integrity

Allows a relationship to be created between the Customers Table


................................................................................................................................
and Orders Table
Referential Integrity ensures that all data in a database remains
................................................................................................................................
consistent and up to date. It helps to prevent incorrect records f
rom being added, deleted, or modified
................................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(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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(2 marks)

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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)

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(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

Is the condition tested at the START or END of the loop?


Start End
Does the loop executes as long as the condition is TRUE
or FALSE? True False

Statements in the loop must be executed: YES or NO?


No Yes
Number of times to repeat the loop is known: YES or NO? No No

(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
.................................................................................................................................
(bounded loop)
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(1 mark)

Total 25 marks

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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.

Input Processing Output

Age Read Age


Count +1 Count

Total +Age Total

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)

WHILE AGE <> 999 DO


Set TOTAL ← TOTAL + COUNT age
Set COUNT ← COUNT + 1
Write “Enter another age or 999 to terminate the program”
Read AGE
ENDWHILE
Set AVERAGE ← TOTAL / COUNT
Write “Number of Students:” , COUNT
Write “Average age of Students: ” , AVERAGE
STOP

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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.

AGE TOTAL COUNT AVERAGE

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
.................................................................................................................................
Average age of students 1
.................................................................................................................................
(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
Line: .......................................................................................................................

Set TOTAL= TOTAL + AGE


Correction: ..............................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(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
..............................................................................................................................................
Training required to use new technologies in the field of medicine
..............................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................

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(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
Positive: ...............................................................................................................................

Has caused job loss for unskilled workers


Negative: .............................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

(e) For EACH of the following files, state the MOST appropriate file organization method
and give a reason for EACH choice.

File A: Meter reading records submitted by customers monthly


File B: Personal data of customers in a master file
File C: Customers’ usernames and passwords

File Organization Method Reason

A Sequential
....................................................... ....................................................
These are recorded in order of submission

....................................................

B Index Sequential
....................................................... ....................................................
When using a master file, each
customer file will be given an index
to ensure easily retrieval
....................................................
Direct Suitable for Real time processing
C ....................................................... ....................................................
customers usernames and
passwords require immediate
access
....................................................
(6 marks)

Total 25 marks

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