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MONTFORT SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019

Secondary 4 Express

COMPUTING 7155/01
Paper 1 Written 18 Sep 2019 (Wed)

11.00 am 2 hours

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Write your name, index number and class in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Approved calculators are allowed.

Answer all questions.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
You should show all your working.
The total marks for this paper is 80.

For Examiner’s Use

Total 80
This document consists of 13 printed pages and 1 blank page.

Setter: Mr Ricky Tan

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1 John bought the latest computer with a loan of $3,000. The loan is to be repaid
over 4 years. The interest rate is 5% per year and he has a spreadsheet to keep
track of the repayments and the amount he owes.

A B C D E F G
1 Initial Loan $3,000 Principal paid to date -$227.77
2 Interest 5% Interest paid to date -$48.58
3 Loan Length (months) 48 Number of payments made 4
4 Monthly Payment -$69.09
5 Total to Pay -$3,662.69
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7 Installment Date Payment Principal Interest
8 1 1-Jan-19 -$69.09 -$56.59 -$12.50
9 2 1-Feb-19 -$69.09 -$56.82 -$12.26
10 3 1-Mar-19 -$69.09 -$57.06 -$12.03
11 4 1-Apr-19 -$69.09 -$57.30 -$11.79

(a) State the type of data that is held in each of the following cells.

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(b) (i) The cell C8 shows the monthly payment amount.

Identify the most appropriate function to use in cell C8, if the interest
rate and monthly payment amount remain the same.

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(ii) The cell G1 shows the total principal payment made to date.

Identify the most appropriate function to use in cell G1. The

payments are entered in cells C8 to E11.

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(iii) The cell G3 shows the total number of payments made.

Identify the most appropriate function to use in cell G3. The

payments are entered in cells C8 to E11.

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2 (a) (i) Convert the denary number 155 into a binary number. Show your
working.

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(ii) Convert the binary number 10111110 into a hexadecimal number.

Show your working.
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(iii) Convert the hexadecimal number CD into a denary number. Show

your working.
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(b) State and explain the ideal manner for memory dumps to be represented.

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3 Integers are input into the flowchart below.

START

GrpA = []
GrpB = []
Append X
to GrpB
INPUT X

OUTPUT Yes
Is X = 0 ?
GrpA

No
OUTPUT
Yes
GrpB Is X = 1 ?

No
END Count = X - 1

Append X
to GrpA

Yes
Is Count = 1 ?

No

Check = X MOD Count

Yes
Is Check = 0 ?

No

Count = Count - 1
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(a) Complete the trace table for the following set of data.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0

Trace table

GrpA GrpB X Count Check Output

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(b) State the purpose of the algorithm.

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4 The following diagram shows five network terms and six descriptions.

Draw a line between the term and the correct description.

Term Description

A device responsible for modulation

Ethernet and demodulation.

A device that forwards packets

between separate networks.
Media Access
Control (MAC)
The most commonly used wired
network protocol for local and
metropolitan are networks.

Router
A device that provides connection
between wireless devices up to 100
metres away and can connect to
wired networks.
Wireless
access point Sequence of bytes that is used to
(WAP) identify a computer or device on the
internet.

Sequence of bytes (usually

Internet
permanent in nature) that is used to
Protocol (IP)
identify a particular network interface
card.
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5 Insert five of the following words/phrases about data flow in the correct place in
the text below.

fixed iteration procedural

repeating selection sequence

Flowcharts obey certain rules. The …………………...….. construct is for

…………………...….. instructions while a particular condition is true. The

construct for choosing between two or more branches based on a particular

condition is called the …………………...….. construct. The …………………...…..

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6 The processor is usually a complex circuit made of many components that are
compressed into a square or rectangular package.

(a) State the purpose of the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU).

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(b) State the purpose of the Control Unit (CU).

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(c) Describe what a “multi-core” processor is and explain its purpose.

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7 Technology brings about social and economic impact on various areas of life, as
well as related ethical issues.

(a) State the positive and negative social impacts of technology in

Communication.

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(b) State two positive economic impacts of technology in Transportation.

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(c) Describe two ethical issues related to the impact of technology in

Healthcare.

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8 (a) Identify the logic gates represented by the following truth tables.

(i)
A B X
0 0 1
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 0

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A B X
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1

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(b) A washing machine beeps when certain conditions occur during operation.
The output, X, of a logic circuit that drives the alarm must have a value of
1 when one of the following occurs:

• washing is completed and the cover is closed

• load imbalance is detected and the cover is closed
• washing is in process and the cover is open.

The inputs to the system are:

Input Binary Condition

A 0 Washing is in progress
1 Washing is completed
B 0 Load is balanced
1 Load imbalance detected
C 0 The cover is open
1 The cover is closed

(i) Write the Boolean statement for X.

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(ii) Complete the truth table for X.

Working Space
A B C X

0 0 0

0 0 1

0 1 0

0 1 1

1 0 0

1 0 1

1 1 0

1 1 1
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(iii) Draw the logic circuit to represent X.

B X
Y

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9 The diagram below shows five bytes received over a network where parity check
is used.

10010001 00001010 10011000 10011000 11011110

(a) Given that two of the five bytes suffered a 1-bit transmission error,
determine the parity system used.

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(b) List the two bytes that suffered the 1-bit transmission error.

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(c) Given the following information, state and explain whether the parity bit is
prepended (added to the left) or appended (added to the right) to the binary
data for transmission.
• The message sent was “HELLO”.
• Characters are represented in ASCII.
• In ASCII, ‘A’ is represented by the number 65 (in denary).

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(d) State and briefly describe another basic error-checking method for data
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10 A pseudo-code algorithm:
• allows a user to repeatedly enter a number until 0 is entered
• outputs the largest number entered if it exists
• outputs the second largest number entered if it exists
• outputs the third largest number entered if it exists
• duplicates are allowed in the outputs.

1 Flag = [False, False, False]

2 Large = [0, 0, 0]
3 INPUT Num
4 WHILE Num is not equal to FALSE
5 FOR Count = 0 to 2
6 IF Num > Large[Count] THEN
7 Temp = Large[Count]
8 Large[Count] = Num
9 Num = Temp
10 Flag[Num] = TRUE
11 ENDIF
12 NEXT Count
13 INPUT Num
14 ENDWHILE
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16 FOR Count = 0 to 2
17 IF Flag[Count] == FALSE THEN
18 OUTPUT Flag[Count]
19 ENDIF
20 NEXT Count

There are four errors in this pseudo-code. Locate the errors by writing the line
number and state the correct pseudo-code.

Error 1.....................................................................................................................

Correction................................................................................................................

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11 Write an algorithm, using only pseudo-code or a program flowchart that:

• inputs two positive integers one after another
• outputs the highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers. The HCF is
the largest integer that divides both numbers without leaving a remainder.
For example, the HCF of 252 and 105 is 21.

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