REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

PEACE-WORK- FATHER LAND REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

PEACE-WORK- FATHER LAND
MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
OBC PRE-MOCK EXAMINATIONS
OBC PRE-MOCK EXAMINATIONS
LITORAL REGION
LITORAL REGION

SUBJECT CODE PAPER

ORCHIDEE Bilingual NUMBER NUMBER
College 0796 02
SUBJECT TITLE
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
OBC PRE-MOCK ICT

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Two and a half hours

Answer any SIX questions
All questions carry 17 marks each. For your guidance, the approximate mark for each part of question
is indicated in the brackets
You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in your answers.

In calculations, you are advised to show the steps in your working, giving your answer at each stage.

Calculators are NOT allowed.

 1. (i) (a) Explain three components of a transaction processing system (TPS). (3 marks)
(b) Give two limitations of TPS compared to Management Information System (2 marks)
(c) State the purpose and the expected goal of a school information system. (3 marks)
(ii) (a) Give two characteristics of each of impact printer and laser printer. (2 marks)
(b) Give one advantage of each of the printers above, (2 marks)
(c) Name another type of printer. (1 mark)
(iii) (a) Give one characteristic of each of 1 st Generation and 3 rd Generation computers. (2 marks)
(d) State and describe what two characteristics determine the power of a laptop (2 marks)

2. a) i) What is an operating system? (2marks)

ii) Explain the role played by the operating system in the given instances: integrating additional
hardware to a computer system and Managing RAM usage during processing. (4marks)
b) i) What is virtual memory? (2marks)
ii) What’s the importance of the virtual memory concept? (2marks)
c) Explain the effect and the consequence on computer system in the absence of each of the
following: (3marks)
i) RAM
ii) Buses
iii)Ethernet card
d) i) what is memory? (2marks)
ii) Describe the purpose of ROM in the computer system. (2marks)

3. i) Using A and B as inputs, draw

a. The symbols of the NAND and XOR gates (2marks)
b. The truth tables of a NAND gate and a XOR gate (3marks)
ii) Given the variables A and B
a. State De Morgan laws in terms of A and B (2marks)
b. Simplify as far as possible, the logic expression as far a possible (A + B) (3marks)
iii) a. Briefly explain what is meant by video conferencing. (2marks)
b. State two advantages of video conferencing to the participance (2marks)
c. Describe the roles of any three (03) basic requirements for to effectively participate in a video
conferencing coverage (3marks)

4. a) Briefly describe each of the following computer related health hazards. Your description should
state the cause, an effect and a method of prevention.
i) Repetitive Strain Injuries. (3marks)
 ii) Computer Vision Syndrome (3marks)
b) i) What is ergonomics? (1mark)
ii) Describe two ergonomic design aspects of an office chair. (4marks)
c) Briefly describe the difference between
i. multiprocessing and multitasking (2marks)
ii. polling and interrupts (2mrks)
iii. spooling and buffering (2marks)

5.i) a. What is an expert System (2marks)

b. State three components of an expert system (3marks)
c. Describe two (02) advantages of a robot to a production company. (2marks)
ii) Explain briefly the following terms as use in project management.
a. Miiestone (2marks)
d. Slack time (2marks)
iii) a. Explain the main difference between the peer-to-peer and the client/server networks. (3marks)
b. Give three advantages of the client/server network. (3marks)

6. a) i) what is a database? (1mark)

ii) Give the difference between a flat file database and a relational database? (2marks)
iii) Define the database normalization? (2marks)
iv) Describe the three anomalies that result from the presence of redundant data on a database table.
(3marks)
v) State two advantages of normalization. (2marks)
b) i) With respect to computer storage, define the term volatility.
State two examples of volatile storage. (2marks)
c) i) What is computer software? (1mark)
ii) Distinguish between tailor-made applications and generic applications stating an example of
each. (4marks)

7.
a) i) Suggest a name for figure 1 above. (1mark)
ii) Describe a situation where figure one is useful. (3marks)
ii) State one advantage and one disadvantage of using the technology associated with figure 1. (2marks)
 b) Distinguish between the following pairs of terms associated with data communication. (4marks)
i) Synchronous and asynchronous transmission
ii) Broadband and baseband transmission
c) i) State two examples of input devices that can read data directly from source. (2marks)
ii) For each of the following input data, state a suitable input device. (5marks)
- Test score of students recorded by teacher on a mark sheet.
- Information recorded on a bank card.
- A signed cheque.
- GCE registration photographs

8. a) Below is an algorithm to find the roots of a quadratic equation y= ax2 + bx +c

1. Begin
2. Get a,b,c
3. d= (b*b)-4*a*c
4. if (d<0)
5. print(complex roots)
6. else
7. if (d=0)
8. r= -b/2*a
9. print( Equal roots, roots are r and r)
10. else
11. r1= (-b- sqrt(d))/2*a
12. r2= (-b+ sqrt(d))/2*a
13. print r1, r2
14. end if
15. end.
i) What is a variable? Give three examples of variables used in the algorithm above. (4marks)
ii) What is a control structure? Give one example of control structure used in the above algorithm and the lines
of instruction used by it. (2marks)
iii) Draw a corresponding flow chart for the above algorithm (5marks)
b) Describe the following terms. (4marks)
i) web blog
ii) social media.
c) State two methods that can be used to secure an intranet from intruders. (2marks)