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Saraswati Vidya Niketan

End of Term Examinations


Information Technology – Pratima ji
Name: ____________________________ Date: 8th December, 2017
Class: Form 4____ Time: 2 hour 20 minutes
Good Luck 

PAPER 1
Shade the letter next to the correct answer

1. is used to perform input into the 6. Identify the list that is arranged starting from the
computer? BEST to WORST print quality.

a) Monitor a) Laser, dot matrix, inkjet


b) Mouse b) Inkjet, don matrix, laser
c) External hard drive c) Laser, inkjet, dot matrix
d) USB flash drive d) Dot matrix, inkjet, laser

2. Which of the following is NOT a part of a diskette? 7. Which of the following is NOT an audio output
device?
a) Track
b) Sector a) Microphone
c) Cylinder b) Earphone
d) Cluster c) Headphone
d) Speakers
3. A diskette is divided into a number of concentric
circles called 8. The one’s complement of 01010011 is

a) sectors a) 11010011
b) cylinders b) 01011111
c) tracks c) 10101100
d) clusters d) 11111111

4. Which of the following devices is NOT used in point 9. In modern personal computer, the CPU speed is
of sales terminals? measured in

a) Printer a) Nanoseconds
b) Plotter b) Milliseconds
c) Bar code reader c) MHz
d) Electronic register d) GHz

5. Resolution determines the clarity of the image 10. The storage capacity of a floppy disk is
displayed on a monitor. The term resolution refers
to the number of pixels a) 1.44MB
b) 1.44GB
a) present horizontal on the screen c) 1440KB
b) present vertically on the screen d) 1440MB
c) present in a unit area of the screen
d) that makes up the colour

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11. The process of preparing a floppy disk to store data 16. The acronym ‘HTTP’ stands for
from a computer is called
a) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
a) deleting b) Hyper Text Transmission Protocol
b) easing c) Higher Text Transmission Protocol
c) formatting d) Higher Text Transfer Protocol
d) archiving
17. E-mail is the transmission of message and files via
12. An example of a point and draw device is a computer network. E-mail is short for

a) keyboard a) Encrypted mail


b) joystick b) Emerging mail
c) mouse c) Entertainment mail
d) scanner d) Electronic mail

13. An application in which scanners are commonly Item 18 refers to the icon below
used is

a) publishing
b) billing
c) printing report 18. In an e-mail program the icon above is used to
d) cheque processing
a) send a file
14. Transferring data from a remote computer to your b) forward a file
computer is referred to as c) create a file
d) attach a file
a) upload
b) browsing 19. Which of the following statements is true of a
c) downloading transaction file?
d) data mining
a) It is the most complete and up-to-date file
15. Scrambling of messages at the sending end and b) It is used as a back-up copy
unscrambling them at the receiving end is called c) It is used for real-time processing
d) It is used to update the master file
a) espionage
b) encryption 20. Which type of processing system will use sequential
c) coding file organization?
d) eavesdropping
a) Real-time processing
b) Batch processing
c) Transaction processing
d) Online processing

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Paper 2

Answer all questions on the blank spaces provided

1. Vicky bought a computer and needs help in understanding the type of software that is installed.
(a) Explain the difference between ‘application software’ and ‘system software’.

(4 marks)
(b) Categorize the following software as system or application software:

EXCEL
LINUX
(2 marks)
(c) State two examples of utility software and outline the purpose of each?

Example 1 Example 2

Utility Software

Purpose
(4 marks)
2. (a) Find the binary coded decimal representation of -165.

(4 marks)

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(b) The Two’s complement 8-bit representation of a decimal number is 11110100. What is the decimal
number? Show all working.

(2 marks)
(c) The ASCII code for the letter A is 41 in hexadecimal. What is the binary representation of the ASCII
code for the letter E? Show all working.

(4 Marks)

3. A school has acquired ten computers and related peripherals to set up a computer laboratory. The school
was advised to connect the computers and peripherals in a network.
(a) State the type of network that should be used to link the computers and peripheral devices in the
computer laboratory. Give a reason for your answer.

(2 Marks)
(b) List TWO benefits of networking the computers and peripherals devices in the computer laboratory.
1:
2:
(2 Marks)
(c) The school was advised that a firewall is needed. Explain the purpose of a firewall.

(2 Marks)

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(d) List two (2) transmission media that can be used to link the computers in the laboratory.
1:
2:
(2 Marks)
(e) You need to send a file with confidential data to a friend via the Internet. List TWO measures that could
be used to secure the files.
1:
2:
(2 Marks)
4. Write down the correct number of the task that corresponds to the device component in the spaces provided.
Task
1) Converts paper-based text to digital form
2) Marks candidates’ responses on a multiple choice examination
3) Produces a hard copy document
4) Used for playing a car racing game on the computer
5) Turns on the light when someone enters the room
6) Contains ‘boot up’ instructions
7) Draws lines in an architectural design
8) Modulates and demodulates signals
9) Reads data containing information on a product
10) Reads digits specially printed on a cheque
Number Device/Component
Sensor
Joystick
Pad and Tablet
MICR
Barcode Reader
Modem
OCR
ROM
Printer
OMR
(10 Marks)

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