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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAIY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICAIts.
EXAIVIINATION
INFORMATION IECSNOLOOT
Paper 01- General ProffcfencY
I how 3A minus
02 JITNE 201s (p.m-)
READ THE FOI,LOWING INSTRUCfiONS CAREFI'LLY.
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This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour md 30 minut€s to answcrtbem"
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Samole Item
Which of tbe foltowing pairs represenb ge'neral-purpoee softrnrare tools?
(A) Spreadsheetanddatabasesoftqmre
(B) Word processor and accomting softrnrare
(C) Shrdentreco'rd systeNn and databasc sofiware
(D) Insurance processing and spreadsheet softrrare
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1.
which of the following are considered 6.
which of the following is a tjpe of user
computer
intcrfrce?
hartlware?
(A) Data
(B) Programs
(C) Operating systems
(D) OuQutdwices
2.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Resolution determines the clarity of the
image displayed on a monitor. The term
'resolution' refers to the number ofpixels
7.
(A) present horizontally on the scre€n
(B) prcsent vertically oi the screen
(C) present in a unit area ofthe screen
(D) that makes up the colour
3.
A diskette is divided into a number of
8.
called
(A) sectors
(B) oylinders
(C) Eacks
(D) clusters
The storage capacity ofa floppy disk
is
Which of the.following devices is used
perform input into the computer?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Monitor
Mouse
External hard drive
USB flash drive
(A) Bufrer
(B) Tback
(C) Sector
(D) Cylinder
EnorSption is used to
accessing a computer
(A) 1.44 l"G
(B) |.44 GB
(C) 1440 KB
(D) l440MB
5.
which ofthe following is used by the cpu
to temporarily store data?
(A) disguise data and prograrns
(B) commit computer crime
(C) discard old equipment
(D) physically prevent users from
concentsic circles
4.
IDE
MIDI
ASCII
GIJI
9.
In modem pereonal oomputers, the CPU
speed is measured in
(A) nanoseconds
(B) milliseconds
(c) MIIZ
(D) cr'z
to 10. Google Chrome is an orample of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
the Intemet Explorer
a web browser
a search engine
theWorldWideWeb
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or2290t0tF 2015
-3The four-bit binary rcprescntation of the
decimal number 8 is
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17.
e:delrsion
aompany name
domain name
Interaet compsoy
Which of the following devices produces
a soft copy?
(A) Diagnoses medical syqtoms.
(B) Mafchesfingeryrints.
(C) Detects irregular heartbeaa.
(D) Helps to lubricatc skeletal joints.
(A)
(B)
Which of the following printers is MOST
suitable for high volume printing?
A document used for the initial recording
ofdrta relating to business transactions is
(c)
Microfilm
Plotler
Prhter
(D)
Visual Display Unit (VDII)
called a
(A) Dot matrix
(B) Thermal
(C) Inkjet
(D) Laser
14.
In the URL http://www.shoes.com,'shoes.
com' stsnds for the
0(X)l
0010
0100
1000
Which of the following is considered a
feature of I biometric syst€m?
13.
16.
(A) tunrarounddocument
(B) source document
(C) primory document
(D) main document
The MAIN function of a frcwall is that it
19.
(A)
is used by hackcrs to prevent
detection
(B) protccts computer files
(C) prevents unauthorized access to e
comput€r on a network
(D) protects I stand-alone computer
Ttansferring data froE I remote computer
to your computer is referred to as
(A) uploading
(B) browsiog
(C) downloading
(D) data mining
Aom viruses
Which of the following provides
transnission of data in BOTII directions
at the same time?
(A) Half duplo<
(B) Fullduplot
(C) Null duplo<
(D) Simplex
Scrambling ofmessages at the sending end
and unscrambling them at the receiving end
is called
(A) espionage
(B) encrSption
(C) coding
(D) eavesdropping
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-421.
Which of the following is BEST suited to
batch processing?
The acronym 'HTTP' stands fot
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Hyper To<t Transfer Protocol
Hyper Text Transmission Protocol
HigberTortTransmissionProtocol
Higher Text Transfer Protocol
which oftle following statements is NoT
true of secondar5l storage media?
27.
Salary preparation
Online gaming
Flight simulation
Theatre booking
Wbich ofthe following isNOTao operating
system?
(A)
(B)
Pichres and text can be stored.
Storagecapacityist5picallyaround
(C)
Inforrnation can be accessed mort
quickly than magnetio disks.
Largeamounbofdatacanbestored.
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
l.44MB.
MS Office
Windows
Mac OS
Linux
The part of the central processing unit
24.
Which of the following protocols alloyi/s
the user to talk internationally?
whcre simple calculations can take place
is called the
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
FTP
(A) cu
VoIP
HTTP
IP
(c) su
What is the correspondiog decimal value
oflll (base 2)?
(B) ALU
(D) vDU
29.
and computers using a wireless radio
technology known as
(A) 7
(B) 8
(c) e
(D) l0
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
What is the result of the following
operation?
Data can be transmitted between devices
30.
bluetooth
hotspot
microwave
fibre optic
Which of the following limib network
access between two or more networks?
10110 base 2 + fi)101 base 2
(A) l0l1l base 2
(B) ll00l base 2
(C) 11011 base 2
(D) 10101 base 2
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
A firewall
Biometics
An encryption
An anti-virus program
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-5Selecting orhigblightingaparagraphcreate's
31.
36.
Which type of chart is NOT suitable for
reprcseDting data over two years as shown
a
in the table below?
(A)
(B)
file
merge
Country_
(c)
block
A
(D)
document
B
2009
300
5@
500
c
To complete her word Processing
assigrunent, Susie must aliF the text to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
both the left and rigbt margins. Which type
of aligoment must Susie select to achieve
2010
600
800
600
Column
Line
Bar
Pie
this?
(A) Risbt
(B) Left
(C)
(D)
33.
justification of numbers in spreadsheets?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Justified
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Search and rePlace
shown on a screen to display information
is called a
39.
slide
table
field
presentation
Left
Full
Centsed
Risht
Information produced from querias and
tables in a specific formatthat canbe prhted
from a database is called
Footers
Headers
Mail merge
In Microsoft PowerPoint, s singls pigs
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
Which of the following is the default
Centre
Which of the following features allows the
user to insert individual uames in a primary
document?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
34.
37.
a
fle
a teport
a binary
an object
Slides can be arranged using
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
slide view
slide sorter
slide master
new slide
,lr2 is fonnatted as A2 using
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
striketbrough
subscriPt
superscriPt
small caPs
40. rfre ffi icon in a presenation is used for
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
slide showview
notes view
outline view
normal view
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-641.
Which ofthe following characteristics must
two database tables have in order for them
to be lfuiked?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
46.
Consider the following algorithm.
a:7
b:9
a=b-a
Atleastonecornmonattibutcaame
Composite keys
At least two tuples in the table
The same data in all tuples
b=a+b
Write a, b
The ouput of this algorithm is
(A) 2,e
Which of the following effects is a special
animatiotr effect, where the infomration
fades after it has been presented?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
43.
44.
Animation
Dimming
Entrance
Empbasis
Which of tbe following is normally used
for website-to-website conncction?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Modem
Monilor
Hyperlink
Hlipertext
The object that is used to produce a list of
records that meets a particular criterion is
a
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(B) 2,rr
(c) 7,9
(D) 't,rr
47.
Whenbreakingdown asimpleprobleminto
its logical steps,whatstatemed/instruction
would the adding of two numbers be?
(A) A process
(B) Ar output
(C) Aa input
(D) A storage
What is the nsme given to an identifier that
always holds the same value?
(A) Constant
(B) Variable
(C) Location
(D) Storage
form
table
module.
query
Which of the following data types
CANNOTbe entered into a &tabasetable?
(A)
(B)
(c)
Number
Text
(D)
A$3y
Yes/no
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You are given the problem of fnding the
sum of TIIREE numbers, and you use an
IPO chart to decompose the problem.
The LAST step in solving a probletrt is to
(A) evaluate the solution
(B) test the solution
(C) develop the algorithm
(D) specify the desig!
What is the correct order of the stat€ments
to b€ placed into the input, processiag and
ouqrut colurnDs?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Add the three numbers together/
number l, nurnber 2, number 3/
Total
TotaVnumber l, number2, number
3/addthe three lumbers together
Number I, number 2, number 3/
TotaVadd the three numbers
together
Number l, number 2, number 3/
add the tbree numbers together
/Iotal
54.
The Pascal code verx, y would generate an
error. The term used to describe this tl/pe
of error is
(A) syntax
(B) logical
(C) exocution
(D) run-time
$g';$referstothe followingpseudocode.
Read A" B
50.
Tbe integer variables a, b and c, are
given the values 6, l0 and 2 respectively.
What is the result of the expression
a MUIJT(b DIVcp
(A)
(B)
0
20
30
The original code written by the
programmer is termed
object code
source code
machine code
symbolic code
Errors that result from NOT following tbe
rules of the programming language are
called
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
C+2
Else
C+-6
End
(c)
(D) r20
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
tf A<2
if
D <- C*B+2
lvrite D
What is printed by the pseudocode if the
input values are 5 and 2 respectively?
(A)
(B)
(c)
6
12
14
(D) a
Wbich ofthe following statements includss
loops?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Sequencing
Repetition
Sclection
Ordering
orecution errors
logic errors
run-time etlors
syntax errors
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01229010/F 2015
-857. which of the following is NoT a third- 59. A compiler is software that converts the
generation language?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A) Assembly
(B) coBol
(c) c
(D)
58.
program to output
source code to assembly code
'
source code to machine code
program to object code one
instuction at a tiEe
Pascal
Wbich of the following symbols is used to
60.
perform assignments in the programming
A comput€r pKrgrarnmer is coding an
language Pascal?
for a given e:ranr- He creates a variable
algorithm which calculates the class average
called class-avg. ltVhich data t5pe should
(A)
he speci$ when declaring this variable?
(c)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(B) o
(D) :=
Integer
Real
Boolean
Character
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