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FORM TP 2019084 | se:¢ cesitindisguatscation. MAY/SUNE 2019
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®
EXAMINATION
FORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Paper 01 — General Proficiency
1 hour 30 minutes
28 MAY 2019 (p.
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1. . “this test consists of 60 items. You vvill ha i hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this test booklet, you vhe-ald have an answer sheet.
5. Bach items in this test has {cur suggested auswers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each itera you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4, On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having,
the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Sample Itei
Which of the following pairs cepresents general-purpose software tools?
44) Spreadsneet and database software Sample Answ:
(B) Word processor and aceausiting software
(©) Student record systemn und database software e600
(D) Insurance processing ane spreadsbeet softwar
‘The best answer to this item is “Spreadsheet and database software”, so (A) has been shaded.
5. Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you
cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may retum to that item later.
DO _NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD 10 DO SO.
Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council
All rights reserved.
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5.
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Which of the following are considered
computer hardware?
(A) Data
(B) Programs
(©) Output devices
(D) Operating systems
Scanning an item at a computerized
checkout station in a supermarket is an
example of
A) input
(B) output
(© storing
(D) processing
The time taken by the read/write head to
locate and transfer data ‘s termed
(A) seek tine
(B) access time
(©) transite time
(D) _rotationat time
Which of the following is MOST suitable
for printing building plans?
(A) Plotter
(B) Laser
(©) Dot-matrix
(D) Thermal wansfer
The SMALLEST unit of storage in a
computer is a
(A) bit
(B) byte
(©) kilobyte
() gigabyte
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10.
Which of the following storage devices is
used by the CPU to temporarily store data?
(A) Track
(B) Buffer
(© Sector
(©) Cylinder
Which of the following secondary storage
media has the LARGEST data storage
capacity?
(A) Hard drive
(B) Optical drive
(©) _ USB fiash drive
(D) Flash memory card
Which of the following primary storage
devices can be programmed only once?
(Ay RAM 5
(B) PROM
(C) EPROM
(D) EEPROM
Which of the following is NEITHER a
validation check NOR a verification check?
(A) Range
(B) Datatype
(©) Inconsisteney
(@) — Stoxage media
4. of the following chacmnels provides
transmission of data in BOTH directions at
the same time?
(A) Half Duplex
(B) Full Duplex
(©) Semi Duplex
©) Simplex
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4.
15.
‘The four-bit binary representation of the
decimal number 8 is
(A) 0001
(B) 0010
(© 0100
(Db) 1000
In modem personal computers, the CPU
speed is measured in
(A) GHz
{B) MHz
(©) milliseconds
(D) nanoseconds
Laser beam technology is used by
(A) floppy disks
(B) optical disks
(C) magnetic disks
(D) _ magretic ‘apes
A webmaster is important to a company
because he/she
(A) is responsible for maintaining the
company’s website
(B) assigns web addresses to all users
ina company
(C) backs up files and stores the disks
at zaother location
(D) monitors the shutting down of
competitors’ websites
Which of the following statements is NOT
true of secondary storage media?
(A) Pictures and text can be stored.
(B) Large amounts of data can be
stored.
(©) Storage capacity is typically
around 1.44 MB.
(D) Information can be accessed faster
than from magnetic disks.
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16.
18.
19,
20.
In the URL http://www.shoes.com,
*shoes.com’ stands for the
(A) extension
(B) company name
(©) domain name
(D) __ Intemet company
What is the result of the following
operation?
10110 base 2 + 00101 base 2
(A) 10101 base 2
(B) 10111 base 2
(C) 11001 base 2
(D) 11011 base 2
‘The primary storage device that holds
the data cuizently being processed by the
computer is kuown as the
(A) Read Cnly Me:eory (ROM)
(B) Programmable ROM (PROM)
(©) Random Access Memory (RAM)
(D) Erasable and Programmable ROM
(EPROM)
‘Transferring data ftom a remote computer to
your computer is referred to as
(A) browsing
F2, “LOW")
(B) The same data in all tuples (B) =IFE2-F2, “LOW”)
(C) At least two tuples in the table (©) =IFE2 = 05/11/2017 and <= 05/14/2017 Oo au
The output will show days
47, When breaking down a simple problem
(A) after 14th May 2017 only into its logical steps, what statement!
(B) between 11th and 14th May 2017 instruction would the adding of two
(©) before [1th May and after 14th numbers be?
May 2017
{D) between 14th May and Sth (A) An input
‘November 2017 (B) Astorage
(©) Aprocess
(D) — Anoutput
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49.
50,
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Hrs
What is the name given to an identifier that
always holds the same value?
(A) Storage
(B) Variable
(C) Location
(D) — Constant
Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of an algorithm?
(A) It must terminate.
(B) [thas an infinite number of steps,
(©) Ithas cleariy defined and unam-
biguous steps.
(D) There is flow of control from one
process to another.
The term ‘top-down stepwise refinement”
used in programming means
(A) breaking downa complex problem
into a set of simple subproblenss
(B) selecting the best solution to a
complex problem
(C) dividing a complex problem into
two halves.
{D) creating several solutions to a
problem
Which of the following tasks does the
following algorithm perform?
Read (A, B)
IfA
