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Paper I

Qn Answer Qn Answer
1 4 26 3
2 1 27 4
3 1 28 4
4 5 29 3
5 2 30 1
6 4 31 3
7 4 32 4
8 5 33 3
9 2 34 3
10 2 35 1
11 5 36 5
12 5 37 5
13 3 38 S,E: 4 | T:1
14 4 39 4
15 2 40 4
16 1 41 3
17 All 42 5
18 1 43 All
19 3 44 5
20 3 45 5
21 5 46 4
22 5 47 3
23 4 48 1
24 3 49 1
25 3 50 4

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Paper II (Part A)
1 (a) (i) [1]
Social networking has
advantages and disadvantages

(ii) Ignore border style. [2]

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for centered caption, two bold headings and three rows with
correct data
B: 1 mark for the merged last row with Lunch left aligned

(b) (i) Two points from [2]

 It is easy to keep one standard throughout the page.

 Less code lines to manage (modification in one place can be applied to the
whole web site or multiple web pages) / Easy maintenance
 Reduced code complexity / Easy to understand
 Efficiency as it reduces the code lines / Page will load quicker when the
main CSS file has been cached

(ii) Exact syntax and spellings essential. [2]

Ignore spacing defects and case.

p, h1, h2 {color: red; font-family:Calibri;}

p, h2 {text-align:justify;}

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for row 1

B: 1 mark for row 2

(c) One mark for each correct row. [3]

Ignore case of INSERT.
Double or single quotations can be used.
Row 1: ‘admin’ , ‘A!2t*’ , ‘school_db’
Row 2: INSERT, student, name, class
Row 3: $sql

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2 (a) One mark per each correct row. [6]

No mark for a row if more than one item in that row.

Ignore spelling defects and case.

Phrase Item
no.
(i) traditional marketplace
(ii) harmful explosives
(iii) subscription as a revenue model
(iv) social commerce
(v) payment gateway
(vi) Government to Citizen (G2C) service / G2C service / G2C

(b) (i) 8 [2]

(ii) Any purpose from [2]

 Finding the maximum / largest / highest / greatest in a list of positive

numbers
 Find the maximum / largest / highest / greatest from a given input

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3 (a) (i) NoOfHours [1]

(Correct symbol, exact spelling, case and proper positioning is essential. Ignore
spacing defects.)

(ii) [4]

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for Location with correct symbol and label

B: 1 mark for has relationship with correct symbol and linked to Project
entity with proper cardinality
C: 1 mark for all six Location attributes with correct symbols
D: 1 mark for completeness (full marks for A,B,C, exact spellings and case
with no spaces)

Note: If Company entity is linked to Location entity, do not deduct marks.

(b) One mark per each correct row. [5]

No mark if more than one term in any row.

Ignore spelling defects.

(i) Domain Name System / DNS

(ii) Application Layer
(iii) DHCP
(iv) CIDR
(v) Parity Bit

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4 (a) (i) Address of the next instruction to be executed [1]

(ii) Ready [1]

(No mark if more than one state given.)

(b) (i) Space for a file is allocated as a collection of consecutive / adjacent / [1]
contiguous / continuous blocks

(ii) Any one point from [1]

 Extending the file size is difficult
 May result in fragmentation / external fragmentation / Defragmentation can
take up a lot of time and may need the system to be down
 The expected final file size must be known at the time of creation
 Finding space for a new file is difficult

(iii) Any one point from [2]

 Final sizes of the files to be stored are known

 On a CDROM, there is no deletion of files thus there is no danger of
fragmentation
 There is no need to extend file sizes

(iv) Any one point from [1]

 Address of the next block of the file / next block number

 End-of-File marker
 Pointer to the next block

(c) (i) Any one from [1]

 820010

 0100000000010002 / 100000000010002

(Students need not write the bases.)

(ii) The program size could be larger than the size of the physical memory [1]

(iii) Any one point from [1]

 That page would not have been accessed before

 That page would have got evicted / removed / expelled from physical
memory

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Paper II (Part B)
1 (a) [4]

A B C Z
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 1 1 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 1
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 1

Marks allocated as follows:

Four marks for all 8 rows correct

Three marks for maximum 6,7 rows correct
Two marks for maximum 4,5 rows correct
One mark for maximum 3 rows correct

(b) [6]

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for correct map entries

B: 3 marks for the three correct loops (1 mark X 3)
C: 2 marks for the final simplified expression

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(c) [5]

Zero marks if any other gate is used or if all the inputs are not labelled. Deduct
1 mark it the output is not labelled.

Equation not essential.

Marks allocated as follows:

5 marks if the diagram is as above (ignore intermediate terms)

Alternative:

For a logically correct but an unoptimized NAND gate arrangement (using many
gates) give a total of 2 marks

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2 (a) 2 marks per correct row [6]

Building order may be different.

Building Network address Subnet mask IP Address range

Admin 192.248.16.0 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.1 - 192.248.16.62
or
192.248.16.0 - 192.248.16.63
Lab 192.248.16.64 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.65 - 192.248.16.126
or
192.248.16.64 - 192.248.16.127
Lib 192.248.16.128 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.129 - 192.248.16.190
or
192.248.16.128 - 192.248.16.191

Alternative answer for any row:

Network address Subnet mask IP Address range

192.248.16.192 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.193 - 192.248.16.254
or
192.248.16.192 - 192.248.16.255

Alternative answer 1:

Building Network address Subnet mask IP Address range

Admin 192.248.16.0 255.255.255.128 192.248.16.1 - 192.248.16.126
or
192.248.16.0 - 192.248.16.127
Lab 192.248.16.128 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.129 - 192.248.16.190
or
192.248.16.128 - 192.248.16.191
Lib 192.248.16.192 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.193 - 192.248.16.254
or
192.248.16.192 - 192.248.16.255

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Alternative answer 2:

Building Network address Subnet mask IP Address range

Admin 192.248.16.0 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.1 - 192.248.16.62
or
192.248.16.0 - 192.248.16.63
Lab 192.248.16.64 255.255.255.192 192.248.16.65 - 192.248.16.126
or
192.248.16.64 - 192.248.16.127
Lib 192.248.16.128 255.255.255.128 192.248.16.129 - 192.248.16.254
or
192.248.16.128 - 192.248.16.255

(From the two ranges given for each IP Address Range, only the first one gives the range of usable
IP addresses.)

Note:

If only two columns correct in a row, give one mark for that row.
(E.g., if only 2 columns are correct in each of the three rows, then give a
total of three marks [1 mark X 3] for this part.)

(b) Any one point from [1]

 Costly / difficult to install / impractical due to buildings being

geographically separated
 Difficult to configure
 There is no such connectivity requirement for the school

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(c) [7]

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for Internet – Router – Firewall link

B: 1 mark for getting the Internet connection to the Lab switch
C: 1 mark for interconnecting the Admin and Lib switches to the Lab switch
D: 1 mark for properly locating Proxy and the DNS servers
E: 1 mark for properly connecting SIS to Admin switch and LIS to Lib switch
F: 1 mark for properly identifying the number of nodes in each building
G: 1 mark for properly connecting the printer† and for not using unnecessary devices
† As the printer type is not indicated, connecting each printer directly to the
relevant switch is also acceptable

(d) Any one point from [1]

 The applications that the school will be using will benefit from the many
desirable features of TCP such as reliability, in-order delivery, connection oriented
nature, flow-control, congestion control, error recovery and re-transmission of
packets when necessary
 The transmission time required for the school applications is not very critical
 TCP is used for the web and email applications

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3 (a) (i) Online sales [1]

(ii) Any one from [1]

 Customers being reluctant to buy second hand books online as they do
not have the ability to inspect their quality
 Having to compete against online sellers of new books / e-books

(iii) 1 mark for each [3]

A: B2C – Between ABC Books and its customers / Between a business

and its customers
B: B2B – Between ABC Books and other businesses /
Between two other businesses
C: C2C – Between individual customers of the marketplace

(iv) Any one from [1]

 Advertising support / revenue

 Subscription fees
 Transaction fees / commissions

(v) Any one from [1]

 through credit/debit cards / payment gateways / electronic payment

cards
 through e-banking / Internet banking
 transactions using mobile phones
 through third party payment facility providers

(vi) Any one from [1]

 Analyzing high demand books

 Analyzing the purchase trends
 Analyzing customer preferences

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(b) (i) Agent 2 [1]

(ignore spelling defects and case)

(ii) [2]

Sense – A
Compute – C
Control - B

Marks allocated as follows:

Two marks for all three correct

One mark for one or two correct

(iii) 1 mark for each [2]

C – Database read and write operations

R – Camera input feed and Camera control commands

(iv) P: informing Agent 2 to operate [1]

(v) [1]

CCTV raw data input need to be processed before storage in the DB.
Processing allows data reduction, annotations and other value added
functions.

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4 (a) [8]

Marks allocated as follows:

A - 1 mark for the input of n

B - 1 mark for both initializations
C - 1 mark for the loop check
D - 1 mark for the input of a mark (if properly inside loop)
E - 1 mark for the summation computation and computing next
loop index (if properly inside loop)
F - 1 mark for the correct average computation
G - 1 mark for printing the correct average
H - 1 mark for correct symbols and arrows

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(b) (i) 3 [1]

(ii) Any one from [1]

 Count the number of even numbers in a list

 Print the number of even numbers in a list

(iii) [5]

Note: Any other correct Python program that correctly implements the algorithm is
also acceptable (E.g., Through the use of a for loop)

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark for correctly placed n= int(input())

B: 1 mark for correctly placed while (n > 0):

n = n - 1

C: 1 mark for the following if correctly placed inside loop

x= int(input())

D: 1 mark for the correctly placed a = 0

and for the following if correctly placed inside loop

if (x % 2 == 0):
a = a + 1
and for the correctly placed

print (a)

E: 1 mark for correct indentation

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5 (a) [2]
Relation I:

Normal form Justification

2 As all non-key attributes are fully functionally dependent
on the primary key / There are transitive dependencies

Relation II and Relation III: Any one or both from


Normal form Justification
2 As all non-key attributes are fully functionally dependent
on the primary key / There are transitive dependencies

Normal form Justification
3 No transitive dependencies

Marks allocated as follows:

Two marks for all three relations correct

One mark for one or two relations correct

(b) [5]
Relation I: P: 3 / 3 NF
S: Customer (Customer_NIC, Customer_Name, City)
Customer_City (City, Postal_Code)

Relation II: Any one from

 Q: 3 / 3 NF
T: Vehicle_Owner (Owner_Id, Owner_Name, Contact_No)

 Q: It cannot be normalized further from 3 NF

T: - / Vehicle_Owner (Owner_Id, Owner_Name, Contact_No)

Relation III: Any one from

 R: 3 / 3 NF
U: Vehicle(Vehicle_Reg_No, Description, Owner_Id)

 R: It cannot be normalized further from 3 NF

U: - / Vehicle(Vehicle_Reg_No, Description, Owner_Id)

Marks allocated as follows:

P - 1 mark
S – 2 marks (one mark per relation with primary keys marked)
Q and T - 1 mark
R and U - 1 mark

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(c) [5]

Marks allocated as follows:

A: 1 mark per relationship (rents, owns) with correct cardinality (Total 2 marks)
B: 1 mark for Customer, Vehicle and Vehicle_Owner entities with all
attributes
C: 1 mark for correctly denoting all three keys
D: 1 mark for completeness (spellings, case, spacing)
(d) [1]
Rent(Customer_NIC, Vehicle_Reg_No, Rent_Date, Start_Time, End_Time)

Alternative answers:
1. This relationship may also be incorporated to the ER diagram in (c) with the keys
correctly marked.

2. CREATE TABLE Rent

(Customer_NIC varchar(10),
Vehicle_Reg_No varchar (8), Rent_Date date, Start_Time time, End_Time time,
PRIMARY KEY (Customer_NIC, Vehicle_Reg_No);
Note: The primary key can also be introduced as a constraint.

(e) Any one answer from [2]

 SELECT Owner_Id, Vehicle_Reg_No FROM Vehicle GROUP BY Owner_Id;
 SELECT Owner_Id, Vehicle_Reg_No FROM Vehicle;
Marks allocated as follows:
A: 1 mark for correct query (ignore case of SELECT)
B: 1 mark for completeness (correct syntax, correct names, semicolon use)

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6 (a) (i) One mark per each. [5]

P - Test request slip / Request slip

Q - Invoice
R - Receipt
S - Updated receipt
T - Report

(ii) One mark per each. [2]

(A) W- Payments

(B) X- Approved invoice + payment

(b) (i) Any one point from [1]

 Analysing / finding the requirements of an information system before its

development
 Finding the functional and non-functional requirements of a system
 Analysing the requirements of a proposed system
 Studying and analyzing the user needs to define the problem domain and
system requirements
 Determining user expectations for a new or modified product

(ii) Any two advantages from [2]

 Allows to discover the system scope/boundary and the nature of system

interaction within its environment
 Allows to detect and resolve conflicts between the requirements
 Allows to prioritize requirements relatively to each other
 Helps in deciding the critical success factors
 Reduces project / implementation risks
 Helps in distinguishing functional and non-functional requirements

(iii) Any one point from [1]

 Through testing based on functional requirements (Except system/integration

testing)
 Through validation / verification

(iv) One mark per each correct requirement (Max. two marks per set). [4]

Functional requirements: A, B
Non-functional requirements: Any two from D, F, G

(Deduct 1 mark for any incorrect extra label. Note: Minimum 0 marks )

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