ST.

PETER’S BUSIBI GIRLS SECONDARY

SCHOOL
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
(K.C.S.E)
451/1 – COMPUTER STUDIES – Paper 1
MARCH 2024 CAT 2 – 21/2hrs
FORM FOUOR
Name……………………………………………………………………………

Admission Number……………………………..Stream……………………..

Date……………………………………………………………………………..

Instruction to Students

a) Read the instruction carefully

b) Write your name and admission number in the space provided above
c) This paper consists of two sections A and B.
d) Answer all the questions in section A
e) Answer question 10,11 and any other one question from section B
f) You should answer the question in English

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section Question Number Candidate’s Score
A 1-9
10
11
B
12
13

Total Score
 SECTION A
Answer ALL the Questions in This Section (40 Marks)
1) Explain the following terms (8mks)
i) Networking

ii) Multiplexing

iii) Signal Modulation

iv) Attenuation

2) The following acronyms are used in symbolic representation write them in full. (3mks)

i) BCD

ii) EBCDIC

iii) ASCII

3) Differentiate between the following Network devices and cables (8mks)

i) Hub and a Switch

ii) Router and Bridge

iii) Twisted pair cable and coaxial cable

iv) Bounded media and unbounded media

4) State 3 factors to be considered when choosing a monitor (3mks)

5) Differentiate between the two types of RAM in the main memory (4mks)

6) Differentiate between a table and a query as used in database (2mks)

7) Identify the parts of the following email address labeled A,B,C,D (4mks)
[email protected]

8) State four database Model (4mks)

9) Give the function of the following disk Management operation. (4mks)

i) Disk defragmentation

ii) Disk Partitioning

 SECTION B
Answer THREE Questions in This Section No 10 & 11 are Compulsory (60 Marks)
10)
a) Computer Network can be classified according to size explain the three types of
computer Network. (6mks)

b) The figure below shows a fiber optic cable Name the parts and their function (6mks)

i) A
ii) B
iii) C

c)
i) What is a protocol? (1mks)

ii) OSI model is one of the protocol Used in communication of computers in a

Network, outline the layers of the OSI model. (7mks)
11)
a) Use the spreadsheet extract below to answer questions that follows

A B C D E F G H I J K
1 FORM TWO CLASS PERFOMANCE
2 name class admin CAT CAT CAT Tot Avera Score Overall Rem
o 1 2 3 al ge Position ark
3 Maina E 7984 80 70 59
John
4 Ken W 7896 75 55 72
Korir
5 Bernar E 8092 86 59 75
d
6 John E 7460 80 79 70
Soi

i) Write the function used to assign Bernard position. (2mks)

ii) Write a function in cell B7, which would be used to count the number of students from “E”.
(2mks)

iii) Write the function in cell G7, which would calculate total of totals that are greater than 280.
(2mks)

iv) Identify any four formatting features used in Row 2. (2mks)

v) Recognition devices are used to capture natural sound convert the input into digital form.
State two problems related to speech recognition devices. (2mks)
b) The figure below was extracted from a word processor program name the parts below (5mks)
B
A
C

Name the Parts labeled : (5mks)

i) A
ii) B
iii) C
iv) D
v) E

c) What is a Drop Cap? With the help of the diagram above explain the procedure of
inserting a Drop Cap. (5mks)
 12)
i) What is a flowchart? (1mk)

ii) The figure below shows a menu screen in a program study it carefully. (10mks)

Main Menu

1) Add new record

2) Update record
3) View record
4) Exit Menu

The flowchart below shows how the input to the menu screen is dealt with. It is however
incomplete. Complete it by writing statement in the given boss from the list provided in the correct boxes

Statement

 Stop
 Clear Screen
 Enter Choice
 Yes
 Update record
 View record
 Start
 Is input valid
 Is Command = 1
 Is Command = 2
 Display Menu
 No
 Enter Command

Add New Record

Is Command = 3

Is Command = x

iii) Describe the five types of computer processing files (5mks)

iv) Work out the following octal numbers using twos compliment 308 - 508 (4mks)
13)
i) What is an Operating system? (2mks)

ii) Explain Any four function of the operating system (8mks)

iii) Explain the two types of files used by the operating system (4mks)

iv) Plotters are special output devices designed to produce high quality graphics in a variety
of colors explain the 3 types of plotters (6mks)