COMPUTER SCIENCE 2 0595, CAMEROON GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD General Certificate of Education Examination JUNE 2019 ORDINARY LEVEL Subject Title COMPUTER SCIENCE Paper No. 2 fe Subject Code No. | 0595 ED Two Hours Answer any FIVE questions, All questions carry 20 marks each, For your guidance, the opproximate mark for each part of a question is indicated in brackets, You are reminded of the necessity for good Englisie and orderly presentation in your answers. In calculations, you are advised to show all the steps in your working, giving your answer at each stage. Calculators or Phones are NOT allowed: O0/6S9S/ZAIQ 02019 COCER __ Turn Over3 @) &) (s) (@ (>) (e) State any two positive impacts in cach case of Computer Information System on the following areas: @ Banking Managing a School Library Gi) Commerce Explain what you understand by the following: @ System Software Gi) Operating System Device drivers (iv) Utility software. 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B marks) (i) Name two other Application Software that can be used to prepare the lecture, (@ marks) (©) @_ Give two differences between an impact printer and a non-impact printer. (2 marks) (i) Give an example of each type of printer in c(i) (2 marks) (a) State the role of each of the following in relation to data transmission. i) Receiver (i mark) ( Transmitier (1 mark) (ii) Protocol (1 mark) 5. (a) __A Folder ina compuifer contains files with total size of 7 GB. In order to backup the files, a number of CDs of size 700 MB are provided. (i) What do you understand by file backup? (mark) Gi) Give tworeasons for fl€ Backup. (2 marks) (ii) Convert 7GB to MB (3 marks) (iv) How many CDs areequited.o, backup all the files in the folder? (3 marks) (©) @ Write in fall she abbreviation DBMS. (I mark) (ii) Briefly explain the following as used in DBMS: = Redundaney (2 marks) = Consistency (2 marks) Normalization (2 marks) () Differentiate between data verification and data validation (2 marks) Briefly explain why both data verification and data validation are necessary to ensure the credibility of data in a database (@ marks) 6 (2) The technician of a compuier laboratory in a school decides to replace a Proprietary Operating system with an Open Source Operating System. He equally replaced the RAM chips with RAM of higher capacities and supplied power to each computers through a UPS. (i) Briefly explain the advantages of the three changes effected by the technician. (6 marks) Briefly explain what you understand by Free and Open Source Software. (3 marks) Write in full the abbreviation UPS to the computer system. (1 marks) Give two advantage of UPS to the computer system. (2 marks) Suggest other two changes that can improve the functioning of the computers (2 marks) (b) 4 (Multitasking and multiprocessing. (2 marks) Gi) Software upgrading and updating (2 marks) (ii) Uploading and downloading. (marks) Turn Over 2019/0595/2/A,7 @ (b) © 2019/059S/2/4 Briefly explain what you understand by: @ ii) Algorithm, Pscudo code Flow chart Jive the difference bet een: ‘Source code and object code. Compiler and assembler. Declarative and procedural programming. Briefly explain the rales of the Six (05) main components of an Information System. Deseribe briefly how school management ean use an Information System to manage indiscipline in students. marks) @ marks) (2 marks) (@ marks) @ marks) (2 marks) (6 marks) (@ marks)