FOV : 2 Answer all questions Give one example of an input device and describe how it is used in a computer system. (2) Which two of the following are examples of communication media? Network interface card Coaxial cable Fibre optic cable Hub (2) Describe the following terms and give one example of each. (a) Computer Aided Instruction (2) (b) Real time system ie State whether each of the following statements is True or False. (a) Computer systems can be used to control airplanes. tl {b) An operating system can be used to create a word document. a) {c) ROMis part of the secondary storage. t (d) Computer specialists who write programs are called programmers. ro} (@) Coding is done during the design stage of a system. tt] (a) Give three common features of general purpose application software. a) (b) Give two benefits of using electronic spreadsheets. 2 (c) Which of the following tasks would a spreadsheet be best used for? Send email messages to customers Manage details of members of a football fan club Keep track of money contributed by social club members (1) Ahardware store has to buy one type of printer for its office and a different type of printer for its checkout point. The printer at the office will be used to print adverts, notices and letters. The one at the checkout point will be used to print receipts on multipart stationery. ‘Suggest and justify your choice of the type af printer to be used at. {a) The office. re} (b) The checkout point. 2 A computer graphics designer specialises in designing birthday and wedding invitation cards. (a) Name one suitable application software that can be used for the job. a10 Qu 12 13 14 15 3 Give two differences between each of the following pairs of terms. (a) Graphical user interface and command line Interface. (b) RAM and ROM. (©) Compilers and interpreters {a) State two health risks associated with the prolonged use of computers. (b) For each health risk mentioned in 9a), give a different precaution that can be taken to prevent it. (Do not give the same precaution for the two.) {a) Give two benefits of using structured programming to develop computer software. (b) Describe top-down design (a). State two benefits of having computer networks. (b) Draw a star topology diagram with at least two different nodes (c) Give one advantage of a star topology over a ring topology. (d) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a ring topology over a star topology. State three features of an expert system. (a) Give two effects of viruses on computers. (b) How can a computer be protected from viruses? (c) Give two examples of types of computer crime which pose a threat to data. (d) For each crime given in 13(c) state one way which may be used to prevent it, Each way must be different, a) State one service that is available through the internet. (b) Give one benefit of the service mentioned in 14(a). (c) Give one limitation of the service mentioned in 14(a). (a) State two benefits to a company in using a computer-based system. (b) State and describe any two strategies that may be used to implement a new system. (c) State one negative effect and one positive effect of computerisation on employees. (4) Explain the importance of carrying out tests that use: (i) Normal data. (ii) Abnormal data (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (1) (2) iu) (1) (1) (a (4) (2) 1} (1)z 4 46 Accompany keeps its stock records on a standalone computer. The records are shown in the table below. Date Purchased | Item Code | Quantity —_| Cost 12/05/2015 | $23 | 40 245.00 24/03/2015 | G45 10 P150.00 27107/2015 | M21 25 300.00 14/02/2015 | H78 60 P175.00 {a) State a suitable data type for each field in the table above. (4) (b) State and explain a validation check that can be applied to the field Item Code. 2 (c) In order to retrieve a record, the system goes straight to the desired record (i) What type of file access does the system use? 1) (ii) What type of magnetic storage medium allows this type of file access? a417 Study the following algorithm. Begin TotalMark = 0 Count = 0 Repeat Input Mark TotalMark = TotalMark + Mark Count = Count + 1 Until Count = ‘Average = TotalMark / Count Output Average End With the help of the trace table below, dry run the algorithm using the following set of Marks; 33, 40, 24 and 35. TotalMark Count Mark Average a (5) 18 Robots are used in modem factories to carry out a variety of tasks. On a liquid soap production line, a robot can be used to fill bottles with liquid soap. The robot fils one bottle at a time. {a) List any three of the steps that the robot has to carry out in order to fil the bottle with liquid soap. {b) State one other apy 13] tion of robotics, different to that used in a soap industry. tl419 The following program flowchart represents an algorithm for a bank transaction, Write the algorithm in pseudocode. Daily limit = 4000 Input Amount Output "Exceeded daily limit” ls Amount > Daily limit? Daily limit = Daily limit — Amount Balance = Balance — Amount ————! Output “Remove your cash" “Withdrawal7 20 The diagram below shows a water tank installed with a water level monitoring system. The water level in the tank is controlled using sensors, analogue to digital convertor, digital to analogue convertor and a microprocessor. The water level should not exceed the high level ‘mark, and it should not go below the low level mark. Water Inlet_—>- —S Water Outlet @ Water inlet | valve (a) Whats the purpose of the digital to analogue convertor (DAC) in the system? (b) What is the input in this system? (c) What actions does the microprocessor take when: (i) the high level sensor is triggered? the low level sensor is triggered? e a (1) (i) (1)