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FORM TP 2021016 JANUARY 2021

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 02 – General Proficiency

2 hours

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on
the original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of
this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

5. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly
in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant,
include the question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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Answer ALL questions.

1. The Caribbean Development Bank plans to fund a project to establish a meteorological station in a
Caribbean island, to forecast and monitor weather conditions in the region. The type of computer
system suitable for this project is a supercomputer.

(a) State TWO reasons why a supercomputer is suitable for this project.

two reasons are the fact that multiple people can access the computer at the same time
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and it has real time proccessing.
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(2 marks)

(b) The local area networks of stakeholders throughout the Caribbean region are to be connected
to the supercomputer to form a wide area network, using telecommunication lines.

(i) Identify the MOST important hardware device that is necessary for this connection.

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A router would be the most important thing.

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(ii) State the role of the hardware device identified in (b) (i).
routers connect different networks which allows communication between
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networks.
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(2 marks)

(c) State TWO examples of industries, other than weather forecasting, in which supercomputers
are still being used.
Two examples are banks and space programs.
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(d) State TWO characteristics of desktop or personal computers that make them popular among
computer users.
Desktop computers are easy to buy, upgrade and maintain and they are easily customizable.
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(2 marks)

(e) State TWO areas where desktop or personal computers are widely used.
Two areas are offices and entertainment.
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(f) The information in Worksheet 1 below shows the total sales for each of the months January,
February and March, for five salespersons in their particular districts.

For example, Kathleen Albert, a salesperson from the Port-of-Spain district has sales of
$1925, $1500 and $1350 for the months of January, February and March respectively.

The data in range A1:E8 of Worksheet 2 was summarized and reorganized from Worksheet
1, the original worksheet, to allow for easier reading.

Worksheet 1

A B C D
1 Salesperson District Sales Month
2 Albert, Kathleen Port-of-Spain $1 925.00 January
3 Albert, Kathleen Port-of-Spain $1 500.00 February
4 Albert, Kathleen Port-of-Spain $1 350.00 March
5 Jordan, Michael Diego Martin $1 400.00 January
6 Jordan, Michael Diego Martin $1 550.00 February
7 Jordan, Michael Diego Martin $1 400.00 March
8 Clement, Davis Marabella $1 235.00 February
9 Clement, Davis Marabella $1 850.00 January
10 Clement, Davis Marabella $1 600.00 March
11 Charles, Johnson Siparia $1 400.00 January
12 Charles, Johnson Siparia $1 965.00 February
13 Charles, Johnson Siparia $1 125.00 March
14 Weekes, Terecita Long Circular $2 500.00 March
15 Weekes, Terecita Long Circular $1 305.00 January
16 Weekes, Terecita Long Circular $1 435.00 February

Worksheet 2

A B C D E
1 Sum of Sales Column Labels
2 Row Labels January February March Grand Total
3 Albert, Kathleen 1925 1500 1350 4775
4 Charles, Johnson 1400 1965 1125 4490
5 Clement, Davis 1850 1235 1600 4685
6 Jordan, Michael 1400 1550 1400 4350
7 Weekes, Terecita 1305 1435 2500 5240
8 Grand Total 7880 7685 7975 23540
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10 Clement, Davis

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(i) Identify the feature/function of the spreadsheet which was used to produce the
summarized data in Worksheet 2.
pivot table
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(1 mark)

(ii) State the information that is provided when a value in the Grand Total row of
Worksheet 2 is double clicked.
=sum(b3:d3)
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(1 mark)

(iii) If the values in Worksheet 1 are updated, the values in Worksheet 2 are not
automatically updated. State the TWO steps required, in the correct order, to
manually update the values in Worksheet 2.

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the first step is to select the data and the second step is to rightclick and refresh.

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(2 marks)

(iv) Complete the missing parameters in the VLOOKUP formula for Cell B10 of
Worksheet 2, to find the amount of sales made during the month of March by the
salesperson in Cell A10.

b10 row labels

= VLOOKUP , , ,
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(5 marks)

(v) State the change that should be made to Parameter 3 in (f) (iv), in order to obtain
the Grand Total for the salesperson in Cell A10.

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(1 mark)

Total 20 marks

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2. Jay is the information and communications technology (ICT) manager at Hemprezz Power, a
renewable energy company. The proprietor has announced that the company will be expanding,
with new branches opening in the neighbouring city.

(a) Jay has outlined to the proprietor that in order to facilitate the expansion multiple computer
systems would be needed.

(i) List the FOUR basic components that each computer system should have.

cpu,memory(ram),input device(keyboard),output device(monitor)

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(4 marks)

(ii)
Jay has listed a number of specialized peripheral devices that will be required.
Complete the table below by indicating the category of EACH device.

Device Category

Joystick input

Scanner input
(2 marks)

(b) Jay will need to set up a wired network to facilitate communication between the computer
systems.

(i) List THREE types of transmission media that could be used to facilitate the
communication.
Ethernet cable,fibre optic and coaxial cables
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(3 marks)

(ii) Identify the transmission media in (b) (i) which would be MOST appropriate for
use in the scenario described.
fibre optic
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(1 mark)

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(c)
In presenting his proposal for the expansion to the proprietor, Jay prepares the following
spreadsheet which outlines the costs of materials for one of the new branches, Rock Site
Startup.

A B C D E
1 Rock Site Startup
2 Items Item Cost Number Total Cost
3
4 Tables (Type 1) 5 000 12
5 Tables (Type 2) 18 000 2
6 Chairs (Type 1) 2 000 24
7 Chairs (Type 2) 2 500 15
8 Projector 25 000 2
9 White board 30 000 2
10 Smart screen 50 000 1
11 Lighting 1 200 15
12 Computer systems 38 000 15
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14 Total cost
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16

Write the formula which is required to calculate the total cost in EACH of the following
cells.

(i) Cell D4
=c4*b4
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(2 marks)

(ii) Cell D14

=sum(d4:d12)
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(d) To improve the presentation of the document, Jay formatted Cell A1 across all columns
as shown in the spreadsheet in (c) on page 9.

(i) Identify the formatting feature used.

merge and center
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(1 mark)

(ii) List the steps taken by Jay, in the correct order, to apply the formatting feature
identified in (d) (i).
1 select all relevant cells,2 right click,3click the format cells button 4.click the
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alignment tab 5.click the merge button 6.change the allignment to center.
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(3 marks)

(e) State the steps, in the correct order, required to create a formula to find the average of a
range of numbers in a spreadsheet.
step one type out "=average(" in a cell
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step two select the relevant range
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step three close the bracket and hit enter
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(2 marks)

Total 20 marks

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3. Chavvi was nominated to serve as the team lead for planning an ICT symposium, hosted by
Hemprezz Power.

(a) List THREE groups of ICT- related personnel that Chavvi will need to invite to the
symposium.

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information systems,control systems,communication systems

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(3 marks)

(b) State TWO ways in which the extensive use of ICT has positively impacted the field of
business.
Ict allows businesses to properly communicate with their customers through
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social media and it allows businesses to keep track of sales and stock remotely.
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Chavvi was asked to prepare a memorandum to the director general outlining the plans
for the symposium.

The following is an extract from the memorandum prepared using the Word format.

Memorandum

TO: Mrs Judy Staton

Director General

FROM: Chavvi Sampson

Head, Cybersecurity

DATE: 2 April 2020

SUBJECT: Cybersecurity Exercise 2020

In an increasingly connected world, it is necessary to defend the critical infrastructure of

each country, to understand how the attacker works, to know what to look for within a
data centre infrastructure and to have the ability to address the business security strategy.

For approximately eight hours, the multidisciplinary teams will compete with each other
to achieve the full range of challenges and defence, with an expert’s guidance.

Participant Profile

It is recommended that the participants have responsibility for the following

● Networks
● Network communications
● Infrastructure

It is recommended that they have prior knowledge in the following:

● Basic Windows and Linux commands

● Networks knowledge
● Basic threat knowledge
● Basic firewall and IPS configuration
● Security
● Incident response

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(c) State ONE reason for using bullets and numbering in a Word document.
One reason is to make documents easier to read and more organized.
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(1 mark)

(d) Other than bullets and numbering, identify TWO formatting features used in the extract
from the memorandum.
two other features are bold text and italics.
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(2 marks)

(e) Describe how the positions of paragraphs 1 and 2 from the extract can be interchanged,
using the drag and drop feature.
The drag and drop feature can easily intechnge the position of paragraph one and two
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via the drag and drop feature which is simply done by selecting either paragraph one or two and
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dragging it in its respective place to interchange the pargraphs.
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(f) Describe the steps used in conducting a spell check in a Word document.
Open document, click review,click "Spelling & Grammar" in "Review," review and accept/ignore
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suggestions, use AutoCorrect, finish spell check.
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(g) The pseudocode below will calculate and output the number of participants and the average
age of all participants attending the ICT symposium. The algorithm will terminate and
display the output when an age of 999 is entered.

Complete the following pseudocode by filling in the blank spaces, labelled 1–10, with the
MOST appropriate variables and/or reserve words.

Start
Set COUNT  0
Set AGE  0
Set AVERAGE  0
Set TOTAL  0

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write “Enter Participant’s age”
1

Read AGE
999
WHILE AGE <> _______________________ _______________________
do
2 3

Set TOTAL  TOTAL + AGE

Set COUNT  COUNT + __________________________________

1
4

Set _______________________
average  TOTAL / COUNT
5

Write “Enter another age or 999 to terminate the program”

Read _______________________
age
6

_______________________
endwhile
7

Write “The Number of Participants are: ” , __________________

count
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average
Write “The average age of Participants are: ” , __________________
9

_______________________
stop
10
(10 marks)

Total 25 marks

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4. (a) The Stennet Marketing Company collects personal data from customers which it stores
on computers.

(i) State TWO possible effects of the improper storage of data.

Two effects are being stolen or data being corrupted.
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(2 marks)

(ii) State TWO measures that can be used to protect the data stored on a computer.
Two measures are backing up important files and add passwords.
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(b) (i) Outline the function of the loop construct in computer programming.
A loop is used to repeat a set of commands until a certain condition is met.
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(ii) State TWO distinguishing features for EACH of the following types of loops.

• WHILE . . . ENDWHILE

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has the condition checked at the start and executes one or more statements when the

condition is true.(eg while mark <>999)

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• REPEAT . . . UNTIL

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(c) You are hired as a programmer by Stennet Marketing Company, to write a pseudocode for
a supermarket. This pseudocode would be presented to the company, before the source
code is written. The requirements for the pseudocode are as follows:

• Prompt the cashier to enter the price and quantity of items.

• Calculate the discount amount at 5% of the total, if the total is greater than $500.
• Otherwise, calculate the discount amount at 10% of the total.
• The algorithm should output the total and discount.

Write the pseudocode with the requirements as outlined above.

start
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print "enter price and quantity of items"
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read price,amount
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total<_ price*amount
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(d) Write the pseudocode, using NESTED IF STATEMENTS, to do the following:

If the mark entered is greater than or equal to 70, then display the statement
“GRADE A”. Otherwise, if the mark entered is greater than or equal to 60, then display
the statement “GRADE B”. For all other marks entered, display the statement “GRADE
NOT AVAILABLE”.

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start

print "enter a test mark"

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read mark
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if mark>= 70 then
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print "grade A"
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else
if mark<70 and mark >=60 then
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print "grade B"
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else
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print "grade not available"
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endif
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endif
stop (5 marks)

Total 25 marks

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