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THE WEST AFRICAI\I EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

West African Senior School Certificate Examination

May/June2014 INFORMATION AI\[D COMMT MCATION 2 hours

TECHNOLOGY (ELECTM) 2&1

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l. (a) (r) of a decisionsupportsystem.

List the basic components [4 marks]
(ii) (i)
Draw a diagramshowinghow the basiccomponentslisted in aboveinteract
amongthemselves. [4 marks]

(b) In the contextof decisionsupportsystems,statethe differencebetweena

special-purposeandgeneralpurpose planning language. [2 marks]

2. (a) What is Deshap Publishing? [3 marks]

(b) In thecontextofdesktoppublishinglist four:

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(i) elementsofdesign; , k'V* ,
(ii) principlesofdesign. [4 marks]

(c) Explainthe termimpositi on indesktoppublishing. [3 marks]

3. (a) Explain low level language. [2 marks]

(r) Describe
(t) machinelanguage; [4 marks]
(ii) assemblylanguage. [4 marks]

4. (a) Labelthecoaxialcablebelow.

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(b) of eachofthe following networkmedia:

Statetwo disadvantages
(D twistedpair;
(il) fibre - optic;
(iii) wireless(Unguidedmedia).
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5. (a) WritetheBASICexpression
forthefollowingmathematical
notation:

* b^[ b, 4ac
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(r) for theproductof thetwo matrioesA andB.

WritetheBASICexpression

r= Cu),"=Gi) [4 marks]

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is uqedto speedup dafaretiev+l in database? : ., :.\

,lfnicnl{tngfollgwing :
A. Daafile
8., K eyfield, 1i ,
C. Ofiline storage
D. Programfile

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change.

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Nowanswerthefollowing questions.

1. Thesumof the octalnumbers654, and 176,in octalis

A. 1508E.
B. 1062E.
c. 830s. /
D. rcszeJ
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2. The decimalnumber272 convefistothe binarynumberas
A. 100001000r.
B. 0001000012.
c. 100010000r.
D. 101000100".

3. The numberof-bitsthat representa hexadecimalnumberis

A. 4,J
B. 8.
c. 16.
D. 32.

4. Thedecimal
rmalnumbe
n r 0.3125convertsto binaryas
A. olol2. -/
B. 0.01012.
c* 0.1101..
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5. job submissionandthe returnof resqltsin batchprocessingis

gpe timeUetrneen
A. elapsedtime.
B. jobarountltime.
C. returnaroundtime.
D. turn aroundtime.
6. Whichof the following is not a componentof supportsystern?,
A. Corporatedatabase "le"irion
B. Decisiondatabase
C. _ Model database
D. Planninglanguage

7. Which ofthe following files is usedto hold all changesto a masterdatafile?

A. Batchfile
B. Dynamicmasterfile
C. Piogramfile
D. Transactionfile

8. A file-managementqystemhasthe following disadvantages

ercept
A. dataredundancy.
B. expensivetodevelop.
C. lack of dataintegrity.
D. lack of programindependence.

9. Thetool that holdsobjectssuchastexg picturesandgraphicsin desktoppublishingis

A. frame.
B. task pane.
C. desielrchecker.
D. publicationgallery.

1 0 : Which ofthe following programsis a desktoppublishingapplicationprogram?

A. Access
B. PageMaker
C. Word Perfect
D. Writer

1 1 . Thetaskpanethat display$all the designsavailablefor publication is

A. frame.
B. designchecker.
C. placelolder.
D. publicationgollery.

12. Theterminologiesin a desktoppublishingapplicationinclude

A. activecell.
B. designchecker.
C. formulaarea.
D. narnebox.

1 3 . To selectmultiple non-adjacentcells in a workshee!click on the cells whilst holding the

A. ALT Key.
B. CTRL Key.
C. SHIFT Key.
D. CTRL + ALT Key.

14. Which of the following displaysthecontentof anactivecell in a worksheet?

A. Formulabar , j .
B. Menubar
C. Namebox
D. Statusbar

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1 5 . A cell formattedto havean accountingstyle showsnegativenumbersin
A. bold
B. brackets.
C. * doub)equotes. t'
D. parentheses

1 6 . The processof identi$ing specificrows and columnsso that theserows andcolumnsarealways

visibleonthe screenis
A. fixing
B. freezing.
C. locking,
D. selocting.

1 7 , The accesstime on a disc refersto

A. late,ncy.
B. revolutionperunittime.
C. openingtime to accessa database.
D. differencebetrreenthe time datais requestedand received. -

1 8 . The type of cableusedby internal SCSIdevicesis

A. 2l-pinribbon cable.
B; 32-pinribboncable.
C. +O-pinriUUoncable.
D. 50-pinribboncable.

1 9 , The busfeaturethat allows devicesto bypassthe processorandwrite their informationdirectly to the

mainmomoryis
A. DMA.
B. IRQI.
C. I/O oddresses.
D. Bus mastering.

20. The CD-ROM audio cableconnectsto the

A. harddrive.
B. powersupply.
C. speaker.
D. soundcard.

2t. The processof copying a file from a webserveonto a microcomputeris

A. downloading.
B. fragmenting
C. upgrading.
D. uplmding.

22. Softrvareis said tobeportable if

A. it is cheap.
B. it canbe movedfrom placeto place.
C. the mediait is storedon canbe transported.
D. it is ran on different hardwareplatforms.

23. To facilitate quick dataaccess,the appropriatestoragemediumto useis

A. magneticdisk.
B. magnetictape.
C. opticaldisk.
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24. The applioationusedto view web pagesis,
A. Notepad.
B. Spreadsheet
, C. -Wrb brorrr"r.
D. Word processor.

25. The acronymBASIC means

A. BinaryAqrnchronousSystemlnterchange Connections.
B. BitAssisted SynchronouslnterchangeConnection
C. Beginners'All-purposeSystemInstruction Scheme.
D. Bei-inners'All-purposesymboliclnstnrctionCode.

26. Which of the following HTML tagscreatesthe smallestheadingsin a browsef?

A. +l>...</ht>
B. <tZ>...<lh?>
C. <!+>.."</h4>
D. +6>...</hF

27. The purposeof languagetranslatorsis to

A. convertsourceprograminstnrctionsinto binary.
B. conveftobject programinto sourceprogmm.
C. enablethe programmertowrite the programinstuctions irta familiar language,
. D. translateonelanguageinto another..

28. The HTML file usedto loadthe defaultpagefrom a websiteis

"A. beginhtnl.
B. firsthtml.
C. head"htrnl.
D. indolhtml.

29. Theclosingtagfor <p> is

A. <P.
B. <pb -
c. 4p>.
D. tpl .
30. The useof the <b...</b tag in a web pageis to makecharacters
A. bol4
B. blur.
C. blink
D. blind

3 1. The purposeof computernetworkingis

A. sendingmails.
B. sharini resources.
C. printingdocuments.
D. browsingtheinternet.

32. Copyingfile onto a removabledisk and sendingit to anothercomputerwith a printer to print is

referredto as
A. airtnJ.
B. peernet.
C. sneakernet.
D. peer-to-peer.
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33. The function ofthe braidedfoil shieldaroundtrristed wires in shieldtwisted pair cableis to

B. makethe cable more robust.

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D. "6;";tstetic
preventrh;;;;;ts.

34. For two computersto sendand receivedata,the network interfacecard must agr€eon all the
following ercept
A. the maximum size of the dataframes ::
B. the time neededbetweentransmissions. :
C. the bus masteringof the cards. :
D. the speedat which datamustbe transmitted

35. Routersare slower than Gatewaysbecause

A. Routersare obsolete
B. Gatewaysare more intellegenf henceanalyseeverypacket.
C. Routersart mor€ intellegent,henceanalyseevery packet
D. Routersaro madeof semi-conductors.

36. Oneexampleof a databaseprogramis

A. access.
.8. excel.
C. powerpoint.
D. word.

37. Codethat is storedwith a form or reportis

A. Classmodule.
B. Formmodule.
C. Generalmodule.
D. Standardmodule.

3E. Queryin a databaseapplicationcanbe usedto do the following except

A. createtables.
B. deletetecords.
C. give space.
D. separatevalues.

39. In an SQL statemen!thc Ampersand(&) is usedto

A. combinevalues.
B. duplicatevalues.
C. modiffrecords.
D. normalizefieldnames.

40. isvalid?
f*;m""**fieldnames
B. fust&name
C. firstname%
D. _firstname

41. Which of the following programscopiesitself into memoryor onto a disk until no morespaceis left?
A. Antiviralagent ii,

B. Trojan
C. Virus
D. Worm
 42. The interactivecomputerprogftrmthatherpsuril, ,o solveprobl.ems
is
A. Robot.
B. Expert system.
C. Naturalianguage.
D. * "Syrtr*.
Perception

43. To displayinformationin multimediaform weuse

A. Archie.
B. Usenet.
C. File TransferProtocol.

44. To presenttabular datatotheuserin trrMl., the elementto use

is
A. td.
B. ti
C. u.
D. table.

45. Which querycommandwill a useradoptto answerthe question,

"Which studentis below 15
years?'l
A. Crosstab query
B. Searchquery
C. Selectquery
D. Updatequery

46. connectingan electostatic dischargestrapto an extensioncord, it must be connectedto the

|trcn
A. gound.
B. hotpin.
C. negativepin.
D. positivepin.

47. A maleDB-25 port is most likelyto be a

A. garneport.
B. networkport.
C. parallelport.
D. serialport.

48. The maximum datarate that canbe transmittedover urp cat 3 cable is
A. l0 Mbps.
B. 16Mbps.
c. 32Md;.
D. l00Mbps.

49. Orer longdistancetransmissions,

which of thefollowing signalsdegrades
the most?
A. Analogfransmission
B, Digitalhansmission
C. Paralleltransmission
D. Serialtransmission

5 0 . Which of the following topologiesis easierto modiff whenthereis a breakagein a transmission

cable?
A. Bus
B. Ring
C. Star
D. TokenRing

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