As) he amar) in teohnolOBY i), Define the term computer generation. their ma hy i e ter generations an ii) Complete the table below, which gives compu! (Computer generation | Main technol Microprocessors = Tnteprated circuits (a marks) 5 eng PAE: ‘ b) Consider the following Boolean equation Z= A -B d number of logic Bates in the i) Copy and complete the table below that shows the type an equation. (3 marks) (4 marks) ii) Copy and complete the truth table below for the output Z iii) Draw the logic circuit for Z (3marks) ©) Copy and fill in the table below by matching correctly the following problems in a computer system to possible fault Problems: Wrong time, beeps when switched on, no display, Printer connected cannot print 1B ep ‘p! Pi (Amarks) eerie i ira Problem eee as Driver not installed RAM chip not well fitted er CMOS battery faulty P : | Video cable not connected : 2, a) Accompany has branches in several towns and needs to connect them for easy sharing of information and proper management, They may use either an intranet or an extranet, 1) State any three network devices that will be required for this connection. (3 marks) Briefly describe the role of each of the devices mentioned above (3 marks) State, with a reason, the type of network you would advice the company touse. (2 marks) Briefly deseribe two other ways thatthe company will benefit from such connection, (2 marks) IRU/RPI/SWATIC/CSCOS957PSTNOGT 2022 Page 2 of 6 ae1) study the algorithm represented by the flowchart and answer the questions that follow: Serato 0, SetB 100 Set C to 100 Figure 1 i) Use the trace table below and the test data 10, 7,3, 12, 6,4, 15.2, 8,3 to dry run the algorithm (4 marks) K B c X [Output] 0 0 100 ii) Hence, deduce what the algorithm does. (anaes) itty Write down a pseudocode version ofthis algorithm, (4 marks) 5, a) Fourstages are involved in the data processing cycle. i) Draw a diagram that shows this eycle (4 maris) ii) Briefly deseribe each ofthe stages ofthis cycle. (eeartss JATICT/€5C0595/P2/MOCK 2022 Tard otg using binary arithmetic (6 marks) Briefly describe instances when you would say software is i) Efficient ii) Reliable Venu) i) Portable. i fions interfa 2) The diagram shows the role of the operating system (OS) at the centre of operation: software and hardware. APPLICATION FTWARE. SPREADSHEET HARDWARE 2.05 selects printer OPERATING SYSTEM 4. Documents sent 10 programs in OS i) Add the following statements to correctly label the diagram (3 marks) «Instruction from OS to start sending document Document sent to printer © Command to print fi) Match the software category to the correct description (4 marks) Software Category Deseription . ] 1. Shareware a. source code is freely available to the customer 2, Freeware | b. software is available free only for a period of time 3, Open source ©. Software is freely accessible and can be freely used, modified or redistributed A Free software | d. Software is available free of cost. Source code is not available | ) Determine the equivalence of the hexadecimal number 2A$i in the i) Binary scale (2 mares) ii) Octal scale (3 marks) €) The following data is to be entered onto an online form *Name * Date of birth + Password *Telephone number TROT BATT SS Page 4 of 6ne validation and one verification check that should be used. sm state, with reasons. © (8 marks) auiprocessing in a computer system takes place in the CPU, following a machine eycle. List the main components of the CPU. (3 marks) Briefly deseribe the role of each of the components above. (3 marks) ‘The CPU’s overall performance can be affected by many different factors of which the most important are clock speed, cache size and the number of cores. Briefly explain how each of the factor influences the performance of the CPU (6 marks) b) _ Information Systems are widely used in various sectors of the society i) What is an information system? (marks) ii) List six (6) components of a computerized information system (4 marks) c) What do you understand by the term cloud computing? (2 marks) a) Study the Gantt chart below and answer the questions that follow: eras i) Define the following terms, using ‘examples from the Gantt chart _ Predecessor task = Slack time = Critical path ~ Critical task (8 mar!) ji) Determine the duration of the project. (2 mars) b) Briefly describe any three aspects that are handled by ergonomics. (6 marks) ©) Give the full meaning of the following acronyms i) URL ii) HTTP iii) ISP o ; iv) FTP (4 marks) a 7105C0595/P2/MOCK 2022 Page 5 of 6Consider the following tables that represent an extract from a stud wnt database Student Table Class Table: = ‘ StudentiD | Name ] Sex | Date of Birth | ClassiD acd [Has Smartboard [sie | ‘S01 Tum | F_| 12/02/95 Gt FL Yes 60 Fa. No 80 w7i07a8 sos_[ erost_[F 707 ¥4 B we. a S07 ‘AMBE | M | 26701789 Fa Fa Yes 60 508 JOEL | M _ | 02/03/54 F 508 lucy fF | 22/25 B 310 epost |F | 1/04/98 2 Class Table (2 mnarks) 1) State the number of (i) records in Student Table (i) fields in b)_ (i) Give the name of the field that would be used for the prir for your choice. (il) Give the name of the field that represents a foreign kes your choice. (iii) Copy and complete the table to identify the. on the data show0’in the database tables. Sex, most appropriate inary key in Student Table. Give a reason (2 marks) y in Student Table, Give a reason for (2. marks) data type for each field based (5 marks) Field name Date of birth | Name | Has, Data ype “Sarbowrd | See] fd ©) AshPerii security risk include Spyware; Phishing; Hacking i) Briefly describe the above three security risks ii) Identify one possible effect of each security risk (Each method must be different) 's worried about the security issues that can arise when working with computers. Some of the (3 marks) (3 marks) Give one method that can be used to prevent each security risk. (3 marks)