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Csec Information-Technology Paper03 Jan2015o PDF
Csec Information-Technology Paper03 Jan2015o PDF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATIVE TO SBA
1 hour 30 minutes
5. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so
on the origi nal page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the
back of this booklet. Remember to d r aw a line through your original
answer.
6. If you use the extra page(s) you M UST write the question number
clearly in the box provided a t the top of the extra page(s) a nd, where
relevant, include the question part beside the answer.
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I. SPREADSHEET
ages in the various flood-affected
the va lue oflhe d am
The following worksheet was cr~ated to s.t.or~ and industria l firms .
areas tor households, commerctal orgamzattons
E F
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NATIONAL RELIEF COUNCIL
FLOOD DAMAGE ESTIMATES ($000's)
TOTAL PRIORITY
LOW
LOW
HIGH
LOW
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
HIGH
(a) What data fonnat has been applied to the numeric data in the wo ..sheet?
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( l mark)
(b) The text in the fi rst row of the worksheet is centred across Columns A to F. What feature
of the spreadsheet software has been used to accomp lish this?
(1 mark)
(c) State the number o f columns and rows used to create the worksheet.
(2 marks)
If the total damages for an area is $15,000,000 or more, the area is given a priority of
HIGH, or else it is g iven a priority o f LOW. Write the FUNCTION to insert the priority
for each area.
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(4 marks)
(e) If the data in the worksheet were sorted in DESCENDING order by the total damages,
which area (block) would be at the top o f the sorted worksheet?
(1 mark)
(0 If the value in cell 88 is changed, state TWO cells whose va lues wi ll change as a result.
(2 marks)
(g) You wish to filter the data in the worksheet to find a ll areas with household damages of
more than $2,000,000 and with HI GH priority status. The results of the filter should on ly
display the AREA , HOUSEHOLD and PRIORITY column headings.
(i) In the table below, write the column headings and corresponding criteria.
(3 marks)
(1 mark)
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(h) The following chart was created from the data in the worksheet.
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
( I mark)
...
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
Total 20 marks
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2. DATABASE MANAGEMENT
The National Relief Council maintains a database named ASSISTANCE with two tables to store
infonnation on flood assistance allocated for the various areas. The two tables are listed below.
TABLE I: TYPE
LOSS_ID CATEGORY
HHIOO Household
CM200 Commercial
IN300 Industrial
TABLE 2: GRANT
(a) State the data type of the AMOUNT field in the GRANT table .
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(b) State the number of records and fields in the GRANT table .
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(2 ~~ -~~)
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. Nr bl can be used as a primary key.
(C:) State. " ith reaS(m... if any field of the GRA Ia e
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(d) State the name of the field that should be used to join the two tables.
(1 mark)
(e) The data in the GRANT table has been so rted in ASCENDING order by the AMOUNT
field. State the name of the AREA which would be at the top of the sorted table.
( 1 mark)
(ii) Wh at fields will be displayed in the resu lts of the query?
(iii) What is the purpose of the query?
(iv) II ow many records will be displa) ed "hen the quen.
"J 1 executed?
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(4 marks)
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Complete the query below that would have produced these results.
F1eld:
Table
Sort:
Show: 0 0 0
Critena:
or.
(4 marks)
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FLOOD ASSISTANCE
Commercial
300 Block 8
450 Block 10
700 Block 6
Summary for ' CATEGORY' = Commercial (3 detail records)
Sum 1450
Household
24 5 Block 8
320 Block 3
Summary for ' CATEGORY' = Househo ld (2 detail records)
Sum 565
Industrial
490 Block 3
700 Block 6
900 Block 10
(i) State the fie ld used to group the records in the report.
(ii) What other fie ld could be used to group the records in the report?
(iii ) State the fie ld used to sort the records and the order o f sort.
(iv) What does 4 105 represent in the report?
(5 marks)
WORD PROCESSING
Below please find the flood damages estimates which were prepared by our external
consultants.
AREA TOTAL'
((AREA <<TOTAL))
I wish to express our sincere thanks to you and your staff for workmg with the consultants
to complete the estimates within the given time.
Allan Steel
(a) State THREE formatting features used in the first line of the memorandum .
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(3 marks)
(b) What text alignment has been applied to the first line ofthe memorandum?
(1 mark)
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1229032/JANUARY/F 2015
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0122903211
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(i} ~
Icon I
(ii) I ~. I
Icon 2
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(e) A table is inserted in the primary document. S tate the number of rows and columns used
to create the table.
(2 marks)
(f) What is the name given to the text " 1 Figures represent thousands of dollars" ?
(1 mark)
(h) If the spreadsheet created in Question I on page 2 is used as the data source for a mail
merge, how many letters will be printed?
(1 mark)
(i) A letter is sent to the area relief officer for Block 8. What am ount for total damages is
listed in this letter?
(1 mark)
U) The text " Providi ng a helping hand" is to be inserted at the bottom o f each page of a
document. Which word processing feature wou ld be appropriate for this task?
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You are given the organization's logo on a flash drive. List THREE steps required to insert
the logo at the top left side o f the document.
(3 marks)
(I) Suppose you have to enter the text " H20 " in your document, what format will you apply
to the number 2 in the text?
(1 mark)
(m) State TWO steps requ ired to move a table to another location in a document.
(i ~~~~)
Total 20 marks
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Program assistance;
Const fixed_all = 5000;
3 child_rate = 2000;
4 var
5 tot_all, nc : integer;
6 begin
7 tot a ll = O
8 Write{' En~er the number of children in the family : ' );
9 Readln(nc);
10 lfnc > 3 then
II nc := 3;
12 tot_ all := fi xed_all + (nc child_rate):
13 {computes the tota l a llowance for the family}
14 Writeln(' Your Hood assistance is ', tot_all);
15 end.
(ii) Indicate the line number where the program will accept the input.
(iv) State the line num ber w here the output will be displayed.
(4 marks)
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(3 marks)
(d) State the name of a const t
an used .m the program. Indicate the line number where .1t .1s
d ec Iared an d the va lue of the constant.
(3 marks)
(e) (i) ~hat type of error would occur if the semi-colon (;) was missing at the end of
lme 12?
(ii) When would this error occur?
(2 marks)
(f) What type of error would prevent the program from giving the correct results?
(1 mark)
(g) What is the purpose of comments in a program? Indicate the line number where a comment
is used .
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(2 marks)
(h) State the name of a control structure used in the program and indicate the line numbers of
the control structure.
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Sblte the line number where a variable is initialized.
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(k) State the line number of ONE arithmetic o peration used in the program.
( 1 mark)
(I) Complete the following trace table based on the program given. Use S as the number of
children entered for a family (nc).
Step nc tot a ll
(4 marks)
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