FORM TP 2018056 test cope 01251010 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT Paper 01 — General Proficiency J hour 30 minutes 3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4, Onyour answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. Sample Item ‘The MOST appropriate salutation for a business letter is Sample Answer (A) Hi James (B) Dear Mrs Ali ®e0®0 (©) MyDear Solomon (PD) ToAll Staff Members ‘The best answer to this item is “Dear Mrs Ali”, so (B) has been shaded. 5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. 6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2017 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 01251010/F 2018Items 1-3 Some of the following sentences contain errors of punctuation or capitalization. Some of them are correet. Select the letter (A), (B) or (C) to identify the error. Select (D) if there is no error. 1. “Lam going to live with my father in Jamaica:” Kasia whispered, “and I won't come back “ e® © here.”. NO ERROR @) 2. The final stop on the itinerary is port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. NO ERROR (A) ®) © () 3. The Principal of Queen’s College explained, ‘If you study hard you'll pass your exams. (A) (B) © NO ERROR () Ttems 4-10 refer to the following incomplete sentences. Choose the word to BEST complete EACH sentence. The principal ...... + the students to walk with their own water (A) advice (B) advise (©) advised (D) _ advived Last week, Samud and I ............++++++- Our birthdays with a visit to the museum. (A) celebrate (B) celebrated (C) celebrates (D) celebrating 6. Afterthe concert, the students could not remember the school bus was parked. (A) ware (B) wear (C)— whare (D) where ar GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01251010/F 20188. 10, i. 12. She stayed at home .. she was feeling unwell. (A) and (B) whereas (© because (D) even though Since the students sss themselves, they were rewarded. (A) behave (B) behaves (©) behaved (D) behaving ‘The restaurant Mexican food. (A) sell (B) sells (©) cell {D) cells At recess the children ........- in the school yard until the bell rang. (A) play (B) played (©) plays (D) playing Which of the following words is represented by the abbreviation ‘pl’ in a manuscript? (A) Place (B) Please (©) Plead (D) Plant Which of the following words is represented by the abbreviation ‘para’ in a manscript? (A) Paralegal (B) Paragraph (©) Paradigm (D) — Paraphrase GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01251010/F 201813. “a. 15. 16. a A. visual display unit is BEST categorized as (A) input (B) output (©) backup (D) storage Which of the following devices are a trackball and mouse examples of? (A) Drawing (B) Pointing (C)__ Inserting (D) Scanning Which of the following is the MOST suitable device for the output of an architectural drawing? (A) Plotter (B) Light pen (C) Laser printer (D) — Graphics tablet Which of the fotlowing is NOT an external storage media? (A) Hard disk (B) Flash drive (C) Compact dise (D) Cloud storage When the computer is working on given instructions this function is referred to as (A) input B) output (©) storing (D) processing 01251010/F 2018 18. 19. 20. 21. Which of the following storage media normally requires a USB connector? (A) Flash drive (B) Cloud drive (C) Compact disk (D) Memory card Which of the following software is used to boot a computer? (A) Utility (B) System (C) Firmware (D) Application Mary is producing an electronic presentation for the CEO who will be travelling shortly and wishes to take the presentation with him, What is the MOST appropriate media for Mary to store the presentation on? (A) Compact disk (B) Floppy disk (C) Hard drive (D) Flash drive Not overloading electrical outlets, ‘would be considered (A) ahealth practice (B) _ asafety practice (C) an ergonomic factor (D) general care of hardware GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,22, ‘The MAIN purpose for adopting correct posture while sitting at the computer is to prevent (A) inaccurate ideas (B) computer vision syndrome (©) __ pain and injury to the spine (D) errors or typos in documents Items 23-24 refer to the following screenshot. Lorem Ipsum ‘orem ipsum door si emet, es guberaeaplilosopia ei, que vituperta mes. Cum an pescula smiligne llosophia, id patrioque periptret us. Eos propriae Aiseatiet id. Oporteat splendide mel ad, cu accuser. podesset accommodare cum. Quo quem vivendum, ecusbo ut lum feet cet At ur stn honest= 1 volupeibus, uso no primis pret quacrendum, Debet ‘aus repadiare cum et | Ex nosrum cootentones cum, dicta indoctum consequ- stu sedan. Solum grace) Soren! nam cu, sed in veniam, ‘decor, nobis emporio an mei. Probo ear delicate er, paulo ueogus ao mei. Minin altera alien pr us possit mel et, his ne suas novurn, has minim incidence. 23. The vertical line at the end of paragraph 1 indicates (A) the last character that was typed (B) the end of the first paragraph typed (©) __ the paragraph that has been selected (D) where the next character to be typed will go 24, Which paragraph alignment has been applied? (A) Left (®B) Right (© — Centre (D) Justified GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01251010/F 201826. 21. 28. “62 ‘The correct formula to subtract the value in cell G1 from the value in cell C2 is (A) =02-G1 (B) -Gi-C2 (©) =SUBG1:C2) ©) IF F(G1:C2) Which of the following data types is MOST appropriate for storing the price of an item? (A) Text (B) Number (©) Currency (D) —AutoNumber Which of the following is the MOST efficient input device that can be used to capture data electronically? (A) Barcode reader (B) Trackball (C)__ Keyboard (D) Mouse Which of the following features is used to create a presentation with a consistent appearance on all slides? (A) Animation (B) Slide master (C) Design template (D) Auto correct wizard 01251010/F 2018 29. 31. 32. Which of the following tasks does a spreadsheet allow users to do? I. Sortand extract data from a list I. Store numeric data TI. Perform automatic calculations (A) Tonly (B) Tand only (©) Wand It only (D) 1, Wand 0 Which of the following groups contains editing techniques? (A) Copy, cut, paste, move (B) Copy, cut, hide, colour (©) Underline, cotour, insert, find (D) Underline, shade, search, omit ‘Which of the following fields would be the BEST choice for the key field of a student's performance record system in a school? (A) Sumame (B) Date of birth (C) Telephone number (D) Admission number ‘The minutes of a meeting (A) give notice of an upcoming meeting (B) list the decisions taken at the meeting (©) ist items to be discussed at the meeting, (D) summarize what has taken place at the meeting GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,33. 34, 35. 36. 37. The document stating what is to be 38. accomplished during a meeting is the (A) agenda (B) minutes (C) schedule (D) memorandum Activities including uploading or downloading data to or from a remote computer are done using 39. (A) blogging (B) inter relay chat (©) _ instant messaging (D) file transfer protocol ‘The abbreviation WWW represents (A) Word Wild Web (B) Word Wide Web (©) World Wild Web (D) World Wide Web 40. Which of the following programs allows the user to access the Intemet? (A) Index (B) Protocol (C) Web browser (D) Search engine Electronic mail may be transmitted using. a (A) printer (B) _ telephone (©) computer (D) fax machine 01251010/F 2018 Telecommuting can be BEST described as (A) using telephones to market products (B) travelling between home and the traditional office (©) establishing a communication link between companies (D) working from a remote location outside of a traditional office An electronic mail (e-mail) was sent with the addresses of Joe and Paula in the CC field and Maria in the BCC field. The individual receiving the e-mail knows that it was sent to (A) Joe, Paula and Maria (B) Joe but not Paula and Maria (©) Joe and Paula but not Maria (D) Maria but not Joe and Paula Which of the following are advantages of using electronic mail (e-mail) instead of postal mail? 1. Speed of delivery I Access from any location Til. Receipt of bulk mail (A) Tand I only (B) Land III only (©) Mandi only (D) 1, Mand UL GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE4 42. 43. 45, - 8s Which of the following is NOT a current and common form of electronic communication? 1. Social media 1. Email mi. Pager (A) Tonly (B) Land only (© Monly (D) Honly Document management isan administrative role that involves which of the following items? (A) Saving and deleting (B) Creating and storing (©) Referencing and mailing (D) Inserting and reviewing A document that is used for the initial recording of data relating to business transactions is called a (A) source document (B) template document (C) tumaround document (D) machine-readable document Which of the following is used to protect the integrity of files? (A) Passwords (B) Firewalls (©) Destruction dates (D) — Overwrite protection The extension with which a letter would MOST likely be saved is, (A) ip (B) pix (©) docx (D) at 0}251010/F 2018 46. 41. 49, ‘The BEST mechanism to secure files against corruption and uncontrolled access is (A) avirus (B) password (©) encryption (D) restricted access, Which of the following would BEST ‘guard computers against viruses? (A) Installing anti-virus programs (B) Installing computer security devices (C)__ Servicing the computer devices regularly (D) Hiring an expert to search for viruses on the system Which of the following can be considered a file retention method? @) Archive (B) Version control (C) Version number (D) Backup systems Which of the following is an example of a tumaround document? (A) Letters (B) Cheques (© Utility bills (D) Survey forms Which of the following is located at the LOWEST level of the file structure in an electronic filing system? (A) File (B) Drive (©) Folder (D) — Sub-folder GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE oy51. The in-text citation for the APA style is? (A) (yttie 75) (8) (Lyttle 75) (C) (Lyttle 2015) (D) — Cyttle 2000 75) 52. Which of the following is an example of a literary work? (A) Poem (B) Dance (©) Movie (D) Painting 53. Which of the following actions would be illegal under the Copyright Act? (A) Asking the owner permission to use one of his photographs in a book you are writing (B) — Citingaquotation in anassignment (©) Purchasing an original movie and making a copy fora friend (D) Preparing a bibliography of books that you used in an assignment 54. A student was given a number of tasks to complete, His/her ability to complete the tasks efficiently is MOST dependent on (A) the frequency of interruptions while doing the tasks (B) enjoying the tasks to be done (©) time management techniques used (D) the proofreading that must be done 01251010/F 2018 55. 56. 57. 58, Which of the following lists is placed at the end of a research paper and includes information on the titles of sources and their authors, and publication data? (A) Citation (B) Quotation (© Summary (D) Bibliography ‘What legal principle is being violated if a non-genuine copy of Microsoft Office is installed on a computer? (A) Moral (B) Rights (©) Plagiarism (D) Copyright To prevent plagiarism researchers should L___ obtain approval for using another person’s work Il copy and paste information from the Internet IIL cite the work in a bibliography (A) Tonly (B) Land Honly (©) Land Ml only (D) Mand Il only Intellectual property is BEST defined as the (A) __ protection of the rights ofa person ‘who produces a new invention (B) rights of a person to own his creative work (©) use of another person’s work without acknowledging the source (D) tights of a person to express how he/she feels in documentation a GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE- 10- 59, Which ofthe following are NOT protected 60. Which of the following symbols indicates by copyright? that a literary work is protected by copyright? (A) Films (B)__ Books (C)__ Inventions ” (D) Broadcasts @) i & » © END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01251010/F 2018