TEST CODE 01229032

FORM TP 2018015 JANUARY 2018

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 032 – General Proficiency

ALTERNATIVE TO SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT

1 hour 30 minutes

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. Code is to be written in Pascal.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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Answer ALL questions.

1. WORD PROCESSING

Consider the following memo.

LOCUL ONLINE VIDEO GAMES

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December 30, 2017

GAMING SALES REPORT

For Circulation to all Outlets

Antigua 400

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Barbados 2500
Grenada 600
Jamaica 4000
St. Kitts 200
St. Lucia 700
TOTAL 8400

Summary of Video Game Orders for 3rd Quarter 1

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These are estimates until official numbers are collected on January 1st.

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(a) State TWO character formatting features found in the memo.

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(2 marks)

(b) Name an application, other than a word processor, that could have been the source of the
sales data in the memo.

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(1 mark)

(c) Suggest TWO reasons why a table would be more suitable to represent the sales data
located above the chart in the memo.

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(2 marks)

(d) Write Yes or No in the following table to indicate whether EACH of the following features
is found in the memo.

Feature Found in Memo

Endnote

Footer

Footnote

Header
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(4 marks)

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(e) The word “LOCUL” was flagged when a spell check was performed.

(i) State the reason why this occurred.

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(1 mark)

(ii) State TWO possible ways of ensuring that the flagging does not reoccur when a
spell check is performed.

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(2 marks)

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(f) All occurrences of the abbreviation “St.” are to be changed to the word “Saint”.

(i) Name the feature that is MOST appropriate for making this change.

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(1 mark)

(ii) Explain, giving ONE example from the document, ONE disadvantage of using the
feature in (f) (i) to perform this change.

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(g) State the use of EACH of the following icons in a word processing program. Give an
example of EACH use.

(i)

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(ii)

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(4 marks)

Total 20 marks
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2. SPREADSHEET

Consider the following chart which shows the number of stores in countries that sold online games.

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(a) Name the

(i) country that sold the most online games

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(1 mark)

(ii) function that would calculate the mean number of sales

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(1 mark)

(iii) type of chart that is shown above.

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(1 mark)

(b) Write appropriate titles next to EACH of the three labels on the chart above.
(3 marks)

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(c) In the worksheet below, write the data that would have been used to create the chart on
page 8.

A B

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(d) (i) Suggest a more appropriate chart for displaying the data on page 8. Justify your
response.

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(2 marks)
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(ii) Using the space below, sketch the chart named in Part (d) (i) that would more
appropriately display the data on page 8.

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(6 marks)

(e) Write the criteria that can be used in the worksheet in Part (c) to produce the countries
with sales greater than 500.

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(2 marks)

Total 20 marks
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3. DATABASE

Consider the following database of two tables containing data on the sale of online games.

STORE

ID Game Type
134 Teens
145 Car Racing
856 Tours
917 Battle

SALES

ID Origin Quantity RepeatCust Cost

134 Belize 15 Yes $45.00
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134 Guyana 4 Yes $40.00

145 Antigua 45 No $40.00
145 Barbados 23 No $55.00
856 Saba 2 No $65.00
917 St. Lucia 13 No $50.00
917 St. Vincent 17 Yes $55.00

(a) State the number of fields and records in the SALES table.

Number of fields: ................................................................................................................

Number of records: .............................................................................................................

(2 marks)

(b) State the data type for EACH of the following fields.
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Field Name Data Type

Quantity

Origin

RepeatCust

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(c) Explain whether ID is suitable for use as a primary key in the SALES table.

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(2 marks)

(d) Write queries to find EACH of the following:

(i) All quantities under 10

(2 marks)

(ii) All car racing games that cost over $50

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(4 marks)

(e) Write the result of the query to show the origin of all repeat customers.

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(3 marks)

(f) State the Origin that would be at the top of the list if the data in the SALES table were
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(1 mark)

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(g) Consider the following report.

Interim Report
Repeat
Game Type Origin Quantity Cost
Customer
Teens
Yes Guyana 4 $40.00
Yes Belize 15 $45.00
Car Racing
No Barbados 23 $55.00
No Antigua 45 $40.00
Tours
No Saba 2 $65.00
Battle
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No St. Lucia 13 $50.00

Yes St. Vincent 17 $55.00

State the names of

(i) ONE field that is grouped

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(1 mark)

(ii) TWO fields that are sorted.

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(2 marks)

Total 20 marks
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4. PROBLEM – SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING

A video game business sells online games to customers from across the region. Users register
online by entering their mobile phone number. Orders for one or more than one game can then be
placed using an online payment system. The games can then be downloaded.

(a) Complete the following IPO chart for the above scenario.

Input Processing Output

(4 marks)

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(b) Create a flow chart for the following algorithm.

Input mobile phone number

If phone number is valid
Then
Place order for one or more than one game
Pay online
Download game(s)
Else invite user to register
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(10 marks)

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(c) Discounts are offered to loyal customers who download more than 10 games.

(i) Complete the following trace table using statements from the flow chart.

Row Loyal Customer? Quantity Over 10? Discount?

1 Y Y

2 Y N

3 N Y

4 N N
(4 marks)

(ii) Maria is a loyal customer who has bought 8 games so far. She introduces Jamie
to her new games. Jamie then orders 12 games but does not plan to order more.
State which rows from (c) (i) apply to Maria and to Jamie.

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User Row

Maria

Jamie
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(d) Write suitable variable names and Pascal data types for EACH of the following variables.

Variable Suitable Variable Name Pascal Data Type

Quantity Over 10?

Loyal Customer?

Discount?
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(e) Consider the following array named CUSTOMERS that stores the customers’ mobile
numbers.

CUSTOMER 203‒1100 099‒1100 900‒1234 123‒4567 987‒6543 067‒4567

INDEX 1 2 3 4 5 6

Complete the following Pascal statements to input a number, search for the number in the
array, and if found, output a statement.

________________ (Number) ;

For INDEX: = 1 to _________ Do

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IF number = CUSTOMER [ _____ ]

THEN _________________ (‘Loyal Customer’) ;

(4 marks)

Total 30 marks
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END OF TEST

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