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Monthly Test
Subject: Computing Date: March 2023
Class: Pre IGCSE Time Allowed: 30 minutes
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I. Tick (✓) whether the following are examples of the input device, the output
device, or the storage device. (5 marks)
Input Output Storage
device device device
1. CCTV
2. CD
3. DVD player
4. Hard disk
5. Mouse
6. Pen Drive
7. Projector
8. RAM
9. Scanner
10. Touchpad

II. Answer the following true/false questions by writing the full word True or False.
(5 marks)
1. Some modern computer stores instructions and data in the same
memory location.
2. The larger the bus, the more data can carry.
3. The hexadecimal number system is used by computer technicians
because it is easier to memorize and copy.
4. Robots are sensitive to hazardous materials like chemicals and
radioactive materials.

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 5. In a real-time operating system, while running several jobs at the
same time, the smallest process has a high importance rating.
6. Parallel processing uses several CPUs working one after another
to create faster and more powerful processors.
7. The computer’s memory unit stores information temporarily.
8. In a modern computer, the instructions and data go down with
the same bus to the CPU.
9. The proximity sensor is used to sense whether the robot hits an
object.
10. The output devices convert human actions into electrical
currents.

III. (a) Convert the denary value 60 to the equivalent 8-bit binary value.
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(2 Marks)
Working Space

(b) Convert CD to the equivalent binary value.

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(2 Marks)
Working Space

(c) Find the binary addition of the results from part (a) and (b).
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(2 Marks)
Working Space

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IV. The network engineer uses error codes to diagnose the system. The error code:
E9 stands for Unspecified Reset.
i. Convert the code into the equivalent denary value.
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(2 marks)
Working Space

ii. Convert the value 9876 into the equivalent Hex code.

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Working Space

V. The cinema has a small display screen above each seat, to display the seat
number. To make the correct seat number format, the user must enter a letter
followed by two digits. Write the logical argument and truth table. (5 marks)

VI. Draw the truth table for the circuits. (5 marks)

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