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YEAR: October 2022

Mark-Up Assessment

SUBJECT NAME: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

SUBJECT CODE: CFAF05D
QUALIFICATION(S):

PAPER DESCRIPTION: Theory DURATION: 2 HOURS PAPER ONLY

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 NONE
 NON-PROGRAMMABLE POCKET CALCULATOR
 SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR
 COMPUTER ANSWER SHEET
 GRAPH PAPER
 DRAWING INSTRUMENTS

OTHER:

INSTRUCTIONS TO
CANDIDATES:
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON THE QUESTION PAPER

9 (including
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER PAGE:
cover page)

TOTAL NUMBER OF ANNEXURES: 0

EXAMINER 1: Mrs MI Rammutla FULL MARKS: 60

TOTAL
60
MARKS:
STUDENT
MODERATOR Ms. MP Dibetle ___
TOTAL:
STUDENT %: ___

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QUESTION 1 [MULTIPLE CHOICE] [10]
Write your answer in Page 6 Table 123. Only in TABLE 123 will be
marked/graded.

1.1. A _______ is the type of case that sits upright and can hold several drives.

a) Desktop case
b) Laptop case
c) Mobile case
d) Tower case

1.2. When connecting the power cords from the power supply to the motherboard,
you will always need the main.

a) P1 power connector
b) 4-pin power connector
c) P2 Power supply
d) 4-pin auxiliary connector

1.3. A _______________ is the type of server where CPU boxes are mounted in
racks that can hold multiple servers and all servers often share one monitor &
pointing device.

a) Traditional-mounted server
b) Client Server
c) Rack-mounted server
d) Mounted server

1.4. When troubleshooting a boot problem, be sure to set BIOS to perform a full
___________.

a) POST
b) UEFI
c) BIOS
d) SMART

1.5. Which type of DIMM technologies detects and corrects error in a single bit
where its application makes -bit DIMM a 72-bit module?

a) Parity error
b) Even parity error
c) Error-checking
d) ECC

1.6. What is the technology used to predict when a drive is likely to fail?

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 a) UEFI
b) SMART
c) BIOS
d) POST

1.7. Windows Server 2003 comes in four versions, which of the following is not
part of it?

a) Standard Edition
b) Enterprise Edition
c) Client Edition
d) Server Edition

1.8. Some administrators run ____________ of a disk before the restore to find
damaged disk sectors and tracks

a) Surface analysis
b) Installation check
c) Configuration analysis
d) Initialization check

1.9. It is good practice to implement a regular schedule for finding and deleting
unneeded files such as temporary files, cookie files, etc. Which tool is used to
delete unneeded files in Windows operating system?

a) Disk Cleaning
b) Disk Cleanup
c) File system management
d) ActiveX

1.10. A ___________ keeps the memory modules cool and clips over a DIMM
memory module and may be powered by a SATA or 4-pin Molex power
connector.

a) Fan cooler
b) Processer cooler
c) RAM cooler
d) CPU cooler

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QUESTION 2 [TRUE & FALSE] [10]

State whether the following statements are True or False

Write your answer in Page 6 Table 123. Only in TABLE 123 will be
marked/graded.

2.1 Scalability feature in Windows Server 2008/R2 includes components to help

reduce the number of physical servers.
a) True b) False
2.2 The common types of tape cartridges include DDS and DLT.
a) True b) False

2.3 BASIC is a simple programming language developed at Dartmouth College

in the mid-1960’s.
a) True b) False

2.4 POST uses autodetection to prepare the device, drive capacity and
configuration selected.
a) True b) False

2.5 The Windows blue screen of death error occurs during the boot.
a) True b) False
2.6 Today’s laptops use DDR, DDR3L, DDR3, or DDR2 SO-DIMM memory.
a) True b) False

2.7 Power-on passwords are assigned in BIOS setup to prevent unauthorized

access to the computer and/or BIOS setup utility.
a) True b) False
2.8 When you press and hold the power button for 3 seconds it will drain the
power supply.
a) True b) False
2.9 A Motherboard is sometimes called system monitor and it is the largest
and most important circuit board.
a) True b) False

2.10 The BIOS is not stored in a complementary metal oxide semiconductor

(CMOS) memory chip
a) True b) False

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QUESTION 3 [MATCHING] [10]

Match by pointing out the terms to the descriptions. Write your

answers on page 6 Table 123. Only in TABLE 123 will be
marked/graded

1. Cooler A. Receives and converts house current so the

components inside the computer case can use it.

2. Registers B. When one physical machine hosts activities that are

normally done on multiple machines.

3. Expansion cards C. It includes the monitor and power supply.

4. MS-DOS D. A creamlike thermal compound is placed in between

bottom of it and on top of the processor so it eliminates
air pockets, helping to draw heat off the processor.

5. PSU E. Generally effective in automatically cleaning out

temporary files.

6. Black boxes F. Duplicates data on one drive to another drive and it is

used for fault tolerance.

7. Virtualization G. It’s a circuit board that provides more ports than those
provided by the motherboard.

8. Mirroring H. The first widely distributed operating system for

microcomputers that had to be loaded from disk or
tape.

9. MAC OS X I. A small holding area on processor chip that holds

counters, data, instructions and addresses.

10. WHEA J. It supports memory and cache error recovery.

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 TABLE 123
PLEASE WRITE ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS 1,2, and 3 in this table

Only A; B; C or D Only True or False Only Letter e.g. C

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

4 4 4

5 5 5

6 6 6

7 7 7

8 8 8

9 9 9

10 10 10

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Question 4 [Abbreviations] [10]

Write down what does following the abbreviations stand for in full:

Abbreviation Stands for:

4.1 FCLGA

4.2 SDRAM

4.3 EMI

4.4 PSU

4.5 JBOD

4.6 POST

4.7 WHEA

4.8 DDR

4.9 CMOS

4.10 ReFS

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Question 5 [Long questions] [20]

6.1. There are four main steps every PC technician should know and follow when
taking a computer apart and putting it back together again. Provide the four
(4) steps. [8]

6.2. Tshifiwa is a football fanatic, he is always learning new skills on the internet.
Sadly, his computer began misbehaving, and after researching he discovered
that he needs to upgrade his motherboard’s firmware. Name the two (2) types
of firmware used in a motherboard [2]

6.3. Cloud computing provides scalable web-based application and service over
the internet that are used by client through web browsers. Name and explain
three (3) cloud models. [6]

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6.4. Windows server 2012/R2 comes with a variety of editions to best suit your
needs. List at least four (4) of those editions [4]

Total [60]

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