UIA ee. test cope 01229020 FORM TP 2014084 MAY/JUNE 2014 ‘e CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 02 — General Proficiency 2 hours 15 minutes 15 MAY 2014 (a.m.) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY, 1. This paper consists of THREE sections and a total of TWELVE questions. Candidates MUST answer ALL questions in all THREE sections. Number EACH answer correctly in the answer booklet. 3. Code is to be written in the programming language, Pascal. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council Alll rights reservedee SECTION I THEORY ~ 60 marks Answer ALL questions. 1. (@)_ Arrange the following units of storage from the largest to the smallest, with the largest capacity at the top of the list and the smallést capacity at the bottom. + Megabyte (MB) + Kilobyte (KB) + Terabyte (TB) + Gigabyte (GB) (4 marks) (b) For EACH of the following tasks, state the name of the hardware device that performs the given task. (i) Performs calculations within the CPU (ii) Stores program instructions during the execution of the program (iii) Implements the sequencing of instruction execution in the CPU (iv) Reads data written in magnetic ink from a document (v) Produces audio output from a computer (vi) Captures graphical data directly from a document for input to a computer (6 marks) Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE sen anee aay.eS. 2. (a) When achild enters a school for the first time, data is collected and entered by the clerical staff on a screen similar to the image below. FintNane aoa Le as Date of Birth [9 (da/mm/yy) Address ERSSERRRES Number of siblings attending school Current Age [INN years ‘The following validation checks are used to validate the data entered in the different fields in the data entry form given above. Outline the purpose of EACH type of check on the field identified below. (i) First Name: Data type check (ii) Number of siblings attending school: Reasonableness check (ii) Date of Birth: Range check (iv) Current Age: Consistency check (8 marks) (b) State ONE difference between verification and validation, @ marks) ‘Total 10 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01229020/F 2014.