4 (a) Sensors are one type of input device.
For each of the following situations, name a different sensor that could be used.
(i) air conditioning in an office building
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(ii) Maintaining correct growing conditions in a greenhouse
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(iii) Detecting an intruder in a building
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(b) Distinguish between the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW).
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6 (a) Name the most suitable input or output device for each of the following uses.
Give a different device in each case.
Description of use Input or output device
input of credit card number into an online form
selection of an option at an airport information kiosk
output of a single high-quality photograph
output of several hundred high-quality leaflets
input of a hard copy image into a computer
(b) All of the uses in part (a) involve the input or output of data.
(i) Describe two methods of preventing accidental loss of data.
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(ii) Describe one way of ensuring the security of the data against malicious damage.
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1 Three examples of language translators and four definitions are shown below.
Draw lines to link each language translator to the correct one or more definitions.
Language
Definition
translator
The software reads the source code and reports all errors. The
software produces an executable file.
The software reads each statement and checks it before running it.
The software halts when it encounters a syntax error.
The software translates a high-level language program into
machine code for the processor to execute
The software translates low-level statements into machine code for
the processor to execute.
(b) The students use software to compress the sound clips before emailing them.
(i) Circle your chosen method of compression and justify your choice.
Lossy / Lossless
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2 Biyu is writing a computer program in a high-level language.
(a) Biyu uses a language translator.
(i) State the purpose of a language translator.
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(ii) Biyu uses an interpreter.
State two benefits of Biyu using an interpreter instead of a compiler while writing the
Program.
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2 (a) The first column of the following table gives features of different types of printer.
Put a tick (3) in the cells to show which features describe a laser and an inkjet printer. [2]
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Type of printer
Laser Inkjet
Impact printer
Non-impact printer
Line printer
Page printer
(b) Two of the components of an inkjet printer are a stepper motor and a print head.
Describe how each component is used when printing a page.
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(c) A student has an old working laptop computer. It has a small capacity internal disk drive with
almost all the storage space taken up by the operating system and application programs.
She needs to buy an external storage device to store her data files.
(i) List two suitable devices.
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(ii) Describe one advantage of choosing one of the devices.
Advantage of choosing device 1 / 2 (circle)
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4 (a) (i) Explain why a personal computer (PC) needs an operating system (OS).
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(ii) One of the tasks carried out by the OS is the management of the use of the processor.
Name and describe two other management tasks that the OS performs.
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(b) A user has the following issues with the use of their personal computer (PC).
For each case, state the utility software which should provide a solution.
(i) The user wants to send a large file as an attachment to an email. The user knows that
the recipient’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) has a limit of 2MB for file attachments.
Utility software solution: ................................................................................................ [1]
(ii) The user is writing a book and is worried that the document files could get damaged or
deleted.
Utility software solution: ................................................................................................ [1]
(iii) The computer has recently been slow to load large files. The user has deleted a large
number of small files to try to solve the problem. A friend has advised that there is a
procedure which should be regularly carried out to reorganize file storage on the hard disk.
Utility software solution: ................................................................................................ [1]
(iv) The user clicked on an attachment in an unsolicited email. Since then, the computer has
shown some unexplained behaviors.
Utility software solution: ................................................................................................ [1]
4 Shazia is creating a computer program that will be released to the public. The program
includes a video.
(a) Shazia wants to make sure her computer program is copyrighted.
(i) Define the term copyright.
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7 A system is monitored using sensors. The sensors output binary values corresponding
to physical
conditions, as shown in the table:
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Description of
Parameter Binary
parameter Description of condition
value
1 pressure >= 3 bar
P oil pressure
0 pressure < 3 bar
1 temperature >= 200°C
T temperature
0 temperature < 200°C
1 rotation <= 1000 revs per minute (rpm)
R rotation
0 rotation <= 1000 revs per minute (rpm)
The outputs of the sensors form the inputs to a logic circuit. The output from the circuit, X, is 1 if
any of the following three conditions occur:
either oil pressure >= 3 bar and temperature >= 200°C
or oil pressure < 3 bar and rotation > 1000 rpm
or temperature >= 200°C and rotation > 1000 rpm
(a) Draw a logic circuit to represent the above system.
(b) Complete the truth table for this system.
Workspace
P T R X
(b) Most computers use Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports to allow the attachment of devices.
Describe two benefits of using USB ports.
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(c) The table shows six stages in the von Neumann fetch-execute cycle.
Put the stages into the correct sequence by writing the numbers 1 to 6 in the right hand Column.
Sequence
Description of stage
number
the instruction is copied from the Memory Data Register (MDR) and placed
in the Current Instruction Register (CIR)
the instruction is executed
the instruction is decoded
the address contained in the Program Counter (PC) is copied to the Memory
Address Register (MAR)
the value in the Program Counter (PC) is incremented so that it points to the
next instruction to be fetched
the instruction is copied from the memory location contained in the Memory
Address Register (MAR) and is placed in the Memory Data Register (MDR)
4 (a) The Accumulator is a register. The current contents of the Accumulator are:
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
(i) Convert the value in the Accumulator into denary.
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(ii) Convert the value in the Accumulator into hexadecimal.
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(iii) Convert the value in the Accumulator into Octal.
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(iv) The ASCII code for ‘A’ is 41 in hexadecimal.
Calculate the ASCII code in hexadecimal for ‘Z’. Show your working.
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2 (a) A greenhouse control system has four input parameters (H, D, T, W) and 2 outputs (X,Y).
Description of
Parameter Binary value Condition
parameter
Humidity 0 Too low
H
1 Acceptable
Day 0 Night
D
1 Day
Temperature 0 Too high
T
1 Acceptable
Windows 0 Closed
W
1 Open
The watering system turns on (X = 1) if:
Both it is daytime and the temperature is too high
Or the humidity is too low.
The fan turns on (Y = 1) if the temperature is too high and the windows are closed.
Draw a logic circuit to represent the greenhouse control system.
(b) Complete the truth table for the logic expression: X = NOT A AND (B NAND C)
Workspace
A B C X
3 Parity bits can be used to verify data.
(a) The following binary number is transmitted using odd parity. [1]
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Add the missing parity bit.
Parity Bit
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
(b) In the following data transmitted, the first column contains the parity bits, and the last row
contains the parity byte. A device transmits the data using even parity.
Circle the error in the data transmitted. [1]
Parity bit Data
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parity byte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(c) The following table shows five error detection measures.
Put one tick (3) in each row to indicate whether the measure is validation or verification. [5]
Measure Validation Verification
Checksum
Format check
Range check
Double entry
Check digit
3 The fetch-execute cycle is shown in register transfer notation.
01 MAR [PC]
02 PC [PC] - 1
03 MDR [MAR]
04 CIR [MAR]
(a) There are three errors in the fetch-execute cycle shown.
Identify the line number of each error and give the correction.
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6 (a) Draw a logic circuit to represent the logic expression:
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X = A OR (B AND NOT C) OR (A AND B)
(b) Complete the truth table for the logic expression in part (a).
Workspace
A B C X
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