NILE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Certificate of Nile International Secondary Education

Level 1
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2084/01

Paper 1 Written May/June 2021
1 hour 30 minutes
You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working.
• Calculators are not allowed.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Give one input device that is used when recording a video.

[1]

2 Name the hardware device that forwards data packets between networks.

[1]

3 Tick () true or false for each of these statements about cloud storage.

Statement True False

Files can be accessed remotely.

Cloud storage can only be accessed by a tablet.

Cloud storage can be used as a backup solution.

Data storage is managed only by the individual user.

Access is dependent on a data connection.

It increases the use of paper.

The device you use requires more RAM to access cloud storage than to
access local files.

[3]

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4 The diagram shows descriptions of two data structures. Draw lines to match each data structure
with its correct descriptions.

Data Structure Description

Data is processed in the order Last in First Out.

Stack
Data is processed in the order First in First Out.

Data is removed from the front.

Queue

New data is added as the last entry.

[4]

5 Describe three features of a solid state drive (SSD).

Feature 1

Feature 2

Feature 3

[3]

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6 Fine Fresh Fruit is a shop that sells local fruits and vegetables. They set up a new website.

(a) Describe the parts of the website address: https://www.finefreshfruit.com/frozen

https://

www.

finefreshfruit.com

/frozen

[4]

(b) The website is built using HTML. Define the term HTML.

[1]

(c) The website lists the fruits that are sold. Give the HTML tag for creating an ordered list.

[1]

(d) State two advantages and two disadvantages of using a WYSIWYG editor to create a
website.

Advantage 1

Advantage 2

Disadvantage 1

Disadvantage 2

[4]

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7 Complete the truth table extract for the logic diagram shown below.

A B C D E F X

1 1 1 1

0 1 0 0

0 0 1 0

[3]

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8 Nailah is designing a program that asks a user to enter two numbers and then outputs the larger
number. The program then repeats for the next user.

(a) Draw a flowchart that represents the program.

[6]

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(b) Nailah uses a trace table to test another program. Complete the trace table.

1 number = 3
2 print(number)
3 for i = 1 to 3:
4 number = number – 2
5 print(number)
6 print("end")

Line number number i Output

1 3

2 3

3 2

[6]

(c) Line 3 of Nailah’s program uses a ‘for’ loop.

State the term that describes this programming technique.

[1]

9 Describe how ASCII is used to represent text.

[3]

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10 Convert the denary number 216 into binary.

[2]

11 Nabil is working on an image file.

(a) Describe what is meant by the term colour depth.

[1]

(b) Nabil’s image is 5 inches by 5 inches and has a resolution of 100ppi.

Calculate the total number of pixels in his image.

[2]

(c) Nabil decides to send his image file as an email attachment.

Before the image is sent, it is compressed.

Explain what will happen to the image and the file size.

[2]

(d) Describe two disadvantages of reducing the resolution of an image.

Disadvantage 1

Disadvantage 2

[2]

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12 A hospital uses an expert system to support doctors with their decisions.

(a) Explain the role of the inference engine in this process.

[2]

(b) Identify one other part of an expert system.

[1]

13 Describe how agile methodology can be used when creating a product.

[3]

14 A business provides each of its employees with a laptop.

Identify three health issues related to using a laptop. For each issue, explain actions that can be
taken to reduce it.

[6]

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15 Explain how online office tools are used to collaborate.

[4]

16 Explain the positive and negative impacts of using robots in industry.

[6]

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17 Discuss how technology has impacted on the environment.

[8]

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