BRIDGING EXEMPTION TEST

SEMESTER I, SESSION 2020/2021

COURSE : INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME : FACULTY FOUNDATION UTM (BRIDGING)

DURATION : 2 HOURS

DATE : OCTOBER 2020

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE:
1. Answer all the questions.
2. All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided. Use a new page for each
question.
3. The full marks for each question or section are shown in the bracket at the end of the
question.
4. You are not permitted to take the exam paper and the answer booklet(s) out of the exam
hall.
PART A : MULTIPLE ANSWER QUESTIONS
20 MARKS

INSTRUCTION : ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

Please write your answer (A/B/C/D) in the answer booklet

1. Three ways to improve the performance of a hard disk include

A. disk caching, RAID, and file expansion
B. file compression, disk caching, and file encryption
C. RAID, file compression and disk expansion
D. disk caching, RAID, and file compression

2. Which of the following best explain about the Cloud Computing?

A. An application that provides a product rather than a service
B. Internet acts as a ’cloud’ of servers
C. An enterprise storage system that ensures efficient use of data
D. Secondary storage that can analyse user’s need

3. USB drives are a type of what kind of secondary storage?

A. Optical disks
B. Hard drives
C. High-definition disks
D. Solid-state storage

4. Which of the following is a Desktop OS criteria?

A. An embedded operating system
B. A software environment that commonly used by a group or company
C. A powerful and easy to use
D. A stand-alone or client operating system

5. What utility program reduces a file size by as much as 80 percent by substituting

short codes for lengthy data patterns?
A. Clean-up
B. Defragmentation
C. Compression
D. Interrupt

6. What are the two major software types?

A. System analysis software and data warehousing software
B. Operating system software and utilities software
C. System software and application software
D. Database management software and application software

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 7. Which OS is specially designed for smartphones and PDAs?
A. Windows XP
B. Windows Vista
C. Mac OS X
D. Windows Mobile

8. Which of these suites include a variety of programs designed to make computing

safer?
A. Norton Internet Security Suite
B. Google Docs
C. IBM Lotus Symphony
D. AppleWorks

9. What phase of the systems life cycle that used structured programming techniques?
A. Program design
B. Program maintenance
C. Program development
D. Program analysis

10. CASE tools are

A. A Set of rules to be used during system analysis and design
B. Program, packages used during system analysis and design
C. A set of tools used by analysts
D. Needed for use case development

11. In this generation Time sharing, Real time, Networks, Distributed Operating System
was used
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 4h
D. 5th

12. Which of the following is NOT a data type?

A. Symbolic Data
B. Alphanumeric Data
C. Numeric Data
D. Alphabetic Data

13. Which of the following is NOT a valid data organisation?

A. Character
B. Field
C. Database
D. Column

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14. A relational database consists of a collection of
A. Tables
B. Fields
C. Records
D. Keys

15. This level of management is involved with tactical planning and implementing the
long-term goals within an organization.
A. Top management
B. Middle management
C. Supervisors
D. Stockholders

16. Which is NOT a hardware device used to attach a device to a wireless network?
A. PC card
B. Network Interface card (NIC)
C. USB Adapter
D. PCI card

17. Bluetooth is an example of

A. personal area network
B. none of the mentioned
C. virtual private network
D. local area network

18. Which of the following is NOT a top-level domain name?

A. .car
B. .com
C. .gov
D. .net

19. _______ is the practice and precautions taken to protect valuable information from
unauthorised access, recording, disclosure or destruction.
A. Network Security
B. Database Security
C. Information Security
D. Physical Security

20. Point out the WRONG statement:

A. The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the
popularization of the Internet
B. Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems are
deployed
C. Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with a
pay-as-you-go, infinitely scalable, universally available system
D. All of the mentioned

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PART B : TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
20 MARKS
INSTRUCTION : ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
Please write your answer (True or False) in the answer booklet.

1. System software is designed for controlling the operations of a TRUE/FALSE

computer system.

2. Concatenation structure is a program design that using structured TRUE/FALSE

techniques

3. For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values, TRUE/FALSE

called the schema of that attribute

4. A relational database consists of a collection of tables TRUE/FALSE

5. A fields is a property of the entire relation, rather than of the TRUE/FALSE

individual data structure in which each data structure is unique.

6. Elite Hackers is a types of hackers that are the most skilled hackers TRUE/FALSE
in the hackers’ community

7. Accessibility issues involve the authenticity and fidelity of information TRUE/FALSE

that is collected and processed

8. Wireless attacks are malicious attacks done in wireless systems, TRUE/FALSE

networks or devices

9. Ethical hacking is the legal form of hacking based on which jobs are TRUE/FALSE
provided in IT industries and firms

10. Management information systems (MIS) produces reports that TRUE/FALSE

includes periodic, exception and demand reports

11. Decision support systems (DSS) use data from the TPS to support TRUE/FALSE
supervisors

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12. Program that allow you to surf the internet and provide access to TRUE/FALSE
Web resources known as URLs

13. Wireless networks are more vulnerable to attack than wired TRUE/FALSE
networks

14. Web directories, content evaluation, and search engines are TRUE/FALSE
examples of the Communication Channel

15. A printer connected to a wireless network is considered to be a node TRUE/FALSE

on that network

16. The Extranet is a private network within an organisation that works TRUE/FALSE
like the internet

17. The Internet affect the way you purchase your textbooks by TRUE/FALSE
decreases your bargaining power

18. Filters is a program that block access to selected sites and can set TRUE/FALSE
times limits

19. Internet communications include e-mail, instant messaging, social TRUE/FALSE

networking, blogs, and wikis

20. Keyword and Directory Search are specialised programs to assist in TRUE/FALSE
location information

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PART C : STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
60 MARKS

INSTRUCTION : ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

Please write your answer in the answer booklet.

QUESTION 1:

i. What is Organisational Information Flow?

(5 marks)

ii. Illustrate the five (5) functions of an Organisation

(5 marks)

iii. What is the function of each management levels in an organisation?

(5 marks)

QUESTION 2:

i. What is the three (3) advantages and three (3) disadvantages of networking?
(5 marks)

ii. Discuss about the following Network types

b. Local area network (LAN)

c. Wide area network (WAN)
(10 marks)

QUESTION 3:

i. What is cloud computing?

(5 marks)

ii. Describe each of the following Web utilities:

a. plug-ins,
b. filters,
c. file transfer utilities, and
d. Internet security suites
(10 marks)

QUESTION 4:

i. What is the function of information technology to an organisation?

(5 marks)
ii. Technology change is another challenge to an organisation.
a) What your future organisation can do to keep computer competency up
to date?
(5 marks)
b) Explain how you can do in becoming proactive to the changed?
(5 marks)