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CAR I B B EAN E XAM I NAT I O N S C O U N C I L

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 01 – General Proficiency

1 hour 15 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item

Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose software tools?

(A) Spreadsheet and database software Sample Answer

(B) Word processor and accounting software
(C) Student record system and database software A B C D
(D) Insurance processing and spreadsheet software

The best answer to this item is “Spreadsheet and database software”, so (A) has been shaded.

5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.

6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If
you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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1. When the computer is working on given 5. Which of the following storage media
instructions, it is called uses laser technology to store data?

(A) output (A) Flash Drive

(B) storage (B) Magnetic tape
(C) processing (C) CDROM
(D) input (D) Hard disk

2. Which of the following types of 6. Which of the following is an example of

computers would process information at an embedded computer system?
the fastest rate?
(A) Desktop
(A) Embedded (B) IBM z system
(B) Super computer (C) Smart television
(C) Main Frames (D) Laptop
(D) Mobile devices

7.
Which of the following input devices is
3. Which of the following are functions of used to read pencil or pen marks on a
the control unit? multiple choice answer sheet?

I. Read instruction (A) OCR
II. Direct operations (B) OMR
III. Execute instruction (C) POS
(D) MICR
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only 8. The MOST suitable device for the output
(D) I, II and III of architectural drawings is a

(A) plotter
4. Which of the following is a disadvantage (B) laser printer
of cloud storage? (C) graphics tablet
(D) light pen
(A) Accessibility (offline/without
internet)
(B) Reduction of storage cost to 9. Which of the following output is an
organization example of a hard copy?
(C) Increased possibility for disaster
recovery (A) An oral speech delivered by a
(D) Efficient management of stored speaker
data (B) A bill produced from a printer
(C) The display on a monitor
(D) A picture on a wall produced
from a multimedia projector

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10.
Which of the following tasks would MOST 14. Desreen has a desktop computer system.
likely require an advance graphics card? She turns on the system and waits five
minutes but no image is displayed. During
(A) Program development troubleshooting, which of the following is
(B) Web browsing MOST likely to be identified as the
(C) SBA development problem?
(D) Video editing
(A) Screen setting incorrect
(B) The power cable to the Monitor is
11. In modern computers, the CPU speed is loose
measured in (C) The battery power connected to the
system is loose
(A) kilohertz (D) The resolution is set too low
(B) gigabytes
(C) kilobytes
(D) gigahertz 15. Which of the following is the name of
the interface used by blind persons to
perform operations on a computer?
12. Quality Developers is a company that
writes programs to do specific jobs for (A) Icon
other companies. These programs are (B) Sensor
called (C) Braille
(D) Touchscreen
(A) general-purpose software
(B) special-purpose software
(C) custom-purpose software 16. John is required to email a copy of his
(D) off-the-shelf software SBA to his teacher. This emailed copy is
referred to as

13. Which of the following are software (A) soft copy

interfaces? (B) hard copy
(C) tangible copy
I. Graphical user interface (GUI) (D) machine readable copy
II. Touchscreen
III. Menu-driven
17. Vera is taking an online class and is
(A) I and II only required to enter her password twice.
(B) I and III only This process is called the
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III (A) storing process
(B) validation process
(C) verification process
(D) authenticity process

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18. Which of the following would be the BEST 23. Each website on the Internet can be accessed
option to expand your laptop’s storage by entering a unique address. This address
capacity? is referred to as the

(A) Memory card (A) HTTP

(B) Magnetic tape (B) HTML
(C) CD-ROM (C) FTP
(D) DVD (D) URL

19. James Café keeps payroll information 24. Which of the following network components
stored in files on a cloud account. Which is BEST suited for connecting LANS in a
of the following BEST describes how metropolitan area network?
these files can be accessed?
(A) Hub
(A) Serial (B) Switch
(B) Random (C) Router
(C) Sequential (D) Modem
(D) Indexed sequential

25. Teachers are able to mark class registers

20. Which of the following statements BEST online, provide instant feedback on
describes the term 'information'? assessment, and share field trip posts in
real time, through the use of
(A) It is raw facts.
(B) It is meaningful. (A) social media tools
(C) It does not have any value. (B) m-learning devices
(D) It is not the result of processing. (C) simulation software
(D) computer assisted learning

21. Which of the following technologies does

NOT facilitate the transferring of data 26. Which of the following BEST defines
between computers in adjacent buildings? 'cyberbullying'?

(A) Bluetooth (A) Connecting to a network

(B) Fibre optics (B) Using an electronic device
(C) Microwave to harass someone
(D) Twisted pair (C) Using electronic devices
to connect to WiFi
(D) Using mobile devices to
22. Uploading or downloading data to or from send a message to someone
a remote computer is done using

(A) blogging
(B) instant messaging
(C) Internet relay chat
(D) file transfer protocol

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27. You received an email from someone who 31. Which of the following is a job task of a
claims to be a representative from your social media specialist?
school. The email asked you to click on a
link to reset your password. You should (A) Maintaining a website
proceed with caution because the email (B) Developing software for social
may be a use
(C) Installing or upgrading social
(A) spam threat media software on a computer
(B) malware attack system
(C) phishing attack (D) Generating and sharing content
(D) legitimate request daily over a social media network

28. Using electronic devices to view a chat 32. Which of the following are physical
conversation between two friends, in real restrictions with respect to data security?
time, without their knowledge is
I. Firewall
(A) propaganda II. Locking up the hardware
(B) a violation of privacy III. Biometric systems
(C) a denial of service attack
(D) an electronic eavesdropping (A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
29. The use of “*********” to hide a password (D) I, II and III
being entered into a computer system is
termed
33. Which of the following actions is NOT
(A) antivirus considered a computer crime?
(B) phishing
(C) biometrics (A) Piracy
(D) encryption (B) Hacking
(C) Encryption
(D) Industrial espionage
30. In an effort to secure data on a system, users
are required to set a password in a specific
format. Which of the following types of 34. Including material obtained from online
measures is this an example of? sources in an assignment and then
submitting the assignment without giving
(A) Physical credit to the online sources is referred to as
(B) Software
(C) Hardware (A) plagiarism
(D) Personal (B) e-learning
(C) fraternization
(D) collaboration

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35. Telecommuting can BEST be described as 39. Which of the following should be done
before publishing a website?
(A) communicating between two
companies (A) Compile the source code.
(B) working from home by (B) Create the algorithm for the
connecting home and office website.
(C) working from home by (C) Ensure that all hyperlinks are
having employees at home working correctly.
(D) communicating between home and (D) Purchase the software needed
office to develop the website.

36. In word processing, an efficient way to 40. What is the name of the highlighted word
move the third paragraph in order to place or picture in a webpage that a user can click
it after the fifth paragraph is on to go to another webpage?

(A) cut and paste (A) Hypertext

(B) copy and paste (B) Bookmark
(C) copy, cut and paste (C) Hyperlink
(D) cut, copy and paste (D) Connection

37. The two files used to produce merged letters 41. Text entered into a spreadsheet is aligned
during a mail merge are the towards the left by default. These entries
are called
(A) primary document and data
source (A) labels
(B) primary document and (B) values
merged letters (C) formulae
(C) data source and merged (D) functions
letters
(D) primary document and
current letter 42. Which of the following formatting features
is unique to numbers in spreadsheets?

38. Which of the following should be (A) Bold

considered when creating a website? (B) Italics
(C) Custom
(A) Cost of each webpage (D) Indent
(B) Position of the homepage in
the website
(C) Compiler needed to develop 43. To centre the title rows of a spreadsheet
the website across the columns
(D) Intended audience for the
website (A) centre align the title rows
(B) centre align the title columns
(C) merge and centre the title rows
(D) merge and centre the title columns

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44. Which of the following is an example of 48. Which database feature can be used to
a spreadsheet function? list the names of the male students from
a particular class?
(A) function sum(A1, A2, A3)
(B) sum = A1 + A2 + A3 (A) Table
(C) = sum(A1:A3) (B) Form
(D) = A1 + A2 + A3 (C) Query
(D) Report

45. Which type of application is BEST suited

to prepare a budget? 49. What is the MOST appropriate database
data type for a field holding the marks from
(A) Database a class test?
(B) Spreadsheet
(C) Word processor (A) Text
(D) Desktop publishing (B) Numeric
(C) Currency
(D) Date/Time
46. Which of the following statements is NOT
true of primary keys?
50. What is the name given to a collection of
(A) They are unique identifiers. related fields in a database?
(B) They are always in text form.
(C) They do not contain blank (A) Table
values. (B) Field
(D) They may be composed of one (C) Record
or more attributes. (D) Column

47. A field in a table that appears as a match 51. The following variables s, t and u, have
of the primary key in another table is been assigned the values shown.
called a
s=5
(A) foreign key t=6
(B) candidate key u=3
(C) secondary key
(D) composite key Which of the following statements does
NOT evaluate to true?

(A) u > 7 and t < = 7

(B) s < t or u =< s − 2
(C) t <> 4 or s = 5
(D) u – 2 >= 1

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52. Based on the following algorithm, what 54. The representation of the pseudocode
would be displayed for k? statement “Read number” in a flowchart
symbol is
j=5
k=j
j=j+k
k=i+3
display k

(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 14

53. Which of the following algorithms does

NOT display four consecutive numbers?

(A) for v = 2 to 5
display v
55. The term used to describe a memory location
whose value changes during program
h=1(B)
execution is
while h < 5
display h
(A) variable
h=h+1
(B) volatile
end while
(C) constant
(D) dynamic
(C) for k = 7 down to 4 step −1
display k

(D) f=6
56. Which of the following are high-level
while f < 3
languages?
display f
f=f–1
I. Pascal
II. COBOL
III. ASSEMBLY

(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III

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57. Program implementation involves a 59. Errors that occur in a program when the
number of steps. Which of the following rules of the programming languages are
steps is NOT legitimate? NOT obeyed are called

(A) Linking (A) syntax errors

(B) Bonding (B) logical errors
(C) Executing (C) run-time errors
(D) Compiling (D) execution errors

58. Which of the following languages is only 60. Which of the following is an example of a
understood by computers? conditional construct?

(A) 4 GLs (A) For – Next

(B) Machine language (B) For – endfor
(C) Natural language (C) If – then– else
(D) Procedural language (D) While – endwhile

END OF TEST

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 Syllabus Syllabus
Question Key Profile Question Key Profile
Objective Objective
1 C 1.4 P1 31 D 3.5 P1

2 B 1.2 P1 32 D 3.5 P1

3 C 1.3 P1 33 A 3.2 P1

4 A 1.5 P1 34 C 3.6 P1

5 C 1.3 P1 35 B 3.6 P1

6 C 1.2 P1 36 D 4.3 P2

7 B 1.6 P1 37 A 4.7 P2

8 A 1.6 P1 38 D 4.9 P2

9 B 1.6 P1 39 B 4.12 P2

10 D 1.9 P1 40 C 4.11 P2

11 D 1.9 P1 41 A 5.2 P2

12 C 1.7 P1 42 D 5.7 P2

13 B 1.8 P1 43 D 5.6 P2

14 B 1.10 P1 44 D 5.2 P2

15 C 1.8 P1 45 C 5.1 P2

16 A 1.11 P1 46 C 6.2 P2

17 C 1.13 P1 47 D 6.2 P2

18 C 1.4 P1 48 A 6.4 P2

19 C 1.14 P1 49 B 6.2 P2

20 B 1.11 P1 50 A 6.2 P2

21 B 2.1 P1 51 A 7.1 P3

22 A 2.4 P1 52 C 7.8 P3

23 D 2.4 P1 53 D 7.8 P3

24 A 2.2 P1 54 C 7.6 P3

25 A 2.3 P1 55 C 7.4 P3

26 A 3.2 P1 56 D 8.3 P3

27 B 3.1 P1 57 B 8.2 P3

28 C 3.2 P1 58 B 8.1 P3

29 C 3.3 P1 59 A 8.3 P3

30 B 3.3 P1 60 B 8.5 P3