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ENTRY LEVEL CERTIFICATE

COMPUTING

Hardware, Software and Logic

Candidates answer on the Question Paper

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Duration: 45 minutes

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your answer. Answer all the questions. Do not write in the bar codes. Do not write outside the box bordering each page. Write your answer to each question in the space provided, however additional paper may be used if

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INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The number of marks for each question is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part

question. The total number of marks for this paper is 24.

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Section A

The following questions are all Hardware questions.

Answer all questions.

1 A keyboard is…

Put a tick in the correct box.

Device Tick the correct answer()

an input device

an internal computer component

an output device

a storage device

2 A computer is running slowly, what could you do to make it faster?


Tick the correct answer()

Add extra RAM

Clean the CD

Plug in another monitor

Upgrade the mouse

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Fig. 1

3 Look at Fig. 1. What is item A?


Device Tick the correct answer()

Keyboard

Monitor

Mouse

Speakers

4 State the name of one output device in Fig. 1.

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A

b

cd e

5 Which two of these items are storage devices?

Put ticks in two of the boxes.

Item Tick the correct answers()

A keyboard

A motherboard

CPU

DVD

Hard disk

Mouse

6 What does the graphics card plug into?


Item Tick the correct answer()

CD ROM Drive

The CPU

The motherboard

The printer


7 Which item processes the data in your computer?


Item Tick the correct answer()

The monitor

The CPU

The printer

The scanner

[Section A Total: 8]


Section B

The following questions are all Software questions.


1 A firewall helps keep a computer secure by…



Searching for and deletes unwanted files

Optimising the CPU

Scanning the computer for driver updatesStopping unauthorised access to the computer

2 State one function that Disk Cleanup does to the files in your computer.

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3 Antivirus software is a type of…



Tick the correct answers()

Application software

Firewall

Operating system

Utility software

4 Which applications software is best for viewing a website?


Tick the correct answer

Graphics

Spreadsheet

Web authoring

Web browser

5 Which one of these software utilities returns the computer to a previous state?


Software utility Tick the correct answer()

Automatic updates

Disk defragment

Firewall

System restore

6 Which software utility searches the internet for software updates, then downloads and installs these updates?

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7 Angie keeps getting pop-up messages saying there might be a virus in some of her files, what does she need to do?



Look through her files and delete some of them

Run a disk defragment

Turn computer off and on again

Run a virus scan

8 Morgan has noticed that someone keeps accessing his files over the internet and he has notgiven them permission. What does he need to do to prevent this from happening again?



Create a backup of his files

Do a system restore

Install a firewall and make sure it is configured properly

Run a virus scan

[Section B Total: 8]


Section C

The following questions are all logic questions.


1 What is the denary number 6 in binary?



011

033

101

110

2 Convert the denary number 10 to binary.

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3 Convert the binary number 1101 to denary.

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4 Draw a line between the binary number and its denary number.

Binary Denary

4

100 9

12


5 Convert the binary number 1000 to denary.

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6 Write in the correct output value.

OR

7 Delia is replacing RAM in a computer, the stages are shown below.

They are in the wrong order.

A Put in the new RAM

B Take out the old RAM

C Take the computers side panel off

D Turn the power off

Fill in the boxes to show the correct order. One has been done for you.

D


…1

1

8 Stephen is writing an essay for homework.

Put a tick in the correct box which has the most logical order.


1. Do some research2. start typing the essay3. open a new document4. log onto the computer

1. Log onto the computer2. do some research3. open a new document4. start typing the essay

1. Open a new document2. start typing the essay3. log onto the computer4. do some research

1. Start typing the essay2. log onto the computer3. do some research4. open a new document

[Section C Total: 8]

[Paper Total 24]

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SPECIMEN

Sample Assessment MaterialENTRY LEVEL CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTINGHardware, Software and Logic

MARK SCHEME

Duration: 45 minutes

MAXIMUM MARK 24

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R353 Mark Scheme SPECIMEN

This document consists of 4 pages

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Paper A

Question Answer Marks Guidance1 An input device 12 Add extra RAM 13 Monitor 14 Speakers 15 Hard Disk and DVD 26 Motherboard 17 CPU 1

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Paper B

Question Answer Marks Guidance1 Stopping unauthorised access to the computer 12 Searches for through files to find unused/unwanted files

Deletes the unused/unwanted files1

3 Utility software 14 Web browser 15 System restore 16 Automatic updates 17 Run a virus scan 18 Install a firewall and make sure it is configured properly 1

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Paper C

Question Answer Marks Guidance1 110 12 1010 13 13 14

Binary Denary

4

100 9

12

1

5 8 1

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Question Answer Marks Guidance6 1 17 D C B A 18 B 1

Assessment Objective 1 for all questions.

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