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Hey guys i just did the multiple choice of Kadina High School 2001
i didnt have answers but
However i did them
would u guys b able 2 tell me if they r rite or not?
Ok here r the questions:
KADINA HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION 2001
INFORMATION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY
SECTION I
(20 marks)
Attempt Questions 1 – 20.
1. The uniform resource locator used to find the home page for Kadina High School’s
homepage is: http://www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/welcome.htm. The segment
www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au is the
(a) Domain name of the server containing the resource.
(b) Hypertext transfer protocol.
(c) Name of the resource file.
(d) URL.
2. What is the best way for a high school to organise data about students and the courses in
which they are enrolled?
(a) As hypermedia.
(b) In a flat-file database.
(c) In a relational database.
(d) On a course website.
3. The main reason data is compressed before transmission is:
(a) To allow transmission over phone lines.
(b) To increase the speed of transmission of the file.
(c) To maintain security during transmission.
(d) To reduce costs of transmission.
4. A school’s library circulation desk computer has a password to protect confidential
student details from unauthorised retrieval. A second password, used only by the
librarian, allows access to information about Internet sites visited by students and
teachers. What does this set-up involve?
(a) Data security, ethics and privacy.
(b) Ethics, computer crime and copyright.
(c) The changing nature of work, power and control, and ethics.
(d) The changing nature of work, power and control, and privacy.
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5. The formatted output from a database query or table containing selected and/or sorted
fields is called a:
(a) Data dictionary.
(b) Form.
(c) Report.
(d) Screen.
6. A computer is used to control access to the laser printer from a network of user
computers. What is this computer called?
(a) Client Server.
(b) File Server.
(c) Printer Server.
(d) Printer Sharer.
7. The mode of communication which allows both participants to transmit and receive at the
same time is known as:
(a) Half-duplex.
(b) Half-simplex.
(c) Full-duplex.
(d) Full-simplex.
8. Internet Service Providers gather client’s credit card details across the Internet and store
these details. They protect these details by creating a file server that:
(a) Allows both uploading an downloading across the Internet.
(b) Does not allow Internet access.
(c) Only allows downloading across the Internet.
(d) Only allows uploading across the Internet.
9. Which set of variables must be compatible before two connected computers can transmit
to each other?
(a) Baud rate, parity and number of data bits.
(b) Communication software package, computer platforms and baud rate.
(c) Parity, baud rate and communication software package.
(d) Parity, number of data bits and computer platforms.
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10. The layout of a local area network is known as it’s:
(a) Node.
(b) Topology.
(c) Picture.
(d) Star.
11. A company purchases a word processing package for its employees to use at work. One
employee borrows the word processing package and installs this software on their home
computer. The issue that relates to this activity is:
(a) Copyright.
(b) Equity.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Privacy.
12. The main advantage of a computer-based database compared to a paper filing system for
retrieving information is that the:
(a) Data can be searched more efficiently.
(b) Data is very accurate.
(c) Storage medium is a hard disk.
(d) Data is organised into data structures.
13. The baud rate is the:
(a) Number of bits that can be transmitted in one second.
(b) Transmission of data at the same rate.
(c) Maximum number of data symbols or electrical signals that can be transmitted in one
second
(d) Number of bauds that can be transmitted in one second.
14. Electronic mail is:
(a) Only used on the information superhighway.
(b) Sending, receiving and storage of messages via facsimile.
(c) Sending, receiving and storage of messages via telecommunication.
(d) The postal service using machines to electronically sort mail.
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15. A unit of data in a database, such as ‘Surname’, is called a:
(a) Character
(b) Field
(c) File
(d) Record
16. Which of the following terms describes the action of reorganising database records into
alphabetical order on a given field:
(a) Matching
(b) Searching
(c) Selecting
(d) Sorting
17. A school database contains data about students, including what year they are in, and their
selected subjects. The query to find all students in Year 12 who selected both Physics and
Chemistry would be:
(a) Year = 12 AND Subject = “Physics” AND Subject = “Chemistry”
(b) Year = 12 AND Subject = “Physics” OR Subject = “Chemistry”
(c) Year = 12 OR Subject = “Physics” AND Subject = “Chemistry”
(d) Year = 12 OR Subject = “Physics” OR Subject = “Chemistry”
18. A field that uniquely identifies a record is called a:
(a) Character field
(b) Key field
(c) Number field
(d) Record field
19. The basic requirements for any communication to occur between two parties are:
(a) A message, a medium, a method of receiving the message, a sender, a receiver.
(b) A message, a method of transmitting and receiving the message, a medium, a sender,
a receiver.
(c) A message, a method of transmitting the message, a receiver.
(d) A message, a method of receiving the message, a sender.
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20. What name is given to the device used to allow the transfer of data between two LANs
operating under the same protocol?
(a) Bridge
(b) Converter
(c) Gateway
(d) Server
My answers:
1.a.
2.c
3.b
4.d
5.c
6.c.
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.c
13.c
14.c
15.d
16.d
17.a
18.b
19.b
20.b
thanks in advance
i didnt have answers but
However i did them
would u guys b able 2 tell me if they r rite or not?
Ok here r the questions:
KADINA HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION 2001
INFORMATION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY
SECTION I
(20 marks)
Attempt Questions 1 – 20.
1. The uniform resource locator used to find the home page for Kadina High School’s
homepage is: http://www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/welcome.htm. The segment
www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au is the
(a) Domain name of the server containing the resource.
(b) Hypertext transfer protocol.
(c) Name of the resource file.
(d) URL.
2. What is the best way for a high school to organise data about students and the courses in
which they are enrolled?
(a) As hypermedia.
(b) In a flat-file database.
(c) In a relational database.
(d) On a course website.
3. The main reason data is compressed before transmission is:
(a) To allow transmission over phone lines.
(b) To increase the speed of transmission of the file.
(c) To maintain security during transmission.
(d) To reduce costs of transmission.
4. A school’s library circulation desk computer has a password to protect confidential
student details from unauthorised retrieval. A second password, used only by the
librarian, allows access to information about Internet sites visited by students and
teachers. What does this set-up involve?
(a) Data security, ethics and privacy.
(b) Ethics, computer crime and copyright.
(c) The changing nature of work, power and control, and ethics.
(d) The changing nature of work, power and control, and privacy.
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5. The formatted output from a database query or table containing selected and/or sorted
fields is called a:
(a) Data dictionary.
(b) Form.
(c) Report.
(d) Screen.
6. A computer is used to control access to the laser printer from a network of user
computers. What is this computer called?
(a) Client Server.
(b) File Server.
(c) Printer Server.
(d) Printer Sharer.
7. The mode of communication which allows both participants to transmit and receive at the
same time is known as:
(a) Half-duplex.
(b) Half-simplex.
(c) Full-duplex.
(d) Full-simplex.
8. Internet Service Providers gather client’s credit card details across the Internet and store
these details. They protect these details by creating a file server that:
(a) Allows both uploading an downloading across the Internet.
(b) Does not allow Internet access.
(c) Only allows downloading across the Internet.
(d) Only allows uploading across the Internet.
9. Which set of variables must be compatible before two connected computers can transmit
to each other?
(a) Baud rate, parity and number of data bits.
(b) Communication software package, computer platforms and baud rate.
(c) Parity, baud rate and communication software package.
(d) Parity, number of data bits and computer platforms.
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10. The layout of a local area network is known as it’s:
(a) Node.
(b) Topology.
(c) Picture.
(d) Star.
11. A company purchases a word processing package for its employees to use at work. One
employee borrows the word processing package and installs this software on their home
computer. The issue that relates to this activity is:
(a) Copyright.
(b) Equity.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Privacy.
12. The main advantage of a computer-based database compared to a paper filing system for
retrieving information is that the:
(a) Data can be searched more efficiently.
(b) Data is very accurate.
(c) Storage medium is a hard disk.
(d) Data is organised into data structures.
13. The baud rate is the:
(a) Number of bits that can be transmitted in one second.
(b) Transmission of data at the same rate.
(c) Maximum number of data symbols or electrical signals that can be transmitted in one
second
(d) Number of bauds that can be transmitted in one second.
14. Electronic mail is:
(a) Only used on the information superhighway.
(b) Sending, receiving and storage of messages via facsimile.
(c) Sending, receiving and storage of messages via telecommunication.
(d) The postal service using machines to electronically sort mail.
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15. A unit of data in a database, such as ‘Surname’, is called a:
(a) Character
(b) Field
(c) File
(d) Record
16. Which of the following terms describes the action of reorganising database records into
alphabetical order on a given field:
(a) Matching
(b) Searching
(c) Selecting
(d) Sorting
17. A school database contains data about students, including what year they are in, and their
selected subjects. The query to find all students in Year 12 who selected both Physics and
Chemistry would be:
(a) Year = 12 AND Subject = “Physics” AND Subject = “Chemistry”
(b) Year = 12 AND Subject = “Physics” OR Subject = “Chemistry”
(c) Year = 12 OR Subject = “Physics” AND Subject = “Chemistry”
(d) Year = 12 OR Subject = “Physics” OR Subject = “Chemistry”
18. A field that uniquely identifies a record is called a:
(a) Character field
(b) Key field
(c) Number field
(d) Record field
19. The basic requirements for any communication to occur between two parties are:
(a) A message, a medium, a method of receiving the message, a sender, a receiver.
(b) A message, a method of transmitting and receiving the message, a medium, a sender,
a receiver.
(c) A message, a method of transmitting the message, a receiver.
(d) A message, a method of receiving the message, a sender.
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20. What name is given to the device used to allow the transfer of data between two LANs
operating under the same protocol?
(a) Bridge
(b) Converter
(c) Gateway
(d) Server
My answers:
1.a.
2.c
3.b
4.d
5.c
6.c.
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.c
13.c
14.c
15.d
16.d
17.a
18.b
19.b
20.b
thanks in advance
