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Information Technology (I.T.

)
MAY 2019 - Section I
PAST PAPER
Answer ALL questions in this section.

1. The OLDSCHOOL company collects old photographs of the city from its customers. The
photographs are store in filing cabinets and their images are also saved on a computer.

(a) Explain how the photographs and their images can be organized for easy retrieval
(2marks)

(b) Identify ONE suitable device that could be used to organize the photographs, and state
how the images of the photographs are Created and transferred to the computer.
(2marks)
(c) Consider EACH of the following terms:
Hard copy Soft copy Human Readable Machine Readable

Use one or more of the terms from the list above to indicate how the photographs are
stored and accessed by EACH of the following methods.

Filing Cabinets __________________________

Store on computers ___________________________


(4marks)

(d) For EACH of the following methods, state ONE measure that can be used to protect
the photographs OR their images in the event of a fire.

Filing Cabinets __________________________

Store on computers ___________________________


(2marks)

Total 10 marks
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2. Customers make payments for licensing their vehicles at one of ten cashier booths. Once the
cashier enter the vehicle registration number and the amount paid in the computer system, a
command is sent to print the road tax certificate. The certificate is printed in the order in which
is was received in the printer queue.

a) Identify the processing mode that is used for printing the road tax certificates and state
ONE reason why this mode may have been used.

Mode _________________
Reason _________________
(2marks)
b) A road tax certificate is not printed if the customer has NOT paid the full amount due.
Identify ONE validation check and state how the system will use it to determine if a
certificate should be printed.
(2marks)

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