Write Your Name in Capital Letters, Your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the Boxes Above

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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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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name in capital letters, your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the boxes above.
Use black ink. Pencil may be used for graphs and diagrams only.
Read each question carefully and make sure that you know what you have to do before starting 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 necessary.

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.

Section A

The following questions are all Hardware questions.

Answer all questions.

1A 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

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

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer
()
Add extra RAM
Clean the CD
Plug in another monitor
Upgrade the mouse

Fig. 1

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

Put a tick in the correct box.

Device / Tick the correct answer
()
Keyboard
Monitor
Mouse
Speakers

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

5Which two of these items are storage devices?

Put ticks in twoof the boxes.

Item / Tick the correct answers
()
A keyboard
A motherboard
CPU
DVD
Hard disk
Mouse

6What does the graphics card plug into?

Put a tick in the correct box.

Item / Tick the correct answer
()
CD ROM Drive
The CPU
The motherboard
The printer

7Which item processes the data in your computer?

Put a tick in the correct box.

Item / Tick the correct answer
()
The monitor
The CPU
Theprinter
The scanner

[Section A Total: 8]

Section B

The following questions are all Software questions.

Answer all questions.

1A firewall helps keep a computer secure by…

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer
()
Searching for and deletes unwanted files
Optimising the CPU
Scanning the computer for driver updates
Stopping unauthorised access to the computer

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

......

3Antivirus software is a type of…

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answers
()
Application software
Firewall
Operating system
Utility software

4Which applications software is best for viewing a website?

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer

Graphics
Spreadsheet
Web authoring
Web browser

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

Put a tick in the correct box.

Software utility / Tick the correct answer
()
Automatic updates
Disk defragment
Firewall
System restore

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

......

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

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer
()
Look through her files and delete some of them
Run a disk defragment
Turn computer off and on again
Run a virus scan

8Morgan has noticed that someone keeps accessing his files over the internet and he has not
given them permission. What does he need to do to prevent this from happening again?

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer
()
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]

SectionC

The following questions are all logic questions.

Answer all questions.

1What is the denary number 6 in binary?

Put a tick in the correct box.

Tick the correct answer
()
011
033
101
110

2Convert the denary number 10 to binary.

......

3Convert the binary number 1101 to denary.

......

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

Binary / Denary
4
100 / 9
12

5Convert the binary number 1000 to denary.

......

6Write in the correct output value.

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

They are in the wrong order.

APut in the new RAM

BTake out the old RAM

CTake the computers side panel off

DTurn the power off

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

8Stephen is writing an essay for homework.

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

Tick the correct answer
()

Do some research
start typing the essay
open a new document
log onto the computer

Log onto the computer
do some research
open a new document
start typing the essay

Open a new document
start typing the essay
log onto the computer
do some research

Start typing the essay
log onto the computer
do some research
open a new document

[Section C Total: 8]

[Paper Total 24]

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Sample Assessment Material
ENTRY LEVEL CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTING
Hardware, Software and Logic
MARK SCHEME
Duration:45 minutes

MAXIMUM MARK24

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This document consists of 4pages

Paper A

Question / Answer / Marks / Guidance
1 / An input device / 1
2 / Add extra RAM / 1
3 / Monitor / 1
4 / Speakers / 1
5 / Hard Disk and DVD / 2
6 / Motherboard / 1
7 / CPU / 1

Paper B

Question / Answer / Marks / Guidance
1 / Stopping unauthorised access to the computer / 1
2 / Searches for through files to find unused/unwanted files
Deletes the unused/unwanted files / 1
3 / Utility software / 1
4 / Web browser / 1
5 / System restore / 1
6 / Automatic updates / 1
7 / Run a virus scan / 1
8 / Install a firewall and make sure it is configured properly / 1

Paper C

Question / Answer / Marks / Guidance
1 / 110 / 1
2 / 1010 / 1
3 / 13 / 1
4 / Binary / Denary
/ 4
100 / 9
12
/ 1
5 / 8 / 1
6 / 1 / 1
7 / D C B A / 1
8 / B / 1

Assessment Objective 1 for all questions.