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S850/1
Subsidiary Information
and Communication
Technology
Paper 1
Nov./Dec.2022
21⁄2 hours

FACILITATION EXAMINATION
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
SUBSIDIARY ICT
Paper 1
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Answer all questions in this paper

This paper is made up of twenty equally weighted questions

All answers should be written in blue or black ink in the spaces provided in the
question paper

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1. (a) During the operation of a computer, it performs two basic functions they
include:- (02 marks)
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(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………..

(b) List one characteristic that encourages you to buy a computer. (02 marks)

(i) …………………………………………………………………………….
(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………..

(c) What is Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (01 marks)

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2. (a) Distinguish between cold booting and warm booting. (02 marks)
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(b) (i) Give one circumstances under which a computer can be warm booted.
(01 marks)
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(ii) State any one methods of carrying out or performing a worm booting.
(01 marks)
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(iii) State any of the computer failure to boot up. (01 marks)

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 3. (a) Define the term green computing? (01 marks)
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(b) State any two goals of green computing. (02 marks)
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(c) Outline two measures being applied green computing. (02 marks)
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4. (a) Distinguish between a file from a folder.
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(b) (i) List any one rule of naming a folder. (01 marks)

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(iii) State any two characters that are not accepted in a computer file name.
(02 marks)

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5. (a) Explain the term troubleshooting as used in computers. (01 marks)

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(c) State any two steps in steps in trouble shooting. (02 marks)
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 (c) Distinguish between computer servicing from computer repair. (02 marks)
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6. (a) Define the term computer hardware. (01 mark)
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(b) State any two categories of computer hardware you know? (02 marks)

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(c) Identify an input device for each of the following data. (02 marks)
(i) Sound………………………………………………………….………
(ii) Images…………………………………………………..……………

7. (a) Distinguish between bespoke software from off the shelf software.
(02 marks)
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(b) State any one functions of the following system softwares. (03 marks)
(i) Operating system……………………………………………………….….
(ii) Utility programs……………………………………………………………
(iii) Programming Language …………………………………………………..

8. (a) Annet is a system administrator. At the end of the week, Annet makes a
back up of her data file
What is a backup? (01 marks)
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 (b) (i) State any two reasons for carrying out backup. (02 marks)

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(iii) List two examples of Biometric devices. (02 marks)

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9. (a) Distinguish between System software from Application software.

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(b) Define the following terms as used in computer software. (02 marks)
(i) Public domain software
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(ii) Packaged software
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(iii) Open source software
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10. (a) Outline any three netiquette guidelines that must be observed while
online. (03 marks)
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 (b) State two examples of search engines that you know. (02 marks)

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11. (a) Distinguish between Desktop publishing software and presentation
software. (02 marks)
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(b) Give one examples of Desktop publishing software you know.
(01 marks)
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(c) Explain the following feature of desktop publishing software.
(02 marks)
(i) Select tool
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(ii) Rotate Tool.
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(iii) Text Tool.

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12. (a) Distinguish between Carbon Copy (CC) and Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)
as used in electronic mail. (02 marks)
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(b) State any one advantages of electronic mail over traditional mail.

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 (c) Explain the following terms as used in electronic mails.

(i) Soft bounce.

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(ii) Hard bounce.

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13. (a) Define file extension as used in file management. (01 marks)
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(b) Give the appropriate file extension for the following programs in the
table below. (04 marks)
Program / Software File extension
Presentation file
Word processing file
Executable file
Desktop Publishing file

14. (a) Write URL in full. (01 marks)

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(b) (i) Give a URL below name the major parts it contains. (04 marks)
http://www.youtube.com/kyalenga.mp3.

State the:
a) Protocol: …………………………………………………………..
b) Domain name: ……………………………………………………..
c) Top level domain: …………………………………………………
d) File name: ………………………………………………………………………

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15. Give any five ICT carrier opportunities you know. (05 marks)
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16. (a) Define data communication. (01 mark)
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(b) Define the following as used in data communication. (04 marks)
(i) Simplex transmission.
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(ii) Half duplex transmission.
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(iii) Full duplex transmission.
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(iv) Transmission media.
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17. For questions (a)-(e), fill in the missing words from the list below:(05 marks)

Slide master Place holder

Slide transition Transition loop
Slide show Action button
(a) The……………………… used as hyperlink to navigate a presentation.
(b) Container in layout that holds text, graphics and clipart is …………………...
(c) ………………………………….this is the default template when starting a
power point presentation.
(d) ………………………………Enables the presentation to run automatically
and continuously without stopping.
(e) …………………refers to visual movement as one slide is changes to
a nother.
18. (a) Give two advantages of networked computers in an organization.
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(b) Distinguish between peer to peer networks from Client server network.

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(c) Define the following as used in computer networks. (01 marks)

(i) Router.

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(ii) Gateway.
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19. (a) Distinguish between intranet from extranet.
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(b) State three advantages of using intranet in an organization. (03 marks)
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20. (a) God’s hope ICT club keeps a file of members on a computer system.
Part of the files shown in the following diagram.
CODE SURNAME INITIAL SEX DATE OF BIRTH

K1001 Serugo S M 11/12/97

K1011 Rehema R F 04/01/98
K1025 Kibalama K M 15/05/97
K1037 Fred F M 18/02/98
K1057 Muwabe N M.N M 21/07/97
K1073 Namanya N M 09/02/99
K1096 Patel P F 03/09/98
K1102 Sauda S F 22/04/99
K1124 Agnes A.A F 14/04/97
K1139 Moses M.O M 09/01/98

(b) State how many fields are in each record (1 Marks)

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(c) State the data type that should be used for the CODE data. (1 Marks)

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(d) State the possible field size for SEX
(1 Marks)

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(e) Write a criteria to display name beginning with letter S (2 Marks)
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