THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2017
(Level 1)

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY
(SPECIMEN PAPER)

TIME: 1 HOUR & 30 MINUTES

Student's Name:

School's Name:
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School's Code:

Student's Number:
INSTRUCTIONS

Read the following carefully:

1. This paper consists of forty ( 40) Multiple - Choice questions. Answer ALL questions
on the Multiple-Choice answer sheet provided.

2. Complete the following on the cover of this booklet:

Student's Name
School's Name
School's ID
Student's Number

3. Fill in the following information on the Multiple-Choice Answer Sheet using a 2 HB

pencil only (if it has not already been completed):
School's Name
School's ID
Student's Name
Student's Number
Date of Birth
Subject

4. Record your answers on the Multiple - Choice Answer Sheet provided by shading the
selected answer completely.

5. If you must change your answer, erase your first answer completely and then shade
your new answer.

6. On the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet DO NOT:

Write anything on the top or sides

Staple
Punch holes
Bend the comers
Tear
Or make stray marks

7. If you are finished before time is called, go back and check your work.

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 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
MULTIPLE CHOICE

Answer ALL questions.

1. Which of the following is a computer Question 4 refers to the image below.

related injury?

A. Concussion
B. Wrist strain
C. Ankle strain
D. Fracture

2. To avoid eyestrain, where should the

top of the monitor be relative to the 4. One safety rule in a computer lab is
user's eyes? to avoid eating and drinking close to
the computers.
A. At eye level What risk can be prevented if this
B. Below eye level rule is followed?
c. Above eye level
A. Faulty printing
D. Close to your eyes
B. Food poisoning
C. Electrical damage
D. Computer overheating
Question 3 refers to the text below.

Sitting at the proper desk will allow 5. Marva has several documents to
you to have the correct posture type. She experiences pain in her
hands when typing.
while working. It should be at the
right height to support your arms
How can she prevent this?
while you work at the computer.
A. Place her hands in cold water
B. Use another computer
3. What term does the text relate to? C. Use a wrist rest
D. Place her hands in warm water
A. Economics
B. Ergonomics
c. Biometrics
D. Aesthetics

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6. A clerk sits behind the computer for 10. What devices are needed for making
long periods, using the wrong kind a video call?
of chair.
Which problem can occur? A. Keyboard, microphone, speakers
B. Joystick, printer, webcam
A. Drowsiness C. Scanner, mouse, speakers
B. Red itchy/burning eyes D. Webcam, speakers, microphone
C. Headaches and sensitivity to light
D. Back pains
11. Which type of computer is suitable
for performing complex scientific
7. Which of the following can be used calculations?
as permanent storage when saving a
word document? A. Desktop
B. Supercomputer
A. Random Access Memory C. Laptop
B. Read-Only Memory D. Micro Computer
C. Flash drive
D. Central processing unit
12. A technician performed a task on the
computer. This task may delete
8. Atiba misplaced his cordless programs that were installed on the
keyboard. computer.
What other device can he use to
select an icon on his monitor? Which of these tasks is described?

A. Gaming Wheel A. Disk Defragmentation

B. Mouse B. Disk Clean-up
C. Scanner C. System restore
D. Mouse pad D. Playing a game

13. Which of the following is a

9. Which one of the following devices
peripheral device?
uses magnetism to store and retrieve
data?
A. RAM
B. Keyboard
A. Primary memory
C. CPU
B. Hard disk drive
D. Motherboard
C. DVD/ DVD-R drive
D. Web camera

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 14. Ken accidentally erased all the data 16. MS Excel is an example of what type
in a document. He needs to of software?
immediately restore the data.
What command icon can he use? A. Word-processing
B. Spreadsheet
C. Drawing
D. Presentation
A.

Question 17 refersto Diagrambelow.

B.

c.

17. What function is executed if the icon

D. which the arrow points to is
selected?

A. Shrink font
Question 15 refersto the Spreadsheet below. B. Font color
c. Change case
D. Text highlight
A B c D
1
2
3
4

15. What range is shown in the shaded

area above?

A. Al: C3
B. Al: Cl
C. C2: Al
D. A2: C3

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Question 18 refers to the image below. 21. Which software is used for creating
Business letters?

A. Paint
B. Spreadsheet
C. Word processor
D. Access

18. A teacher wants to use the same 22. What is an example of a 'blog'?
background on all his presentation
slides. A. An online diary
Which option would assist him to B. An audio broadcast on the
achieve this?
Internet
C. A text-based 'chatting' system
A. Insert option
D. A place online to send and
B. Design option
receive messages.
C. New slide option
D. Slide layout option
Question 23 refers to the text below.

19. A student wants to apply motion

effects when moving from one slide [email protected]
to another.
What PowerPoint feature can be 23. What does this represent?
used?
A. A web page
A. Slide Transition
B. A username
B. Slide Design
C. An email address
c. Animation
D. A business address
D. Orientation

Question 24 refers to the image below.

20. When using MS Paint you wish to
zoom in on a section of your picture.
Which drop down menu should you
use?
24. What feature of the Internet is shown
A. File above?
B. Edit
C. Home A. A Username
D. View B. A URL
C. A Web browser
D. A Search engine

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 25. Which of the following is an Question 29 refers to the Flow Chartbelow.
example of a Search Engine?

A. Google
B. Gmail
C. Safari
D. Chrome
FALSE

26. For Vashti's project, she copied an

entire paragraph from the internet
and placed it in her document c
without citing the source.
What term describes her action?

A. Plagiarism
n
B. Copyright
C. Hacking
D. Fraud
29. Where is the loop condition
checked?
27. What is Anti-virus software used to
A. Position A
protect the computer from?
B. Position B
C. Position C
A. Software threats
B. Hardware threats D. Position D
C. User Misuse
D. Electrical Surges
30. Which flowchart symbol would be
used to represent 'Print' in an
28. Which of the following describes algorithm?
computational thinking skill of
decomposing a problem?

A. Finding similarities between

A. 0
things B.
B. Breaking a problem down into
c_: )
smaller pieces
C. Finding differences to
make one solution work for
multiple problems
D. Creating a list of steps that you
c.
0
can follow to solve a problem D.

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Question 31 refers to the Case below.

A student wrote the following program script using a special programming language that
moves a triangle on the screen:

start
pen down
move 10
turn right 90
move 10
pen up

When the student clicked 'Start', the following was the output:

31. Using the same programming language from above, which of the following scripts would
draw a square of sides 10 on the screen?

A. start B. start
pen down pen down
move 10 move 10
tum right 90 tum right 90
move 10 move 10
tum right 90
tum right 90
move 10
pen up move 10
tum right 90
move 10
pen up
C. start
pen down D. start
move 10 move 10
tum right 90 tum right 90
move 10 move 10
tum right 90 tum right 90
move 10 move 10
tum right 90 tum right 90
move 10 move 10
tum right 90 pen down
move 10
pen up

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 Questions 32-33 refer to the Scratch Programming Interface below.

32. In which section is a script 33. In which section do sprites move,

developed? draw, and interact?

A. Section A A. Section A
B. Section B B. Section B
C. Section C C. Section C
D. Section D D. Section D

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Question 34 refers to the code below. Question 37 refers to the scenario below.

Set x to 12
Set y to 3 Some students used their phones to
Set a to x - y take inappropriate pictures of
another student. These pictures
34. What is the value of 'a'? were then circulated via social
media to intimidate or threaten the
A. 7 student.
B. 15
C. 4
3 7. What is the term used to describe the
D. 9
actions of the students?

A. Cyberbullying
35. What is a benefit of proper B. Hacking
N etiquette? C. Computer Fraud
D. Blogging
A. Improved performance on online
exams
B. Reduced offensive online
38. Which of the following could put
behaviour you at risk in relation to the Internet
C. Access to informative websites use?
D. Safer navigation of the Internet
A. Keeping your passwords secret
B. Not sharing your current location
36. Sue-Ann sends chain letters to her online
friends online. C. Telling your parents who are
What rule of proper netiquette is your online friends
being disobeyed?
D. Posting your phone number
A. Avoid sarcasm on your profile
B. No spam
C. Identify yourself
D. Be concise 39. As a fourteen year old, you received
a 'friend request' on social media
from a person you do not know.
What course of action should you
take?

A. Accept the friend request.

B. Deny the friend request.
C. Start a chat session.
D. Arrange to meet them.

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 Question 40 refers to the email below.

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I I
I Congratulationslll I
1 From: Information desk [email protected] :
Subject: OW I Global Lottery
I I
I I
I Your email address was selected to claim the sum of $500,000.00 in the Global Lottery. I
I To claim your prize, please contact our agent in Lagos, Nigeria. I
Contact person: Mr. Osi Abubaffa email: [email protected] I
Phone: +1239875456321 ~

You must provide - I

(1) $1000 for the posting and handling fees. I
(2) Your bank account number I
(3) Name and address I
I
ACT NOW!!!
I
You have two hours in which to claim your prize.
I
Congratulations! I
Ms. Leed I
I (Co-ordinator) I
I ========================== =II
40. You received this email,
promising a large sum of money
if personal information is provided.
What should you do?

A. Send the email to your friends

B. Delete the email
C. Tell your friends about the email
before you send it
D. Respond to the sender of the
email

END OFTEST

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