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INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
WEDNESDAY: 21 August 2024. Afternoon Paper. Time Allowed: 3 hours.
This paper has seven (7) questions. Answer any FIVE questions. ALL questions carry equal marks. Do NOT write anything on this paper.
QUESTION ONE
(a) Explain the function of an operating system in job accounting. (2 marks)
(b) Highlight THREE ways in which operating systems authenticate users. (3 marks)
(c) Outline FOUR functions of user documentation during the development of an information system. (4 marks)
(d) Enumerate FIVE factors to consider when designing an information system output. (5 marks)
(e) Information Communication Technology (ICT) has heightened ethical issues and exerted pressure on existing social arrangements.
Discuss THREE technological trends that are responsible for the above issues. (6 marks)
QUESTION TWO
(a) Explain TWO benefits of using pivot tables in a spreadsheet software. (4 marks)
(b) Outline FOUR applications of mobile computing in the financial sector. (4 marks)
(c) Describe FOUR ways in which the Internet of Things (IoT) impacts our daily lives. (4 marks)
(d) Examine FOUR ways on how an organisation should handle sensitive data in order to ensure confidentiality, prevent unauthorised access and data misuse. (8 marks)
QUESTION THREE
(a) Highlight THREE important factors to consider when choosing a network topology. (3 marks)
(b) An organisation processes and stores large volumes of data in an information system.
Explain THREE data security goals that the organisation might aim to achieve in the above scenario. (3 marks)
(c) (i) Examine TWO challenges of e-commerce infrastructure. (4 marks)
(ii) Describe FOUR ways that could be used to secure an e-commerce infrastructure. (4 marks)
(d) Using an appropriate scenario, demonstrate how you would solve a business problem using spreadsheet solver.
(6 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
(a) Explain TWO circumstances that would necessiate an organisation to use the outsourcing method to acquire an information system. (4 marks)
(b) Highlight FOUR limitations of cloud computing. (4 marks)
(c) Explain THREE circumstances that could necessitate setting up of a Local Area Network (LAN) in an organisation. (6 marks)
(d) Highlight SIX measures that could be used to minimise unethical ICT practices in an orgnisation. (6 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
(a) State TWO factors that determine the choice of data collection method. (2 marks)
(b) List THREE deliverables produced during the systems analysis phase of an information system development. (3 marks)
(c) Examine THREE ways that prototyping helps to identify and clarify user requirements. (3 marks)
(d) Giving TWO examples in each case, differentiate between an “application suite” and an “integrated software”.
(6 marks)
(e) Examine THREE factors that could be used to determine the capabilities of a data transmission medium.
(6 marks)
QUESTION SIX
(a) Outline THREE characteristics of mobile cloud computing application. (3 marks)
(b) Explain FOUR services offered by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). (4 marks)
(c) Highlight FOUR circumstances that would necessitate an organisation to use mail merge feature in a word processing program. (4 marks)
(d) List FOUR disadvantages of prototyping in systems analysis and design. (4 marks)
(e) Describe FIVE major activities of an operating system with regard to process management. (5 marks)
QUESTION SEVEN
(a) Discuss THREE activities involved during information system requirements elicitation process. (6 marks)
(b) Outline FOUR activities of an operating system in regard to management of secondary storage. (4 marks)
(c) Describe FOUR environmental impact of ICT in business. (4 marks)
(d) The introduction of new information technology raises new ethical, social, and political issues that must be dealt with on an individual, social, and political levels.
Discuss THREE moral dimensions raised by these issues. (6 marks)
