Information and Digital Technology

2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

2900

Information and Digital TechnologyWeb and software applications

General Instructions

•Readingtime–5minutes

•Workingtime–2hours

•Writeusingblackpen

•Board-approvedcalculatorsmaybeused

•WriteyourCentreNumberandStudentNumberatthetopofpages9,11,13and15

Total marks – 80

Section I Pages 2–8

20 marks

•AttemptQuestions1–20

•Allowabout20minutesforthissection

Section II Pages9–15

30 marks

•AttemptQuestions21–26


Section III Page17

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion27


Section IV Page18

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion28


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Section I

20 marksAttempt Questions 1–20Allow about 20 minutes for this section

Usethemultiple-choiceanswersheetforQuestions1–20.

1 Whichofthefollowingispermittedunderthelicenceofanopen-sourceoperatingsystemsoftware?

(A) Sellthesoftware

(B) Downloadthesoftwareforfree

(C) Changethenameofthesoftware

(D) Placeacopyrightonthesoftware

2 TheminimumwagesandconditionsanemployeeisentitledtoinAustraliaaresetoutin

(A) agreements.

(B) arrangements.

(C) awards.

(D) contracts.

3 The diagram represents the results of running a diagnostic utility before and afterperformingaprocessonaharddrive.

B = Bad block B = Bad block

B B B B B B B B B B B

B B B

B B

Before the process After the process

Whichofthefollowingprocesseshasbeenperformedontheharddrive?

(A) Filesharing

(B) Optimisation

(C) Systembackup

(D) Filecompression

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4 Whattypeofdocumentwouldbemostlikelytocontainthefollowingstatement?

‘An employee must not share the personal information of another employee withco-workersorthepublic.’

(A) Codeofconduct

(B) Employeerolestatement

(C) Workhealthandsafetypolicy

(D) Equalemploymentopportunitypolicy

5 Acompanycarriesout a full backuponTuesdayandFridaynights andadifferentialbackup on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. On Mondaymorning,thefileserverfailedandcausedallfilestobedestroyed.

Whichofthefollowingisthebestwaytorecoverthefiles?

(A) RestorethefullbackupfromFriday

(B) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandSunday’sdifferentialbackup

(C) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandMonday’sdifferentialbackup

(D) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandbothSaturday’sandSunday’sdifferentialbackups

6 Oneexampleofahumancostofaworkplaceinjuryislossof

(A) staff.

(B) profit.

(C) output.

(D) morale.

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7 Theimageshowsafloorchannelcablecoverplacedoverapowercable.

Whatisthemainpurposeofthefloorchannelcablecover?

(A) Tohidethecable

(B) Tocreateafootrest

(C) Topreventapowersurge

(D) Toreducetheriskoftripping

8 Kimreceivesanemail claiming thathercredit cardaccount isabout tobe suspendedunless she emails her credit card details and personal identification number (PIN)immediately.

Whatisthisanexampleof?

(A) Phishing

(B) Scanning

(C) Debugging

(D) Virussigning

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9 Theimageshowsatestingtagattachedtoapowercable.

AccordingtotheAustralianstandard,whatothercriticalinformationmustbeincludedonthetag?

(A) Datetested,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(B) Locationoftest,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(C) Datetested,technicianID,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

(D) Locationoftest,retestingdate,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

10 Accesstoadocumentneedstoberestrictedtoasmallgroupofusers.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbemodifiedtoachievethis?

(A) Creations

(B) Extensions

(C) Permissions

(D) Fileattributes

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11 Whichpartofthefollowingpathstructureindicatesthedisplayablepageonawebsite?

//Home/About_Us/Work_Family/index.htm

(A) Home

(B) About_Us

(C) index.htm

(D) Work_Family

12 Themanagerofacompanywantstogivealltheemployeesapayincrease.

Which of the following software applications is the most suitable for calculating thefinancialeffectonthecompany?

(A) Spreadsheet

(B) Imageediting

(C) Webauthoring

(D) Wordprocessing

13 A report containing text and photographs needs to be sent to several companies. Thecompaniesusedifferentcomputerplatforms.Itisimportantthattheycaneasilyopenthereportfileandthattheformattingandlayoutofthereportispreserved.

Whichofthefollowingfileformatsisthemostsuitableforthistask?

(A) doc

(B) pdf

(C) txt

(D) rtf

14 Informationinaword-processeddocumentisdisplayedwithanumberatthebeginningofeachline.

Whichword-processingfeaturehasbeenused?

(A) Labelling

(B) Indentation

(C) Bibliography

(D) Formattedlist

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15 Thefollowingmessageappearsonacomputerscreen.

Are you sure you want to exit?

Yes No

Whattypeofmessageisthis?

(A) Alert

(B) Error

(C) Shortcut

(D) Virus

16 Auser,workingonapersonalcomputerconnectedtotheinternet,wantstousethefiletransferprotocol(FTP)touploadfilestoaserver.

Whichofthefollowingisrequiredattheuser’spersonalcomputer?

(A) FTPClient

(B) Awebbrowser

(C) FTPserversoftware

(D) Acableconnectiontotheserver

17 Whywouldawebdeveloperuseamarkupvalidationservicebeforegoinglivewithanewwebsite?

(A) ToverifythecodeusedisHTML

(B) Toverifyactivelinksinwebpages

(C) TocorrecterrorsintheHTMLcode

(D) TocheckforerrorsintheHTMLcode

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18 Whichofthefollowingdocumentationofasoftwarepackageisthemostup-to-datetoassistwithusingthefunctionsinthesoftware?

(A) UsermanualV1.0.8

(B) UsermanualV2.0.1

(C) SoftwarespecificationsV3.1.2

(D) SoftwarespecificationsV1.0.1

19 Whatisthepurposeofapivottable?

(A) Tocountandtotaldatabasedonagivencondition

(B) Tosummarisealargeamountofdataintablesirrespectiveoftheoriginallayouts

(C) Tocalculateapercentagechangetototalsbasedongivenconditions

(D) Tographicallyrepresenttabulateddatatomakeiteasiertoseepatternsandtrends

20 An application allows the use of ALT+CTRL+Y to insert an image. When the userexecutesthisfunction,theimagedoesnotinsert.

Whatcouldhavecausedthisproblem?

(A) Stylesdisabled

(B) Framesdisabled

(C) Macrosdisabled

(D) Trackingdisabled

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Section II

30 marksAttempt Questions 21–26Allow about 50 minutes for this section

Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided.Thesespacesprovideguidancefortheexpectedlengthofresponse.

Question 21 (6marks)

(a) What is meant by recommended requirements in reference to an operatingsystem?

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(b) Howdothepowermanagementsettingsofhibernateandsuspenddiffer?

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(c) Whatisthedifferencebetweenbatchandreal-timesystems?

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Section II (continued)


(a) IdentifyTWOdiagnosticfunctionsthatareperformedbyantivirussoftware.

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(b) OutlineTWOtasksthatshouldbeincludedinaroutinemaintenanceschedule.

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Explainthebenefitsofeffectiveteamwork.

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Question 24 (8 marks)

(a) A user wishes to include part of a copyright-free image from a website in a word-processed document.

List the steps to achieve this.

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(b) Outline ONE aspect of how a code of ethics relates to the use of commercial software packages.

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(c) A school that allows its students to use their own computing devices such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones, has just developed a simple website to inform students about its events.

Outline suitable procedures for testing the website.

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Centre Number

Student Number

2904


This is part of the source code for a webpage.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<title>Yr12 formal</title>

<link rel=“stylesheet” href=“yr12stylesheet.css”>

</HEAD>

Outline the functions of the code between the HEAD tags.

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Using examples, explain how conditional formatting may be applied to improve the visual presentation of a spreadsheet.

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Section III

15 marksAttempt Question 27Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Answerthequestioninawritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.


Thisdiagramshowsawebsitetemplatedesignedforaschool.

Container

Header

Toolbar

Header–logo Header–main

School Name

School MottoSchoolLogo

Toolbar–body Home Faculties About Us Contact Us

Site–map

Site map

< HOME >

< FACULTIES >

< ABOUT US >

< CONTACT US >

Content–main

Welcome…

Content

(a) Constructasitemapforthewebsitetemplatelabellingallrelevantfeatures,andjustifythebenefitsofusingcascadingstylesheets(CSS)inthiswebsite.

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(b) Draw an online form to allow users to submit questions or requests via theCONTACT USpageonthiswebsite.Justifyyourchoicesofformelementsused.

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Section IV

15 marksAttempt Question 28Allow about 25 minutes for this section

AnswerthequestioninaSEPARATEwritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.

Youranswerwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:

n demonstrateknowledgeandunderstandingrelevanttothequestion

n communicateideasandinformationusingrelevantworkplaceexamplesandindustryterminology

n presentalogicalandcohesiveresponse


Atechnologycompanyisreviewingitsriskmanagementafterseveralworkplaceinjuries.Atechnicianwasstruckbyaboxfallingfromashelfwhilerepairingaprinter.Aclientslippedandfellonawetfloorwhenthefloorwasbeingcleaned.Mostrecently,atraineesufferedanelectricshockwhileattemptingtorepairacomputer.

Explainhowriskmanagementcouldbeappliedinthisworkplacetoidentifyhazards,andtoassess,control,monitorandreviewrisks.

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