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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
•Allowabout50minutesforthissection
Section III Page17
15 marks
•AttemptQuestion27
•Allowabout25minutesforthissection
Section IV Page18
15 marks
•AttemptQuestion28
•Allowabout25minutesforthissection
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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
2901
2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
Information and Digital TechnologyWeb and software applications
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
2902
2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
Information and Digital TechnologyWeb and software applications
Section II (continued)
Question 22 (5marks)
(a) IdentifyTWOdiagnosticfunctionsthatareperformedbyantivirussoftware.
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(b) OutlineTWOtasksthatshouldbeincludedinaroutinemaintenanceschedule.
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Question 23 (4marks)
Explainthebenefitsofeffectiveteamwork.
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Centre Number
Student Number
2903
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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Section II (continued)
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Centre Number
Student Number
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Question 25 (3 marks)
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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Question 26 (4 marks)
Using examples, explain how conditional formatting may be applied to improve the visual presentation of a spreadsheet.
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Information and Digital TechnologyWeb and software applications
Section II (continued)
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2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
Information and Digital TechnologyWeb and software applications
Section III
15 marksAttempt Question 27Allow about 25 minutes for this section
Answerthequestioninawritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.
Question 27 (15marks)
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.
Please turn over
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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
Question 28 (15marks)
Atechnologycompanyisreviewingitsriskmanagementafterseveralworkplaceinjuries.Atechnicianwasstruckbyaboxfallingfromashelfwhilerepairingaprinter.Aclientslippedandfellonawetfloorwhenthefloorwasbeingcleaned.Mostrecently,atraineesufferedanelectricshockwhileattemptingtorepairacomputer.
Explainhowriskmanagementcouldbeappliedinthisworkplacetoidentifyhazards,andtoassess,control,monitorandreviewrisks.
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