Test cove 02115020 FORM TP 2013163 t. MAY/JUNE 2013 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® COMPUTER SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIT I~ Paper 02 2 hours 30 minutes 17 MAY 2013 (am) ) This examination paper consists of THREE sections: Comp Problem Solving with Computers, and Programming: 1 Architecture and Organization, consists of 2 questions m mark for each section is 5 ‘The maximum mark for this examination fs 150. This examination consists of 7 printed pages. READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. instructed to-do so. 1. Do NOT open this examination paper 2, Answer ALL questions from the THREE sections. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 02115020/CAPE 2013@ (b) {) (d) o) Git) o) (ai -2- SECTION A COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORCANIZATION Answer BOTH questions. Draw a clearly labelled block diagram of a 4 to 1 line multiplexer, [4 marks] Fou Jy, 1j ly, are connected to the input lines ofa 4 to 1 line multiplexer. Explain how the multiplexer can send the signal in 1, as output for one second followed by the signal in L,. [4 marks] Give TWO properties of flip-flop and state ONE use of this device [3 marks} Find the 4-bit signed magnitude representation of -5, [2 marks | ark | Find the 4-bit one's complement representation af -5. i Find the 4-bit two's complement representation of -§. [2 marks | A certain system represents decimal numbers by storing sign (S). mantissa (M) and exponent (E). ne bit is used for the sign, 3 bits for the exponent and 4 bits for the mantissa, What decimal number is represented below? S EM 0 aol [3 marks} Draw the truth tables for the following logic gates. wo x | oO (2 marks} x— [2 marks] y—4 * [2 marks} y _ > ‘Total 25 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE2 (b) © @ c) Astudent wishes to keep a computer system for 10 years. His teacher said that ‘port connectivity’ could be a problem in a few years. Explain, with ONE example. the term ‘port connectivity”. [8 marks] Differentiate between the following items as they pertain to computer systems: @ ROM and EPROM [2 marks} (i) EPROM and EEPROM [2 marks} Arrange the Following in order of sire from smallest to largest: supercomputer, pda, laptop, microcomputer [2 marks} (i) Explain what is meant by the ‘instruction set’ of a computer. [2 marks} (@) State THIREE types of instructions that are typically present in an instruction set and give ONE example of EACH type. [6 marks} (iii) Briefly explain the term ‘direct addressing’. [2 marks} Explain how the ‘fetch’, ‘decode’, ‘exceute’ cycle works ina computer. [G:marks} Total 25 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02115020/CAPE 2013