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INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY(ICT)
Paper 1
2024
1 ½ hours
BRISTOL HIGH SCHOOL, MATUGGA
Uganda Certificate of Education
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Paper 1
Theory
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
This paper consists of two sections; A and B. It has three examination items.
Section A has one compulsory item.
Section B has two examination items. Attempt any one of the items.
Answer two examination items in all.
Any additional item(s) shall not be marked.
All answers must be written in the answer booklet(s) provided
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SECTION A
Answer one item from this section
Item 1
Your school holds a careers day every year. The school career’s teacher holds talks
where he advices student on their future prospects and professions. This year, however
the number of students in the school has increased enormously. The teacher will need
additional equipment in order to successively hold the career’s day. He went to the
headteacher to ask for assistance to help solve this dilemma. The headteacher
presented him will a list of equipment available at the school for him the choice.
However the career’s teacher has limited knowledge about this equipment, he
approached you for some advice.
Item Quantity
Mouse 10 pcs
Speaker 2 pcs
Scanner 1 pcs
Microphone 4 pcs
Keyboard 10 pcs
Printer 1 pcs
Projector 3 pcs
System unit 10 pcs
Flash disk 1 pcs
CCTV camera 3 pcs
Task
Make a write up advising the career’s teacher on the equipment to choice and how
they will be used to facilitate the presentation that day.
SECTION B
Answer only one item from this section
Item 2
Over the holiday, Peniel visited a farm in her home district. She had a conversation
with the farm manager about how the farm was being run. In the depth of their
conversation, she advised the manager to embrace the use of information technology
on the farm to ease the running of the farm. On returning to school, the manager wrote
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a letter to her saying that he had considered her advice and was willing to start using
ICTs in his farm.
Task
Write a letter to the farm manager with your suggestions on how ICTs can used on his
farm
Item 3
In your senior six vacation, you and your friends decided to go camping in Murchison
falls game park. While camping you decided to do some fun activities such as
trekking through the game park. Imagine in one of your solo adventures, you get
injured as you running through the park and you are unable to walk by yourself. It’s
almost becoming dark yet your phone has no cell service, therefore you can’t call for
help from your friends. fortunately, you are not far away from the camp and the Wi-Fi
signal from the camp can be received on your phone.
Task
Write a write up detailing the steps you would do in order to escape this dilemma you
are in.
Success dwells where the will of God is
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