‘840/1 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY(ICT) Paper I 2024 2% hours UGANDA TEACEHRS EDUCATION CONSULT Uganda Certificate of Education INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Paper 1 Theory 2 hours 15 Minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: This paper consists of two sections; A and B. It has five examination items. Section A has one compulsory item. Section Bhas two parts; Land 1. Answer one item from each part. Answer three examination items in all. Any additional item(s) answered will not be scored. All answers must be written in the answer booklet(s) provided. © 2024 UTEC Mock Examination Turn OverSECTION A This section is compulsory Item 1 Paraketo Secondary school which is located in a rural area recently received a donation of different categories of ICT tools from World Bank rove to help them support the teaching learning process at the school, impt digital literacyand also digitize most of the activities at school, the World Bank representative advised that a computer laboratory shouldbe set up, develop policies for usage and management of the laboratory toensure security and safety of the ICT tools donated. The images below show some of the items donated to Paraketo Secondary school. Task You have been hired as an ICT expert to;- (a) Give advice on a suitable place where the computer laboratory is to be set up and develop end user policies that wi that will govern proper usa; ieee yp ge of the computer (b)Make a write uj ining ti ip explaining the reasons for donati g t donation of additio Mellin nal ICT toolsSECTION B ‘This section has two Parts; | and IT. PARTI Answer one item from each part Item 2 Senior one and senior five students of St. Mark secondary school recently held their welcome party ushering them in the school. During the party, they conducted live streaming, took a number of photographs some of which were printed right away, saved most of the photos taken by the Digital camera on the desktop computers in the computer Laboratory while others were uploaded on the school website. SUPPORT MATERIALS Task: a) Make a write-up explaining to classmates the steps you took to transfer the photos taken using the digital camera to the desktop computer in the Laboratory. b) Prepare a written guideline showingthe procedure followed to upload the video to the school U-tube channel https:\\www.stmarysss.ac.ug\u-tube videouploadsand also send some of the photos to the email address classmates24@gmail.com Page 3 of SSe cams PC specifications you should ‘consider computer include the central processing, unit ( access memory (RAM) capacity, state drive (SSD)), graphics resolution, and the op‘ when buying a new CPU) type and speed, random- storage type and size (hard drive (HD) or solid- dsplay processing unit (GPU) and memory. : RAM, erating system. Processor speed, Device types, Cable connecters or go wireless. Computer sys () (b) tems must be protected to function for a long period of time. oot sintel ell OptiPlex 7000 7490 All-in-One Comput: Core i7 10th Geni7-10700 Octa-core (8 Core) 2.90 GH2~ 16 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM ~ 256 GB M.2 PCI Express NVMe SSD - 23.8" Full HD 1920 x 1080 Sorating ¢ Yurearevice Aumiouity Out of atch ® 5 importetom USA store seAscnFor sumas aRcoucts| Q. Write various methodsMartin could use tocheck for the above specifications of the PC displayed in the support material above. While working on his Old desktop computer, martin’s realises his computer is of 1GB ram, a duo core processor, keeps freezing all the time, restarts its self, complains of low disk space, low virtual memory, documents disappear without trace. Make a write up on what solution could he avail to Top management the existence of such occurrences and solutions to avoid such, What solution could you avail him.Part two ‘Answer one item fromeach part Item 3 ompleted his 86 in one of the nearby secondary schools. One of ‘T. He is very creative and talented in 4 has also got extend his knowledge Joel has just © his subsidiary subjects at A-level was IC using office applications. His creative min to the people around his home village. Recently he was approached by one of the village mate who asked him to show him the way he could send several typed formal letters at the same time using some of the office application. Prepare a write up to his ordinary villagements demonstrating how he could complete mail merge using a word processing software. Item 4 ‘Your brother obtained a scholarship in one of the most respected universities in the world - Oxford University to study a master’s Degree in Computer science. He has requested you to gatherfamily ‘As one of a few ICT experts in the family, facing members to enable him update them about the current situation he. is overseas as he continues to pursue his course. You intend to rely on the use of ICTs to involve all family members in this unusual but interesting meet up. Task (a) Prepare a document that the family can use as a guide in order to organize and have a successful family gathering. (b) Advise on the precautionary measures to be followed for the meeting to take place smoothly. END Page 5 of 5