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- Q1Which of the following statements best describes the role of a project manager?Provides technical support for staffCo-ordinates the development teamSolves hardware and software problemsCreates test data for the new system30s
- Q2Which of the following transmits data using high frequency radio waves?UTPSatelliteOptical fibreCoaxial30s
- Q3What is the name of the device that provides services to other computers on a network?ServerBridgeInterfaceGateway30s
- Q4Which of the following best describes the checksum method of error detection?Checksum adds together the values of all the bytes transmitted in a message block and sends the total as the last data byte(s) of the block.The transmitting device sends each block of data twice and the receiving device compares the two to see if errors have been made.Checksum performs a division calculation on the entire block of data to produce a remainder.Checksum adds an extra bit to every character transmitted depending on the method agreed by the sending and receiving devices.30s
- Q5Which of the following provides timely statistical evidence to decision makers directly through the use of visual online tools?OLAPData miningData warehousingOLTP30s
- Q6All nodes on a LAN connect to a central device and all nodes share a single transmission channel. What is likely to be the central device?SwitchRouterBridgeHub30s
- Q7In system development, what is the name given to this diagram?Time lineGantt chartContext diagramDecision tree30s
- Q8How many elapsed weeks does it take to design the system and purchase the hardware and software?5810430s
- Q9A field in a database stores whether or not a membership has been renewed. What would be the best data type for this field?CharacterTextBooleanNumber30s
- Q10Which of the following would create the greatest threat to network security in an organisation?An employee who looks for workarounds to access their favourite websites.An employee who leaves their computer logged in while away from their desk.An employee who shares their password with co-workers in the project team.An employee who forgets their login credentials.30s
- Q11Why are backups performed?To enable the system to be shutdown.To prevent hackers accessing critical data.To prevent loss of data.To copy data.30s
- Q12The following SQL command has been executed and 500 records are displayed: SELECT CommonName, ScientificName FROM Fauna ORDER BY SpecieslD Which of the following is NOT true?The records are now stored in order of SpecieslDOnly the CommonName and ScientificName of each Fauna record is retrieved.There are 500 records in the Fauna table.Editing the returned data will not change the data in the Fauna table.30s
- Q13What is the purpose of twisting together pairs of wires within a twisted pair cable?To improve the physical strength of the cable.To enhance the strength of the signal.To hold the wires together.To reduce the effect of electrical interference.30s
- Q14Administration staff comment that it seems inefficient to edit a customer's phone numbers in two places. What is the most likely cause of this issue?Relationships are incorrect within the schema.Insufficient training of administration staff.Illogical screen designs.The database has not been correctly normalised.30s
- Q15What is the name given to the above table?Context diagramDecision tableTally diagramDecision tree30s
