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S COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
| GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD
General Certificate of Education Examination
JUNE 2024 ORDINARY LEVEL
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Candidate Identification Number
Candidate Name
‘Mobile phones are NOT allowed in the examination room,
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER
Duration: One and a Half Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
‘Read the following instructions eareflly before you Mart answering the questions in this paper Make sure yous
nave a soft HB pencil and an eraser for this examination,
1. USE A SOFT I1B PENCIL THROUGHOUT THE EXAMINATION.
2 DONOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO,
Befare the examination begins
3. Chick that this question booklet is headed “ORDINARY
4 Fillinthe information raquired in the spaces above.
5. Fillinthe information required in the spaces provided om the answer sheet using your HB pene
Candidate Name, Exam Session, Subject Code and Candidate Identification Number.
Take cate dit you do not crease oF fold the answer shet or make any marks on it oer than those asked for in
these instrctons,
How tw ansoer the questions inthis examination
6. Answer ALL the $0 questions in his Examination. Al questions cary equa marks
EVEL 0595 COMPUTER SCIENCE 1”
7. Non-programmable Calculators ae allowed
8. Each question has FOUR suggested answers: A, B, C and D. Decide which answer is appropriate. Find the
hummer of the question an the Answer Sheet and draw a horizontal line acrss the eter to join the square
brackets for the answer you have chosen
For example, if is your cortect answer, mark Cas shown below:
(41 (6) #64 (0)
9. Mark only one answer foreach question, IF you mark more than one answer, you wil score a zero for that
{qestion. If you change your mind about an answer, erase the first mark carefully, then mark your new
10, Avoid spending to0 much time on any one question. Ifyou find a question difficul
question. You can came back ta this question ltr,
11. Doll your rough work in this booklet using the Blank spaces inthe question booklet.
12 At the end of the examination, the inviglator shal collect the answer sheet first and then the question
booklet. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE EXAMINATION HALL WITH IT,
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D Cooling system ‘authorized access by
sa a A Password
44, Which ofthe following is NOT physical B Antivir
ransmission media? © Bneryption
A Microwaves D> Backing up
B Twister
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D_Fibecontic imeract wit software by licking on
se en commands is:
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