Information Technology Paper 1 (English)

May-June 2018 — Grade 12 / Matric — Information Technology

Past Paper 2018 Grade 12 English

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1.1nCreate Event

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1.2Button [1.2 Display] Write code using the loop counter variable cCounter and a loop to compile a string containing the letters to in the variable

1.3The time it takes a student to read a textbook depends on the total number of words th text book contains and whether the content is of a technical nature

1.3.1Button [1.3.1 Total number of words] he average number of words per page in textbook standard size has been declared as 300

1.3.2Example of output: (5\

1.3.2Radio group [1.3.2 Type of book] Research shows that a student can read literature book

1.3.1, assign a value of 600 to the global variable iTotalNumWords to be able to QUESTION

1.3.2Example of output if the book is technical has 112 pages , which result in 33 600 words

1.3.1Example of output if the book is a literature book and has 112 pages , which result in 33 600 words as

1.3.1(7\

1.4Combo box [cmbQ1_4] The user needs to select a password from t he combo box cmbQ1_4 which contains a number of encrypted passwords. Write code to decrypt the selected password

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2.1Complete the code in the TBook object class provided as described in QUESTION

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2.1.1Declare the attributes of the class using the information in the table below NAMES OF ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION fTitle The title of the book fCatNum A unique catalogue number assigned to

2.1.2Write code to create a constructor which receives THREE parameter values (the title, the catalogue number of the book and the number of copies of the book that the library owns\ and initialises the relevant attributes using the parameter values.

2.1.3Write an accessor method getCatalogueNumber for the catalogue number attribute of the book. (2\

2.1.4Write an accessor method getNumBooksOut for the number of books out attribute. (2\

2.1.5Write code for a mutator method setNumBooks Out to receive an integer as a parameter and set the fNumBooksOut

2.1.6Write code for a method called isBookAvailable that returns oolean value. This method must use the fNumBooks fNumBooksOut attributes to

2.1.7Write code to create a toString method to return a string formatted as follows: The library owns copies of the book

2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 the main form unit as described below

2.2.1Button [2 Inst tiate ook bject The user needs to select the catalogue number of the book from the combo box. Code has been provided to show the title and the number of copies of the selected

2.2.2Button [2.2 Update data A text file BooksData.txt contains the records of books that were borrowed and returned

2.2.3Button [2. Process request Special requests to borrow books from the research wing can be granted if copies of the book are available. Student who did not return books that they borrowed during the research week are also

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3.1Combo box [3.1 Select name] A staff member may request a schedule of his/her duties. When a name is selected from the combo box cmbStaff , the following information must be displayed in the output component provided:

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Word ProcessingSpreadsheetsDatabasesProgrammingNetworkingHardware

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Total150 marks

Paper information

SubjectInformation Technology

Year2018

SessionMay-June

TypePast Paper

PaperPaper 1

LanguageEnglish

Pages18

Downloads5

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Years ago8y

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