KNEC Craft Certificate in ICT module 2 structured programming past paper: July 2019 Answers

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Diploma in ICT module 1
Course Level:  Craft Certificate
Sub Level:       Module II
Course Unit:   Structured Programming
Exam body:    KNEC
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Outline four advantages of sub programs of a computer program ()

State two classes of data types as used in C language ()

Explain the concept of recursive function as used in C programming ()

A student wrote a program in C language. Outline three modes that the student would use to open a data file in this program ()

Write a program in C language that computes an absolute value of a given number ()

With aid of a diagram, describe a queue data structure ()

Differentiate between machine and assembly language as used in programming ()

The following program was written by a student during a practical lesson. Use it to answer the question that follows.Explain the loop body. ()

Write a C program that prompts a user to enter the amount of fee paid. When the amount of fees paid is less than 20,000 the program display a message “Cyber services denied” ()

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Distinguish between call by reference and by value parameters passing as used in programming ()

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Outline four characteristics of high level languages ()

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Outline three reasons for compiling program under development ()

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Write a program in a C language that determines if a character entered is a vowel. The program then display an appropriate message. Use a switch statement ()

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A student wrote a program in C language. Outline four programming styles he could use to increase the readability of the program ()

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Differentiate between a monolithic and a modularity approaches to programming ()

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Outline two types of test data as used during program testing in C programming ()

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Explain two types of errors that are encountered when developing a program ()

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Write a program in C language that prompts a user to enter five different marks for a test in an array. The program the computes then display then displays the average marks correct to two decimal places ()

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Write a program in C language that generate the first ten positive integers. Use pretesting loop other than for loop ()

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Define each of the following terms as used in programming. (3 marks) (i) Reserved words (ii) Dry run (ii) Order of priority ()

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Write a program in C language that prompts a user to enter two integers. The program the divide the bigger with smaller integer provided it is not a zero through a function ()

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Write an algorithm that could be used to add an element in a stack of data structure ()

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John compiled a documentation for a program he wrote. Outline three parts of documentation that he could include to ease access of the information in the documentation ()

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State two items contained in each of the following type of documentation. (i) system; (ii) program ()

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Outline two reasons a binary search technique is preferred ()

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Write a program segment in C language to assign each of the following; (i) 15 to an integer variable x through pointer p ii)The address of a float type 16.54 variable x to a pointer pt ()

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Table 1 shows the employee monthly bonus in a manufacturing company based on sales. Use it to answer the questions that follows Draw a flow chart for a program that prompts a user to enter the employee’s basic salary and sales. The program then then calculates the gross salary and output basic salary, gross salary and bonus ()

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Outline four advantages of using pseudo code during program design ()

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Mary created a data file in a C program, when trying to read the file the fopen() returned NULL. Outline two possible cause of this ()

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Outline two function that are used to randomly to retrieve data in a C program data file ()

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The data input to a program array is as follows; 54, 33,76,23,15. The data is to be stored in ascending order using an insertion sort method. Show all steps to be taken to sort this data ()