CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN ICT REVISION EXERCISE
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Identify six public and six private universities chartered or accredited by the Commission for Higher Education (CHE) to offer diploma and degree courses in Kenya.
Currently, university education is regulated by a government agent known as the Commission for Higher Education (CHE). State the main functions of the commission.
List at least six ICT related degrees and courses offered by recognised public and private universities.
State three levels of post secondary institutions that offer ICT related courses.
(a) Computer operator
(b) Computer technician
(c) System analyst
(d) Computer programmer
(e) Network administrator
(f) Web administrator/webmaster Develops and tests websites.
(g) Database administrator
(h) Computer engineer
(i) Computer trainer
(j) Software engineer
(k) Graphic designer
Name three responsibilities that are carried out by a network administrator. (3mks)
A school has been advised to employ a database administrator. State three responsibilities of this personnel in the school.
(b) Explain two ways in which computers can be used in the transport industry.
(c) Mary was advised to partition a hard disk for her computer. Explain two reasons that may have necessitated this. (d) Explain a reason for conducting each of the following studies in systems development: (i) Schedule feasibility; (ii) Technical feasibility.
RESPONSES
a) Possible responsibilities of a database admin in a school
List two career opportunities directly associated with computer networking.
Distinguish between a systems administrator and a database administrator as used in computers.10/1/2021 Distinguish between a systems administrator and a database administrator as used in computers.
Distinguish between systems administrator and database administrator
A computer user is unable to retrieve a file stored in a server in an organisation. State three reasons why the user would need to contact the network administrator.
Role of network administrator
List two career opportunities directly associated with computer networking.
List two career opportunities associated with computer networking.
State three techniques used by a network administrator to detect and prevent computer crimes.5/1/2021 State three techniques used by a network administrator to detect and prevent computer crimes.
(b) A company in town wishes to link its offices together. The linking may be through wireless or fibre optic network media.
(i) State two benefits that the company would gain from the use of metropolitan area network (MAN). (ii) State three advantages of using wireless over fibre optic network media. (iii) State two limitations of wireless communication. (iv) State two transmission media used in wireless transmission. (c) State three ways in which computer virus infection can be prevented other than through restricting the usage of removable storage media. RESPONSES
(a) Audit trail
State four computer based careers introduced as a result of computerized data process method at the airport. (2 marks)
Computer based careers created by introducing computerized data processing.
A firm operates an order system that coordinates orders, raw materials and inventory across its three factories. Currently the orders are processed manually at each factory and communicated to the others over the phone. The management intends to computerise their operations. State the first two computer professionals who will be required and their roles.
System analyst roles
Network Engineer roles:
Arrange the following job titles in the order of their seniority;Database administrator, ICT manager, systems analyst
Either
List duties of each of the following personnel(a) Database administrator
(b) Data processing manager
List two uses of computers in meteorology
Functions of a System Analyst
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