Senior Secondary 3 | Computer Science

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1. Explain the principles and guidelines for output design

2. Describe the different types of output

3. Describe output media and their formats

4. Explain the prototyping and design of computer output

5. Describe various output formats

6. Document the process of system prototyping

Action steps

1. Explain what is meant by the term system implementation

2. Document how to generate test data

3. Explain the need for database system installation software

4. Describe how to perform a computer system installation (both hardware and software)

5. Document how to test a computer system and perform fault diagnosis

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1. Define computer system maintenance

2. Describe the need for computer system maintenance

3. Explain the user’s role in computer system maintenance

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1. Define systems programming

2. Define application programming

3. Differentiate between systems programs and application programs

4. List examples of systems and application programs

5. Define Assembler r and operating systems

6. Define the work of a 1-pass assembler

7. Define the work of a 2-pass assembler

Action steps

1. Describe the general format of an Assembly language program statement (label, epode, address, correct)

2. Explain the purpose of each field of an Assembly language statement

3. List some examples and uses of operation code

4. List examples of symbolic operations

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1. Define translation, compilation and interpretation

2. Describe multi-pass and single-pass compilation

3. Explain the load and go process

4. Explain interpretation

5. Differentiate between interpretation and compilation

6. Define tokens and delimiters

7. Describe the scanning process

8. Explain sentence recognition

9. Describe the types of tables generated in the process of compilation e.g. inter table, symbol table, etc.

10. Explain code generation and code optimization

11. Describe error handling

Action steps

1. Outline the historical development of operating systems

2. Describe operating systems

3. Explain the importance and uses of an operating system

4. List examples of operating systems that run on personal computer and a mainframe computer

5. Explain the terms batch processing, multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and timesharing

6. List examples of batch, real-time, time sharing and network operating systems

7. List some of the system commands of MS-DOS, Unix, and Windows operating systems