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ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 1 of 80

Question 1

Which of the following is equivalent to the logic expression below?

(x + y) · (x + z)

Here, the letters are logic variables; x + y, x · y, and x are OR, AND, and NOT operations on the corresponding variables, respectively.

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 2 of 80

Question 2

Which of the following is a decimal that is represented as a finite digit octal fraction?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 3 of 80

Question 3

The GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) of two positive integers, x0 and x1 (x0 > x1), is computed by the procedure below. When x0 = 175 and x1 = 77, how many times should step (2) of this procedure be executed before it stops? Here, “A ← B” indicates that B is substituted for A.

[Procedure]

(1)i ← 2(2)xi ← remainder of xi−2 divided by xi−1(3)if xi = 0, stop with xi−1 as the GCD(4)i ← i + 1(5)return to step (2)

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 4 of 80

Question 4

To compare the entrance exams of the current and previous years, a company required many of its employees to take those exams. The correlation coefficient and the regression line were obtained by assigning the scores of the previous year to the x-axis and the scores of the current year to the y-axis. Which of the following can be derived from the results below?

[Results]

The correlation coefficient is 0.8.

The slope of the regression line is 1.1.

The y-intercept of the regression line is 10.

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 5 of 80

Question 5

The table below is a state transition table used for character string validation. In this table, “A” represents the initial state, and “E” represents the failure state. Which of the following is a character string that fails this validation? Here, each character of a string is parsed from the leftmost side, and the symbol “△” represents a blank character.

CharacterBlankNumberSignRadix pointOtherCurrentstateAABCDEBABEDECEBEDEDAEEEE

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 6 of 80

Question 6

Which of the following is an appropriate description of parity check (vertical parity) that handles transmission errors on a communication line?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 7 of 80

Question 7

When a sequence of data, A, B, C, D, arrives in this order, which of the following is a possible sequence that can be produced using a single stack?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 8 of 80

Question 8

The in-order traversal of a binary tree is a procedure that visits all nodes of the tree. For a non-empty binary tree T, it performs the following operations in order.

(1)Recursively performs the in-order traversal of the left subtree of T.(2)Visits the root node of T.(3)Recursively performs the in-order traversal of the right subtree of T.

Which of the following is the ordered sequence of nodes when the in-order traversal is performed on the binary tree below?

123456789

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 9 of 80

Question 9

Which of the following explains the objective of a recursive call?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 10 of 80

Question 10

Which of the following is a technology that provides a dynamic user interface without page transition using an asynchronous communication in JavaScript?

Questions 11–20

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 11 of 80

Question 11

Which of the following is a special register that contains the address of the next instruction to be fetched?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 12 of 80

Question 12

Which of the following is the performance of a CPU in MIPS when the instruction mix of the CPU is as listed in the table below? Here, the CPU does not use a pipeline architecture.

Instruction typeInstruction execution time in µsAppearance ratio
Register to register operation0.140%
Register from memory operation0.350%
Unconditional branch operation0.610%

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 13 of 80

Question 13

Which of the following is a computer system or architecture where the CPU sequentially reads and executes the programs that are stored in the main memory?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 14 of 80

Question 14

Which of the following is an appropriate description of USB 3.0?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 15 of 80

Question 15

Which of the following is the RAID level where the entire stored data is lost when one of the multi-disks is damaged?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 16 of 80

Question 16

Which of the following is the approximate availability of a system in percentage when the MTBF is 30 days and the MTTR is 6 hours?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 17 of 80

Question 17

In the switching procedure of processes in the multiprogramming shown in the figure below, which of the following is an appropriate combination of OS processing from A to C?

State of process AOS processingState of process BInterruptRunningstateReadystateReadystateRunningstateABC
OptionABC

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 18 of 80

Question 18

Among the page replacement methods in virtual memory management, which of the following is the LRU control method?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 19 of 80

Question 19

Which of the following is an appropriate function of a linker?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 20 of 80

Question 20

Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of sequence control for controlling industrial devices?

Questions 21–30

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 21 of 80

Question 21

The half adder in the diagram below adds two (2) single-digit binary numbers, x and y, and produces z (the first digit of the sum) and c (the carry bit) as outputs. Which of the following is the appropriate combination of gate devices A and B?

xyABz(First digit of the sum)c(Carry bit)
OptionAB

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 22 of 80

Question 22

Which of the following is not an implementation of the function F = A•B + C•D? Here, “•” represents the logic AND operation, and “+” represents the logic OR operation in the expression.

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 23 of 80

Question 23

Which of the following is an appropriate purpose of check digit?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 24 of 80

Question 24

Which of the following explains a drawing software?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 25 of 80

Question 25

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of a relational database?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 26 of 80

Question 26

Which of the following is performed periodically to prevent a decline in the access efficiency of a database?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 27 of 80

Question 27

A student’s ID, name, and class ID are recorded in the Student table. Which of the following SQL returns records of all students whose names start with A?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 28 of 80

Question 28

Among the search processes for the “Sales” table, which of the following is appropriate to set a hash index rather than a B+ tree index? Here, the column in which the index is set is shown inside <>.

Sales (form number, sales date, product name, user ID, store number, sales amount)

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 29 of 80

Question 29

Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of the key value store that is used in the processing of big data?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 30 of 80

Question 30

Which of the following is the response time when a client and server at different locations communicate under the conditions below? Here, the response time is in seconds and starts from the moment the client sends a message until a response is received from the server. 1 MB is 106 bytes. The propagation delay between the client and server can be ignored.

[Conditions]

Line speed between client and server8 Mbit/s
Transmission efficiency60%
Message size1 MB for upstreaming and 2 MB for downstreaming
Processing time at client sideTotal of 0.4 s for sending and receiving
Processing time at server sideTotal of 0.4 s for sending and receiving
Questions 31–40

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 31 of 80

Question 31

Which of the following is an appropriate transmission operation of a node connected to a CSMA/CD LAN?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 32 of 80

Question 32

In a TCP/IP environment, which of the following is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of multiple computers with that of a time server?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 33 of 80

Question 33

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of DHCP?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 34 of 80

Question 34

Which of the following is classified as a web beacon?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 35 of 80

Question 35

When risk treatment is classified as risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk acceptance, and risk sharing, which of the following risk treatments is risk avoidance?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 36 of 80

Question 36

Which of the following is installed into an in-house network or server by an intruder to enter through an access path other than the normal path?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 37 of 80

Question 37

Biometric authentication includes a verification method that extracts physical characteristics and another verification method that extracts behavioral characteristics. Which of the following is the method that uses behavioral characteristics?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 38 of 80

Question 38

Which of the following is an encryption method that can be used for encrypting data managed in a database using the same key for encryption and decryption?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 39 of 80

Question 39

A given application only has the functions of retrieving and displaying user information from a database that stores such information. Considering information security management, which of the following is the appropriate database access right assigned to an account that the application uses when it accesses the database? The names and scopes of rights are listed below.

[The names and scopes of rights]Reference right:Permits a record to be selectedUpdate right:Permits a record to be inserted, updated, and droppedAdministrator right:Permits a table to be displayed, created, altered, and dropped

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 40 of 80

Question 40

A cybersecurity incident response plan is defined as a set of instructions to aid the cybersecurity team to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents. The cybersecurity incident response plan resolves issues, such as cybercrime, data loss, and service outages that threaten daily work. Which of the following is part of the cybersecurity incident response plan?

Questions 41–50

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 41 of 80

Question 41

Between a client and web server, which of the following is used for inspecting the data that is sent from the client to the web server and blocking attacks, such as SQL injections?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 42 of 80

Question 42

Which of the following is an appropriate description of SSH?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 43 of 80

Question 43

Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for email communication?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 44 of 80

Question 44

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of OP25B for email communication?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 45 of 80

Question 45

Which of the following is the UML class diagram that shows a generalization relation?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 46 of 80

Question 46

The figure below shows an example of a DFD that uses one of the DFD notations and represents a flow of data in a system. Texts in the figure are not shown. Which of the following is represented by the circle “◯” in the DFD notation used in the example?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 47 of 80

Question 47

Which of the following is an appropriate relationship between classes and instances in object orientation?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 48 of 80

Question 48

Which of the following is the weakest module coupling?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 49 of 80

Question 49

Which of the following tests verifies the interfaces between two (2) modules or subsystems?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 50 of 80

Question 50

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of a comprehensive patent cross-license?

Questions 51–60

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 51 of 80

Question 51

Based on the definition of project management process groups in ISO 21500, which of the following is an activity that is to be implemented in the planning process group among the project management processes?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 52 of 80

Question 52

In project time management, which of the following descriptions is appropriate for “slack time”?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 53 of 80

Question 53

When the duration for painting a house is estimated, which of the following is an appropriate technique that estimates the duration on the basis of the actual duration of a similar painting job in the past of the same house or other historical data from similar work?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 54 of 80

Question 54

In system development, when the relationship between person-months and the duration (months) is represented in the approximate expression shown below, and the total person-month is 4096, how many months does it take?

Duration = 2.5 × person-months1/3

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 55 of 80

Question 55

An IT service is provided under the conditions that are described below. What is the maximum downtime in hours that can satisfy the SLA during a service time period of one (1) month? Here, the number of business days in one (1) month is 30, and no maintenance or other scheduled downtime of the service is performed during the service time period.

[Conditions of the SLA]

-The service time period is from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM on business days.-The availability should be 99.5% or more.

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 56 of 80

Question 56

Which of the following is the main purpose of a migration test for a system?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 57 of 80

Question 57

In IT service management, which of the following is handled by incident management?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 58 of 80

Question 58

When the PDCA methodology is applied to a service management system, which of the following corresponds to Act?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 59 of 80

Question 59

In the system design stage, which of the following is the point to be checked during the audit of control for reducing the risk of non-fulfillment of user requirements?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 60 of 80

Question 60

When IT controls are classified into preventive controls and detective controls, which of the following is to be classified as a detective control?

Questions 61–70

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 61 of 80

Question 61

Which of the following is an explanation of CRM?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 62 of 80

Question 62

Which of the following is an explanation of BPO?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 63 of 80

Question 63

Which of the following is an appropriate description of chatbot?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 64 of 80

Question 64

Which of the following is a technique that performs the optimum resource allocation for computerization investment in each category classified by the similarities of risks and investment value?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 65 of 80

Question 65

In the verification of stakeholder requirements, which of the following indicates the ability to keep track of the process until the implementation of a change request?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 66 of 80

Question 66

Which of the following is an explanation of core competence?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 67 of 80

Question 67

In a product life cycle, which of the following is a stage where the withdrawal of some companies is observed when the demand peaks, and decision-making is necessary to determine whether it is possible to gain a strong foothold?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 68 of 80

Question 68

When an IT vendor uses a “Balanced Scorecard” to promote a solution business, which of the following is an example of the learning and growth KPI goal? Here, “solution” means “to support a customer through information technology and professional services that are offered by experts so that the customer can achieve its management objectives.”

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 69 of 80

Question 69

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of concurrent engineering?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 70 of 80

Question 70

Which of the following is the appropriate description of telemedicine?

Questions 71–80

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 71 of 80

Question 71

The figure below shows the relationships among the components of product A, and the numbers in parentheses indicate the quantity of components necessary to produce one unit of the upper-level product or component. When 10 units of product A are produced, how many units of component C must be ordered? Here, there are presently five units of component C in the inventory.

AB(2)C(1)D(1)E(1)C(1)

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 72 of 80

Question 72

The figure below shows the transaction model of an escrow service that is used in an Internet auction site or other similar transactions. Which of the following is the action that corresponds to (5) in this figure? Here, (1) through (6) indicate the sequence of transactions, and each of the numbers from (3) to (6) corresponds to an action in a) through d).

Escrow service companySellerBuyer(3)(6)(5)(4)(1) Agreement of sale(2) Paymentfor purchase

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 73 of 80

Question 73

Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of HEMS?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 74 of 80

Question 74

When real-time systems are classified into hard real-time and soft real-time systems, which of the following is in the category of a hard real-time system?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 75 of 80

Question 75

Which of the following is an organizational structure of a corporation that is temporarily structured by specialists from each department to reach a specific goal over a limited period and operates independently from all other standing organizations?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 76 of 80

Question 76

There are several quality control tools that have been used primarily for manufacturing and inspection departments. Which of the following is a combined graph containing a bar graph that shows the numeric values of individual items in descending order, and a line graph that shows the cumulative total of the composition ratios of these numeric values?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 77 of 80

Question 77

In a sampling inspection, which of the following can be used to ascertain the probability of acceptance of a lot with a certain defective ratio?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 78 of 80

Question 78

Which of following is an expression for calculating the cost of goods sold (or cost of sales) of a manufacturing company?

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 79 of 80

Question 79

The break-even point (BEP) is a level where total cost and total revenue are equal. The table below lists the fixed cost, variable cost per unit, price per unit, and BEP in units. Which of the following is a value of the price per unit?

Fixed cost ($)100,000
Variable cost per unit ($)2
Price per unit ($)
BEP in units10,000

ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 — Question 80 of 80

Question 80

Which of the following is the intellectual property right that does not require registration for protection in the World Trade Organization (WTO) member states?

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