JCE Computer Studies case studies
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The Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) Computer Studies is a school-leaving subject examination in Botswana, typically taken at the end of junior secondary schooling. It suits candidates who have followed the junior secondary Computer Studies syllabus and want a recognised record of foundational ICT competence, whether they plan to continue to senior secondary, enter vocational training, or simply demonstrate basic digital literacy. The exam blends multiple-choice items with short-answer and structured written responses, so it rewards both recall and the ability to explain, compare and apply concepts in clear written English. Content is broad rather than deep: hardware and system architecture, software and operating systems, data representation and number systems, networks and the internet, databases and information systems, algorithms and programming, productivity packages, ethics and security, and emerging technologies. The JCE Computer Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 2,234 words.
1The Overheated School Computer Laboratory
Northgate Junior Secondary has 28 donated desktop computers in one laboratory. Twelve have 2 GB RAM and 160 GB hard disks; sixteen have 4 GB RAM and 500 GB hard disks.
507 words, about 3 min2Shared Accounts at Riverside Health Post
Riverside Health Post has six laptops running Windows 10 Pro. A national patient-record program requires Windows and a report-printer driver certified only for the current build.
447 words, about 2 min3Membership Cards for a Community Library
A community library wants to issue 1,200 membership cards. Each card stores a 12-digit decimal membership number; surname and initials as 30 ASCII characters; a membership category with five possible values; a photograph at 240 by 320 pixels using 24-bit colour, compressed to one-eighth of its uncompressed size; and a 512-byte fingerprint template.
452 words, about 2 min4Connecting Three Buildings at a Rural School
A rural secondary school has three buildings 80 m apart: administration, two classroom blocks, and a library. It has one 10 Mbps fibre link and a 4G backup router with a 20 GB monthly cap.
437 words, about 2 min5The Farmers' Co-operative Spreadsheet
Kopano Farmers' Co-operative records produce deliveries in one spreadsheet. Columns are Date, Farmer Name, Village, Depot, Produce, Grade, Mass kg, Price per kg, Amount, Paid.
391 words, about 2 min