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An interrupt is break from the normal sequential flow of instructions processing in a program.
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- State the type of port that would commonly be used to connect the following devices
(i) Mouse
(ii) Modem
(iii) External CD drive(Solved)
State the type of port that would commonly be used to connect the following devices
(i) Mouse
(ii) Modem
(iii) External CD drive
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Give two advantages of the higher number of pixels per square centimeter.
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- Mutson Chemist is based on the Basic and additional benefits. Employees with more than 10 year’s experience get an additional pay of 10% of their...(Solved)
Mutson Chemist is based on the Basic and additional benefits. Employees with more than 10 year’s experience get an additional pay of 10% of their basic salary. Bonuses are given as per employees’ sales of the month as:
>200,000 15%
100,000 – 200,000 10%
Below 100,000 5%
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- Mwalimu savings society (MSS) Pays 5% interest on shares exceeding 100,000 shillings and 3% on shares that do not meet this target. However, no interest...(Solved)
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a) Design a pseudo code for a program that would:
i) Prompt the user for shares and deposit of particular members
ii) Calculate the interest and total savings
iii) Display the interest and total savings on the screen for particular members of the society.
b) Draw a flowchart for the above pseudo code.
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- Michael deposits 1,000 in a bank at an interest rat of 10% per year. At the end of each year, the interest earned is added...(Solved)
Michael deposits 1,000 in a bank at an interest rat of 10% per year. At the end of each year, the interest earned is added to the amount on deposit and this becomes the new deposit for the next year.
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- With aid of a pseudo code, design an algorithm that would:
- Prompt the user to enter two number X and Y
- Divide X by Y....(Solved)
With aid of a pseudo code, design an algorithm that would:
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- Draw a simple flowchart diagram showing:
IF….THEN…. selection(Solved)
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