Abstract:
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of utilization of online past
examination papers on academic performance of IT students at Jomo Kenyatta University.
Methodology: Descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Respondents were the
105 undergraduate students in Information Technology Department and 2 librarians in Jomo
Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology-Eldoret Campus. They were sampled using
stratified sampling, while Head of library and the library staff in charge of e-resources in JKUAT
Eldoret Campus were purposively included in the study. Primary data was collected from students
using closed-ended questionnaires, while interview guide was used on librarians. To ensure
validity and reliability, pre-testing of research instruments was done on 20 undergraduate students
of Mount Kenya university-Eldoret Campus in the department of Information Technology. D
Descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage, frequencies and standard deviation, SPSS (version
22) was used in analysing data. Univariate and multiple regression analysis were used to test the
hypothesis and overall model respectively. The results were presented using tables and
explanations.
Results: There is a positive and significant relationship between online past examination papers
and academic performance of IT undergraduate students of Jomo Kenyatta University of
Agriculture and Technology - Eldoret Campus. The study had a normal mean of 4.7 and standard
deviation of 0.58. The online past examination papers had R estimation of 0.715. The P estimation
of constant was significant (.000), consequently R square value was used. The R square estimation
of 0.711 inferred that online past assessment papers anticipated 71.1% of the fluctuation in the
academic performance. It had a beta of 0.504 at p<0.012.
Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: This study reports positive and significant
relationship between online past examination papers and academic performance. The study
recommends that more policies be developed so as to enable students to access diverse
examinations papers, not only from JKUAT library, but also government examination bodies such
as Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). This will improve university students’ research
