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IGCSE ICT MCQ – MOCK 4

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30 January 2019
Md. Rahimuddin Arif
Time: 30 Minutes
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1. Why is it sometimes better to use a network cable rather than a wireless connection for
online games?
 A. Better user experience
B. Cheaper
C. All of the above
D. Less interference

2. What is primary storage?

A. None of the above
B. The first place you save a document
C. Storage which can only be used by smaller children
D. Smaller storage capacity

3. What is viral marketing?

A. A marketing strategy that encourages people to pass on a marketing message to
their friends
B. A marketing strategy which is very persuasive, telling viewers that they must
purchase the advertised product
C. A marketing strategy which contains viruses
D. A marketing strategy which should be avoided as it can cause damage to your
device if viewed

4. What is disaster recovery?

A. A piece of software which should not be downloaded as it creates a disaster
which is not able to be recovered
B. The steps a city or country must follow in order to recover after a natural
disaster
C. The policies and procedures that a company has in place so it can carry on with
normal business after a disaster
D. A piece of hardware which stores all data which has been lost worldwide due to
a disaster

5. What is RAID?
A. A piece of software which scares criminals away to make them believe that the
building is occupied, when they previously thought it was empty
B. When criminals maliciously gather private data from a company with intention
to sell it on at a high price
C. A hard disk drive where data is written onto lots of disks at the same time,
allowing access to the data if one disk fails
D. When criminals physically break into a company

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6. Why might a customer be put off a businesses' online shop?
A. The business may be too persuasive and put people off buying their products
B. They may not have a credit/debit card in order to pay for the goods
C. All of the above
D. Have to pay postage and package for an item to be delivered

7. Why is the personal data you give to companies when shopping online valuable?
A. Celebrities want to find out more about you
B. They are able to send you personal emails
C. All of the above
D. They are able to sell it

8. Which of the following digital devices might be best to take on holiday?

A. PDA
B. All of the above
C. Mobile Phone
D. Laptop/Netbook/Notebook

9. What is encryption?
A. Viewing other people
B. Not allowing specific users to view your personal data
C. For security, data is translated into a secret code according to a set of rules in a
special
D. Stealing other people

10. What are the disadvantages of shopping online compared to visiting the shops?
A. All of the above
B. Delivery charges and waiting time
C. Due to the digital divide, shopping online is not available to everyone or they
might not have the skills to be able to use it
D. You can
E. Have to have a credit/debit card in order to buy the items

11. What is secondary storage?

A. Somewhere where you store a second copy of the data
B. A storage method which can only be used by teenagers
C. A teenage game site

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 D. A piece of hardware

12. What is backup?
A. A copy of the data that is made in case the original data is lost/damaged
B. None of the above
C. Storing the information in a different file on your device
D. Giving someone a ride on your back

13. How can you limit the number of hits from a search?

A. BILEAN search
B. BOLEAN search
C. BALOAN search
D. BILOAN search

14. What is meant by the term 'Bandwidth'?

A. How much Internet your device can use before it runs out of battery
B. How wide your broadband connection is
C. The amount of data that can fit through an Internet connection
D. How wide someone

15. What is Bandwidth measured in?

A. hours
B. bits per second
C. bytes per second
D. cm

16. What is meant by the term 'Latency'?

A. How quickly your Internet loads
B. the time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment it
becomes detectable
C. How much you know
D. How late you arrive

17. What are the disadvantages of online storage?

A. Expensive
B. Need an Internet connection
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 C. All of the above
D. Data can be accessed by anyone worldwide
E. Not very secure

18. What is the IP address?

A. The personal address of your computer so that servers know where to send the
information you have requested
B. Your home address
C. The address of the place where your device was purchased from
D. The address of your Internet Service Provider

19. What is a dongle?
A. A memory stick which allows you to store images and videos on it and then
transfer them to another device eg. laptop/PC
B. A piece of hardware which backs up data so that it is never lost
C. A small piece of hardware that connects to a computer and has uses including
data storage and picking up Bluetooth and 3G signals
D. A memory card which is inserted into a mobile phone so that Internet is
accessible

20. What is meta data?

A. Something which provides information about the content of a digital item
B. A piece of software which allows you to store only the most important data to
the user
C. A piece of hardware which can store large amounts of data
D. None of the above

21. What is convergence?
A. When one device is developed to carry out functions that were originally
performed by several different devices
B. Mixing together two pieces of data in order to create a better and more reliable
one
C. Designing a piece of software which has been specially designed for you
D. Mixing together two colours to make a prettier colour for your desktop
background

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22. What is an online encyclopaedia?
A. Facebook
B. Wikipedia
C. Google

23. Select the statement which is true about EFTPOS

A. It provides itemised receipts and allows payments to be processed
B. It provides itemised receipts but does not allow payments to be processed
C. It allows barcodes to be scanned but does not allows payments to be processed
D. It provides itemised receipts but does not allow barcodes to be scanned