ALPHA BETA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

ALP 1 Exercise 2

NAME:_____________________________________________________ DATE:__________________

Topic: DDE, Printers and Shapes/Images

1. Ring two items which are used to output data from a computer.

Keyboard Light pen Monitor

Mouse Printer Sensor [2]

2. Name the input devices which would read the information from objects A, B, C and D

A__________________________________ B __________________________________

C __________________________________ D __________________________________ [4]

3. Judith wishes to use shapes to draw the image below in Word Processor

Mention any three shapes she will need to complete object above

I________________________________________________________________________[1]
ii_______________________________________________________________________[1]
iii_______________________________________________________________________[1]

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4. What do the following image file formats abbreviations represent or mean?
i. JPEG ________________________________________________________________________[1]
ii. PNG ________________________________________________________________________[1]
iii. GIF ________________________________________________________________________[1]
iv. TIF ________________________________________________________________________[1]
v. BMP ________________________________________________________________________[1]

5. Read the passage about printers below carefully and complete it with the most appropriate term or
phrase
i. There are 2 main categories of printers.
ii. _________________ printers, an example is _______________________ and
____________________printers, an example is _______________________ [4]
iii. ________________________refers to a class of printers that work by striking a metal head or
needle against an ink ribbon to make a mark on the paper [1]
iv. Laser printers are used in many workplaces and schools because they are _________, they
print________________________________________________ and they
_______________________________________________ [5]
v. Powdered ink in the laser printer is called '___________', is fused onto paper by __________
and _______________. [3]
vi. _________________ printers use cartridges that contain the ink. They operate by heating the
ink as it flows through a set of tiny ____________. The heating process causes a
________________________________________to form. This is then released as a single dot
that forms part of a letter or image. This is why the printouts often come out of an ink-jet
printer still slightly wet. [4]

vii. Two main uses of the ink-jet printers are

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________[4]

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Shapes in Microsoft Word (15 Marks)
Reproduce the objects below using your word processor and colour it.

 Save the completed work as document

 Save the work with your First name_Last name_ALP1_ex2
 Submit it to the virtual classroom

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