Questions

Q1.
Answer the question with a cross in the box you think is correct . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
A family uses digital devices in their everyday lives.

Howard sells his old hard disk drive to Steve.

(i) Complete the table by ranking these storage devices in order of their read/write speed.
A) Hard disk drive
B) Optical disk drive
C) Solid state drive
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(ii) Describe two factors that affect the read/write speed of a hard disk drive.
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(iii) Explain one benefit to the environment of buying previously-owned devices.
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(iv) Which one of these is the type of software Howard should use to make copies of his applications?
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A Control
B Office-productivity
C Project management
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(Total for question = 9 marks)
Q2.
Kay works from home.
She uses ICT for business and entertainment.

Complete the labelling of this image of a storage device.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q3.
Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.
They use digital devices in their daily lives.

The laptop can store 128 GiB of data.

Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 128 GiB.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q4.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.

Kay often prints her work.

(i) Describe how an inkjet printer works.

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(ii) A printer has 32 MiB of cache memory.

Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 32 MiB.
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(iii) State the output device that would produce this object.

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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q5.

Kay uses a range of software.

Describe how application software is different from systems software.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q6.
Kay uses a range of software.

Describe how utility software can reduce access times for large files stored on magnetic media.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q7.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

The smartphone has a 4 GHz CPU.

Describe the function of a CPU.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q8.
Hugh sells his music online.
Hugh uses a desktop computer to write, create and distribute his music.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to Hugh of selecting a desktop computer rather than a laptop,
smartphone or tablet computer.

In your answer you should consider: components, portability, connectivity, cost and maintenance.

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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q9.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.

Draw one straight line from each characteristic to the correct hardware.
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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q10.
Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.
They use digital devices in their daily lives.

The amount of RAM in a computer can be increased.

(i) Explain one benefit to the user of increasing the amount of RAM.
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(ii) One characteristic of RAM is that it can be increased.
Describe how two other characteristics of RAM and ROM affect their use.
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(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q11.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

Explain one benefit of using solid state storage with a smartphone.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q12.
Hugh sells his music online.

Hugh is choosing the type of computer he will use to manage the purchase and delivery of audio files to
customers.

Explain why an embedded system is a poor choice.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

 Q13.

Pat has a desktop PC at home.

One role of a PC operating system is to provide security.

(i) Give two other roles of a PC operating system.

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(ii) Give two security features provided by a PC operating system.

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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q14.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

The smartphone uses a sensor that detects movement of the device.

One way in which the smartphone uses data from the sensor is to switch itself off if dropped.

Give two other ways in which the smartphone could use data from the sensor.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q15.

Part of the specifications for four laptops are shown in Figure 1.

State one peripheral device that is used to output sound.

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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q16.
Kay uses a range of software.
State one reason why data is compressed before being transferred across a network.
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Q17.
Part of the specifications for four laptops are shown in Figure 1.

State one peripheral device that is used to input sound.

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 Q18.
Kay likes to listen to music.

Kay is visually impaired.

List two ways that an ICT system can be configured to meet the needs of someone with limited eyesight.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)