HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL 2016/2017

Information and Communication

FORM 3 Technology
TIME: 1h 30 min

Name:_____________________________ Class:___________

Answer all questions.

1. Give the name of each device.

i. ii. iii.

iv. v. vi.

vii. viii. ix.

(9 marks)

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 2. Match each term with its definition.

A The speed of the CPU is measured in……. Driver Software

A secondary storage device that can be used as a Photo-Editing

B
backup and can be carried around. Software

This hardware determines the speed at which program

C GHz
instructions are carried out by the computer.

This is type of memory is permanent and not Central Processing

D
changeable. Unit

A main storage device found on the computer used to

E ROM
store system and application software

A slot in the computer that supports fast transfer data

F rates, it can connect flash disks, digital cameras, mice, Fire wire Port

keyboards.

The scanner and other devices need this type of

G USB Port
software to controls its operation.

Enables users with a laptop computer to convert it into

H External Hard Drive
a desktop computer when at the office or at home.

A slot that connects digital video cameras to the

I Hard Drive
computer.

A program that is used to change scanned images. This

J Docking Station
software is usually provided with a scanner.

(10 marks)

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 3. a) The following list are units of storage, re-write them according to size in ascending
order, starting from the smallest.

Smallest

Kilobyte

Terabyte

Bit

Megabyte

Byte

Gigabyte

(6 marks)

b) RAM is a type of memory which means R____________ A___________ M___________

c) List 2 features for RAM:

1:_________________________________________________________________________

2:_________________________________________________________________(5 marks)
c) Why is the keyboard referred to as a QWERTY keyboard?

___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)

d) List 3 special keys found on the keyboard.

1:__________________________________________________________________

2:__________________________________________________________________

3: _________________________________________________________________

(3 marks)

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 4. (a) Match each term with its definition.

This refers to all types of software that secretly enter and damage a
A Virus computer system. They can be viruses, worms spyware and Trojan
Horse.

This is a program designed and written to make additional copies

B Worms A of itself and spread from location to location, typically without the
user’s knowledge or permission.

It makes copies of themselves, by seeking other systems - rather

C Spyware than parts of systems - to infect, then copy its code to them. It
makes the computer slower.

It secretly place illegal, destructive instructions in the middle of a

D Malware computer program. Once the program is run, this program
becomes active. It does not replicate.
It secretly installs itself on computers and collects information
about users without their knowledge. It can collect various types
E Trojan Horse
of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits and sites
that have been visited.
(4 marks)
(b) List 2 ways how a virus can be introduced into a computer system.

1:_________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2:_________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

(4 marks)
(c) What type of program can be installed to prevent having a virus in the system?

___________________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)

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5. Listed below are the images of Input and Output ports found in a computer. Name the
port (you can choose from the list provided) and list one of its uses.

digital port fire wire port HDMI port mini USB port
network port parallel port USB port

Input / Output Ports Name of Port Use of Port

a.

b.

c.

d.

(8 marks)
6. Mark with a true or false the following statements.

True / False
The Internet, is short for ‘International networking.’

The Internet consists of thousands of computer networks.

The Internet refers to the hardware and software that provides different
communications services between computer networks.
The Internet is referred to as the ‘Net’, ‘Information Superhighway’ and
‘cyberspace’.

The Internet is a way of accessing information from webpages.

(5 marks)
7. Give the full name for these:

www: W_____________________ W_____________________W_____________________

url: u_____________________ r_____________________ l_____________________

html: h_________________ t_________________ m_______________ l_______________

http: h________________ t_________________ t________________ p_______________

(4 marks)

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8. Fill in the blanks with the following works.

3 Domain Name educational Folder and ‘.html’

website Filename
. http:// Service Malta .org URL
Protocol

The __URL___ of a Web page is made up of _________________________distinct

components:
A. _________________________ is a standard procedure or set of rules for the reading
of Web pages. _________________________is the language used by the web
browser to request Web pages from a Web server.

B. _________________________ identifies the name of the organisation where the

information is stored. ‘mt’ indicates that the web site is registered in
_________________________ ‘edu’ shows that skola is an
_________________________, and _____________________shows that it is an
organisational website.

C. _________________________: this shows the location of the Web page on the

Internet server and the name of the document that is being requested. The file ‘ecdl’
ends with the extension _________________________.

B C

http://www.skola.edu.mt/courses/ecdl.html

A D

Domain Name Filename Folder on Server Service Protocol

D
(13 marks)
9. This is a screen shot of the web page skola.edu.mt.
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 a) Complete the following table by writing the name of these Icons or buttons.

7 8 1 2 3

4
6

Number Function
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

b) Give the name of any web browsers: _________________________________

c) What is the function of button 8? _________________________________

_______________________________________________________________(10 marks)

10. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

credit cards e-banking e-commerce e-government e-learning

e-mail Google Information keywords online games
Searching
search engine Selling Web log World Wide www.gov.mt
Web

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Some typical uses of Internet include ___I___________S___________ Many people use the

_________________________to search for information of all sorts. Typically they input

_________________________ in a ______________________ such as

_________________________ or Bing to locate web pages with the information they require.

Nowadays more and more people are buying and _________________________ goods/services

through Internet. This online trading is often referred to as _________________________. Online

buyers use __________________ to purchase books, clothes, electronic devices, cinema tickets etc.

Some students follow courses through Internet. _________________________ is a form of learning

or education through the use of computers connected to Internet. It includes text, video, audio,

animation and virtual environments.

Nowadays many people are setting up their blogs. A blog, short for _________________________,

is a type of website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary,

descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. The latest entry is always

displayed at the top of the Web page.

Many banks enable their customers to perform _________________________ transactions through

Internet. Users do not need to go to the bank to transfer funds, pay bills, view and check their bank

accounts etc.

Also, many government departments offer services to the community through the use of ICTs.

Locally, the government portal that gives access to all information and services provided by

government departments is available at _________________________. Government services

offered through Internet are referred to as _________________________.

Many people listen to radio and follow streaming of television programmes on the Internet. A lot of

youngsters and adults play _________________________. Other people use the Internet for

communication purposes including _________________________, instant messaging (IM) and

Voice over IP. Social media websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn facilitate communication

between friends/relatives and people with common interests. (15 marks)

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