IGCSE ICT

Year 10 Summer Break

2024
Homework Booklet

Last Submission Date: Monday 26th August

2024

This is compulsory homework and failure to submit will impact performance for the
mock/in class assessments.
Student Name: _____________________ICT Teacher:
___________

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 .

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille uses digital devices for work.

A distance sensor is used as an input for an embedded system in a car.

(i) Describe how a distance sensor is used by an embedded system in a car.

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(ii) Which one of these is another example of an input for a device?

(1)
A LED
B Monitor
C Scanner
D Speaker
 (Total for question = 3 marks)

Q2.

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 .

Which one of these is a function of an operating system?

(1)
A Convergence

B Media access control

C Memory management

D Office productivity

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q3.

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 .

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.
Camille's laptop uses memory.

(i) Which one of these statements is true?

(1)
A ROM is never used in laptops
B ROM always stores more instructions than RAM
C ROM contains values that can be changed by applications
D ROM is used to store startup files

(ii) Give one drawback of increasing the size of random access memory.
(1)
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q4.

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 .

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille's laptop uses secondary storage.

(i) Which one of these is a feature of a hard disk that allows data to be read?
(1)
A It allows electrons to be stored
B It is reflective
 C It is magnetically charged
D It connects directly to the network

(ii) Here is a diagram that shows secondary storage.

Four files (A, B, C and D) are stored on it. Each file is made up of several blocks (1, 2, 3, etc.)

Complete the diagram to show the state of the storage after running a defragmentation utility.
(2)

(iii) State one type of storage media that stores data as electrical charges.
(1)
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(iv) Which one of these is the largest amount of data?

(1)
A 0.010 GiB
B 0.100 TiB
C 0.001 MiB
D 1.000 KiB

(v) State two characteristics of hard disk drives that make them more suitable for use with servers than
magnetic tape.
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(vi) Which one of these is a reason for using local storage rather than online storage?
(1)
A Data stored locally is harder to intercept
B Local storage media cannot be encrypted
C Online storage cannot be backed up automatically
D Online storage is always compressed

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q5.

Answer some questions with a cross in the boxes you think are correct . If you change your
mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross
.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

The smartphone uses a SIM card.

Which one of these is a type of connectivity that the SIM card provides?
(1)
A WLAN
B Bluetooth
C Infrared
D 4G

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q6.

Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box ( ). If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box ( ) and then mark your new answer with a cross ( ).

Letta travels for work and holidays.

She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment.
Letta uses a camera and camcorder when travelling.

Which one of these is a camcorder used for?

(1)
A Backing up video files
B Connecting a camera to a tablet
C Creating presentation transitions
D Creating video files

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q7.

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.

Which one of these is found in all computers?
(1)
A Control software

B Keyboard

C Operating system

D Processor

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q8.

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.

Which one of these would be used as a desktop replacement computer?
(1)
A Laptop

B Mainframe

C Media Player

D Server

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q9.

Answer some questions with a cross in the boxes you think are correct . If you change your
mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross
.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

Kiki's smartphone uses an open source operating system.

Which one of these describes the source code in an open source operating system?
(1)
A It is owned by a company
B It is made available to users
C It is more secure
D It uses less processing power

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q10.

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 .

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.
Kay uses a laptop for work.

Which one of these features would be improved if she used a desktop replacement?
(1)
A User interface
B Energy consumption
C Portability
D Performance

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q11.

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 .

Kay uses a range of software.

Which one of these identifies how OMR recognises text?

(1)
A Magnetic
B Online
C Optical
D Random

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q12.

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 .

Which one of these is processed by the CPU?

(1)
A Connectivity

B Embedded systems

C Hardware

D Malware

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q13.

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 .

Sachini plays online games on her laptop.

The laptop uses a fingerprint scanner.

Which one of these describes this device?

(1)
A Media support

B Expansion capability

C Security feature

D Storage

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q14.

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 .

Kasuni studies online.

Which one of these is a type of software used to compress files.
(1)
A Backup

B Utility

C Security

D Network

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q15.

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 .

Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.

They use digital devices in their daily lives.

Which one of these is a type of storage media?

(1)
A CD drive

B Magnetic tape

C RAM

D SSD
 (Total for question = 1 mark)

Q16.

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 .

Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.

They use digital devices in their daily lives.

Which one of these uses magnetic media?

(1)
A Solid state disc

B Flash disc

C Hard disc

D Optical disc

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q17.

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 .

Which one of these types of device can have software installed to it?
(1)
A Memory

B OMR Reader

C Processor

D Storage

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q18.

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 .

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille's child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.

Sarah participates in an online meeting as part of a lesson.

(i) State two peripheral output devices Sarah requires to participate in the online meeting.
(2)
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2 ..........................................................................................................................................
(ii) Sarah uses wired connectivity. Her video is not synchronised with video from other participants.
Which one of these would cause this issue?
(1)
A Higher bandwidth
B Higher latency
C Less interference
D Using wired connectivity

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q19.

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
(2)

(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?
(1)
A Control
B Office-productivity
C Project management
D Utility

(Total for question = 9 marks)

Q20.

Letta uses the Internet for work.

Letta's employer uses hosted applications and storage.

(i) Explain one benefit to Letta's employer of doing this.

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(ii) State the type of computer used to store online software.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q21.

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.

(1)
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q22.

Letta travels for work and holidays.

She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment.

Letta uses a camera and camcorder when travelling.

Letta backs up some photographs using an optical disk drive.

(i) Complete the labelling of this diagram of an optical disk drive.

(2)
(ii) Describe how an optical disk drive reads data from a disk.
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(iii) State one type of optical media Letta could use with the optical disk drive.
(1)
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(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q23.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

Kiki meets her friend, Zara.

(i) Draw a diagram to show how Kiki's smartphone can be used to provide Zara's tablet computer
with an Internet connection.
Label each component and the connectivity you use in your diagram.
(4)

(ii) Explain why sharing an Internet connection would affect the bandwidth available to Kiki's smartphone.
(2)
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q24.

Judy uses a mobile phone to make a voice call.

Draw a diagram to show the mobile phone's input and output devices required to make the call.

Label each device you use in your diagram.

(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q25.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.
Draw one straight line from each characteristic to the correct hardware.
(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q26.

Eunice installs some software on her laptop.

Draw one straight line from each example of utility software to the correct purpose.
(3)
 (Total for question = 3 marks)

Q27.

Kay likes to listen to music.

Kay connects her smartphone to her home entertainment system.

(i) Explain one advantage of connecting her smartphone to her home entertainment system.
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(ii) Give two other types of device that Kay could connect to her smartphone.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q28.

Josef is a student who travels by bus to college.

He uses his smartphone to communicate with his friends when travelling.

Josef uses a laptop to complete his college work.

He has installed open source software because it is free.

(i) Explain one other benefit of using open source software.

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(ii) State two drawbacks of using open source software.

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(iii) He uploads his assignments to the college's virtual learning environment (VLE).
State two other ways in which Josef can use the VLE.
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(iv) Josef stores his files online rather than on his laptop.
State two benefits to Josef of using online storage.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q29.

Letta travels for work and holidays.

She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment.

Letta uses a camera and camcorder when travelling.

Cameras and camcorders are examples of products that use an embedded system.

Give one other example of a product that uses an embedded system.

(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q30.

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.

(2)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q31.

Zara uses her tablet computer to watch TV online.

Give two benefits to Zara of connecting her tablet computer to her television.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q32.

Sachini plays online games on her laptop.

Give two reasons why Sachini should update the game software.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q33.
A family uses digital devices in their everyday lives.

Give two types of peripheral storage media that the tablet computer could use.
(2)
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2 ..........................................................................................................................................

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q34.
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.
(2)
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q35.

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

Use the information in Figure 1 to answer these questions.

Laptop B has a DVD-RW additional drive.

(i) Which one of these is the method of storing data on a DVD?

(1)
A Optical storage
B Flash memory
C Biometric memory
D Magnetic storage

(ii) State what is meant by 'RW' in the term 'DVD-RW.'

(1)
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q36.

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

Identify the speed of the processor in Laptop C.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q37.

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

(i) The measurement of the screen resolution for Laptop A is shown as 1280 × 800.
Which one of these is the unit used to measure screen resolution?
(1)
A Inch
B Mbps
C Pixel
D Bit

(ii) Screen resolution can be altered to help users with visual impairment.
State two other system settings that can be altered to help users with visual impairment.
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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q38.

Josef is a student who travels by bus to college.

He uses his smartphone to communicate with his friends when travelling.

His smartphone has a SIM card installed.

(i) Which one of these is true?

A SIM card is necessary to connect a smartphone to a:
(1)
A mobile network
B Wi-Fi network
C local area network
D wireless adaptor

(ii) Which one of these is a type of connectivity used by a SIM card?

(1)
A Infra-red
B WEP
C WPA
D 4G

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q39.

Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box ( ). If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box ( ) and then mark your new answer with a cross ( ).

Letta arrives at a hotel.

Letta fills in a form at the hotel reception desk.

Which one of these is an OCR reader used for?

 (1)
A Finding data
B Opening e-books
C Recognising barcodes
D Scanning text

(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q40.

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

Laptop B has a storage capacity of 1 TiB.

Which one of these has the same storage capacity as 1 TiB?

(1)
A 1024 kilobits
B 1024 mebibytes
C 1024 gigabits
D 1024 gibibytes
 (Total for question = 1 mark)

Q41.

Sachini plays online games on her laptop.

The laptop has a built-in keyboard and mouse.

Draw a diagram to show how Sachini can connect two other devices to the laptop that will enable her to
control a game.

Label each device and the connectivity you use in your diagram.
(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q42.

Hugh sells his music online.

Hugh is working on a musical project.

(i) List two key features of sound editing software that Hugh could use to create a song.
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(ii) Describe two key features of project management software that Hugh could use to make sure the
project is complete
before the deadline.
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q43.

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.
(2)
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q44.

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

State one peripheral device that is used to input sound.

(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q45.

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

State one peripheral device that is used to output sound.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q46.

Kay uses a range of software.

State one reason why data is compressed before being transferred across a network.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q47.

List two peripheral devices that could be used to input text by people who are unable to use a mouse and
keyboard.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q48.

Atzform is a retailer with stores across the UK.

Goods can be purchased in the stores or online via the company website.

Karon visits her local store to buy toys for her son.

(i) State two reasons why Karon may prefer to buy in the store rather than online.
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(ii) Karon uses a bank card to pay for the toys.

She inserts her card into a card reader.
Which one of these must she enter to process the payment?
(1)
A Card number
B Name
C PIN
D Password

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q49.

State the number of instructions that can be executed every second by a 3.2MHz processor.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q50.

Kay uses a range of software.

State the type of utility software that prevents data from being understood without using a key.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q51.

State the type of utility software that reduces the size of a file.
(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q52.

Defragmentation is a type of utility software.

State two other types of utility software.

(2)
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2 ..........................................................................................................................................

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q53.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille designs controllers for a games console.

Controllers are input devices.

State two other peripheral input devices for a games console.

(2)
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q54.

Letta downloads software to her laptop.

State two purposes of communication software.

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 (Total for question = 2 marks)

Q55.

Kay uses a range of software.

State two types of application software.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q56.

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

Laptop B has the most RAM.

(i) State what 'RAM' stands for.

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(ii) State two characteristics of RAM.

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(iii) Explain why having a large amount of RAM can benefit the user.
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 (Total for question = 5 marks)

Q57.

Deshan buys a music CD in a store.

The payment system uses an open source operating system.

(i) State what is meant by the term 'open source software'.

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(ii) State two functions of an operating system.

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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q58.

Letta arrives at a hotel.

The hotel staff use project management software.

State what is meant by the term 'critical path'.

(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q59.

Ashan works in an office with a network.

Ashan tells Sachini that her smartphone will not be able to use her location as she is not connected to the
Internet.

State the reason why Ashan is wrong.

(1)
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(Total for question = 1 mark)

Q60.

Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box ( ). If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box ( ) and then mark your new answer with a cross ( ).

Letta travels for work and holidays.

She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment.

Letta uses a camera and camcorder when travelling.

Letta uses a camera with a 128 GiB memory card.

Each photograph uses 3 MiB of storage.

(i) Construct an expression to show how many photographs can be stored on the memory card.
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(ii) Which one of these is the type of storage used by the memory card?
(1)
A Cloud
B Flash
C Magnetic
D Optical

(iii) State one reason why Letta's camera uses ROM.

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(iv) State one benefit to Letta of the camera software using compression.
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(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q61.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.
Complete the labelling of this image of a storage device.
(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q62.

James teaches in a school that uses a local area network and a wide area network.

Some learners have accessibility needs.

Complete the table to describe how two peripheral devices designed specifically
for accessibility could improve the learning of people with accessibility needs.
(4)
 (Total for question = 4 marks)

Q63.

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.

(3)
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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q64.

A family uses digital devices in their everyday lives.

A CPU has 16 MiB of cache memory.

Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 16 MiB.

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Q65.

Ruwan uses a smartwatch when he exercises.

The health monitor stores 4 MiB of data.

Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 4 MiB.

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Q66.

Kay uses a range of software.

Describe how application software is different from systems software.

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Q67.

Kasuni studies online.

Some teachers use OMR to reduce their workload when marking tests.

Describe how OMR works.

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Q68.

Sachini plays online games on her laptop.

Describe how Sachini can update the game software.

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Q69.

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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Q70.
Kiki buys a smartphone.

The smartphone has a 4 GHz CPU.

Describe the function of a CPU.

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Q71.

Answer some questions with a cross in the boxes you think are correct . If you change your
mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross
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Kiki buys a smartphone.

The smartphone uses application software.

Describe the purpose of application software.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q72.

James teaches in a school that uses a local area network and a wide area network.

The learners use communication software.

Describe the purpose of communication software.

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Q73.

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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Q74.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille connects to a wireless access point to upload her photographs.

(i) Explain one reason why moving closer to the wireless access point reduces transfer time.
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(ii) Explain one effect that compressing the data would have on data transfer.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q75.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille's child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.

Sarah is researching changes in global temperatures.

Here is an image of her use of a search engine.

(i) Explain one way the search can be improved.
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(ii) Describe how one peripheral device can support users of the search engine who have accessibility
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q76.

Pat has a desktop PC at home.

Pat is considering upgrading the operating system on her PC.

Explain two factors that she should consider before upgrading the operating system.
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Q77.

Letta travels for work and holidays.

She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment.

Letta uses a camera and camcorder when travelling.

Explain one advantage of increasing the speed of the camera's processor.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q78.

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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Q79.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.

Explain one benefit of increasing the size of RAM in a laptop.

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Q80.

Eunice installs some software on her laptop.

Explain one benefit to Eunice of updating her software regularly.

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Q81.

Explain one benefit of using defragmentation after installing software on a magnetic hard disk.
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Q82.

Kiki buys a smartphone.

Explain one benefit of using solid state storage with a smartphone.
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Q83.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.

Kay makes copies of her work files.

One reason magnetic tape is used for this is because it can store more data than other storage media.

Explain one other reason magnetic tape is a good choice.

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Q84.

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

Laptop A has a solid state drive (SSD). Laptop B has a hard disc drive (HDD).

Laptops with SSDs generate less heat than those with HDDs.

(i) Explain two other advantages of having an SSD rather than an HDD in a laptop.
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Q85.

Ashan works in an office with a network.

Ashan needs to print some documents.

Explain two ways an inkjet printer performs differently to a laser printer.

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Q86.

Explain one reason why a website should provide accessibility features.

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Q87.

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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Q88.

Kay works from home.

She uses ICT for business and entertainment.
Explain why print spooling is necessary.
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Q89.

Letta downloads software to her laptop.

Explain why systems software should be updated regularly.

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Q90.

Sachini plays online games on her laptop.

The game is stored on a DVD-R.

Explain why the game does not require rewritable optical storage media.
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