CAT Final revision

Every fill in the black answer should start with a capital letter understand?

• Yes.

• No.

What is the purpose of Output

• Provide the user with feedback during their interaction with a computing device.

• Displaying the results of processing that has taken place.

• Provide the user with a more permanent or non-electronic copy of the results of processing.

• Displaying options that allow the user to make choices or interact with the program and operating system.

• Allow the transmission of data between computers or electronic devices.

Answer explanation

The other 2 are referring to display OUTPUT, this is the only explanation to an answer in this quiz because it is a bit confusing.

Define a service pack.

• Collection of previous updates for the last period of time (6 months to a year). The service pack is meant to help people who are behind in their updates fix their software all at once

• Collection of programs with their latest updates and developer support included in a subscription.

Give one disadvantage, advantage and definition of an RSS feed.

• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology that automatically provides users with updated content. It provides this in the form of a summary.

• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology that automatically provides users with updated content. All in one single place.

• People often subscribe to too many RSS feed. RSS avoids spam as the updates are not sent to email addresses.

• You can find all your news in one place (your RSS reader software) instead of having to visit many different sites.

  RSS software is unable filter spam.

• Sometimes graphics and photos are not included in RSS feeds. RSS feeds are suited to summarize information meaning you can easily take it in and avoid straying off into different subtopics.

What should be included in an AUP (Acceptable User Policy)

• Restrictions in terms of what may be accessed online.

• Guidelines on whether or not to report those who break the AUP

• Clear consequences of violating conditions spelt out in the AUP

• Restrictions on USB or external storage devices.

• Details of restrictions about installing any hardware or software.

Answer explanation

Oh look another one, the two incorrect answers are just slight variations of the actual necessities, they don't restrict USB they just give you guidelines on how to use them and when a another user causing an infraction of the AUP they just give you steps on how to report them

(Excel questions) This function is used to _____ to the nearest 10, 100, 1000

IF, sumif, countif, are all functions used to tell EXEL which variables to _____ for the function.

Answer explanation

This answer explanation is here for anyone that actually answered "acknowledge", we all think your a nerd.

Which benefit of 'Cloud computing' is incorrect

• The software is always up to date.

• You don't have to download or install anything

• The software does not take up space on your local storage.

• The server CPU may be more powerful than your own CPU, which means that you can run more powerful software.

• More accessibe to more poeple.

Give one advantage, disadvantage and the definition of VoIP.

• Its cheaper than normal phone calls. The call quality may be poor if you have a slow internet connection.

• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is used to send high quality voice memos that can be saved to the cloud so that they don't take up space on a users hardrive and to place calls.

• The software is generally free. If security is poor people can join call without permission.

• You, can use up a lot of your data cap, especially when using video. Contains a file scanning feature so that there is less of a chance of receiving a virus form a shared file.

• VoIP is a technology that allows telephone calls to be made of LANs, WANs, and the internet.

Hard copies are paper copies. Soft copies _______ written copies saved on a computer