The software needed to send an email is:

Which one of these can be used to produce a hard copy of a drawing?

The type of software that controls the hardware and prepares it to run other software

is the:

Which one of these statements is accurate?

Documents can be saved on a PC's hard disk.

A hard disk is a type of:

A student plays computer games.

He has a high resolution monitor.

Which one of these would enhance the quality of the screen images?

Which one of these best describes an intranet?

A network of computers accessible by:

A supermarket uses a computer model to predict the number of checkouts to open

at various times.

The software used for this is:

A network manager prevents users accessing certain websites.

She does this by setting up:

A multinational bank keeps details of customer accounts on a computer.

Bank staff and customers can access the accounts.

The type of computer the bank uses is a:

A PC has both ROM and RAM.

Identify the row in the table which has the correct information.

Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) is widely used in industry.

One benefit of CAM is that:

An organisation uses a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to link two offices.

The security of data sent through the VPN link is maintained by:

A teacher stores test results in a database.

The teacher wants a list of boys and girls who scored at least 50 on a test.

Which one of these search criteria would create the list?

Many companies provide employees with portable digital devices, such as Personal

Digital Assistants (PDAs).

A PDA will help:

Sarbir uses a PC for a range of administrative tasks.

He wants to produce a letter.

Identify the most appropriate type of software to use.

Identify one input device that Sarbir could use. (note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

Identify one output device that Sarbir could use.(note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

Sarbir uses a USB pen drive to save a copy of the letter.

(i) Identify the type of memory used in the pen drive.

Give two benefits of using a USB pen drive to store data.(note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

Give one drawback of using a USB pen drive to store data. (note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

Sarbir has been advised to make a backup of the documents folder that is on his

PC.

(i) Give two reasons for this advice. (note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

One decision that Sarbir should make when creating a backup is which

software to use.

Identify three other decisions he should make.

(note: choose all that apply - one or more answers may be correct).

A large supermarket has several EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) terminals linked to a

computer.

(a) Each product for sale has a bar code on it. The bar code is made up of a pattern

of bars.

(i) Identify the type of device used to input data from the bar code.

Identify what the pattern of bars represents.

Give two benefits to the customer when bar codes are used at the checkout. (select all that apply).

The data is input at the checkout, processed and the item is added to the sale.

Complete the table, with the numbers 2–5, to give the correct order of steps in the process. (reads from top to bottom)

Supermarket customers can pay for their goods using bank cards.

(i) Identify the additional hardware that is needed at the checkout to process their payments.

Electronic data on a bank card can be stored on a microchip or a magnetic stripe. Describe two reasons why storing data on a microchip is preferable to storing data on a magnetic stripe.