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ICT IGCSE Term 1 Assessment

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does GUI stand for?
a)
Graphical User Interface
b)
Global User Interface
c)
Graphical Username Interface
d)
Global Uniform Interface
2.
What does CLI stand for?
a)
Command Line Interface
b)
Control Logical Interaction
c)
Control Line Interface
d)
Command Logical Interaction
3.
What device is stores data on a computer network?
a)
Server
b)
Mainframe
c)
Hard Drive
d)
Hub
4.
Which of the following would you not use to backup data?
a)
Magnetic Tape
b)
CD-RW
c)
USB Flash Drive
d)
Scanner
5.
Which of the following devices is not a peripheral?
a)
Sensor
b)
Laser Printer
c)
Video Card
d)
External Hard Drive
6.
Name two storage devices for keeping backup copies of photographs
a)
memory stick and CD ROM
b)
DVD and flash drive
c)
floppy disk and Flash drive
d)
Hotspot and wifi
7.

Which of these is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Which of the following storage devices is most suitable for use in mobile devices?

a)

Cloud

b)

Magnetic

c)

Solid State

d)

Optical

9.
Optical device, fairly fragile, easy to snap or scratch.
a)
Flash memory
b)
Magnetic Tape
c)
CD
d)
Hard disk
10.

What does CPU stand for?

a)

Computer printing unit

b)

Computer presenting unit

c)

Central processing unit

d)

Central pizza unit

11.

Which of the following are output devices?

a)

Printer

b)

Microphone

c)

Speakers

d)

Monitor

12.

What is this piece of hardware called?

a)

Hard disk

b)

RAM

c)

Father board

d)

Motherboard

13.

What is the missing word?


'A computer can store data, present data and _________ data.'

a)

process

b)

princess

c)

platform

d)

input

14.

What is BIOS stands for?

a)

BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM

b)

BASIC INDUCT ONLINE SYSTEM

c)

BASIC INDUSTRY ONLINE STANDARDS

d)

BASIC INSULATOR OPEN SOURCE

15.

Is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.

a)

RAM

b)

Operating system

c)

CPU

d)

HDD

16.

What RAM stands for?

a)

Random Access Memory

b)

Random Autonomous Memory

c)

Read Action Memory

d)

Rare Ally Memory

17.

What is this ?

a)

Pen drive

b)

Flash drive

c)

Portable disk

d)

Hard disk

18.

Identify the name of the icon shown

a)

Mouse Pointer

b)

Arrow hand

c)

Keyboard Shortcut

d)

All of the above

19.

What is the full form of CSV.

a)

Computer Separated Value

b)

Command Separated Value

c)

Common Separated Value

d)

Comma Separated Value

20.

Which of the following is used to read from cheques?

a)

MICR

b)

OCR

c)

OMR

d)

MLTR

21.

What does OCR stand for?

a)

Online Cloud Reader

b)

Operation Command Recognition

c)

Omitting Character Recognition

d)

Optical Character Reader

22.

RFID uses _____________to identify people or objects. Eg. RFID tag on a book contains a serial number which identifies the book.

a)

Microwaves

b)

Radio waves

c)

Infrared signal

d)

Magnetic ink

23.
RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?
a)
Secondary storage
b)
Main memory
c)
Registers
d)
Flash memory
24.
A ______ is the main storage device in your computer.
a)
CPU
b)
Hard drive
c)
Motherboard
d)
CD-Rom
25.

A scanner is _______.

a)

input

b)

output

c)

storage

d)

Input and output

26.

A webcam is _______.

a)

input

b)

output

c)

storage

d)

input and ouput

27.
Surveys, school records and libraries are examples of what type of applications?
a)
Data handling appliactions
b)
Measuring appliactions
c)
Banking applications
d)
Expert System appliactions
28.
Companies like Amazon and PayPal process hundreds of thousands of online credit card transactions for consumer products, every day. What kind of computer is needed to process this high volume of transactions?
a)
Server
b)
Microcomputer
c)
Mainframe
d)
Supercomputer
29.
Which part of a computer system describes the software?
a)
The information that a computer processes such as text, numbers, sound, video, images and files.
b)
The person who enters the data that is to be processed and views the information.
c)
The programs or instructions that tell the computer what tasks to perform.
d)
The computer and its components inside and external peripherals, such as monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer.
30.
Describe RAM
a)
RAM is volatile
b)
RAM never stores data
c)
RAM programs turn off if you close the computer
d)
RAM is the same as ROM
31.
Unit 1 Practical: Which of the following is a serif font?
a)
Times New Roman
b)
Corbel
c)
Arial
d)
Calibri
32.
Unit 2 Theory: Which of the following is an output device?
a)
Pressure Sensor
b)
Plotter
c)
Microphone
d)
MICR
33.
Which of these is not applications software?
a)
Spreadsheet
b)
Database
c)
Word Processor
d)
Anti-Virus
34.
Which of these is not systems software?
a)
Anti-Virus
b)
Firewall
c)
CAD
d)
Disk Defragmentation
35.
Which of these is not a type of user interface?
a)
Command Line
b)
Menu Driven
c)
GUI
d)
Operating System
36.
Which of these is not a common operating system?
a)
Android
b)
Windows 10
c)
iOS
d)
MS Office
37.

ATM stands for:

a)

Automatic teller model

b)

Automatic transfer machine

c)

Automatic teller machine

38.

What is the name of this component?

a)

ICU

b)

CPU

c)

MONITOR

d)

SYSTEM UNIT

39.

What icon is this?

a)

Paper

b)

Folder

c)

File

d)

Drawer

40.

Microsoft Office is an example of

a)

a system software

b)

an application software

c)

an input

d)

an output