KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2016/2017 MARKING SCHEME Year 9 ICT TIME: 1h 30min Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Global Mark Max. Mark 10 12 26 8 16 6 13 5 4 100 Mark DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE Name: Class: Q1. Basic Computer System A. Underline the correct answer. 1) The term CPU is short for what? a. Control Processing Unit. b. Control Product Unit. c. Central Processing Unit. d. Central Product Unit. 2) The CPU is a shaped chip with a lot of pins attached to one side. a. Triangle. b. Square. c. Oval. 3) Nowadays CPU speed is measured in? a. MegaHertz (MHz). b. Megabytes (MB). c. GigaHertz (GHz). d. Gigabytes (GB). Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 1 of 10
4) Every computer has a processor inside it. The better the CPU: a. The faster the Internet connection. b. The faster the computer will execute program instructions. c. The better the sound quality. 5) Computer programs are stored (installed) in: a. The Processor. b. RAM. c. The Hard Disk. 6) Instructions to power up the computer system are stored in the: a. CPU. b. RAM. c. ROM. d. Hard Disk. 7) What happens when you instruct the computer to open a program? a. The computer reads the program from the hard disk and loads it in the RAM. b. The program is uninstalled (removed) from the hard disk. c. Another copy of the program is made on your hard disk. 8) ROM is known as: a. Volatile memory. b. Non-Volatile memory. c. Versatile memory. 9) Data in RAM is lost in case of a power failure. a. To avoid data loss save the data on a secondary storage device. b. Not true! Data in RAM is not lost when the computer is switched off. c. Save the data in ROM, so it won t be lost. 10) The storage capacity of the RAM is in the range. a. Kilobytes. b. Megabytes. c. Gigabytes. [10 marks] Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 2 of 10
Q2. Input/Output Ports and Cables. A. Label correctly the following ports. HDMI USB Network Firewire Firewire HDMI Network USB B. Name the cable you would use: 1. To transfer high definition video and audio to an external monitor or TV set HDMI 2. To transfer data between digital video cameras and a MacBook (computer manufactured by Apple) FireWire 3. To connect to a modem or a router Network 4. To connect devices such as digital cameras, printers, scanners, keyboards and mice USB C. Write the full name of: a) Universal Serial Bus b) High Definition Multimedia Interface Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 3 of 10
Q3. Storage Devices A. Name the following storage devices and media. Hard Disk or Hard Drive DVD or CD Player Flash Drive or Pen Drive SD Card [8 marks] B. Write the units of storage in the correct order starting from the largest to the smallest unit. Kilobytes Bits Terabytes Gigabytes Bytes Megabytes Terabytes Largest Gigabytes Megabytes Kilobytes Bytes Bits Smallest [6 marks] Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 4 of 10
C. Write the words below next to their description in the provided space: External Hard Disk Internal Hard Disk DVD Blue-Ray Disc CD Memory Card Online File Storage Network Drive 1 2 3 A typical disk on a network which is shared amongst several authorised users. A portable device used to store data files. This has a storage capacity of approximately 700MB. It is used to store movies, multimedia games and interactive content. This is used to store digital data and is typically used with digital cameras, smartphones, etc. Network Drive CD Memory Card 4 Data files stored on the Internet and that can be easily accessed from any computer connected to the Internet. Online File Storage 5 It is find inside the computer. It contains all the program folders and files. This can hold large amount of data. Internal Hard Disk 6 Developed for recording and playing (HD) video and for storing large amounts of data. Can hold between 25GB to 50GB of data. Blu-ray Disk 7 Similar to a CD but with a larger storage capacity. Storage capabilities range from 4.7GB to 17GB DVD 8 Large storage capacity, but instead being found in the computer, it is attached to the computer using a USB cable. It is portable. External Hard Disk [8 marks] Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 5 of 10
D. Underline the correct answer. 1) CD is short for: a. Circle Disc. b. Compact Disc. c. Computer Disc. 2) DVD is short for: a. Digital Valuable Disc. b. Digital Virtual Disc. c. Digital Versatile Disc. 3) A Megabyte is equal to: a. 1000 Kilobytes. b. 1000 Gigabytes. c. 1024 Kilobytes. d. 1024 Gigabytes. 4) To convert Gigabytes to Terabytes one must: a. Add. b. Subtract. c. Multiply. d. Divide. Q4. Computers and Devices Tick if True or False Statement True False 1 Every computer has a processor inside it True 2 3 Another word for processor is Central Placing Unit The higher the GHz the slower the computer 4 RAM means Random Access Memory True 5 Adding RAM makes computer faster than when upgrading processor True 6 RAM size is measured in GB True False False Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 6 of 10
7 8 Data is kept in the RAM even if the computer is switched off. Secondary Storage is also called Backing Storage True False [8 marks] Q5. Acronyms A. What do the following mean? Ex DVD Digital Versatile Disk 1 ROM Read Only Memory 2 RAM Random Access Memory 3 USB Universal Serial Bus 4 IM Instant Messaging 5 SMS Short Message Service 6 LCD Liquid Crystal Diode 7 TFT Thin Film Transistor 8 CRT Cathode Ray Tube 9 TB Terabyte 10 GB Gigabyte 11 KB Kilobyte 12 MB Megabyte 13 OCR Optical Character Recognition 14 CPU Central Processing Unit 15 CD Compact Disk 16 ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit [16 marks] Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 7 of 10
Q6. This question is about managing a hard disk. A. Put the following steps in order, using numbers 1 to 4, to view the remaining space on a hard disk: Right click on the hard disk. 2 Check Free Space to get to know the available space on the hard disk. 4 Locate the hard disk in computer window. 1 Click Properties. The properties dialog box is displayed. 3 B. Using the image below complete the following statements: 1. There is 74.5 GB of data stored on the drive. 2. On the drive there is 29.4 GB of free space. Q7. This question is about malware. [2 marks] A. Explain what Malware is. Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 8 of 10
B. Match these common malware types to the appropriate statements. A Adware A B Worm B C Spyware E D Trojan Horse C E Virus D Software that scans for computer networks and security holes to replicate itself. A software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements. A small piece of software that piggybacks on real programs. Software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. A program that claims to do one thing but instead does damage when you run it. [5 marks] D. Write two (2) precautions one should take against malware. 1. Avoid pirated software 2. Make sure that you have adequate Antivirus protection Q8. Internet Services Underline the correct statement for each of the following: 1. An example of E-learning is when: a. Students can apply for their exams online. b. Parents can email the teacher to check about their children. c. Students attend lessons that contain multimedia content. 2. Which one of the following is NOT an example of E-Banking? a. Booking a hotel over the internet. b. Transferring money from one account to another. c. Paying your bills online. 3. Buying a mobile phone from an online store is an example of: a. E-Banking. b. E-Commerce. Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 9 of 10
c. E-Government. 4. Mary s parents are using the internet to check the status of their MEPA application. This is an example of: a. E-Banking. b. E-Commerce. c. E-Government. 5. A Maltese company is selling video games online. This is an example of: a. Entertainment b. E-Gaming c. E-Commerce. Q9. Online Essentials [5 marks] http://www.skola.edu.mt/courses/ecdl.html Write the appropriate part of the address in the corresponding box. i. Domain name ii. Filename iii. Service protocol iv. Folder on server www.skola.edu.mt Ecdl.html http:// courses END OF EXAM Kulleġġ San Benedittu Secondary School Kirkop Page 10 of 10