Cambridge Nationals in ICT – Exam Style Questions
The following paper contains exam style questions, based on the pre-release for the Level 1/2 Cambridge Nationals in ICT June 2014 exam. The paper is out of 60, the same as the actual exam.
Name: ______
Mark out of 60: ______
ICT Revision – Exam Style Questions
Smartphones are used increasingly to support work away from the office.
1. a) Identify one input device on a smartphone.
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b) Identify one output device on a smartphone.
______(1)
2. Android and iOS are examples of smartphone operating systems. Explain why an operating system is needed on a smartphone. ______(2)
3. Smartphones run apps. What is ‘app’ short for?
______(1)
Data can be transferred from a desktop PC to a smartphone by both wired and wireless technologies
4. a) Identify two wireless methods to transfer data to smartphones.
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b) Identify one wired method to transfer data to smartphones.
______(1)
c) Explain two reasons why it might be better to use wired methods to transfer the data to a smartphone.
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There are a number of ways of storing data for use on smartphones.
5. a) Explain 3 different ways in which data can be stored for use on smartphones.
1. i)______
ii)______
iii)______(6)
b) Explain one reason why solid state drives are more suitable than optical drives for mobile devices. ______(2)
TURN OVER
Sky TV provide their installations engineers with Smartphones to help them complete their work and stay in touch with the head office. Their work schedules for the day are remotely synchronised with their smartphones, and if necessary, the schedule can be updated during the day by the office. They also use the Smartphones to contact customers when they are on the way to their house.
6. Discuss the drawbacks of Sky TV issuing its engineers with Smartphones, which are used to keep track of their synchronised work schedules and to contact customers.
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7. Sky TV is writing an ‘acceptable use policy’, which sets out the ways in which their installation engineers must use their work smartphones. State and explain two conditions which they could include in this ‘acceptable use policy’.
Condition 1 ______
Explanation ______
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Condition 2 ______
Explanation ______
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8. Identify and explain two ways in which Sky TV installation engineers could use their smartphones to keep head office up to date with the progress of their jobs for the day.
i)______
ii)______(4)
TURN OVER
9. Sky TV holds personal data on all of its customers.
a) State the name of the Act that controls the storage of personal data by Sky.
______(1)
b) Identify and explain two of the responsibilities which Sky has in relation to the personal customer data it holds.
i)______
ii)______(4)
10. Data security methods can be electronic or physical. Identify and explain one electronic method and one physical method of protecting data. i)______ii)______(4)
10. Files which are no longer needed can be stored using archiving methods.
a) Explain why a company would want to archive old files.
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b) i) Identify one storage medium which is suitable for archiving data.
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ii) Explain one reason why the medium above is suitable for archiving.
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11. Sky TV collects customer satisfaction data after an installation engineer has installed Sky at the home of a new customer.
In the box below design a suitable online data capture form.
Marks will be awarded for:
• items to be included
• good use of space
• fitness for purpose
• annotations to justify decisions.
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