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WORK SHEETS FOR ICT THEORY

NAME: _________________________
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WORKSHEETS

1. WORDPROCESSING…………………………………………3 -4

2. WORDBANK………………………………………………………..5 -7

3. HARDWARE………………………………………………………..8-9

4. SOFTWARE………………………………………………………..10

5. NETWORKS………………………………………………………..11

6. CARE OF COMPUTERS………..…………………………..12
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WORDPROCESSING QUESTIONS

When you are completing the word processing section you will receive a piece of text and
you must make changes to it, the changes come in the form of symbols or words. You must
do what the symbol/word asks you.

1. What does this symbol mean ‘Ital’?

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2. What does this symbol mean ‘RUN ON’?

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3. What does the following mean? ●

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4. What does the following mean? ‘House’

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5. What does the following mean? [ ]

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6. What does the following mean? ‘n.p’

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7. What does the following mean? ‘trs or transpose’

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8. What does the following mean? ‘House’

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9. What does the following mean? ‘Lc’

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10 What does the following mean? ‘Uc’

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11. What does the following mean? ‘Justify’

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12. What does the following mean? ‘Pt 12’

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13. What does the following mean? ‘Del’

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14. What does the following mean?

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15. What does the following mean?

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16.What does text orientation mean?

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2m per correct Answer

2m x 16 Questions = Out of a total of 32m

Your Score = _________marks. Or ________%

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LETTERS/WORD QUESTIONS

In the theory section of your exam an in other parts you may be asked
to explain what certain letters stand for or mean.

1. What do the following Letters stand for?

C.P.U =__________________________________________

O.S =___________________________________________

2. What is the difference between ROM and RAM?

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3. If K is a kilobyte, Mb is a Megabyte what is ‘Gb’: _____________

4. What do the letters ‘WYSIWYG’ stand for?

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5. What does no 4 mean?

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6. LAN stands for Local Area Network, what does WAN stand for:
_____________________________________________________

7. If a PA is a personal assistant, what is a PDA?

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8. What does W.W.W. stand for?
_____________________________________________________

9. What does U.R.L stand for?

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10. What is MHz? ______________________________________

11. What does UPC stand for?

_________________________________________________

12. An ISP is an Internet Service Provider, what does an ISP do and

give and example of one?
_________________________________________________

13. DPI and PPM refer to printers, what do each of these sets of
letters stand for:
DPI: ______________________________
PPM:______________________________

14. VDE refers to entering voice to computers, what does VDE stand
for
_________________________________________________

15. If OCR is Optical Character Reader, then what does MICR stand
for ______________________________________________

16. HTML and Java are types of languages that the Internet uses.
What does HTML stand for:
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

17. HTTP: what does this stand for:

_________________________________________________
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18. MCQ are Multiple choice ______________________________

19. MIPs is the speed at which the computer runs, it stands for
‘Millions of _________________________________________

20. MODEM is used to connect to the internet. if the MO part of the

word means MOdulater, what does the DEM part of the word mean
__________________.

21. A WORM CD is one that can have information copied onto it only
once, but you can read or view this information as often as you
like. What does WORM stand for:
_________________________________________________

22. What do the following Letters stand for:

V.D.U=__________________________________________

PC=_____________________________________________

2m per correct Question

22 Questions x 2m = Out of a total of 44 Marks

Your Score = ________Marks or ______%

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HARDWARE QUESTIONS

1. What is Hardware?
____________________________________________________

2. What does the CPU stand for and why is it so important?

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3. What is a peripheral? _____________________________________

4. Explain the term Input Device and give one example?

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5. Which of the following are Input Devices? (Circle the Input Devices)

Monitor Mouse Printer Digital Camera VDE

6. Explain the term Output Device and give one example?

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7. Which of the following are Output Devices? (Circle the Output

Devices)

Printer Keyboard Plotter Microphone Printer

8. Explain the term Storage Device and give one Example?

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9. Which of the following are Storage Devices (Circle the storage Devices)

CD Rom RAM USB Digital Projector Non Impact Printer

10. There are impact Printers and non Impact Printers, what is the
difference between the two and give one example of each.
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11. What are Pixels on a Monitor?

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12. What does the term Resolution mean on a Monitor?

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13. What is a CRT Monitor and what is a flat screen Monitor?

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14. LCD is often associated with a Flat Screen Computer/TV, what does
LCD stand for?
_____________________________________________________

15. What does USB stand for and give another name for a USB Key
__________________________________________________________
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2m per Question
15 Questions x 2m = Out of 30 Marks in Total

Your Score = _________ Marks or ________%

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SOFTWARE WORKSHEETS

1. What is software?
__________________________________________________________
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2. There are 2 types of Software, Applications Software and:

_________________________________________________________

4. Explain what Application Software (or programme software) is:

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5. OS Software is a very important part of the computer, what does it do

__________________________________________________________

6. Which of the following are examples of OS Software (circle the

examples of OS Software).

MS DOS Apple Mackintosh IBM Windows

7. What is an ICON and give an example of one

__________________________________________________________

8. If one piece of software or a disk is not compatible with a computer,

what does that mean
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2m per Question
8Questions x 2ms = Out of a Total of 16m

Your Score ________ Marks or ____%

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NETWORK WORKSHEETS

1. What is a server?
______________________________________________________

2. A Network that Links Computers together in a small area like a classroom

is called a LAN or a WAN Network? __________________

3. There are 3 shapes to Networks, they are Ring, Bus and ___________?

4. Name 3 things that you need to connect to the Internet?

____________________,__________________,___________________

5. There are 3 main types of Cable used in connecting Networks, they are
Coaxial, Twisted Pair and_________________________________.

6. What is an ISP and name one?

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

7. When using the Internet, what is a hyperlink and what does it do

________________________________________________________

8. What is video Conferencing:

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2m per Question
8 Questions x 2m= Out of a Total of 16m

Your Score = ______Marks or ______%

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CARE OF COMPUTERS WORKSHEETS

1. Explain the term Ergonomics

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2. List 3 ways that you would ensure your workstation is Ergonomic (i.e.
your computer, desk and seat is comfortable and safe)
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3. What is RSI and where could you get it when using a computer?
___________________________________________________

4. If a floppy disk is said to be corrupt, what does that mean?

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5. Name 2 ways that you can protect your floppy disk from damage?
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6. Is the Floppy disk drive on your computer the ‘C’ Drive or the ‘A’ Drive?
______________________

7. What does formatting your disk mean and how would you format a disk?
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8. List 2 Advantages and 2 Disadvantages of using Computers?

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2m per Question
8 Questions x 2m = Out of a Total of 16 marks
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Your Score =________ Marks or ____%