(a) Define the following terms; (i) Disk formatting (ii) Data backup (iii) Virus scan
(b) State four uses of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
(a) Complete Table 1 wih the appropriate criteria for each medium.
Table 1
Criteria/Medium | DVD-ROM | Hard Disk | Magnetic Tape |
Location of storage media | External | (i) _________ _________ |
(ii) __________ __________ |
Removability | (iii) __________ __________ |
(iv) __________ ___________ |
(v) ___________ ____________ |
Method file Access | (vi) __________ __________ |
Random/Direct Access | (vii) ___________ ___________ |
(b) List three examples of spreadsheet application.
(a) (i) State three ways of classifying computers.
(ii) Differentiate between digital and analog computers.
(b) List three positive impacts of ICT on the society.
(c) Give two types of information transmission medium.
A certain business center provides computer and internet services to the public. The owner is concerned that there is no restraint on consumption of food and drinks by the customers and also about possible health hazards to the computer users.
(a) Give two safety precautions that must be put in place to protect the workstations in the business center from foods and drinks.
Precautions I:
Precautions II:
(b) State two ways the computers can be maintained to ensure efficiency in serving the customer.
Maintenance I:
Maintenance II:
(c)(i) Name three possible health risks to the customers while using the computers in the center.
Risk I:
Risk II:
Risk III:
(ii) How can the risks in 4(c)(i) be reduced?
Solution I:
Solution II:
Solution III:
A student was given an assignment which involved typesetting a passage at home using a laptop computer. The student was required to bring the soft copy of the assignment in a flash drive with volume label STUDENT ASSIGNMENT to the school. Highlight the steps the student would take to: (a) save the typeset work in the flash drive (b) create a folder named ASSIGNMENTS on the desktop of computer in the school's computer laboratory and save the typeset assignment in the folder (c) prit the assignment from the folder created in 5(b).