Adventist International School -Negombo

1st Mid Term Test 2019-2020

Grade 8(L)
Information and Communication Technology

Paper I

Name : Time : 1 hour

Student No : Total Marks: 60

1. For each piece of hardware put a tick in the correct box to show whether it is used for input, output or
storage.
Device Input Output Storage
CD Rom
Microphone
Graphic Tablet
Touch Screen
Mouse
Printer
Scanner
Blu ray Disc
VDU
USB Pen Drive
Speaker
Headset

(6 marks)
2.Give the most suitable storage medium for each of these.
(i) A word processed document

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(ii) A full length feature film

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(b) A CD ROM stores approximately 700 Mb of data.

(i) State what Mb stands for.

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 (ii) State what ROM stands for.

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(c) Give the most suitable device to

(i) Input sound

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(ii) Insert a hand-drawn map into a document

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(d) Name a device which is both an input and an output device.

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(Total 07 marks)

3. Circle two items which are used as output devices.

bar code reader joystick laser printer multimedia projector

PIN pad scanner temperature sensor touch pad

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4.Name the input devices A, B, C and D using the words from the list.

Light pen Microphone Numeric keypad Remote control

Scanner Touch pad Tracker ball Web cam

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 A ---------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------

C ---------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------- [4]

5.Name the devices A, B, C and D using words from the list

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digital camera number pad remote control scanner

speaker touch pad tracker ball web cam

A ----------------------------------------- B ---------------------------------------

C ------------------------------------------ D ----------------------------------------[4]

6.Draw four lines to match each storage medium to the most appropriate use in this list.

Storage medium Use

Fixed hard disc To transfer files from one computer to another

DVD ROM To store large amounts of data like backups

BluRay DVD To store operating systems

Pen drive To store Full length Films

Magnetic tape Publishers distributing encyclopedias

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 (7) The following Diagram shows part of the directory of a computer system.
Draw a line to identify(3)
 a folder
 a subfolder
 a fixed storage device
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 8 . The diagram shows a standard PC.
The system unit is where all the computer processing takes place. All other devices are
connected to it.
(a) Label each of the devices shown on the diagram.

I n each case, draw an arrow on the line to show the direction of data flow

between the device and the system unit(8)

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 9.This diagram shows a laptop computer being used in a measuring experiment.

(a) Apart from the keyboard, name two input devices shown in the diagram above.

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(b) Name two output devices shown in the diagram above.

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2......................................................................................................................................... [2]

(c) Name two storage devices shown in the diagram above.

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2......................................................................................................................................... [2]

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 10.Jason wants to produce a slide show of the types of wild birds that are seen in his
home town. He has a laptop computer.
(a)Identify the type of software he should use to produce the slide show.(1)

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(b) Identify the devices he could use to input text and sound to his slide show.
(i) Text(1)

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(ii) Sound(1)

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(c) Identify two devices he could use to output sound from his slide show.(2)

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(d) Jason wants to show his slides to a large group of bird watchers at a meeting.
Identify two additional hardware devices he could use to do this.(2)

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 11. Students in a College are aged between 11 and 16.
The college wants students to stay safe when using the internet.
Discuss the advice the college could give to students. (10)

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