NAME: ______________________________ DATE: ____________________
Y7 ICT REVISION (Module 1 – 2)
1.1 Evaluating a presentation
1. PowerPoint presentations are sometimes called _________________________.
2. Presentations are made up of separate pages called ________________________.
3. What are the 2 things that need to be considered before making a presentation?
i. ________________________________
ii. ________________________________
4. All presentations have a purpose. What is the meaning of purpose?
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5. All presentations have an audience. What is the meaning of audience?
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6. List the 7 features of a good presentation.
i. _________________________________________________________
ii. _________________________________________________________
iii. _________________________________________________________
iv. _________________________________________________________
v. _________________________________________________________
vi. _________________________________________________________
vii. _________________________________________________________
1.2 Creating a basic presentation
1. Besides text, what other multimedia can you add to a slideshow?
i. ___________________________________
ii. ___________________________________
iii. ___________________________________
iv. ___________________________________
2. List the guidelines you should follow when adding text to a slideshow.
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
iv. _____________________________________________________________________
v. _____________________________________________________________________
3. Where can you source images from to add to a slideshow?
i. _____________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________
iv. _____________________________________________
1.3 Consistency of design
1. What does it mean to achieve consistency of design?
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2. What is the easiest way to make sure that your slides are consistent?
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3. How do you achieve consistency of design when using images in your slideshow?
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4. Define slide transitions.
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5. What is the function of adding sound effects to slide transitions?
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1.4 Information, images and sound
1. What are the 3 things you need to consider when selecting information to include in your
presentation?
i. _______________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________
iii. _______________________________________________
2. What is copyright?
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3. Give 5 examples of things you need to consider when choosing images to include in your
presentation.
i. _______________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________
iii. _______________________________________________
iv. _______________________________________________
v. _______________________________________________
4. Where can you source sounds to include in your presentation from?
i. ______________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________
iii. ______________________________________________
1.5 Refining a presentation for a different audience
1. Complete the table below to show the difference in tendencies between older people and
younger people when it comes to presentation.
Older People Younger People
2. How would you adapt a presentation that was made for Year 7 students, to show to an adult
audience?
i. ________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________
iii. ________________________________________________
iv. ________________________________________________
2.1 Researching information
1. The Internet contains millions of web pages covering every topic you can think of. What are
the two main problems this causes?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
2. Explain how a search engine works.
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
iv. _____________________________________________________________________
v. _____________________________________________________________________
2.2 Refining search techniques
1. What are the 3 symbols you can use to refine your text searches?
i. _________________________________
ii. _________________________________
iii. _________________________________
2. What is the function of adding speech marks “…” to a text search?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the function of adding the + sign to a text search?
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4. What is the function of adding the – sign to a text search?
___________________________________________________________________________
2.3 Checking information
1. What are the 3 things you have to check when finding information on the Internet?
i. _________________________________
ii. _________________________________
iii. _________________________________
2. What other questions should you ask yourself when searching for information?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
iv. _____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the meaning of reliable?
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4. What is the meaning of accurate?
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5. What is the meaning of not biased?
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2.4 Designing a magazine article
1. What does DTP mean?
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2. Give an example of a DTP software.
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3. When designing a magazine article, what are the 3 things that you need to plan out?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
4. When selecting information for a magazine article, what are the things that you need to
make sure of?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________________________________
5. What should you do if you have too much information to include in your magazine article?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
6. What should you do if you have too little information to include in your magazine article?
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2.5 Creating a magazine article using DTP software
1. What type of publications can Microsoft Publisher be used to create?
i. ___________________________
ii. ___________________________
iii. ___________________________
iv. ___________________________
2. When you use word-processing software, such as Microsoft Word, you type straight into the
page. What about Microsoft Publisher?
___________________________________________________________________________
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3. Publisher has 5 types of frames. Complete the table below.
Symbol Frame Function
4. Copy Figure 1 from page 35 of your textbook into the box provided below. Label the layout
accordingly.
2.6 Working with text and images in DTP software
1. DTP uses frames. What can you do with the frames to create different effects?
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2. What does text wrapping means?
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3. What does it mean to crop images?
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4. What does rotating images allow you to do?
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