An advantage of using a desktop publishing program rather than a word processing program to create the poster is that a desktop publishing program allows for precise positioning and formatting of objects like images and text.

1. Intermediate 1 Computing Studies
Revision
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2. Revision Tips
PAST PAPERS ARE THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO
PREPARE FOR EXAMS.
You should be working through Intermediate 1 Computing
Studies past papers now and every day until the exam.
Spend time every day revising. Revising a little every day is the
best way to remember.
Work alone or with a partner and answer the questions in this
presentation.
Note down the slide number of for any question you got wrong.
Repeat those slides until you can answer confidently.
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3. Bart has purchased a laptop
to use for his school work.
He wants to use the word
processing program, Easy
Home Office 2007.
What “pointing device” could
he use with Easy Home
Office on his laptop?
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4. Bart has purchased a laptop
to use for his school work.
He wants to use the word
processing program, Easy
Home Office 2007.
What “pointing device” could
he use with Easy Home
Office on his laptop?
 A touchpad
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5. How much memory does
Easy Home Office require?
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6. How much memory does
Easy Home Office require?
1 GB (must have units of GB or the answer is
wrong.
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7. How much backing storage
does Bart need on his
computer to install Easy
Home Office?
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8. How much backing storage
does Bart need on his
computer to install Easy
Home Office?
1.5 GB (must have units or answer is wrong)
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9. Bart’s computer has a CD
drive and not a DVD drive.
Explain why Bart might
prefer to have a DVD drive
to use as backing storage
instead of a CD.
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10. Bart’s computer has a CD
drive and not a DVD drive.
Explain why Bart might
prefer to have a DVD drive
to use as backing storage
instead of a CD.
More data can be saved to a DVD
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11. Match up the backing storage with their most common
current storage capacities:
(a) CD 1) 16 GB
(b) DVD 2) 1 TB
(c) Floppy disk 3) 1.44 MB
(d) USB Flash drive 4) 4.7 GB
(e) Hard disk drive 5) 700 MB
6) 16 MB
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12. Match up the backing storage with their most common
current storage capacities:
(a) CD 5) 700 MB
(b) DVD 4) 4.7 GB
(c) Floppy disk 3) 1.44 MB
(d) USB Flash drive 1) 16 GB
(e) Hard disk drive 2) 1 TB
6) 16 MB
Remember: You should know all of these types of backing
storage and their typical storage capacities. You may not always
be given a question with answers to choose from.
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13. A games company stores
information in a database.
Part of the database is shown here.
What term is used to describe the
information shown here:
Select one: Application, record,
sort, file
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14. A games company stores
information in a database.
Part of the database is shown here.
What term is used to describe the
information shown here:
Select one: Application, record,
sort, file
 Record
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15. State the type of data that
would be used for each of
these fields:
(a) Game Title
(b) Price
(c) Online players
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16. State the type of data that
would be used for each of
these fields:
(a) Game Title
(b) Price
(c) Online players
(a) Text
(b) Currency
(c) Number
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17. Describe how a customer
would search the information
system to look up which
ZBOX 360 games can have
more than 8 players playing
online.
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18. Describe how a customer
would search the information
system to look up which
ZBOX 360 games can have
more than 8 players playing
online.
Search Format field for ZBOX 360 AND Online
Players field for >8
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19. A stable keeps details of their horses and owners in a
database as shown below.
What is an advantage of using an electronic database?
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20. A stable keeps details of their horses and owners in a
database as shown below.
What is an advantage of using an electronic database?
 Easy to sort
 Can search
 Can easily add new records
 Easy to edit
 Can make backups
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21. An example of a field in this database that uses the data
field type number is the HorseID field.
State a field that would use these types:
(a) Currency
(b) Date
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22. An example of a field in this database that uses the data
field type number is the HorseID field.
State a field that would use these types:
(a) Currency
(b) Date
(a) Daily Fee
(b) Arrival
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23. A new horse joins the stable.
What must be done to the database?
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24. A new horse joins the stable.
What must be done to the database?
Add a record
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25. The stable decides to store whether the horse is male or
female.
What must be done to the database?
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26. The stable decides to store whether the horse is male or
female.
What must be done to the database?
Add a new field.
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27. State the number of records shown in the database
below:
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28. State the number of records shown in the database
below:
7
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29. State the number of fields shown in the database below:
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30. State the number of fields shown in the database below:
5
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31. If the database were sorted ascending on the field
Length (secs) what is the Title of the track that would
appear first in the sorted list?
I
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32. If the database were sorted ascending on the field
Length (secs) what is the Title of the track that would
appear first in the sorted list?
“Unhand Me”
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33. What is the Title of the track that would appear first in
the list if the database were sorted on Type ascending
and Artist/Group ascending ?
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34. What is the Title of the track that would appear first in
the list if the database were sorted on Type ascending
and Artist/Group ascending ?
“Sleep Now”
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35. Drumkindle Village DRUMKINDLE VILLAGE
promotes its Christmas Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
craft sale by handing out Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
flyers of their craft fair as will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
shown here. We will also have a pipe band competition.
Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
State the type of •Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
justification used for
(a) The title
(b) The body text
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36. Drumkindle Village DRUMKINDLE VILLAGE
promotes its Christmas Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
craft sale by handing out Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
flyers of their craft fair as will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
shown here. We will also have a pipe band competition.
Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
State the type of •Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
justification used for
(a) The title
(b) The body text
(a) Centre justified
(b) Fully justified
(Don’t just say “justified”.)
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37. When the flyer was VILLAGE FAIR
spellchecked, the word Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
“Drumkindle” was Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
highlighted, even will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
though it was correctly We will also have a pipe band competition.
spelled. Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
•Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
Explain why this might
happen.
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38. When the flyer was VILLAGE FAIR
spellchecked, the word Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
“Drumkindle” was Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
highlighted, even will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
though it was correctly We will also have a pipe band competition.
spelled. Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
•Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
Explain why this might
happen.
 The word is not in the computer’s dictionary.
 (Your answer MUST use the word “dictionary”
to get a mark.
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39. State the name of the VILLAGE FAIR
feature that was used Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
to make the list of Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
sample items for sale will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
stand out. We will also have a pipe band competition.
Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
•Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
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40. State the name of the VILLAGE FAIR
feature that was used Drumkindle is having a Christmas Fair.
to make the list of Join us on 12 December at the Village Hall where we
sample items for sale will be selling handcrafted items, offering morning
coffee and the DrumKindle Fiddlers will be playing.
stand out. We will also have a pipe band competition.
Here’s a sample of some of the items for sale.
•Hand knits
•Homemade jams and cakes
•Hand-crafted Christmas cards
 Bullet points
 (You must say “bullets” or you get 0 marks.)
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41. Tim is using a word processing
program to type up an article
for the school newspaper.
He needs it to fit on one page,
but it is too long. Without
changing the size of the text or
the font, how could Tim make
the text fit onto one page?
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42. Tim is using a word processing
program to type up an article
for the school newspaper.
He needs it to fit on one page,
but it is too long. Without
changing the size of the text or
the font, how could Tim make
the text fit onto one page?
 Reduce the size of the margins
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43. Tim has typed the word “sea”
several times throughout his
article but needs to change
“sea” to “ocean” throughout the
article.
State the operation that will
allow Tim to make the change
in a single operation
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44. Tim has typed the word “sea”
several times throughout his
article but needs to change
“sea” to “ocean” throughout the
article.
State the operation that will
allow Tim to make the change
in a single operation
 Search and replace
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45. Hattie is creating a poster for a
school project on the history of the
bicycle.
She finds this old poster at a
charity shop and wants to use the
picture on her poster.
State the name of the input device
that she would use to capture the
image on her computer.
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46. Hattie is creating a poster for a
school project on the history of the
bicycle.
She finds this old poster at a
charity shop and wants to use the
picture on her poster.
State the name of the input device
that she would use to capture the
image on her computer.
 Scanner
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47. A scanner can also be used to enter text into a computer instead of
retyping it.
Which of the following is used to enter the text with the scanner?
(a) Optimum Char Realisation (OCR)
(b) Optical Computer Recognition (OCR)
(c) Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
(d) None of these
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48. A scanner can also be used to enter text into a computer instead of
retyping it.
Which of the following is used to enter the text with the scanner?
(a) Optimum Char Realisation (OCR)
(b) Optical Computer Recognition (OCR)
(c) Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
(d) None of these
(c) Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
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49. Hattie has created the poster as Bicycles have been with us
shown to the right. for a long time!
The photo in the poster is smaller
than the original. State the correct
name of the feature that Hattie
The Pennyfarthing is shown
used to make the photo smaller. here
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50. Hattie has created the poster as Bicycles have been with us
shown to the right. for a long time!
The photo in the poster is smaller
than the original. State the correct
name of the feature that Hattie
The Pennyfarthing is shown
used to make the photo smaller. here
 Scale
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51. Hattie has used a desk-top Bicycles have been with us
publishing program to create the for a long time!
poster.
State an advantage of using a
desk top publishing program
rather than a word processing
The Pennyfarthing is shown
program to create the poster. here
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52. Hattie has used a desk-top Bicycles have been with us
publishing program to create the for a long time!
poster.
State an advantage of using a
desk top publishing program
rather than a word processing
The Pennyfarthing is shown
program to create the poster. here
 A DTP package is better for… positioning objects on
a page, wrapping text around images creating
separate columns of text
 (1 mark for any advantage of a DTP over a WP)
 Answer MUST be specific to DTP and not refer to
features in WP also!
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53. The desk-top publishing (DTP) Bicycles have been with us
program that Hattie used to create for a long time!
the poster came with an online
tutorial and online help.
Hattie had never used the desk-
The Pennyfarthing is shown
top publishing program before. here
Explain why Hattie would prefer to
use the online tutorial to learn
about the DTP program.
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54. The desk-top publishing (DTP) Bicycles have been with us
program that Hattie used to create for a long time!
the poster came with an online
tutorial and online help.
Hattie had never used the desk-
The Pennyfarthing is shown
top publishing program before. here
Explain why Hattie would prefer to
use the online tutorial to learn
about the DTP program.
 The online tutorial will teach Hattie how to use
the whole package.
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55. Samantha is typing a report to the school charity
committee. Her keyboard stops working and she
doesn’t have time to find another keyboard. State
another item of hardware that she could use to enter the
text.
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56. Samantha is typing a report to the school charity
committee. Her keyboard stops working and she
doesn’t have time to find another keyboard. State
another input device that she could use to enter the
text.
 Microphone
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57. In addition to a microphone, state an item of hardware
that you would need to capture music for use in a
presentation.
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58. In addition to a microphone, state an item of hardware
that you would need to capture music for use in a
presentation.
 Sound card
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59. State the name of
the feature that
was used to make
the words flow
around the leaf in
the sample here.
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60. State the name of
the feature that
was used to make
the words flow
around the leaf in
the sample here.
 Text wrap
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61. Bob is using a word
processing program to
create a newsletter
using columns.
What has been changed
in the second picture to
make the columns of
text move?
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62. Bob is using a word
processing program to
create a newsletter
using columns.
What has been changed
in the second picture to
make the columns of
text move?
 Tab settings
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63. State the type of page orientation shown in the
examples below:
A B
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64. State the type of page orientation shown in the
examples below:
A B
(a) = Landscape
(b) = Portrait
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65. State the type of software that would have been used to
create this slideshow.
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66. State the type of software that would have been used to
create this slideshow.
 Presentation
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67. All of the slides in this slideshow have a similar layout
as shown in the sample below. State the name of the
feature that was used to give these slides a similar
layout and design.
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68. All of the slides in this slideshow have a similar layout
as shown in the sample below. State the name of the
feature that was used to give these slides a similar
layout and design.
 Template
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69. Explain why you might want to use a template for a slide
presentation or website.
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70. Explain why you might want to use a template for a slide
presentation or website.
 It saves time.
 It is a ready-may layout which makes it
quicker to create a website or presentation.
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71. The slides in this slideshow just appear. It would be
more interesting if each slide were to fade in instead of
just appearing.
State the name of the feature that would make the
slides fade in.
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72. The slides in this slideshow just appear. It would be
more interesting if each slide were to fade in instead of
just appearing.
State the name of the feature that would make the
slides fade in.
 A transition
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73. Explain why a transition would be used in a
presentation.
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74. Explain why a transition would be used in a
presentation.
 To make the presentation seem more
interesting.
 To make the change between slides seem
less sudden.
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75. State an output device that could be used to show this
presentation to a room full of pupils.
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76. State an output device that could be used to show this
presentation to a room full of pupils.
 Digital projector
 (You answer must say “digital projector” not
just “projector”.)
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77. A multimedia website includes sound, graphics, movies and text.
Here are some of the files used in the creation of the website:
pipes.jpg
home.wav
index.mpg
page1.rtf
Which of these is a graphics file?
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78. A multimedia website includes sound, graphics, movies and text.
Here are some of the files used in the creation of the website:
pipes.jpg
home.wav
index.mpg
page1.rtf
Which of these is a graphics file?
 pipes.jpg
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79. Here is the a copy of
the eBay website in
December 2011.
When someone
clicks on the menu
button marked
ELECTRONICS they
are taken to another
page. What feature is
this an example of?
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80. Here is the a copy of
the eBay website in
December 2011.
When someone
clicks on the menu
button marked
ELECTRONICS they
are taken to another
page. What feature is
this an example of?
 Hyperlink
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81. Some of the photos on the eBay website have been
compressed.
Explain what is meant by compression.
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82. Some of the photos on the eBay website have been
compressed.
Explain what is meant by compression.
 Compression is used to reduce the size of
files.
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83. Sandy is using a laptop without a mouse.
State an input device that he could use to select an area
of the photograph to crop it as shown.
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84. Sandy is using a laptop without a mouse.
State an input device that he could use to select an area
of the photograph to crop it as shown.
 A touchpad
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85. Graphics can have several operations performed on them to
change them. These operations are:
Flip
Rotate
Scale
Crop
The following slides will ask you to identify changes that have been
made to one graphic to produce a second graphic.
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86. Sandy is creating a multimedia presentation for a dogs
home charity. State the change that he has made to the
first photograph to get the second.
How was the first
photo changed?
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87. Sandy is creating a multimedia presentation for a dogs
home charity. State the change that he has made to the
first photograph to get the second.
How was the first
photo changed?
 Crop
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88. Bob has changed the image shown below to look like
the second image. Which graphic operations have
been performed on the first image to obtain the second
image?
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89. Bob has changed the image shown below to look like
the second image. Which graphic operations have
been performed on the first image to obtain the second
image?
 Flip and scale
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90. The Gordon Café is creating a new menu and are
editing photos to use. How has the first photo been
changed to get the second?
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91. The Gordon Café is creating a new menu and are
editing photos to use. How has the first photo been
changed to get the second?
 Zoom or scale
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92. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
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93. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
 Scale and rotate
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94. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings
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95. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings
 Santa has been moved to the back
 or text has been moved to the front
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96. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
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97. What operation has been performed on the first image
to get the second?
 Scale and rotate
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98. Graphics can be created by using a variety of tools,
such as:
Ellipse
Rectangle
Fill
Freehand.
Which tool was used to draw the image shown here?
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99. Graphics can be created by using a variety of tools,
such as:
Ellipse
Rectangle
Fill
Freehand.
Which tool was used to draw the image shown here?
 Freehand
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100. Sam is creating a logo using two identical shapes as
shown.What graphics operation is used to create an
identical copy of an object?
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101. Sam is creating a logo using two identical shapes as
shown. What graphics operation is used to create an
identical copy of an object?
 Duplicate
 (“Copy and paste” is not acceptable. You
must say “duplicate”)
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102. Bob has drawn the following logo:
He wants to move the image on the page, but when he clicks on it,
only the heart shape moves. What graphics operation would
ensure that the image would move as one object?
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103. Bob has drawn the following logo:
He wants to move the image on the page, but when he clicks on it,
only the heart shape moves. What graphics operation would
ensure that the image would move as one object?
 Group the objects
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104. The file highland.JPG is a graphic file. What type of file
is each of the following:
(a) race.mpg
(b) egypt.rtf
(c) car.wav
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105. The file highland.JPG is a graphic file. What type of file
is each of the following:
(a) race.mpg
(b) egypt.rtf
(c) car.wav
(a) Movie
(b) Text
(c) Sound
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106. Graphics can be edited by using two types of software:
Vector
Bitmap
State type of graphics package that was used for the
following icons:
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107. Graphics can be edited by using two types of software:
Vector
Bitmap
State type of graphics package that was used for the
following icons:
 Vector
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108. A shoe shop uses a
software package to
calculate shoe sales. The
Total Cost is calculated by
multiplying the Price and
the Number Sold.
State a suitable formula
for cell F7.
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109. A shoe shop uses a
software package to
calculate shoe sales. The
Total Cost is calculated by
multiplying the Price and
the Number Sold.
State a suitable formula
for cell F7.
=D7*E7
Note: You will be expected to write formulae to add,
subtract, multiply (as shown here) and divide
(=B7/D4).
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110. Bob has created a slideshow that uses many graphics.
He needs to email the slideshow to a friend. Without
changing the slideshow, what can he do to reduce the
file size so that he can email the slideshow?
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111. Bob has created a slideshow that uses many graphics.
He needs to email the slideshow to a friend. Without
changing the slideshow, what can he do to reduce the
file size so that he can email the slideshow?
 Compress the file
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112. A school stores details about cafeteria sales in a
spreadsheet. State the type of application that was
used.
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113. A school stores details about cafeteria sales in a
spreadsheet. State the type of application that was
used.
 Spreadsheet
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114. Data in a spreadsheet can be a formula, text or a
number. What is the cell reference of a cell that
contains:
(a) Text?
(b) A formula ?
(c) A number?
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115. Data in a spreadsheet can be a formula, text or a
number. What is the cell reference of a cell that
contains:
(a) Text?
(b) A formula
(c) A number
 Your answer must show the cell reference only.
(a) B1
(b) F5
(c) E5
Remember that a value = a number that is not produced by a
formula
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116. The formula in F5 totals all of the food sold on Monday.
What formula would appear in cell F5?
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117. The formula in F5 totals all of the food sold on Monday.
What formula would appear in cell F5?
 You could write down two possible answers:
= Sum(B5:E5) OR =B5+C5+D5+E5
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118. A formula appears in cell F5. A similar formula appears
in cells F6 –F9. Explain how a similar formula was
entered into cells F6-F9 without retyping.
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119. A formula appears in cell F5. A similar formula appears
in cells F6 –F9. Explain how a similar formula was
entered into cells F6-F9 without retyping.
 Use drag down or “replicate”
 Highlight cell F5
 Drag down the box in cell F5 to fill in the rest of
column
NOTE: Copy and paste is not an acceptable answer
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120. State the name of the function that would be used to
total up all of the sales in cell F10.
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121. State the name of the function that would be used to
total up all of the sales in cell F10.
 SUM
 Do not write out a formula. Sum is the name
of the function. SUM is all you should write
down as your answer.
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122. State the name of the function that would be used to
find the day in the TOTALS column that had the
(a) highest totals
(b) the lowest totals
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123. State the name of the function that would be used to
find the day in the TOTALS column that had the
(a) highest totals
(b) the lowest totals
For this question you must ONLY name the function.
You are not asked to give the formula. So, the
answers are:
(a) MAX
(b) MIN
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124. Explain how cells in a spreadsheet can be formatted to
appear as money with a £ sign.
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125. Explain how cells in a spreadsheet can be formatted to
appear as money with a £ sign.
 Format as currency.
 (You must say “currency” NOT “money”.)
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126. The Teen Enterprise Club
sells chocolates for their
school project. They use the
application shown here to
calculate how much profit
they make from each box.
Profit is the difference
between the “Selling Price”
and the “Total Cost”. What
formula has been entered in
cell C16?
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127. The Teen Enterprise Club
sells chocolates for their
school project. They use the
application shown here to
calculate how much profit
they make from each box.
Profit is the difference
between the “Selling Price”
and the “Total Cost”. What
formula has been entered in
cell C16?
=C14-C12
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128. Explain the steps that
would be taken to sort
the data so that the
most expensive
ingredients appear at
the top of the list.
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129. Explain the steps that
would be taken to sort
the data so that the
most expensive
ingredients appear at
the top of the list.
Highlight cells A4 to C11 and sort in ascending
order on column C
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130. This slide has images of computers.
Describe how I could find these or
similar graphics and add them to this
presentation.
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131. This slide has images of computers.
Describe how I could find these or
similar graphics and add them to this
presentation.
 Obtain file from eg.searching from Internet,
search CD, search clip art (1 mark)
 Copy/Insert file into side (1 mark)
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132. Hattie’s keyboard is broken, but she needs to finish
typing a report for school.
Explain how she could enter text without using a
keyboard.
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133. Hattie’s keyboard is broken, but she needs to finish
typing a report for school.
Describe how she could enter text without using a
keyboard.
Any one:
 Use an on-screen keyboard
 Could use OCR to scan in handwritten text
 Could use voice recognition with a microphone
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134. Hattie has bought a new desk-top publishing package.
The software comes with an online tutorial and online
help.
Explain the difference between online help and online
tutorial.
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135. Hattie has bought a new desk-top publishing package.
The software comes with an online tutorial and online
help.
Explain the difference between online help and online
tutorial.
 Online help is a feature of the software that helps you
solve specific problems.
 Online tutorial is a feature of the software that
teaches you lessons on how to use the whole
package.
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136. Bob has not used a spreadsheet before and wants to
learn about how to use the software. He could use
online help or online tutorial.
Which would be the most suitable for him to use: online
help or online tutorial?
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137. Bob has not used a spreadsheet before and wants to
learn about how to use the software. He could use
online help or online tutorial.
Which would be the most suitable for him to use: online
help or online tutorial?
 Online tutorial
(This is because he wants to learn about the whole
program, not just solve a specific problem)
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138. Organise the following storage capacities into the
correct order starting with the smallest first:
Byte
Kilobyte
Bit
Megabyte
Terabyte
Gigabyte
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139. Organise the following storage capacities into the
correct order starting with the smallest first:
Byte
Kilobyte
Bit
Megabyte
Terabyte
Gigabyte
Bit
Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
Terabyte
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140. Davene has family photographs that are 4 GB in size.
She would like to send these to her family in the USA.
Which backing storage medium would be the suitable?
A) Hard disk drive
B) CD
C) DVD
D) Floppy disk drive
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141. Davene has family photographs that are 4 GB in size.
She would like to send these to her family in the USA.
Which backing storage medium would be the suitable?
A) Hard disk drive
B) CD
C) DVD
D) Floppy disk drive
C) DVD (This is because a DVD will hold a minimum of
4GB. A CD only holds around 700 MB so is not
suitable. A floppy disk only holds around 1.44 MB and
so doesn’t hold enough. A hard disk drive is not
portable and therefore not suitable for posting.
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142. Computers include graphics and sound cards. What is
the purpose of a sound card? Choose the BEST
answer.
(a) To output sound to speakers
(b) To input sound from a microphone
(c) To input sound from a microcphone and output
sound to speakers
(d) To output sound to a microphone
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143. Computers include graphics and sound cards. What is
the purpose of a sound card? Choose the BEST
answer.
(a) To output sound to speakers
(b) To input sound from a microphone
(c) To input sound from a microcphone and output
sound to speakers
(d) To output sound to a microphone
c) To input sound from a microcphone and
output sound to speakers
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144. Make sure that you retry any slides with
questions that you got wrong.
Remember that the most effective way
to revise is to work through SQA past
papers.
Well done for completing this revision.
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