Question 1
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Michael and Ryan are members of a team. The team uses an online workspace to work collaboratively to review a previous sports event they took part in.
Give three ways the team could use an online workspace to work collaboratively.
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View the same video and leave comments about it
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Make notes on the same document
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Use VOIP to discuss the event
Question 2
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Mitch buys a new HD games console.
State one other piece of equipment he will need to play games in HD.
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Controller
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USB port
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HDMI cable
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External hard drive
Question 3
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Mitch thinks that games consoles are better than PCs for gaming.
State two advantages of using consoles, rather than PCs, for gaming.
Question 4
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Modern games consoles are multi-functional devices.
Apart from gaming, give two other uses for games consoles.
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Playing online games
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Social networking
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Watching films
Question 5
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State what a cookie does.
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Stores information about a persons browsing history
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It's a text file stored on your computer
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Stores information about a persons shopping / viewing habbits
Question 6
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Give two reasons why Gia should consider deleting the cookie from her computer.
Question 7
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State the name of the © symbol.
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Copyprotect
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Copyright
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Creative Commons
Question 8
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Michael has a blog. He uses a search engine to find an image for his blog.
Explain Michael's legal responsibilities when using images.
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He can only use an image if he has the owner's signature
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He can only use an image if he has the owner's permission
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He can only use if it is clip art
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He can use it if it has a Creative Commons licence
Question 9
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Mitch enjoys playing computer games.
Mitch asks Lee to copy a game for him.
State why Lee must not do this.
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It is illegal to play a game on another device
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It is illegal to copy software
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It might damage Lee's device if he does
Question 10
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Many gaming companies allow users to download games straight to their console.
Give one advantage to the company of allowing this.
Question 11
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Explain two environmental benefits of downloading games rather than buying them on disk.
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Carbon footprint will be reduced as less power / fewer resources used.
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Less packaging means fewer resources are used & less waste produced
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Saves time
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The consoles are smaller so less plastic used to make them
Question 12
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Stevie has found a site that is offering free downloads of all the latest chart songs.
Stevie should not download songs from this site because:
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The songs take too long to download
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It is likely to be illegal
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There is a high risk of downloading a virus
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The site requires a log in
Question 13
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State two possible drawbacks of downloading from this site.
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He may not be downloading the track he wants
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He may also download malware
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He may get charged after all
Question 14
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Stevie needs to protect his computer from unsafe downloads.
State one way he can do this.
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Don't go on to sites he doesn't know
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Turn off his computer when he is not using it
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Install anti-virus software & update it regularly
Question 15
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Stevie logs into a site to buy some music. He sees a symbol of a padlock in his browser address bar.
What does this symbol mean?
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The website is locked and cannot be used
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It is not safe to use the website
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Data on the site is encrypted
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There might be a virus on the website
Question 16
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State two other ways that browsers display security information.
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The address bar has a green section in it
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The web address starts with https://
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A message is displayed at the top of the web site
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A security certificate automatically downloads on to your computer
Question 17
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Give two reasons for using images as buttons in a child's e-book.
Question 18
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Katherine wants to make the pages of her children's e-book consistent.
State three ways in which she can do this.
Question 19
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Katherine uses text and images in the e-book.
Give three other multimedia elements she could use.
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HD images
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Narration
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Video
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Rollover buttons
Question 20
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Any High is a secondary school with over 1000 students age 11–19. It makes extensive use of ICT for teaching and learning, as well as administration.
The school has bought some wireless e-book readers.
Jenny streams videos to her e-book reader. Sometimes the videos do not play smoothly.
Give two possible reasons for this.