Cambridge IGCSE Contents: A Lifeline to Academic Excellence

Topic: ICT Paper 11 May/June 2022

Paper type: None

Year: 2022

Chapter: None

Q1: Marks :2 (Pick Multiple)

Select two network devices.

Bridge

Actuator

Hub

Monitor

Q2: Marks :4

The physical components of a computer are called

Programs and data are examples of

A small application performing one or two simple functions is called

An input device used in measurement applications is called

Q3: Marks :4 (Pick Multiple)

Select two devices which are used in control systems.

Actuator

Microphone

Joystick

Computer

Q4: Marks :4 (Pick Multiple)

Many laptop computers use the cloud to store data. A technician has produced a report on his laptop computer but has stored the report on a memory stick rather than storing it on the cloud. Select two advantages of using a memory stick rather than the cloud to store data.

Does not need access to the internet

Always need access to the internet

More control over the stored data

Transaction can be read by hacker’s device

Q5: Marks :4 (Pick Multiple)

Many bank cards now use contactless technology. Describe the advantages of using these cards rather than cards that use chip and PIN.

Transaction is quicker

Can be read from a pocket

Transaction can be read by hacker’s device

If lost the card could be used by anyone so is less secure

Q6: Marks :4 (Pick Multiple)

Stylesheets are used in web pages. Explain the term stylesheets when used in web pages (Choose 3 answers).

It is used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML

It enables the separation of presentation and content

It is the same thing as HTML

It is a part of the presentation layer

Q7: Marks :6

are separate from the web page

attributes are within each web page

is edited in one file

attributes are edited by changing each web page

can be applied to multiple pages

attributes only apply to individual web pages

Q 8:

Two types of database are relational and flat file. Compare and contrast relational databases and flat file databases. Your answer must include similarities and differences.

Similarities

Both use a

Both use

Differences

is a plain text file
is a simple structure
uses one table
has linked tables/relationships
allows searches/reports to be created over multiple tables Relational database allows cross referencing between tables

Marks :8

primary key indexes Flat file database Flat file database Flat file database Relational database Relational database Relational database

Q9: Marks :4 (Pick Multiple)

Give, using an example, one reason why flat file databases are used in certain applications rather than relational databases.

There is only a small amount of data

A single table is to be used

Example of a list such as name, address/CSV files

Because flat file database is the same as relational database

Q10: Marks :1

RAM is an internal hardware

True

False

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