Edexcel GCSE ICT Revision

These are all the questions from past papers and the student textbook for the Edexcel GCSE ICT specification from 2010 for the Single Award.

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  • Created on: 27-05-12 12:23
What is 3G?
Wireless communication allowing high speed wireless data transfer
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What law means an organisation has the legal duty to keep your personal data secure?
Data Protection Act
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What is a Terabyte?
1000 gigabytes
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What does VoIP stand for?
Voice over Internet Protocol
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What is VoIP used for?
To make telephone calls via the Internet
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What do you need to get a 3G signal on your laptop if you are on the move?
A dongle
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What is meant by the term 'Working collaboratively'?
Working from home but staying in touch with colleagues with the help of technology
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What are Wikis?
A type of website that encourages collaboration by allowing users to add, edit and remove content
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What is bias?
Prejudice towards one viewpoint or against another
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What is an online forum?
An online message board where people can share their ideas and views
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What is cloud computing?
A system in which all computer programs and data is stored on a central server owned by a company and accessed virtually
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What is a Blog?
A shared online journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
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What is meant by the term 'Open Source Software'?
Software which is available to download free of charge
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What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
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Why is it important to back up data?
So that you can recover data which may be lost/damaged
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What is GPS?
A navigational system used in many devices which gives current location and direction and distance from current location to specified location using satellite signals
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What is Phishing?
A form of Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information
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What is a disadvantage of using WiFi?
Walls block signal
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How can playing computer games be beneficial?
Learning games
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What is an advantage of using WiFi?
No cables
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How can a game be controlled hands-free?
Balance board
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What does a search engine do?
Searches the Internet
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What is HDMI required for?
To connect devices in order to show a HD video
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What is meant by the term 'Geotagging'?
Being able to attach the exact geographical coordinates of longitude and latitude to a digital image giving the location of where it was taken
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List the storage sizes in order of least memory to most memory
Floppy Disk-CDs-DVDs-Bluray, HD DVD-DAT tape-Flash memory-Hard disk
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What is meant by the term 'Ergonomics'?
The science of designing equipment so that it reduces the user
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What is a cookie?
A small text file
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What does a cookie do?
Track your behaviour and transations
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How does Open Source Software work?
It is available to everyone in a LAN and the source code is known in the public domain
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What is a hotspot?
Somewhere that offers WiFi Internet connections
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What is Presence Awareness?
A common IM feature that gives you a quick view of the people who are logged on at that time
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What are third party payment processors?
A business that offers customers an alternative, fast and safe method to pay for online goods and services
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What is primary storage?
The first place you save a document
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What is viral marketing?
A marketing strategy that encourages people to pass on a marketing message to their friends
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What is disaster recovery?
The policies and procedures that a company has in place so it can carry on with normal business after a disaster
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What is RAID?
A hard disk drive where data is written onto lots of disks at the same time, allowing access to the data if one disk fails
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What is encryption?
For security, data is translated into a secret code according to a set of rules in a special
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What is secondary storage?
Somewhere where you store a second copy of the data
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What is backup?
A copy of the data that is made in case the original data is lost/damaged
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How can you limit the number of hits from a search?
BOLEAN search
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What is meant by the term 'Bandwidth'?
The amount of data that can fit through an Internet connection
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What is Bandwidth measured in?
bits per second
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What is meant by the term 'Latency'?
the time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment it becomes detectable
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What are the disadvantages of online storage?
Need an Internet connection
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What is the IP address?
The personal address of your computer so that servers know where to send the information you have requested
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What is a dongle?
A small piece of hardware that connects to a computer and has uses including data storage and picking up Bluetooth and 3G signals
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What is meta data?
Something which provides information about the content of a digital item
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What is convergence?
When one device is developed to carry out functions that were originally performed by several different devices
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What is an online encyclopaedia?
Wikipedia
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