ICT (O3:1)

Samsenwittayalai School

Mr PATRICK TAYLOR
Matthayom 1

Testing Understanding Semester One

Unit One What Is A Computer, Anyway?

1) What is information? _________________________
2) Fill in the blanks with either information or industrial.:
Modern countries are _____________ societies. This means that many
people make money by exchanging ______________. A society in which
people generate money by making things, usually on a large-scale in
factories, is called an ______________ society.
3) Name and describe a job necessary for an information society:
______________________________________________________________
4) Imagine you work in a small restaurant. Think about how you could use ICT to
help you in your business.
a) First, what information do you need? _____________
b) Next, how could you use a computer to store that information?
___________
c) What information could you use the internet to help you find? ___________

5) Without ICT, how could you:

a) Research a school project? ______________
b) Talk to a pen-pal in a different country? ______________
c) Find new music to listen to? ____________

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Unit 2 The History of ICT

6) What does ICT stand for?: ____________________________________
7) The Difference Engine, invented by Charles Babbage, is considered the first
computer because:
a) It could accept an output and produce an input.
b) It could accept an input and produce an output.
c) You could play Minecraft on it.

8) Match up the people to their achievements:

Alan Turing
(www)

Inventor of the World Wide Web

Tim Berners Lee

Inventor of Wikipedia

Ada Lovelace

Developed AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Steve Jobs

The worlds first programmer

Jimmy Wales
Apple

Invented the iPhone/President of

9) For you, what invention do you think changed our society the most? Why?:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________

Unit 3 Inside The Machine: Hardware, Software & The Rest

10) What is data? ______________________________________________
11) Here is some data. Can you add a context to turn it into information?
80%

Thai students

English

________________________________________________________
12) Name three manual input devices:
a) ___________________________________
b) ___________________________________
c) ___________________________________

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12)

Mr PATRICK TAYLOR
Matthayom 1

Name two automatic input devices:

a) ________________________________
b) ________________________________

13) Name two output devices:

a) ________________________________
b) ________________________________
14)

What are the benefits (good things) and drawbacks (bad things) of owning:

a) A laser printer?
Benefits: ________________________________________
Drawbacks: _________________________________________
b) An inkjet printer?
Benefits: _______________________________________
Drawbacks: _________________________________________
15) What hardware would be useful for you if you work:
a) in a fast-food restaurant: _______________________________________
b) in a car factory: ____________________________________________
c) as an artist: ______________________________________________

16) What software could you use to fix a problem with your computer?
____________________________________________
17) Name an example of an operating system: ____________________________
18) Imagine you have to write and present a report to your teacher for school.
What:
a) input device would you use to enter the data? ______________________
b) software would you use to process the data? _____________________
c) output device would you use to create a hardcopy for your teacher?
____________________________

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Matthayom 1

Unit 4 Data, Information & Knowledge

19) What is knowledge? _______________________________________
20) You have been given a list of data:
Food
Ice Cream
Hamburgers
Gelato
Hot Dogs
Chocolate Bars

Cost to Buy
THB10
THB15
THB25
THB15
THB30

Cost to Sell
THB15
THB35
THB69
THB40
THB45

Profit

a) Think of a rule to work out the profit: _____________________________

b) Write the actual profit in the space provided.
21) Name something that would use an expert system: _________________________
22) What do the following stand for?:
a) RAM: R ______________ A ______________ M _____________
b) ROM: R ______________ O ______________ M _____________
23)

You have a 4.7GB DVD disc. How many of the following data could you store on it?

a) Photographs (3MB each)? _______________________

b) MP3 Songs (5MB each)? ______________________
c) Movies (700MB each)? _____________________

Unit 5 ICT & The World of Work 1: Databases

24) What four things make up an ICT System?
a) _____________________
c) _____________________

b) _____________________
d) _____________________

25) What is a database?

________________________________________________________________________
____________________________

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26)

Mr PATRICK TAYLOR
Matthayom 1

What could the following organizations use a database for?

a) the police? ___________________________________
b) a hospital? ___________________________________
c) a library? ___________________________________

27)

Give one reason why a database is better than storing information on paper: ____
___________________________________________________________________

Here is a sample database for a car dealer:

Car
Registration
6005
2543
1205
2554

Car Model
Toyota Yaris
Mitsubushi Mirage

Honda Jazz
Honda Amaze

Year
Released
2011
2012
2011
2010

Cost

Location

THB700,000
THB650,000
THB350,000
THB500,000

Nonthaburi
Bangkok
Bangkok
Hat Yai

28) What data type would you use for the following columns:
a) Car Model: __________________________
b) Cost: ________________________
c) Year Released: __________________
29)

Write an AND/OR/NOT query in order to find out the following information:

a) What cars were released in Bangkok in 2011: ________________________
_________________________________________________________________
b) What cars have a registration ending in 5 or were released in 2010: _________

________________________________________________________________

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Unit 6 ICT & The World of Work 6: Spreadsheets

30) Label the following parts of a spreadsheet correctly:

a)_____________

b) __________________

c)___________________________

31) Give one example of a job that may require spreadsheets and what they would be
used for:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
________
32) What formula would you use:
a) to add up four different cells? __________
c) to subtract two cells? _________

b) to multiply two cells? ______

d) to divide two cells? ______

33) What is an advantage of using spreadsheets over doing calculations with a pen and paper?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________

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Matthayom 1

34) Heres an example spreadsheet of student scores.

a)
b)
c)
d)

What formula could you use to work out the final score for John? __________
With the same formula, what is Bills final score? _______
Steve re-takes Assessment 1 and gets 36. Whats his final score now? _______
The school tells you that the scores will now be worked out by percentage. Assessment 1
and 2 are now out of 100% each so Janes score is 88% for Assessment 1 and 90% for
Assessment 2. Think of a formula to work out the Final Score as a percentage _________
e) Whats Janes new final score? ______ %

Unit 8 Taking a Trip Into Cyberspace

35) What is cyberspace? ____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
36) Fill in the blanks with server, client, IP address or ISP:
When two or more ICT Systems connect to each other using the internet, data is sent
to another _____________ using an _________, such as TOT or TrueMove. Along the
way, the data is stored in a _____________. ICT Systems can see each other in the
network because each one has its own ______________.
37) Which would you use for the following, an analogue signal or a digital signal?
a) Recording your voice into a microphone? ______________________
b) Turning a light switch on or off? _________________
c) Changing the brightness on your monitor? __________________

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38) Why is it better to use a digital connection rather than an analogue connection? __
_______________________________________________________________
39) What do the following stand for?

URL: ______________________________________
g) ISP: _____________________________________
h) IP: ___________________________________
f)

40) Can you give an example of a browser? ________________________

41) Label the following parts of a URL for a website:

https://www.google.co.th

_____________________

___________________________

a) What domain is this website in? _______________________

Unit 9 Life in Cyberspace

42) What is e-commerce?

__________________________________________________
43) a) Name a benefit of e-commerce:

______________________________________
b) Name a problem with e-commerce: _________________________
44) How could you buy something safely using eBay?

______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
45) Match up the following jobs with their description:
Blogger
Analyst
Database Administrator
Multimedia Programmer

Searches through information for businesses

Presents information through different media
Informs people about the world around us
In charge of storing information

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46) Name three social networking sites:

a) ______________________________________
b) ______________________________________
c) ______________________________________

47) What is user-generated content?

______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
48) a) Name a benefit of social media and user-generated content:
______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
b) Name a problem with social media and user-generated content:
______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
49) In your opinion, do you think the internet has made our lives better? Why?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

Unit 10 Keeping Safe Online

50) Which of the following is NOT a kind of malware?

a) Virus
b) Greek

c) Bot
d) Trojan

51) Match the malware with its definition:

Virus
Trojan
Worm
Bot

Disguises itself as normal software, then releases a virus

Stored in different programs, have to be activated by user
An automatic software program that can record data
Similar to a virus, but is a stand-alone program

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Matthayom 1

52) Name two things you can do to protect yourself from malware:

a) ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
______________
b) ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_______________

53) Match up the following jobs with their description:

Blogger
Analyst
Database Administrator
Multimedia Programmer

Searches through information for businesses

Presents information through different media
Informs people about the world around us
In charge of storing information

54) Why has the internet made it easier to commit crime?

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
____________________________
55) Which of the following should you NEVER do online?
a) Give out personal information
b) Keep your privacy settings updated

c) Keep your anti-virus updated

d) Keep your OS updated

56) Give an example of internet fraud:

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
57) What is a troll?
a) Someone who lives in a cave c) Someone who says hurtful things online
b)A kind of malware
d) A kind of bot

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Unit 11 Keeping Safe Online

58) What is an algorithm?

______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
59) Name three search engines:

a) ________________________________
b) ________________________________
c) ________________________________
60) What is an index?

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
____
61) When a spider-bot is indexing websites, we say it is:
a) Crawling the web
b) Alltheweb

c) Eating the web

d) Walking the web

62) Here is some writing from a website:

Cambodian Food

While not the strongest link in Southeast Asia's chain of delightful

cuisine, Khmer food is tasty and cheap and better than Burmese. Rice
and occasionally noodles are the staples. Unlike in Thailand or Lao, spicy
hot food in not the mainstay; black pepper is preferred over chilli
peppers, though chillis are usually served on the side. Thai and
Vietnamese influences can be noted in Khmer food, although
Cambodians love strong sour tastes in their dishes.
Think of three meta-tags you could use for this web-page:
a) ______________________
b) ______________________
c) ______________________

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Mr PATRICK TAYLOR
Matthayom 1

Your search engine uses an algorithm that gives +1 value to the amount of times a
word is used and +10 if its used in the title. What are the two most valuable words here?
d) ______________________

e) ________________________

Unit 13 Computers & The World of Work 3 The Media

63) What is the media?

__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________
64) What three things define new media?
a) ________________________________
b) ________________________________
c) ________________________________

65) Which of the following is NOT an example of new media?

a) Blogs
b) Viral Marketing

c) Newspapers
d) Social Networking

66) a) Name a benefit of new media news:

_____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

b) Name a drawback of new media news: ___________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

67) Give an example of on-demand media: _______________________________

68) What is copyright?

_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
69) Do you believe that copyright should be obeyed? Why?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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Mr PATRICK TAYLOR
Matthayom 1