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MAHATMA GANDHI SCHOOL, Mid Term 1 Subject: Computer Science Name: Ar iter Grade: X Date: 13 September 2022 Max. Marks: 40 Time: 1 Hour 10 Minutes Invigilator's soa HOOT ig— entg, Seite Examiner's Signature: Mark Obiained: INSTRUCTIONS ‘There are 7 pages including this page in the question paper. All questions are compulsory. Write in the space provided. Draw the diagram neatly and label them. ‘Anextra sheet can be attached ifthe space provided is not sulficient. Only blue and black pen is allowed, no answer should be in pencil. vyvvyvy “24 a1, Asdion sends a large document to 2 printer. (a) State the name for the area of memory used to store temporary the data being sent to the printer LM coed it ee Ss (b) The printer suns out of paper during the printing job. A signal is sent back to the computer to ‘sop lemporarty ts cutent task. Name thus type of signal hers " (co) Matern (quis Crystal Display (LCD) montors use Light-Emiting Diode (LED) back technokogy. Give tour benefits of using LED technology 1600 beh infeudes Q2 A security ight is controlled by sensors and a microprocessor Describe how the sensors and microprocessor interact to src on the secuty HOM when a intruder 's detected when Sonmne a¢ «Lhe sensoa 6. Thsasen fe g {ke mocropt Q3 Passengers fly into an airport from other countries. The airport has a security system that uses. + computers + scanners + digital cameras To gain entry to the country, each passenger must have a passport or identification (ID) card. This ‘must contain a recent photograph and other personal data. The passenger must: * Place thelr passport or ID card on a scanner that reads machine-readable characters and ‘scans the photograph * look towards a camera that takes an image of the passenger's face Describe how a computer checks whether the image Just taken by the camera matches the ‘scanned photograph, when th Scones ey scons the phetograph + reads rd € Lh Computer. Chen thecompulr je urches fora ma fehine [he fesrpl thet steals way f00tt by fee amery.. Q4 Name a suitable output device for each of the following applications. A different device should be used for each application. ‘Application Sultable output device Production of one-off photographs of very good quality AGANMD High volume colour printing of advertising flyers fer Production of an object whichis buit up | oy layer by layer, used in CAD applications |... Y Converting electrical signals into sound | S nen Hen ‘Showing enlarged computer output on a wall or large screen bye fe (5) Qs. Four input devices are shown in the table below. Give an application which makes use of each device and state a reason why the device Is appropriate for that application ‘Your application must be different in each case, “sdeece ligt Input device Application and reason eek light Aopteaten tetera, 802 lights Reason Light sensor at 4S Cur 4qctivate Application Moniker, Remon 50.904 6as, Ey words Keyboard Application SCAN Gr reaon 16.64 Scan, he harced ©, Barcode reader pptcaton ane Reason ... 0% Can Touch screen (8) Q6 A remote-controlled model car contains RAM, ROM and a solid state drive. The car receives radio signals trom its remote control. It can only receive radio signals of a certain frequency. The ‘manufacturer sets this frequency and the owner cannot change it. The owner of the model car can Input their own sequence of movements from an interface underneath the car. {a)_ Describe the purpose of each of the three types of memory supplied with the car. ram S£OrUge Rom .£2..Conéro| Solid state drive 8) (b) The owner needs to be able to enter their own sequence of movements for the model car. Name a suitable input device. Input device (2) {c) Explain why the model car uses a solid state drive rather than another type of secondary sore. wh Cour S belEer (2) Q7. (2), Fivo sensors and five applications are shown below. ‘Draw a line to link each sensor to its most appropriate application. Sonsor Application {Monitor tho pollution lavels in a rivor sonsor troot lights. Detoct intrudors breaking into a Monitor the amount of water lft in ‘clothes in a dryer Monitor acidity levels in the soil in a groenhot iO) (b) Kamil is setting up a new computer system to record television programmes. He wants to be able to rocord, view and then erase programmes that he does not want to keep. He has chosen to use DVD-RAM as an optical storage medium Explain to Kamil why itis better to use DVD-RAM rather than DVD+RW or DVD-RW. 1 op tied sforuye omedi pH seasor Contiol the switching otf and on ot | Ligh seasur Pressure sersor Mois bur 3050p dus Sensor

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