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ICT
Paper 1
S.1
1 hour
AUG 2023,
KABOWA HIGH SCHOOL
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT
Uganda Certificate of Lower secondary education.
End of TERM 2 Assessment Chapter:2
Competency-based curriculum examination
Instructions.
• This paper is scenario based with one question. Write answers on the answer
sheets provided. Present your work neatly.
Table for Examiners use only
Number Scores Comment.
Relevance

Accuracy

Coherence

Excellence

Total

1) Kabowa High School is preparing KHMSA (Kabowa High Muslim Students Association)
DAY next year 28 June. Students are to participate in the following items;
  Quran recitation
 Matali
 Kaswida
 Athan
 Poem
As an ICT student, you have been instructed to arrange the main hall with ICT tools
that will be used on that day.

i) Task
a. Give the ICT tools that are to be used and what they are used for.
 Computer. Used for processing records
 Flash disk. It stores data
 Radio. It broadcasts news
 Projector . it displays information on a projection screen
 Phone. Communication
b. Explain the safety measures that should be observed while using the ICTs mentioned in
1(a) above.

Computer. Turn off the computer every after use, keep off dust, avoid water from entering it

Flash disk. Do not share it with infected computers

Radio. Do not drop it, handle with care to avoid damaging it.

Projector. Turn off the computer every after use, keep off dust, avoid water from entering it

Phone. Do not use it while charging

SECTION B
2) Kabowa high school is planning to have a careers day to sensitise senior onelearners about
the importance of vocational subjects. You are told to assemble in the main hall. The Deputy
Headteacher and the DOS will share pictures and videos showing areas where various
vocational subjects are applicable.

Task.
Advise the career teachers about the computer hardware device that will be needed and how they
work to support the presentation.

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3) Define the following terms as used in ICT;

i. Hardware
These are physical/ tangible parts of a computer

ii. Software
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4). Imagine you have been asked to type and print a letter inviting your parent to the debating
competition in your class on Tuesday next week at 2:00 pm in the main hall, using the computer
system below. Name and categorise the hardware devices of the figure in the table.

LABLE Name of a device Category Action

1 Monitor Input

2 Systems unit

3 keyboard Input

4 Mouse Input

5 Printer output

6 Speaker Output
5). What is a storage device?

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i) Give five examples of a storage device.

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i). write down the proceedures taken when opening a word prossessing program.
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