COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

THEORY TEST TERM 1

ALL ABOUT ITCS/INPUT AND OUTPUT/SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT

GRADE 11 2023
TIME ALLOWED: 50 Minutes TOTAL: 45 Marks
Educator: S Ferreira Moderator: L NIVISON

Instructions and information

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2. This question paper consists of THREE
sections: Section A, B and C.
3. Answer all the questions.
4. Read the questions carefully, taking note of
the mark allocations. In general, one mark is
allocated per fact. A two-mark question
would therefore require two facts, and so on.
5. Answers such as ‘cheaper’, ‘faster / slower’,
‘easier’, etc. will ONLY be accepted if properly
motivated.
6. Draw a 2 cm margin at the right side of your
answer sheets.
7. Number the answers according to the
numbering system used on this question
paper.
8. Leave a blank line after each sub-question.
9. Draw a line after each main question.

SECTION A: ALL ABOUT ITCS [13]

1. How does ICT promote more effective communication in a business? (1)
2. Dedicated devices and general-purpose computers all play a key role in the field of ICT. Briefly explain
the difference between these two categories. (2)
3. Briefly explain why having more memory available makes a computer more ‘powerful’. (1)
4. Besides the size of the memory, which other hardware specifications generally determine the overall
‘power’ of a computer? List TWO. (2)
5. What are the TWO the main advantages of computers such as laptops compared to desktop
computers? (2)
6. What do we mean when we say smartphones are examples of convergence? (1)
7. What is the difference between a client computer and a server computer on a network? (2)
8. What ONE additional level of security can be used to ensure that data will not be able to be used, even
if it is stolen? (1)
9. Why should you consider purchasing a UPS. (1)
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SECTION B: INPUT, OUTPUT [27]
1. Name two input devices which can be used to input images into the computer. (2)
2. Your teacher has a hardcopy version of an old exam paper. He wants to edit it as some of the questions
have become outdated.
a) What does the term hardcopy refer to? (1)
b) Explain how your teacher can edit the exam paper in his word processor. (2)
3. Your school shop is considering introducing a bar-code system for the books and stationery they sell.
Give TWO benefits a bar-coding system provides. (2)
4. What is the main advantage in terms of supplying a URL in a QR code? (1)

Biometric input
5. Your mother wants to buy a new flash disk. She saw an advert for a Biometric flash disk. She asked if
‘Biometric’ is the manufacturer of the flash disk.
a) Briefly explain what biometric means in this context. (1)
b) What is the main benefit of a biometric flash drive? (1)
6. List TWO types of biometric measurements or inputs besides fingerprints. (2)

Input into POS systems

7. A Point of Sale (POS) system is great for both the customer and the business. Give TWO of its
advantages. (2)

Display devices
8. If you see 1920 x 1440 in an advert for a monitor, what does this mean? (1)

What makes it all work?

9. A friend wants to upgrade his operating system to the latest version. He was advised against it as
someone said that the new operating system will not have a driver for his older printer.
Briefly explain what a driver is. (2)
10. When you plugged your smartphone into your computer, you saw a message stating ‘Device detected
… Device has been installed’.
a) Give the general name given to this process and briefly explain what happens during this process.
(2)

Input and output for physically challenged users

11. Braille keyboards, displays and printers are commonly used by visually-impaired or blind users. What is
Braille? (1)
12. Your Granny has bad arthritis and struggles to type accurately and to use the mouse.
Give TWO pieces of hardware that could make life much easier for her. (2)
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Input and output and health issues
13. Give TWO reasons why you should learn to use keyboard shortcuts. (2)
14. Give THREE tips on different ways to manage your work style that will help to minimise the negative
impact that the prolonged use of input and output devices may have on your health. (3)

SECTION C: SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT [5]

Study the screenshot below and answer the questions that follow:

15. Select ONE of the following functions:

SUMIF, COUNTIF, SMALL, LARGE or ROUND
as the answer to the questions below.

15.3.1 Which function will display the lowest number in column A? (1)

15.3.2 Which function will display the total number of apples sold? (1)

15..3.3 Which function will display how many sales were made for the product
“Bananas”? (1)

15.4 From the screenshot above, write down the correct answer to the functions below:

15.4.1 =LARGE(A2:A9,2). (1)

15.4.2 =MAX(A2:A9) (1)

TOTAL 45