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Year 9 Midterm 2024 Term 2 ICT
Year 9 Midterm 2024 Term 2 ICT
Year 9 Midterm 2024 Term 2 ICT
a) Which one of these features would be improved if she used a desktop replacement?(1)
b) State two key features of a blog that is different from the key features of a website. (2)
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Which one of these could prevent the risk to Kay’s work data caused by accidental deletion?
Kay can access goods and services online. (a) Online transactions can be tracked. Which one of these is
used for transaction tracking?
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(c) Which one of these describes people who are ‘information poor’? (1)
2) Kay is searching for some information online. Describe two ways that Kay can make effective
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i) Which one of these is used to connect a local area network to a wide area network?
This diagram shows data sent to a laptop (2)
ii) Describe how the firewall acts on the data that has been sent to the laptop.
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iv) Discuss the use of wireless and wired connectivity for a home network.
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(ii) State four problems Kay may likely experience when working from home.
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a) Explain one benefit to Kay’s lifestyle of being able to listen to audio streamed online, rather than
downloading it.
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b) State three examples of services that are not available to those with limited or no access to digital
technologies
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5) Explain one reason why films often appear pixelated when they first load from online streaming
services.
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.. Kay is visually impaired. List two ways that an ICT system can be configured to meet the needs of
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(f) State three ways in which a member can react to a post (2)
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(c) Zara streams an online video. She sees the notice shown in Figure 1
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(d) Give two benefits to Zara of connecting her tablet computer to her television. (2)
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(e) Zara uses a PIN to unlock her tablet computer. List three other methods she could use to prevent
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(f) Explain one advantage of using hosted applications with tablet computers.
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