Practice Paper 1 (Edexcel IGCSE Ict)

Joe streams a radio show online.

The audio data is processed.

State one feature of a laptop that provides expansion capability for audio processing.

Visitors usually bring a digital device to events at the venue.

The venue uses a barcode scanner that connects to the booking system.

Explain one benefit to the venue staff of using a barcode scanner.

Camille uses digital devices for work.

Camille’s laptop uses secondary storage.

State one type of storage media that stores data as electrical charges.

Gail uses digital devices for work.

State the number of instructions that can be executed every second by a 3.5GHz processor.

Gail uses digital devices for work.

Gail’s laptop uses memory management.

Which one of these has the role of managing memory?

Explain the purpose of memory management.

There is often no fee required to use open source software.

Give two other characteristics of open source software

The concert venue uses an online booking system.

Which one of these is the best choice of computer for a concert venue to use for processing bookings?

Camille designs controllers for a games console.

Controllers are input devices.

State two other peripheral input devices for a games console.

The concert venue uses an online booking system.

Gail uses different types of networks in her job.

(ii)

Define the term ‘peer‑to‑peer’.

(v)

Describe how a roaming profile allows Gail to hot-desk.

The venue promotes events on a website.

Gail uploads new images for the website.

Explain one reason why the image files should be compressed before uploading to the website.

Which one of these is a hardware device that directs traffic between a LAN and a WAN?

Camille shares family photographs online with friends.

Camille buys extra online storage.

State how encryption prevents data from being understood.

Camille creates a home network.

State what is meant by ‘tethering’.

Camille connects to a LAN.

State two features of a LAN that are different from a WAN.

Camille’s mobile phone can receive data using 3G, 4G, 5G and GPS.

State two other wireless communication methods used by mobile phones.

Camille uses wired and wireless connectivity.

Draw one straight line from each connection method to the correct characteristic.

Camille creates a home network.

Give two benefits to Camille’s employer of her working from home.

The staff at the venue work online.

Explain two positive impacts the use of the Internet has on the venue.

The staff at the venue work online.

Describe one method the staff can use to stay safe online.

Discuss the sustainability issues related to ICT.

You should consider these aspects of digital devices in your response:

• manufacture
• use
• disposal
• ways of mitigating their environmental impact.

The venue promotes events on a website.

Which one of these causes a risk to online safety?

Camille’s child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.

Explain one drawback to learning of enabling the comments section of an online video content service.

Sarah’s sister plays games with friends online.

Describe one key feature of online gaming that develops social skills.

State two methods people can use to check the reliability of online information.

The venue promotes events on a website.

Describe one way the website can allow users to control the way their data is used.

Describe one personalisation technique the website could provide to users.

Camille uses digital devices for work.

Camille’s laptop uses secondary storage.

Which one of these is a reason for using local storage rather than online storage?

Explain one benefit to customers of using an online booking system.

The venue uses an auction site to sell posters.

Give one feature of an auction site.