Practice Paper 2 (Cambridge International IGCSE ICT)

Laptop computers use Solid State Drives (SSD) rather than Hard Disc Drives (HDD).

Describe two disadvantages of using an SSD rather than an HDD in a laptop computer.

Complete each sentence using the most appropriate item from the list.

Your answers must be different in each case.

The physical components of a computer are called …

Programs and data are examples of …

A small application performing one or two simple functions is called …

Describe four characteristics of a tablet computer.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using web-conferencing rather than video-conferencing for meetings.

Write down the most appropriate network device to match the following statements.

Your answers should be different in each part.

This network device checks the data packet arriving from one computer and sends the data to a specific computer.

This network device sends the data packet from a computer to all devices connected to it.

This network device connects a LAN to the internet.

This network device connects one LAN to another with the same protocol.

Cars can have sensors at the front and rear of the vehicle to detect obstacles.

Describe how the sensor detects an obstacle and sends the data to the microprocessor when parking the car.

A headteacher is setting up a newsletter to send to parents of pupils at a school. She has some photographs saved on storage devices that she needs to place in the newsletter.

State two communication methods which the headteacher could use to upload the photographs onto the school network.

Tick (✓) the most appropriate method of implementation to match the statements below.

A student uses social media to keep in contact with other people.

Describe four strategies that the student could use to stay safe when using social media to communicate with others

The data stored on the computer system needs to be protected from unauthorised access

Discuss the effectiveness of different methods of increasing security of this data.

The use of social networking is a part of modern living.

Describe the benefits of using social networking.

State two reasons why file compression may be needed.

gif and jpg file formats are used to store images.

Give one reason for using each of the file formats.

Each of your reasons must be different.

Tawara Stores has realised that the number of people shopping for food online has increased over the past few years.

Tawara Stores are also aware that many current websites do not cater for older people. They intend to create a version of their website for this audience.

Describe the features of this website to meet the needs of an older audience, giving reasons for your choice of features.

Rockit Motors has opened a car store in a shopping mall.

Customers can test drive the cars they are planning to purchase using virtual reality systems within the store.

The manager of Rockit Motors has created many different types of documents including letters and memos for the company. Each of them is produced using its corporate house style.

Explain why corporate house styles are required.

An image has been changed in a number of different ways.

Original image

For each of the following images describe the software editing technique used in order to produce the edited images shown from the original image.

Edited images

When a person changes their password they are asked to verify that it has been entered correctly by re-entering the password.

State what this type of verification is called.

The manager of a medical centre keeps the doctor’s stock records in a database. The stock for any item is not allowed to fall below 15 items and the manager keeps a maximum of 100 items in stock.

The table shows examples of the stock.

As data is entered it needs to be verified and validated.

Name the most appropriate field from the table that could be used as a primary key in the database.

A student is creating a spreadsheet of airports for a project.

The formula in G2 is:

=VLOOKUP(F2,A2:B9,2,0)

Explain, in detail, what the formula in G2 does

State two examples of CSS properties used to style text.

Aadhya and her family are planning a visit to the Gir National Park and she is creating a web page about the destination.

She has started writing some of the HTML but has made some mistakes.

Write down four mistakes which would prevent this markup from working properly. Your answers must be different in each case

A website can have three web development layers.

Tick (✔️) whether the following statements refer to the behaviour layer, content layer or presentation layer.