Section 1 Homework - Due Sunday 11:59 pm

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Activity 1.1 1.2 Questions A, Questions B, Revision Questions, Test Yourself, Exam and Exam-Style
Questions
Side Note: in order to keep up with the note, you must be able to type at least 25 words per
minute with no errors, if you cannot, you MUST go to TypingTest.com and test yourself throughout the
week.

Hardware - a piece of a computer or an ICT system that you can touch, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a
monitor

Software - a piece of a computer or an ICT system that you cannot touch, such as presentation software,
word processor, web browser, O.S.


Activity 1.1: how many different pieces of hardware can you name? 20 is a good number.
1. Keyboard
2. Mouse
3. Microphone
4. Monitor
5. Screen
6. System Unit
7. Speaker
8. Printer
9. Video Camera
10. Scanner
11. CD - rom
12. Memory card
13. USB drive
14. Headphone
15. Optical drive
16. Motherboard
17. joystick (game pad)
18. UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)
19. CPU
20. RAM
21. ROM
22. Heat Exchange (Fans)
23. external hard drive
24. Power supply
25. Wifi network

Activity 2.2
Name of Item Hardware Software
Keyboard *
Flow Charter *
Web Designer *
Spreadsheet *
Scanner *
Remote Control *


Draw A Simple Computer Diagram

INPUT DEVICE ------> Processor & Internal Memory --------> Output devices
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Secondary
Storage
Devices

Internal Memory - there are two types of internal memory
RAM - Random Access Memory (is held on a computer chip, is Volatile Memory, can be written to and
read from, can be changed by the user, holds the software currently used by the user)
ROM - Read Only Memory (held on a computer chip, non-Volatile, stores instructions to start the
computer (BIOS),or manages computer hardware (controller chip on a hard drive), cannot be changed
by the user(very hard to change once written), every single modern electronic device has ROM)

Volatile and Non-Volatile

Memory which requires power to save things is called VOLATILE (RAM)
Memory which does not require power to save things is called NON-VOLATILE (FLASHDRIVE, ROM,
HARDDRIVES)

1) I turn off a computer. The RAM deletes. V or NV? (Answer: Volatile)
2) I unplug my USB flash drive. The contents do not erase. V or VN? (Answer: Non-volatile)


OPERATING SYSTEMS
Two basic types of operating systems
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
o Windows - screen is divided into areas called windows
o Icons
o Menus
o Pointer
Command Line Interface
o Commands given in text form to the computer . These commands launch programs and
execute tasks.
Post-WIMP Interaction
o Modern Portable OS's such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian
o Pinching: where you pinch your fingers together and apart to zoom in and out
o Touching, Tapping
o Swiping: where you can swipe with 1,2,3,4,5 fingers.
o rotate
o voice control, eye movement, fingerprint, body movement
DIFFERENT TYPESOF COMPPUTERS
Mainframe computers
o powerful and sophisticated
o 1 main computers allows access to MANY dummy computers
the dummy computers cannot do anything by themselves
o Modern mainframes consists of a regular computer with a "dummy computer" program
installed on it.
Personal Computers
o Advantage: uses higher quality desktop-grade parts. (not always true)
o Disadvantage: not mobile
Laptop
o Mobile
o Slower, less reliable laptop-grade parts (not always true)
Personal Digit Assistant (PDA)
o This includes iPhone, iPad, Android phones, Android Tablets, Etc
Advantages: Portable, small, light, compacts, 12 hour battery life (contacts,
calendars, web browsing, typing, email, etc)
Disadvantage: 12 hour battery life, fragile, can be expensive, small screen,
slower than a desktop (not always true)
Netbook:
Has no optical drive (thinner, lighter, cheaper)(optical drive is the
biggest part ihn a laptop)
Smaller screens (7"-13")
Very Low Power Parts (slower, but capable) still powerful
smaller key board can be hard to type on
smaller screen can be hard to see
hard to upgrade
lower performance when doing tasks
Recent Developments in ICT
Cloud Computing
o saving files on a remote server
Skydrive
Dropbox
Google Drive
Zoho Apps
NDrive
QQ Web
Amazon Cloud
iCloud
o Web Applications
Word Web App
Powerpoint Web App
Zoho Docs
QQ Web Desktop
Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
Advantages:
Constant access to your files (as long as you have internet)
convenient way to share files, especially with multiple people
data held safely in the cloud (yes and no)
o yes: multiple copies of your data are stored in multiple places
o No: your data MAY be parsed by a third party
syncs between multiple devices
simple versions of software which are free online
Disadvantages
Internet connection required
your data is entrusted to a company which may or may not be evil
large amount of storage space (100GB) is very expensive
Cloud services are stored in HUGE EXPENSIVE warehouses which eat up HUGE amounts
of electricity
what if you forget your password?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

HOMEWORK
Read Page 1-10
Make a new document title "Name-IGCSE1B-Section1"
Upload this file on skydrive
o write the questions and answers to activity 1.1, and 1.2
o Questions A, B

EXPLAIN A
5a) explain why is it important that a computer has a large amount of RAM and ROM
more RAM will give short-term memory, which can help speed up the computer
ROM stores instructions to start the computer (BIOS) or manages computer hardware.
(Controller Chip on a hard drive). You only need enough ROM to fit BIOS. More ROM will not help.
5b) explain what ROM and RAM will be used for in a computer
RAM is like short-term memory; it holds the programs running while power is on
ROM Stores instructions to start the computer (BIOS), or manages computer hardware
(controller chip on a hard drive )
EXAM-STYLE QUESTION
1) Ring two items which are storage media (circle)
magnetic tape, touch pad, flash memory, OCR, Chip Reader, Light paper

2) Complete each sentence using ONE item from the list
router, output, communication, software, processor, microphone, ROM, RAM, Input
a) SOFTWARE means the programs that supply the instructions to the hardware to tell it what to
do
b) INPUT devices such as keyboard, mice and scanners are used to supply data to the computer
c) OUTPUT devices are hardware such as printers, speakers and screens
d) ROM is memory which is used to hold the boot program needed to start the computer up
when first switched on
e) RAM is memory held on a chip that can have its contents changed by the user.