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TECHNOLOGY 2357/01
PAPER 1 (FOUNDATION TIER)Monday 24 MAY 2004 Afternoon 1 hour
Candidates answer on the question paper.
No additional materials are required.
TIME 1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.Answer all
the questions.Write your answers, in blue or black ink, in the spaces on the question paper.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.No marks will be
awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.The total number of marks for this
paper is 60.
This question paper consists of 12 printed pages.
SP (DR) S66342/3 © OCR 2004 [100/1116/X] Registered Charity Number: 1066969 [Turn over
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Examiner
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Answer all questions.This is part of an advertisement for a computer.
The Basic System includes:
80 GByte Internal Hard Disk Drive
1.44 MByte Floppy Disk Drive 3 GHz Processor Keyboard Mouse 15" Monitor Pair of 40W Speakers Ink
Jet Printer CDROM Drive 56k Modem
Upgrades available for the above system include:
200 GByte (replacing the 80 GByte) Internal Hard Disk Drive Magnetic Tape – DAT Drive Joystick Four
80W (replacing the pair of 40W) Speakers Laser Printer (replacing the Ink Jet Printer) 21" (replacing the
15") Monitor Network Card
(a) Identify two devices from the advertisement that are used for communication between computers.
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(b) From the advertisement, identify three items to complete the diagram below.
INPUT
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PROCESSING
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OUTPUT
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Tick two uses of a joystick.
✓
Controlling a robot
Entering text
Playing games
Reading numbers from cheques
Sending output to a printer
Storing data
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3 Give three advantages of using a laser printer rather than a dot matrix printer. 1
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4Tick two tasks that a graphics package can be used for.
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Controlling a floor turtle
Changing colours on a design
Doing school accounts
Sending a text message
Storing pupil records
Copying parts of a design quickly
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Tick three ways ICT could be used in a supermarket.
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To collect the trolleys
To find the prices of goods at the checkout
To pack the bags at the checkout
To read barcodes
To stack the shelves
To keep records of what is on the shelves
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The table shows a spreadsheet.
A B C D
6 Total Cost £476.00
1(a) Identify the row which contains information about monitors.
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2(b) Give the cell that contains £40.00.
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3(c) Give the title of one of the columns.
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4(d) Give a cell that is left justified.
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5(e) The £ symbol is not typed in but it appears on the spreadsheet. Give one reason why it
appears.
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A floor turtle can use the following instructions.
(a) A set of instructions was given to the floor turtle and it drew this square.
Complete the instructions.
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………………… …………… [FORWARD 70 LEFT 90] Another set of
(b instructions was used to create this shape.
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Complete the instructions. FORWARD 50 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 120
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8 Describe two ways the Internet has allowed people to trade from home.Way 1
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9 At the end of each day, a company makes a backup of all its data. What is a backup?
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10 A company distributes its software on CDROM. Describe three ways the company
can try to prevent illegal copying of the software. Way 1
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11 A company has a database of all its computer hardware. Give three ways this
database could be used. Way 1
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12 This screenshot shows a typical Internet Web Browser displaying the home page of a web site.
1(a) What is meant by a home page?
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2(b) The home page contains information that frequently changes. State one way that the user
can make sure that the home page shown by the browser is uptodate.
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(c) Give two ways the user could move to a different web page.Way 1
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(d) Give two features, other than text and graphics, that might be included on a web
page.Feature 1
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13 A driving school uses a simulator to help train learner drivers. Give two
different advantages of using a simulator. Advantage 1
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14 Users of a school network are required to enter a user name and a password into a log on
window.
1(a) What is the purpose of the user name?
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2(b) What is the purpose of the password?
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15 An office worker uses a computer terminal for extended periods of time. What factors
should be considered when purchasing a monitor and a chair in order to reduce health
problems? Monitor
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16 Sensors are fitted to a robot. Name two sensors that can be used to detect an
obstacle and describe how each sensor is used. Sensor 1
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How used
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17 A music video producer uses a computer to edit short movie clips for advertising music
videos. She sends her finished movie clips to stores and television stations on CD
ROMs. Explain why she has chosen this medium for her video clips.
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18 Describe two ways of reducing the risk of a computer virus infecting a computer.Way 1
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19 A school provides laptop computers for students to borrow and use at home.
Describe two ways that this would benefit the students’ work. Way 1
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20 Mr Brown, a Science teacher, is responsible for the monitoring of the school pond to ensure
that it remains a safe environment for wildlife. He collects the data using sensors connected to
a computer.
Computer in the classroomSensors in
the pond receiving the datasending data to the computer
0(a) Give two reasons why Mr Brown would choose to collect data using the computer rather
than collecting it manually. Reason 1
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2(b) Explain why Mr Brown has to connect the sensors to the data converter box and not directly
to the computer.
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