GCSE Information Technology Revision:
Twenty Questions


Objective: answer all 20 questions correctly. JavaScript required!


1. Which of the following contain personal data?

Smart Card
Data logger
Scanner
Bar code

2. Which of the following could be found from a database.............

Calculator
Spreadsheet
Address list
Mouse

3. Which of the following is a computer output device?

data logger
calculator
joystick
plotter

4. A school needs to send a standard letter to parents...... which one of the following items would be used to do this?

digitiser
backup copy
word processor
multimedia

5. Which one of the following items could you connect to a musical keyboard?

modem
mouse
digitiser
midi

6. Which one of the following processes must be carried out before an data can be stored on a new floppy disc?

the data must be sorted
the disc must be formatted
unwanted files must be deleted
a backup copy must be made

7. Which one of the following is an example of control systems which use information technology

animation
music score
robots making a car
A tuck shop database

8. Which two of the following are advantages of using a word processor as compared to using a conventional typewriter?

It never breaks down
There are fewer keys on the keyboard
It is faster to correct mistakes
The ribbon is changed automatically

9. In school the Desk Top Publishing program you use is....

Lotus 123
Freelance Graphics
Internet Explorer
Ami Pro

10. The most appropriate printer to use with a desk top publishing package is a .....

Bubble-jet printer
Black and white laser printer
Dot matrix printer
Desk jet colour printer

11. A company would choose a black and white laser to inform customers because......?

It is the cheapest in purchase price
Has the lowest running costs.
Has the best quality
Is the quickest to use

12. The following are a sequence of four lines of commands which enable a turtle to draw a rectangle 50 cm by 80cm
Select the odd one out

Pendown and then Forward 50
Right 90 and Forward 80
Right 60 and Forward 50
Right 90, Forward 80 and Penup

13. Which of the following is not a computer input device?

Optical mark reader
CD Rom
joystick
bar code reader

14. Traffic lights are an example of a........?

information retrieval system
booking system
control system
batch processing system

15. Which of the following items is not suitable for BATCH processing?

electricity bills
standard letters
payslips
theatre booking system

16. Which one of the following processes is suitable for batch processing?

airline booking systems
gas bills
supermarket stock control
traffic control

17. Which one of the following is an example of control systems which use information technology

supermarket stock control
monitoring heart beats in intensive care
word processing in an office
A school database

18. Windows is known technically as .......?

A mouse orientated environment
A graphical input system
A graphical user interface
An automatic input system

19. In school the spreadsheet modelling program we use is....

Lotus 123
Freelance Graphics
Internet Explorer
Ami Pro

20. Which of the following storage medium are serial and not direct access .....

Floppy disc
Hard disc
Tape
CD Rom