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Standard Grade Computing Studies : Homework

Standard Grade

Computing Studies

Homework Booklet

Mr. C. K. Roderick/ Mrs. D. Hennessey Page 1 Created on 31/05/2005North Berwick High School Modified on 18/05/2023


GPPI. Graphics

Q1. Define the following words (give examples where appropriate) :- scale graphic : rotate graphic : crop graphic :

Q2. Name the following tools :-

Q3. Choose 3 tools and say how you can alter its attributes.

Q4. When you scan a graphic, list 3 things you have to decide about the graphic you will save. How will each of these things affect the quality of the graphic?

Q5. What other tools/ functions does a paint package have (5)?



II. Word Processing

Q1. Define the following words (give examples where appropriate) :-



word wrap : text alignment (4) :text styles (3) :

tabulation :page size and layout (2) :

Q2. What is the effect of making the top and bottom margins smaller?

Q3. What is the effect of making the left and right margins bigger?

Q4. If we want to line up data in sections (see e.g. below), describe 2 ways this could done.

Name Test 1 Test 2 TotalAnita 10 10 20

Q5. What is the advantage of using a Page Break?

Q6. What data do you put into a header and what data do you put into a footer? (Give examples)

Q7. How do you print only a selection/ a small part (e.g. 2 paragraphs) of a page?

Q8. Describe how the spell check works. (3)

Q9. What type of mistake does a spell check NOT find?

Q10. When using Microsoft word, how do you know is a mistake is a spelling or a grammar mistake?

Q11. What is the difference between a Local and a Global Search(find) and Replace?

Q12. What is a Standard Paragraph? Why do we use them?

Q13. What is a Standard Letter? (3)

Q14. What is the process of creating Standard Letters called? Describe this process (4)

Q15. What does OCR stand for? How does OCR work? Why use OCR?



III. Spreadsheets

Q1. Define the following words (give examples where appropriate) :- cell, row, column :replicate :cell protection : cell attributes (5) :

charting :relative referencing :absolute referencing :

Q2. List 3 types of data you can enter into a cell.

Q3. What data would you protect using cell protection and give examples(3)?

Q4. When would you use automatic and when would you use manual calculation?

Q5. Describe how you would insert a row between row 8 and 9 OR a column between columns D and E (3).

Q6. Give an example for each of the following FUNCTIONS :-

=SUM( : )=AVERAGE( : )

=MAX( : )=MIN( : )

Q7. Using cell references make up 3 different formulae using the following symbols :-( ) + - / *

Q8. Using cell references, write 2 formulae using the IF Function, one to output text, another to output a number :-

=IF( , , ) :=IF( , , )

Q9. What are headings/ labels for a FULLY-LABELLED chart


Standard Grade Computing Studies: Pupils' Revision

IV. DataBases

Q1. Define the following words (give examples where appropriate) :- field :record :file :sort :search : keywords :computed field :

Q2. List 6 different types of fields.

A database has the following fields :-Name, Test1(10), Test2(10), Average, Total

Q3. How would you find the record/s for Bobby Donkey (3)?

Q4. How would you find the person who has had the best overall mark?

Q5. How do you make a list all the pupils who had more than 5 marks in both tests; and in order of the highest average mark first and also in alphabetical order? (7)

Q6. What would you type into a search engine if you were looking for donkeys?

Q7. What would you type into a search engine if you were looking for donkey sanctuaries in Scotland but not in England?

Q8. When using a search engine what do these following symbols do :-+ - " "

Q9. Give 3 ways of changing the record format.

Q10. List 2 ways by which you can view the input format of a database.

Q11. List 3 ways in which you can display the output format of a database.

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V. Multimedia, Desk Top Publishing

Q1. What does Importing text/ graphic mean? Why is this useful? Is there another way of getting data into your document?

Q2. What does Wrap Text mean?

Q3. How do you link slides together?

Q4. List 3 methods of capturing (inserting) audio into your presentation.

Q5. List 3 methods of capturing (inserting) graphics into your presentation.

VI. Web Page Creation

Q1. List 2 ways in which you can create a web page.

Q2. What is a Hotspot (2)?

Q3. What is the purpose of using/ adding a table in a web page (or in any document)?

Q4. When creating hyperlinks to the same, another page or website, what type/s of data should you use to become the hyperlink?

VII. Expert Systems

Q1. What is an Expert System? (2)?

Q2. What is the purpose of an Expert System?

Q3. List 5 applications of Expert Systems.

Q4. What is the advantage of using an Expert System (5)?



Networks and Communications

1. What is a network?2. Name a business or organisation that use a network?

3. What is the meaning of LAN and WAN?4. Give two advantages of using a LAN?5. Give two differences between LAN and WAN?6. Name two commonly used types of network cable 7. What is wireless networking?8. Why is wireless networking becoming popular? 9. Why do you need a Network Interface Card (NIC)?10.What is the role of a server? Name a task done by the server.11.What is a client in a server network?1. What is a multi-access system?2. Give two examples of companies that use multi- access systems.

14. List 3 physical measures that can be used to protect a network?15. What is Encryption?16. Why is it important to back up data on a network?17. List three reasons why E-mail is so popular?18. List two problems that might occur with E-mail?19. What is an attachment?20. What is a browser? What does it do?21. What is the meaning of ISP? What services does an ISP provide?22. What is the job of a modem?23. What are hyperlinks used for? Give an example.24. How do you detect hotspots?25. What is HTLM used for?26. Name three services on the internet apart from web pages and E-mail27. Explain the difference between shareware, freeware and commercial software? 28. What is video conferencing?29. What law is used to protect commercial software? 30. Some people disregard others’ right to privacy and use networks to send unwanted

mail or viruses. Name the 3 laws designed to prevent all this.31. What is spamming?32. What is Netiquette? Give two examples of a netiquette code?



Automated Systems

Q1. A toaster is an example of an automated system you have in your home.a) Name two other examples of automated systems you have in your home b) What is an embedded system? Give three examples.

Q2. ToasterInput Slice of breadProcess Heating of slice of breadOutput Slice of toast

In the same way, describe the Input, Process and Output for the two examples of automated systems you have given in question 1.

Q3. Tom Brown manufactures specialist cars at his factory. Last year, most of the manufacturing was done by his 100 employees. The factory now employs only 50 people and most of the manufacturing is done by automated systems.

(a) How have the jobs of the remaining 50 employees changed?(b) Tom Brown decided to use automated systems in his factory for three main reasons.

(i) The speed of manufacturing is increased.(ii) The workplace is much safer for employees.(iii) The employees no longer have to do repetitive tasks.

Give examples of how each of these reasons may have influenced Tom Browns decision.

(c) Some of Tom Brown’s employees use CAD/CAM. What does CAD/CAM stand for?(d) The designers of his cars use a Simulator when testing their designs.

Explain two ways that using the simulator helps the designer.

Q4. Look at the picture below and label the parts A, B, C, D and E using the terms below. Waist elbow shoulder gripper wrist

Name another device that could be attached to the end of the robot arm.

Q5. Copy the following definitions and complete

(a) A stationary robot is a robot that ….(b) A mobile robot is a robot that …..

Q6. Tom Brown's factory uses robots on the assembly line. The robots are capable of doing different tasks.

What is done to the robots to enable them to do a different task (2)?

Q7. The robots in Tom's factory stop automatically if someone comes near them.a) Explain why the robots stop and which device allows this to happen.b) Is it an intelligent robot? Explain your answer


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Q8. Tom Brown's factory manufactures specialist cars. The majority of the manufacturing is done using automated systems.The automated systems use sensors, which receive analogue signals. The computer that the systems are connected to uses digital signals.

a) Label the following diagrams (analogue or digital).

b) Which device is needed to allow the computer to accept the analogue signals?

Q9. Some of the automated systems used in the factory are mobile robots. They use magnetic guides.

a) Describe how this system works. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of this system.b) Name one other guidance system for mobile robots. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of this system.c) Name two types of jobs that the introduction of automated systems create?

Q10. The robots can be programmed to do different tasks in the factory. The programming language used is a control language.

a) Give three examples of high level instructions for a robot to spray a car.b) What is a control language?c) Programs are stored in ROM. Give two advantages and one advantage.d) Computer simulations are used to help people learn to fly large aircraft. The simulator uses a real-time computer system.

i) What is a real-time system?ii) Why is real time essential in this simulation?

e) This computer simulation is used to train and test pilots.Give three reasons why simulations are used.f) A computer simulation is also used to design a building.Why is a simulation package used instead of using a CAD package (be specific)(4)?


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Computer Systems

Q1.Give two reasons why programmers do not program in machine code.

Q2 A parcel company needs a signature when parcels are delivered. Each delivery person is given a small computer system for it.a) What type of computer system is this?b) How can the customer enter their signature with the new system?

Q3.a) John works as a programmer. Most of John’s programs are written using a high Level Language. State two features, which are common to all high Level languages.b) John has lots of files saved on his hard disc. Some of these are data files while others are program files.

1) What is a program file? 2) What is a data file?c) John loads a program into the main memory of his computer.

1) What type of main memory is used? 2) Explain your answer.d) A section of memory in John’s computer contains the following numbers, which represent text.

Storage location 1 Storage location 2 Storage location 3 Storage location 4 Storage location 5

Use the table below to work out what the values means in these 5 storages locations.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

e) Another section of memory in John’ s computer contains the following values, which represent a graphic.

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Explain how these values can represent a graphic. You may use0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 a grid to explain your answer0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

f) John is upgrading his computer with a new version of the operating system. State two standard features of an operating system.

Q4. The server in your school has a processor containing a control unit, ALU and registers.1) Which part of the CPU is responsible for running a program correctly?2) What is the function of the registers?3) Which part of the CPU carries out calculations and decision-making processes?

Q5. A competition was held in the school to design a new school logo for the new uniforms. The image of the winning logo is stored as back and white bitmap graphic measuring 350 pixels by 550 pixels.Calculate the storage requirements in kilobytes (Show all your working).

Q6. While developing the programs, why might the programmers use an interpreter to translate the code into machine code but on completion use a compiler?(3)

Q7.What is a 128-bit computer mean? Find out what is the word size for a game console you are familiar with (PS2, Nintendo, X Box)


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Computer Systems Input/Output/Backing Storage

Q1. What hardware device do you need to digitize photos?

Q2. Which of the following input devices would be used witha) a computer aided design package?b) A computer gamec) A public display about dinosaursd) A word processing packagee) A slide show with recorded messages

Q3. What input devices would you use for:a) handwriting recognition?b) optical character recognition?

Q4. Using virtual reality technology, surgeons can now practice operations at their desks.a) What is virtual reality?b) What input device is used?c) What output device is used?d) Name two advantages over conventional surgery.

Q5.Backing storage devices can be classified as direct/random access devices or sequential access devices.

a) Name a backing storage device with random access.b) Name a backing storage device with sequential access.c) A mail order company uses computers to take orders. Some people add more to their order

or return some of the items or cancel their orders. Which type of access will be required and why? Name a suitable backing storage medium.

d) Which situation would you use a sequential access medium?

Q6. List the hardware specifications required for a multimedia presentation? Use magazines or the Internet to do some research for the latest specifications.

Q7. A children’s encyclopedia is available on CD-ROM. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of such a medium.

Q8. Give two advantages and one disadvantage of a USB flash drive.

Q9. John decides to replace his monitor by a LCD.a) What does LCD stand for?b) Give one reason why John may have decided to change to LCD technology.

Q10. Give one difference and one similarity between CD-ROM and a re-writeable optical disc.

Q11 John finds that his hands are very sore from typing.a) What other input method could he use to continue to enter programs without using his

hands? b) Give one possible disadvantage of this method compared to typing for John.



Commercial Data Processing HomeworkQ1. What is the difference between Data and Information. Give an example to illustrate your answer.

Q2. Name five methods of input of data to a computer. For each example, suggest one use e.g. barcodes for supermarkets.

Q3. What is a check digit? Give two examples of situations where check digits are used.

Q4. Explain how a check digit works e.g scanning bar codes in a supermarket.

Q5. Which check will you do first validation or verification?

Q6. Give one advantage of using a smart card?

Q7. Describe the process of Optical Character Recognition.

Q8. Of what process is double entry an example?

Q9. Give three examples of when interactive processing is used.

Q10. For the following media say what type of access they use :-Magnetic tape floppy disc hard disc memory stick

Q11. State an example of a multi-user database?

Q12. What is the difference between a dumb terminal and a smart terminal?

Q13. What is a difference between a mainframe computer and a desktop computer?(4)

Q14. Match job with the appropriate descriptionProgrammer installs all the hardware & cabling and carries out maintenance Systems analyst writes and test programs Engineer controls access to systems & the installation of software and hardwareNetwork Manager maps out the work that the computer system needs to carry out.

Q15. Some commercial companies will sell lists of their customers to other companies. What advantage is there for the company buying the lists?

Q16. Initial costs and running costs could be high for companies. Explain how companies can still be very competitive using CDP and how they manage to lower their prices all the time.

Q17. What is e-commerce? Online banking and online shopping?

Q18. An airport is an example of a system using single entry multiple use? Give another example and List one advantage and one disadvantage of using such a system.


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