ICT YE Y10 Quiz 3

A few of the common guidelines to produce an attractive newsletter include:

• Use real photos rather than clip art

• Use capital letters rather lower case letters

• Use bold text in headings rather than underlining text

• Do not try and squeeze too much information onto one page

The disadvantages of using websites for communication are:

• It is easier to target the correct audience

• Websites can be hacked

• Customers require internet connection

• Need to find a way for people to find out the website

The following statements refers to the advantages of multimedia presentations except

• use of transition effects allow a presentation to display

  facts in a key or chronological order

• can be interactive

• have interactive hyperlinks built into the

  presentation

• have presentation with too many

  animation effects

Mobile devices either use a SIM (subscriber identity module) card to allow it to connect to the mobile phone cellular network, or they use wireless internet connectivity. Mobile devices have the following features:

• SMS (short message service) messaging

• video calling

• Voice over Intranet Protocol communication

• phone calls

SMS or text messaging allows a very quick way of communicating with another person by typing on a keyboard.

Some of the features of SMS/text messaging include the following except:

• predictive texting, where the system completes a word from the first few letters keyed in

• quicker and less expensive than making phone calls

• can be sent at any time of the day even if the recipient’s phone is switched off

• There is no need to look for an operational public telephone in an emergency

Mobile devices also have a built-in feature which automatically selects

wireless broadband connectivity (if possible), instead of the mobile phone

network, when connecting to the internet.

What are the advantages of using WiFi connectivity compared to mobile phone network when connecting to the internet?

• less expensive (usually unlimited data that can be downloaded)

• It is possible to conduct business or personal phone calls on the move

• better quality of service

• lower power consumption

A __________ is the creation of a model of a real system in order to study the behaviour of the system.

• controlled system

• simulation

• media

• recognition system

The following are examples of computer modelling

• chess game

• bridge and building design

• traffic management

• personal finance

The following are advantages of using models except

• it is safer to use a computer model

• allows you to try out various

  different scenarios in advance

• It is nearly impossible to try out some tasks in advance

• A model is only as good as the programming or the data entered

At a traffic light simulation, the following data is an indication of what would need to be collected

• how many vehicles build up at the junction at different times of the day

• how long it takes a vehicle to clear the junction

• how long it takes the fastest vehicle to pass through the junction

• the number of vehicles passing the junction in one direction only