I.C.T

Question 1

Types of Media - the devices used to store or transmit data:

Optical/light

Answer 1

Information read or transmitted by light.
Information is written using a laser
Examples: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, Fibre optic

Question 2

Types of Media - the devices used to store or transmit data:

Magnetic

Answer 2

Information is stored and read using magnets. Examples: Hard drives,
Cassette tapes, floppy disks

Question 3

Types of Media - the devices used to store or transmit data:

Solid state

Answer 3

Information is stored on solid chips.
Examples: memory cards,
USB Flash drives

Question 4

Transmission

Answer 4

Sending data across a distance

Question 5

Transmission:

Plain text

Answer 5

Plain easily read and understood
messages

Question 6

Transmission:

Cipher text

Answer 6

Encrypted messages that are not
easily read

Question 7

Transmission:

Encoded text

Answer 7

Text that has been encoded to be
transmitted

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

A single digit or a letter

Question 9

Bit

Answer 9

One binary digit, either a 0 or 1

Question 10

Nibble

Answer 10

4 bits

Question 11

Byte

Answer 11

8 bits

Question 12

Kilobyte

Answer 12

1000 Bytes

Question 13

Megabyte

Answer 13

1000 Kilobytes

Question 14

Gigabyte

Answer 14

1000 Megabytes

Question 15

Terabytes

Answer 15

1000 Gigabytes

Question 16

Binary

Answer 16

Base 2 counting system containing
only 1’s and 0’s

Question 17

Denary or
Decimal

Answer 17

Base 10 counting system, counting
in numbers 0 to 9.
(Our normal counting system)

Question 18

Most significant bit

Answer 18

Highest value bit in a binary
number (farthest to the left)

Question 19

Least significant bit

Answer 19

Lowest value bit in a binary number
(farthest to the right)

Question 20

Types of media

Answer 20

The types of device used to store or transmit data