Miscellaneous

Question 1

What are different styles of text called?

Answer 1

Fonts

Question 2

3 advantages of using a spreadsheet over pen and paper

Answer 2

Faster
Less space needed
Can produce lots of copies

Question 3

Adjusting a font’s WHAT size can change the size of the text?

Answer 3

Point

Question 4

What is spell-check?

Answer 4

Uses a built in dictionary to check spellings in text.

Question 5

How can text be rearranged?

Answer 5

Cut and paste

Question 6

How can graphics be included with text?

Answer 6

Importing

Question 7

What is clipart?

Answer 7

Built in library of pictures

Question 8

What is word-wrap?

Answer 8

Word processor begins a new line whenever one is needed.

Question 9

What is justification?

Answer 9

Adds extra spaces to a block of text to line it up in a certain way.

Question 10

What is DTP?

Answer 10

Desktop publishing. Uses processor to produce professional publications.

Question 11

What form does DTP software display publications in?

Answer 11

WYSIWYG

Question 12

What sort of storage device is an external hard drive?

Answer 12

Magnetic

Question 13

Why can’t you simple send an email to the other person’s computer where it can be stored on their disk drive?

Answer 13

They must be logged onto their system

Question 14

What is junk mail?

Answer 14

Unsolicited advertising or promotional material received through the post or email

Question 15

What is a web browser?

Answer 15

An application that displays web pages

Question 16

What is an e-mail package?

Answer 16

Interface for sending emails

Question 17

What is an ISP?

Answer 17

Internet Service Provider

Needed to access the internet. Provides webspace & email also

Question 18

List 3 services provided by an ISP

Answer 18

Webspace
Internet access
Email

Question 19

Why is it cheaper to conduct business over the internet?

Answer 19

Fewer employees

Less paper needed

Question 20

Why is it useful for a school to have its prospectus on a website?

Answer 20

Cheaper (Printing)

More convenient for parents & prospective students

Question 21

What is a workstation?

Answer 21

Computer connected to a network

Question 22

What is a file server?

Answer 22

A networked computer that provides large amounts of shared storage, can be accessed by workstations on the same network

Question 23

What is a user identity?

Answer 23

Username can identify you and distinguish between users who access or use it. Used within an IT system.

Question 24

What is a password?

Answer 24

A string of characters that a user can use to log onto a network or computer to access certain files.

Question 25

What does log on mean?

Answer 25

To use a username and password to gain access to a network of files on a computer.

Question 26

A computer can be WHAT or networked?

Answer 26

Stand Alone

Question 27

What are the main computers that control networks called?

Answer 27

Servers

Question 28

Why are special security measures needed on a network?

Answer 28

Protect data | Stop certain users accessing sensitive files

Question 29

Describe 2 measures to protect data on a network?

Answer 29

Firewall -> Stops inappropriate data passing in or out of the Hub and terminals Username & password -> Allows certain users different levels of access to certain files on the network

Question 30

What is an address bar?

Answer 30

Allows user to enter web address/URL.

Question 31

What is a URL?

Answer 31

Uniform Resource Locator

Question 32

What is HTTP?

Answer 32

HyperText Transfer Protocol | Used to exchange information

Question 33

Example of a top level domain name?

Answer 33

.org

Question 34

Example of a second level domain name?

Answer 34

wikepedia.org

Question 35

What is .uk an example of?

Answer 35

Country level domain name

Question 36

What is mailto?

Answer 36

URLs that invite user to write an email to a specific address

Question 37

What is ftp?

Answer 37

URLs that allows users to upload files to servers

Question 38

What is the navigation bar?

Answer 38

Allows user to go back and forward in their history Reload a page using refresh button Set a home page

Question 39

What are the bookmark & favourites?

Answer 39

Keep a list of their favourite websites

Question 40

What is a search engine?

Answer 40

Scans internet pages for text typed into the search bar. | Some browsers use a spider or webcrawler. This constructs an index of pages.

Question 41

What do meta tags allow?

Answer 41

Allow people to create web pages to specify special words in the heading of an html page.

Question 42

What is the history button?

Answer 42

Browser keeps list of web pages previously visited. User controls how long they are kept.

Question 43

What are tabs?

Answer 43

Allows users to browse web pages in the same window.

Question 44

What is private browsing?

Answer 44

Any websites visited aren't stored. No cookies or internet files are stored on the computer either. Useful when using public computers to not leave data behind.

Question 45

What can browsers provide?

Answer 45

Button which takes user to their email home page Button which opens an interactive chatroom Button which will print page being viewed

Question 46

What can the user do in relation to filtration in browser software?

Answer 46

Provide settings for content & language List of websites which may not be viewed Set home page & decide how long history pages kept