UNIT 1 LESSON 1

Question 1

What is media?

Answer 1

Media are the means of communication, such as Internet, TV, Radio, Magazines, Newspapers

Question 2

What is text?

Answer 2

Text includes alphabets, numbers and punctuation marks.

Question 3

What is sound?

Answer 3

Sound includes music, speech or sound effects

Question 4

What are pictures?

Answer 4

Pictures include photographs, clip art, paintings, graphs, charts and drawings.

Question 5

What is font?

Answer 5

Font is set of letters and other characters in a particular design.

Question 6

What is content?

Answer 6

Content is the material that is to be put into a document

Question 7

What is a slide?

Answer 7

A slide is a prepared document that can be projected on to the screen. A presentation is composed of several slides that are made in software such as PowerPoint. Any text written in the slide is called content.

Question 8

Give a few features of a good presentation

Answer 8

Any few of the following:

• It is lively and Interesting
• It should always relay a message to the audience
• It has a well-defined purpose and right audience
• The content of each slide is related to the presentation
• Well designed slides (content, font style and colour, colour combinations)
• No grammar and spelling errors
• Speaker has practiced the presentation well
• Special effects (sound, animations) present

Question 9

Give a few of a bad presentation

Answer 9

• It will be boring and not interesting
• Designing of slides - No proper planning, Font style not maintained, Bad colour combinations of font, text colour and background
• A lot of spelling and grammar errors
• No clear purpose or message
• No special effects

Question 10

State a few reasons why Network Computers are important

Answer 10

• Resources such as printers and scanners can be shared
• It is easier for data to be backed up
• People can access the same file in the shared area
• Files need to be installed on the server computers only
• User ID and passwords can be used to restrict access to the network

Question 11

What is a User ID?

Answer 11

A User ID is a unique ID given to each user to identify on the network system

Question 12

What is a Password?

Answer 12

A Password is a string chosen by a user to check the identity of that user in the network system.

Question 13

What is the shared area?

Answer 13

The Shaded Area is the part of the network that holds files that everyone on the network can access. Clipart would be stored in the shared area