INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GRADE ASSESSMENT

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

GRADE ASSESSMENT

CONDUCTED BY THE ICT CLUB

ST. MARY’S CONVENT,MATARA

Grade 10                                                                         time 45 minutes

Answer all qustions

1.     State why ENIAC and ABC computer are important in computer history.

2.     What is a computer terminal?

3.     Which computer generation used the technology of integrated circuits?

4.     Write 2 differences between data and information.

5.     Write 2 main obstacles faced by Sri Lankans when trying to reap benefits from the internet.

6.     State examples for 3 web browsers.

7.     State 2 examples of search engines.

8.     There are 3 types of online chat. State 2 of them.

9.     Write a short note on the topic of usage of ICT in the agricultural field.

10. Who were given the Nobel Prize for physics in 1956 for the invention of the transistor?

11. Who established the IBM Company?

12. What is the specialty of the analytical engine and who designed the software for it?

13. Write 4 special features of a computer.

14. What are the 2 main parts in the CPU?

15. Name 4 input devices and 4 output devices?

16. What are the 2 main types of software?

17. What is a ‘Storage Device”?

18. What is meant by BIOS?

19. What is the secondary storage device in a third generation computer?

20. Write a short note on the topic of ‘good health habits when using a computer’.

                                               Information and communication technology

Grade 11

Grade assessment conducted by the ICT Club

St.Mary’s Convent,Matara

Answer all questions.                                                             Time- 1 hour

1)      Name 2 computer languages that are used in 5th generation computers.

2)      Write the main difference between analog data and digital data.

3)      What is a terminal?

4)      What is the medium which transmits data through total internal reflection?

5)      What is the keyboard shortcut for increasing the font size in MS Word?

6)      Write 2 disadvantages of using fax in communication?

7)      What is the unit used to measure the speed of data transmission in a modem?

8)      State an instance where computerization is not suitable.

9)      Write 3 main obstacles faced by Sri Lankans when trying to reap benefits from the internet.

10)  Name 4 search engines.

11)  What do OCR and MICR stand for?

12)  000000110000000000001001EBCDIC Convert this value into BCD.

13)  p'qr+p'qr'+pq'r+ pqr+pqr'+pq'r'

a)      Simplify the above expression.

b)      Illustrate a truth table.

c)      Construct a logic circuit using the simplified expression.

14)   

1 2

A                                                   B                                             C

Income	146986.43
Profit	11725.72

What is the formula that should be in C1 to show the percentage of profit to the income and round off to the nearest whole number?

15)  State 2 instances\s where usage of ICT can be seen in the agricultural field.

16)  What is meant by alternate key?

17)  What is the male port that can be used to connect modems to the computer?

18)  Who were given the nobel prize for Physics in 1956 in appreciation of the   invention of the transistor?

19)  What does IMHO stand for in an email message?

20)  Write a shortnote n network topology.

21)  Name the  3 modes of transmission of data and an example for each.

22)  Write 5 necessities needed to access the internet.

23)  Convert 128E of hexadecimal number system to binary number system.

24)  What is the difference of gateway and bridge in networking?

25)  Name 3 word processing software.