1. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
Use your theory notes to help you complete this section. This will help with your revision but DOES NOT cover all of the theory for your exam.
1. Data & Quality of data
Explain what GIGO stands for and what does it mean? [2]
State 2 validation methods that could be used. [2]
Does a validation rule detect all errors? Explain your answer [3]
Explain the term verification. [2]

2. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 2. Home Entertainment
Explain what is meant by a social networking site? [2]
What precautions should be taken when using a social networking site? [2]
State 2 problems that may arise when using a mobile phone. [2]
State 2 advantages of using a mobile phone compared to a standard landline phone [2]

3. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
3. Home & personal communication systems
State 3 different methods of connecting to the Internet [3]
State 2 advantages of using Broadband [2]
What do you understand by the term ‘Bluetooth technology’? [2]

4. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 4. Home business
Give 2 advantages of shopping online for the customer. [2]
Give 2 advantages of shopping online for the store. [2]
State 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages for online booking. [4]

5. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
5. Organisations – School, home, environment
Give an example of how a home computer might use each of the following: a spreadsheet, control software, desktop publishing, a database [4]
Give 2 advantages of home learning. [2]
State 2 sensors that might be used in a computer controlled alarm system in a home. [2]
State 2 spreadsheet processes that could be completed on data logged from a science experiment. [2]

6. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 6. ICT & Learning
What does the acronym VLE represent? [1]
What are the drawbacks of online assessment? [2]
Explain the term ‘online tutorial’ [2]

7. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 7. Applications Software
State 3 types of general purpose software. [3]
You have just started a new business selling iPad accessories, how would you use each of the following software to help with your administration? A spreadsheet, DTP, a database. [3]
Could any specialist software be used to help run your business? If so what? [2]

8. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
8. Information-handling software
Answer questions based on the table below:
Name one field [1]
How many records are there? [1]
Which field would be suitable for a lookup list? [1]
What are the data types for Network, Monthly Rate and Insurance? [3]
To find all phones with insurance you would search Insurance = Yes,
How would you find the following phones? Phones on 3 network [1]
Phones with more than 200 mins and more than 200 text. [3]
Mobile#
Name
Model
Network
Monthly Rate
Mins
Text
Contract Expiry
Insurance
B. Davies
Sony Ericsson 3
£22.50
100
200
30/12/2006 No
C. Miles
Samsung D600
£25.00
250
21/04/2007
Yes
L. Evans
Nokia 3510i
T-Mobile
£35.00
500
1000
24/10/2007
J. Edwards
Nokia 7610
Orange
£27.99
400
12/05/2007
T. Jenkins
Nokia 6310i
14/08/2007
W. Smith
LG 316
£24.99
21/02/2007
A. Saunders
Samsung 389
12/10/2007

9. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 9. Email What is email? [1]
State 2 advantages of using compared to normal post. [2]
Explain the use of Cc and Bcc and clearly state the difference between the 2 processes [3]

10. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 10. Spreadsheets
Answer questions based on the worksheet below:
What labels are used in this spreadsheet? [2]
What formula would be required to calculate the total income for a Full Week in cell D4? [1]
What formula would be required in cell B8? [1]
Relative cell referencing is used to copy the formula for cells D5 & D6. What do you understand by the term absolute cell referencing? [2]
What other processes could be carried out apart from calculations in this spreadsheet? [3] A B C D E 1
"Little Ones" Nursery Finances for July 2 3
Income
Price / Month
No of Children
Total 4
Full Week
£550 10 5
3 days / week
£350 7 6
1 day / week
£120 8
Total Income

11. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions 11. Desk Top Publishing
What documents could be produced to help promote a new mobile phone company? [3]
What do you understand by the term Mail Merge? [2]
Why is a Mail merge beneficial when sending personalised letters to all Year 10 pupils? [2]
State 4 features of DTP that are used to enhance the presentation of a document (e.g. Underline) [4]
Explain how the spell check works and how the language setting has implications on this process. [3]
If you wanted to use a different word but with the same meaning what option would you select? [1]

12. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
12. Web & Presentation software
What is a hot spot? [1]
Define the term Target Audience. [2]
What considerations could be made for sight and hearing impaired users of your site? [4]

13. ICT – Y10 GCSE – Unit 1 Revision Questions
13. Health, Safety & other issues
Explain what a computer virus is and how you can protect a computer against virus attack. [3]
Explain what hacking is and how you can protect your computer against it. [3]
Describe three health problems that can occur when using a computer for a long period of time and describe ways of preventing those problems. [6]
Explain what is meant by copyright laws. [2]