SECTION I
Attempt ALL questions in this section
1.
Blair’s band has recorded several songs and stored them on his computer.
(
a
)
State the hardware device required to output their recorded sounds.
(
b
)
All the stored songs require 2·4
Gb of storage. Blair wishes to store
them on a medium that he can carry to school.
(i)
Explain why Blair cannot burn all the songs onto a CD.
(ii)
State a solution to this problem.
(
c
)
Blair used a graphics package to design a graphic for a poster.
(i)
Name the tool used to add the name of the album and the band
name to the graphic.
(c)
(continued)
(ii)
Blair makes a second version of the design.
Describe the steps taken to change the graphic from Version 1 to
Version 2.
1
2
(iii)
State the hardware device required to output images to a
monitor.
(
d
)
(i)
Blair uses the computer to store music tracks, design graphics
and to type letters. The following files are stored on his
computer.
Select a suitable
file type
for each. The first one has been done
for you.
Description
File Type
MegaMix graphic
jpg
Letter to record company
MegaMix audio track
(ii)
Blair notices that the songs just recorded are stored as Track 1
and Track 2. Describe what he should do to these files to make
them easier to identify.
Version 1
Version 2
[Turn over
DJ Disco Dave keeps a paper catalogue of his music tracks. He decides
to buy a database package. The advert for a database package is shown
below.
(
a
)
From the advert identify the following requirements and complete the
table below.
Amount of Backing Storage
Required
Amount of Memory
Required
(
b
)
Dave is concerned that data might be lost if his computer is destroyed
by fire. State what Dave should do to prevent him from losing his
data.
(
c
)
Dave wants to have a computer system available for people at his
discos to select tracks to play. He is concerned that the mouse might
go missing.
State another input device that would allow dancers to select tracks.
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512
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1.5
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Internet Access (SpeedInt 6 browser)