MJ TUITIONS
GRADE 9 COMPUTER STUDIES ASSIGNMENT
1. The following picture shows a smart phone
(a) Name the type of user interface shown in the picture
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(b) State two input parts on a smartphone
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(c) Which feature of a smartphone enables it to connect to the internet
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(d) State two advantages a smartphone has over a desktop computer
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2. A school uses a memory stick as a backup device to store computer studies assessment
projects
(a) Name two other storage devices that the school could use to store computer studies
assessment projects
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(b) Give two advantages of using the memory stick
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(c) Explain why it is important to backup information regularly
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3. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow
(a) Show the direction of data movement by putting arrows on lines C, D and E
(b) Add another input device and another output device in boxes A and B
(c) Explain the meaning of the term LAN
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(d) Give one disadvantage of networking computers
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(e) What do the letters SAN stand for in networks
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(f) Name a device that changes digital data into analogue signals and analogue signals to digital
data
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(g) Give one example of crime committed using computers
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4. (i) Name one device other than a laptop that can be used to send electronic mail
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(ii) What feature is used to send an email to several recipients at once?
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(iii) Apart from sending emails, state two other ways of communicating electronically
using the internet
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(iv) Give two advantages of emails
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5. (a) what is open source software
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(b) Give two reasons why open source software is becoming popular for use in computers
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( c) state one disadvantage of using open source software
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(d) Give two examples of open source software
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