INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
STAGE 1 EXAM
1. Define hardware as consisting of physical components of a computer
system.
2. Identify the two types of software – applications software and system
software.
3. Define software as programs for controlling the operation of a computer or
processing of electronic data
4. Describe the central processing units including its role
5. Describe internal memory, ROM and RAM and the differences between
them
6. Define input and output devices and describe the difference between them
7. Define secondary/backing storage
8. Define and describe operating systems which contain a Command Line
Interface(CLI)
9. Define and describe operating systems which contain a Graphical User
Interface(GUI)
10. Describe the characteristics of a tablet computer and what it is used for,
include its ability to use wireless technology or 3G/4G technology
11.Describe direct data entry and associate devices, e.g. magnetic stripe reader,
chip and PIN readers, RFID readers, M and digital data ICR readers, OMR
readers, OCR readers, Bar code readers.
12.Define what the internet is
13.Define what the intranet is
14.Explain the difference between analogue data
15.Describe phone banking
STAGE 1 EXAM
1. Define hardware as consisting of physical components of a computer
system.
2. Identify the two types of software – applications software and system
software.
3. Define software as programs for controlling the operation of a computer or
processing of electronic data
4. Describe the central processing units including its role
5. Describe internal memory, ROM and RAM and the differences between
them
6. Define input and output devices and describe the difference between them
7. Define secondary/backing storage
8. Define and describe operating systems which contain a Command Line
Interface(CLI)
9. Define and describe operating systems which contain a Graphical User
Interface(GUI)
10. Describe the characteristics of a tablet computer and what it is used for,
include its ability to use wireless technology or 3G/4G technology
11.Describe direct data entry and associate devices, e.g. magnetic stripe reader,
chip and PIN readers, RFID readers, M and digital data ICR readers, OMR
readers, OCR readers, Bar code readers.
12.Define what the internet is
13.Define what the intranet is
14.Explain the difference between analogue data
15.Describe phone banking
