GPP (C)

By Computing Department

Credit questions for the new GPP syllabus


1. This file format only holds the information about the text without any formatting

    RTF

    ASCII

    GIF

2. This file format holds information about the text and all the formatting information like indents, paragraphs etc

    RTF

    ASCII

    GIF

3. This graphic shows a menu with

    a toolbar

    a menu

    a wizard

    keyboard shortcuts

4. Keyboard shortcuts ..

    are used only when the mouse is broken

    save time by avoiding opening up menus

    take up more time than using menus and icons

5. These are examples of customising the HCI

    opening a window and then minimising it

    browsing the internet and downloading files

    changing the speed of the mouse and the size of the icons

6. Customising means

    Changing something to suit your needs

    Changing your habits

    Using a pre-defined template

7. MS Tools package is an example of

    an integrated package

    a collection of very different applications that cant swap data.

    integration between separate packages in a software suite.

8. Two files are linked together. Data in the source file is changed and then the linked file is changed automatically. This is known as:

    Static linking

    Dynamic linking

    Integrated linking

    customised linking

9. Processing a series of still images and displaying them quickly to produce a moving image is called

    movement graphics

    graphic movement

    animation

    3-D graphics

10. This data is often stored on a DVD because of its size. It has also to be processed quickly at around 30 frames per second.

    text data

    video data

    numeric data

    sound data

11. This is the person about whom data is stored

    data subject

    data controller

    data user

12. This is the person responsible for collecting and storing the data

    Data subject

    Data controller

    Data user

13. This is the person in an organisation who looks at the data and uses it to make decisions.

    Data Controller

    Data subject

    Data user

14. This is the act which makes it illegal to hack into a computer and delete, change the data, or even plant a virus.

    Copyright, Designs and Patents act

    Data Protection Act

    Computer Misuse Act

15. This makes it illegal to copy software without a licence.

    Computer Misuse Act

    Copyright Designs and Patents Act

    Data Protection Act

16. What does this dialogue box let you do?

    change the print from landscape to portrait

    select which printer it will print to

    select which pages to print

    select colour or black and white printing