Information and Communication Technology

Physics, SSC-KPK Class 10. This chapter is split into 32 topics and has 685 practice questions. The topics covered are listed below, followed by 10 free sample questions from the chapter.

Topics in this chapter

1. CD and DVD 22 questions
2. Integrated ICT concepts 21 questions
3. Handling information and data management 21 questions
4. Information storage devices 22 questions
5. Cell phone 21 questions
6. Internet and email 24 questions
7. Monitoring and control 21 questions
8. Types of optical fibre 21 questions
9. Meaning of ICT 23 questions
10. Transmission of electrical signals through wires 22 questions
11. Hard disk and helium drives 21 questions
12. Satellite communication 21 questions
13. Hardware and software 22 questions
14. Flash drive and comparing storage devices 21 questions
15. Flow of information and signals 21 questions
16. Floppy disk 21 questions
17. Exercise questions of Unit 17 21 questions
18. Glossary terms of Unit 17 21 questions
19. Photophone, computer and virtual reality 20 questions
20. A communications model 23 questions
21. Fax machine 21 questions
22. Telecommunication devices 21 questions
23. Components of an ICT system and the ATM 22 questions
24. Radio waves and antenna 21 questions
25. Procedures and human resource 22 questions
26. Word processing 21 questions
27. Projects of Unit 17 20 questions
28. Data and information 20 questions
29. Transmission through optical fibres 23 questions
30. Audio and video cassettes 21 questions
31. Tablets and smartphones 20 questions
32. Mainframe, desktop and laptop computers 23 questions

Sample questions: Information and Communication Technology

10 sample questions with the correct answer and an explanation. Try to answer each one before reading the explanation.

Q1. Which of the following is an advantage of a smartphone?

• A. Fast typing of long numbers, a fully flexible keyboard and an unlimited battery life for all work
• B. Large memory, specialist staff and the ability to process very big jobs for government departments
• C. Online access to data, better web browsing than a simple mobile phone and one device for many tasks(correct answer)
• D. Huge screen size, easy reading of long documents and low cost of the contract for internet access

Answer: C.Table 17.1 lists online access to data, better web browsing than a more simple mobile phone, one device accomplishing many tasks and contacts and phone numbers integrated.

Q2. On the Internet, users at any one computer can, if they have permission,

• A. get information from any other computer and sometimes connect directly to users at other computers(correct answer)
• B. get information from a computer only after the owner has travelled to the place of the user
• C. turn off the computers of other users at any time without asking anyone for any permission
• D. send information to a computer only if that computer is in the same room as the sender is

Answer: A.The book says users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes connect directly to users at other computers).

Q3. Which of the following documents can be prepared with word processing software?

• A. Floppies, cassettes, discs and drives
• B. Modems, fax machines, routers and servers
• C. Posters, letters, leaflets and books(correct answer)
• D. Satellites, towers, antennas and cables

Answer: C.The text says we come in contact with documents, posters, letters, leaflets, books etc. prepared with software that enables users to develop and edit text-based documents.

Q4. Project Group D 'Making Newsletter' asks students to use word processing software to

• A. make a satellite dish from the old newspapers and fix it on the school roof for the class
• B. make a newsletter including last year's events of the school and print a hard copy(correct answer)
• C. make a fax machine from the old cardboard and send letters to other schools of the city
• D. make a telephone line from copper wires and connect the library to the office of the school

Answer: B.Group D: Newsletters ... find a computer and by using word processing software make a news letter including last year events of your school, make a hard copy available for the school library.

Q5. The first primary activity of data management is

• A. writing the Standard Operating Procedures and training the staff to adhere to the procedures in the work
• B. monitoring and controlling the tasks and metrics of a project from its start to its end every day
• C. an assessment of the information needs, and then selection of the best platform for data collection(correct answer)
• D. making the collected data available in a format that enables decision making by all the users of the data

Answer: C.The first activity: an assessment of supply chain information needs, including who needs the information, how it will be used and potential actions; then the platform for data collection is selected.

Q6. The Monitoring and Controlling process oversees

• A. all the tasks and metrics necessary to ensure that the approved and authorized project is within scope, on time and on budget(correct answer)
• B. all the devices and cables necessary to ensure that the computer is within a room, on a desk and on the power supply
• C. all the letters and words necessary to ensure that the document is within a page, in a font and in a colour for a printer
• D. all the signals and waves necessary to ensure that the telephone is within range, on air and on a wire for a call

Answer: A.The text says the Monitoring and Controlling process oversees all the tasks and metrics necessary to ensure that the approved and authorized project is within scope, on time and on budget so that it proceeds with minimal risk.

Q7. Project Group A 'Risks and Benefits of ICT' asks students to

• A. assess the risks and benefits to society and the environment of introducing ICT and write an essay for the school magazine(correct answer)
• B. assess the cost and price of the computers sold in the market and print a list for the notice board of the school
• C. assess the speed and weight of the mobile phones sold in the market and draw a graph for the class room wall
• D. assess the colour and shape of the printers used in the offices and display a model in the school science fair

Answer: A.Group A: Assess the risks and benefits to society and the environment of introducing ICT (e.g. effects on personal privacy, criminal activities, health and transfer of information). Write an essay to be published in the school magazine.

Q8. Group B 'Advantages of high tech communication devices' asks students to compare

• A. the advantages of high-tech communication devices with the traditional system through a library or an internet search(correct answer)
• B. the cost of high-tech communication devices with the cost of a postage stamp through a survey of the market
• C. the speed of high-tech communication devices with the speed of sound waves in air through a laboratory experiment
• D. the size of high-tech communication devices with the size of a mainframe computer through a model made at school

Answer: A.Group B: Compare the advantages of high-tech communication devices with the traditional system through library or internet search. Prepare a chart and give a brief presentation to your class fellows.

Q9. Group D 'Making Newsletter' asks students to

• A. find a computer, use word processing software such as Microsoft Word to make a newsletter of last year's school events and print a hard copy for the library(correct answer)
• B. find a radio, use an antenna such as a long metal rod to make a broadcast of last year's school events and record it on a cassette for the library
• C. find a fax machine, use a telephone line such as the school phone to send a news page of last year's events and keep a copy in the office
• D. find a camera, use a flash drive such as a USB device to store the photographs of last year's events and display them in the class room

Answer: A.Group D: Newsletters are usually produced for a specific audience, having words and images. Find a computer and by using word processing software (like Microsoft word) make a news letter including last year events of your school, make a hard copy (printed document) available for school library.

Q10. Group E 'Virtual Reality (VR)' asks students to research

• A. the cost of a cell phone and think about how it could be made cheaper, for example in a factory, and then draw a chart for the school notice board
• B. the history of the telephone and think about how it was invented, for example in laboratories, and then make a model for the school science fair
• C. the working of a hard disk and think about how it could be repaired, for example in a workshop, and then write a manual for the school lab
• D. the current state of VR technology and think about how it could be used, for example in tourism, and then write a research article for the school magazine(correct answer)

Answer: D.Group E: Research the current state of VR technology and think about how this technology could be used, for example, in tourism. Write a research article for the school magazine.