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The document outlines a series of questions and topics related to Information Communication Technology (ICT) for a secondary school curriculum. It covers definitions, applications, components of computers, data storage concepts, output types, booting processes, and data protection methods. Additionally, it includes practical tasks related to file management and word processing features.

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The document outlines a series of questions and topics related to Information Communication Technology (ICT) for a secondary school curriculum. It covers definitions, applications, components of computers, data storage concepts, output types, booting processes, and data protection methods. Additionally, it includes practical tasks related to file management and word processing features.

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HANDS OF LOVE COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL

SUBSIDIARY ICT 2025

1. a) Explain the term Information Communication Technology (ICT) (01 mark)

b) Explain the following statements with reference to characteristics of modern computers


(04 marks)
i. Multitasking ii. Deligence iii. Automation iv. Versatility

2. Explain five application of ICT in the agricultural Sectors (05 marks)

3 a) Give any two services that use Electronic Payment (E-Payment) method (02 marks)

b) State three advantages of using E-Payments over traditional methods (03 marks)

4 a) Explain the terms Access time and Storage capacity in relation to data storage (02 marks)
b) List three characteristics of Main memory (03 marks)

5 Explain the Functions of the following keyboard keys (05 marks)


I. SHIFT ii. Escape iii. CTRL iv. Tab key v. Enter key
6. a) Briefly explain the two forms of output given out by the computer (02 marks)

b) What are the purpose of using the following devices (03 marks)
I. MICR ii. OCR iii Plotter
7 a) Define the term Motherboard (01 mark)

b) List any four components housed in the motherboard (04 marks)

8. a) Define the Term Machine Cycle (01 mark)

b) Describe the stages of the Machine cycle (04 marks)

9. a) Differentiate between a buffer and a Register (02 marks)

b) Give three types of registers and state their functions (03 marks)

10. How many bits and bytes are in the word “Computer” (02 marks)

b) Erick’s Network access speed is six megabytes per second. How many bytes does Erick’s
network Send or receive per second (03 marks)

10. Given the following; Monitor, System unit, Mouse, Keyboard, VGA cable and power cables.
Explain how you can connect the following components to have a working computer system
(05 marks)

11 a) Differentiate between the two types of computer booting (02 marks)

MR OTIENO PASCAL HEAD OF ICT DEPARTMENT


b) Give any three reasons that can necessitate a computer system reboot (03 marks)

12. The booting process has got several backend processes to the attainment of computer run
time environment. Describe the Backend process of Booting (05 marks)

13 a) Differentiate between Computer servicing and Computer repair (02 marks)

b) Servicing a computer is an activity which should be done regularly. Give three reasons why
Computers should be regularly serviced (03 marks)

14. As a student of ICT suppose you shut down your computer when all programs are working
well. In the morning you open Word processor and it fails to open.

a) Give any two reasons why the word processor may fail to open (02 marks)

b. Mention any three ways how you would solve the problem above (03 marks)

15 a) Mention three ways on how to protect data in a computer laboratory (03 marks)

b) Mention two ways on how to ensure safety of hardware in computer laboratory (02 marks)

16. a) Distinguish between a folder and a file (02 marks)

b) Give two rules that must be followed whenever naming a file or a folder (02 marks)

c) Write a saving criteria for a MS PowerPoint file 2003 “ mocks” in a folder called “Past
Papers” which is located on a local drive D (01 marks)

17. Consider the path E:\2022 and Previous\ICT\ICT papers.docx. If you create a subfolder
called exams in ICT then drag the file ICT papers.docx into exams.
a) What would the new path look like? (02 marks)

b) Which path of the file path represents; (02 marks)


i. Parent folder ii. Hard disk partition
c) Which program can be used to open the file above (01 mark)

b) Differentiate between the following as used in word processing (10 marks)


I. Save and Save As
II. Undo and Redo
III. Editing and proofreading
IV. Alignment and indentation
V. Thesaurus and Drop cap

WISHES YOU SUCCESS

MR OTIENO PASCAL HEAD OF ICT DEPARTMENT

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