Questions

Q1. Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.
They use digital devices in their daily lives. The laptop can store 128 GiB of data.
Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 128 GiB. (3)

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Q2. A family uses digital devices in their everyday lives. A CPU has 16 MiB of cache memory.
Construct an expression to show how many bits are in 16 MiB. (3)

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Q3. Ruwan uses a smartwatch when he exercises. The health monitor stores 4 MiB of data. Construct an
expression to show how many bits are in 4 MiB. (3)
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Q4. A Laptop has a storage capacity of 1 TiB. Which one of these has the same storage capacity as 1
TiB?
(1)
A 1024 kilobits
B 1024 mebibytes
C 1024 gigabits
D 1024 gibibytes
Q5. Answer the question with a cross in the box you think is correct . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
Nihal travels for work and holidays. He uses ICT to plan his travel and for entertainment. Nihal uses a
camera with a 64 GiB memory card. Each photograph uses 2 MiB of storage.

(i) Construct an expression to show how many photographs can be stored on the memory card. (2)

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(ii) Which one of these is a benefit of using a memory card? (1)

A Easier to connect to a network
B Easier to expand available storage
C Files will be named automatically
D Only image data can be stored

(iii) State the type of memory used to store the camera's start-up instructions. (1)

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(iv) State one type of utility software that will reduce the size of each photograph.
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Q6. Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box ( ). If you change your mind about
an answer, put a line through the box ( ) and then mark your new answer with a cross ( ).
Letta travels for work and holidays. She uses ICT for planning her travel and for entertainment. Letta uses
a camera and camcorder when travelling. Letta uses a camera with a 128 GiB memory card. Each
photograph uses 3 MiB of storage.

(i) Construct an expression to show how many photographs can be stored on the memory card. (2)

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 (ii) Which one of these is the type of storage used by the memory card?
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A Cloud
B Flash
C Magnetic
D Optical

(iii) State one reason why Letta's camera uses ROM.

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(iv) State one benefit to Letta of the camera software using compression.
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