Tick (✓) whether the following are examples of internal or external hardware devices. 1 external (✓) internal (✓) Mouse Video card Printer Actuator [2]

1 internal external Mouse ✓ Video card ✓ Printer ✓ Actuator ✓ 2 marks for 4 correct ticks 1 mark for 2 or 3 correct ticks 0 marks for 0 or 1 tick 2 To earn marks, students must correctly tick the 'external' or 'internal' category for each of the four hardware devices listed. Two or three correct ticks earn 1 mark, while all four correct ticks earn 2 marks.

Tick (✓) whether the following statements refer to Backing storage, RAM or ROM. 1 ROM (✓) RAM (✓) Backing storage (✓) This is temporary storage used for the application being executed. This is volatile memory. An example of this storage is an SSD. This stores the start-up instructions for the computer. [4]

1 Backing storage RAM ROM This is temporary storage used for the application being executed.  This is volatile memory.  An example of this storage is an SSD.  This stores the startup instructions for the computer.  4 To earn marks, a student must correctly tick the box corresponding to the correct storage type (ROM, RAM, or Backing storage) for each of the four given statements.

1 A computer consists of both hardware and software. (a) Define the term hardware. … … [1] (b) Give two examples of internal hardware devices. 1 … 2 … [2] (c) Define the term software. … … [1] (d) There are two types of software: system and applications. Give two examples of applications software. 1 … … 2 … … [2]

1(a) The physical components of the computer 1 1(b) Two from: Processor Motherboard Video/graphic card Sound card 2 1(c) One from: Programs for controlling the operation of a computer Programs for processing of electronic data Program/data/applications 1 1(d) Two from for example: Word processing Spreadsheet Database Presentation 2

1 A computer consists of both hardware and software. (a) Give two examples of input devices which are part of a laptop computer. 1 … 2 … [2] (b) There are two types of software: system and applications. Give two examples of system software. 1 … … 2 … … [2]

1(a) Two from: Touchscreen Touchpad Webcam Microphone Keyboard 2 1(b) Two from: Compilers Linkers Device drivers Operating systems Utilities 2 To earn marks, you must provide two distinct examples of input devices found on a laptop for part (a), and two distinct examples of system software for part (b), chosen from the options provided in the mark scheme.

Describe four characteristics of a tablet computer. 3 1 … … 2 … … 3 … … 4 … … [4]

3 Four from: Screens tend to be anti-glare Uses touch screen Front and back facing cameras are included Has a built in battery Lightweight Uses Bluetooth/WiFi/3G/4G/5G Uses solid state memory Uses an onscreen keyboard Portable Small footprint 4

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