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    Canadian School of Arts and Science: Information Technology Grade 10 Name

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    This document contains questions from a Grade 10 Information Technology exam. [1] It asks students to identify input and output devices used with computers, name the components of a computer system diagram, and order units of digital storage by size. [2] It also defines terms related to digital storage such as "bit", "byte", "word", and "bi-stable device". [3] Finally, it asks students to define "cloud storage" and "local storage" and discuss advantages and disadvantages of using cloud storage over local storage in a business.

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    Canadian School of Arts and Science: Information Technology Grade 10 Name

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    This document contains questions from a Grade 10 Information Technology exam. [1] It asks students to identify input and output devices used with computers, name the components of a computer system diagram, and order units of digital storage by size. [2] It also defines terms related to digital storage such as "bit", "byte", "word", and "bi-stable device". [3] Finally, it asks students to define "cloud storage" and "local storage" and discuss advantages and disadvantages of using cloud storage over local storage in a business.

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    This document contains questions from a Grade 10 Information Technology exam. [1] It asks students to identify input and output devices used with computers, name the components of a computer system diagram, and order units of digital storage by size. [2] It also defines terms related to digital storage such as "bit", "byte", "word", and "bi-stable device". [3] Finally, it asks students to define "cloud storage" and "local storage" and discuss advantages and disadvantages of using cloud storage over local storage in a business.

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    Canadian School of Arts and Science: Information Technology Grade 10 Name

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    This document contains questions from a Grade 10 Information Technology exam. [1] It asks students to identify input and output devices used with computers, name the components of a computer system diagram, and order units of digital storage by size. [2] It also defines terms related to digital storage such as "bit", "byte", "word", and "bi-stable device". [3] Finally, it asks students to define "cloud storage" and "local storage" and discuss advantages and disadvantages of using cloud storage over local storage in a business.

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    Canadian School Of Arts and Science

    Information Technology Grade 10 Name:

    1. (a) The following devices are used with computers.

    Keyboard Plotter Light pen Optical Character Reader


    Inkjet Speaker Microfilm Headphones

    From the table above, list

    (i) The input devices (3 marks)

    (ii) the devices that are printers (2 marks)

    (b) The figure below illustrates the components of a computer system with letters A, B, C, D,
    E and F representing hardware components.

    Name the components A, B, C, D, E and F, given that B and C are enclosed in the CPU
    and the arrows represent the flow of data among the components. (6 marks)

    A: D:

    B: E:

    C: F:
    2. (a) Rearrange the following units of storage in order of size with the SMALLEST at the top:

     Gigabyte
     Terabyte
     Kilobyte
     Megabyte (4 marks)

    (b) (i) What is the meaning of the term “bit”? (2 marks)

    (ii) How was the term “bit”derived? (1 mark)

    (c) Explain ONE difference between a “word” and a “byte”. (2 marks)

    (d) Explain the term “bi-stable device”. (2 marks)

    3. (a) Define the terms “cloud storage” and “local storage”. (2 marks)

    (b) Discuss THREE advantages and THREE disadvantages of using cloud storage over local
    storage in a business, (6 marks)

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