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F4 Worksheet (Software) 2 (With Answer) (1)

The document is a worksheet focused on software concepts for F.4 students, covering definitions and types of application and utility software. It includes questions about software licensing, types of software licenses, and practical applications of various software tools. Additionally, it addresses file management, hardware requirements, and wireless printing methods.

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F4 Worksheet (Software) 2 (With Answer) (1)

The document is a worksheet focused on software concepts for F.4 students, covering definitions and types of application and utility software. It includes questions about software licensing, types of software licenses, and practical applications of various software tools. Additionally, it addresses file management, hardware requirements, and wireless printing methods.

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F.

4 Computer Worksheet ~~ Software

Name: _____________________________________________ F.4 ( ) No: __________ Mark: __________

1. State what is meant by the term ‘application software’.


A piece of software you can use to carry out specific tasks that are not related to the operating system.

2. State four types of utility software.


Backup; anti-virus; defragmentation; compression; disk management

3. What is the meaning of software licensing?


A legal arrangement that gives a user the right to install and use software.

4. What are the three types of software license?


Free software Open-source software Proprietary software.

5. Write down a suitable type of application software for each of the following tasks.
(a) Allows users to edit and enhance digital photographs an images Photo Editors
(b) _____ are used to do calculation and plot chart. Spread Sheet
(c) Allows users to create engaging multimedia content, including images, presentation
text, animation and video.
(d) Lets users create documents that mostly include words. Word Processing
(e) _____ are used to enter, edit and search data. Database
(f) Allows users to create or edit vector graphics. Graphic editors
(g) Lets users create web pages that include text and images. Web Authoring
(h) Allows users to edit audio files. Sound Editing
6. Amanda stores photographs on her PC. Figure 1 shows a screenshot of a part of her PC’s directory.

Figure 1
(i) The size of img005.jpg is given as 624 KB. State what is meant by the term KB. (1)
Kilobyte, Accept 1024 bytes, Kilobite
(ii) Amanda often has difficulty finding a specific photograph. Identify two methods Amanda could use to
make it easier to find a file. (2)
Give photographs / files relevant / meaningful names (1)
Create folders/save in folders / use albums (for groups of photographs) (1)
Sort the photographs into date / alphabetical order (1)
View as medium / large icons (to produce thumbnail images) / enable file preview (1)
Create / use tags (1)
Use Image Management software (1)

(iii) Amanda uses image editing software to edit a photograph. She then inserts the photograph into a
document using word processing software. Image editing and word processing are both examples of a type
of software. Give the name for this type of software. (1)
Application(s) (software)

(iv) Name one other type of software that must be installed on the PC to allow the image editing and word
processing software to run. (1)
Systems (software) (1) /Operating system (1)

(v) The PC has a high resolution monitor. Identify one other item of hardware that must be present in the
PC to display the photograph on the monitor. (1)
Graphics card / graphics chip (set) / graphic processor

(vi) Amanda uses a wireless printer with her PC. Identify two wireless connection methods that can be
used to send photographs from a PC to a wireless printer. (2)
Any two from: Wi-fi (1),Bluetooth (1), IR / IrDA (1)

(IGCSE 2017)

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