Year 5 ICAS Digital Technologies 5-Question Sample

Question 1 of 5 Digital systems

Direction check: fetching the excursion permission form from the school site onto the laptop. Upload or download, and why?

A a download: the file travels FROM the school's server TO his device B an upload, because the form was originally uploaded by the school C both at once, since the form exists in two places afterwards D neither, since forms are documents rather than files

Question 2 of 5 Digital systems

Data decision: the podcast back-catalogue is 2 GB, available via the mobile plan now or tonight's wifi. Which connection, and what is the reasoning?

A queue it for the wifi: mobile allowances are measured and priced by the gigabyte, and the home connection swallows 2 GB unremarked B use the mobile data now, since both connections deliver identical files and identical files must surely cost identical amounts everywhere C use mobile data, which is faster for large files as a rule D avoid downloading it at all, since 3 GB breaks any connection

Question 3 of 5 Graphics and multimedia

Worried producer: ninety minutes of interviews sit in the project for a documentary due to run eight. Has something gone wrong?

A yes, badly: efficient filmmakers shoot exactly the minutes they need, and thirty-six discarded minutes represent a whole session of wasted effort B standard practice: shooting many times the final length is how editors earn choice, keeping only the best fraction C yes: the extra footage will bloat the final video beyond its planned length D yes, unless the camera was faulty and duplicating takes by itself

Question 4 of 5 Graphics and multimedia

Curious discovery: the making-of shows gloves full of paperclips being jiggled while the film plays it as jangling armour. What does this reveal about sound in media?

A much of what films play as reality is manufactured later: recorded props, chosen because they sound MORE convincing than the real thing B the film crew must have lost the original stunt recording and been forced into a desperate celery-based emergency replacement at the last minute C the clip is a joke video, since real films record only real sounds D it reveals a scandal: films are not allowed to fake their audio

Question 5 of 5 Spreadsheets and databases

Before the clipboard comes out: the group wants lunchtime interview data from other classes for their statistics unit. What does ethical data collection require first?

A nothing special: survey answers are freely spoken words, and words spoken aloud in a playground belong to whoever writes them down fastest B explain to each participant what the questions gather, where the answers go, and that declining is fine, before any collecting starts C collect first, and explain the purpose to anyone who asks later D keep the purpose vague so answers stay natural

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