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      <category cat_index="1">Basics of ICT</category>
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    <topic cat_index="20120524113641">
        <title>The computer and its parts</title>
        


        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524114026">
          <question correct="c">What is a Netbook computer unsuitable for?</question>
          <answer id="a">Writing documents</answer>
          <answer id="b">Going on the web</answer>
          <answer id="c">Playing the latest graphically intensive games</answer>
          <answer id="d">Emailing your friends</answer>
          <feedback>A netbook is suitable for word processing, running a Web browser and connecting wirelessly to the Internet.</feedback>

        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115019">
          <question correct="d">Which of the following is an input device?</question>
          <answer id="a">Printer</answer>
          <answer id="b">Speakers</answer>
          <answer id="c">Monitor</answer>
          <answer id="d">Keyboard</answer>
          <feedback>Input devices allow you to control and feed information into the computer. Prime examples are the mouse and keyboard.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524114208">
          <question correct="c">A tablet computer does not have…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Wireless internet capability</answer>
          <answer id="b">A touch sensitive screen</answer>
          <answer id="c">A keyboard</answer>
          <answer id="d">A built in battery</answer>
          <feedback>A tablet PC is a hand held touch-screen device and is often lower powered than the equivalent laptop due to size restrictions.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115140">
          <question correct="b">Which of the following is required to connect a PC to the internet?</question>
          <answer id="a">Printer</answer>
          <answer id="b">Modem</answer>
          <answer id="c">Keyboard</answer>
          <answer id="d">Webcam</answer>
          <feedback>A modem or router can be used to connect a computer to the internet. Some devices can connect to a router wirelessly.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115257">
          <question correct="a">Which part of a laptop can be used like a mouse?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch pad</answer>
          <answer id="b">Speakers</answer>
          <answer id="c">Keyboard</answer>
          <answer id="d">Webcam</answer>
          <feedback>The touch pad has two buttons and allows the user to move the pointer on screen by dragging their finger across it.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524115451">
        <title>Using the computer</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115515">
          <question correct="d">The best way to shut down a computer is…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Press the power button once</answer>
          <answer id="b">Disconnect the power cable</answer>
          <answer id="c">Press and hold the power button</answer>
          <answer id="d">Select Shut Down from the start menu</answer>
          <feedback>It is important to use the software menus to shut down your computer to ensure your system and data are kept safe.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115602">
          <question correct="c">How do you run a program from a desktop icon with the mouse?</question>
          <answer id="a">Click on its icon on the desktop</answer>
          <answer id="b">Drag its icon on the desktop</answer>
          <answer id="c">Double click on its icon on the desktop</answer>
          <answer id="d">Right click its icon on the desktop</answer>
          <feedback>Double clicking performs an action like opening a file or program.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115702">
          <question correct="a">How can you select more than one icon at a time?</question>
          <answer id="a">Select the first, then hold CTRL whilst selecting the rest</answer>
          <answer id="b">Double click on them</answer>
          <answer id="c">Right click on them</answer>
          <answer id="d">Use the TAB button</answer>
          <feedback>The CTRL key allows you to select multiple items.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524115902">
          <question correct="d">How do you get capital letters using just one finger?</question>
          <answer id="a">Use the ESCAPE key</answer>
          <answer id="b">Use the TAB key</answer>
          <answer id="c">Use the CTRL key</answer>
          <answer id="d">Use the CAPS LOCK key</answer>
          <feedback>The CAPS LOCK key switches the case of all letters typed to capitals (and back again with a second press).</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524120255">
        <title>Keyboard shortcuts</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524120326">
          <question correct="b">What is the short cut for copying data to the clipboard?</question>
          <answer id="a">CTRL + V</answer>
          <answer id="b">CTRL + C</answer>
          <answer id="c">CTRL + Z</answer>
          <answer id="d">CTRL + X</answer>
          <feedback>CTRL + C copies the selection to the clipboard ready for pasting elsewhere.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524120617">
          <question correct="d">What is the short cut for pasting data from the clipboard?</question>
          <answer id="a">CTRL + X</answer>
          <answer id="b">CTRL + Z</answer>
          <answer id="c">CTRL + C</answer>
          <answer id="d">CTRL + V</answer>
          <feedback>CTRL + V pastes the selection from the clipboard at the insertion point.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122102">
          <question correct="b">What is the short cut for the UNDO command?</question>
          <answer id="a">CTRL + X
</answer>
          <answer id="b">CTRL + Z

</answer>
          <answer id="c">CTRL + C

</answer>
          <answer id="d">CTRL + V
</answer>
          <feedback>CTRL + Z undoes the last action. This can be very useful if you make a mistake.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122218">
          <question correct="a">Which key can be used to open the start menu?</question>
          <answer id="a">The WINDOWS Key

</answer>
          <answer id="b">The SHIFT key
</answer>
          <answer id="c">The CTRL key
</answer>
          <answer id="d">The ESCAPE key
</answer>
          <feedback>Pressing the windows key once will open the start menu and the task bar. Pressing it again hides the menu.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122358">
          <question correct="a">Which key can be used to close a popup window?</question>
          <answer id="a">The ESCAPE or ESC key
</answer>
          <answer id="b">The ENTER key
</answer>
          <answer id="c">The CTRL key
</answer>
          <answer id="d">The ALT key
</answer>
          <feedback>The ESCAPE key is used to close a popup window.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122506">
          <question correct="d">Which key can be used to bring up a relevant help window?</question>
          <answer id="a">The ALT key
</answer>
          <answer id="b">The HOME key
</answer>
          <answer id="c">The ENTER key
</answer>
          <answer id="d">The F1 key
</answer>
          <feedback>F1 brings up help menus in Windows. If you are using a program it will open help for that application.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122621">
          <question correct="d">What is the shortcut to open the accessibility options in Windows?</question>
          <answer id="a">CTRL + X
</answer>
          <answer id="b">CTRL + Z

</answer>
          <answer id="c">CTRL + V

</answer>
          <answer id="d">Windows Key + U
</answer>
          <feedback>Windows Key + U opens the Ease of Access Centre in Windows 7 and the Utility Manager in Windows XP.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524122747">
        <title>Manipulating windows</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122808">
          <question correct="a">How do you minimise a window?</question>
          <answer id="a">Click on the bar icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="b">Click on the square icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="c">Click on the cross icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="d">Click on the window’s title bar</answer>
          <feedback>Minimising the window with the bar icon sends it to the task bar. It can be unhidden by clicking on it there.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524122848">
          <question correct="b">How do you close a window?</question>
          <answer id="a">Click on the bar icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="b">Click on the cross icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="c">Click on the square icon at the top right of the window</answer>
          <answer id="d">Click on the window’s title bar</answer>
          <feedback>Closing the window with the cross icon will end the application. Save your data if prompted!</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123001">
          <question correct="c">How do you reopen a minimised window?</question>
          <answer id="a">Press the ‘Escape’ Key</answer>
          <answer id="b">Double click its desktop icon</answer>
          <answer id="c">Click on its name or icon on the task bar.</answer>
          <answer id="d">Use the ‘Start’ menu</answer>
          <feedback>A minimised window drops down to the task bar. If you click on it on the task bar the window reopens.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123109">
          <question correct="d">What is the shortcut for accessing the window manipulation menu?</question>
          <answer id="a">ALT + X</answer>
          <answer id="b">ALT + Z</answer>
          <answer id="c">ALT + C</answer>
          <answer id="d">ALT + SPACE BAR</answer>
          <feedback>ALT + Space bar opens the menu of commands including maximise, minimise, move, restore and size.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524123328">
        <title>Interacting with touchscreens</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123348">
          <question correct="c">The equivalent of a left mouse click on a touch-screen is…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch the screen and hold the finger on</answer>
          <answer id="b">Tap the item twice on the screen</answer>
          <answer id="c">Tap the screen and release</answer>
          <answer id="d">Slide the finger on the screen</answer>
          <feedback>The equivalent of a left mouse click on a touch-screen is to touch and release once on the item on the screen.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123436">
          <question correct="c">The equivalent of a mouse double-click on a touch-screen is…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch the screen and hold the finger on</answer>
          <answer id="b">Tap the screen and release</answer>
          <answer id="c">Tap the item twice on the screen</answer>
          <answer id="d">Slide the finger on the screen</answer>
          <feedback>The equivalent of a double-click on a touch-screen is to tap and release twice on the item on the screen.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123531">
          <question correct="a">The equivalent of a right mouse click on a touch-screen is…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch the screen and hold the finger on.</answer>
          <answer id="b">Tap the screen and release.</answer>
          <answer id="c">Tap the item twice on the screen</answer>
          <answer id="d">Slide the finger on the screen</answer>
          <feedback>The equivalent of a right mouse click on a touch-screen is to touch and hold the finger in place on the item on the screen.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123625">
          <question correct="a">To zoom in on an item on a multi-touch touchscreen you can…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch the screen with thumb and finger and spread them wider apart</answer>
          <answer id="b">Tap the screen twice quickly</answer>
          <answer id="c">Touch the screen with thumb and finger and pinch them together</answer>
          <answer id="d">Flick your finger on the screen</answer>
          <feedback>To zoom in on a touch-screen device touch the screen with thumb and forefinger and spread them wider apart.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123814">
          <question correct="c">To zoom out on an item on a multi-touch touchscreen you can…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch with thumb and finger together and spread them wider apart</answer>
          <answer id="b">Tap the screen twice quickly</answer>
          <answer id="c">Touch with thumb and forefinger apart and pinch them together</answer>
          <answer id="d">Flick your finger on the screen</answer>
          <feedback>To zoom out on a touch-screen device touch the screen with thumb and forefinger and pinch them together.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524123934">
          <question correct="b">To scroll a screen with a touch screen interface you can…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Touch with thumb and finger together and spread them wider apart</answer>
          <answer id="b">touch the screen and flick your finger</answer>
          <answer id="c">Tap the screen twice quickly</answer>
          <answer id="d">Touch with thumb and forefinger apart and pinch them together</answer>
          <feedback>To scroll a screen with a touch screen interface you can touch the screen and flick your finger in the appropriate direction.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524124205">
        <title>Assistive technologies</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524124221">
          <question correct="c">Which of the following assistive technologies is least likely to be helpful to a user with a visual impairment?</question>
          <answer id="a">High contrast mode</answer>
          <answer id="b">Screen magnifier</answer>
          <answer id="c">Speech-to-text</answer>
          <answer id="d">Screen reader and text-to-speech</answer>
          <feedback>Screen readers, magnifiers and changing the screen resolution or contrast may make improve visual accessibility.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524124423">
          <question correct="c">Which of the following technologies makes the computer ignore brief or repeated keystrokes?</question>
          <answer id="a">MouseKeys
</answer>
          <answer id="b">Sticky Keys
</answer>
          <answer id="c">FilterKeys
</answer>
          <answer id="d">ToggleKeys
</answer>
          <feedback>FilterKeys makes the computer ignore brief or repeated keystrokes.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524132824">
          <question correct="c">Which of the following keyboard modes allows the user to use multi-key shortcuts by pressing one key at a time?</question>
          <answer id="a">MouseKeys
</answer>
          <answer id="b">FilterKeys</answer>
          <answer id="c">Sticky Keys
</answer>
          <answer id="d">ToggleKeys
</answer>
          <feedback>StickyKeys allows the user to use multi-key shortcuts by pressing one key at a time.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524132939">
          <question correct="a">Which of the following keyboard modes plays a tone when a lock key (e.g. Caps lock) is pressed?</question>
          <answer id="a">ToggleKeys
</answer>
          <answer id="b">Sticky Keys
</answer>
          <answer id="c">MouseKeys
</answer>
          <answer id="d">FilterKeys</answer>
          <feedback>ToggleKeys plays a tone when a lock key is pressed to prevent accidental activation.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133035">
          <question correct="c">Which of the following keyboard modes allows the keyboard to be used as a mouse?</question>
          <answer id="a">FilterKeys</answer>
          <answer id="b">Sticky Keys</answer>
          <answer id="c">MouseKeys</answer>
          <answer id="d">ToggleKeys</answer>
          <feedback>MouseKeys turns the number pad of the keyboard into a mouse controller.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524133123">
        <title>Web browsing and security</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133149">
          <question correct="d">Which of the following is not a web browser?</question>
          <answer id="a">Google Chrome</answer>
          <answer id="b">Microsoft Internet Explorer</answer>
          <answer id="c">Mozilla Firefox</answer>
          <answer id="d">Microsoft Word</answer>
          <feedback>Microsoft Word is a word processor, however there is a selection of different browsers to choose from.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133229">
          <question correct="c">What is a URL?</question>
          <answer id="a">A type of port to plug in peripheral devices</answer>
          <answer id="b">A file extension</answer>
          <answer id="c">The name for a full web link address</answer>
          <answer id="d">A way of transferring files across a network.</answer>
          <feedback>URL is the name for a full web link including the protocol identifier, domain name and the sub-domain details.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133315">
          <question correct="b">To quickly  find a website I have recently been to I could look in my…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Bookmarks</answer>
          <answer id="b">Browsing history</answer>
          <answer id="c">Downloads</answer>
          <answer id="d">Favourites</answer>
          <feedback>The browser stores a list of recently visited sites in date order called the browsing history. </feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133422">
          <question correct="a">When should I save my username and password on a computer?</question>
          <answer id="a">When it is on my own computer, connected to a trusted network. </answer>
          <answer id="b">On a computer in an internet café</answer>
          <answer id="c">On a computer in a library</answer>
          <answer id="d">Never</answer>
          <feedback>If you allow the browser to save your password, other users may be able to access it in future. </feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133522">
          <question correct="d">If there is a page you visit frequently, you can access it more quickly by…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Searching for it on Google</answer>
          <answer id="b">Typing the URL into the search bar</answer>
          <answer id="c">Going to another page that links to it</answer>
          <answer id="d">Saving it as a favourite/bookmark</answer>
          <feedback>Bookmarks or Favourites are links saved in your browser. They can be accessed by clicking on the star icon in the search bar.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133612">
          <question correct="d">If a page stops loading before all the content is readable, you should not…?</question>
          <answer id="a">Check that your internet connection is OK.</answer>
          <answer id="b">Hit the reload button (or press F5) to try loading the page again</answer>
          <answer id="c">Ensure that the URL address is correct.</answer>
          <answer id="d">Give up and look at something else</answer>
          <feedback>First hit refresh, if this does not work, check that you have the right URL and that your internet connection is working properly.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133729">
          <question correct="d">Which of the following is not a popular search engine?</question>
          <answer id="a">Google</answer>
          <answer id="b">Yahoo</answer>
          <answer id="c">Bing</answer>
          <answer id="d">Facebook</answer>
          <feedback>There are a number of popular search engines. Facebook is a social networking site.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133819">
          <question correct="b">The following file type may be unsafe to download from an untrusted source…?</question>
          <answer id="a">.gif an animated image file</answer>
          <answer id="b">.exe an executable file</answer>
          <answer id="c">.txt a plain text file</answer>
          <answer id="d">.jpg an image file</answer>
          <feedback>An executable file may contain malicious code or a virus that, if run, could damage your computer. </feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524133923">
          <question correct="d">Which of the following is not an important reason for installing Windows updates…?</question>
          <answer id="a">They may include security patches</answer>
          <answer id="b">They may fix bugs in the operating system.</answer>
          <answer id="c">They can improve the performance of your PC.</answer>
          <answer id="d">They slow down the start-up time of your computer.</answer>
          <feedback>Windows updates are important for security and should be applied at the earliest opportunity while your PC is online.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524134240">
        <title>Using email</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524134308">
          <question correct="b">To send an email you have received on to another recipient you should use…?</question>
          <answer id="a">The reply all button</answer>
          <answer id="b">The forward button</answer>
          <answer id="c">Blind carbon copy</answer>
          <answer id="d">The reply button</answer>
          <feedback>The forward command allows you to send an email on to another recipient.</feedback>
        </interaction>
      <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524134348">
          <question correct="c">To copy an email to a recipient you should type their email address in which field?</question>
          <answer id="a">To</answer>
          <answer id="b">Bcc</answer>
          <answer id="c">Cc</answer>
          <answer id="d">Subject</answer>
          <feedback>CC will copy an email to the recipient whilst allowing all recipients to see who was copied in.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524134427">
          <question correct="b">When copying an email to an list of people, which field will keep their addresses private from each other?</question>
          <answer id="a">To</answer>
          <answer id="b">Bcc</answer>
          <answer id="c">Cc</answer>
          <answer id="d">Subject</answer>
          <feedback>BCC (blind carbon copy) hides the addresses in the list from the other recipients.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524134511">
          <question correct="d">The following type of attachment may be unsafe to download from an untrusted sender…?</question>
          <answer id="a">.txt a plain text file</answer>
          <answer id="b">.jpg an image file</answer>
          <answer id="c">.gif an animated image file</answer>
          <answer id="d">.exe an executable file</answer>
          <feedback>An executable file may contain malicious code or a virus  that if run could damage your computer.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524134603">
          <question correct="d">If your bank emails you with a web link asking you to log into your account you should?</question>
          <answer id="a">Assume the email is from your bank</answer>
          <answer id="b">Not tell your bank</answer>
          <answer id="c">Click the link and enter your details</answer>
          <answer id="d">Avoid opening any attachments on the mail</answer>
          <feedback>Your bank would never email you asking for these details. This email is almost certainly a fraud attempt.</feedback>
        </interaction><interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524135431">
          <question correct="d">Which of these is not a common email provider?</question>
          <answer id="a">Google Gmail</answer>
          <answer id="b">Yahoo</answer>
          <answer id="c">Microsoft Hotmail</answer>
          <answer id="d">Amazon</answer>
          <feedback>There are many free email providers. Amazon is an online shopping site.</feedback>
        </interaction></topic><topic cat_index="20120524135517">
        <title>Communication software</title>
        <interaction method="multichoice" question_index="20120524135547">
          <question correct="c">Which of the following is not a real-time communication package?</question>
          <answer id="a">Skype</answer>
          <answer id="b">Google Talk</answer>
          <answer id="c">PowerPoint</answer>
          <answer id="d">Microsoft Live Messenger</answer>
          <feedback>There are a number of video, voice and text communication packages including Skype, MS Messenger  and Google Talk. </feedback>
        </interaction>
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