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Grade 12 Systems Technologies (IEB)

Computer Applications Technology practice questions and a worked example

These Grade 12 CAT systems questions are from an IEB exam and cover both hardware and software: drivers and plug-and-play, product keys, disk partitioning and repair utilities, what to do when a computer won't boot, comparing a laptop with a desktop, and making software accessible to deaf users. The practice questions here come from the IEB November 2019 CAT Paper I (theory).

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3.1 Identify the images below and complete the table on the following page.

Answer

3.1.1 Wi-Fi connection device/Wi-Fi router — connects devices/computers to the internet. 3.1.2 CAPTCHA — a challenge-response test used to check that the user is human, not a robot/bot. 3.1.3 Motherboard — the large circuit board that all other components plug into, allowing them to receive power and communicate. 3.1.4 Graphics card — allows the computer to produce/render graphics and images to the monitor more quickly.

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3.3 When you discover that you have errors or problems on a flash disk, what type of troubleshooting utility software can be used to check and repair your flash disk?

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    3.4.2 Why do many plug-and-play devices not ask the user to install a driver?
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    3.5.1 What is a product key?

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