Software
Click here to link to the OCR text book - Read pages 37 to 41 then complete the tasks below
23. What does GUI stand for?
24. What does the GUI term "WIMP" stand for?
25. Explain why a spreadsheet is more suitable for managing financial records than a database.
26. Explain why a database is more suitable for managing the details of a club membership than a spreadsheet.
27. What are "apps"
28. What software would be suitable for creating a presentation that contained text, photos and video?
Explain why you chose the software.
29. Describe how a leisure centre receptionist might use photo-editing software.
Practice these Exam-type questions
1. Android and Linux are examples of open source software. Explain what is meant by ‘open source software’.
[2 marks]
2. What is the purpose of utility software? [1 mark]
3. Name two business documents that could be created using a word-processing application. [2 marks]
4. What would be the most suitable application for producing a short newsletter? Give reasons. [3 marks]
5. For each of the following tasks, state whether a spreadsheet or a database would be the most
appropriate software application to use:
a) Calculating the total cost of a list of goods on an invoice. [1 mark]
b) Storing the details of all the members of a golf club. [1 mark]
c) Storing the details of properties for sale so they can be sorted into order of price. [1 mark]
d) Working out the weekly wages, with deductions for tax and insurance, of the staff of an estate agent. [1 mark]
6. An estate agent has a multimedia presentation running on a large TV screen in its window. Describe three multimedia elements that it might include in the presentation. [6 marks]
7. Describe two ways a sales person for an estate agent might use a navigation app on a smartphone when
showing a property for sale to a prospective buyer.
23. What does GUI stand for?
24. What does the GUI term "WIMP" stand for?
25. Explain why a spreadsheet is more suitable for managing financial records than a database.
26. Explain why a database is more suitable for managing the details of a club membership than a spreadsheet.
27. What are "apps"
28. What software would be suitable for creating a presentation that contained text, photos and video?
Explain why you chose the software.
29. Describe how a leisure centre receptionist might use photo-editing software.
Practice these Exam-type questions
1. Android and Linux are examples of open source software. Explain what is meant by ‘open source software’.
[2 marks]
2. What is the purpose of utility software? [1 mark]
3. Name two business documents that could be created using a word-processing application. [2 marks]
4. What would be the most suitable application for producing a short newsletter? Give reasons. [3 marks]
5. For each of the following tasks, state whether a spreadsheet or a database would be the most
appropriate software application to use:
a) Calculating the total cost of a list of goods on an invoice. [1 mark]
b) Storing the details of all the members of a golf club. [1 mark]
c) Storing the details of properties for sale so they can be sorted into order of price. [1 mark]
d) Working out the weekly wages, with deductions for tax and insurance, of the staff of an estate agent. [1 mark]
6. An estate agent has a multimedia presentation running on a large TV screen in its window. Describe three multimedia elements that it might include in the presentation. [6 marks]
7. Describe two ways a sales person for an estate agent might use a navigation app on a smartphone when
showing a property for sale to a prospective buyer.