Senior Olympic Games (SOG) QUIZZ

2009

Information and communication technology

a) Which of the following statements about the Internet is TRUE? [1 Mark]

1. � The Internet is a global network that links many computers

2. � The Internet is a local company network

3. � The Internet is a visual representation of linked documents

4. � The Internet is an operating system for computers                                               

b) Which of the following activities would not be possible without Internet access? [1 Mark]

1. � Managing fiscal accounts of a household

2. � Formatting hard-drives

3. � Sending and receiving electronic mail (E-Mail)

4. � Creating databases

c) Which of the following is an advantage of e-mail? [1 Mark]

1. � E-mail messages are always easy to locate

2. � E-mail is a low cost way to transmit messages

3. � E-mail is always a secure means of sending messages

4. � E-mail eliminates the need for conventional surface mail

d) Follow the instruction:

  1. Open a web browsing application and go to the following Web page address:

            http://www.easyjet.com/. If needed, select an appropriate language [1 Mark]

  1. Book a cheap return flight ticket form London (all airports) to Prague on the date of 1.June 2009-15 June 2009. How much does the flight ticket cost? Put down the answer.

[3 Marks]

e)  Follow the instruction:

1.      Go to any web pages about health and find the information for the treatment of high cholesterol. Put down a name of the page and three tips for the treatment. [4 Marks]

f)  Follow the instruction: [10 Marks]

Visit any web pages and look up answers to the following questions:

Our question

Your answer

Web page where you found the information

What is the capital of the Czech republic?

 

 

 

In which year Krakow (Cracow) was the European Capital of Culture?

 

 

What is the population of Paris?

 

 

 

How many states make up the Federal republic of Germany?

 

 

When did Finland join the EU?

 

 

 

g)   Follow the instruction:

You are going to create and send an e-mail message. Open the e-mail application and create a new mail message with the following mail address..............@...................... and European information as the subject [3 Marks].

h) Follow the instruction:

Attach precise links to web pages on which you found answers to questions in section “f”, and send it via E-mail to:   .................@................  [1 Marks].

TOTAL: 20