Images (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE ICT): Exam Questions

20 mins6 questions
12 marks

gif and jpg file formats are used to store images

The file size of an image can be reduced by changing the file format of the image

State two other ways of reducing the file size of an image.

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21 mark

A student has taken a photograph of him and his friend, using a digital camera. He needs to increase the size of the image to include it on a poster.

Give one disadvantage of increasing the size of this image.

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34 marks

Many word processing packages have a number of formatting features

The paragraph below shows some of the formatting features that can be used.

Text announcing Northshire Steam Railway's Summer Steam Festival 2022, featuring new steam engines and the Teal Steam Crane as attractions.

The logo for the Summer Steam Festival is shown and labelled A. The organisers of the event are planning to create a second logo for all their correspondence. This is shown and labelled B.

Two rectangular badges labelled A and B, featuring "Summer Steam Festival 2022" text above a train icon. Badge A is light, Badge B is dark.

Describe the steps that have been used to transform logo A into logo B.

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44 marks

An image has been taken of a bird watcher and a bird. The original image has been saved as a jpg file type. You have been asked to remove parts of the image to just show the bird and to save it as a png file type to become the new image.

Photographer in hat capturing a bird perched on a rocky ledge with long grass, under a clear sky.

Original Image

Bird perched on a rocky outcrop with sparse grass, set against a clear grey sky. The scene conveys a sense of solitude and natural simplicity.

New Image

Explain the steps needed to change the original image to the new image

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55 marks

A student has taken a photograph of him and his friend, using a digital camera. He needs to increase the size of the image to include it on a poster.

He now wishes to edit the image to remove his friend. He edits the image by cropping it and removing part of the image.

Describe, step by step, how he would crop the image.

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64 marks

An image has been changed in a number of different ways.

Original image

Black arrow-shaped design pointing right on a white background, with angular edges and a bold appearance.

For each of the following images describe the software editing technique used in order to produce the edited images shown from the original image.

Edited images

Four geometric arrow shapes labelled A to D; A is the smallest black right-pointing arrow, B is a large upwards-pointing arrow, C is a large left-pointing arrow, D is grey.

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