What is a digital signal?
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What is a digital signal?
What is an analogue signal?
Define bit and byte.
What is 1 byte equal to, in bits?
What is a netizen?
What is digital citizenship?
What is digital well-being?
Name any two components of a digital communication system.
Name two video file formats.
What is baseband transmission?
Present the currently used high-speed internet as a broadband transmission.
Write four advantages of digital transmission.
Explain the impact of digital technology on the development of information and communication technology with any two examples.
Present any four examples of digital technology used in daily life.
Write two positive and negative effects of digital technology in daily life.
Write four characteristics of a good netizen.
What is online reputation? Write with examples.
Write the advantages of digital well-being.
What four precautions are necessary for digital well-being?
What is digital reputation management? Give two examples.
Mention four importance of digital reputation management.
Differentiate between analogue signal and digital signal.
| Analogue Signal | Digital Signal |
|---|---|
| Indicates the constantly changing physical quantity; represented by a sine wave. | Represents the physical quantity changing in segments; represented by a square wave. |
| Changes constantly with time. | Changes between two fixed values continuously with time. |
| Converted to digital signal by ADC; example: temperature sensor. | Converted to analogue signal by DAC; example: playing music on a computer. |
Differentiate between analogue signal transmission and digital signal transmission.
| Analogue Signal Transmission | Digital Signal Transmission |
|---|---|
| Data is transmitted using analogue signals between transmitter and receiver. | Analogue signals are digitalized, transmitted, and converted back into analogue signals as output. |
| Highly affected by external influences (noise, atmospheric effects). | Less affected by external influences. |
| Coding is not possible; needs small bandwidth. | Coding is possible; needs a large bandwidth. |
Differentiate between digital integrity/identity and digital reputation.
Describe the components of a digital communication system with a labelled diagram.
Write your plan to make a 5-minute audio-visual material covering topics from any one unit of Grade 10 Science and Technology. What can be done to make that material 3 minutes? Write the necessary steps.
Draw and label the block diagram of a digital communication system.
Study a graph showing voltage against time with a smooth continuous wave, and another graph showing a stepped wave switching only between 0V and 5V. Identify each signal type and explain the difference.
A person constantly posts hateful and rude comments on social media using a fake name and photo. Is this person behaving as a good netizen? Explain with reference to online reputation.
A student spends most of the day on the smartphone playing violent games and stays up late scrolling social media, resulting in poor sleep and irritability. What concept explains this problem, and what steps could help?
Which type of transmission — baseband or broadband — would be more suitable for sending data between two computers in the same room using a direct cable, and why?
Why is coding possible in digital communication but not in analogue communication?
Why does digital transmission need a larger bandwidth than analogue transmission?