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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a computer?
"A clever box"
"A computer which can store large amounts of data for the user".
“A computer system is one that is able to take a set of inputs, process them and create a set of outputs.”
"A device which only allows the user to extract data to then use in everyday life".
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is Hardware?
Programmes you instal onto a computer
Physical components you can touch of a computer
Components of the computer you are unable to touch
The process that the computer carries out.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is Software?
Different devices you can plug into a computer.
The physical components of a computer that you can touch.
The components of a computer you are unable to physically touch.
Different devices you can input data into a computer.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat comes next in the sequence of file sizes?bit, nibble, byte, kilobyte.....megabyte, gigabytemegabyte, petabytegigabyte, megabytegigabyte, zetabyte
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA printer is known as a......input deviceoutput devicestorage device
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA scanner is known as a ......?input deviceoutput devicestorage device
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow many bits are in a NIBBLE?14816
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow many bits are there in a byte?1248
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow is a storage device best defined?Hardware that is used for storing data files and objects.Hardware that is used for removing data.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the role of the motherboard?The motherboard is a circuit board that connects the CPU to the memory and all the other hardware.The motherboard is the computers brain.It is a piece of software inside the computer.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the role of the POWER SUPPLY for a computer?Internal hardware component that supplies components in a computer with power.External plug that powers the computer up.It is a piece of software.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the CPU?Internal hardware that holds all components togetherThe CPU is the part of a computer system that is commonly referred to as the "brains" of a computer.It is a storage device
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat number system do computers use?binarydenarydecimalASCII
- 14. Multiple Choice
What would the decimal number be?
4
6
1
5
- 15. Multiple Choice
The binary number would be...?
1011
1110
1101
1000
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the binary addition of....
1111
1000
1101
1001
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the binary addition of...
10110
101100
100010
100011
- 18. Multiple Choice
Using the Pits and lands, work out what the binary code is...
01000010
10111101
10111001
01100010
- 19. Multiple Choice
Using the picture of the pits and lands, work out the binary code...
01100110
01011010
10011010
01100101
- 20. Multiple ChoiceComputer memory that temporarily stores information is called:ForgetfulRAMROM
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhats the missing word? INPUT ??????? OUTPUTDownputProcessOffputData
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA single binary digit is known as aByteBitNibbleBobble
- 23. Multiple ChoiceASCII is:a programming languagea code for representing characters in binarya type of computera method of translating from denary to binary
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the correct cycle of operations in a CPU?
Fetch, Decode, Execute
Execute, Fetch, Decode
Decode, Execute, Fetch
Execute, Decode, Fetch
- 25. Multiple Choice
What does volatile memory mean?
Data is lost when the computer is switched off.
Data is not lost when the computer is switched off.
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