BTEC Fundamentals of Computer Systems (student questions)

A: Which of the following does the kernel control? (Charlie)

• Device Drivers

• Defragmentation

• Parity Checking

• None of these

A: Which of the following is a True statement about RAM? (Leigh)

• Volatile, data is not saved when computer is shut down

• Volatile, data is saved when computer is shut down

• Non-volatile, data is saved when computer is shut down

• Non-volatile, data is not saved when computer is shut down

A: Which one of these is the kernel not used for? (Michal)

• Security Checks

• Disc access

• Device drivers

• Interrupts

A: Which of the following describes RAID 5? (Jess)

• Striping with parity

• Mirroring

• Mirroring with parity

• Striping with double parity

Which of the following is a type of operating system which is designed to respond instantly to inputs? (Jess)

• Real-time

• Single-user multi-tasking

• Multi-user

• Single-user single-tasking

A: Which of these is a data processing function? (Oliver S)

• Validation

• Intermodulation

• Experimentation

• Extraction

B: Which one of these is classed as a special register within the CPU? (Michal)

• CIR

• CLI

• MCU

• BCD

B: What architecture model holds data and programs separately? (Sam)

• Harvard

• Von Neumann

• Cluster

• Stored Program

C: What advantage does Unicode have over ASCII? (Charlie)

• It can represent more characters

• It uses less bits

• Unicode is not standardised

• It is a higher level language

C: As the bit depth of an image increases ... ? (Charlie)

• File size increases

• Quality decreases

• The amount of colours decreases

• Resolution increases