KS3_Test_1

Devices connected together over a small geographical location (such as a building) are known as a:

• WAN

• LAN

• WPAN

• WiFi

A firewall is needed because it:

• Controls which programs on your computer can send and receive data packets.

• "Stops malware from spreading onto your computer system"

• Scans your computer for unwanted data packets.

• Stops your computer from sending and receiving data packets

The data inside RAM is volatile what does this mean?

• "Data is stored on a hard drive "

• Data is lost after power loss

• "Data is saved after power loss"

• Data is read only

When you run multiple programs RAM storage becomes full, what is then used to continue to run your programs?

• ROM

• RAM

• Virtual Memory

• The OS

Secondary storage is needed

• "When there is not enough primary storage "

• As RAM is non volatile and cannot hold data permanently

• "For long term permanent storage"

• To run the BIOS and start up the computer.

Which computing term means to break a complex problem down into smaller solvable problems?

• Abstraction

• Programming

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Decomposition

Which computing term means to reduce the complexity of a problem by removing unnecessary details

• "Decomposition"

• Abstraction

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Simplifying

Which best describes the term algorithm?

• "Getting a computer to solve a problem"

• A sequence of instructions that helps to solve most of the problem

• "A sequence of instructions in order to solve a problem"

• A sequence of computer commands used to solve a problem.

How many times will this program print “Hello World”

• "9 times"

• 1 time

• "11 times"

• "10 times"

If the userAge was 17 – what would be output?

If userAge <= 17

Output (“You are not old enough”)

Else

Output (“You are 18 or over”)

End if

• "You are not old enough"

• “You are 18 or over”

• Output both

  "You are not old enough"

  “You are 18 or over”

• None of the above