GCSE Computing Round

For which of these types of network will some of the hardware required be owned by a "third party"?

• PAN

• LAN

• WAN

• SAN

DNS stands for

• Domain Network Server

• Download Network Server

• Defensive Name System

• Domain Name System

What is the biggest security vulnerability of any system?

• Viruses

• Trojans

• People

• Zero Day Exploits

Which technique is used to ensure that credit card numbers are valid?

• Check digit

• Length check

• Range check

• Sanity check

Which type of storage will be slowest to access files?

• SSD

• CD

• DVD

• Hard drive

Which of these pieces of python code will output a list of numbers from 1 to 10?

• for i in range (10):

  print (i)

• for i in range (10):

  print (i+1)

• for i in range (9):

  print (i)

• for i in range (1,10):

  print (i)

Which is the top layer of the TCP/IP model?

• Internet

• Network

• Application

• Transport

What protocol is used to keep received email messages on a server to access from multiple devices?

• IMAP

• POP

• SMTP

• HTTPS

Which of these is NOT a register in a CPU

• MAR

• MDR

• ACC

• ALU

How many cores would a "Hexacore CPU" have?