Year 8 Unit 1 Summative Assessment

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Q2. Which of the following are programs? Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply

• A word processor
• An operating system
• An image
• The processor (CPU)

Q3. What does a program consist of?

• Information
• Instructions
• Images

Q4. Which of these are an operating system? (Tick all that apply)

• Windows
• MacOS
• Andriod
• Raspberry Pi OS
• Linux

Q5. What does a processor (CPU) do? Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

• Stores programs
• Stores data
• Executes programs
• Executes data
• Processes data

Q6. What does the main memory (RAM) do? Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

• Stores programs
• Stores data
• Executes program
• Executes data
• Processes data

Q7. What is stored in storage devices? Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

• Hardware components
• Programs
• Data
• None of the above. The term ‘storage’ is misleading

Q10. What is the main task of a general-purpose computing system?

• The main task is to execute programs.
• There is no main task. It can perform any task prescribed by a program.
• The main task depends on the system. Different systems may perform a different main task.
• The main task depends on the user. Different users may need the system to perform a different main task.

Q11. Which of the following are logical operators? Note: There is more than one correct option. Select all that apply

• and (conjunction)
• or (disjunction)
• not (negation or inversion)
• + (addition)
• ⨉ (multiplication)

Q12. If X is a logical statement, what sort of values can it have?

• Any number
• Any sentence that makes sense
• Either true or false
• Either ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘don’t know’