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WorksheetsTest 1
Total questions: 150
Worksheet time: 50mins
A computer network is ___ connected together.
One computer
Two or more
Three or more
Four or more
What does LAN stand for?
Limited Area Network
Laser Assisted Network
Local Area Network
Local Aerial Network
Which of the following statements about a network is FALSE?
Viruses can spread to other computers throughout a computer network
Resources such as printers can be shared
Files cannot be shared between users
You can communicate with other users using e-mail and messaging
Which of these statements is TRUE about a LAN?
A LAN connects computers in a small area such as an office or a small site
A modem is needed to connect a computer to a LAN
A LAN consists of only one computer
A LAN can connect geographically distant sites together
What does WAN stand for?
Wide Area Network
Wide Arena Network
World Area Network
World Aerial Network
What is an advantage of a LAN?
You can share peripherals like printers.
It is more secure than a standalone computer
Data and information cannot be easily shared
Expensive to setup.
What does WLAN stand for?
Wide Local Area Network
Wireless Local Area Network
Wireless Local Aerial Network
World Local Area Network
What does VLAN stand for?
Virtual Local Area Network
Visual Local Area Network
Virtual Land Access Network
Video Local Area Network
Different VLANs share the same network hardware....
True
False
What does VPN stand for?
Virtual Private Network
Virtual Public Network
Visual Private Network
Virtual Pirate Network
What is an advantage of using VPN?
Your communications over the internet are more secure
Your communications over the internet are less secure
Your internet traffic can be seen by your Internet Service Provider
It is generally faster
What is an advantage of a peer to peer network?
Security can be managed centrally
Cheap and easy to set up
Will stop working if one of the peers goes down
You need high end computers to keep everything working
What is a disadvantage of a client-server network?
Cheap to set up
If the server goes down, the network goes down
Each client manages its own security
The network can be managed centrally
Which of the following is not a type of server?
Word
File
Database
Which of the following is true of a WAN?
It connects LANs via the public infrastructure (internet)
It is wireless
It only covers a limited area
It will only support a small number of users
A VLAN.....
Allows different LANs to be set up using on the same network hardware
Requires separate network hardware
Does not require special software
Covers a wide geographical area
IP Addresses are separated by two parts, the _____ and the ______.
host ID, internet ID
computer ID, router ID
network ID, console ID
host ID, network ID
_________ is communication between a single sender and multiple receivers on a network
Multicast
Bandwidth
Switching
Routing
______ are for large networks... 8 bits for network and 24 for host. Range: 1-126
Class E address
Class A address
Class D address
Class B address
How is the class of and IP address determined?
From the first bit of the first byte in the IP address
From the first four bits of the first byte in the IP address
From the last bit in last byte in the IP address
From the router
The IP address 223.120.50.1 is :
Class A address
Class B address
Class C address
Class D address
Whats is the typical size of an IP address?
32 bits
64 bits
128 bits
255 bits
A _______is a 32-bit number that hides an IP address, and divides the IP address into network address and host address
Subnet mask
Subvention mask
Network division
Data processing
A router has one main IP addresses
True
False
What is the correct sequence of an IPv4 address?
10.222.256.100
192.168.2555.4
172.16.2.100
AB3.125.365.2
Which of the following IP addresses is valid?
101.167.43.254
101.167.43.256
101.167.43.10.56
1031.167.43.10
______is the fundamental protocol for communications on the Internet. It specifies the way information is packetized, addressed, transferred, routed, and received by networked devices.
HTTP
Switch
IP
Data packeting
Every IPv4 address is broken down into four octets
True
False
Which of these is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?
Which of these are magnetic storage devices?
Solid state storage has no moving parts?
True
False
Which type of storage uses a laser?
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
Which of the following storage devices is most suitable for use in mobile devices?
Cloud
Magnetic
Solid State
Optical
Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?
Solid State Storage
Magnetic Storage
Cloud Storage
Optical Storage
What is a storage device?
A device use for calculating data
A device used to store data temporarily
A device used to supply power to the computer
A device used to store data permanently
A CD has one long track on it full of ...
Grooves and pot holes
Pits and Lands
Bumps and Dots
Dots and Grooves
Is this device Input or Output?
Printer
Input
Output
Keyboard
Mouse
What doesn’t affect the performance of the computer
Clock Speed
Number of Cores
The number of instructions in the program
Cache Size
If the processing speed goes from 1GHZ to 4GHZ and the processor is changed from an 8 core to a dual core processor – what is the exact effect on the performance of the computer?
The number of instructions executed per second quadruples
The number of instructions executed per second doubles
The number of instructions executed per second stays the same
The number of instructions executed per second is halved
Firmware in which software and hardware are integrated on a circuit board is often used in what type of system?
Point of Sales System
Desktop System
Embedded System
Operating System
Which is an example of an Embedded System:
PCs
Washing Machine
Laptops
Tablets
Processors don’t do the following
Operate in Hz
Execute Data
Execute Instructions
Process Data
The part of a processor in which instructions are executed is known as?
Core
Centre
Instruction Centre
Execution
What acts as an intermediary between the processor and the Main Memory?
Clock
Cache
Bus
User
What is held in cache?
All of the programming instructions
Instructions that have been processed
Commonly used instructions and data
Data that hasn’t been used for a long time
Moore’s Law?
The performance increase of computers would eventually halt in 2020
That the number of cores on a processor would double every year
Predicted that the number of transistors on a circuit board would double ever year
Computers would be capable of thinking and learning for themselves by 2020
If the processing speed goes up from 1GHZ to 4GHZ and the number of cores goes from 1 to 2 – what is the exact effect on the performance of the computer?
Quadrupled
Eight Times faster
Sixteen times faster
Doubled
If the processing speed goes up from 1GHZ to 4GHZ and the number of cores goes from 1 to 8 – what is the exact effect on the performance of the computer?
Sixty Four times faster
Sixteen times faster
Eight Times faster
Thirty Two times faster
What component holds the address of the next instruction
Memory Data Register
Accumulator
Memory Address Register
Program Counter
This holds the number of the current instruction being worked on
Memory Address Register
Program Counter
Memory Data Register
Accumulator
This would reduce the number of memory/processor transfers
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Control Unit
Accumulator
Cache
This sends signals such as “I/O Read”
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Accumulator
Cache
This sends signals such as “Memory write”
Control Unit
Cache
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Accumulator
What is held in ROM?
Operating System
Data currently in use
Bootstrap Loader
Instructions frequently used
Which component generates addresses
Secondary Storage
Processor
Main Memory
Control Unit
What is transferred down the data bus?
Data only
Addresses only
Data
Instructions and Addresses
Data and Instructions
What is the purpose of the accumulator?
To hold the results of a calculation
To hold the accumulation of instructions that are about to happen
To hold the accumulation of instructions that have happened
To perform arithmetic operations
What will the circuit's output be?
1
0
What logic gate has this truth table?
NOT
THE
AND
OR
Choose all the Boolean logic gates ...
NOT
AND
BUT
XOR
Truth table for OR gate?
Every computer processor has the same instruction set
True
False
What are the 2 parts of the instruction?
Opinstruction and Opmemory
Opcommand and Opstate
Opcode and Operand
Opcommand and Opmemory
In Little Man Computer which assembly instruction loads a value from memory onto the accumulator?
STA x
LDA x
ADD x
SUB x
INP
In Little Man Computer which assembly instruction stores the value in the accumulator to a memory location?
STA x
LDA x
ADD x
SUB x
INP
What translates assembly code into machine code?
compiler
assembler
linker
loader
interpreter
A DAT 5
What Mnemonic is used by the LMC to stop the program
HLT
STO
STP
STA
What Mnemonic is used for Addition by the LMC
ADD
ADS
ODD
IDD
What Mnemonic is used to Subtract by the LMC
SUB
SBU
SBB
SUU
