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Year 8 ICT Assessment

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is encryption?

a)

When you put data / text into code making it difficult to read or understand.

b)

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

c)

A formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine

d)

What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.

2.

A cipher is _________________________.

a)

a person who makes up secret codes

b)

an algorithm that is used to scramble text so that it can be passed in secret

c)

a lock that can be used to lock a message in a lock box

d)

any puzzle, such as a crossword or Sudoku puzzle

3.

Who was the first known user of the Caesar Cipher?

a)

Caesar Romanus

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alan Turing

d)

There isn't one

4.

In Cryptography, the original message, before being transformed, is called

a)

Simple Text

b)

Plain Text

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Filled Text

5.

An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:

a)

Cipher text

b)

Simple Text

c)

Empty Text

d)

Plain Text

6.

_______ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.

a)

Cryptography

b)

Cryptoanalysis

c)

neither Cryptography nor Cryptoanalysis

d)

either Cryptography or Cryptoanalysis

7.

A(n) ______ algorithm transforms cipher text to plain text.

a)

Encryption

b)

Decryption

8.

A Caesar cipher is an example of a ______________________.

a)

transposition cipher

b)

bimodal cipher

c)

substitution cipher

d)

substantial cipher

9.

Encrypt the word alphabet using a Caesar cipher with a shift of 3

a)

DVSDULQV

b)

DOOFOHDU

c)

DOSKDEHW

d)

DORQHBHV

10.

The process of converting a ciphertext into plaintext.

a)

encryption

b)

decryption

c)

plaintext

d)

cryptography

11.

The following word was encrypted using a Caesar cipher with a shift of 2: ecguct. What word is it?

a)

julius

b)

caesar

c)

romans

d)

cipher

12.

The _______ is a number or a set of numbers on which the cipher operates.

a)

secret

b)

cipher

c)

key

d)

none of the mentioned

13.

A method for determining a solution to a problem by sequentially testing all possible solutions.

a)

brute force

b)

relative frequency

c)

cipher

d)

paired keys

14.

What machine was used during WWII to encrypt and decrypt German messages?

a)

Enigma

b)

Atbash

c)

Secret

d)

Puzzler

15.

What was the name of the man who led the team that cracked the German's "Enigma Code" in WW2?

a)

Tim Berners-Lee

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Bill Gates

16.

How many different shifts can Caesar Cipher have?

a)

16

b)

25

c)

3

d)

infinite

17.

The weaknesses of Caesar Cipher can include

a)

brutal force attack

b)

frequency analysis

c)

trying all number of shifts possible

d)

All the above

18.

What kind of 'base' system is binary known as?

a)

Base 12

b)

Base 8

c)

Base 2

d)

Base 10

19.

How do Binary values change with each addtional number?

a)

They double

b)

They go up in 10's

20.

If a binary number ends with a 1, it must be...

a)

An odd number

b)

An even number

c)

A prime number

d)

The number 12

21.

Which of these is the correct sequence for the place values for binary numbers?

a)

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128

b)

1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

c)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

d)

0, 1

22.

What are the only two numbers you can use in binary?

a)

0 and 1

b)

1 and 2

c)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

d)

1, 2, 4, 8, 16

23.

What is the point of binary?

a)

It represents how computers interpret electrical signals

b)

Because we like to make you do extra maths ;-D

c)

For the lulz

d)

Because it describes star systems

24.

How would you write the number two in binary?

a)

1001

b)

0001

c)

0000

d)

0010

25.

Binary is made up of which numbers 

a)

3 and 4.

b)

2 and 3.

c)

1 and 2.

d)

0 and 1.

26.

A bit is 

a)

a numerical label assigned to each device.

b)

the smallest unit of data in a computer.

c)

a keyboarding term for typing.

d)

is a numeral system made up of 16 symbols.

27.

A group of 8 bits is known as a gigabyte.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

8 bytes = 1 bit

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

How would you write the number 4 in binary code?

a)

0100

b)

0000

c)

0001

d)

0010

30.

How do you write the number 10 in binary?

a)

1010

b)

11

c)

1001

d)

1000

31.

Which represents the number 0 in binary?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

10

d)

100

32.

Which represents the number 20 in binary?

a)

10100

b)

1010

c)

101

d)

101000

33.

To add a "Key Frame", you must click on a frame on the timeline and _____

a)

Press Enter

b)

Double Click

c)

Right click & Choose Insert Key Frame

d)

Right click & Choose Insert tween

34.

To add an "Tween" between your Key Frames, you must click on any frame between the "Key Frames and then _____.

a)

Press Enter

b)

Right click & Choose Insert Key Frame

c)

Right click & Choose Create Classic Tween

d)

Klik CTRL + enter

35.

where you can get the shape to put into your stage?

a)

Toolbox

b)

Timeline

c)

Stage

d)

Properties

36.

shapes have more depth

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

37.

______________ are different options available in a software package.

a)

Kits

b)

Machines

c)

Tools

38.

_______________ is the process of giving the illusion of movement to objects.

a)

Programming

b)

Animation

c)

Event

39.

What does 2D mean?

a)

two differences

b)

two drawings

c)

two dimensional

40.

This picture is of a _____ animation.

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

41.

This picture is of a _____ animation.

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

42.

This picture is of a _____ animation.

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

43.

This picture is of a _____ object.

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

44.

This picture is of a _____ object.

a)

1D

b)

2D

c)

3D

45.

What is an individual image within a sequence of images?

a)

Tween

b)

Layer

c)

Animation

d)

Frame

46.

What term in animation refers to automatically adding or modifying a series of frames between two existing frames (also known as "in betweening")?

a)

Animate

b)

Tweening

c)

Frame Rate

d)

Playhead

47.

What is the process of creating animated images using computer graphics?

a)

Computer Animation

b)

Stage

c)

Animatic

d)

Arts

48.

In Adobe Animate, what is the rectangular area where content such as graphics are displayed?

a)

Stage

b)

Timeline

c)

Frames

d)

Keyframe

49.

In Adobe Animate, what does it mean to create animation for changes in position on the Stage and for changes in size, color, or other attributes?

a)

Motion Tweens

b)

Tweening

c)

Frames

d)

Keyframe

50.

A repeating section of video or audio is referred to as a __________________

a)

Repeat

b)

Hoop

c)

Ringing

d)

Loop