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WorksheetsGCSE Computer Science: Topic 3 Consolidation
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which stored program concept did we use when programming with assembly language?
von Neumann
Bon Jovi
Harvard
Simple Processing Computer
Which type of memory does the CPU use to store currently running program instructions and data?
RAM
ROM
BIOS
HDD
Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - storing small amounts of data, up to 8 bits?
Registers
ALU
CU
CLOCK
PC
Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - carrying out arithmetic and logic operations on data?
Registers
ALU
CU
CLOCK
PC
Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - decoding instructions and coordinating and controlling all activities inside the CPU?
Registers
ALU
CU
CLOCK
PC
Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - stores the value of the current instruction memory location and increments to the next?
Registers
ALU
CU
CLOCK
PC
Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - the frequency at which the CPU can process instructions per second?
Registers
ALU
CU
CLOCK
PC
A clock Speed of 3GHz is how many cycles per second?
(a)
A clock Speed of 2MHz is how many cycles per second?
(a)
Which answer best describes the purpose of a CPU within a computer system?
To process instructions stored in primary memory
To act like the brain of a computer
To be intelligent
To process instructions on the HDD
Which answer best describes the function of a CPU in a computer system?
To fetch, decode and execute instructions from memory
To process data
To do arithmetic and logic
To process data stored at the HDD
The faster the clock speed, the faster instructions are processed?
True
False
1,000,000 cycles per second is ...
1 Megahert (1MHz)
1 Gigahert (1GHz)
1 Kilohert (1KHz)
Which BUS - stores the address of the memory or device controller to be read from or written to?
Address Bus
Data Bus
Control Bus
Which BUS - carries data throughout the computer system?
Address Bus
Data Bus
Control Bus
Which BUS - uses control signals to control all activities within the CPU?
Address Bus
Data Bus
Control Bus
In computer systems such as a: Smart TV, Washing Machine, Cashpoint, Childs Toy etc. We are likely to use...
An Embedded System
An Operating System
An Open Source System
A CPU
2 Facts about RAM are:
It is Primary Storage
It is Volatile
It is secondary Storage
It is Non-Volatile
2 Facts about An SSD Hard Drive are:
It is Primary Storage
It is Volatile
It is secondary Storage
It is Non-Volatile
What storage medium am I?
Mechanical parts move over the disk’s surface to read and write data, or a drive head reads a reel of tape.
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
What storage medium am I?
Lasers read and write data using light
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
What storage medium am I?
Data is recorded onto memory chips without any moving parts required which makes them highly portable.
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
2 Relevant statements for storage in a digital camera.
Portable
SSD
HDD
Optical Medium
Spinning Platter
Solid State Memory - Traps electrons behind a barrier forcing them to take a state as either 0 or 1. What is this process called?
(a)
What is Denary 146 as an 8 bit unsigned binary bit pattern.
(a)
What is Denary 57 represented as Hex
(a)
What Denary value does this bit pattern represent?
1 0 0 1 1 1
(a)
How many different colours can 2 bits represent in an image?
4
3
2
1
My Mechanical HDD is running slow; what has happened to the structure of it's data?
Fragmented
De Fragmented
Formatted
File Swapped
How would we describe VR goggles?
Input Device
Output Device
Input AND Output Device
Simply a sensor
