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GCSE Computer Science: Topic 3 Consolidation

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which stored program concept did we use when programming with assembly language?

a)

von Neumann

b)

Bon Jovi

c)

Harvard

d)

Simple Processing Computer

2.

Which type of memory does the CPU use to store currently running program instructions and data?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

BIOS

d)

HDD

3.

Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - storing small amounts of data, up to 8 bits?

a)

Registers

b)

ALU

c)

CU

d)

CLOCK

e)

PC

4.

Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - carrying out arithmetic and logic operations on data?

a)

Registers

b)

ALU

c)

CU

d)

CLOCK

e)

PC

5.

Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - decoding instructions and coordinating and controlling all activities inside the CPU?

a)

Registers

b)

ALU

c)

CU

d)

CLOCK

e)

PC

6.

Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - stores the value of the current instruction memory location and increments to the next?

a)

Registers

b)

ALU

c)

CU

d)

CLOCK

e)

PC

7.

Which of these components inside the CPU is responsible for - the frequency at which the CPU can process instructions per second?

a)

Registers

b)

ALU

c)

CU

d)

CLOCK

e)

PC

8.

A clock Speed of 3GHz is how many cycles per second?

(a)  

9.

A clock Speed of 2MHz is how many cycles per second?

(a)  

10.

Which answer best describes the purpose of a CPU within a computer system?

a)

To process instructions stored in primary memory

b)

To act like the brain of a computer

c)

To be intelligent

d)

To process instructions on the HDD

11.

Which answer best describes the function of a CPU in a computer system?

a)

To fetch, decode and execute instructions from memory

b)

To process data

c)

To do arithmetic and logic

d)

To process data stored at the HDD

12.

The faster the clock speed, the faster instructions are processed?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

1,000,000 cycles per second is ...

a)

1 Megahert (1MHz)

b)

1 Gigahert (1GHz)

c)

1 Kilohert (1KHz)

14.

Which BUS - stores the address of the memory or device controller to be read from or written to?

a)

Address Bus

b)

Data Bus

c)

Control Bus

15.

Which BUS - carries data throughout the computer system?

a)

Address Bus

b)

Data Bus

c)

Control Bus

16.

Which BUS - uses control signals to control all activities within the CPU?

a)

Address Bus

b)

Data Bus

c)

Control Bus

17.

In computer systems such as a: Smart TV, Washing Machine, Cashpoint, Childs Toy etc. We are likely to use...

a)

An Embedded System

b)

An Operating System

c)

An Open Source System

d)

A CPU

18.

2 Facts about RAM are:

a)

It is Primary Storage

b)

It is Volatile

c)

It is secondary Storage

d)

It is Non-Volatile

19.

2 Facts about An SSD Hard Drive are:

a)

It is Primary Storage

b)

It is Volatile

c)

It is secondary Storage

d)

It is Non-Volatile

20.

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.

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid State

21.

What storage medium am I?

Lasers read and write data using light

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid State

22.

What storage medium am I?

Data is recorded onto memory chips without any moving parts required which makes them highly portable.

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid State

23.

2 Relevant statements for storage in a digital camera.

a)

Portable

b)

SSD

c)

HDD

d)

Optical Medium

e)

Spinning Platter

24.

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)  

25.

What is Denary 146 as an 8 bit unsigned binary bit pattern.

(a)  

26.

What is Denary 57 represented as Hex

(a)  

27.

What Denary value does this bit pattern represent?


1 0 0 1 1 1

(a)  

28.

How many different colours can 2 bits represent in an image?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

29.

My Mechanical HDD is running slow; what has happened to the structure of it's data?

a)

Fragmented

b)

De Fragmented

c)

Formatted

d)

File Swapped

30.

How would we describe VR goggles?

a)

Input Device

b)

Output Device

c)

Input AND Output Device

d)

Simply a sensor