WorksheetsComputer Science GCSE Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
What does CPU stand for?
Computer Processing Unit
Center Processing Unit
Central Processing Unit
Central Procesing Unit
RAM stands for...
Round About Memory
Random Access Memory
Rabbit Abacus Maths
Really All Memory
ROM stands for...
Read Only Memories
Randomly Obtained Memory
Read Only Memory
Running Out Memory
What Memory type is Volatile?
(a)
Give an example of a Secondary Storage category
(a)
Pick the pieces of hardware
Graphics card
Operating system
Optical drive
Internet browser
True or False? All hardware is found inside the computer
True
False
Is a toaster an example of an embedded or non-embedded system?
Embedded
Non-embedded
Which of these is found in the CPU?
RAM
Program Counter
Hard Disc Drive
What is found in Cache Memory?
Regularly used data and instructions
Regularly accessed programs
The Operating System
Your desktop programs
What jungle animal has only two states – jumping out and scaring people or not.
(a)
What are the primary functions of the ALU?
Running algorithms
Everything in the CPU
Performing logics operations
Performing calculations
Which piece of software allows an operating system to make use of peripherals?
The CPU
Algorithms
Device drivers
HDMI cables
Which of the following are types of secondary storage?
ROM
Solid state drive
CD
RAM
Cache
The purpose of secondary storage is to provide (a) storage for application files and data.
3 * 3 =
33
9
3
-9
5 < 5 =
True
False
Which of these gives the largest answer?
14 / 5
14 DIV 5
14 MOD 5
What is meant by Social Engineering?
Gaining sensitive information by influencing people
Getting access to data through social media
Doing social marketing to gain data
Building a social network
What is an active network attack?
An attack on encrypted data
Using direct methods to attack a network
An attack that is currently happening
What makes a function different to a procedure?
A procedure returns a value, whereas a function does not
A function is more efficient, compared to a procedure
A function returns a value, whereas a procedure does not
Procedures are more efficient, compared to a function
True or false, the casting commands e.g. str() or int() are functions
TRUE
FALSE
Why do we use binary for computer science?
Because calculators are not allowed
Three makes the maths hard
It is easy to read
The CPU is made of transistors
A logic circuit has 3 binary inputs, how many different possible combinations are there?
9
7
8
6
Name the smallest measure of data
nibble
bite
byte
bit
Calculate the number of megabytes in a 15 terabytes
(a)
The robot dog is friendly but he can still ____
Byte
Bark
Dance
What does FTP stand for?
(a)
What does HTTPS stand for?
(a)
What are network protocols?
(a)
The MAR and the MDR are found in the CPU. What do they stand for?
(a)
True of False, in the Von Neumann architecture different memory units are used for data and instructions
TRUE
FALSE
The CPU performs the
(a)
True or False, In a peer to peer network, files are stored on individual devices.
TRUE
FALSE
What says “Pieces of nine, Pieces of nine”?
Someone who sells pieces of nine
Someone with double vision
A Programming Pirate
A Parroty Error
Which one of these statements will evaluate to false?
4 == 4 OR 4 != 4
7 > 2 AND 9 < 1
NOT (8 < 3)
The zero-based numbers array contains the values [23, 63, 48, 76, 21]. What is the output of print(numbers[2])?
73
48
101
Error
What type of address is this? 00-1B-63-45-E6
(a)
True or False? Machine code is a low-level language
TRUE
FALSE
What is an assembler used for?
To translate specific assembly language into machine code
To translate between high level and low level languages
