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GCSE Computing Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
CPU carries out a cycle called___. 
a)
Execute-decote-fetch
b)
Fetch-decode-execute
c)
Fetch-execute-decode
d)
Decode-execute-fetch
2.

The CPU fetches instructions from.... and executes those instructions.

a)

Memory

b)

ALU

c)

ROM

d)

Input Device

3.

The ALU is found inside the CPU True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is 'cache'?

a)

It stores program operations and data while a program is being executed

b)

It executes programs using the fetch-decode-execute cycle

c)

It is a small amount of memory which is a part of the CPU

5.

How many of the following are examples of Embedded Systems?

a)

Mobile Phone

b)

Washing Machine

c)

Microwave

d)

Fridge

e)

Laptop

6.

What does volatile mean for a computers memory

a)

Data and instructions remain stored even when the computer is switched off

b)

Data and instructions may cause the computer to crash

c)

Data and instructions are lost when the computer is switched off

7.
What does ROM stand for?
a)
Random Only Memory
b)
Random Only Memory
c)
Rapid Only Machine
d)
Read Only Memory
8.
ROM is non-volatile memory
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What does RAM stand for?
a)
Random Access Memory
b)
Random Area Machine
c)
Real Access Machine
d)
Rapid Access Memory
10.
RAM is non-volatile memory
a)
True
b)
False
11.

What is secondary storage?

a)

long term storage of files or data

b)

short term storage of files or data

c)

temporary storage of files or data

12.

What are the three secondary storage technologies?

a)

optical, flash, magnetic

b)

optical, magnetic, hard drive

c)

optical, magnetic, solid-state

d)

magnetic, solid-state, flash

13.

What type of storage is a USB memory stick

a)

optical

b)

magnetic

c)

solid-state

14.

What type of storage is a CDROM?

a)

optical

b)

magnetic

c)

solid-state

15.

What type of storage is a HDD?

a)

optical

b)

magnetic

c)

solid-state

16.
The following is a correct order of units of storage from lowest to highest:
a)
a bit, a nibble, a byte, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
b)
a bit, a byte, a nibble, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
c)
a bit, a nibble, a byte, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
d)
a byte, a bit, a nibble, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
17.

What is F in denary

a)

15

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

18.

What is 4 in binary?

a)

100

b)

011

c)

110

d)

111

19.

11

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

20.

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

a)

Base 12

b)

Base 8

c)

Base 2

d)

Base 10

21.

How do Binary values change with each addtional number?

a)

They double

b)

They go up in 10's

22.

Looking at the value of each column

what is this binary number worth ?

a)

64

b)

32

c)

96

d)

6432

23.

Looking at the value of each column

what is this binary number worth ?

a)

2

b)

126

c)

128

d)

130

24.

Doing a logical shift left does what to a binary number?

a)

Divide

b)

Multiply

25.

Doing a logical shift right does what to a binary number?

a)

Divide

b)

Multiply

26.

Which answer has correctly applied a 1 bit left logical shift to 10001100

a)

01000110

b)

00011000

c)

00110000

d)

00100011

27.
Add binary numbers shown?
a)
01111011
b)
01101111
c)
01111101
d)
01101101
28.
Add binary numbers shown?
a)
10010000
b)
10001000
c)
10000100
d)
10100000
29.

15 in denary is what in Hex?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

F

30.

What is 0111 in hex

a)

E

b)

A

c)

7

d)

3

31.
Convert the Hex number 1F to binary.
a)
00111111
b)
00001111
c)
00010111
d)
00011111
32.
Convert the binary number 01010101 to Hex
a)
44
b)
55
c)
66
d)
77
33.
Quality of an image depends on:
a)
Resolution
b)
Metadata
c)
Screen size
d)
Computer's speed
34.
The density of pixels in an image file is known as:
a)
Resolution
b)
Dimensions.
c)
Transparency.
d)
Compression.
35.
Resolution is measured in:
a)
Pixels per mm or per inch
b)
Print size.
c)
Milimeters.
d)
Bytes.
36.
Colour depth refers to:
a)
How many bits are used in a file to store colour information in every pixel
b)
Resolution divided by the number of colours in an image.
c)
Degree of file compression applied to an image file.
d)
Repeated resampling of an image.
37.

What is the sample rate?

a)

The number of times a sound wave is sampled per second

b)

The number of bits used to store each sample

c)

How loud a sound is

d)

The size of the sound wave

38.

What is sample rate measure in?

a)

Bits

b)

Hertz

c)

GB

d)

amps

39.
What is the difference between analogue and digital data?
a)
Analogue is continuous data, whereas digital signals have two values, 0 and 1.
b)
Analogue has two values 0 and 1, whereas digital is continuous data.
40.

ASCII is an encoding system for text. What does ASCII stand for?

a)

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

b)

All System Code In Internet

c)

American Simple Code for Interesting Information

d)

Alpha Super Code Input Information

41.

What type of compression allows you to reconstruct the original data?

a)

Lossless compression

b)

Lossy compression

42.

What type of compression does not allow you to reconstruct the original data?

a)

Lossless compression

b)

Lossy compression

43.
A computer network is ___ connected together.
a)
One computer
b)
Two or more
c)
Three or more
d)
Four or more
44.
Two or more computers connected close together in a local area e.g. building or office is called?
a)
WAN
b)
LAN
c)
The Internet
d)
Virtual Network
45.
Two or more computers connected together over a wide geographical area (e.g. county, country, globe).  What type of network is this?
a)
LAN
b)
School Network
c)
WAN
d)
The Internet

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