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Year 8 Understanding Computers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose of the cpu is to ... all the data and instructions in a computer system

(a)  

2.

cache memory is very ... but very small. It is a very expensive type of memory.

(a)  

3.

Binary 1111 1111 is what in denary?

a)

8

b)

255

c)

256

d)

128

4.

What is it called when the result of an 8 bit addition is more than 255?

a)

A problem

b)

An overflow error

c)

Binary to denary conversion

d)

ASCII

5.

How many processes per second does 1GHz carry out?

a)

1 thousand

b)

1 million

c)

1 billion

d)

1 trillion

6.

How many CPU's are there in a quad core computer?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

7.

How many cores are there in a Hexa-core computer?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

8.

What type of device is this?

a)

CD/DVD drive

b)

SD card

c)

Hard drive

d)

Solid state drive

9.

What type of device is a computer mouse?

a)

left click

b)

both input and output

c)

input

d)

output

10.

What does ROM do?

a)

The opposite of RAM

b)

Read Only Memory

c)

Hold currently running programs and instructions

d)

Hold the BIOS, or boot up sequence