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Year 8 Term 1 review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gaining illegal access to a computer system.

a)

Hacking

b)

Spam

c)

Malicious Software

d)

Virus

2.
What is spyware?
a)
Causes adverts to appear on screen.
b)
Software that deletes your files
c)
Slows your pc down.
d)
Collects information from you and transfers it across the internet.
3.
What is ransomware?
a)
blocks access until money is paid
b)
steals your money
c)
when someone steals your computer
d)
Malware that multiplies
4.
What happens to the work after the copyright time has passed?
a)
It can be bought
b)
There is no time-limit on copyright
c)

The work must be destroyed

d)
It goes into the public domain
5.
Stealing copyrighted work by downloading or copying it in order to keep, sell, or give it away without permission and without paying
a)
License
b)
Piracy 
c)
Plagiarize
d)
Public Domain
6.
What does​ "public domain"​ mean?
a)
You have to get permission from a public agency to use the copyrighted work.
b)
The copyright has expired or been​ relinquished; you can use it freely and without permission.
c)
You can only use the work for a free public event.
7.

Which of the following is used to store programs installed on a computer?

a)

DVD Drive

b)

CD Drive

c)

Video Card

d)

Hard Drive

8.

_____ is used when computer programs are turned on. It is cleared once the machine is shut off.

a)

The optical disk

b)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

c)

The network interface

d)

Read Only Memory (ROM)

9.

What is the main function of the motherboard?

a)

It allows a computer to display video

b)

It ties together all of the functions of a computer

c)

It connects a computer to the internet

d)

It processes the instructions given to a computer

10.

Tiny squares called ___________ are the building blocks of all digital images.

a)
elements
b)

dots

c)
pixars
d)
pixels
11.

Colour depth means ________________

a)
the difference in brightness between objects or regions
b)

the relationship between picture width and its height.
c)
the overall lightness or darkness
d)

the (fixed) number of binary digits used to represent each pixel’s colour is the  colour depth

12.
When we have a 'one-bit' colour, which are the only two binary numbers that are possibilities?
a)
00 and 11
b)
000 and 111
c)
0 and 1
d)
0000 and 1111
13.

________ is a series of instructions that are followed to complete a task or solve a problem.

a)

instructions

b)

algorithms

c)

computers

d)

recipe

14.

An algorithm should be in the right order.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
What is the correct definition of an algorithm?
a)
An algorithm is a step by step instructions to solve a problem.
b)
An algorithm is a process of baking bread.
c)
An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.
d)
An algorithm is the process of breaking problems.
16.

what's the next line of merge sort? no spaces, only commas

(a)  

17.

during the first comparison of the final stage, the two numbers compared are 1 and _

a)

2

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

18.

True or False:

NOT gates can only have one input

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which logic gate is this?

a)

AND

b)

OR

c)

NOT

20.

Which logic gate is this?

a)

AND

b)

OR

c)

NOT

21.

What will this gate's output be?

a)

0

b)

1