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WorksheetsEnd of Year 10 Quiz
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 55mins
How many bits are there in a byte?
8
1024
How many kilobytes are there in 2MB?
2
200
2000
Which order is correct?
Bit, Nybble, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte
Bit, Byte, Nybble, Megabyte, Kilobyte. Gigabyte, Terabyte
Which of the following is not a Register within Von Neumann Architecture?
MAR
MDR
Accumulator
MSR
The program counter updates to show the address of the next instruction to be completed
True
False
Which register will temporarily store the results of any calculations carried out by the ALU?
Program Counter
Accumulator
Which of these is physically closer to the CPU?
Hard Drive
RAM
Cache
Which type of storage would you use:
To backup very large amounts of data
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State / Flash
Which type of storage would you use:
If you needed to cheaply and physically distribute small amounts of data
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State / Flash
Which type of storage would you use:
To store data on a device that you will be taking on a hiking trip
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State / Flash
Convert 10001 to denary
17
27
Convert 12 to binary
1100
1011
Hexadecimal is easier to ________
Understand
Write
Calculate
Read
Select the correct calculation:
Sample rate of 2000 hz, bit rate of 4 bits
Minimum file size for a 5 second recording
2000 * 4 * 5
/ 8
2000 * 4 * 5
2000 * 4 * 5
* 8
Each colour is represented by a _______ binary number
Unique (different)
Separate
Special
This image has a resolution of 30
True
False
What is meant by the resolution of an image?
The number of pixels in an image
The quality of an image
Which of the following would not be suitable for Lossy Compression?
Images
Sounds
Videos
Text
Select the advantages for lossless compression
Makes the file much smaller
Will send quicker
A very simple algorithm
The quality will not be affected much
Which network is being used?
St Benedict's Catholic School has computers being used in a number of school buildings within the site.
Which network is being used?
LAN
WAN
Choose all advantages of wired networks
You can connect a large number of devices
Devices are physically connected so they are more secure
Signal does not degrade over large distances
It is cheap to install and set up
Which connection will have the fastest data transfer speed?
Wired
Wireless
The bandwidth of your network is the
Amount of data that is transferred over a network
The speed that data is transferred over a network
The speed of your network is the
Amount of data that is transferred over a network
How fast the data is transferred over a network
The data packets have had to take a very busy route to your device. This means you have
Low bandwidth
An obstruction
Latency
Connects multiple computers together in a network. Shares data between all computers
Router
Hub
Switch
You would need a router to identify whether an incoming data packet is for your LAN or for a different one
True
False
Which protocol would you use to create a copy of the email from your email server?
FTP
IMAP
POP3
HTTP
What does a firewall do?
Monitors data traffic
Checks data packet information
Prevents unauthorised access into the network
Blocks unauthorised users
Anti Virus software is used to
Scan for a virus
Quarantine a virus
Stop a virus entering the system
What is the name for security measures such as fingerprint/iris/face/hand scanners?
Encryption
Body Scanning
Biometrics
Domain Name System converts URL's to IP addresses.
True
False
What is an IP address?
The way computers find each other.
The same thing as a web address.
A phone number.
Re-organises the files by putting the related files next to each other
Encryption
Compression
Defragmentation
Auto-Update
Encryption _______ the data to make it unreadable
Scrambles
Changes
Updates
Which happens during abstraction?
Identify the essential information
Ignore the non-essential information
Break the problem down into smaller tasks
What happens during decomposition?
Ignore non-essential information
Break the problem down into smaller tasks
When designing a building that must be accessible for wheelchairs, which of the following characteristics is non-essential?
Number of doors
Number of walls
Number of wall paintings
Decomposition allows each task to become _______
More manageable
Smaller
More difficult
A school database has lots of information on students, the data manager needs to use abstraction. What data should she leave out?
Age
Guardian's phone numbers
Classes
Eye colour
Which type of sort algorithm is this?
Bubble
Merge
Insertion
Which data type would you use to store:
Someone's age
String
Integer
Float
Boolean
Which data type would you use to store:
Someone's name
String
Integer
Float
Boolean
Choose the correct definition of a logic error
The program will run but will produce an unexpected result
A grammatical error that will cause the program to crash
An error caused by an incorrect spelling
The program does not make logical sense
Choose the correct definition of a syntax error
The program contains an error but will not crash
A grammatical error that will cause the program to crash
An error caused by an incorrect spelling
The program does not make logical sense
Identify the syntax error in this code
admin should be within quotation marks
print has been spelt incorrectly
username has been used too many times
!= is not a correct math operator
Which logic gate is this?
(a)
Which logic gate is this?
(a)
Which 2 gates have been used?
AND and NOT
OR and AND
OR and NOT
NOT and OR
What is the correct notation for this logic circuit?
C AND (A OR B)
C OR (A AND B)
Which 2 gates have been used?
AND and NOT
OR and AND
OR and NOT
NOT and OR
Select two advantages of high level languages
Easier to learn
Executes very fast
The code will occupy less memory
Programs can be written faster
Which two statements are true of a compiler?
Creates a final error report containing all errors
Displays the error as soon as it is detected
The program must be run every time it is used
Produces an executable file
A compiler translates the entire program at once
True
False
Which of the following is not a feature of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)?
Editor
Run-Time Environment
Debugger
Output Window
Spell Check
An IDE makes it easier for the programmer to w? and t? their code
give both words with a space in between (e.g. answer1 answer2)
(a)
If asked to give 2 features of an IDE, you would gain 2 marks for saying "auto-fill and bracket matching"
True
False
Which of the following IDE features allows the user to write their code?
Editor
Output Window
Debugger
Breakpoints
Which of the following IDE features informs the user of any mistakes they have made in their code?
Editor
Run-Time Environment
Debugger
Stepping
What is the output of the following code?
count
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
!= means 'does not equal'
True
False
Which of the following is a subroutine not designed to do?
Avoid the user needing to write the same instructions multiple times
Allow multiple programmers to work on different elements of the same program
Reduce errors by troubleshooting separate elements of code
Make it easier for the computer to run
What is the name of the subroutine?
happyBirthday
person
def
What is the name of the parameter?
happyBirthday
person
def
What is the name of the subroutine?
addNumbers
num1
num2
total
num1 and num2 are the parameters
True
False
Which subroutine will return a value back to the program?
Procedure
Function
What is the index of the item bread in the list/array shoppinglist?
shoppinglist = ["milk", "eggs", "sugar", "bread", "cake"]
4
3
What would I need to type in for the program to display Correct?
A
B
Neither
Both
Which response will be displayed?
You are too young
You are old enough
