WorksheetsQuiz on Hardware and Software Components
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
What is hardware?
What is a microcontroller?
Give two examples of memory types.
What is an output device?
What is system software?
Name an example of application software.
What is a compiler used for?
What does IDE stand for?
What is firmware?
What is the purpose of a simulator?
Name a high-level programming language.
What is machine language?
Give one example of a low-level programming language.
What is pseudo code?
What is RAM?
What type of memory is ROM?
Give an example of secondary memory.
What is cache memory?
What does SRAM stand for?
What is EEPROM?
What is the purpose of registers?
How many bits are in a byte?
8
16
32
64
What is the size of a kilobyte (KB)?
1000 bytes
1024 bytes
2048 bytes
512 bytes
How many bytes are in a megabyte (MB)?
1000
1024
2048
512
How many MB are in a gigabyte (GB)?
1000
1024
2048
512
What is a terabyte (TB)?
1000 GB
1024 GB
2048 GB
512 GB
What is the base of the binary number system?
2
10
8
16
What digits are used in the hexadecimal system?
0-9, A-F
0-9
A-Z
0-9, A-E
Convert the binary number 1011 to decimal.
11
10
12
13
What is the base of the octal number system?
8
10
2
16
What is machine code?
What is an example of a high-level code?
What is source code?
What is object code?
What is executable code?
