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GCSE Computing Quiz on Random Quiz, created by Susanna Alsop on 28/09/2017.
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Question 1

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What is a foreign key?
Answer
  • Field used to link one data table with another
  • A key which can be used in any country
  • A primary key which must be unique.

Question 2

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A crumb is half a byte (4 bits)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What is the clock speed?
Answer
  • The speed of your clock
  • The 'beat' at which the computer works to.

Question 4

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Clock speed is measured in gigahertz.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Bus Topology is when
Answer
  • All of the devices are connected to one cable which is called the backbone
  • There is one wire which connects all the computers together and data flows in 1 direction only
  • There is a central hub and a central server with a dedicated connection to each work station or device

Question 6

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Advantages of Bus Topology are that
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  • If the line breaks then only one workstation will be affected
  • It is cheap
  • Not many data collisions
  • Quick and easy to set up
  • There is a limit no on cable length

Question 7

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Disadvantages of Bus Topology are that you could get data collisions, there is a limit on cable length, it is not suitable for networks with heavy traffic and if there is a break in the backbone the whole network fails
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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A nibble is [blank_start]4 bits[blank_end] A megabyte is [blank_start]1,024 kilobytes[blank_end] A crumb is [blank_start]2 bits[blank_end] A gigabyte is [blank_start]1,024 megabytes[blank_end] A byte is [blank_start]8 bits[blank_end] A terabyte is [blank_start]1,024 gigabytes[blank_end] A kilobyte is [blank_start]1,024 bytes[blank_end]
Answer
  • 4 bits
  • 2 bits
  • 8 bits
  • 1,024 bytes
  • 1,024 megabytes
  • 1,024 kilobytes
  • 4 bits
  • 2 bits
  • 8 bits
  • 1,024 megabytes
  • 1,024 kilobytes
  • 1,024 terabytes
  • 1,024 bits
  • 8 bits
  • 12 bits
  • 1,024 megabytes
  • 1,024 terabytes
  • 1,024 gigabytes
  • 1,024 megabytes
  • 1,024 bytes
  • 1,024 gigabytes

Question 9

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What does CPU stand for?
Answer
  • Central Progressing Unit
  • Central Processing Unit
  • Central Programming Unit

Question 10

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The CPU [blank_start]fetches information[blank_end], [blank_start]decodes[blank_end] and [blank_start]executes[blank_end] instructions.
Answer
  • fetches information
  • decodes
  • executes

Question 11

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The high speed memory attached to the CPU which we use to store data or instructions we use regularly to save processing time is called the what?
Answer
  • Core
  • RAM
  • Cache
  • ROM
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