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August 1961 5-a-day

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August 1961

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  1. 1st August 1961An uncompressed file is 6000 KB. After lossless compression it is 1500 KB. Calculate the compression ratio in the form n:1 (original size : compressed size).
  2. 2nd August 1961Which of RAM and ROM is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the power is removed?
  3. 3rd August 1961Which piece of UK legislation controls how organisations must store and use people's personal data?
  4. 4th August 1961Given x = 5 and y = 8, state whether x < y AND x > 0 evaluates to True or False.
  5. 5th August 1961A programmer wants any syntax error in their program to be reported before the program starts running at all. State whether a compiler or an interpreter behaves this way, and explain why.
  6. 6th August 1961Give one reason why RAM on its own is not enough, and a computer also needs secondary storage.
  7. 7th August 1961A user reads the same email on a phone and a tablet, and deleting it on one deletes it on the other. Which protocol is in use and why?
  8. 8th August 1961A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  9. 9th August 1961A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  10. 10th August 1961State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  11. 11th August 1961In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  12. 12th August 1961Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  13. 13th August 1961Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  14. 14th August 1961Define a peer-to-peer network.
  15. 15th August 1961Name the translator used for assembly language and describe how it differs from a compiler.
  16. 16th August 1961Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  17. 17th August 1961A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  18. 18th August 1961A simple cipher shifts every letter 2 places forward in the alphabet, wrapping around so Y becomes A and Z becomes B. Encrypt the plaintext CAT using this cipher.
  19. 19th August 1961Explain what happens if a program tries to read index 5 of an array declared with 5 elements.
  20. 20th August 1961A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  21. 21st August 1961State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  22. 22nd August 1961State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  23. 23rd August 1961A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  24. 24th August 1961Give one specific way this code could be refined without changing what it does: a = 5, b = 3, c = a + b, PRINT c
  25. 25th August 1961State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  26. 26th August 1961Define the term protocol.
  27. 27th August 1961State what is meant by a syntax error.
  28. 28th August 1961A table called members has fields memberId, firstName, lastName and joinYear. Write an SQL statement that adds a new record with memberId 12, firstName 'Priya', lastName 'Shah' and joinYear 2026.
  29. 29th August 1961What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  30. 30th August 1961Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  31. 31st August 1961Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.