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May 1965 5-a-day

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May 1965

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  1. 1st May 1965Which of RAM and ROM is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the power is removed?
  2. 2nd May 1965Which piece of UK legislation controls how organisations must store and use people's personal data?
  3. 3rd May 1965Given x = 5 and y = 8, state whether x < y AND x > 0 evaluates to True or False.
  4. 4th May 1965A 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.
  5. 5th May 1965Give one reason why RAM on its own is not enough, and a computer also needs secondary storage.
  6. 6th May 1965Name the four layers of the TCP/IP model in order from the one closest to the user.
  7. 7th May 1965A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  8. 8th May 1965A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  9. 9th May 1965State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  10. 10th May 1965In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  11. 11th May 1965Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  12. 12th May 1965Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  13. 13th May 1965Define a peer-to-peer network.
  14. 14th May 1965A program compiles and runs but always outputs an average that is too small. State the type of error and explain why the translator did not report it.
  15. 15th May 1965Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  16. 16th May 1965A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  17. 17th May 1965A 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.
  18. 18th May 1965An array named temps holds 12 values. State the index of the first item and the index of the last item.
  19. 19th May 1965A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  20. 20th May 1965State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  21. 21st May 1965State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  22. 22nd May 1965A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  23. 23rd May 1965Give one specific way this code could be refined without changing what it does: a = 5, b = 3, c = a + b, PRINT c
  24. 24th May 1965State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  25. 25th May 1965State the difference between HTTP and HTTPS, and give one situation where HTTPS is essential.
  26. 26th May 1965State what is meant by a syntax error.
  27. 27th May 1965A 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.
  28. 28th May 1965What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  29. 29th May 1965Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  30. 30th May 1965Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.
  31. 31st May 1965Convert the hexadecimal number FF to an 8-bit binary number.