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February 1969 5-a-day

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February 1969

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  1. 1st February 1969Give one reason why RAM on its own is not enough, and a computer also needs secondary storage.
  2. 2nd February 1969Give two reasons why network communication is divided into layers.
  3. 3rd February 1969A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  4. 4th February 1969A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  5. 5th February 1969State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  6. 6th February 1969In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  7. 7th February 1969Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  8. 8th February 1969Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  9. 9th February 1969Define a peer-to-peer network.
  10. 10th February 1969Explain why an interpreter is often preferred while a program is being written.
  11. 11th February 1969Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  12. 12th February 1969A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  13. 13th February 1969A 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.
  14. 14th February 1969A 2D array grid is declared as grid[4][6]. State how many rows and columns it has and how many elements it holds in total.
  15. 15th February 1969A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  16. 16th February 1969State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  17. 17th February 1969State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  18. 18th February 1969A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  19. 19th February 1969Give one specific way this code could be refined without changing what it does: a = 5, b = 3, c = a + b, PRINT c
  20. 20th February 1969State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  21. 21st February 1969State the layer that IP operates in, and describe its job.
  22. 22nd February 1969State what is meant by a syntax error.
  23. 23rd February 1969A 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.
  24. 24th February 1969What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  25. 25th February 1969Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  26. 26th February 1969Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.
  27. 27th February 1969Convert the hexadecimal number FF to an 8-bit binary number.
  28. 28th February 1969A network administrator is connecting 10 computers in a server room. Calculate the number of cables needed for a full mesh topology, and state the number needed for a star topology with one central switch.