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November 1972 5-a-day

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November 1972

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  1. 1st November 1972Explain the role of TCP when a large file is downloaded.
  2. 2nd November 1972A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  3. 3rd November 1972A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  4. 4th November 1972State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  5. 5th November 1972In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  6. 6th November 1972Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  7. 7th November 1972Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  8. 8th November 1972Define a peer-to-peer network.
  9. 9th November 1972Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a compiler.
  10. 10th November 1972Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  11. 11th November 1972A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  12. 12th November 1972A 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.
  13. 13th November 1972Write a loop in pseudocode that outputs every element of a 1D array named names of length 6.
  14. 14th November 1972A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  15. 15th November 1972State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  16. 16th November 1972State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  17. 17th November 1972A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  18. 18th November 1972Give one specific way this code could be refined without changing what it does: a = 5, b = 3, c = a + b, PRINT c
  19. 19th November 1972State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  20. 20th November 1972A 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?
  21. 21st November 1972State what is meant by a syntax error.
  22. 22nd November 1972A 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.
  23. 23rd November 1972What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  24. 24th November 1972Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  25. 25th November 1972Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.
  26. 26th November 1972Convert the hexadecimal number FF to an 8-bit binary number.
  27. 27th November 1972A 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.
  28. 28th November 1972Name the translator used for assembly language and describe how it differs from a compiler.
  29. 29th November 1972Convert the 4-bit binary number 1101 to denary.
  30. 30th November 1972Two CPUs are compared for a task optimised for multiple cores: CPU A has 2 cores at 4.2 GHz; CPU B has 6 cores at 3.0 GHz. Explain which CPU is likely to perform better for this task.