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August 1976 5-a-day

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August 1976

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  1. 1st August 1976A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  2. 2nd August 1976A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  3. 3rd August 1976State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  4. 4th August 1976In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  5. 5th August 1976Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  6. 6th August 1976Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  7. 7th August 1976Define a peer-to-peer network.
  8. 8th August 1976Explain the purpose of a breakpoint.
  9. 9th August 1976Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  10. 10th August 1976A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  11. 11th August 1976A 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.
  12. 12th August 1976Explain why a running maximum should be initialised to the first element of the array rather than to 0.
  13. 13th August 1976A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  14. 14th August 1976State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  15. 15th August 1976State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  16. 16th August 1976A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  17. 17th August 1976Give one specific way this code could be refined without changing what it does: a = 5, b = 3, c = a + b, PRINT c
  18. 18th August 1976State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  19. 19th August 1976Name the four layers of the TCP/IP model in order from the one closest to the user.
  20. 20th August 1976State what is meant by a syntax error.
  21. 21st August 1976A 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.
  22. 22nd August 1976What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  23. 23rd August 1976Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  24. 24th August 1976Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.
  25. 25th August 1976Convert the hexadecimal number FF to an 8-bit binary number.
  26. 26th August 1976A 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.
  27. 27th August 1976A 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.
  28. 28th August 1976Convert the 4-bit binary number 1101 to denary.
  29. 29th August 1976Two 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.
  30. 30th August 1976State why an organisation might employ penetration testers to test its network.
  31. 31st August 1976An array named temps holds 12 values. State the index of the first item and the index of the last item.