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July 1996 - GCSE Computer Science 5-a-day

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July 1996

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  1. 1st July 1996State the key difference between a procedure and a function.
  2. 2nd July 1996Give one example of an optical secondary storage device.
  3. 3rd July 1996Explain the role of TCP when a large file is downloaded.
  4. 4th July 1996State the term used for realistic data that a program would be expected to handle during normal use.
  5. 5th July 1996Give one advantage of a relational database over a flat-file database.
  6. 6th July 1996State the difference between lossy and lossless compression.
  7. 7th July 1996State the condition that must be met before a binary search can be used on an array.
  8. 8th July 1996A logic circuit has inputs C and D. C feeds into a NOT gate; the output of the NOT gate and D feed into an OR gate, giving output Y. Write the Boolean expression for Y and state its value when C = 1 and D = 0.
  9. 9th July 1996Convert the hexadecimal number 3F to denary.
  10. 10th July 1996Which piece of network hardware connects a LAN to another network such as the internet, directing data packets based on IP address?
  11. 11th July 1996Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a compiler.
  12. 12th July 1996Convert the denary number 45 to hexadecimal.
  13. 13th July 1996What does the acronym CPU stand for?
  14. 14th July 1996State what the term malware means.
  15. 15th July 1996Write a loop in pseudocode that outputs every element of a 1D array named names of length 6.
  16. 16th July 1996An 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).
  17. 17th July 1996Which of RAM and ROM is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the power is removed?
  18. 18th July 1996Which piece of UK legislation controls how organisations must store and use people's personal data?
  19. 19th July 1996Given x = 5 and y = 8, state whether x < y AND x > 0 evaluates to True or False.
  20. 20th July 1996A 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.
  21. 21st July 1996Give one reason why RAM on its own is not enough, and a computer also needs secondary storage.
  22. 22nd July 1996A 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?
  23. 23rd July 1996A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  24. 24th July 1996A table called bookings has fields bookingId, customerName and eventDate. Write an SQL statement that deletes the booking with bookingId 45.
  25. 25th July 1996State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  26. 26th July 1996In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  27. 27th July 1996Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  28. 28th July 1996Convert the denary number 39 to an 8-bit binary number, showing your working.
  29. 29th July 1996Define a peer-to-peer network.
  30. 30th July 1996Name the translator used for assembly language and describe how it differs from a compiler.
  31. 31st July 1996Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.