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November 2016 - GCSE Computer Science 5-a-day

Every GCSE Computer Science sheet published in November 2016, with answers. Systems, data representation, networks, algorithms and programming.

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November 2016

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

November 2016 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in November 2016

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 2016Given x = 5 and y = 8, state whether x < y AND x > 0 evaluates to True or False.
  2. 2nd November 2016State the value returned by LENGTH(word) if word stores the string 'Computer'.
  3. 3rd November 2016Give one reason why RAM on its own is not enough, and a computer also needs secondary storage.
  4. 4th November 2016State the layer that IP operates in, and describe its job.
  5. 5th November 2016A password field requires between 6 and 12 characters. State two boundary data values that should be used to test this field.
  6. 6th November 2016A table called books has fields bookId, title, authorId and copiesAvailable. Write an SQL statement that selects the title of every book with more than 2 copies available.
  7. 7th November 2016State one function carried out by the operating system of a computer.
  8. 8th November 2016In computational thinking, what is meant by the term 'decomposition'?
  9. 9th November 2016Given A = 1 and B = 1, state the value of A AND B.
  10. 10th November 2016State how many different values can be represented using 5 bits, and explain your reasoning.
  11. 11th November 2016Define a peer-to-peer network.
  12. 12th November 2016Describe what syntax highlighting is and how it helps a programmer.
  13. 13th November 2016Convert the denary number 5 to a 4-bit binary number.
  14. 14th November 2016A CPU has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz. Calculate how many clock cycles it completes in 2 seconds.
  15. 15th November 2016A 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.
  16. 16th November 2016Trace this algorithm with data = [4, 9, 2, 9, 7] and state the final output. total = 0; count = 0; for i = 0 to 4: if data[i] > 5 then total = total + data[i] and count = count + 1; next i; print(total, count).
  17. 17th November 2016A mono sound clip has a sample rate of 4000 Hz and lasts 2 seconds. Calculate the total number of samples taken.
  18. 18th November 2016State the type of program that is typically stored in ROM.
  19. 19th November 2016State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
  20. 20th November 2016A FOR loop runs: total = 0, FOR i = 1 TO 4, total = total + i, NEXT i. State the value of total after the loop finishes.
  21. 21st November 2016State the key difference between a procedure and a function.
  22. 22nd November 2016State the typical maximum capacity of a single-layer DVD.
  23. 23rd November 2016Explain the role of TCP when a large file is downloaded.
  24. 24th November 2016State what is meant by a syntax error.
  25. 25th November 2016Give one advantage of a relational database over a flat-file database.
  26. 26th November 2016What type of utility software reorganises files on a hard disk so fragmented parts are stored closer together?
  27. 27th November 2016Calculate the maximum number of comparisons required by a binary search on a sorted list of 512 items.
  28. 28th November 2016Given P = 0 and Q = 1, state the value of P OR Q.
  29. 29th November 2016Convert the hexadecimal number 3F to denary.
  30. 30th November 2016A 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.