Daily Practice · GCSE Computer Science

Daily Practice - GCSE Computer Science

Systems, data representation, networks, algorithms and programming.

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8th September 2024

5 questions · GCSE · 123 questions in this band

  1. 1
    Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Impact

    State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.

  2. 2
    Network Protocols and Layers

    Explain the role of TCP when a large file is downloaded.

  3. 3
    Algorithms

    An array called items contains [12, 45, 7, 30, 19] at indices 0 to 4. Describe how a linear search would locate the value 30, stating the number of comparisons needed.

  4. 4
    Translators and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

    Name the translator used for assembly language and describe how it differs from a compiler.

  5. 5
    1D and 2D Array Processing: Writing and Tracing Programs

    A 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.

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